The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-03-25
DELCO MAN BACK
FROM DAYTON MEET
McLARTY ONE OF 1900 MEN IN
DAYTON MEETING.

Mr. r. A. McLarty the local rep
resentative for Delco-Light, the cleo
trio light and power plant for farm
homes, has JUS returned from Day
ton. OHIO, where he spent las, elk
attending the third annual Delco-Light
convention in speaking of his con
vention experience Mr.. McLarty
said:
"There were nearly one thousand
Delco-Light men in attendance, which
made it the largest commercial con
vention ever held III Dayton. And it
proved, too, to be the most enthu-
siastic and successful convention i'll
the history of the Domestic Engi-
neering Company, makers Of Delco-
Light The Dayton hotels were
crowded to the limit with the Delco-
Light men who came from all parts
vi the -Kn.tel States and even from
most of the larger foreign countries
All meetings were held in Memorial
Hall which has a seating capacity OF
about twenty-five hundred. And
meals as well were served there for
the entire convention body.
con the main floor of the conven-
ton hall were exhibits prepared by
the different departments of the
company The engineering, sales,
advertising, foreign, service, treasur'
ers and other departments all had
complete displays of the work they
are doing in the ZONE organization.
IN the basement of the hall was
the accessory show. Here were dis
played shout five thousand electrical
appliances used in connection with
the Delco-Light plant. Lighting fix
lures of all kinds were shown in a
large room built and decorated es.
pecially for that purpose. In the
regular display booths over one hun
dred manufacturers were represented
and the articles shown included all
electrical appliances applicable to Che
farm home. This part of the conven
ZION in itself constituted the largest
electrical show ever given in Dayton
"R II. Grant, general manager OF
the Domestic Engineering Company
opened the convention with an ad
dress which radiated the enthusiasm
| that was 10 characterize the conven
| ton from start to finish The award
| ing Of prizes TO winners of the vari
out sales contests of 1918 and a triI
| through the new DelcO-Light factory
at Dayton made up the first days pre-
gram and this was followed by two
days Of. ciose study of the problems
AMI plan Of the organization by The
wh),o Convention body. On the las
| dav the delegates, one thousand
| strong, paraded through the streets o
Dayton. The parade was followed b!
a banquet at the Hotel Miami, where
| the crowd was so large that it over
flowed from the ball room to thu
| grill. These were talks by official
of the company and by some Of thu
delegates. The principal speaker 0
the evening was the Hon. James M
Cox, Governor of Ohio.
"The Delco-Light convention jus
completed is remarkable, not merel
on account of it's size, but as evidence
Of the growth of the Delco-Light OF
ganization. The first Delco-Ligh
convention only a few years ag
numbered less than a hundred dele
gates. The one just closed was a
tended by nearly one tho sand. TIL
reason for this growth lies not mere
ly in good business methods but NOR
particularly in the fact that throug
taking cheap, safe and reliable ele'
trio service to the farm home, Delct
Light supplies the regeatest singh