Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 99, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 March 1912 — MEETINGS IN SOUTH BEND [ARTICLE]

MEETINGS IN SOUTH BEND

Grand Army and Affiliated Organizations Lead with May Convention. South Bend, Ind., March 22. —Several conventions will be held in South Bend within the next few months. The body that will bring the largest number of visitors will be the Grand Army of the Republic, when that organization meets here on May 20, 21 and 22 for the annual state encampment. Four affiliated bodies will be in session aVthe same time. The delegates alone will number about 4,000. , In July the Indiana Bar association will convene here. Samuel R. Parker of this city heads this body. Prominent speakers will be in attendance, among them being United States Senator EHihu Root of New York, formerly secretary of state. The Indiana Jewelers’ association, comprising in its membership several hundred dealers, will meet June 17 and 18. It is probable that the United Commercial Travelers and Travelers’ Protective association will hold' ’their state conventions here next year, the organizations having inaugurated campaigns for the bringing of the 1913 meetings to this city