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Newspaper

Athens Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

May 11, 1912

Page

3

National Chamber of Commerce Formed After Washington Conference

The meeting of the Chamber of Commerce in the city hall heard Harry Hodgson report on the National Commercial Conference at Washington April 22 23. Delegates from 392 associations in 700 gathered. Taft urged a national chamber to unite government and business. A new Chamber of Commerce United States of America was created to provide a national clearing house for business opinion and action on national concerns.

Chamber of Commerce Harrys Hodgson Washington New Willard Hotel Secretary of Commerce and Labor Taft Chambers of Commerce and Boards of Trade Chambers of Commerce Nagel Boards of Trades Germany Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America United States Commor Manufacturers’ Association South C. G. Craddock Lynchburg P. J. Kruesi Manufacturers’ Association Chattanooga Tenz Lewis W. Parker Greenville S. C W. B. Thompson The Cotton Exchange New Orleans

Solid South for a Better Nation Congress in Nashville

The Southern Sociological Congress in Nashville gathers thousands for the first such meeting aiming to study and improve social civic and economic conditions. Dr Langirth opens with a call for stronger families and safer communities, urging nonpolitical health boards and independent schools as essential reforms.

Congress Nashville Southern Sociological Congress South Saghville Sociological Congress Irs D. Lanérith Board of Health

Southern Social Service Congress Schedule Details

A detailed agenda from the Davison-Nicholson Co. page lists sessions, rooms, and leaders for a multi day Congress on public health housing charity tuberculosis temperance and social service in cities from Raleigh to New Orleans and Des Moines including notable figures Dr W S Rankin Dr Luther H Gulick Prof H B Carre Miss Marilla Freeman and Dr Edward Devine with remarks on regional cooperation and future impact.

Ryman Tennessee Industrial School Band Congress John S. DeWitt J. H. Kirkland Seesson James J. Vance Ira Landrier Ben W. Hooper G. W. Dyer Vanderbilt University Nashville Tenn John G. Woolley Chicago Ill Camp Fire Girls of America Luther H. Gulick New York City First Presbyterian Church Corner Church Street Fifth Avenue Jean M. Gordon Conference On Woman and Child Labor New Orleans Angola Ind Tulane W. 5. Rankin State Board of Health Raleigh N. C Hotel Hermitage L. Myers Federated Charities Charlotte E. G. Routzabn Department of Child Hygiene Russell Sage Foundation New York Warner Auditorium J. H. Dillard Jeans Board Slater Board Board of Trade Smahiman H. B. Carre Anti-Saloon League of Tennessee Vine Street Christian Church Samuel Z. Batten Social Service Commission Northern Baptist Church Des Moines Iowa McKendree Church Owen R. Lovejoy National Child Labor Committee Henry F. Cope Religious Education Association Church and Social Service John M. Glenn Russell Sage Foundation Church and Modern Industry Charles S. Macfarland Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America Commission On the Church and Social Service National Conference of Charities and Correction Seale Harris Southern Medical Association Mobile Ala Co. P. Wertenbaker Public Health and Marine Hospital Service Norfolk W. D. Weatherford John Little Louisville Oscar Dowling Louisiana State Board of Health Shreveport W. H. Thomas Montgomery William H. Samford Chas. A. Ellwood University of Missouri Marilla Waite Freeman Memphis South Wilbur F. Crafts National Reform Association Washington, D. C Edward Devine Columbia University Survey Graham Taylor Chicago School of Civics and Philanthropy

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Harry Hodgson Athens Chamber of Commerce National Chamber of Commerce Dr. Dyer Dyer Wolley Ir. Gulick Campfire Girls Camp Fire Girl Hermitage Hotel Bernard Flexner Hastings H. Hart Kate Waller Barrett National Florence American Association For Study and Baltimore Agnes Morris Baton Rouge G. H. Detwiler West End Methodist Church S. G. Gilbreath East Tennessee Normal School Johnson City Centennial Club Seventh Avenue North Alexander Johnson Banner Atention Batten Dr. Devine Columbia Graham Philip Child Labor Movement Social Service Nasavillo G@incerely Mary A. Stennis Mrs. Hoppe Thomas Finty, Jr Itor Dallas Texas Alabama W. H. Oates Alabama Prison Association Charles L. Minor Asheville N.C Lee K. Frankel Metropolitan Life Insurance Company N. Y C. W. Stiles National Marine Hospital Service Wilmington Col J. J. Ludlow Winston-Salem Alexander Jobosop
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