The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-01-14
Year 5 TE ork of c Commercial
Club Is Reviewed By the
Secretary r. C.Hauenstpi,1

ing three successful flights, and re-
moving the bad feeling that had exist
ed against the club on account Of hav-
ing failed to have fight as advertis-
ed few years ago. We aided in the
movement to buy-a-bale-of. cotton,
which movement helped to place a
large number of bales in the East and
West at 10 cents.
We continued our freight rate fight,
and the efforts of our freight rate
committee has resulted in securing q
freight rate for Hattiesburg that. &C
cording to the chairman of the com.
mittee, Mr.. T. s. Jackson, will mean
more than one hundred thousand dol
lars per annum saving for Hattiesburg
and this territory. This rate is ii go in
to effect on the 18th of April. Eight
years and quite lot of money was
spent in this fight.
| We made a fight for lower lnsur.
ance rates during the year, and our,
fight together with a protest from the
| city commissioners has resulted in an
| agreement that will much lower rates
for Hattlesburg, and give better equip
ments.
We made fight for better milk sup
ply for Hattiesburg, and from this
| fight came up demand for an all
time health officer and this matter is
now before the club, and a committee
in charge of the work.
| We have the matter of a grain ele-
vator up for Hattiesburg, and a COM
! mittee has charge of this work, and
! If satisfactory freight rates can be had
the elevator is assured. This. is to
take care Of the corn, oats, peas, vel
vet beans, that we are encouraging.
The Grown in Mississippi" move
ment was put on all over the state in
the way of dinners served with every
thing grown in Mississippi. We put
on in Hattiesburg a dinner with every
thing served, grown in Forrest county
The object of this movement was to
call to mind OF our people the many
things we can grow at home and also
to encourage our people to buy home
grown products.
The club has never had any litera-
ture to furnish to people inquiring
about this section up to this time. We
have wanted nice booklet for several
years and during the year we got out
a very nandsome booklet. one that
has been favorably commented on BY
the press, the land companies and
commercial bodies, and we are having
requests for these daily from people
interested in locating in this section
During the fall we had our second
annual farm exhibit and field day, and
we were advised by the state agents
who visit the different counties that
ours was the best they had seen. We
were the first in the state to have a
J free fair. One that our farmers could
enter their exhibits free and every
J body see the same free of charge. A
great amount of interest has been
aroused over the county in the inter.
, est of this fair, and we are constantly
being advised by farmers who took no
part before that they would be we'll
represented this year. We hope our
members will take it up and take
part in this years fair. % it IL doing
much to improve our stock and farm
products Of this county. We sent to
. Davenport, Iowa, q nice exhibit which
was part Of our hast fair exhibit.
We attended the meeting Of the
Southern Commercial Secretaries
where ~ states were represented and
one hundred delegates in attendance
and We made . good report for Hat
tiesburg. We also attended the state
convention and the cotton eonvsntion
ct New Orleans.
We entertained the New Orleans
Boosters. and gave them . niss time
: We started movement on this oeca.
sion that We think will mean much "a
this section--solving the market cues
ton. ~ We enlisted their support. We
helped to organize the Forrest County
Truckers Association, and have coop
Grated with them in their work.
Il Our good roads committees were re
sponsible for the opening of two roads
that were badly needed. One con.
meeting Hardy and Columbia streets
(roads) and the Hardy and Bonhomie
roads. Our good roads committee are
at work on more improvements.
have reviewed these matters in or
der that you may know some Of the
questions that the club has dealt with
We stated in our 1918 report that