The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-05-03
NOON -DAy LUNCHEON
IS LARGELY AT TENDED
AGRICULTURAL SHORT COURSE.
AND PARCELS RO>T CON
SIDEREE. W.
II Pledged for Enter
tainmcnt of North Texas Medi-
cal Society.

There was plenty of pep dis
| played i'll the MONDAY luncheon at
of the Chamber of Commerce met in
| their regular weekly session. jim
Langsford presided and he dispatch
/ ed the business as rapidly as pos
sibic
| The first matter presented before
! the body was by Postmaster j. w
Singleton, who said WaXahachie is
not deriving the benefits from the
parcel post system that she should
derive. He said that in laying out
the rural route systems here the
city had not made the most OF the
opportunity and now the merchants
were not getting their share of The
parcel post business. He thought
hachic could be doubled with Il liz
tile education along that line This
talk caused the Chamber of Com
merce to refer the matter to the
Trade at Home committee for con
Siderati0n. \ motion also prevailed
that committee be appointed to in
vestigate the mail service here ami
make report and recommendation
on same. The chair appointed j
Lea Cannon, W NJ Minccy and
VIII Moore on this committee
MIR. Curtin reported that arrange
ments had been practically made TO-
handling revenue stamps at his store
DR.. c. w. Simpson made the an
nouncement that the North Texas
Medical society would meet iii dis
trict meeting here in June, With
some 1870 or 200 doctors III attend
ance, and the cooperation of the
Chamber of Commerce was asked in
son said it vas the purpose Of the
local physicians to provide enter
taiHment but that the local society
would be glad to have the Chambe;
Of Commerce take such part as
would let the visitors know We have
a live commercial organization. \
committee composed OF S. p. Spald-
ing, Pat Sims and S w. Durham
was named to cooperate with the
local doctors iii planning suitable en-
tertainment. A laugh was provoked
when Mr., Spalding suggested that
there was no improperly i'll an I'M
dertaking presuming to help enter
tain doctors.
that the WaXahachie Chamber Cf
Commerce wire an invitation to the
Texas Volunteer Firemen, in session
at Waco Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday, inviting them to hold their
1916 meeting in WaXahachie.
With regard to the matter of hold
ing an agricultural short course or
chautauqua here this summer the
committee made report showing that
active work is being done, also in
troduced Mr. Evans of the Katy eX-
tension department who outlined a
tentative program for such a meeting
and protfered his assistance to make
such meeting a success.
Speaking on the same subject y.
n. Barrow, editor OF the Progressive
Farmer, said such chautauqua
could not help but benefit all III
attendance. In speaking of Cham
Der OF Commerce work he said he
hoped the time would soon come
when the local organization would
be known as the Chamber of COM
merce of Ellis county. This he said
was the true purpose of such asso-
citation -- binding the town aud
country together for common good
| Mr.. Loggins of Ennis expressed
pleasure at being present and wit
Messing the spirit of enterprise mani
| tested at the club meetings He SAID
| he would be forced to admit that
| Ennis was not as active.