The courier-index., 1917-08-24
COMMERCIAL CLUB CHAT


 The Secretary has been under the weather for the past few days, caus odpr the ever present presence of g wisdom tooth, and we are in the same frame of mind regarding this tooth that Sherman was when he referred to war.
 The Missouri Pacific railroad again attempted to do the impossible mass two trains on single track The accident occurred between a local train and a through freight. The local was switching in the local yard without putting out a flagman, and the accident occurred in the yard al a very sharp curve in the track Traffic was delayed several hours Personal injuries very slight to one man and property damage nominal
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 Prof. F. l.. McChesney, recently of Lake Village, who will fill the princi pals chair in our high school the coming session, dropped in to see us today, and also had his name put on our list of BOOSTERS" He said his attention was first attracted to Marianna by the Marianna Com mercial Club, and he wanted to be Identified with club of this kind and of course this is the material we want in the Club We believe he is a real, sure enough live wire, and mighty glad to have him with us. Prof McChesney has some ideas that he wants to get started working right away, and the first thing he wants to do is to get the public generally interested, so they will back him up in his work, which is of course, along constructive lines; and to do this he must have the support of the pat rons of the school, which he is en- tiled to beyond any doubt. I have invited the Professor to our next open meeting, at which time he will have an opportunity to state some of the things he hopes to accomplish. We consider the school directors for tunate in securing the services of Prof. McChesney, and we wish him much success.
 The Marianna Commercial Club Band of twenty pieces boarded the train Monday afternoon for Mem phis, where they go to furnish music for the Cotton States Merchants Con- vention. The boys were over last year for this occasion. at which time they made quite a hit, and if we make no mistake they are just twice as good today as they were then. Co to it boys; give them all the music they want. and then spend some of your time telling them you are from the most progressive, up- to-the minute. wide-awake prosper ous little city in the state of Arkan- sas.
 Many a man who Is down on his luck might easily reach prosperity by prefacing his luck with a 'P".- The Indiana Record.
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 As a man thinketh so is he in his heart.-John Allen.
 man without purpose in life gets about as far as a fish without tail.-Anon.
 The man who gets ahead is the nan who exercises his will and trains to do hard, unpleasant things.-James Hay, Jr.
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 While riding a local freight train several days ago we had a short wait at Haynes. so we got off and Visited around a little and made some new acQuaintances. Thanks to our genial young friend. John Hughes. lor courtesies extended.
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 Will Chisum and wife left Mon- iay for Detroit for the purpose or bringing back some Dodge cars over and. Will is a hustler. A few snort years back he was working for salary, and if he keeps up his present. pace, in a few short years ne will rank as one of our biggest merchants. A hustler mad a good own are two hard thinge to beat.