Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-24
LAUNCH MOVEMENT FOR
DEVELOPING RESOURCES
Organization Formed to Bring De-
sirable Settlers to Waste
Lands of Virginia.
WILL ELECT STATE MANAGE,
Southern Settlement and Develop.
ment Company Holds Initial Meet
ing OF Its Newly Appointed Board
OF Directors and Outlines Its Plans.

With the first meeting Of tn" board
Of directors. held Yesterday afternoon
AT the Jefferson Hotel. the Virginia
branch Of the Southern Settlement and
Development Company, organized here
May -. is fairly launched upon it's
task Of developing the manufacturing.
mineral and agricultural resources of
Virginia. The board as selected by T.
NJ Darlington. president of tho or
EanizatiOn. composed OF tho best avail
able men in the several congressional
districts Of the State. who represent
organization seems to advance. will at
once take IN tho question Of putting
the organization upon a working basis.
one OF the most serious questions
which confronts tho directorate at
present is the raising Of funds with
which To dcfray the expenses incident
the work OF tho company. In order
to expedite matters much as pos-
sible. each member Of the board will
canvass his own congre ssional district.
soliciting the contributions necessary
To finance the organizations
WILL CONFLICTS: PERSONNEL.
WITHIN 4 FEW DAYS
While the board is not vet compIo,c
majority or the members have bee ~
secured and Mr.. Darlington expects TO
complete the personnel within a few
DAYS. Each congressional district nm
der INC constitution Of the company. is
entitled TO reDrcSeDtatiO on the hoard
/ Eight Of these have been selected ,r
follows: John l.. Roper. Norfolk. repro :
HcntinS the Second District: George n
, w use a.promincnt attorney OF Newport
! News. from IN" First District: Edmund
! Htrhdwick. Richmond. president Of the
Atlantic Life Insurance Company. from
| The Third District: v. Walden. cashier nf
tue First National Bank of Farmvill.
! from the Fourth District; w Il; Carson
kifertoh. president Of the Ri,.r,on
Lnnc Company. from tho Seventh Dis
trict: w. >. Matthews, Clifton Eorr.
president OF the Virginia and Western
rover Company. from the Tenth DIS
: trict: NJ. G. Field. Orange president or
the Orange National Bank. from tho
Eighth District. and George f. Russell
/ ,,Fakcs Branch, president of the state
charlotte County. from the Fifth his
! trict Mr.. Darlington, in his official
capacity as president of the or-auiza
ton. is also president OF the board
| WILL ELECT STATE
| OFFICE MANAGER
The selection OF a State manager.
| who shall have full charge of the work
VI inc organization throughout the
! state and who will maintain an o1Ica
in this city. devolves upon the cxccu-
tlYe committee. composed of W. f. Gar.
son. or RiHerton vice-president of tho
company. and Edmund Stru:lwick. Of
THIS city. Mr.. Carson was elected vice
president AT the meeting last night and
Mr. Strudwick was appointed nv Mr.
! Darlington as the third member of the
committee. While no definite steps
nave as yet been taken in securing the
services OF a manager. nor any single
! man settled upon. Mr. Darlington said
| that he had been looking the field over.
and hoped the committee would be able
! 10 make "A selection within a few weeks
| The typ" Of man who would he best
| fitted successfully to carry on the work
OF the organization, he said. is not so
easily found. and the committee could
not afford to be fasty in it's selection.
II was decided yesterday that each
member OF the board should appoint an
advisory committee of two or three
prominent men Of his congressional dis
| trict who should keep in close touch
with him and advise with him on ques-
tions pertaining to the coripanv's work