The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-29
WILL ADORE
THE BANKERS.
Hon..EIIis Roberts, United States
treasurer, VIII. be Here.
RECEPTION AT The JEFFERSON.
Local Committee Has Arranged for
the Entertainments OF the Dele
gates and Their Ladies-A
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RECEPTION AT The JEFFERSON.

The twenty-Sixth annual convention OF
the American Bankers, Association. which
meets in the JEFFERSON Hotel Roof-Garuen,
October 3D. 3D. and 4tl, will be called to
order at 10 O'Clock on the morning OF the
I'd by Mr.. Walker Hill, of ST. Louis, pres
ident of the ASSOCIATION. Rev w. f.
Evans, d. D., of Monumental Church, will
offer prayer.
Governor Tyler will welcome the bankers
to the State and Mayor Taylor will extend
the freedom of the city. An address Of
welcome will also be delivered by Mr..
Virginius Newton, president OF the Rich
mond Clearinghouse Association.
President Walker Hill will reply to the
various addresses on behanf Of the bank
ers.
Reports will then be submitted by the
officers and committees. a nominating
committee will then be appointed.
THE SECOND DAY.
The second days session will be opened
at 10 O'Clock with prayer by Bishop Van
de vyver, after which there will be dis
cussion of the condition of business in Va
rious States and practical bnnking ques-
tons.
The features Of the day will be an ad-
dress on 1.-THE Treasury and the Money
Market" by Hon. Ellis H. Roberts, S3eas-
urer of the United States.
ORDER OF BUSINESS.
Prayer by Rev. R. P. Kerr, D. D., will
open the third days session at 10 O'Clock
The order of business will be as follows:
1. The Financial Future of the United
States. Discussion opened by Mr. Chas.
A. Conant New York Journal of Conf
merce.
2. The Internal Revenue Law. Dis
cussion opened by Mr.. Alfred C. Barnes,
president Aston Plnce Bank, New York.
3. Public Opinion and the Bank. Dis
cussion opened by Mr.. J. A. S. Pollard,
cashier Fort Madison Savings Bank, Fort
Madison, Iowa.
4. The Education of a Banker. Dis
cussion opened by Mr.. George Hague, gen.
eral manager Merchants Bank of Canada
and delegate Comedian Bankers Associa-
ton.
Unfinished business. Report of Com
mittee on Nomina tons Elections. In
stallation of officers elected.
TO ENTERTAIN DELEGATES.
The local committee has arranged for
the entertainment of the delegates and
their ladies as follows:
First day, Tuesday October I'd. a recep-
ton by the bankers of Richmond at the
Hotel Jefferson. P. NJ.
Second day, Wednesday. October Sd, af-
ter the convention, carriages will be pro-
Vlded and the party VIII De orl'eh a'oul
the city and be shown the historical points.
At SIS o'clock, a theatre party to the
delegates and visitors will be given at the
Academy of Music.
Third day. Thursday, October 4th, visit
to attle-fields-Seven Pines, Fair Oaks
and The Crater.
Fourth day. Friday. October 5th, take
steamer Pocahontns, S a. NJ, at foot of
Elm Street, for Old Point Comfort. Dur
ing the trip many. historical points and
places of interest along the James river
will be passed, including Jamestown.
visit will be paid to the ship-yards ut
Newport News and Fortress Monroe and
from the boatucan be seen the place Of
the combat between the Merrimac and
Monitor. At Old Point Comfort spe-
cial trnin will take the party to Rich
mond