The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-05-04
HATTIESBURC MISSISSIPPI THURSDAY AFTERNOON MAY A. 1911
WG BOOSTER Meeting Of
THE COMMERCIAL CLUB

arose at the introduction of President
jackson and gazed into the faces of
the two hundred representative citi-
zens gathered about the banquet board,
The youthfulness Of these members
of the Hattiesburg Commercial Club
forecast accomplishment for your city.
1t means that the young men in this
young city have taken up the RESPONSE
bilities of citizenship. 1t means
great future for Hattiesburg."
No more enthusiastic or more repre-
sentative gathering of the business
men of Hattiesburg has ever assem-
bled for a social occasion. No pleas
anter or more instructive evening has
been experienced. From beginning to
end it was an occasion of goodfellow-
ship and an inspiration for greater ef-
fort. President Jackson was apt and
happy in his introductions. There was
not dull or incipid moment.
Mr.. Dawes Address.
Mr.. Dawes appeal was particularly
to the young man. 1t was a straight
from-the-shoulder, hard-headed inspir-
ing talk from a man who realizes in
the fullest extent the greatness of the
young men of this southern country
His thoughts were clearly drawn and
deeply impressive. He first enumerat-
ed the natural resources in which the
south excels length of coast line,
navigable streams, water power,
abundant and well-distributed rainfall,
fertile soils suited to every temperate
zone crop, magnificent climate, great
mineral wealth and immense timber
resources.
These resources were here, he said,
when the savage roamed the primeval
forest Many of them would remain
until the end of time. They were
placed here for our use and for our de-
velopment. They formed an opportu-
nifty unequalled in all the world for
the young and courageous men
of the country. The opportunity
awaits those who seeing, see. All
about us they stand, only awaiting the
touch of those who make dreams come
true.
The speaker predicted a wonderful
development for this section within the
next five years. The resources have
existed always, he said, but the nation
and the world has just begun to realize
their greatness. The south invites the
aid of the young men of the world to
assist in their development, and thous
ands upon thousands of intelli
gent, trained and willing work
ers are needed, but the young
man of the south should grasp his op
portunity and stand in the forefront
in this great march of progress. Re
verting to the great majority of young
men among the members of the Hat
said that while in parts of the nation 2
great many young men were spending
their days in idleness and frivolity, the
= young men of Hattiesburg had donneC
, the garments of useful citizenship anC
were assisting in the development Of
their country.
Mr.. Dave touched on the great worl
being done by the commercial organi
cations of the south. He urged every
good citizen of Hattiesburg to join the
commercial club and assist in its worl
/ and support. The city, he said, should
= have four hundred active members t.
the commercial organization and ;
| fixed revenue of $4,000 a year at leas
l. for the best results. He told of th'
great idea back of the Southern Com
mercial Congress. OF some of tn
7 work it has already accomplished ant
Q of some of the great work it ha
planned to do.
T w. S. Thompson.
o Mr.. w. S. Thompson, head of tn
J. Mississippi Colonization Association
with headquarters in Hattiesburg, wa
. called upon for a talk on the plans an
G purposes of his organization. MI
Thompson said the plans of his OF
r ganization had been fairly set forth b.
The News, but he touched on the grea
If idea of the plan, the giving away t
. homo fida settlers of 900 600 acres @
r. land in south Mississippi. He referre
: to the great publicity secured by tn
:. south as a result of the Atlanta NEE
ing of the Southern Commercial Cor
$ gress, and said the publicity sought b
his organization was of the same chal
h acter-the most beneficial, the mos
e1 far-reaching possible. AS a result c
10 the small amount of publicity starte