The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-07-04

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:. !, the Young Mems Business Club
Who'd = last night when two hundred
and ninety six xmembers Of the club
..s.mbled at the Court House, paid
.h.ir dues and voted. The outcome
- The ballot was the election Of Mr..
i B. Webb as President, Mr.. r. p.
norman as Vice President and Mr..
\ warner Wells as Treasurer. The first
..so named were nominees on the
Green Ticket, the last mentioned being
nominee on the Red Ticket.
The Bone Dry" lunch served by the
entertainment committee directly fol-
lcwing the meeting was = delightful
.ururise to the assembled hundreds.
Il was served at the Armory Of Bat
terv c.. the old offices Of the Y. & M.
v Cotton Co., and was participated
in by all present with a relish never
eoualled at a like occasion in Green
wood before.
The final count Of the vote showed
the following results: -...
For President-Jerry Foley, Red
Ticket, 1O4, ]. B. Webb, Green Ticket
1872.
For Vice President-Shelby s.
Steele, Red Ticket, 10, R. B. Dcrmar,
Green Ticket, 1888.
For Treasurer-Warner Wells, Red
Ticket, ISL, R. A. Ball, Green Ticket
4"
The last named vote was the closest
Of the three and the race proved very
exciting all the way through.
A vote of thanks was extended to
Mr. E. M. Purcell and MI. J. 3. Webb,
temporary chairman and temporary
secretary, respectively, for the Efforts
they exerted in the behalf Of the or
ganization Of the Club.
Mr.. Purcell opened the meeting and
called for the reading Of the minutes
oi the last meeting. Their reading BY!
Mt. Webb brought forth . shot or two
VI wit at the expense Of the Red snd
Green tickets. Mr.. Webb was the eaIi-
didate for president on the Green Tick
e. and the minutes Of the previous
meeting happened to have been writ
ten on green paper. When the chair.
man put the question Mr.. Herr made
a motion that the minutes be reject
ed in toto because they were written
on green paper. Quick - . hash Mr..
William Sanders replied: "Anyhow
they were read" Needless to say the
minutes were adopted.
The membership committee reported
nearly hundred new members since
the last meeting. Three hundred and
twenty nine had bee enrolled when
the previous meeting was held. Last
night over four hundred were on the
roll.
The highest vote last night was two
hundred and ninety six which is con-
elusive evidence that nearly three hum
dred Of the members were present at
the meeting. 1t was expected three
hundred would be there. Several were
present at first who were called away
before the vote was taken.
The Chairman asked the Club which
they would rather hear from first
and as some one mentioned the Reds
Mr. Foley was invited to the front
and delivered q short address. He
stated that he was confident that he
would be chosen to lead the Club for
the first six months Of its life and
asked his friends to support him.
Mr. Webb, the Green Ticket man,
was the next introduced. He declared
that anybody who had the nerve
TO parade the city's strests In the
Green garb he has worn for the past
week has nerve enough TO head .
Young Mems Business Club In Green
wood and stated that il elected he
would exert the same slIaet IN behalf
Of the Cl,h that h. 49, =. a., >r~e nSza.
ton.
MI. Steele the Vice rsesidsntisl can
d'date on the Red Ticket was next m
nounced. Without coming TO the front
ne stated that II he was elected to the
once for which he had been nominated
ne would try his best to fiji the ofIscs.
y Mr. Dorman, his opponent, when
called upon said that he and his team
mates had been running 90 fast for
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