The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-09-05
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FOR CIVIC BODY
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why / at first felt that l could not
assume the leadership Of this i'm
portant enterprise. / have finally de-
cided that it is not only an honor, but
an opportunity to give my time and
effort for the next few weeks to this
splendid and vital movement Of organ
izing Chamber Of Commerce for Co
lumbus and vicinity and making it the
dynamic force it should be in this fine
community. l am undertaking this re-
sponsibility gladly, and in the certain
belief that the campaign will have the
actiyes cooperation and earnest sup
port of all my fellow-citizens; on no
other ground would haye taken hold
Of it.
This is the spirit of enterprise,
and this is what will make the effort
big success. 1t is a movement which
invites men and women to forget
themselves in the interest Of the whole
community. No better slogan than
Community Betterment could have
been selected. We have worked to-
gether in this community in the past
few years for the promotion Of our
national aims, and now we must work
together for this vital community or
ganization which will lead the civic
and commercial progress Of Columbus
and the surrounding districts.
We want Columbus to be more
than it's best has ever been. We have
learned many things in the past few
years. Our outlook has been wild
ened. We have formed the habit of
looking beyond our boundaries, and we
realize something Of our relationship
to not only other cities within our
state but to those of the rest of the
country. We have discovered that we
are not independent; that we cannot
live by ourselves alone. To put it
another way, our progress is deter
mined in large measure by that of
our neighbors and by their advances.
In the old days, when communities
were smaller, there were many SER
vices which one family performed for
another; we were all neighbors. AS
titles grew, neighborliness waned.
Our recent experiences have taught
US that right here was something we
we're in danger of forgetting-that we
ire still neighbors, not alone in our
individual relationships, but as COM
munities. We are very much depend
INT upon one another. The welfare of
one is the welfare of others.
" So we have undertaken this cam
oaign for the organization of modern
Chamber of Commerce in order to or
sanize the forces of neighborliness
and make them of immediate and con-
tinuing service in the new tasks
which have come to us.
A modern Chamber of Commerce,
in which all community interests, civic
rs well as industrial, agricultural as
we'll as commercial, are represented, is
essential to our community we'll being.
Unselfish service for the best inter-
,sts of the city andNthe districts about
t must be the impulse Of every think
ing citizen. We must pull together in
The promotion of the welfare of Column
bus and vicinity.
I'VE shall have industrial problems
% solve. We have commercial ant
agricultural problems. There are
some civic problems awaiting solution
Columbus is good city, situated il
he heart of a good and large section
If what we all feel is the finest stat,
in the union. We are proud of oul
home town and its neighborhoods
1--WE want Columbus and its vicinit!
"a be the kind of place men and wo
men will come to live in because the,
IAN find living conditions better thar
somewhere else. We have natural re
sources that should be capitalized
But we must not forget that we hav
human resources worth more than al
slse,. and that the development 0
these will make our investment o
time and energy and money in the ne,
Chamber OF. Commerce the most prof
table enterprise we ever engaged il
know we shall all take hold of thi
ampaign with enthusiasm"