The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-21
THE CONVENTION MEETS TO-DAY
Everything in Readiness for the
Visitors,
Who Arc Already Arriving-The First
session to Open at Noon, and the Even
ing Session at O'clock-A Drive About
the City Thursday Morning and BAN
Guet at Night.

The convention of the real estate men
OF Virginia to organize the Virginia
Real Estate Exchange will be called to
order at noon to-day in the hall of the
Roanoke Exchange by President A
Myers, of Norfolk. An evening session
will be held at o'clock
The visiting gentlemen will be
driven about the city Thursday morn
ing, and will assemble in convention
again at noon, when the business Of tho
meeting will be concluded.
Tho banquet ut the Ponce de Leon
Thursday evening will DO tho closing
event of tho convention
The committee appointed by the di-
rectors OF the Roanoke exchange to sug-
geSt an order of business for the SEES
sions of the convention will meet in
JAS :. Simmons Office at 10 o'clock
this morning AMI draw up an order of
business. The committee is composed
OF Messrs. Simmons, Dupuy and Wing
field.
Roanoke will entertain easily the $50
or 300 delegates to the Real Estate Con-
vcntion that holds its first session to-
day.
The bulk of the delegates will be &C
commodatcd at the Ponce Gle Leon, as
arranged for by the Roanoke exchange.
Thirty rooms OF the hotel are reserved
Tor them, and u hundred can be thus
Quartcrcu.
The Hotel Roanoke has reserved rooms
for some ten or twelve of its friends in
the real estate fraternity The hotel
is always full, but can accommodate
probably fifteen moro in case of n jam.
The Continental could provide for
seventy-hvc or 100.
Marshall's Cafe has room for about
fifteen.
BESIDES the hotels, goodly number
OF the delegates have friends in Roanoke
and quite number of the guests will
be entertained at the hospitable homes
in tho city
Among the delegates who have writ
ten to the committee ON arrangements
are as follows:
Charlottesville, w. j. Ficklin and F..
p. Parish, of FicHlin, Parish & Ran
dolph.
From Petersburg, j. Edward Moyler,
of Moyler " Egerton.
Shendun, Il. c. Morton, of Morton &c
Bro, and Nathaniel Il. Coles, of Coles,
| Owen x Green ..-.s- .4s- :
Pulaski, j. McGill, r. L. Gardener.
Frank Harrison, Il. e. Watkins, NJ. w.
Pinllins, OF pinkins & Co., and NJ. III.
Calfrec, OF NJ. II. Cafrce Il Co.
New Castle. one member OF the firms
OF f. Il. Dinner IL Co.. Trincle & Dennis,
i. w. Scatc II Co., j. i. Morton II Co.,
Joe ~. Peele IL Co.
Max Meadows, +. ]. Hansen, of Crock
cit y; Co. L. w. Grigg, of Grigg, Nc
Ciu:c & Co., and John h. Kent, OF Kent
n Mct;a"rat..
bedford City. G. w. Kelsey, r. s. Blu
ford and i. c. Arthur.
Elkho.n. NJ. VI. German, OF j. Heard
& Co.
Lynchbnrg, w. II. Nancy OF Yancy
& Faulkner, and AIess.s Eowyer, Ma
hood, Cosby. Wcli,ins. and Butler
Tazewell Court House, j. IL. Harmon,
of j. =. Harmon & Co.
Rad thirty delegates arc expected,
few being q. T. Kcarsloy. w. ii. Bar
clay, John W. Crockett, j. L. Dutfen-
baugn and j. w. Sanders.
Pocahontas, w. w. Trench, who writes
that he IS The only licensed real estate
Luray, ". c. Gilmore, of W. Icy
burne e Co.
South Boston, j. w. Shaver
Wythevillc c. II. Calfrce, j. Il. Uust,
w. l.. Yost, +. 0. Parker. c. b. Thomas,
+. III. Terry, H. W. Green. w. O. Moore,
Henry Cook Geo. S. Sexton, d. s.
PIERCE, X. +. Withcrs, Jr., making
total OF twelve from this place.
Marion, Va, Messrs, Richardson &
Hull.
Bristol Mcssrs, burrows Il Fox.
buchanan. the secretary of tho ex-
change writes that there will be ten or
twelve.
Eucna Vista, there will be fifteen
delegates, among them w c. McDowelly
{. ii. Jordan, ). NJ. Donald, t. H.
Clones, Col. j. IL. Shenard and a. p
Moore.
Glasgow, there will be II. II. McCluer,
ID. O. Grslcston and David Feniston.
The Norfolk delegates, numbering
forty. have chartered 4 Pullman car,
ana WI! come in style.
AZ the Hotel Roanoke Pollard Bros
~ Wilkinson have secured rooms for
live delegates ana Parker, Yosc Il Co.,
OF Wythovillc. for three or four.
Mr.. Colburn. OF bedford City, is To-
Gated at the Roanoke and l.. r. Shields,
of Norfolk.
Editor Il. L. berkeley, of the Farm
vile Herald, IS the guest of c. C.
TaliaHoro
Al the meeting of the Exchange last
night j. s. Cutchin j. j. Bosnian, j. t.
Boone, Paul Pope and NJ. T. c. Jordan
were appointed q reception committee
% meet IN" visiting rt0l estate men as
til arrive today.
'IHG TINES spec:s., Real Estate Con-
a VentlO1 edition tomorrow will De the
post daily paper ever issued IN the State.
LOOK CIV Tor II.