The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-09-16

the transaction of business and dis
cussion of matters of vital interest to
the bankers.
The visitors began arriving in the
city yesterday, the first to arrive being
officials and some of the members of
the more important committee of the
national body. Others will arrive to-
day and tonight. by which time large
part of the number expected will be
here.
Registration will be made by the
delegates in the main lobby of the JEFF
ferson hotel and will be concluded, 1t
is expected by e;l5 tomorrow morning.
Each person registering and qualify
ing Will be given handsome souvenir
Identification badge. which he is to
wear to gain admittance to the ses-
sions of the institute. in the conven-
ton hall The visiting women will be
In attendance at the sessions the bal
cony of the auditorium having been
reserved for them.
The Opening Session.
The opening session of the institute
is to be begun promptly at $50 o'clock
tomorrow morning with President
Byron w Moser. publicity manager
OF the St Louis Union Trust company,
in the chair. The invocation will be
I by Rev II. y. G. Maclachlan. pastor
of the Seventh Street Christian
church.
The bankers will be welcomed to the
State and to Richmond by Governor
Mann and by Mayor Ainslie and Prest-
dent T NJ. Darlington. of the Rich
mond chamber of commerce. The re-
$40 Sc In behalf OF the institute will
be by Fred A. Crandail, of Chicago,
chairman of the executive council OF
the institute.
Colonel Fred f. Farnsworth. gen
rral secretary OF the American Bank
cra association, will greet the dele
gates In behalf of the association.
The annual address of the president.
BYRON w Moser, will come just ahead
of tho report of the executive coun-
ell. which will be followed by the
reports of the secretary. Harry 5.
Smale, of the Continental and Com
mercial National Bank of Chicago:
Of the treasurer, /. l. Bourgeois. OF
the Hibernia Bank and Trust Com =
pany of New Orleans. and of the
standing committees.
The first session Will be concluded
with the appointment of special com
mittees. While much of Importance is
TO come before the bankers at this
session and the reports of the officers
and committees will contain num-
erous recon mendat!ons to which at
I tention will be given during the meet
+ ing here, it is expected the morn
/ ing's work win be concluded by
noon.
Reception In Morning.
Al IL o'clock, following the adj
dresses Of welcome and the response
an acquaintance reception viii be
in the hotel parlors by the ladies or
/ the local chapter of the institute Tor
/ the visiting ladies. Mrs. Christian ii.
! Clarke will be directress Of this af-
I fair. and will he in charge of the
various entertainment features pro-
yidedsfor the visiting ladies'
Mrs Clarke Will be assisted during
the sessions of the institute by Mrs.
/ John M Miller. Mrs. Fred Peasants.
+ Mrs. II W. Jackson. Mrs. Stafford
/ Parker Mrs. c. V. Black burn. Mrs.
/ o, B. Hill, Mrs. John B. Swartwont,
/ Mrs William Hodges Mann. Mrs. @.
Il. Hill, Mrs y. c. Richardson, Mrs.
/ George Ainslie. Mrs w F. Shelton.
! Mrs. G. Jeret Jones and Mrs. Fl.
Stewart Jones' and Misses Mabel Wal
| ker, Nina Randolph. Virginia White
ley, Virginia Watkins, Macy Patton,
M Martin, G. Neal, and NJ. Shell
ton.
a trolley ride through the city and
| out to the Country Club of Virginia
will feature the afternoon of the first
day of the convention. Special cars
will leave the Main street entrance
! of the Jefferson hotel at 3 O'Clock.
Stops are to be made at Larus Broth
ers tobacco factory and at Old 81.
Johns church on the way to the Coun-
/ try club. AT the club a buffet supper
will be served on the lawn. There
| will be dancing at the clubhouse dur
ing the evening.
Features of Thursday and Friday
mornings will be visits by the ladies
to the Confederate and Valentine mu-
seums. These trips will be in charge
of the local committee. At 12:4o
Friday the features of the women S
entertainment viii be luncheon on
the roof garden at the Westmoreiand
club, which will be followed by a
theater party at the Lyric.
Thursday afternoon they VIII be
given an automobile ride about the
city, the cars leaving Franklin street
entrance to the hotel Thursday night
a Richmond "jollification" will take
place in the ballroom at the Jeffer-
son. on the program for this event
are Polk Miller in stories OF the "old
plantation" and In banjo sketches a
! Southern cabaret, and refreshments
and dancing. In charge of the Thurs
day night entertainment are r. L.
Gordon, OF the local chapter. Alvin
NJ. Smith. president of the Business
| Mems club. of Richmond, and Bust
HtStS 1dI3EcT DdDHeyt VI the thcAi
Der of commerce.
Richmond Bankers Prominent.
At the Hotel Richmond Friday
night complimentary informal dance
viii be given all convention delegates
and guests by the Hotel Richmond In
it's ballroom on the zenith floor.
Saturdays entertainment Will be
an all-day affair. the final business
session then having been had on Fri
day afternoon. 1t will be a boat trip
down the James to jamestown island
and Newport News, from which place
delegates who will not return to Rich
mond by train Saturday night, will
leave for their homes The boat will
leave Richmond at 3 o'clock
The local entertainment committee
is made up of George II. Keesee, pres
ident of the Richmond chapter, chair
man; r. Latimer Gordon. Clinton l..
Williams, Dorsey Il. Mountcastle,
Henry G, Proctor. and Vice President
Warren M. Goddard of the Richmond
chapter. The program committee
consists of Harry V. Haynes of Riggs
National bank, Washington. chair
man: Robert II. Bean. National Union
bank, Boston: and George II. keesee,
of Richmond.
Among the first to arrive In Rich
mond are President Byron w. Moser
and Fred w. Ellsworth, publicity
manager of the Guaranty Trust com