The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-08-27
mr.. DOBDINS BACK
FROM CHATTANOOGA
FORMER PRESIDENT RETURNS
FROM MEETING OF HARDWARE
ASSOCIATION.
Presided at Sessions And Gould Have
Been Reelected, But Declined
The Honor.

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day evening from Chattanooga, wher'
he attended the meeting of the Ten
nessee Retail Hardware Association
presiding at it's sessions. Mr.. Dob
bins has served the association FOL
one year as president, and could have
been reelected had he not positively
declined the nomination. The follow
ing account of the meeting is taker
from one of the Chattanooga papers;
All Friday morning the delegates tc
the Tennessee Retail Hardware AS
ISOLATION were on Lookout mountain
Missionary ridge and at Fort ogle
thorpe, returning to their headquar
tiers at the Hotel Patten with smiling
faces, saying that they had the time Of
their lives and were enraptured with
Chattanooga's scenery.
During the afternoon Thursday one
of the warmest questions before the
members was that of selecting meet.
ing place for next years convention,
AS East Tennessee has very few rep
resentatives in this association it was
deemed expedient to go to Knoxville
and there work up enthusiasm for the
betterment of retail hardware men
through the Tennessee association.
But others wanted Nashville, so the
points in favor of these two cities
waxed warm.
For nearly AN hour the delegates
listened to the advantages of Nash
vile and Knoxville, and when vote
was taken it was found that both
cities had made the same impression
the result being tie. It is now up
to the committee on affairs to select
the next convention city between this
date and Jan. 1, 1910.
About s O'Clock Friday morning the
sight-seers left the hotel in automo-
biles. One of the machines was that
of the Hon. H. Clay Evans, who has
made it a point to entertain the hard
ware men in behalf of this city.
Mr.. Richardson, of Lawrenceburg
Tenn, who is secretary of the associa-
ton. accompanied by Mr.. Evans.
All expressed themselves as being
heartily in favor of extending their
campaign for new members through
out East Tennessee, and If possible
double the membership.
The following resolution was adop-
ted unanimously
"That the Tennessee Retail Hard
ware Association, assembled, extends
its thanks to the Chamber or Com
merce of Chattanooga for the welcome
extended through the Hon. H. Clay
Evans. We thank the Norvell Shap-
leigh Hardware Co., of st. Louis, for
it's telegram of hearty greetings and
good wishes for the success OF our
association. That we also thank the
Hotel Patten for the use of the assem-
bly, room and courtesies shown us.
we especially extend our thanks to
Mr.. H. L. Mcnamara, vice-president
Of the National Retail Hardware AS
ISOLATION, for his presence, his mani
tested interest in our advancement
and welfare, as so ably expressed In
his interesting and beneficial talk
We also thank our friends, the drum
mer boys of st. Louis and Nashville,
for their presence, and the daily press
for it's recognition"
Thursday afternoon the session was
devoted entirely to business, the tof-
lowing committees and officers being
elected for the next year:
President, w. B. Hager, of Harris
vile, first vice,president, J. W. Bay
less. Of Athens; second vice-president,
A. B. McGill, of Shelbyville; secretary
and treasurer, M. Richardson, of Law
renceburg.
Executive committee: w. B. Hager,
]. M. Bennett, w. F. Marshall M. A.
Walker and L. D. Love.
Grievance committee: |. 7. Mitch
ell, A. N. Sherman and William Tuck
er, Jr.
The following were elected to mem
bership in the organization: Bayless
Hardware Co., of Athens; Read Hard
ware Co., of Athens; j. M. Bennett,
of Cleveland; Robinson & Goodwin, of
Fayetteville, and Morehead & Sons,
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