The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-01-24
HARDWARE MEN
OPEN MEETING
COMMITTEES APPOINTED YES.
TERDAY BY PRESIDENT SHOW.
ERS OF ELM GROVE
Convention Will Get Down To Busi-
ness Today-Question Box SEES
sIons VIII Feature

The twelfth annual convention OF
the West Virginia Retail Hardware
Dealers association opened yesterday
morning in the Hotel Windsor with
more than fifty representative bust
mess men of the state in attendance.
Every train arriving in Wheeling last
night brought several from various
parts of the Mountain state and Off
cials estimated that the attendance
would probably exceed two hundred
by this morning.
e. R. Showers of Elm Grove, prest-
dent, presided. Rev. DR.. ]. Z. Bird,
pastor of the Thomson NJ. E. Church
r Of the Island, offered prayer and May
or II. L. Kirk, in a characteristic ad-
dress, welcomed the visitors TO Wheel
ing. Thomas B. Frey, prominent hard
ware man of keyser, ". Va, gave the
response.
President Showers at the first busi-
ness meeting in the morning announc-
ed his committee appointments. Ihey
are: Auditing committee: F. W. Fox,
,Kingwood; ]. E. Bibbs, Beckley; and
Nv. H. Vance, Clarksburg: Nominating
committee: II. ". Sinsel, Cameron;
Edward Neff. of Wheeling; S. II, Hin,
er, of Durham. Resolution committee;
". L. Hill, Fairmont; Densey Rice,
Redwood; J. G.. Foster. Marlinton.
They are to report at the executive
session Thursday.
President Showers at the opening OF
the afternoon session, delivered his
annual address, in which be spoke OF
the accomplishments of the past year.
He was optimistic in his views regard
!, Ing the coming year for the hardware
men Of the state. Charles NJ. ketchum,
! general manager of the wheeling
! Commercial association, followed Mr..
Showers, in an address and the meet
/ ing came 10 a close with a talk on Co
Operative Work" by Albert Snedeker
Visitors Are Entertained.
In the evening the visitors were
entertained with smoker In the as
sembly room Of the Hotel Wlndsor
and a short program OF musical num-
bers was given by number or the
association members. An address by
George NJ. Gray Of the Insurance ae-
partment of the Ohio association, was
"a feature of the smoker program:
Following the smoker. the visitors
were guests Of the Ott-HeiskeH Co.,
and Greer and Laing company, At a
! theatre party at the Victoria.
Today the convention will be fea-
!
topics which might be brought up by
dealers. This is one of the interest
| ing parts of the meeting and many
lengthy discussions have ensued In
meetings of previous years. what, II
any important matter that Is likely
to be brought up, could not be learned
last night.
J. r. Kemper of Elkins. will give a
report of the national convention this
morning in an address, and Stanley
Floyd of this city, is scheduled 10
speak on THE Stamp on the Credit
Dollar" In the afternoon, j. VI.
Jacobs of Fairmont. will speak on
The Things That Worry" George
NJ. Gray of Coshocton. Ohio, and Her
bert P Sheets of Argos. Ind, will also
speak at the meeting today. Mr:
Sheets Is he assistant secretary or
the National Hardware Dealers aSso-
citation.
During the afternoon. the visitors
will be entertained at the plant OF the
Wheeling Corrugating company. IL
is also probable that during their. stay
here. they will inspect the plant of the
Spence-Baggs Stove company in Mar
tins Ferry.