The log cabin Democrat., 1920-04-07
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 CENTRAL PLEDGE HARRY II. MYERS SPEAKS Several Matters of Importance are Acted Upon at Monthly Meeting
 of Commercial Club.

Little Rock, at the regular monthly meeting of the club last n ght.
 The meeting was called to order by Pres. Tom Davis, who first requested Mayor Cole to outline his sanitary program. The mayor said that all de- tais of the campaign had been ar ranged, despite conf cting stories which had appeared in local and Little Rock papers. He expressed strong appreclat on of the services of Prof. E. E. Cordrey in directing the anti mosquito fight without cost to the city and said MT. Cordrey's plans had been entirely approved by officials of the state board of health. In conclusion Mayor Cole announced a special clean up campaign, aimed mainly to gather up every tin can and other receptable that would hold water, for next Fri day. He said the public school and Normal training school would dismiss their pupils to asst in the work Friday afternoon and offered a motion that the stores of the city be request ed to close for two hours, from 2 to o'clock p. m, on Friday for the same purpose The motion was unanimous ly adopted.
 Pres. Doak s. Campbell of Central College was called upon to state the plans of the college with reference t9 the new dormitory He said that all arrangements had been completed for the erect on of a building capable of accommodating 124 boarding stu lonts to be erected at a cost of $12O.00O to S130,000 and that the college Is now fe9dv for Conway to renew the pledge made by the Commercial Clu5 one year ago to raise S30.O0O toward the cost Of this improvement. Pres ident Campbell referred to the com moreial value of the new dormitorv. stating that figures comp led at the college showed the boarding students brought to Conway and spent here an average of over $500 per year. The new dormitory will he filled with girls as soon as it is eretced, he said. and this would mean bring ng $100,000 more per year to the city. Of the colleges present income of approxi- mately $50,000 per year for board and tuition, he said, 88 per cent is ex- pended in Conway,
 Frank Farris. cha rman of a com mittee appointed at a previous meet ing of the club, followed MT. Camp bell with report renewing the pledge to the college. The report called at tention to the fact that since it's es- tablishment here Central College had received only about S8 900 in contri button from Conway people. It con- cluded with a definite pledge that the Commercial Club would underwrite subscription of $30.000, including ap- proXimately S12,000 which was sub scr bed last spring.
 The report was unanimously adopt ed and Chairman Davis appointed as committee to take charge of the drive Frank Farris, Jo Frauenthal and Fred Gordy.
 President Davis next requested Pres. J. II. Reynolds of Hendr Col logo to outline a plan for insuring cont nuance of good relations between the white and black races of this city and county. Dr. Reynolds referred to the numerous outbreaks of race troubles in various sections of the na- on in recent months, and said they were mainly caused by mcrcenary and vicious agitators arousing diecord among the negroes. Most, if not all. of them, he said could have been averted if sane leaders of both races had taken proper steps at the right time, He suggested the adopt on of a policy by the club similar to one of the Chamber of Commerce. of Pine Bluff, that of giving public anl def rite assurance to the ne@roos that the white man is thor friend and would give them a square deal in all the relations between the races The Pine Bluff program carried with it the appointment of a committee of lead nc white men and invited negroes having any grievances or complaints or suggestions for the bettcrmont of their condition to feel free to lay them before the committee A resolution that the Pine Buff policy be adopted by the Conway club was unanimously carried and Chairman Davis said ho would announce the appointment of the committee later.
 Tho chairman in this connection stated he had a communicat on from I I 4l club would increase the salary of E T. Mattson negro farm demonstra- tor for Faullnor county by S10 month. a similar amount would he added by the government so that Mat tison could obtain a cqr n which to mako his rounds. The communica- ton was referred to the executive com