The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-07-16
FULL MEETING Of
DIRECTORS HELD.
OF CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE MET YESTERDAY:
AFTERNOON ;.AesD DIS cUssz:
ED THE QUESTION OF sEs
CURING A PERMANENT sALA:s
RIED SECRETARY.

A full meeting Of the board Of di- 2
rectors Of the Abbeville Chamber Of
Commerce was held yesterday at
ternoon at 6 o'clock in the Office Of
the president, j. M. Nickles.
The boards secretary, Otto Bris-
tow, reported that he had received
a number Of applications for the
position Of secretary to the Cham
Der. These applicants were re-
ceived in response to newspaper adj
vertisements and to letters sent out
by Mr.. Bristow to the secretaries Of
the different commercial organiza-
tions in the larger cities Of the
state. ~ Is
> The board of directors proceeded
to wade through the long list of ap-
plicants together with the volumi-
nous documents Of testimonials and
recommendations. After spending
an hour, at the end Of which they
were no nearer a solution of the
problem Of discovering the secre-
itary who possesses the necessary
qualifications to make the city
Greater Abbeville, s. J. Link moved
that the chairman appoint a conf
mittee Of three directors who would
make thorough study Of the vari-
Gus applications that have been re-
ceived and arrang for the most
likely applicants to visit the city
and confer with the board of direc-
tors. This notion being seconded,
was carried and Messrs. Otto Bris-
tow, C. E. Williamson and j. D..
Fulp were appointed on, this COM
mittee. sgNa
! The committee later conferred
with the president and have notified
) one of the applicants to come to ABB
beville Monday for conference
with the board. It was agreed that a .
minimum salary of $4,000 be offer
ed. The estimated income of the
chamber is approximately $4,000
and it is proposed to make strenu-
Gus drive for more members this
fall after a salaried secretary has
been secured. It was the unanimous
opinion of the board of directors
that it would do better to- wait until
the secretary had been engaged be-
fore calling for the dues as the
board thinks the members of the
Chamber should know just for what
purposes the money they pay into
the treasury is to be used.
! The president this week visited
the excellent chambers of commerce
: in both Greenville and Spartan
burg and he was very favorably
impressed with the workings of both
organizations but especially with
the work which secretary Walker
is doing in Spartanburg.
One of the first movements to be
attempted by the Abbeville Cham
ber will probably be some scheme to
bring the people of the country and
the people of the city into closer,
cooperation along marketing lines. ::
1t may be that curb market SINH
lar to the one begun at Greenville
the past week will be attempted.
The. curb market takes it's name
from the fact that all of the farm
ers' wives who have any produce,
chickens, eggs, butter or any simi-
lar farm products for sale are as
signed a particular street or
block of one of the main streets
convenient to a majority of the
housekeepers of the city. The far
mer drives his automobile or wagon
loaded with his produce to this
block and the housekeepers 60 to
market there. This eliminates the
"peddling" all over town now neces-
sary for the farmers in order to
reach the commissary agents of the
lhomes of the city.
The Chamber of Commerce also
hopes to organize either stock