Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-08-22

Gle IS Entrusted 10 Bring the American
Pharmaceutical Association to Rich
mond in 1881
tory Of forty-fve years OF which its
members are proud and which is marked
by steady growth i'm membership and
power TO foster those of its fold.
The present officers OF the association
are: Joseph T. Morrison, Montreal, Cam
ada, president; George +. Payne. At
lanta, Ca, first vice-president; William
A. Frost, ST. Paul MINI. second vice
president; George w. Panier. New Jer-
sey third vice-president: Samuel A. ID.
Sheppard, treasurer; Charles Casparl,
JrS Baltimore. Md, general secretary;
Edward Shampik local secretary, and
c. Lewis Diehl Louisville KY, reporter
on Progress of Pharmacy.
TWO GO FROM RICHMOND.
To the convention this year Richmond
will send two Of her ranking pharma-
cists. If not more, while other sections
of the Old Dominion are also expected
10 be represented. Mr. p VI. Slaughter
left Richmond last week, intending to
travel leisurely and remain long enough
In pleasant places along the route 10
sniff by degrees the western air Mr.. T.
A. Miller, proprietor of the Broad-Street
Pharmacy, will follow, and join him
there Mr.. Miller holds with credit TO the
State and with distinction TO himself tho
position of chairman OF the State Board
OF Pharmacy, and also chairman OF the
Department Of Pharmacy I'm the Univer-
sity College Of Medicine i'm this city.
Richmond. the capital of the State
which is the mother of States and presi-
dents. takes great delight in honOring
her sons. and she sends out this one 10
the association at Minnetonka. to which
even now hundreds are gathering on
an errand Of peculiar trust. lie must
bring the association TO Richmond with
him in August of 1898. This is fiat
tering trust and q great trust, but
Richmond's sons do not betray her. Mr..
Miller goes laden with expressions or
good will towards this great body OF
businessmen, and with the most cor
dial invitation from her Chamber OF
Commerce. representing the profess
sional and commercial interests OF the
city. Her Young Mems Business AS
ISOLATION joins the older body in urging
the association TO come. The city
Fathers. whose deliberations embrace
the welfare OF an 100000 people, say
Come" And then. to crown it all, that
Virginia may show herself to the land
as hosptable as ever, her Governor joins
heartily in the invitation 10 come and
sit down bV the gates VI TIC NAtS anu
be welcomed
MUCH TO ATTRACT THEM.
These are the inducements Mr.. Miller
carries with him, but there are others
as potent which he leaves behind. lie
leaves the city which is fast becoming,
and even now is the Athens OF the
South. Within her gates and upon her
pleasant suburbs stand two large and
fiourishing colleges-the Medical College
OF Virginia a venerable institution,
which grows stronger each year, and
the University College Of Medicine,
which has already shown to the land
In the several years OF its existence
that Richmond in it possesses advan-
tages for culture in medical lore ex-
celled by none in the South. There is
also the pride of the Baptist hosts of
the South. Richmond College, located
here with its schools OF classics
science, and law. Several excellent fe-
male seminaries grace the city, and