Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1915-06-24
BIG HOME TELEPHONE
MELTING HERE July fST
]. 3. Chapman, Manager Of Local
Company, Urges Officials to
Attend the Meeting.

Much interests being centered
around the big meeting of the
officials of the Home Telephone
Companies which is to be held in
Carthage on July LIST. There will
be representatives here from the
various Home companies through
out the state and it is expected
that much will be accomplished
at the meeting toward extending
and improving the Independent
system.
J B. Chapman, manager of
the local Home Telephone Com
pany, has sent out appeals to
the officers and directors of all
the other companies, urging
them to be present and it is ex-
pected that large delegation of
those who are vitality interested
in the system from all over the
state will be in attendance.
The Home Telephone system
is experiencing a remarkable
growth and it is safely predicted
that within a short time the ru-
raj sections will be connected
with all the important towns and
cities of the state. Only a short
time ago the Automatic Tele-.
phone Company of Nashville Sc
cured a charter and was granted
a franchise to do business in the
city. The plan of the Automatic
Company is to work in conjunc-
ton with the Independent com
panies and a meeting of its Off
GERS with the officers of anumber
of Home Companies was held at
Watertown last week for the
purpose of taking the necessary
steps to further the enterprise of
the Automatic Company, and the
interests of the Independent
Companies. tits not the pur-
pose of the Automatic Company
to constructan independent plant
in Nashville only but to connect
all Independent plants through
out the state.
At the meeting at Watertown
were representatives of Home
Companies from a number of
counties, j. B. Chapman being
the representative from Car
thage. The general good of all
the Independent Companies was
discussed and to form an organi-
cation embracing them all was
one of the first steps decided
that should DE taken. Resolu-
tons were unanimously adopted
asking that such an organization
be formed at the meeting to be
held in Carthage July the 1st.
Following is a portion of the res
olutions which were drawn up
by an especially appointed COM
mittee of which Mr.. Chapman
was chairman:
Resolved: That whereas there
is at the present time no organi-
zation, association or other or
ganized body looking to the best
interests of the Independent or
I'll m Telephone companies
throughout this section, we,
convention of Independent or
Home Telephone representatives
convened at WatertoWn, reaIiz-
ing that such an organization or
association would be highly bene-
fetal to all Independent or Home
industries throughout this sec
ton, hereby avow our purpose of
meeting at Carthage on July 1,
1915 for the purpose of perfecting
plans for the organization of a
body to be known as The Ten
nessee Independent Telephone
Association, and for the purpose
of adopting bylaws. eIecting
officers and directors. and formu-
lating plans tending to the pro-
lection and benefit of all indie
pendent plants or companies
throughout this entire section.
The resolutions further assert
that the ultimate success of every
Independent or Home plant will
be assured by the successful con-
Summation Of the plans of this pro-
posed association and that it is