Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-10-10
g Support Behind Move TO Bring in Industry
3RFS LESLIE PLEDGES COUNTY AGENT SUPPORT
BUSINESS INTERESTS
BEHIND MOVEMENT TO
BRING BIG MILL HERE
Director of Chamber of Com
merce Asserts Now Is Time to
Go After Industry
ALL READY TO BEGIN
Potential and Developed Re-
sources of Community War
rant Effort, II Is Declared
ALL READY TO BEGIN


Americas business interests are
alive and solidly behind the effort
being made by the Chamber of
Commerce to secure a big cotton|
mill for Americas, and the next
few weeks may hold developments
OF great interest to every resident
here. Cobb Miner, who will go
East as a representative of Amer
icus in this effort to land a mill
here, expects to leave Americas
about October 25, and he will be
gone during two weeks promoting
he ent e;:rise.
One director OF the Chamber of
Commerce, discussing the effort in
augurated by the Chamber this
morning said:
1T Is a fact that cotton mills
are coming SOUTH" one of the
directors said. 1--WE have hydro
electric power, we have cotton,
We have potential cotton mill lab
or, we have climate and we have
Southern Field which in time will
be placed on the block. Now is
the time for US to attempt to in
crest these fill men in coming
TO Americas.
"Only by personal interview can
we learn all of the facts neces-
sary. By sending an engineer
thoroughly conversant with the
subject we many strike a live
prospect now. Certainly we shall
find those who are interested and
we then will have something de-
finite on which to work"
Mr.. Miner agreed to take two
weeks in the interest of this move
ment, the commercial body to pay
his travelling expenses only. Mr..
Miner agreed to give his time to
the work without compensation.
More than $50 letters to fin
ancicrs, mill engineers and mill
owners are going out Today and
tomorrow seeking engagements
for Mr.. Miner. A comprehensive
survey printed and prepared by
the chamber of commerce goes
with each personal letter.
While in the East Mr. Miner
will attend an exposition at Bos-
ton of cotton mill interests, it
having been advised, by indus
trial agents that at this exposition
he will be able to interview many
cotton mill men.
Mr.. Miner has been invited to
make the booth of the Manufac-
turers Record his headquarters
while at the Boston exposition
BY resolution, President Win
burn of the Central of Georgia, is
to be requested to send the Cen
trails indud.rial agent, Mr. NAL
lory, of Savannah, along with Mr..
Miner. Mr.. Mallory has ben aid
ing the local body in every way
in its preparation for the trip and
otherwise.
On the subject of electrified.
ton of the water works, the dir
ectors feh that a conference OF
the city engineer and members OF
the city council, with an engineer
of the electric company, togeth-
er with a committee from the
chamber of commerce would de-
termine whether the city could
or could not save money by chang
ing the motive energy of the wa
ter works plant The committee
from the chamber of commerce
selected is Cobb Miner, an engl-
neer, John SILVER and Sam Keys,
The mayor and council were urg-
ed to go into this matter at It's
earliest convenience.
1t was stated that most COM
munities in the South Georgia are
getting rapidly lilIto diversified
ton and to approach the matter
from logical viewpoint, a re-
preventative of each of the Sum-
ter county banks is requested ia
meet with the county agent in the
very near future, to plan a de-
finite and comprehensive plant
for Sumter in which the chamber
of commerce can aid the move
ment.
This committee will be apuoint-
ed and a meeting arranged in the
next few days,