The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-12-27
Members Vote Down Recom-
mendations at Annual
Meeting by Hannah.
REFUSE TO EXPERIMENT"
WITH ITS OPERATIONS
After One Of Hardest Fights in Recent
Months seenln the Local organiza.
tion, the Business Men Vote to Table
Plan to do Away With Directorate
WIlI Elect IS New ones on Friday
Plans Made for Election. 81

The Hattiesburg Commercial ChIh
will be governed BY a president ana
board of directors for al least an
other 12 months.
Efforts to make change in the by.
laws of the local organization. and
abolish the directorate, as recommend
cd In the annual report of President
Y. G. Hannah. read at the yearly dinner
of the club on December. 12, have fail
ed The members Of the Organization
at meeting last night. voted to table
Mr. Hannah's recommendation ana
directed that o committee of three be
appointed to hold an election next Fri.
day, when new board win be Sc.
lected
Inc recommendations Of Mr.. Han
nan, which We're brought over from the
annual meeting, caused the greatest
wave Of oratory to spread over the
clubs rooms at last nights meeting
that has been heard there for months
Dr g. G. Hightower, one Of the vice
Of the organization. and
Prof. F. B. Woodley, one Of the direct |
ors, backed the president in his rec.
concentrations, and made hard fight |
io have them adopted. Later in the
ayening, 2. Z. Robins, who was one OF |
.he leaders of the "anti" movement
lwitched and supported the recommen.
lations.
Would Temporarily Suspend.
For time it looked as If tfearnotion |
# Mr.. Robins that the rules Of the
'lub be suspended for three months.
Turing which time the directorate
would be temporarily suspended in
rider to give the recommendations
est, would carry This was defeated
Iowever. by a majority Of two when
he final vote was taken.
r @ Hauenstein opened the argu
nent opposing the change. He de 4
Jared that It would detract from ths
liability Of the organization to do awas
With its directors, He stated that no
rganization Of any standing would try
operate without a board of directors |
ie suggested that if change is to
g made, that the directors appoint
steering committee, and place upon
his committees shoulders the duties
performed by the directors.
G. 7. Singleton took the same view. |
nd declared That he objected to any
apartments. "The club is getting
long nicely he said. "To expert
nent at this time might prove dis.
strous to the organization
Mr. Hannah said that he had made
he recommendation because he
hought that more interest would be
ianifested in the clubs workings il |,
he duties were performed by the
lembers in general rather than by a I]
irectorate II have no personal feel
lg in the matter, Z he said, @and if my
lea is defeated, | viii not take it to
cart" n
I. " Austin. vice president of the
lub, suggested that the number Of di.
ectors be increased from 25 to so. Il
oratory Changes Him.
=. Y Robbins opposed the change
I first, saying that he felt that the
biects which President Hannah hoped
, accomplish would not be derived at
y the change. He said that he did
OF believe the interest Of the mem-
ership in general could be awakened |
. such a way. D. e McInnis agreed
nth Mr.. Robbins, and declared that all
organizations Of any size, be
hey commercial or business, havel
cards OF directors.
Dr. G. G IIightower who led the
light for the adoption Of the recon.
aendations, explained that some OF the
'est workers In the club we're not di-
alitable directors he said they may
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