Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-09-09
A MEETING OF PROTEST IS
CALLED FOR MONDAY NIGHT
BUSINESS men FOR ACTION
Sentiment Universal Against
Change Of Schedule

That the business men of Americas
are thoroughly aroused to the danger
that may come from the change Of
schedule proposed for the Seaboard
local trains is shown by the many ex-
pressions of opinion that have been
made in opposition to the change and
by the call issued yesterday by the
Board of Trade for a special mass
, meeting of the members of that or
ganization and the citizens of Ameri-
Gus to be held Monday night at 8
o'clock at the City Hall, at which time
the people of Americus will put them
selves on record in no doubtful man
ner with regard to the change.
The call for the special meeting Of
the Board of Trade was issued yester-
day by the officials of that body who
have thrown themselves actively, en-
Enthusiastically and vigorously into tie.
| fight to prevent the imposition upon
local trade that the Savannah Morn
ings News is trying to foist upon this
city and section and upon all the
towns and cities along the western Gi-
vision of the Seaboard The interest
manifested locally in the movement
to maintain the schedules as they are
at present indicate an indignation
meeting on Monday night that viii
speak louder than words the sentiment
of the people of Americus in their op-
position to the schedule changes that
are proposed.
| The tone of the various interviews
given by the business men of the city
to The Times-Recorder shows that
they are thoroughly alive and ready
for action. The meeting on Monday
night has issued from the earnest de-
sire of the business men of the city
to voice by official action and record
the protest that is felt universally
among the people of the city in oppo-
sition to the changes that are pro-
posed. 1t is time when no business
man can afford not to attend this public
meeting and fight against an injustice
that will rob Americus of large part
of it's just and established trade.
Contrary to the manner of the Sa-
vannah Chamber of Commerce and
the Savannah Board of Trade, which
endorsed the proposed change in the
schedule without investigating the
| facts, the Savannah Cotton Exchange
| has appointed a committee to investi-
gate the facts in the case before l.
! takes any action either for or against
the change. This shows clearly that
the protest that has been voiced by
the people of Americus and other CIT
| les along the Seaboard has had IFS
weight even with the Savannah peo-
pie, who are not in favor of rushing
into an indefensible act when the
truth of the situation is shown to them.
No instructions were given to the
committee that was appointed by the
Cotton Exchange to investigate the
matter, but they were appointed with
the direct purpose Of investigating al
fairs without bias and to make recon-
mendations to the organization only
after such investigation has been made.
that has been shown in the Savannah
end of the contest in behalf of the
change, as the Cotton Exchange refus>
ed to follow blindly in the footsteps Of
the other two trade organizations 0f
| that city, the Chamber of Commerce
and the Board of Trade, who indorsed
the change without investigation and
at the instance of certain interests
that hope to be benefited by the
change.
The real motive back of the move
ment is still being cloaked under the
pretense that a better mail service is
needed along the line. That is the
claim of the Morning News, and the
Morning News alone, as is shown by
the letter of one of the prominent
Seaboard officials, reproduced else
where in this issue of the Times-Re-
corder. The frantic efforts being made
by the Mornings News to muddy the
water and to endeavor to make one is
sue appear as another is meeting
with practically no response whatev-
er when those interviewed are made
acquainted with the real facts in the