The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-02
HOLDCONvENT|ON
DURING SEA TRIP
Tobacconists Adopt Novel Plan
for Their Annual
Meeting.
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SAIL ON VOYAGE TO NEW YORK
Delegates Charter Palatial Steam
ship Of Old Dominion
Line.
SAIL ON VOYAGE TO NEW YORK
Especial TO The rimes-pispatch.l


Old, Point, Va. July 1.-The James
town, one OF the most ma gnifcent ships
Of the fleet OF the Old Dominion Steam
ship Line, passed here at s o'clock to-
night, bound for New York with a
Jolly assembly of tobacconists OF the
South and West on board.
The annual convention Of the Tobac-
co Association OF the United States, a
national organization OF Independent
tobacco dealers, with headquarters in
Richmond. is being held on the James
town as that splendid snip of the Old
Dominion Line plows the waters of the
Atlantic. While the headquarters OF
this national association is In Rich
mond. it is by no means a local affair.
its membership extending through all
of the States that are interested IN
tobacco culture and tobacco manufac-
turing
Many Delegates Attend.
The delegates 10 the convention who
are tonight on board the Jamestown
are from Virginia. North Carolina,
South Carolina. Tennessee. Kentucky,
Ohio. Missouri, New York. Indiana,
Pennsylvania, Connecticut and Cuba.
They are supposed to represent the to-
bacco interests generally outside OF
the bailiwicks of the trusts.
when the jamestown pulled out from
Norfolk at 7 O'Clock this evening there
were fifty odd members aboard the
specially chartered steamer, and a
dozen or so more Joined the crowd
here.
1t is something OF novel proceeding
for a national convention to hold forth
on the briny deep, and in view OF this
novelty. the Old Dominion Steamship
Company, which never loses an oppor-
tunity to advance any Virginian or
Southern interest. got very busy 10
make the novelty a success. The com.
pany put its best ship at the disposa
OF the tobacconists. and supplleo ~
with all conveniences that are best
calculated to make the sea journey
enjoyable.
The Initial Meeting.
n was understood that when the
ship is tonight passing through the
Virginia capes. and getting we'll into
the ocean, the initial meeting OF the
Tobacco Association will be called &c
order by President T. NJ Darlington
OF Richmond. The first meeting to-
night viii be but an informal affair
and probably the only business thai
will be transacted will be the consid-
GRAFTON of the reports to the creden-
tails committee
Tomorrow morning. when the snil
is far out at sea, this committee VII
make it's report, and the convention
will then get down TO business. Ins
annual report of the president will bs
read and discussed, as will be various
other matters of interest to the asso'
citation. The whole day Will be de
voted to business, and the probability
is that By the time the jamestown
blows for New York in the late after
noon. all of the business of the tenth
annual convention will have been very
nearly completed
Entertainment in New York.
New York tobacconists will meet the
members of the association at the Old
Dominion wharf tomorrow afternoon
and an automobile ride about the city
will follow. second session of the
association will probably be held at
the Hotel Imperial in New York to-
morrow night and 1T is more than
likely that all of the business will be
wound up then. AT these sessions OF
the association various matters of In
terest to the tobacco trade will be dis
cussed and settled as far as the asso-
citation can settle them.