Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-06-21
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
DRIVE LAST OF MONTH
Froa 10 10 II June - q, . and -,
Eight Hours in AL viii be Re
CURED to LauRoh II
W. ". POLLOCK WILL LEAD
He Heads the Ten Team Captains 10
Make Movement an Assured
Success IN This City

The Chamber q Commerce move
ment, which has been promoted in
this city for the past ten days by A.
Lyman Donlin. Secretary and Mana
ger Of the Missouri Federation Of
Commercial Clubs, viii be closed
shortly by an intensified eight hour
campaign. Frm 10 20 y O'Clock
each day on June q. q. . and % a
committee Of thirty, under the direc-
ton Of ten captains, will push the
movement TO ~fnIsuon. The appoint
ment Of W. ". Pollock as chair
man and Z. r. Locke as treausrer Of
this committee, by President c. P.
Malone. Of the Mexico Business
Mems Association at the MONDAY
luncheon Friday, was ratified by the
membership Of the body with a stand
ing vote.
The team captains appointed by
Mr.. Pollock are: Fred A. Morris,
Mitchell White. W. R. Jackson, Nate
Phillip, C. P. Malone, R. D. Wor-
rel. L. B. Hawthorne, ]. c. King,
z. r. Locke, r. r. Wagner.
The 10 team captains viii appoint :
men each to serve with them in secur-
ing membership for the Chamber of
Commerce. Mr.. Donlin is in charge
Of the publicity in connection with
the movement and in his address an
nouneing the plans for the next week
eomplimented the Mexico newspapers
for their liberal donations Of space
for the good Of the community and
which, we're it bought, would have
amounted to several hundreds Of dol
lars.
St Louis Business Men Coming
On Monday evening, June 9th, at
the Court House, a Greater Mexico
Mass Meeting will be held to which
a party of St. Louis business men,
numbering in the neighborhood, of
30, will be present. These men are
paying their own expenses, Mr.. Don
lin stated, and were coming to give
the Mexico Chamber of Commerce
movement their support. He urges
that every effort be made to have the
Court Dol crowded on this occa-
sion which precedes by a few hours
the intensified membership campaign.
On Monday morning, June is, Mr..
Donlin viii meet the Mexico Ministers
Alliance and confer with them re-
garding a civic sermon urging n
greater and better Mexico. Mon
day afternoon he will meet the Mex
leo Federation Of Clubs and sell the
Chamber Of Commerce idea to the
women Of the city so they may sell
it to their husbands and brothers.
The women play an important part in
the movement.
Club Thanks Federation
By a rising vote the Business
men expressed their appreciation for
the splendid work of the Mexico Fed
GRAFTON Of Clubs in their Liberty Loan
Bond sale work and ratified Presi-
dent Malone's purchase of a bond for
the Association.
W. W. Pollock Speaks
W. W. Pollock made a short talk
on the community meeting in st.
Louis at the recent session of the AS
ISOLATED Advertising Clubs of the
He outlined the plans used
~ Dayton, Ohio, and Louisville, KY,
o make these cities greater and pre-
ented important suggestions and
acts along the line of community
Iuilding.
Glove Factory Proposition
President Malone stated Eastern
representatives of a large glove man.
featuring concern had written here
o%ncerning the location of a factory in
city. They asked Mexico to fur
ish them with power, room rental
nd water all free. The company is
eing investigated with a viev to cnn-