Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-10-18
ADDRESS TO BOARD OF TRADE

There was not large crowd In at
tendance at the quarterly meeting of
the Yorkville Board of Trade which
took place in the court house Wednes-
day evening, but those who were pres
ent enjoyed a rare treat in the address
Of Mr.. ]. Leake Carraway, secretary Of
the Charlotte Greater Commercial club
who was introduced by Mr.. G. H.
O'Leary, president Of the local board.
Mr.. Carraway stated that he was
not an orator and that his business
was to try to do things rather than to
tell how to do them. He had been in
Yorkville but once before his present
visit but he had heard great deal Of
well organized board Of trade could ac-
complish a great deal toward making
Yorkville a larger and better town.
He told of the activities of the Great
er club-what 1t had done and was do
ing for Charlotte and how its members
who numbered several thousand, each
take an active interest in the work and
do all they can toward bringing new
industries and new people to their city.
He declared that Yorkville or any
other town should not depend entirely
upon local newspapers for publicity,
but should send various items in re-
gard to the town and its possibilities
to the different textile, trade and other
journals throughout the country, and
in that way attract attention to the
town.
He emphasized the point that local
people should patronize local merchants
in Yorkville, then go to Charlotte or
any other city or town for that which
they could not buy in Yorkville. He
thought 1t the duty Of the people Of the
town and surrounding country to do
this and declared that they should not
buy from the big mail-order houses
throughout the country because they
did not pay a single cent toward the
paving Of local streets, police protec-
ton, or fire protection in Yorkville.
The merchants Of the town do pay for
these things and should have all the
patronage to be had. IF there are
things you need and cannot purchase
in Yorkville, then go to Charlotte or
elsewhere for them, but II you can get
them at home, buy from those who are
Of great benefit to you"
He was sure that the officers Of the
local board of trade could not do all
the work to be done, but officers and
members Of the local board must CO.
operate and work together to attain
success and unless all did work to-
gether nothing could be accomplished.
He spoke of the possibilities Of York
county and what opportunities there
were to increase the products Of York
county soil. He had spent two weeks
in the Beersheba community of this
county and he was much impressed
with what he saw. He thought that
the better classes of emigrants who
come to this country should be directed
to the Piedmont section Of North and
South Carolina. He had watched the
progress of the better classes of Ger
man emigrants in Oklahoma and other
western and south western states.
Land that had been practically worth
less before their coming, had enhanced
greatly in value, due to their thrift and
industry, and he thought these German
people would be Of much benefit to
this section.
In conclusion he again asserted that
he was not an orator; that the real
orator of the Charlotte Greater club
could not be present at this time and
the speaker had merely tried to take
his place. He hoped to come to York
vile again and he hoped that through
the Yorkville Board Of trade the town
would make great progress in every
way.