Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1916-03-03

BOOSTERS
COMING

ginla, ana tennessee, between
Apli il nth and I4th. This party
will represent all of the bigge t
commercial and industrial organ
izations in Knoxville. Manufac
turers, bankers, wholesalers, re
tailers and professional men hay e
arranged to go on Knoxville's first
trade trip. A special train will be
secured to accommodate tn.
Knoxville trade builders I! G
committee in charge has al unc
ed that every effort will be mace
to make the trip of mutual a
vantage to business men of tn
forty-three towns which will b
VISITED. The KnoXvi lie Board 3
Commerce has arranged the toul
so that the members NAV com
in personal touch with the bus
ness men throughout KrOxville's
trade territory. One of the slo
CAMS Of the party is Get Ac
quainted. Stress has been lac
upon the fact that the men VIII,
will maze the trip are just as
anxious to buy as they are to sell
his is the first tour Of the kin
ever undertaken by the Knoxville
Board of Commerce and it is ex
pected to be profitable to both tn
visitors and the visited.
The personnel of the party i,
made up of the most prominer
men of Knoxville. Practically
every big enterprise in that CT
has signified its intention of hay
ing a representative make the four
days trip on the special train
. Commercial bodies in many of the
towns and cities 10 be visited
have already arranged a program
for the entertainment of the visi-
tors. These programs include
oanquets, automobile trips, in
spection tours parades, speech
markings and hand shakiugs ga
! lore. Committees in other towns
are planning novel ways to get
acquainted in the shortest time
The Knoxville Committee is de
lighted with the enthusiasm which
the announcement of the trade
trip schedule has created. Ever,
effort is helng made by them to
cooperate with the local trade
bodies in their entertainment
plans, so that the trip may be of
mutual profit and pleasure. 1t is
considered one of the most import
ant steps ever taken in the build
ing of a closer relationship be-
tween the small town merchant
and manufacturer and the Knox
vile merchant and manufacturer,
and promises to be one of the most
successful trade trips ever made
in the south.
The committee in charge are en-
deavOring to impress upon the
commercial bodies in the towns TO
be visited that this trade trl2
isn't made for selfish motives.
The social and the personal con
tact features are considered the
most important, and every effort
will be made by the men o, the
special" to make real friends of
the men thev meet along the
route. The Knoxville wholesalers
want to visit the stores of the men
to whom they have sold goods in
the past The, retailer wants to
meet the men who have bought
their supplies from him. The
bankers in the party want to
know the bankers in other towns
and cities, and so on through the |
list. Of course, every man in the |
party wants to increase the bust
ness he is now doing but what is
more important. every one of them
wants to know from whom to pur-
,hase some of the products of the
sections visited.
The speci 4 train to be used in
transporting the party through
Cast Tennessee, Western Ken
lucky, Southwestern Virginia,
nd the Western portion of North
carolina. will consist of eight all
teel Pullman coaches, including
wo dining cars. 1t will be com
'letely httsd out with all conven
ances of modern travel and will
70 the home OF the men compos
ng the party for the four DAYS of
heir trip. Knoxville literature,
BUSINESS catalogues, advertising ,
oveltiQS ond S0uyapirs xrill oil