The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-15
They Perfectly Succeed. SuC(;' ,t'''7
in Combining Business $ !
With Pleasure.
MR.. j, S. OLIVER
MADE PRESIDENT
Declines to Accept a Thousand
Dollars Unless Unconditional
Put Themselves on Record n
as Favoring the State
Good Roads
u Scheme.

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PETERSBURG, VA. April l@.-I1'e
Travellers Protective Association captured
4 Petersburg completely to-day. they 3l'lt, had
q as..bully.. time themselves and made
everybody else glad they were here.
They succeeded perfecting In combining r,1' Ing I
& business and pleasure. and after ''t's Two TWO
business sessions, at which, mportalnt
action was taken for he,public veal.
az we'll as the good OF the order. and
wound up tonight with banquet that
viii long be high water mark for good
cheer. ~
81 After spending several hours OF the the
morning and afternoon hard at WORK ~! IN
an ,mportant business session. took q
$s recess at 1870 for fun only.
The short session was held insthe eye-s
i Ming followed by the big oanqueett a.
s Library Hall. s355sY
Welcome.
About one hundred and fifty delegates
,yore h welcomed to- the city In cordial
addresses, BY Mayor W.. NJ Jones and anu
sSNfr r. II. Mann ut the opening reception
v in a. p. tIi!l# Camp Hall this morning.
u 59ssRovs 2T,r. W. c. Taylor. chaplain OF the
local post offered prayer. and the SPEAK <,
ar. we're introduced by Pres,d eht -. q =
1,eckwitt. OF Post G. OF Peterspu 8, WIZ 'l'
6nrcsded at the reception.
The state prcsid dent,s Mr.. a. y. rock'et1 ea'.
~ Alexandria, res pondcd most ma ppaiy ~
he addresses Of welcome and ttaehJ ca'.sn
the convention to order for nhslne -. "
~ N5 nf2
ginning with 1.-The rcadlns ~ - -
presidents repor !. sssi5 n 81. e
Presidents Report
.f'fi I5s renort reviewed the work
-, vca : IN each partment ana n dea1t n =,
ranecla,ly with the work sfor secutiut s.,
two cent tlnterchang PIC !nliea ~ .es ~:
southwest territory. for Wnch .;1,,
National Association at e sprl'''ls ''e.u 2
se "a two thousand dollars an 70 g ehcn
post Of the Virginia DlY'sao.. re II
liberal contributions.
REPORTS from the various posts 'l' a''u
rtata 7ofY,cers we're loudly applauded. as
4. : i, made an excellent financla! showing
and were generally good. makiIns =
MO s. showing for the Virginia DiV's'o',' We
Colonel John 8. Harwood, Of 1sichm ond.
lasssnecially compiimented the report Of
past "a OF Petersburg, which has iarse 8,
and increasing membership and :'h shoWeuI '3'1
no lapses during the year. .s N
Post A.
n Ia past 4 of Richmond, reports 62l mem
hers. post b. Norfolk. 15S Members: rost 2 81
q, Petersburg III: Post ., South Boston. -
,,a1yly organized, 81: Post E. sDanyille, lot;
post f, Alexandria 81: Post = = ''csi.
burg, II: Post II. Blackstone, ~
The reading Of the report on la,!1o o',u
work was followed by a long and inter-
.st,nr debate on the subject Of the Na-i
tional5 Association approximation for inter- INT
fchanrea bl g mileage. which was rlade WIN
tha5 nroyiso that an equal sum be raised
blythe Virginia Division .s b S
Declined the Money.
The convention settled Il the discussion
OF the National Associations conditlonal q
arnrnnrIa ZION by passing resolutions ITO
4 ", nrescnt ed, at the next meeting OF the
national Association, declining the money
unless appropriated S,inconditlonally.
5f7,rhe National Travellers Protective AS
ssociation at last convention appropriated
a one thousand dollars for Virginia .1o,V',-
sion's work for interchangeable mileage.
with provIsors that the division should
raise an eallal amount and that the money
be used as association directs. is 4
Virginia Division raised more than ne ne
a8cessary5 amount, but the convention re-
3ss fused to aCCeptisllcg lEptCS
A Souvenir.
4 pre,,dcnt q Beckwith, of the local post,
VINO has been bantered great deal by
the 8Alexandrla men about his frequent
references to Petersbnrg's great trunk
factory, retalated by presenting the deieI
cation in behalf of the Seward Coh'- It
pany, with thirteen $diminutiye trunks as !
appropriate prizes i'tlc'ue1's =
y great laugh, Z.
a very cordial Invitation 70 the next next
meeting Of the National Association was
5 received from Post A. Of wanna h.
After an excursion down the a ppon,at'
tox AZ the guests Eof the James Ever
J. Navigation Company and an inspection
az the Seward Trunk and Bag Company's
4 plant the T. P. a. convention started
u 4 work again tonight With the adoption
Y OF the new constitution the most in''
portant changes IN which ll provide 1or
State board Of; twelve members. instead q
Of nine, and for two, instead OF elght,
K vice presidents IA
Advocate Good Roads.
! The following resolutions offered BY
President Beckwth, pf the local post
were unanimously adopted
Resolved, That we desire 70 put our
Iselyes on record as earnest advocates OF
the state good roads movement. and
pledge ourselves to promote the cause III
every way possible. 4 II.
Second, that We approve the appoint
ment by the Danville State Good Roa,lf
Convention Of a State good roads bureau
Of one member from each congressional
district of the State, for the purpose ol
organizing and conducting a state cam
paign Of education on the good roads
question.
Third, we favor the appointment Of 9
\ State good roads highway commission
and Of the employment Of both jail and
short term penitentlary conycts on th'
+ roads 8 fft,8f .ssf ..i itS.
Fourth, we favor a capital alization of th'
l,sss4 pup9ss uo pspulluool 81.