French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-12
BOARD OF TRADE
NET | MONDAY NIGHT
Resignation of Secretary Bridges Ac-
ee9ted With Regrets Several
Committees Appointed.

A meeting. of the Hendersonville
Board of Trade, President J. w.
Bailey presiding, was held in the city
hall Monday night, at which time the
resignation of w. Marshall Bridges
accepted with regrets, and the mat
ter of employing new secretary was
left open for several months.
An executive committee composed
Of C. E. Brooks, chairman; A. s.
Truck, G. F. Bland, W. P. Whitmire
and r. M. Oates. was appointed, the
association having been without an
executive committee ever since it's re-
organization.
The matter of a debt owed by the
old Greater Hendersolville Club took
up a considerable part of the eve
ning's business, and brought out some
lively discussion Action was taken
on this matter in that a committee
composed of A. S. Truck, E. G. Still
we'll, w. P. Whitmire, e. w. Ewbank
and w. Marshall Bridges, was ap.
the way of collecting some old notes
charge of this obligation
The present board of trade has just
about enough money to break even
on the present years work.
A letter was read from an Ashe-
vile man, who applied for the posi-
ton of Secretary, and also one from
Miss Annie D. Mitchell who proposed
to make a personal canvas of homes
in oil MI
this winter advertising Henderson,
vile for a stated sum of money, but
no action was taken on either mat
ter.
Mr.. Bridges resignation, as handed
in to the board and which explains
his reasons for resigning. is as fol-
lows:
To the Members Of the Hendersonvi1le
Board of Trade, Hendersonville,
North Carolina.
Gentlemen:
During the past, nine months have
endeavored to serve you, and the best
interests of .Hendersonvil1e generally,
as Secretary of the Board of Trade.
How well this work has been done,
you who are familiar with the work
can best determine. The failure to
accomplish for Hendersonviile many
undertakings which 1 desired to see
consumated, is very evident to me.
am convinced, however. that I could
have rendered more and better service
in this organization in which we are
all interested if it had been possible
for me to devote more time to the
work in hand. The circumstances at
tending my employment have made it
necessary that the Board Of Trade and
its objects and undertakings have a
secondary place in my thoughts and
a second demand upon my time. My
first interests have been, of course,
the interests of my clients. AS the
work Of my profession has increased,
my attention to the Board of Trade
objects has, from necessity, dimin-
ished.
In the light of the above I can no
longer remain Secretary of your or
ganization and give to it the time and
! thought which it demands and which
it is entitled to-if this organization
is to have its proper place in the full
fillment of our desires for Henderson,
vile. I, therefore, earnestly request
that you accept my resignation as
Secretary of the HendersOnville
Board of Trade, the same to take eff
feet at the next meeting of the or
ganization, Monday evening, Octo-
ber 9.
In rendering this, my resignation, I
do so with keen sense of apprecia-
ton of the hearty cooperation and en-
couragement l have received at the
hands of practically all members of
the board. and with an abiding convic-
ton that Hendersonville will eventual
ly prove a fulillment of our desires
and become in reality the best city in
Western North Carolina Though re-
signing as Secretary from necessity
due to my increasing law practice, I
pledge to Hendersonville my loyal
and unwavering support and devotion
to every interest that will make our
city a better place in which to live,
and to this end I stand to serve
/ wherever my services are needed
Respectfully submitted,
w: MARSHALL BRIDGES.
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