The daily times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1902-1936, 1919-04-18
THE MERCHANTS
ASSOCIATION
Put Over Big Things Last
Night. Money to Enter
tain Daughters
COM. YOUNG is COMING

The Merchants Association put |
over big things last night when it
raised money to assist the other or
ganizations of the city in the enter
tainment of the Daughters of the |
Confederacy, and also announced |
that it had invited Insurance Com |
missioner James R. Young to visit |
to our folks about fire insurance and
the conservation of property, that
we may get away from the losses in
Cured by virtue of unsafe buildings
and unsanitary conditions around
the house, the store and the factory.
Millions of dollars go up in smoke
every year as a result of carelessness
of smokers, trash, ETC., left around,
and this was referred to last night in
the meeting, and since the matter of
fire insurance and rates, and rates
are of course dependent upon the
losses Incurred by the companies,
and the Merchants Association de-.
sire to reduce the rate as much as
possible, it deems it the proper thing
to have the meeting in the court
house and give all our people an op-
portunity TO hear Mr.. Young.
But they did not stop at that Mr.
Elmer Oett:nger seated that it was
not righ. to allow the Daughters If
the Coneederacy to pay FOR the San
quet which will be given by the local
chapter in honor of the visiting
Daughters when the convention meets
here during May. The cost will be
$500 and he thought it would be the
I graceful thing for the various or
ganfzatfon of the city to take it upon
themselves to raise the money. He
made a motion that President Garry
Fulghum resolve himself into COM
mittee Of one to join with the other
presidents OF the city and raise the
money. Before Mr. Fu1gfium could
say anything Mr.. Oett1nger had put
| the motion and it was carried. But
they never put one over on the
president of the Merchants Associa-
tfon whose lively activity is bring
| ing things to pass, for like Eight
ming" in the show, he quietly re-
| marked that he had already fixed
| that, for President Tom1inson of the
| Chamber of Commerce and he on a
recent trip to Raleigh together had
planned t oraise the money to de-
fray the expenses of the banquet and
would canvass the business men OF
the city for that purpose.
But this was not all. The mat
ter of early closing was freely dis
cussed. The Merchants expressed &
desire to give their help as much OF
the afternoon as possible that they
may have some time for recreation
work the garden and play ball, thai
the body may be exercised and the
! mind have a complete rest in physi
cal pursuits.
Some wanted a definite hour, eth
| er six or sixt thirty in the afternoon
and ten thirty Saturday night. But
Mr.. Allen made the point that &
| number of workers who could not ge
away from the factories before si1
O'Clock should have time to trade
and so it was decided not to stay ope1
after $50. Nof if our people viii
shop early and before $50 on weel
days and 10:30 Saturday night, "a
Mr.. Carroll expressed it last night, /;
business man and his help will hav
time to rest some Saturday ngiht an
. get to Sunday school and church Sun
day morning. 1t seems to. us thi
plan should commend itself to al
!, and if the ministers of the5city arf
: the clerks and the. business me
| would start a movement of this kin
! we would have all the folks tradin
within these hours, and ii would nc
be necessary Tor q merchant to kee
: his place Of BUSINESS open after thes
Z hours to supply his trade Let's a
' try to do it. .rf .ft-Hy seT
Il Continued on page SIKH