The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-16
.CONY[N T|ON OF
SHOE DEALERS
Southern Wholesale Association
Will Meet at Old Point
July 1st.
MANY NOTABLE SPEAKERS K: B
MANY NOTABLE SPEAKERS
Important Topics Will Be Dis
cussed at Banquet and Bust
ness Session.

The convention of the Southern Shoe
Wholesalers Association, which as
sembles at Old Point Comfort on July
list, bids fair to DO one of the notable
gatherings OF this Convention" sum-
mer The gathering will be marked by
an attendance representing an excep-
tionally large combined capital, and
will BIO made up Of the men engaged
in one Of the most prosperous lines Of
Wholesale business in the South. The
convention will also BIO notable in the
list Of Speakers and topics which will
be heard. The men who have been
assigned to lead the discussion on
various topics are represen tative bus
mess men from all parts OF the South,
and their business brings them in daily
contact with the conditions Of freight
transportation, the lnnnufac turing. SELL
|, ing and handling OF goods. and the
problems connected with the labor and
supply markets. Tho discussion will
therefore be along tho lines which
most vitality affect the country's pros
and suggestive.
The sessions will be held in the Hotel
chamberlln, Old Point, and will open
at II A. NJ, July 1st Following the
roll-call. Colonel Charles =. Wingo,
OF Richmond, will Introduce Governor
Claude A. Swanson, Of Virginia, who
will deliver an address or welcome
The response will be made by Hon
Charles K. Payne. of Charleston, w
| Va, president Of the Southern Shoe
| Wholesalers Association.
The association will spend tho after
noon Of July LIST on a trip out to the
Miners steamship Essex. Luncheon
will DO served on board, and tho party
| Will return to the wharf about {
o'clock.
The evening session Will DO called
to order at $50, and the reports OF
/ the president and treasurer Will be
presented a discussion will follow
on Delayed Shipments: What Is the
| Remedy" This subject which Is be.
looming a vital topic to the wholesale
trade will be discussed by Mr.. II
Peyton Giles, Of Richmond, Va Mr.
G. II. Moritz. Of Montgomery. Ala. anG
Mr.. L. Green. tho6freght traffic man.
ager Of the Southern Railway Com.
lIpany, of Washington, D. G. 7'I
{. Tho second topic Of tho evening vii
1 be, "Can the Shoe business Be Done
Following the Lead OF the Clothine
Trade, Whose Statesmen Now Use Three
Trunks, Instead Of Twelve. ut a Saving
of Ton to Fifteen Dollars Day?" Mr.
4 ID, j. Rosenheim, of Savannah, Ga.
Mr. II. G. Yerkes, Of Memphis, Tenn.
Mr. Lewis Straus, of Richmond. ant
Mr. A. Wright Jr. Of Petersburg. Vn.
i will lead the discussion Of this ques
4 ton.
1 The ossons Of Tuesday. July Cd
call for PROMPT opening OF business
at $3.50 A, NJ. 1.-THE Shoe Manufacturing
Future Of the South" Will be led b!
Mr.. J.. B. Richardson. OF Nashville
. Tenn; Mr.. Pryor N. Smith. of Lynch
burg, Va; MIR. Paul G. Edmunds, o
. LynchburE, Va; Mr.. Frank Payne, o
Charleston w, Va, and D. II. Kirk
land, Of Atlanta, Ga,
"Tho Breaking Away From T!xe
Selling Prices, tho Emancipation an,
! Upbuldlng of tho Entire Shoe Indus
try. From Manufacturer to Retailer,
!, will DO the topic discussed by Mr.. W
1 Fl. Miles OF Richmond; Mr. IphraIl
Rosenborg, OF New Orleans. La. an,
Mr.. 9. ], Green, OF Richmond, Va.
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