Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-05-30
States. He has been employed By II.
Remington & Sons nearly twenty years
PRESIDENT SAUNDERS

PRESIDENT SAUNDERS.
Mr.. c. w. Saunders IL president Of vir-
ginia Division, r. i. A. Of America. and
is one OF the hardest and most enthusi-
astic workers in the association. He
has been president OF Post A, OF Rich
mond. for three terms. and was It's prcsi-
dent at the time OF his election 10 the
State presidency, and Is therefore held
I'm high esteem by all the members. He
Is one OF the most active supporters OF
the Travellers Protective Association
Club movement. and has already secured
n number OF subscribers TO its mainte-
nance.
Mr.. Saunders has served on n number
Of working committees-both state and
national-and has been often elected
delegate to the State and national con-
vcntlons. Besides running n prosperous
Wholesale cigar business OF his own, he
is also general southern agent for the
following large concerns: The X. w.
Jenkinson Company. OF Pittsburg. Pa,
the largest stogic manufacturers in the
world Reynolds, Lay g. Co. OF Bingham
ton. y. Y, and Larus & Brother. Of
Richmond, manufacturers plug and twist
tobaccos.
Mr.. r. w. Spilman. president OF Post
A. Travellers Protective Association. is
one Of the workers in the association,
and has always been in the front ranks
when any new scheme or enterprise was
about to DO started and carried out by the
T. =. AS. lie Is. and has been all along,
one Of the prime movers in the new
II. i. AS club headquarters which Will
be q great benefit TO the fraternity.
Mr.. Splman is city salesman for the
Standard OIL Company. and Is considered
. -. - ..s.. Il.
Is chairman Of the Virginia delegation
to the Nashville Convention. and the
members can. therefore, feel assured that
the interests Of this division VIII be
well looked after.
SOME OTHER r. p. AS.
Mr.. James II. Capers, Jr.. is one Of
the Beard OF Directors of Post A, and
has been one Of the most active and en-
thusiastlc members Of the association for
several years.
lie was one Of the Banquet Committee
when the delegates to the state convcn-
ton were entertained at Ford's Hotel
May 1st, and it was greatly due to his
energy that It was an entire success.
He represents this state for one of the
largest manufacturing enterprises In this
country. the Rumford Chemical-Works,
Of Providence. Y, l.. proprietors OF the
celebrated HGrsford's bread-preparation
and acid phosphate.
Mr. &. a. Eppes. CT Petersburg, is one
Of the foremost r. L. AS in our sister
city on the noble Appomattox. He
passed through Richmond last Tuesday,
on his way to the convention, via Gin
cinnau and Louisville At the latter
place he will join the delegation from
Richmond next Monday.
Mr. Eppes is interested in one OF the
largest business enterprises in his city,
and Is a hustler in the great army of
the promoters OF commerce OF the coun-
try.
Mr.. Theodore Parker Spitz Is president
of the New York Division. Travellers
Protective Association Of America. He
has been on the road thirty-one years,
ana has visited all the principal cities of
the world in his travels. Although he
has been through q number Of collisions
ard shipwrecks, he has come out Of them
all without a scratch. He represents
Messrs. HeintZ LOewe & Co, large i'm
porters and manufacturers of hosiery.
The badge worn by the delegates this
year is a very handsome design. 1t is
a blue and white rosette, with silver
fringe and tassels, and is considered by
the manufacturers one Of their hand
soonest productions. The badge has a
centrepece in white celulod. with the
letters, "T. p. A." Virginia Division
above, June l, 1897. Nashville, Tenn, be-
low.
1t is safe to say that these badges will
be largely sought after by the delegates
from other divisions, as badges from the
Old Dominion are highly priced by all
the delegates and none have been more
strikingly beautiful than the one the
"boys" will take with them this year.