The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1918-01-01
CHAMBER TONAME
OFFICERS JAN. 5.
President, Three Vie--Presidents and
Fifteen Directors of Chamber of
Commerce to Be Elected.

An election for a president, three
vice presidents and fifteen directors
for the Chamber Of Commerce, will he
held at it's domicile, in Greenwood, be-
ginning Tuesday, Jan, !, Ballots will
be received at any time from Jan.
until the hour Of the regular meeting,
at z p. m. Jan. s,
Ballots containing the names of all
the members are printed and furnish
ed voters upon request.
Each voter must sign his ballot.
Space is provided for this at the top
Of the ballot. Ballots not signed will
not be counted.
Choice for directors will be indi-
Gated by pen or pencil mark in! sront
of the names voted for.
Voters will write the names of their
choice for president and three vice.
presidents in the spaces provided for
that purpose at the bottona Of the bal
lot.
Officers and directors cannot sue
ceed themselves, but may be elected
to any other office,
As the term Of the present officers
does not expire until April, 1918, the
the new president and vice-presidents.
will he elected for a term beginning
May 1918, and ending January, 1919.
The term of the present directors
does not expire until July, 1918; but
fifteen additional directors will be
elected to serve from Jan. 1918 to Jan.
1919. N..
Members out of town may vote by
mailing their ballots direct to the Sec
retary.
The secretary is specializing in an
effort to conduct this organization in
sucn a manner that no one can feel
sighted, or that he has any just cause
or excuse for failing to take public
spirited and patriotic interest in the
organizations efforts in behalf of the
community. Community benefits are
in common. They are shared by all
alike. and all should take an interest
in any organized movement devoted
exclusively to the promotion and ad-
vancement of those interests.
As beginning, with the new year,
every member is urgently requested
to give this ballot careful study, Sc
lect the names he thinks best, and
vote. Later on, each and every men,
ber is going to be assigned active and
specific duty directly in line with one
of more of the interests in which he
is engaged, or of which he is capable
and thus given an opportunity to show
whether lack Of interest in this or
ganization has been due entirely to
the organiza tion or not. Also, to just
what extent he is willing to aid it in
public spirited community work.
This organization purposes to so !
thoroughly, impartially and exclu-
sively identify itself with public spir-
tied community interests and advance
ment, both for the city and county, |
that no one can deny or ignore it on
that account, or attribute to it. utter.
ior motives political, factional, or
otherwise.
Mark well these words, please: That |
while it desires that every-good,
brosd-minded, patriotic, enthusiastic,
public spirited citizen, shall cooper
ate with it, The Chamber Of Com
merce shall studiously avoid furnish
ing anyone an excuse for not doing
so. As stated, it is specializing along
these lines. Let the issues be what
they may, and as prejudiced as they
may, it expects to emerge from all in
a position to command the absolute
confidence and support Of all sides an :,
factors in behalf Of the single feature
for which it was ovgv1tzed--the COM !
msrcial and industrial advancement Of