The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-26
IAN ALABAMA EXHIBIT
EFFORT TO HAVE STATE REPRE-
 SENTED IN ST. LOUIS
Meeting of Representative Citizens Called by Alabama Commercial and Industrial Association to
 Devise Ways and Means.

Shall Alabama be represented at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St Louis next year? This is the question
 that Is agitating the minds or promlnent
 business men of Birmingham. Montgom- cry, Mobile. Gadsden and other progress sive cities of the South.
 Having taken such high rank at Buff falo representative Alabamians says they feel 1t would be most unfortunate If Ala
 bama should miss St. Louis, in addition
 to having missed Charleston. It will be
 the largest exposition ever held In this country.
 cial meeting of the Alabama Commercial and Industrial Association to be held on
 February 20 in Birmingham at which time the sentiment favoring an exhibit will De
 crystalized into some definite plan or ac. ton. Representatives will be invited not only from the commercial bodies belong ing to the State organization. but also from the various counties and cities of Alabama: W. P. Lay of Gadsden, President; L. L. Gilbert, Secretary of the Alabama Commercial and Industrial Associations; Rev. N. l.. Anderson. Chairman Commit tee on State Development and Commis- stoner of Agriculture R. R. Poole were in conference with Governor Jelks yester- day upon the matter. They discussed the importance of a creditable exhibit and ways and means of securing it. The Governor is deeply interested in the mat | ter.
 The call issued for the meeting in Feb Montgomery, Ala. ITO the members of the Alabama Com mercial and Industrial Associations: ''Whereas the undersigned are in re- | ceipt of divers communications from the management of the Worlds Fair Exposi- | tion at St. Louis, regarding creditable exhibit there of the agricultural, mineral | and manufacturing products of the State of Alabama, and
 "Whereas the Commercial Club of Mo bile did, on the 18th day of December, | convention be held at some central point | with the idea of inaugurating a move
 ment for the accomplishment of the pur- | poses above set out and
 "Wheryas. they did by resolution on | the 24th day of January, 1902, request the undersigned to call meeting of the Ala bama Commercial and Industrial Associ- | ation. of which they are members. and, Whereas, this suggestion has been fa- vorably endorsed by other commercial
 organizations of the State. members of | this Association,
 l Therefore, special meeting of the | Alabama Commercial and Industrial As | sociation Is hereby called to assemble in | the city of Birmingham on Thursday the
 20th day of February. 1902, at F o'clock, l noon, in the rooms of the Commercial Club of that city, there to take such ac-
 ton as may be deemed proper and ex- | pedient in the premises.
 Representation at this meeting will be
 based as usual upon the membership of
 ach organization, one delegate for every | twenty members. providing that every
 mum representation of five delegates | Each county and municipality is invited
 to send three delegates each, to the end
 that as complete a representation of the State as possible, may be had. l "W. P. Lay, President" | "L. L, Gilbert Secretary"