The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-15
TO BOOST
HOME TOWNS FOR
FINE SILVER CUP
Cotton States Merchants Con-
Vention to Have Many Other
Features Interesting and Of
Value to Members.

More than % communities of the ter
ritory represented in the Cotton States
Merchants association will have their
accredited representatives at the cone
Yention on Aug. 10 to II, to present to
the delegates the strong points OF their
progressive home towns. The man
whose five-minute speech is best re-
ceived by tho delegates present at the
nnal session OF the convention next
Thursday afternoon. will not only win
glory Tor his town but a trophy for him
These "five-minute men" viii not be
the only community representatives who
Will be able to report the progress made
by this section during the past year.
Among the 1000 and more delegates
who have signified that they are coming
TO the convention are 40 county agrlcul-
ing session OF the convention the rela-
ton Of these agents to the community
building will be discussed by George
X, James, OF the William r. Moore Dry
Goods company.
II will be at this session. also, that
sergt. Alvin G, York will address the
convention.
York a Feature.
Delegates to the convention will also
have an opportunity TO heal Sergt. York
at the Lyric theater on "Wednesday
night, when he win present more fully
the story OF his battle and his plans for
mountain education.
Better rural education Is one of the
strong planks OF the association plat
form for community progress. Miss
Charl Williams, superintendent OF the
Shelby county schools, win present the
subject at the first session of the con-
v~ention, on Tuesday morning.
At this session there Will be held the
first Of a series Of general conference
discussions which will be a striking
feature Of the program. Norman H.,
Johnson, OF Richmond, Va, and Tom W.
Sherron and Clarence Saunders. Of
Memphis. will lead a discussion OF mer-
chandise conditions Of the present and
the future.
In this conference and each of the
others which will be held, the convention
delegates who have been In actual con-
tact with the concrete problems of mer-
chandising will be urged to express
their Views and experiences.
The other conferences viii be OF ad-
vertising and selling, on Tuesday after
noon, with Albert G. Jahl. Charles
sofge, Ben Akin, William Moriarty, l..
Shack and l.. y. Fort 10 lead. Thursday
mornings conference will be on better
merchandising with Norman H.. john
son in charge. Organized effort as a
factor in community .upbuilding, with
v - ENN1 Alhbh 0ahAAlB MI w hl9
cussed Thursday afternoon.
Besides the conference discussions,
there will be valuable addresses by eX-
perts at every session of the conven-
ton, At the afternoon session on Tues
day the part TO be played by the banks
VIII be discussed by. c.. o. Carpenter,
OF Jonesboro, Ark, banker, and j. j,
Heflin, manager Of the Memphis branch
federal reserve bank. At the same ses-
sion John MeGrath. Of Brookhaven,
Miss, will discuss the co-operat ton OF
town and county forces IN community
development.
Boost for Farming,
Wednesday morning will be devoted
largely 10 the consideration of farming
questions In their relation to the prog
ress Of the community, DIR, Il. II, Lloyd
VIII discuss the value Of dairying to the
merchant; r. r. Pate, cooperative
marketing, and Thomas u, King, the
worth Of good roads TO the business Of
n community.
Ii will be at this session that Curt,
M, Johnson, the Minnesota small tOwr
merchant whose successful ideas ant
practices have made of him a nationa
figure, Will give his famous talk, "Tht
Road TO Happiness"
The Thursday morning session will
be given over largely to a discussion Of
publicity and advertising In their va
rious phases, Luther Ellison, Black
Oak, Ark. and w. II, Atkinson. "
Dorado Springs, Mo- both merchants
Will give addresses, Fred Collins, Mem
pills banker, will talk on the signs o.
the times,
At the afternoon session the accred
tied community representatives will tel
OF the giories and goodness of theil
home TWINS, and Graham Hall, presi,
dent of the Tennessee Fire Prevention
association, Nashville, will discuss pre-
ventable fire waste.
Ample Entertainments.
Besides the strong features of prac.
tical value, the convention win furnish
Will be a boat ride on Tuesday night
with two steamers chaptered to taxi
care OF the crowd, On Wednesday af
ternoon at 4 o'clock, the delegates vii
be taken from the Chisca ON a 20-mil'
auto ride, ending up at Overton park II
time for a good old-styie barbecue at
D.. m. There will be dancing and {
cabaret every night at the Alaskan
roof garden,
During the five years of It's existenc,
the Cotton States Merchants assocla
ton has enlisted under Its banner o
cooperation for community building 10,
900 merchants, bankers. planters an,
business men Of this territory. Mn
hundred banks, 700 Newspapers 20
county agents, more than 1000 travel
Ing men and 300 chambers of com
merce are cooperating In the work,