The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-11-01
CHAMBER or COMMERCE
NOON -OAr LUNCHEON
MOVIE rRorosIrupN Il VOTED
DOWN ny CHAIRMAN AFTER
TIE VOTE HHsrITED.


Joe Erwin presided over the noon
day luncheon when Dc Chamber of
Commerce held ratk Ter stormy ses-
sion Tuesday IN eonst Herring movie
proposition which hl the endorse
mcnt OF the state Lang commissioner.
Texas As II Is Todky" is the title
of proposed piet,fe film To be
shown in the north given points
and Commissioner rtvis has given
his unqualified endorsement to the
plan. which Is to produced at
So. per scene. but tbe Chamber OF
Commerce after careful considers
ton voted not to Undertake to In
terest local business enterprises In
1.-THE project and the proposal was re-
jected However, i'll was after a
lengthy fight which itsulted in tic
vote and Chairman Jke Erwin voted
against the proposition.
Mr.. Naylor repotted that the
committee appointed b aid the Meth
odist stewards In pereeting arrange
Fments for the coming jubilee con-
ference had performed its duties and
given what aid they kould do to the
board of stewards.
Farm DemonstratiNn Agent Floyd
reported that the Bdby Beef club
organization was beiiE perfected and
that one car OF baby beeves would be
ordered at once.
County Superinten)i lent w. 3. Ely
stated that the compulsory education
law provided that 4 truant officer
might he appointed land that all
schools where there Mere not 1000
scholastics enrolled tould have a
voice In the appointment OF same
and he proposed th4t petitions be
signed to be presented to the counts
board TO have such ban officer ap-
pointed. Several sigbers were Sc
cured at the luncheon
The members who left before the
session adjourned because of the
turnover time occasidned by the
ylively discussion of tile movie ques.
ltion missed the best part of the lun.
cheon program. j. ID. Parnell
brother OF Dr. l.. d. ptnell. and sec
rotary of the yernonk Chamber oil
Commerce. was vioItor and h,
made very interestitg five minutes
talk at tine close of 4 session which
| was really inspiring He said the
luncheons held by Ahe Waxahachie
Chamber were knoVn far and wide
among Chamber offCommerce mem.
bers and that maG other places
were undertaking b adopt the plan,
which he considerti one of the very
best methods of teeping up interest
lin the work.
Mr. Parnell SAP 1t was a pleasure
for him to say ttat Waxabachie had
a very wide-awa Ike secretary in the
person of Carl schuster and that
he was doing abod work. He said
further that N lis county had won
an enviable reputation for its efforts
| towards good toaas, but there waS
still a. work pr the Chamber OF
Commerce to 10. He said the scope
of the work vas limited to "a smaller
area than with him because OF the
thickly settl4l country. but never
theless therf was something to be
done. He declared that 1t was up to
the membership to say whether they
would keep fpn the move or remain
still and gef run over. He declared
that there Gas no longer need for
the south \ ship cotton to England
to have 1t manufactured and return
ed to the tsouth, and further that
there was DO longer need to ship
cotton to the New England states to
have 1t manufactured into cloth, but
that the dty was near at hand when
the south Swouid come into its own
and MANUFACTURE the products ii
grew and Ssend them abroad to be
consumedt
The SPEAKER complimented waxa-
hachie uLbn its civic attractiveness,
saying cites are soon to be judged
largely " their civic appearances.
lie advised the members of the To-
cal chamber to develop first the
natural resources and then go out
after TIP big things. 1t was a
strong 9nd forceful plea for coop
Grafton Fin the upbuilding OF the
town.
X. ". Mulhausen was appointed