The courier-index., 1917-08-17
This Page Belongs to the Marianna Commercial Club
 Andis Edited y ,seertar oftnC

pleasant visitor at Commercial Club headquarters. MT. Mallory is a farmer of wide experience and as usual with good farmers has some fine ideas that we are always glad to get. Come again.
 s. F. Lilies, former editor fo the Index, dropped in to pay us a visit, and incidentally mentioned that he had been over good portion of the state since leaving Marianna and had visited cities of this size and larger, but that he found none in his travels , that would compare with Marianna, i and he was glad to say that the Mar ianna Commercial Club was respon- sible, in his opinion, for this fact. Thanks, brother. You have a major ity of the thinking people with you in this opinion.
 With Hugh Nixon, cashier of the Bank of Marianna to tell them at the Cotton States Merchants Conven- tion in five minute talk, how and what the Commercial Club has ac- complished, we have little doubt but what we will bring back the trophy, for he has something to talk about and he is a most convincing kind of talker. . ----s--l-- No better time than now to build an apartment, as we see it. Not vacant residence to be had and all under course of construction spoken for. Same old reason-everybody wants to live in the best little city in the state -. - IA r e-'n
 On our return trip from Wynne Tuesday we had little time in For rest City, and wanted to go over and see our soldier boys," but found they were camped some distanc from the city and did not have suf- ficient time to get out to see them. Hope we have more time on our hext trip. s,.
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 NEW LIGHT MANAGER.
 While out getting acquainted we met live wire from Piggott in the person of c. M. Harris, who has come nere to succedd J. F. Mullen as man. ager of the Arkansas Light & Power Co.,
 MT. Harris said he had been sent down here to cut out the red tape methods formerly used by his con- pany and give the patrons real serv- ice or know the reason why.
 The gentleman was very much i'm pressed with our city, and he claims to have a good eye when it comes to locating good, live, progressive cities.
 We were impressed with the earn estness of this gentleman's conversa- tion and believe he means to i'm prove the service or get off the job, and we assured him we were ready to cooperate with him to secure re- , suits whenever he thought we could be of service to him.
 NEW COTTON GIN.
 The foundation and a good part of the framework has been put up for a gin located on the lot north of the water works. This gin is owned and will be operated by w. B. Mann, former manager of the Marianna Cot ton Oil Mill.
 With an additional gin there will not be the usual long delays here tofore experienced by some during the heavy ginning season. More pro gross for Marianna and Lee couty- we are getting bigger and better every day.
 REPORT ON FLOUR MILL
 The Flour Mill Committee, compos- f ed of J. B. Lowe, R. l.. Nixon and the Secretary made an unsuccessful at- tempt to go to Wynne to look over the mill located there, Monday morn ing, due to a change in the schedule of trains, but MT. Nixon and the Sec- retary succeeded in getting up there Tuesday and went over the proposi- tion with MT. Mebane, the owner, | very thoroughly. We were very fav- orably impressed with mill this type and size and think it is about what we need in this county for the purpose of grinding wheat raised in the county for home consumption. We would suggest that the Conner cial Club secure 200 pledges from as many farmers to plant at least five acres of wheat for period of three years. The time is short onw, as the planting season gegins in September, nu1 fboea xybr Haofro fO coW wheat !