The Sentinel=record., 1917-12-07
DRIVE PRODUCED
 SOME BIG RESULTS
BUSINESS MEMS LEAGUE COM. MlTTEEs SUBMITTED RE
 PORTS YESTERDAY
Meeting of the Members Called for Next Monday Night to Further Go Over Plans for the Future Work of League.

At noon yesterday the committees that have been making a membership drive for the Business Mems League
 made their reports. These showed that a large number of new members had been secured and also that those 1 who were in arrears were ready to
 pay up with but few exceptions. The
 committees felt that in their worS they had done a great deal to bring into active cooperation with the League many who heretofore had taken but little part in it's activities.
 In response to resolutions adopted | by those present q meeting of the 1 members Of the League has been call ed for next Monday night in the | League building. Al that meeting it Is planned to take up the important 1 things that are of interest to everyone in the city and by free interchange of ideas to lay best plans 10 derive the greatest advantage from the large numbers who will be entertained here net spring
 Throughout the discussion at the meeting yesterday it was insisted by those participating that members of the League should oe urged to take an active part in it's work These gentlemen believed that the League will be weak or strong. according to the degree in which the members of the League actively engage in it's work by counsel and vote
 The following Is the resolution adopted unanimously by the commit teemen present and concurrence in by those who were unayoidably detained from the meeting
 For the past few days your com mittee has been diligently engaged in canvassng the business and pro- fessional interests of Hot Springs for the two fold t3rrose of securing new members and collecting the amounts due on memberships for the year mstj closed We desire to make the fol- lowing report for your considera ton.
 The committee has met with a cordial response with but few excep- tions There has been criticism along various lines in connection with the League, but your committee be- lieves that it's work has done much to meet these criticisms. It also be- lieves that the place to settle all dif- ferences of opinions is in the League meetings We suggest that meet ing of members of the League be called in the immediate future that the whole membership may partici- the future, especially for caring for the coming season and how to get the largest benefits from the large con ventions of the spring We urge that the members of the League attend that meeting.
 'lt is also suggested by your com mittee that the monthly meetings of the League hs given a larger empha- sis and every effort be made to have them attended in numbers, for 1t is only by active cooperation and the free exchange of ideas that the League will be able to accomplish largest results
 We suggest that a monthly detailed statement of receipts and eXpendi- lures of the League 6c published in the newspapers
 We suggest that the looks of the League be audited by some sompe- tent accountant
 Your committee is firm in the conviction that the prosperity and activity of the Business Mems League Is essential to the success of Hot Springs and that its work means big financial return to every interest in the city because we have had this