The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-11-01
IPOSTMASTERS TO
MEET HERE TO-DAY
Will Form State Organization !,
With View to Improving
Mail Service.
HIGH OFFICIALS ARE COMING
Business Sessions To-Day and
Banquet at Jefferson Hotel
Tonight,

With vlewsto devising plans for thu
Improvement OF tho mail service, a per-
manent organization OF the presidential
postmasters in Virginia VIII be ef.
fected here to-day. The convention.
which will last until tomorrow after
noon. will be gathering OF great Inn
portance to the business interests OF
the State. and upon its eve there is
evesy prospect of success. largo
attendance OF postmasters and prorni-
ncnt department officials from Wash
ington is anticipated. Postmaster Cabell
having received letters from nearly 100
WHO declare their Intention to be
present.
Session To-Day.
The first days session will Oxen Mt
1920 O'Clock this morning In the Dis
trict Court room of the Federal build
Ing, and Mayor Mccarthy will deliver
an address of welcome. This will bo
responded to by some prominent vir-
ginia postmaster. and then the body
| Will get down to business Two SEES
sions- will be held to-day. and brill
liant banquet will be rendered to the
visiting officials at the Jefferson at .
O'CLOCK Tonight.
| There will be only one session to-
morrow. many of the officers desiring
to leave the city on afternoon trains.
| Postmaster Cabell who has shown
an active interest In the general move.
inent from Its inception. and who has
been the lending spirit OF the proposed
conference in this State. was busy yes
terday making flnal arrangements for
the meeting. He had the courtroom
i yfyl Il, ~ I'll II n -
tables placed therein The program
which has been tentatively arranged
Tor the opening session Is az follows:
From $3.50 to 1o:3o-Get acquainted;
at INSTRUMENTATION called to order;
address OF welcome by Mayor Carlton
Mccarthy; response by one OF the dele
gates: organiza ton OF convention and
election of officers; general business
| and discussion
me topics to be considered will BIO
The Advantages OF Closer Corporation
Iof Post-Office Department and Postmas-
ters. Delivery OF Mali: (a) Rural
I. delivery: OBJ City delivery; tc) Spe-
cia1 delivery; Cd General delivery;
lmoney order business. postal notes. pos
tai savings banks. registry business,
parcels post, inspection of Offices and
relation of Inspectors TO postmasters,
| the new salary law discipline and eff
cheney, postal laws and regulations.
Officially Approved.
/ number of postmasters arrived
last night. and others will come in on
early trains this morning. General
Hitchcock will reach here at o'clock
this morning from Chicago, where he
has been on business and the other
department officials who will attend will
come from Washington. The postmas-
tiers of Louisville. KY; Savannah, Ca.
and Raleigh, n. c.. in whose Statea
conventions were recently held will be
in attendance, and will assist the vir-
ginia officers in the work of organizes
ton.
/ General Hitchcock. who Is Acting
/ Postmaster-Generai. has pu, the official
approval of the department on the
meeting, not only by his own attend
ance. but by an order issued as of Oc-
tober I'd. giving the postmasters Of the
presidential class in Virginia five days.
leave OF absence in order that they
tmay have time to attend.
4 Besides the Virginia postmasters,
about eighty OF whom are expected,
the following prominent officials from
out OF the State will be present: Hon.
Frank H. Hitchcock First Assistant
Postmaster-Ge Hon. P. " Me-
Graw. Fourth Assistant Postmaster
General: Hon. w. r. Spilmnn. Superin-
tendent of Rural Free Delivery; Hon.
Delivery: Hon. w. j. yickery, Chief
Post Office Inspector; DR.. John A.
Holmes. private secretary TO the Post
master General, and Postmasters Rob-
ert e. Woods, OF Louisville; Henry
Blum, Jr., OF Savannah. and Willis T..
Briggs. of Raleigh.
banquet Tonight.
The banquet at the Jefferson tonight,
given by the business men of Rich
I,,,> leo.
feature of the social side OF the occa-
sion. Prominent speakers from both
In and out of the State have been
/. chosen to make responses, and the ora
tory promises to be Of very high
order.
The committee having charge OF tho
3 entertainment feature is composed OF
Colonel John S. HARDWOOD. chairman,
; and Messrs. M. M. Mcguire and John
Landstreet. The Business Mems Club,
, Through its secretary and board of
directors. took charge of the entertain-
e lnent. raised the funds from business
1 houses, arranged the banquet, and will
act as hosts Tonight.
!. Covers will be laid for 40. and Col
e onel John s. HARDWOOD will be toast
. master Hon. a. G.. Brnxton, presi-
!, make the welcoming address, and this
. Twill be responded to by Postmaster
: John B. Kimberley Of Old Point, Other
l speakers will be former Governor "A. j.
: Montague, Mr.. William 1T. White. presl-
. Fdent of the Richmond Fredericksburg
t land Potomac Railroad: Assistant Post
: masters General f. H. Hitchcock and
i p v. McGraw and Postmaster r. p.
0 Woods, OF Louisville, Ky.
9 Among the limited number OF invited
J lguests will be Governor Swanson
y lNIayor Mccarthy. Congressman Lamb
!, Mr.. lanes r. Gordon, president Of the
i Chamber Of Commerce; Mr. r.. s. Chris
9 tian, president of the Travellers PRO
g tective Association, and directors Of the
2 Business Mems Club.
Examining Gas Works Accounts.
city Accountant George s. Crenshaw spent
e yesterday making an examination OF the 40.
: counts OF the lower Gas Works The work
davs an nd In III