The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-11
MEET TO CONSIDER
TRADE CONDITIONS
COTTON MEN WILL
COME NEXT WEEK
Tentative Program Of Convention
in Richmond Tssued-Many
Prominent Speakers.

The convention feature for next week
will be the coming Of the American
Cotton Manufacturers Association
which will sit at the Jefferson Hotel on
Wednesday and Thursday. Prominent
and influential business mon from NIL
sections of the country will be pres.
ent and several notable addresses will
son, of Minnesota. will be the guest
of honor of the association, and will
speak at the final session on Thurs.
day night. The tentative program Of
the convention was. issued yesterday
as follows:
Wednesday,. May goth.
10 A. M.-Call to order by President
S. b. Tanner.
Prayer.
1919 a. M.-Addresses of welcome on
the part Of the State, Governor Claude
a. Swanson.
1925 A. M.-Address of welcome on
the part of the city, Mayor Carlton
Mccarthy.
1895 A. M.-Address Of welcome on
the part of the Chamber of Commerce
and commercial interests.
iu.fo ~. Ah.-ANepIS W duuIeSSeS VI
welcome, Arthur II. Lowe, Fitchburg
Mass.
1885 a. Manual address, Presi-
dent S. B. Tanner, Charlotte, n. C.
1910 A. M.-Address, Inland Water
ways" Hon. John II. Small. member OF
Congress from North Carolina.
1880 A. M-Address, Cotton Goods
in the Orient" John Foord, New York.
HAS A. M.-Address, Fine Cotton
Spinning In the United States" Arnold
B. Sanford Boston. Mass.
Disadvantages of Bleaching and
Finishing in the South" John w. Ar
rinston, Greenville. $. c.
1915 p. M.-Address, Sizing Yarns"
L. w. Hitchcock Boston, Mass.
1880 p. M.-Address. Modern
Methods of Merchandising" L. r. Lat
shaw. Philadelphia, Pa.
Adjourn.
Afternoon Session, P. M.-For ac-
tive members only.
Night Session, $50 P. M.-Smoker.
Thursday, May 21st.
Morning Session. 10 A. M.-Call to
order, President S. B. Tanner; ad-
dress, 1.-THE Tariff and the Currency"
D. a. Tompkins. Charlotte, N. C.
1920 a. M.-Address. The Oil
Storage Problem" B. S. Bechtel, Fort
Wayne, Indiana.
10:4O A. M-Address. "a Misnomer,''
W. II. Harriss, Atlanta, Ga.
II A. M.-Address. Textile Schools"
Thomas Nelson, Raleigh, N. C.
1920 A. M.-Address, What the
South Has to Gain from Yarn Testing"
r. B. Hoguet. New York.
1880 A. M-Business Meetins-Ac-
tive members only.
Afternoon, p. M-Luncheon at
Lakeside Country Club; cars leave at
1:15 P. NJ; compliments of the bus
mess interests of Richmond.
Night Session. $3.50 P. M-Address,
Governor John A. Johnson. Minnesota.
Rules to Govern the Convention.
1, The deliberations of this body will
be governed by the Manual of Rules
in use by the United States Senate.
2. Members addressing the chair will
please announce their name and State
to which they belong, in order to re-
ceive proper recognition.
5. Remarks by members on the floor
shall be limited to ten minutes, and
additional time shall be granted by
consent Of the convention. Under no
circumstances shall an extension be-
yond thirty minutes be granted, except
by unanimous consent.
4. No member shall be permitted to
speak twice on the same subject, ex-
cept by consent of the convention
5. All resolutions to the convention
shall be presented in duplicate signed
by the proponent and handed to the
secretary, to be by him referred to the
president without reading or debate.
6. Each active member shall be en-
titled to vote or speak on any matter
presented before the convention.
7. Discussion of any subject may be
terminated at any time by vote Of
convention.
Officers Of Association.
S. B. Tanner. Caroleen, N c., pres
ident; T. H. Rennie. Graniteville, S. c.,
vice president; c. b. Bryant, Charlotte,
N. c., secretary and treasurer; T.
Asnby Blythe, Philadelphia. Pa chair
man of board of governors. Board of
Governors-L. w. Parker, Greenville.
S. c.; +. A. Flather, Boston, Mass; t.
A. Smith, Charlotte. N. c.: j. j. White,
Jr.. McComb City. Misc; Charles II.
Gorton. Aragon, Ca: Leonard Paulson,
New York: D. Y. Cooper. Henderson,
n. c.; Charles II. Fish, Dover N. H;
r. S. Renhardt, Lincolnton. N. c.; w.
T. Lang, Knoxville. Tenn; David Clark,
.Jonesboro, n. c.; f. A. Smyth, Green
Vile, S. c.; NJ. NJ. McColl, Opellka Ala;
h. Chappell, Atlanta, Ga.