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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
American Association Meets IN
+ Richmond Today.
PROGRAM REPlETE WITH INTEREST
Feature Of Entertainment, VIII be
Trio Down the River to jamestown
isIand-Addresse by Many Promi-
nent Men.

RICHMOND, VA. May 2i.-"kine
Gotten" VIII held full sway in this
The Capital of the Confederacy, this
week.
The occasion will be the thirteenth
annual meeting OF the American
Cotton Manufacturer Association
which will begin its session here to-
morrow and conclude its work on
Wednesday.
Cotton-that greatest OF all South
trn staples-will the the all-alsorb-
ing thems of which thousands of del
egates from many sections of the
country will gather here TO discuss.
Although this industry is as old as
the South itself. it is a subject re-
earding which the Southern NAH
rarely, if ever, grows weary OF hear
ing.
Variable contributions TO the
worlds knowledge concerning cotton
spindles, of which there are now mil
lions in the Southern states. where
once they were scarce product, ana
how cotton goods are manufactures
in the great mill of the country, Will
be revealed at this years convention.
The American Cotton Manufaciur 5
Association is a BODY which embraces
all branches of the cotton goods
.rade, which has in its membership
the leading manufacturers in this
industry in the Eastern and South
crn part of the United States. II Is
expected that several thousand or
those interested in the cotton indus
try will attend this convention.
To the Richmond Chamber of Com
mercc belongs the credit of having
captured this years convention. il
originally had been decided to hold
the meeting in New York City. bIt
when the Richmcnds claims were
presented by the Chamber OF Com
merce as a convention city, the Board
of Governors o. the Association re-
considered their action and dech I'd
TO meet here this time. TINS city
possesses the additional advantage
over New York of being centrally To-
Gated between the cotton growers
and the mills of the South and the
manufacturers and markets of New
England and the North.
Aside from a program repiete with
interest. the social features incident
to the aSsemblage will prove quite
attractive. In additional 10 smoker
to bee given in honor of the delegates
at the jefferson Hotel, the various
commercial organizations of the city
have arranged for an interesting
trip down the historic James River
to jamestown Island. The journey
will be made on the steamer "Poca-
hontas."
The convention will formally be
called to order at 10 o'clock tomorrow
morning at the Jefferson Hotel BY
T. III. Rennie, President of the Asso
citation, following which an invoca
ton will be pronounced by the Rev
DIR. George w. Mcdaniel An address
of welcome will be delivered by tbs
Mayor. ID. c. Richardson, to which
response will be made. Then Presi
dent Rennie will make his annua
address in which he will review thu
strides which the cotton industry na'
made during the year.
Addresses will follow by r. L. w
Kellar. Assistant Freight Traffic Man
ager of the Southern Railway on DC
velopmeEt of Foreign Cotton Goods
/ Trade w. A. c. Clark. Specia
Agent. Department of Commerce and
Labor on Cotton Waste Manufac
ture:'s August W. Smb, "BaIling ant
Handling Cotton" ID. A Tompkins
OF Charlotte. North Carolina. "Th'
Tariff on Cotton Textiles The ia,
will he concluded with the presenta
lion of a report OF the Committee oI
Cotton Exchanges BY r. A. Smyt:
and a smoker given by the Chambe
of Commerce and the municipality Il
| the auditorium of the Jefferson.
On Wednesday. the concluding day
an interesting report on the Inter
national Cotton Congress held j.
Paris. France. from June | to 3. 1905
I will be read bv ID. Y. Cooper. TT
reports of l. W. Parker and Charlie
| n. Gorton. Chairman. respectively n
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