Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-18
VIRGINIA BANKERS MEET
At OLD POINT THIS WEEK
TwentyThird Annual Convention of
Association Will Open on
Thursday.
MANY PROMINENT SPEAKERS
Program Includes Addresses by Well
known Financiers and Business
Men-Numerous Amusements In
Cluded in Program.

Cluue1 IN program.
Final programs Of the ty-tilird
annual convention OF the Virginia
Bankers Association. received here yes
tesday by Richmond members of the
alton, list an array OF speakers
and = succession Of entertainment fea-
lures which promise 10 make this
"eek's meeting At old FONT Comfort
n" most interesting in the history Of
ihv organization.
Il expect a record breaking attend
ance.' said Secretary Walker Scott. of
FarmEil!c. over the long distance tele-
phone. This is great convention
year, politically and otherWise,c There
are many great issues to talk about.
and banking and its problems are
among the greatest, We have arranged
for a distinguished array of speakers,
and every session will be an interesting
one"
The convention will be held at the
Chamberlin Hotel, and will open ut
10 o'clock on Thursday morning. AT
this session the convention Will hear
the address of the president. G. +. Tiff
fany. OF Warrenton. and the reports Of
the major officers and standing commit
tees. There Will be two set addresses
Intangible Collateral" by NJ ~ Tray
Tor, president of the Live Stock Ex-
change National Bank. of Chicago. and
''Nirginia's Contribution and Its Les
sons for To-Day" by w B. Harrison,
vice president of st. Louis Cattle Loan
Company. of st. Louis.
FAIRFAX HARRISON
SPEAKS on FRIDAY
Immediately after adjournment of the
morning session members OF the Ameri-
can bankers Association in attendance
VIII meet 10 elect 4 vicc-presdent Of
that association for Virginia and a
member and alternate member of the
general nominating committee of the
next American Bankers Association
Convention.
Following this meeting representa-
tives of the national bank members OF
the American Bankers Association will
elect n vice-pres!dent of the national
bank section OF the association. Trust
company members will then elect a
vice president for their section.
The second business session will he
held Friday morning, and will be de
voted wholly to addresses on banking
and kindred subjects. The speakers
Will be: Fairfax Harrison, president Of
the Southern Railway Company. The
Statement of Ambition: Francis
Coates, Jr., examiner Cleveland Clear
ing House Association, Cleveland, Ohio,
Taking Inventory; NJ. w. Harrison,
New York, secretary of the savings
bank section. American Bankers Asso-
citation. preparedness and Thrift: DR..
John Lee Coulter, dean of the College
OF Agriculture. West Virginia Univer-
sity. Morgantown, w Va, What the
Bankers Owe the Farmers" and George
F. Coleman. State Highway Commits
sioner, Richmond. Road Improvement
in the State of Virginia"
Al the final business session on Sat
urday Charles S. Hamlin. governor Of
the Federal Reserve Board. Washing
ton, will be the only speaker The sub
ject OF his address will be THE Fed
eral Reserve Act" The convention will
then proceed TO the annual election of
officers and final adjournment.
DEVOTE AFTERNOONS
TO ADJUSTMENTS
For the first time in many years, this
weeks convention will have no after
noon business sessions. Afternoon
meetings have been found TO be unsat-
tsfactory, from the standpoint OF at
tendance. and 1t has been decided to
experiment this year with tho plan OF
holding heightened single morning
session, devoting the afternoon and
evenings to recreation.
The annual banquet on Friday night
will be one OF the big events of the
convention. Among those who will
speak will be: John Barrett, director
general OF the an-American Union,
| Washington; Oswald Garrison Willard,
editor OF the New York Evening Post;
Norman Hapgood. formerly editor of
Harper's Weekly; Robert F. Maddox.
vice president of the American National
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