The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-19
DARLINGTON TO
HEAD CHAMBER
Will Be Offered Presidency for
Another Year at Annual
Meeting.
BIG MEMBERSHIP INCREASE
Jump of IS Per Cent in Enroll
ment During Year Creates
Southern Record.

! Following Iong-csta blished practice.
! tho members of the Chamber OF Com
merce Will, at the annual meeting next
4 Tuesday night. rc-elect President Car
r rington for another term Inc actloh'
however. Will hinge upon Mr. Car
ripptops.s willingness to serve another
wear. The ofhce will be offered TO MN,
and those who know Mr.. Darlington
and his strong interest IN the chamDeE
believe he viii accept.
President Darlington was elected IN
January 1912 and has served 'one
wear. With one or two exceptions every
president of the Chamber OF Com
rnorcc has served two terms. Former
President H. Z Morris served three
wears Mr. Carrington's acceptance OF
another term is all the more probable
because of his familiarity with the Tar
reaching plans of expansion which the
chamber has outlined as part of this
years program.
With the president will probably
be reelected the entire roster of major
officers These are: W. I. Reed, wee
president: f. c. Laird. second vice
president; +. d. Dunlop. treasurer.
r.. \. Dunlop. secretary; ". I. Dab
ncy. business manager; ana l.. .. Goou-
man, traffic manager.
Ten New Directors.
The important business of the even
ing will be the election of ten new
directors. The bylaws limit the service
of directors 10 FIVE years and provide
for the election of ten new men at each
annual meeting. Several members OF
the present directorate Will be retired
in conformity with the fve-year limit
and others will be displaced by the
selection of new men to make up the
ten.
The present board of directors con
sists of w Meade Addison, II. >.
Binswanger, Thomas p. Bryan, Samuel
Cohen. c. d. Coleman. John O. Coriey,
John G. Easley. o. II. Funsten' 1. +.
Giles. Julien II. Hill. John NJ. Miller.
Jr.. w. A. Moncure' 5. I Morgan n
John b. Pinder, Charles {. Reed, w. +.
Richardson. Jr., J. r. Ryland. o. }.
Sands, Fritz Sitterding. Alvin NJ.
Smith. +. Strudwick Warren P Iay-
lor. Gordon Wallace, j. l.. Wingo and
Thomas 8. Winston.
Extensive changes will follow also
in the makeup of the score or more
standing committees. The personnel OF
these will be announced shortly after
the annual meeting by the president.
Arranging Interesting Program.
II is the Intention of the officers 20
make Tuesday nights meeting as free
as possible from the grinding routine
of annual gatherings The balloting
will be conducted with dispatch early
in the evening, and there VIII be
minimum of speech making. In this
respect the chamber will depart from the
practice of former years when the pro-
gram listed dozen or more speakers
President Darlington has invited
two distinguished speakers 20 make
addresses on subjects at present much
in the public mind and of peculiar
interest TO the city. Besides these
addresses. the speaking of the evening
will be practically limited to the annual
reports of the president and business
manager Both Mr.. Darlington ana
Mir. Dabney are busy now preparing
their statements. and intend to com
press their review of the past year :
work in as few words as possible.
VIII Show Big Progress.
BY far the most significant single
thing in the presidents report viii
necessarily be a comment or the Dlg
membership increase that followed the
campaign inaugurated at the Chamber
of Commerce dinner last fall Begin
ming the year with roll call of 500. the
chamber will report at the meeting
on Tuesday night Il total mem bershlp
of I437 The increase Is more than 20
per cent. and as far as is known, has
never been paralleled in a single year
nv anv business organization in the
South.
Among the big local problems to
which the chamber viii this year ad-
dress itself. the annexation of subur-
ban settlements and the solution OF the
workingmcn's housing problem, stand
uppermost. As soon as practicable after
the annual meeting, the chamber VIII
take up these and other questions IN
more detail. and follow them to d salts
factory adjustment