The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-06-19
C0M'L CLUB Held
INTERESTING
Meeting
GOOD MEETING HELD LAST NIGHT
PAPER MFG. PLANT SEEKS
LOCATION.
RATE Committee
REPORTS ON HEARING
Campaign For Better Sanitation Is
Having Effect-Fabacher Building to
Be Torn Down to First story And
Work May Resume.

AT tne meeting OIaIne Commercial
Club last night communication from
an Ohio paper manufacturing COM
pany was read, expressing great inter
est in the information given by Secre-
tary Stockman relative to the advan-
tages offered by Hattiesburg as a man
ufacturing center-and conveying the
information that a representative of
the company would be in Hattiesburg
at an early date, for the purpose of
taking up the matter of locating a
plant in this city.
The company is a very large manufac-
turer of paper, and should it find this
desirable location the purpose is to
invest several hundred thousand dol
lars in plant at this point.
The civic Improvement committee
reported that the Woman's Club of the
city had asked the cooperation of the
committee, in the matter of a sani-
from that club had gone before the
commissioners with a request for an
ordinance requiring that fruit exposed
for sale should be kept properly
screened, and also that all bakers be
required to wrap their bread put on
the market. Commissioner Fuller was
present and stated that the request of
the ladies was receiving due consid-
GRAFTON and ordinances are being pre-
pared by the city attorney to provide
for the regulation of these and other
sanitary matters.
The committee also reported that
the cemetery association had recently
organized with Mrs. Geo, Komp as
president and Mrs. L. NJ. Williams as
secretary and that this association had
asked for the cooperation Of the Com
mercial Club in working for an i'm
provement in the condition of the cem-
etery.
A motion pledging the moral and
financial support of the club to the
cemetery association was unanimously
adopted. A similar motion relative
to the work of the Woman's Club was
adopted.
The Freight Rate committee,
through President Jackson, made a re-
port of what was done in the recent
hearing at New Orleans by the Inter-
state Commerce commission, and said
that the prospects for Hattiesburg to
get the relief sought were excellent.
The report commended the action of
Mr. Steele of the N. o. & N. E. R. R.
Mr. Moore of the Mississippi Central
and Mr.. Voorhes of the Frisco lines
for their attitude in this fight for
equitable rates for Hattiesburg.
Mr.. Voorhees,, whose line, the Fris
co, is now soliciting through business
in and out of Hattiesburg, said that
if it is true that Hattiesburg is paying
2S cents per 100 TBS. more than New
Orleans on first-class goods, and 20
cents more than Jackson and Meridian
on the same kind of freight, she is
paying too much. The report stated
that Hattiesburgs' case is so very pc
culiar that it is the only city in the
United States that is today asking for
such relief, because it is the only
place where just such an anomalous
condition prevails.
The efforts made to learn the cause
for tearing down the building which
Capt Jones had agreed to fix up as a
home for the Commercial Club, were
reported, and it was learned that or
ders had been given to pull down the
brick only to the first floor joist and
await instructions from Capt. Jones
as to whether or not he will sanction
the making of a one-story home fol
the club.
A committee consisting of s. L. Hei
delberg, c. T. Singleton, G. P. Smith
and r. l.. Bennett, was appointed t
: Investigate the matter of advertisins
{ the city by the erection of large sign
) or boards near the railroad stations
} The club then adjourned to the mex
regular meeting.
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