The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-24
'|IG|i.| Men ELECT
THEIR OFFICERS.
Mfr W.. r. Worth, Wilmington
Man, Chosen Prcsidcntsf for
Next Twelve Months.
SESSION 81: IS; MOST i SUI cEss 81; |.
Body Adjourns After Spending
Three Delightful Days in
Richmond.

Three Delightful Days in
Richmond.
! The Southern ice Exchange concluded
It's seventeenth annual convention yes
4 tcrday afternoon at S o'clock in tel1 as
1 sembly room OF the Richniond Hotel.
| There were two sessions and tile transac-
/ ton of business took UP the entire day.
Early yesterday morning the members
of the exchange assembled on
tho steps Of the Capitol and had their
pictures snapped by Foster. Later In the
forenoon. through the courtesy OF the
James River Improvement Committee,
the ladies OF tho party we're rendered the
use of the tug Cunningham" and they.
spent the day In delightful trip to
Dutch Gap.
Session in Detail.
IT was about noon when the gavel fell
and the exchange went into morning ses-
SION. President .rlngfi,ld, who took
the chair. appointed the following COM
mittee to nominate the officers for the
coming year: Mr.. l.. P.fHnrt. OF :icw
Orleans; MIR. Ct. a. Barnett OF Lynch
burg; Mr.. +. o.. Riggot, OF Chattanooga.
After tho opening address from the
chair, the exchange began u general dis
cIsson OF various business matters.
II was decided to dispense with the am
inonla experiment. which had been seized
ulcd for demonstration before the assem-
bly,, Mr.. Skinner reporting that would
| he useless.
Drulng the executive session the nonl'na-
ton committee reported the following bal
| lot for the approval of the exchnnge:
President. W. L. Worth. Wilmington.
N. c.: vice-prcsdent, Leon burton. He.
lena, Ark: secretary and treasurer.
NJ Thompson. Greensboro. NJ c.: excc,i-
tive committee. w. j. Rushton. BlrminI.
ham. Ala; C. D. Wingtleld. Richmonu,
Va; w. l.. Ware. jacksonville, Fla: Abc
Ellis. Augusta. Ga: F. \. Rcike. Paducalls
n.y.; George B. Townsend. Anderson, S
c.: Z. Il. Livingston, Greenvilic, AfiCs.: y.
Woodruff. Atlanta, Ca; r. T.. 7siggs,
Chattanooga. Tenn: s. P. Baker. Colun,-
biz. S. Z. This report was adopted by|
the members. These officers WILL serve in
the ensuing year:
The meeting was adjourned for dinner
at 3 o'clock. and after an hour at tho
table. the members resumed their places
and the afternoon session commenced.
Matter Of Insurance.
The general discussion was continued
and matter of insurance rates was taken
up. a committee was appointed 10 con-
fer with similar committees from other
ice organizations, concerning the insur.
ancc question, as follows: Mr.. Charles
II Behre, of Atlanta, Ca; Mr.. c. y.
Wingfleld, OF Richmond, and Mr.. L. 2.
Hart. OF New Orleans.
Mr. j. F. Sickerson, of Chicago, read an
LII II.
ice. cut from ponds And similar waters,
and after other interesting papers on vac
rious subjects, the question OF the date
and place OF the nsxt meeting came up.
Letters were read from Atlanta, Ga,
and Norfolk. Va, inviting the exchange
to hold Its next convention int those cities.
The choice was left to the Executive Com,
mttec, ms was also the proposed change
Of the meeting from spring to fall. The
convention adjourned at 8 o'clock. 3i,t,.5..
Ike ladies who took in the excursion
down the James yesterday were: Miss
Burton. Helena, Ark: Miss Stevenson,
Chester, Pa; Mrs. N. w. Thompson
Greensboro. N. c.; airs. C.. +. BonnclI,
Chicago; Mrs. ]. w. Jaxson,' Augusta,
Ga; Mrs. Mildred r. Skinner and Mrs
Mary X. Skinner. Suminervlllc, S. c.
Mrs. ]. b. Worth and Mrs. w. A. Worth.
Ie,ersburg, Va; Mrs. William Z. Worth,
Wilmington. N c.: Mrs. j. ". Hancock,
Rome, Ga; Mrs. D. a. Ovetbcy, Danvillc,
Va: Mrs. j. S. Louis, Cincinnati: Miss
Wmiey, Newbern. n o.. Mrs. C. d.
Winfield, Richmond: Miss Ethel Travis,
Peter: hurs Va, and oths:s.
Committees Reprot.
The following report Of the retiring
Executive Committee was submitted to-
end approved of by the exchange yester-
day:
We. the Executive Committee, beg leave
to Icpert that We have fulfilled our
duties faithfully and to the best of our
ability We recommend to the associa-
ton that suitable resolutions be passed,
as follows: rs
1'honkirs the Mayor Of this city for the
gracious xtension OF the hospitality OF;
the same to the Southern Ice Exchange
and It's mcmbers: thanking the news
papers for their uniform courtesies in
the interest shown in our meetings. ana
to- the local committees of the icemenl
for the pleasant entertainment that they
have so generously provided for the as
ISOLATION and the ladies, and to the Gov,
ernorf of the State Of Virginia the thanks
OF the Ice Exchange will be extended
for his presence at our banquet, and for
the magnificently patriotic speech that
he made There, and which appealed to-
tho heart of every one there present as
American cl tizens. Y our. Executive Com
mittee feels that while such men as the
Governor are with us that a better era
| will accrue to our beloved country, s and
that each man who heard that speech
Will leave Richmond better4citizen for
having had his patriotism stimulated by
! the expressions that the Governor gave
1 such wOnderousS utterance to. 6sl Il