The courier-index., 1918-02-15
Annual Meeting and Election
of Commercial Club Officers
on Next Wednesday Evening

There big dOlngS store for the
and Lee county during the next three weeks
The annual meeting and election of officers the Mari
anna Commercial Club will be held at the Eks Home We'd
esday night February 90 and Thursday night February
81 members of the club will begin the county the
purpose of discussing with the people white and black
Of the problems in connection with the to
impress upon the necessity for producing bumper
Yields of food and feed suffs.
a meeting of the Commercial Club on Monday night of
this week Maclin McClinock r. d. Smith and Dr. Will
hanson appointed committee=o arrange for
1T appointed committee to arrange the details of
the annual meeting and election of officers.
Both committees met Tuesday and worked of
the plans
Red contest for victory the election of Commercial
Club officials
For president D. s. Plummer; for members executive
committee harrington Geo co. w w. fresman paa and F.
MCKEE R. D. Jarratt, r. s. McClntock Chas Govan.
For president aasii mn mecInaoes for erers Of the
eSteatye coinittss Brian FTazi 6 g oidsl and Wys
ener. r b. Smith and wooten Freeman.
Each side y eSpeeed to put put out & campaign 9 literature or
limited to circular Tuesday and Wednesday The
election will be by ballot at the Es Hce at six O'Clock We'd
nesday evening.
At six thirty O'Clock Hooyerzed luncheon will be
cd in the basement of the EIks Home following which the
The full program the meeting published elsewhere
this issue of the Courier-ndex There also appears in this
issue half page extending invitation to
every white in Lee county to be at this annual
meeting In full page announcement the farm campaign
committee sends out stirring appeal to the people of Lee
join united effort to meet the crisis that faces
the nation. The appointments for the community meetings
are also given in the page announcement
The teams that will tour the county follows:
Team No. w P. Harris, chairman; w. b Manu. j. b.
Daggctt O. G. Norment Wyatt Newbem and Houston Potts
Team No: 2.-R |. Nixon, chairman; S Golosten j. W.
Reed Burk Mann and M. ID. Miller.
Team No. 3-W. S. McClntock, chairman; H. d. Jarratt,
r. L. Hope +. n. Burke and Hugh Nixon.
Team No. 4--Maclin McClinock chairman; H. NJ Jack
SON. Morris Lesser c. n Houck Dan Shumacker and Dr. o.
L. Williamson.
Team No. 5.-M. f. Ncwbern chairman Chas Mckee r.
Wagner d. S. Pummer Harry Shumacker and NJ Hewitt
Team No. 6.-R. ID. Smith, chairman; Judge r. D hoD-
eson W. j. Shorten, Starr Gregg c. E. Daggett and L. NJ
Osborne
Each chairman will arrange transportation for the mem
be Of his team Before the campaign rs laanches an the
leans will be called together and the subjects for discussion
assigned -
About March after the county has been covered by the
campaign C. p j. Mooney, editor of the Commerela Appeal
will Marianne deliver address Efforts were
made to Mr. Mooney for address at the anna
ing but he has engagements that will not permit nm 10
come at that time He stated however he would be able 10
speak here during the first week In March Inc
committee has decided will try to get Mr. Mooney mere
al The close of the farm campaign and weather condiohs
are favorable he will be asked to deliver his address from c
Dahd stand in the city park