The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-13

bringing 1t closer home TO each one of us
present, permit me TO say, gentlemen,
that the United States has to-day as great
need OF able statesmen as at any time
during her history. When you stop the
normal flow of commerce you impede the
very life blood of the nation. 1t is the
duty of each commercial association and
each individual worker whether a MEM
Der or any association or not, to use his
utmost endeavors to promulgate sound
business maxims and himself to follow
them. We trust that in our meetings we
shall sink out of sight any spirit which
does not, as its prime object, seek to pro-
mote the general welfare Of the COM
mercial world
In many things our association is like
balance wheel to keep everything run
ming steadily, but effective work depends
on each line of shafting, each pulley,
each machine. Often 1t appears that
everything might run without it, but at
that very moment it is exerting a steady,
powerful influence for good"
II was impossible TO get complete list
OF the delegates attending the convention,
Tor the reason that some have arrived
since the roll was made out, but conspic-
uous among those present are the follow
ing, VINO answered TO roll call a the ses-
sion in the forenoon: j. c. Sprouu, An
n1ston Hardward Company, Admission,
Ala; g. w. Barnett, league, Barnett &
Co, William league, Jr., league & Sons,
j. w. Tullis, Jr., Tuliis Hardware Com
pany Montgomery, Ala; d. G. Zones,
Zones Bros, Hardware Company, Little
Rock, Ark; S. B. Hubbard, Jr., and F. s.
Gray, the s. b. Hubbard Company, Jack
sonville; W. A. Park, Beck e. Gregg
Hardware Company; John 8. Clark, Clark
Hardware Company, and r. E. Bell,
Weatherford, Tex; John Donnan. W. s.
Donnan & Co, w S. Robertson, Watkins
& Cottrell Hardware Company, Rich
mond; George E. King, w. E. Newill,
King Hardware Company; Harvey S. An
derson, Lowery Hardware Company; Will
s. Stone, Il. j. Stone & Co, Atlanta, Ca;
Armand Palmer, Palmer Hardware Com
pany, Savannah, Ga; f. f. Smith, Mel
ton Hardware Company, Meridian, Miss;
e. w. Clarke, T.. c. Atkins & Co, and
Magill Hardware Company, Chattanooga,
Tenn; Fred Orgill, Orgill Bros & Co.,
Memphis, Tenn. A. P. Duncan, McClen-
don; Duncan & Co, Waco, Tex.
The following manufacturers were also
present and were introduced to the con-
vention: II. McCaffrey of the Mccartney
file works, Philadelphia ]. M. Hohle of G.
& H. Barnett, Philadelphia; II. E. Coop
er, Nicolson file works, Providence; f. F.
Cooper of Disston & Sons, Philadelphia;
e. e. Perry, liver Johnson Arms company
New Haven; 7. H. Russell, j. M. Butler
and John r. Griffith, Philadelphia; b. E.
Wilingham, Macon; F. Guidner, Sargent
e. Co., New York; w. A. Cheanweth, F.
r. Plumb, Philadelphia d. p. Hale of
the Standard Wheel company; j. S.
French of the Peturs Cartridge company
Cincinnati; j. NJ. Christy of the Washburn
& Moen Manufacturing company, Wor-
chester; G. A. SeaYer of the John Russell
Cutlery company, Connecticut; Newton
Kelsey of the Hame Manufacturing COM
pany; ]. c. Schmidt of ]. c. Schmidt &
Co., York, Pa; S. w. Brown of the
Southern Plow works. Columbus; C. A.
Conklin of the Conklin Manufacturing
company, Atlanta and Savannah; H. P.
Dawes of the l.. & G. Manufacturing COM
pany, New York.
Mr.. Armand Palmer of the Palmer
Hardware Company of this city, an
nounced to the convention during the
morning session that the visitors had
been invited by local hardware men to
take a trip to Tybee to-day, and attend
the picnic of the Chatham Artillery. The
invitations were handed to the delegates
as they answered to roll call, and they
will probably leave this afternoon at 2
o'clock for Tybee, to spend the afternoon
after the session is over.
The Savannah Yacht Club and the Com
mercial Club sent invitations to the WIS.,
itors to visit their club houses at any
time during their stay in the city.
1t is believed that the convention will
prove one of the most important and most
interesting ever held by the Southern job
bers' Hardware Association.