Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-02-09
RETAILERS OF STATE,
Annual Gathering of Merchants
in Rock Island Next
Week.
PROGRAM HAS REEN COMPLETED.

Sessions to Be Held at Y. NJ. c. 4. Auditor
ium for Three Days Beginning Tuesday
| Delegates to Be Welcomed by Mayor
Observation-Disclosures of. Papers to BE
| Read-A Concert and = Banquet.
The program has been prepared for
the seventh annual convention of the
State Retail Merchants association.
which assem- bles in Rock Island next
Tuesday and continues for three days.
Four hundred delegates are expected.
The sessions will be held at the Y. NJ.
&. A. auditorium. The mem bers of
| the local association, in conjunction
! with the Rock Island Club. have made
elaborate arrangements for the enter
taiument of the visitors, whom the
local people will convince that no
mistake was made when Rock Island
| was selected as the location of the
| 1900 convention.
The meeting will open at 3 o'clock
Tuesday morning. President G. A.
Scherer, of Peoria, will preside. Open
ing remarks will be made by Ct. II.
Kingsbury, president of the Rock ISL
and association. The address of well
come will he delivered by Mayor VIII
liam McCOnOchie The response will
be by President Scherer. The reports
OF officers and the appointment of
committees will conclude the morning
session. In the afternoon reports
will be heard from the committees en-
organization, credit system, retail
traffic, trade relations, legislation and
progress. The following papers will
be given: Retail Merchants Asso-
citation of lllinois-What 1t Has Ac
complished, " j. f. Hemmick. Spring
field; Parcel Post Reduction G. Il.
Lott, Chicago; How to Conduct a
Successful Retail Business, H. Lau-
terung, Chicago; Bankruptcy Law"
Is. ID. Connolly, Rock Island; "Illinois
Pure Food Law as Viewed by Retail
Grocer" G. ID. Healey, Aurora. In
the evening a complimentary concert
will be rendered at Harper's theatre
under the direction of ID. Roy Bowlby
and Fred Myers.
The second days program will in
clude the following papers: ''Ex-
tending Credits and the Best Methods
of Collection" G. d. Healy, Aurora;
What Local Organizations Should
Endeavor to Enforce" f. A. Stevens,
East St. Louis; The Travelling Sales
man and His Relation to the Retailer"
j. &. Cloyd, of Decatur; The Retail
Merchants Association an Eiucator,"
George f.. Green. Peoria. Rating
Book and Credit System, NJ. w. Ole
son, Galesburg.
Thursday unfinished business will
be taken up.
During the convention the delegates
will be taken for trip through the
shops of Rock Island arsenal. The
Modern Woodmen building will be
open to visitors.
Banquet at the Harper.
Wednesday evening banquet will
be rendered by the Rock Island asso-
citation at the Harper house. w. b. |
Mcintyre will be POSTMASTER, and the |
following program will be carried out:
Retail Merchant, Bolstered and |
Blaste " George A. Scherer, Peoria;
"Transvaal Beers and Bores,'' f. A |
Stevens, East st. Louis; song, John |
NJ. Colligan, Rock Island, Rate |
Book" o. G. Lamphere. Galesburg;
"Rocks, Stones and Pebbles-Little
Foxes Spoil the Vine" f. c. Kreider,
Real Estate-Dirt-All |
is Not Gold That Glitters, H. Ohlsch-
lager, Quincy; music, orchestra.