The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-05-19
ANNUAL CONVENTION OF
FREIGHT AGENTS IS ON
First OF Series of Splendid Entertain
ments Comes at Close of Heavy
Routine Day.
MIR. HARRISON NOT PRESENT

Some FIVE hundred freight agents,
associated with railway companies
operating throughout the United
States and Canada, and their wives
were welcomed to Richmond yester-
day by Governor Stuart. Mayor Aims
lie and members of the local COM
mittees. headed Ivy Fl. l.. King. of the
A C. l., and f. II. Cloves. railroad
man of the Underwood Typewriter
Company. and the three days bust
ness and four days entertainment ses-
sions were gotten under way at the
Hotel Richmond.
The first day of the twenty eighth
annual convention closed after bust
ness session, heavy with routine at
fairs. and an entertainment session,
| light with music, recitation and re-
freshment. The only disappointment
of the day was the inability of Presi-
dent Fairfax Harrison. of the South
i ern Railway. who was scheduled for
the address of the afternoon. TO be in
1 Richmond Mr.. Harrison may arrive
today and deliver his address on The
Freight Agent" either this afternoon
or tomorrow
| Tho business affairs looked after
Yesterday engaged the attention Of a
ma jority of the freight men. They
I
est to freight agents almost eXclu-
siveiy.
Splendid Entertainment
| The welcoming addresses by Gov
ernor Stuart and Mayor Ainslie were
J in .characteristically happy vein and
the response by Vice-Presdent J. C.
! Gilmore, of Philadelphia, was apt and
very well received. During the after
.Soon nothing of genera. public inter-
est transpired except the sending OF
I telegram to President Harrison. of
| the southern. expressing regret at
his unavoidable absence and hoping
I that he might yet be heard before the
convention adjourns.
| The climax OF the opening day
came last night when the Hotel
Richmond auditorium was the scene
of reception and entertainment tnai
! will be iene- remembered by those
who attended. Freight men and their
ladies were received by the local COM
mittee, headed by Mr.. Cloves. ana
composed of the following ladies'
Mrs. f. II. Cloves, Mrs. G. A.
| Worthen. Mrs. Robert Cary, Mrs. IL,
+ r. Phinney. Mrs Leslie Ellis. Mrs.
r. c. Garden, Mrs. Christian Clarke.
Mrs. II: l. Bishop, Miss Carrie Van
! diver, Mrs. w. w. Nance, Mrs.
| ISoi Et "3nAl oAiN +'A' ~ :
Robertson.
To Historical Spots Today.
A. each of the visiting ladies en-
tered the entertainment hall she
/ was introduced to the Richmond
| ladies. presented with bouquet of
| American Beauty roses and sweet
peas. and a set of views of points
of interest in the city of Richmond,
| together with their history. These
are among the points of interest
that will be visited during the auto
mobile tour Of the city to be made
this morning at 10 O'Clock. as an
norrced by Mr. Gloves last night.
I He was also swampod with inqui-
ries for the packet of interesting
views and it was the unanimous sem
tment of the gathering that the well
come and entertainment given Is the
| most splendid ever rendered the
agents and their ladies in all their
travels. 70
Among those who entertained were
Mrs. Kate Fuller Ashby, eloCutiontst;
John Garrett, Merchants National
Bank, tenor: Oscar Lehman, Lehman
Lithographing Company, bass: and
Mr. and Mrs. F.. l.. Kemp, of Chicago.
Richard Bacon, of the passenger de-
partner of the s. a, L., was accom-
PIANIST
The American Association Of Freight
Agents is composed of 81 local asso-
Citations, with d membership of 7b5.
ISeventy- five of these associations. with
337 accredited delegates. are rep
resented at this meeting
President William H. White, of the
r.. F. & p. yesterday afternoon at
the Commonwealth Club entertained
fourteen prominent railway officials at
| a luncheon.