CHATTANOOGA CONVENTION OF THE A. A. C. S. 
T h e twenty- 
third annual con- 
V e n t i o n (the 
twenty - f o u r t h 
□ meeting) of the 
<ir ^ A s s o c i ation of 
American Ceme- 
A^QOGP*'* fgj-y Superintend- 
ents. held at Chattanooga. Tenn., 
October 12. tl! and 14. 19 Id. will 
take its place among the most 
successful gatherings of that organ- 
ization. What it may have lacked 
in certain features were amply 
compensated for by others. The pa- 
pers and discussions of practical sub- 
jects at the liusiness sessions were 
animated and instructive, the stere- 
opticon lectures were suggestive, the 
social functions agreeably informal 
and the sightseeing features were un- 
mistakable incentives to patriotism. 
The statements made liy the Ten- 
nessee members who. for years past, 
have endeavored to have one of these 
annual gatherings in that state, were 
fully sustained. The ladies were pres- 
ent in goodly numbers. Many were 
there who t.ake pleasure in these an- 
nual reunions of friendships formed 
years ago and in e.xtending cordial 
greetings to those who can only at- 
tend at intervals or are present for 
the first time. 
The attendance was much larger 
than many expected it woiild be, ow- 
ing to the distance to be traveled by 
a majority of the members of the as- 
sociation. Seventy-nine members, 
many of them accompanied by their 
wives, represented twenty states, in- 
cluding nearly every one between the 
Great Lakes and the Tennessee River 
and Massachusetts and .Missouri. The 
attendance from the South was dis- 
appointing, several of the adjoining 
states being without representation. 
Convention headcpiarters were at 
the Hotel Patten, a thoroughly mod- 
ern hostelry that in the words of 
lion. James Ilryce, "would be a credit 
to any city in the world." President 
John Reid and Secretary-Treasurer 
h'rank Enrich filled their respective of- 
fices. Rev. E. -A. Elmore, D. D., of 
Chattanooga offered prayer, and Hon. 
d'. C. Thompson, mayor of the city, 
extended a cordial welcome to the 
visitors, to which President Reid re- 
sponded in a happy vein. The presi- 
dent then delivered his annual address 
in which he made some excellent sug- 
gestions. He said; 
PKESIDENT'S ADDliES.S. 
Gentlemen of the Convention. Ladies and 
Guests: — ■Among'st the various duties falling 
to the lot of the president of this associa- 
tion is the making- of an annual address: 
this duty I undertake with much concern 
and anxiety, as so much has been said in 
previous addresses for the past twenty-four 
years that I find it impossible to avoid 
repetition: this thought suggests to me to 
be as brief as possible. 
As we are down here amongst our South- 
ern friends and many new members of our 
association, 1 would like to call your atten- 
tion to two point.s that might have been 
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