Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-07-24
OUR MEDICINE MEN.
CHASING SESSION OF THE VIRGINIA
puARMAcEuT1CAL ASSOCIATION
Report of Committee on
llama state Omcer to Test pr"s'
u...uended-Prizes-Omcers and
delegates Elected.
delegates elected.

HAMPTON. VA, July 2.-CSpeciaL)-
The third and last days session OF the
efteenth annual meeting OF the virginia
pharmaceutical Association was caiieu "
order in the Young Mems CHRISTIAN 40
ISOLATION Hall this morning at !" 'ioN~
by President Burgess.
Tho re,ort OF the Committee on Adulte-
rat,on was read by the chairman MT
George f. Barksdale. OF Richmonu' anu
showed that tests had beer mace o'.
40 medicinal drugs, very re" Vi
,rn,ch came I'D TO the required standard
~ nur,tv. The committee suggested that
there should be a stricter enforcement
Of the adulteration laws OF the STATE
and referred to the necessity for an oin-
cer In the pay OF the State whose duty
a. shall be to visit the pharmacies OF the
c,o.e and demand that pure drugs be
used. The report was received, adopteu'
and ordered 20 be printed In the proceeu-
ings. oso an
trtarerting address I'm which he said; ne
drug business is not merely business
for money. II we take pleasure In the
scientific part Of our calling II Is plea
sure"
The following telegram was receiveu
from Morehead City, n. c; Coruiai
greetings extended by the Nortn Caro-
lima Pharmaceutical Association to our
sister across the water" The secretary
was instructed 10 make suitable re-
Spouse. -,
The report Of the COMMITTEES on Presi-
DENTS Address. and Secretary's Reports
which recommend their adoption, Win
some minor exceptions, was received, ana
the address and report were ordered 10
be printed in the proceedings.
The Committee on the Mcintosh friZe
asked for an extension OF time, they 10
make the awards, and report then 70 .,e
secretary in time to be printed In the
nroceedlnrs The time was extended.
The report Of the Committee on Prize
Exhibits showed that not enough contes-
tants entered the race to comply Win
The requirements. but the exhibits OF
Robert w. Booker, OF Lynchburg; Ed
ward Holmes, and Robert Brydon, OF
Danyille. were highly commended, ana on
motion the association voted to give eacn
of these gentlemen the sum OF y as a
prize for their painstaking care ana IN
terest.
Mr. George Z. Barksdale, Of Richmond,
then read an interesting paper on the
manufacture Of fluid extracts. showing
that the retail druggists could manu-
facture extracts more cheaply than they
could buy them from the wholesale deai-
ers. The paper was ordered TO be printed
in the proceedings.
The Committee on Time and Place then
renorted that they had selected Jefferson
park Hotel, near Charlottesville, as the
Mace and the third Tuesday in July as
the time for the next meeting. The re-
port was adopted.
OFFICERS ELECTED.
The Committee on Nomination OF Ofi-
GERS for the ensuing year, through us
chairman. MIR. William S. Alfriend MADE
the following report. which was unanl-
mously adopted: President. James j..
Avis. Harrisonburg; First Vice-Presinent,
T. H. Ingram. Norfolk; Second vice
President. Ed. Roethlin, Lynchburg;
Third President. George E. Banks
dale. Richmond; Fourth Vice-President
N. c. Barnes, Roanoke; Corresponding
Secretary, Robert Brydon, Danville; Re
cOrdiDg secretary, =. D. lcCe, LFiI
burg; Treasurer. Charles II. Lumsden,
Lynchburg; Executive Committee-D. W.
Malone, Hampton; W. G. Burgess, New
mort News: c. p. Kearfott, Martinsville
Local Secretary, Charles G. Maphis, Char
lottesvile
The following delegates were then
elected:
To the American Pharmaceutical Asso-
ciatlon-T. Robert Baker, James Ia
Avis. M. f. Church, DR.. II. W. Cole, Polk
Miller.
To the North Carolina Associations: j
r Mcintosh. c. p. Kearfott, Fred. Clark
To the Maryland Association-M. Il
Church, W. G. Burgess, ]. l.. Avis Mrs
H NJ. Sterling.
To the National Wholesale Druggists
Association-G. A. w. Payne, G. q
Minor, j. b. Purcell.
To the Virginia Medical. Society-Hugf
Blair. DR.. f. A. Craigbill, c. b. Fleet.
The new elected president was escorted
TO the chair. and after making briei
| and feicitous speech announced that he
would appoint the standing committees
! later on
The association then passed vote Of
| thanks which included everybody who
| had a hand in their entertainment.
After a brief discussion OF some unim'
portant matters, the association at
! o'clock adjourned.
| The members of the association took 9
| trip to Buckroe Beach this afternoon.
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