The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1916-02-09
A HELPFUL get
TOGETHER MEET
Retail Merchants Assn Formed
Good Roads Talk and ResO-
iOn-LunCheOR.

One of the best meetings yet
held by the Brookhaven Board of
Trade took place last night at the
City Hall when a ''get together
gathering was had. 1t resulted in
the organization of a Retail Mer-
chants Association for Brookaven.
At the meeting there was an ex-
change of many profitable ideas by
speakers of the occasion and it all
wound up with an excellent lunch
con. The President of the Board
of Trade, w. D. Davis, presided
over the meeting, while c. B. Per-
kins, Sam Abrams and Chas.
Heuck had charge of the "Domes-
tic Science Department, which
measured up to modern demands.
A full hundred members were pres
ent, half of the auditorium be-
ing used for the luncheon, consist
ing of sandwiches, salads, cheese,
celery, sauces, coffee and milk,
while the other half of the building
was we'll filled with listeners to the
business projected at the meeting.
The speaker of the occasion, MIR.
w. D. Hawkins, of Meridian, state
secretary of the Retail Merchants
of Mississippi, made an hours talk
along the lines to be derived from
the organization of local Retail
Merchants Association, expressing
its benefits as it related both to
the credit and cash business of
practically every business and pro-
fessional man in the community.
Mr.. Hawkins favored the credit
plan under certain conditions-that
is, good credit, claiming that the
business men sold more by that
method than they would do for
cash. He also deprecated price
cutting, doubtful scheming, fake
advertising, premiums, and dis
counts prevailing among many
concerns, and gave object lessons
and experiences showing how they
can be prevented by proper CO.
operation if carried out along GER
tain lines.
At the conclusion of his address
motion prevailed organizing Th e
Brookhaven Retail Merchants As
sociation, with John T. Becker as
temporary secretary and W. D.
Davis as temporary chairman. A
majority of the businesses repre-
sented at the meeting were enroll
ed as members while E. NJ. Bee,
M. L. Ross and r. F. Aylward
were appointed a committee to
solicit for other members and re-
port at a general meeting to be
held next Monday afternoon at 4
p. m. at the City Hall.
The chairman of the meeting
was assisted as toastmaster by ].
w. McGrath, Rev. |. W.Cooper re-
turning thanks. Among the
speakers responding we're S. P.
Oliver, member of the Board of
Supervisors, on GOOD Roads, :"
who was followed by Hon. M.
Mccullough, one of the county S
commissioners, and hard workers
on the proposed countrywide good
roads who spoke on the same SUBJ
ject. At this juncture resolution
was introduced and adopted by the
meeting without dissenting vote
as follows, the vote being taken by
uplifted hands, Mr.. j. W. Nc
Grath, introducing it, requesting
that it be so done. 1t read:
"Be it resolved by the Brookha-
ven Board of Trade, in mass meet
ing assembled, that it is the desire
of that body that Beat come un-
der the general bond issue of and
for the county in general.
w. M. Turnbough and ]. W.
McGrath both spoke in favor of
another Trade Day, with authority
from the meeting to request the
Executive Committee of the Board
to Immediately take the matter up
and make arrangements and set a
date for the holding of another
day, which has in the past been a
source of pleasure and profit to all
concerned in the movement, both
buyers and sellers.
T. J. McNulty, who has gained
considerable reputation as hu'
morist in his own way made many
laughs by one of his orations, !"
while ]. F. Martin, of Hazlehurst,
spoke on the truck industry, as it
related to packing and shipping of
produce.