The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-17
Alabama Worlds Fair Asso- ciatioR Organized and
 NH Go to Work
BOARD IF DIRECTORS
 GIVEN POWER 10 ACT
Committee Will Make All Arrange nents for Raising Funds and De- ciding on the Nature O. the Ex-
 hibit--Good Suggestions.

Organization of an Alabama Worlds Fair association was perfected yester- day at the meeting of the Alabama Com mercial and Industrial association. Cf- ficers were elected and an executive conn mittee of five was appointed to e,full charge of the exhibit and its arrange ments
 The organization was effected by a resolution introduced and passed at the evening session, which had been pre- pared by a committee of three appointed at the morning session. The committee was Rufus N. Rhodes, chairman; Max Hamburger of Mobile and T. W. Smith of Huntsville. and the report it made and which was adopted was as follows:
 The Resolution.
 Resolved, q) That an organization
 Is hereby made under the name and
 title of the Alabama Worlds Fair
 association.
 @ That it's officers shall be as fol-
 lows: A president. a vice-president,
 a board of directors, consisting Of
 seven members. of which the presi-
 dent and e-president shall be
 members; a secretary and a treasurer.
 (3) That Charles P. Lane shall be
 president and Ross c. Smith vice.
 president, and that the president
 shall name the five other directors,
 the secretary and the treasurer.
 (D That the board of directors shall
 have full and plenary power as to
 the plan for raising revenue and dis
 bursting same, the character of the
 exhibit and have charge of same,
 and employ such assistants as may
 from time to time be necessary.
 President Lane named Max Hamburger of Mobile, J. M. Falkner of Montgomery, W. N. Malone of Birmingham, George A. Searcy of Tuscaloosa and William H. McElroy of Anniston as the other five members of the board of directors. and J. H Barr, vice president of the First National bank as treasurer, and held up his appointment of secretary until later. In naming MT. Barr, President Lane said that he not only made him treasurer because he was a man admirably fitted for the place, but because he carried back of him the prestage of the First National bank and the push and enter prise of Birmingham.
 Following the report of the committee there were number of suggestions from various members, and a request that the plans of the committee be explained. Chairman Rhodes explained the matter as follows:
 Must Not Be Hampered.
 "The object of the committee in select ing these men as officers of the Alabama Worlds Fair association and giving them full power was that they might not be hampered in any way That was also the reason for making the board of direc- tors so small It is the intention of the committee to get representative in every section and every municipality in the state to take up this work. It Is proposed to have these representatives made honorary vice presidents but to leave the actual manipulation of the ex- hibit and the funds in the hands of seven. In choosing men who live so close to Birmingham 1t was the intention to make it possible for a quorum to meet at any time and transact business. By this method a quorum can be gotten together in few hours and any business can be transacted. It will not be necessary for a man to travel across the state to attend meeting.
 Committee In Full Power.
 We have given the committee full power to act, and 1t has complete con- trol of the ways and means of raising the money and it's disposition. It Is ex- pected that within few days a meet ing will be held and a general plan per- fected for raising the money and decid- ing on the nature of the exhibit. I think that about explains the objects and the work of the board of directors"
 On the request of Mir Wilson of Mont gomery. General Rhodes explained that the Jefferson county exhibit was to be entirely separate from that of the state, and that the county would raise the funds for it's own exhibit. General Rhodes. however, stated that while look ing out for itself. Jefferson county would also aid the state in making it's exhibit, and that it would promise a nice sum of money for the use of the state com- mittee in getting up the state exhibit. He suggested that 1t would be easy, now that the work was actually commenced, to raise $15.0O0 in cash and $10000 in lum- Der and materials for state building.
 Taking up the idea of a state building, President Jackson of the Commercial club said:
 Must Have a State Building.
 'I want to emphasize the fact that this meeting was held with the idea in view of erecting a state building. and that this is the direction in which our plans should be made Asstate building would probably cost in the neighborhood of S20,00O or s25, GOO. and 1t would be a credit to Alabama. The object of the building is to have some place where Alabamians can go and feel at home Some place where they can well say, Here we rest" at the big fair.
 The object in calling the meeting was to get this idea foremost and it has been suggested that the building take the exact shape of the capitol at Montgomery" H q. H. Estes, one of the fair commits sioners appointed by Governor Jelks. said that small building like the capitol at M,n4 poruery vvo,11d he mora irt tarest;~- ( =