The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-10-27
THE GINTER MEMORIAL.
REPRESENTATITE or BUSINESS
BODIES MEET.
Other Organizations Are Also Repre-
sented--To Meet Again Next
wednesday at +. VI.

I posdl or erection OF "a HcAiyl i"i " si~ '"ec
| Major Lewis Glnter.
The heavy downpour Of rain FOR hours
preceding the time fixed for assembling
no doubt kept very many others away.
Temporary organization was effected
| ana another meeting viii be held on We'd
nesday night. TO which al organizations
of every kind in the city arc requested
% send representatives.
At the meeting yesterday afternoon
there were delegates from the Hollywood
Memorial Society the Confederate Me-
mortal Literary Society. the Jefferson
Club. the Chamber of Commerce, the TO-
bacco Trade the order Of Red Men, the
Richmond stock Exchange. the United
! American Mechanics. Lee Camp Confede-
rate Veterans, the Young Mems Business
Association, and the Virginia Mechanics
| Institute. and Mr.. James Caskie was
/ present as the representative Of the City
Council.
JUDGE CHRISTIANS REMARKS.
Judge George l.. Christian called The
! meeting 20 order at 5I5 o'clock and said
1T was his pleasure and province 90 do
so because he presided az the first meet
ing called in the matter Of the contem-
plated memorial 10 the late Major Gin
ter. Judge Christian said that remcm-
boring how soon all Of us arc forgotten
when We are gone. tho movement was
wisely begun just after the death Of that
! great and good man. Various memorials
were discussed I'm that first meeting and
| il was thought that the best one would
De the erection OF an institute after tho
style and plan Of the present Mechanics
Institute and this would be the most USE
| ful and appropriate Of memorials 20 him.
While soldiers were generally remem-
| berod in monuments of marble or bronze.
philanthropists memories were kept
| green and their good deeds remembered
bv large and useful institutions lie
cited the Peabody Institute and Johns
Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. the Louise
| Home I'm Washington. and the Cooper
Institute Of New York as Instances Of
| these.
The secretary Of the first meeting OF
| citizens in this cause had sent invitations
| 10 every organization whose name was
/ I'm the Richmond Directory and TO others
whose names were not there. as for ex-
ample. the Retail Clerks Association the
/ Central Trade and Labor Council. aho
| Virginia Federation of Labor. the Brick
| makers Association. and others
This meeting. said Judge Christian. was
! called TO perfect the organization of the
movement He regretted that he could
not serve as permanent chairman as had
been suggested.
on motion OF Iajor Randolph. Judge
! Christian was made chairman Of this
meeting and Colonel Purcell. suggesting
| that this organization Doe a temporary
one. 10 was completed by the appointment
Of Mr.. Watkins Norvell. Of The Times
| staff, as temporary secretary.
Mr.. Henry Lee Valentine sent n note to
/ Chairman George +. Christian mentioning
Che fact that Illness kept him I'm his room
I ar Ia would have Ilfu rrlc4r.f
Mr. Valentine wrote also that he could
| not be the permanent secretary OF the
| organization as his business duties We're
| too heavy TO permit of his accepting tine
post.
THE REPRESENTATIVES,.
Mrs Edgar d. Taylor Mrs George L..
Christian and Mrs. James r. Werth
braved the storm and were present. Mrs
Taylor and Mrs. Christian representing
the Hollywood Memorial Society, and
Mrs Werth representing the Confederate
Memorial Literary Society.
Mrs. y. V. Randolph was also appointed
a representative from the Confederate
Memorial Literary Society.
Mr. NJ. +. Marcuse was i'm the meeting
as the representative Of the jefferson
Club and from that club a committee was
appointed. consisting of Mcssrs. Philip
Whitlock. Charles Sraus. Fred. $.
Meyer. Marx Gunst. and n. =. Marcuse
Colonel John b. Purcell and Mr.. VIII
liam o. SHELTON were present as reprcsen-
tatives of the Chamber Of Commerce.
Other members of the committee from
that Chamber are Mcssrs. c.. T.. Wingo,
j. j. Montague and q. ID. WEeheld.
Messrs. Maxwell r. Clarke r. G.. VIII
liams. Jr and John n. TAYLOR were at
the meeting TO reprcsent the tobacco
| trade of the city of Richmond.
The other member Cf the committee
from that organization IS Mr.. J.. r.
! Cump, vi O is it's chairman.
The delegation from Annawan Tribe
No 90, the dependent order Of Red Men,
was headed by Mr. William TreXler and
the other members present were Mcssrs.
| G.. w. Campbell, T.. j. Watkins, j. H..
Stack and r. G Hill.
Mr.. John +. Branch. from the Richmond
Stock Exchange was present and besides
him on Che committee appointed from
/ that body were Messrs. Virginius New
ton. and John C.. Williams
Every member of the committee from
A. w. Glinn Council. No g. Junior order
United American Mechanics was in att
tendance and their names are Mossrs. j..
T. Smith, w Fred. Richardson, w. H..
N''t'liA1i wv So H. IT tt-t -tt'tt' 'tt" 80 We
Wyatt.
Lee Camp No !, Confederate Veterans
was represented by Comrades Norman V.
Randolph and G. q. Bauchman. The rcst
of Lee Camps committee being composed
of Comrades James T. Cray, Nirsinus
Newton and Peter II. Mayo.
Mr.. G. Il. Wngo was afterwards added
20 the committee at the instance of Major
~ Y. Randolph.
From the Young Mems Business AS
ISOLATION there were I'M attendance
Messrs. Bryce Stewart Hume r. II. Har-
rison, Robert Lecky. Jr. and Julian Bry-
ant
Mr. H. Meade was the other member
of the committee from that Association.
Messrs. Mann $. Quarlos and Edward l..
Nancntinc were present from the Nir-
ginia Mechanics Institute.
Other members of committee Of five
from that Institute appointed by Mr. w.
j. Whtehurst It's president, are Messrs.
j. j. Montague, Thomas i. Jehress and
II. j. Boshor
Mr. Caskie said that he would appoint
a committee from the Council az the next
meeting of that body.
TO MET NEXT WEDNESDAY.
Mr. John T. Branch moved that when
the meeting adjourned IL be 10 meet on
Wednesday next. al y. NJ, and all or
CARNATIONS of every kind In the city are
requested to send representatives to IT,
The motion was carried and then Mr.
Lecky made a motion that the Chair APP
point a committee of three, TO nominate
permanent officers. the members OF the