The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-01
WILDE Live and Hustli1g Body,
That Will y II ST; Stir Things Up s
Generally.
BIG MEETING 10 ... h.
BE HELD. SHORTLY
Conference Held Last Night Re
suited in Determination to-:
Form League That EVill54Ad VIII
vertise the City 5Far and S.
Wide Need for Move
Is Recognized.


Upon one leading and central thought,
that is evidently fast-rooted enough to-
bring things to pass when the proper rlo-,
51ncnt arrives the various business In,
t erests OF THE city, essen ted in a con-t
ference, held here last 7 night greed with
tdffercnces-the need urgent and imme-s
sdiate, for q live land hustllng and wide
awake Richmond, that will keep apace
With the fmodern qu|ek-step Of industrial
development. and WILL m AXE the most Of
the sundoubted and almost unex celled re-.
sources at her command
When it came to the details that will.
effect this proposed 4. AVA akening there here
we're, as one would expect in a body Of
thoughtful 4 men. ifferenccs OF opinion
as to mat hods. but these were differences
Of degree that did not affect the broad
ana fund nental proposit itfpn. The 4 union. rllel1
of sentiment on the II atter5wa complete,
and the thirty more fepres setta;ttyes ;ti 1ss
Of as y oln,nen firi,ts, nit1ated the
list steps Il IN n nslit that gives !s
every promise of 1Den etlcentt
n
with tf.aS central and { inclusive pr Incl
pIe or municipal advertisement and de-;
yelopment as its platform, the Business
Mems League OF Richmond was pro-
claimed and discussion OF 81 Its aims
and objects was begun. Without gong;
further into the matter OF OF ganlzatlon,
snroyis lon was made for q great mass
meeting OF business men. TO be $l,eid N
the early future. when officers VIII WI De
chosen. a constitut ton adopted, ana ana 3 .
charter prepared. After THIS ina d, Work
that 1t is hoped and beleyea WIN y. .,,;
,lutionizc the business Ire OF Tile c'1s w
begin in dead earnest.
Meeting Last Night.
The conference last night was held in
tha rooms OF the Z. p. a.. at Third and
Main Streets. Mr.. j. d. Crump presiaea.
and .oIr r. B. Walthall acted as secre-5
+arv Among the gentlemen present We're
the following: , !,
Messrs J. d. Crump, Of the b. -, ~ =,
Johnson Publishing Company; e. y An An
Trim Of c. w. Antrim &: Son Son N.lsSl'e n
starke. Of Starke Dixie FloW company,
u A. Miller. OF Miller & Rhoads; rey- ,s!s-
ton C;rymes. OF Stokes-GrymesC Company.
r. L. Winston of No"ian 1eWeiiy,,G
inanv. Joseph Wallerstein. of the Waller
stein produce Company: j. w. Blalock,.
Iof I,,alock Produce Company ]. L. HILL
sof the Hill Directory conpany; e. y,
sydnor. Of p sydnor q 8 !, Co; g, ], =: : y.
spilman. Of the Standard on company;.5', !,
fE Gamers. Jr., of j.. Fl. Capers = Cos
SThomas sydnor, of sydnor Pump Com
apany; ] .ailbest Minor, Of owens s Minor; !;
p. N. Newman. Of the Massac chusetts tt
Mutual Life Insurance Company; Mann
8 Valentine. OF the Valentine Meat Juice
ror,nonv, Horace L. Smith, OF The
9Times-Dispatch;s r. II. Cloves. Of the
sT7ar-Lock Typewriter Company; II, Ellis.
of tho smlth-Courtney Company ans and
others III i J,
inosed Of Messrs C.. ". Saunders, L, @,
Younger, Peyton Grymes. Q, antrim trim !
and Wood outlined q policy for tho or
ganization. The committee proposed tie
formation OF n league With g. member
shin Of one hundred or more to be made
up Of retailers. manufacturers, 5ohhers
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