Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-06-18
LYMAN MAKES HIS
REPORT FOD WORKS.
At ANNUAL MEETING.

E. H. Hyman, secretary of the Amer
icus and Sumter County Chamber of
Commerce, made his report to the an
nual meeting Friday night. 1t carried
many interesting features which are
not generally known by the people, and
he said, in part:
1T gives me, as your secretary, great
pleasure to submit to you my first an
nual report of the work that has been
accomplished by your organization
during the fiscal year, May list, 1916
to May LIST, 1916. l wish to say that
this report does not include the finan-
cial report, which your secretary has
prepared in detail, and will follow this
report of commercial activities.
"The success we have had is not all
due to your secretary and his office
force, for our beloved president, Carr
S. Glover, has at all times given the
organization the most unselfish loyalty
a president could give his secretary.
We have worked together in the boost
ing business" as real "hot air" part
ners in business. Mr. Glover deserves
the praise of every member of this or
ganization, for his untiring efforts dur
ing the past year.
mot alone has the work fallen upon
the secretary and president, but ]. w.
Harris, Jr., vice president, and the
seven commissioners, W. NJ. Jones, }.
f. Poole Frank P Harold, D. R. An
drews, John w. Shiver and George r.
Ellis, should come in for their share
in this great work for the past yea.
Never in the twelve years experience
of your secretary have / seen set OF
officers and directors work in such
erfect harmony as has prevailed in the
many meetings held this year, and no
matter what has come up in the meet
ings, or whether the commissioners
differed with the officers and the Sec
rotary, it was finally adjusted with
smiles and good feelings, and unan-
imous endorsement was given to every
project by the directing officers. A
year has passed by, and it has gone 50
quickly that it is hard to realize that
it has been one year since the organ
ization was first started. There has
really been no grand, spectacular
events, but the work has gone steadily
on with push and enthusiasm and con.
structive work for Americas
cat the time that we had the Knock
er's Funeral, your secretary thought
that this would be a practical lesson,
and that with that casket going into
the ground, believed would determine
il and the knockers would cease. Sor-
ry to say that our old friend, the
Knocker, like the poor man, is still
with us. For knocker, once a knocker,
it seems it is impossible to convert
him, but we are proud to say that your
secretary can refer you to several good
men, who were not real knockers, but
who had been disgruntled in some way
by some things that had happened in
Americas. 1t gives us great pleasure
to say that some of these men are now
active WOFheTS III the NudHuSl VI
Commerce, and 1 am proud to state
tiat they are the fellows who comes
around to the office and "aig" the sec
rotary on to greater efforts. The OBJ
jcct Of the Chamber of Commerce, and
its work, are to advise, promote and
protect the business interests of the
city Of Americas, and it should expect
ard should have, the active interest and
cooperation of individuals and firms
to the profit of the city's growth ami
development.