The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-17
OFFICIAL ORGAN CRISP COUNTY.
LOCAL COMMERCIAL BODY.

into the Cordele Chamber Of Com
merce has been mentioned and advo-
Gated from other local sources within
the past few weeks and the sugges-
ton is highly in order. And by this
reference we do not mean to reflect
on those who have been working in
the body we now have They have
done their best, so far as we know. AT
ali events, the fact that we have faith
full men who have not permitted our
business organization to become life
i less in the hurry and hustle OF the
past three or four months, is itself
a thing most of uss have not stopped
to find out.
We have a chamber Of commerce
Ask who is the secretary and you will
find out in short order. But he has
been powerfully" lonely of late. We
have not had opportunity to manifest
our show of business fellowship OF
late and every working man has been
so very busy trying to keep up with
the volume of business coming his
way that the commercial body has
hardly. had a member who knows
whether the fires have been kept
burning
Now we want time to tell each
other in social way what has been
going on the past few weeks, We
want new opportunity to shake
hands with out neighbors acress the
way and discuss with them the com
mon community business interests of
the coming season We need brief
opportunity for every business man,
10 matter what his line of business, to
smingle with his fellows long enough
for him to have opportunity to elimi-
nate every little business jealousy by
a whole.souled happy smile and a
word of common assurance, We want
time TO assure ourselves that our bus
mess competitors are still alive and
happy and we want an opportunity for
the one to assure the other that all
of us and all our business enterprises
are necessary in the community in
order that the community go on grow
ing in commercial power.
Let's have the customary dinner
and start the new year all together.
Let's make our business pledges open
ly for bigger, better season in 1917.
Let's make this an occasion for
confession of business faith in the
community and around that board let
us pledge ourselves to do our utmost
both personally and as business con
Germs, to see that the business of ev-
cry single person and concern in the
community and the county become
greater success in 1917 than it was
in the past year And let us pledge
ourselves to stay by the side Of the
man or business enterprise that may
need business encouragement and
show Of fellow feeling. That's bus
mess religion that will do to die by.
The coming year promises us some
thing worthy Of fighting for in ire
nendous business gains. No person
or concern need fall short We must
not wait for the great leader,-our
ideal from dream land. He can live
only in the images we shape out of
the dying embers of our winter fires.
Our real community builder, out eX-
opponent of business enlargement, is
the blood and sinew of ourselves,
working through big hearted whole
souled business men, all of them at
the wheel turning as for one purpose.
There is not "a farmer or business
man anywhere in the country who
should not be reminded once year
that all our commercial interests are
common. There should be an organi
Z-ation to which all of us belong and
that organization should be so strong
that it's endorsement of any move
ment or enterprise could mean its full
est realization. Such an organization
among us does not need a great out