Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-21
WARNER OUTLINES
CAMPA| PLANS
New Republican State Chairman
Addresses Committee Mem
bers at Meeting.

At the organization meeting Of the Re-
publican State Committee, yesterday
afternoon, at the Young Mems Republi-
can Club, $40 King street, Charles Warner
although not member of the committee,
was named chairman and Charles III,
Grantland, also of this city secretary, as
was announced in Every Evening yester-
day would be done. Col. William ID,
Denney of Dover was elected vice-chair-
man.
A committee on rules was appointed,
comprising Messrs. Blllaney, representing
New Castle county; Jones, representing
Kent, and Short, representing Sussex.
After the elections, MIR Warner adj
dressed the members on the subject of
planning State wide work for the new
committee. He made arrangements for
the prompt opening of offices in the club
building to be conducted jointly with the
county committee. For the purpose of CO.
ordinating the financial work in the State,
Mr.. Warner has been chosen as the State
chairman of the wavs and means COM
mittee of the national committee. He has
recommended the appointment of a ways
and means committee for the Republican
party for the State of Delaware who will
serve with the State, that is, not with the
committee throughout the country, in
working out a policy of decentralized
financing of organization and educational
work for the campaign.
The State Committee has decided to
hold meetings in all sections of the State
for the purpose of conterring with the
county committees and at such times as
the county committees might care for
such conferences so that members of State
Committees might get better acquainted
with members of county committees and
secure better understanding of the county
work These conferences will only be held
at such times as the county committees
desire.
THE NEW CHAIRMAN.
Charles Warner is one of the mos
prominent business men of the city and
has always taken a leading part IN all
movements for the advancement of the
cit%s interests in matters civic and educa-
ti0nal. as we'll as business. He is a native
Of Wilmington, born here April %, 1877, 3
son of the late Alfred ID. Warner and
Emalea =. Warner, received hls pre-
liminarv training at Friends School, and
took special courses at Drexel Institute,
Philadelphia.
He is director and also president of
the Charles Warner Co, director of the
Security Cement and Lime Co, president
and director of the Wilmington Realty
and Securities CO., and director of the
National Ammonia Co.
On account of his keen interest IN the
development of Wilmington as an export
ing and importing center, he was one of
the leaders in the movement for the con-
strlIction of harbor facilities here work on
which has already begun, and for which
the city has issued bonds in a large sum,
and when the Board Of Harbor Commis-
sioners was created he was made one of its
members. With the other members of the
board he has given the question Of port
facilities very close study and investiga-
ton, making trips to several coast cities
along the Atlantic.
Mr. Warner is a member Of the Viii
mington Club, the Wilmington Country
Club, the Old Colony Club, the Art Club
of Philadelphia, the Engineers Club of
New York and the Seaview Golf Club OF
Seaview, \. J.
Mr.. and Mrs. Warner have three
children, Dorothy, Charles. Jr., and
Frederick, and they have their home at
Eleventh and Nottingham road, Wawaset
Park.