Smyrna times., 1927-01-26
COMING INVENTORY CONGRESS
Will Be Held Under Auspices Del-Mar
Va Association on January 1917

Five group conferences have been
called BY the Del-Mar-Va Takes In
ventory Congress, preparatory to the
convening of the main body at Sails
bury, in its two days session, Febru-
airy Is and IL. These group confer
ences are for the purpose of instruc-
ing divisions and committees as to
their preparation Of reports from
their respective sections. They will
convene as follows:
January Worcester, Wicomico,
Somerset and Dorchester Counties
will meet at the Chamber Of Com
merce, Salisbury, Md, at 7.30 P. M.
January 25-Accomac and North
ampton counties will meet at the
Chamber Of Commerce in Accomac at
IL a. M.
January 25-Kent and Sussex coun-
ties, Delaware, will meet at the Hotel
Richardson, Dover, at IL A. NJ.
January 26-Talbot, Queen Anne,
Caroline, Kent and Cecil Counties will
meet at Washington College (Presi-
dents Office Chestertown, at IL Am.
January Wilmington and the
remainder of New Castle County will
meet at the Chamber of Commerce,
Wilmington, at IL a. NJ.
These inter county conference
groups will constitute the district sur
vey committees under whose auspices
information fundamentally important
to every type of business on the Pen
insula will be developed. Their re-
ports will be submitted to the Con-
gress in five divisions, as follows: No.
l, will cover the two Virginia Coun-
ties, Accomac and Northampton; No.
2, the four lower counties on the East
ern Shore Of Maryland, WorcesteryW Wi
comico, Somerset and Dorchester; No.
3, the upper and western tier Mary
/ land counties-Talbot, Queen Anne,
! Caroline, Kent and Cecil; No. a, Kent
and Sussex counties, Delaware; and
! No. 5, the City of Wilmington and
7 remainder of New Castle county.
Supporting this inter-county pre-
paratory program is the meeting OF
! General Chairman Henry A. Wise, and
I his cabinet, composed of the Chair
men. Merchantmen and committee
! men of the Congress, with the Execu-
I tive Committee and Vice-Presidents OF
/ the Del-Mar-Va Eastern Shore Asso-
citation, at the Wicomico Hotel, on
Saturday. Mr.. Wise is making spec
! ial trip down the Peninsula for the
purpose of conferring with his cabinet
and the Del-Mar-Va Association Of
ficials and at this meeting the COM
plete program for the Congress Will
be discussed.
Among those who have already sig
nifed their intention of attending the
Congress cabinet meeting Saturday
are: L. w. Gunby, Salisbury; DIR. u
LAYTON Grier, Milford, DEL; Charles
: G. Gelder. Princess Anne, Md; Will
liam H. Cook, Laurel; David Dallas,
Salisbury, Md; Lewis Drexler, Beth
anv Reach. Del; Gerrish Gassawayi
Wilmington, Del; Hooper S. Miles
Salisbury, Md; S. 0. Neal, Hurlock
Md; Stewart X. Powell, Onancock
Va: E. L. Quinn, Crisfeld, Md; A. a
Richards, Accomac, Va; DIR. f. b
Bomberger, Chief Of the Maryland
State Department Of Markets, Of the
University Of Maryland; DR.. G. L.Ben'
nor head Of the Department Of Agri
cultural Economics, of Delaware Uni
versity. and ]. F. Short, Of Federals
burg, Nd.
President Fred P. Adkins, OF TN
Del-Mar-Va Association, which is pre-
paring the Congress program, talking
Of the Congress today said:
! .oThe Congress is designed purely a