The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-06-19
WANTS LAW AGAINST
FAKE ADVERTISING
SOUTHERN RETAIL FURNITURE
MEN WOULD REPEAL BANK
RUPTCy LAW.
END. THEIR CONVENTION
TWO busy SESSIONS AND RASQUET
ON CLOSING DAY-G. ID.
sYDNOR ELECTED
PRESIDENT.
END THEIR CONVENTION.

The southern Retail Furniture
I Dealers association, with a banquet
in Jefferson auditorium last night,
ended the two days annual session
festerday was a busy one for the
furniture men, and-husi ness sessions
/ ana banquet were marked with COM
pieie harmony. The days features
We're the adoption at the morning SEES
son OF resolution endorsing for pas
sage the antifake advertising
/ measures now pending in congress- the
election of officers at the afternoon
session and the addresses calling for
closer cooperation for better legisia-
ton, and for the elimination of trade
/ Owls which beset the retail furniture
Slsiness- made at the CLOSE Of the
banquet
Though they had turrseaste pleasure
last night, business having. been clear
ed from the body, the furniture men
at their banquet could not eliminate
the profitable from the event Each
OF the several speakers mads helpful
talks, and there was a marked b.
/ sence of the humorou from the words
of nearly all those who spoke.
president G. Is. Sydnor. elected yes
lerday afternoon, WAS POSTMASTER. He
nrst introduced retiring President
lAtschsf, who talked Of advertising in
its various forms Mr. I4itschgi urge I
7 that the furniture dealers become
more cordial in their dealings with
their customers and esta blish a more
intimate relation between them: that
they treat those calls upon them
which come by telephone the same as
/ they would those made upon them IL,
personal visits to their stores and that
they must aim more truly at making
attractive the homes. The home. he
! concluded, is the most sacred spot in
the land and the nation can he no
stronger than the home
Repeal Bankrupt Laws.
Norman Johnson editor of the Mer-
. chants Journal and Commerce. speak
! ing on trade evils, discussed the or
ganiZation and its objects before enter
ing upon the main thread Of his talk
Furniture dealers. ne said, appear To
he bankers more than furniture deal
ers, pointing TO the condition that
places in the hands Of the Dealers
/ notes and ether papers and securities
some of which are practically worth
less. Mr. johnson urged them to
| work for clean politics, and for legis-
lation that Will improve their con-
| dltion by giving them adequate col.
/ lection LAWS and other safeguards He
held thai the demagogue must he re-
! moved from politics and showed them
| how they held the power In their
vote. 10 bring about his removal. tIe
closed with a demand for the repeal
OF the national bankruptcy laws, ana
called upon the membership Of the
association 10 get together in d move
mcnt to this end.
Other speakers, whose talks were
helpful in that they inspired the
membership Of the convention 10 work
g n r. bats at-fn H. gEsE-.
OF the furniture trade, included III. C.
| Taylor, Of Columbia. s. c.. George f.
itoyall, of Goldsboro, n. G., Robert n.
Nellson, of Baltimore; j. a. Gilmore
{ OF Charlottesville; Couneilmen Ctyde
; H. Radcliffe and Jacob Umiauf, OF
Richmond, and Rev +. T. NeFaden
Of this city
The convention closed with the cleo
ton of officers and directors. and the
announcement Of committees TO serve
during the coming year. Columbia,
5. G., was chosen unanimously as the
place for the 1915 convention The
officers elected are:
President, Il. B. Sydnor, Richmond:
vice. president. H. A Taylor, of
Columbia. s. G.; secretary. J A. Gil
more, of Charlottesville; treasurer, w
l., Bell. Of Concord, n c.
Directors for three years-E A.
snead, Clifton Forge; < " Lltschgi,
Jr,, Charleston, S. c; G. S Tucker,
Raleigh. \. G., and Mr.. Mesley, Au-
gusta, Ga; for two years--I. c.
fielmly, Savannah, Ga; for one year
Charles $. Robinson. Atlanta. Ga.
The legislative committees for the
/ four states in the association are:
Virginia. j r r Jurgens. l.. G. Blaze
and S, L. jones, all of Richmond:
North Carolina-George c. Royal,
| Goldsboro; Thomas Green. Raleigh.
and Cary Holland, Durham: South
Carolina i. NJ NanMeter. T.. "
Dickerson and r. C, Williams, All OF
Columbia. Georgia--Calos Mason and
Messrs. Bouknight and Meyers, all OF
Atlanta
The committee on agricultural well
fare is made up Of F. b. Cobb. Of
Greenwood, s, G.; Mr.. Peak, of Rocky
Mount Va, and r. O. Diltz. of States
VILE, N. G.
Escort President
Following the election. retiring
President Litschgi called upon Messrs
Royal and Hopkins to escort the
newly elected president to the chair.
ASSUMING the office, President Sydnor
addressed the convention. expressing
his appreciation of the honor bestow-
ed upon him, reviewed the growth of
the spirit Of cooperation and organ
lation as the furniture business has
developed during the last twenty-five
years, and called upon the member
ship of the association to further ex-
tend their efforts during the coming
year to place the business of the re-
tail furniture dealers on more firm
foundation and higher plane.
Nice-President Taylor was next con-
Quoted to the platform. by Messrs
Jones and Blankenship. Mr.. Taylor
more briefly expressed his apprecia-
ton and supplemented the call OF
President Sydnor for more intimate
relation and a closer cooperation dur.
Ing the year to come.
Retiring President Litschgi also ad-
dressed the gathering. thanking the