The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-07-06
BANKERS SOUVENIR.
s4i. Joseph G. Brown Editor OF a
Handsome Booklet Commence
rative of Trip of National
Bankers Association.

The people of the State will re-
member the annual convention of
american Bankers Association at San
francisco last fall, which was attend
cd by several North Carolina bankers
ana their families and some few in
Vlted guests. 1t will be recalled, too,
WIN what pleasure the friends of
President j. G.. Brown, of the Citi-
zens Bank of Raleigh read at that
tlme or the prominent place which he
TOOK in the meetings of the National
Association, and the cordial way in
which his addresses made to the
Northern bankers in their sessions
and en- route to San Francisco.
Now there comes in the shape of a
uniquely and very handsomely bound
illustrated booklet an additional evil
dence of the esteem and respect with
which Mr.. Brown impressed the dis
tInguished company of his fellow trav-
ellers. The book, which is bound in
green leather handsomely embossed
i'll gilt, it gotten up in a very limit
ed edition and is especially cOmmem-
orative of the trip. Mr. Brown was
selected by the publication committee
to write the preface and he has done
the work in style that is both pleas
ing and humorous and instructive. 1t
is a history of the trip from the
viewpoint of a participant and a
Southerner; and that means that it is
done better than it could have other
wise been handled, even had Mr..
Brown not possessed to the degree
that he does .he ability to graphical
" and tclicitously express his ideas
anG impressions.
Another interesting feature of the
booklet is that it is profusely illus
trated' with selected kodak views taken
by the hundreds by the many mem
bers of the party who carried along
their cameras. When it is remem-
bered that the bankers special start
cd from New York and proceeded by
way of Chicago to San Francisco,
thence to Los Angeles and from there
to St. Louis and the exhibition
grounds and back again to New York,
1t will be seen what a complete and
extensive panorama these views in
Guide.
The North Carolina party. which
was composed of Col. r. II. Fries. of
Winston, with his wife and daughter.
Miss Nellie, and Miss Louise Balm
son: Mr. j. ElWood Cox and wife of
High Point, and Mr.. Joseph G..
Brown, Miss Josephine Brown, Miss
Annie Duncan, of Raleigh, and Miss
Mabel Vann, of Franklinton, figure
prominently in the booklet both in
the photographs and in the text.
The following from the CONNER
cial and Financial Chronicle, of New
York, will show the scope of the
booklet memento and of the charac-
ter of the gentlemen who composed
the touring party:
"The publication committee of the
celebrated Bankers Special Train
has lately issued a beautiful souvenir
album commemorating the famous
continental tour made by Group Eight
of the New York State Bankers Assoc
citation and their friends to the Amer
lean Bankers Annual Convention at
San Francisco during October, 1908.
This train. so ably organized and di-
rected by Major Charles Elliot War
rem Cashier Lincoln National Bank
of this city, was one of the largest and
best equipped trains to cross the con-
tinent. The souvenir volume is ar
tistically bound in suede leather with
flexible covers and gold edges. The
edition is limited to only. $50 copies,
and is intended for private distribu-
tion among the members who made
up the party.
The work, dedicated to the ladies
of the Bankers Special" is an ele-
CANT example of the printers and
bookbinders' art The historical pre-
face, written by Mr. Joseph G. Brown,
President Citizens National Bank of
Raleigh n. c., is followed by a COM
plete itinerary of the trip, the speeches
and comments made by Hon. Ellis H.
Roberts, Treasurer. of the United
States; Hon. William 3. Ridgely,
Comptroller of the Currency; Hon. G.
A. Pugsley, President Westchester
Co. National Bank of Peekskill; Mr..
Joseph G.. Brown and others. There
is also a complete description. of the
train and the many points of interest
visited en- route. But this souvenir
edition will probably be treasured
most for the handsome half-tone re-
productions of two hundred and fifty
photographs taken on the trip by va
rious members of the party. The
committee in charge of the publica-
ton of the book were Messrs. VIM.
G. lie Gendre, Samuel S. Conover, A.
W. Burnett, Alfred II. Curtis and F.
y. Benham.