The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-07-17

lortn inc advantages 1t possessed over
all rivals. and to this end we called
upon the membership generally to aid
us by securing advert ;ements to
be placed in our publications
and thus supplement- the cost Of
same. And it was our purpose to set
apart in this book rs many pages for the
write up of the several towns IN
which local exchanges were located as
might be necessary; but when we got
down to the hard part. practical bust
ness, and began to feel the pulse of the
local exchanges from whom our revenue
was to flow, we found that the stream
was troubled with breakers, and that,
consequently. tho flow was somewhat
impeded. Going deep we discovered
that the breakers were not all of one
kind. There was the dull business
breaker, the optimist breaker, the Sec
ton jealousy breaker, and others of diff
ferent type still hence when we set to
work to get our books desert ptive of our
great State of Virginia, these breakers
rose up in our way, and our boast, though
made of paper, was too heavy to- float
over them. There arc some
things i'll the business life that can be
accomplished under certain conditions,
that it would be folly to attempt if such
v,
therefore, console ourselves with the
reflection that perhaps the advertise
ment of our resources will profit us
more from this time forth than had we
put 1t out earlier. But don't, l beg of
you, put this ma ster off longer.
1--WE have met with che most hearty
recognition at the hands of the press in
the State as well as business men of all
grades OF prominence, as one of the es-
tablished and permanently solid factors
OF our country's development, and We
must continue to prove ourselves worthy
of this confidence by pushing forward in
the march OF progress; we must lead in
this march. If we arc not at the head
of the colu mn, let us get there and stay
there, holding our banner aloft, and on
1t should be inscribed, unity, intelli-
gence and energy and if we find that
our standard bearer cannot keep up with
the procession on foot, We will put him
in real estate wagon with tires of con
spicuous strength, wheels made OF the
hickory of endurance, n tongue of truth,
and body OF capacity and drawn by
horses that never get left, with whip
Of clcqucnce we will drive ahead of all
competitors for supremacy in the work
OF development in this grand old State.
Having inscribed on your banner
energy, intelligence and truth, You
should see TO it that drones and blowers
are not allowed to march beneath its
folds. 1t is a sad fact, and yet it is
fact that the uniformed are wont to
place real estate men in cologiry to
which they should not belong, and why?
1t is because the alluring commissions
and the seeming ease Of attainment has.
caused tho unworthy and incompetent
to engage in our line"
The president expressed the hope
that none such were ION our rolls" and
declared that the bungling of this class
has reflected injurously on their bust
ness. lie hoped the bull would drive
them to the sphere to which they be-
long, butdid not say where or what that
was. He assured the members of his
great interest in the exchange, and OF
his entire Willingness to serve in tho
ranks hereafter, because he Lnew that
in serving the exchange, ne served the
State and her people with whom he had
cast his lot.
Messrs. K. +. Bowyer and ID. Q. Egg
gleston, of the committee on revision uf
tho constitution and bylaws, recon-
mended the following changes:
ARTICLE II.
Section /. Any regularly licensed
land agent, rental agent, or real estate
auc tioncer, doing business in the State;
who is 4 member of the local exchange
of his city or town, may become Il Nom
Der of the Virginia Real Estate Ex-
change. Where no exchange exists. each
firm, as such, shall be eligible to mem
bcrship.
ARTICLE II.
Section II. An initiation fee of s.
shall be paid to the trucsnry by every
member.
ARTICLE H.
Section s. Each individual or firm
Shall pay into the treasury Of this ex-
change, the sum of SIS per annum half
yearly in advance on tho LIST OF January
and July.
Captain y. c. Morten, of Shendun.
addressed the exchange with reference
to the publication referred to in the
presidents report, and urged that it be
cotton out at the earliest possible
moment He said that Major jed IIotch-
kiss, now in attendance at the National
Press Association at st. Paul, as dele
gate from tho Virginia Press Associa-
ton. and would lecture there and at
other points on Virginia and her re-
sources.
President Simmons spoke at length
and with considerable warm tn in favor
OF advertising in the way indicated in
his report. Virginia's resources were
boundless and no other State or country
could equal them. Let the world know
what they have and the results would
be most gratifying.
Messrs. Geo. p. Cannon, of Wytheville,
and Walter Sharp, of Norfolk, made
ringing speeches on the same line. The
former expressed the hope that no shady
people or concerns would be allowed q