The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-15
TO ENTERTAIN VISITORS
BUSINESS MEN TO MEET LOUIS
 VILE ExCURsIoNIsTS.
Representative Party of Citizens From Louisville Metropolis to Be in Montgomery Tuesday.
 Plan of Reception.


 Heads of Houses Excursionists" arrive in Montgomery Tuesday, they will be met at the Union railway station by number of Montgomery business men.
 The joint committee having the matter in charge composed of members or the Entertainment, Wholesale and Retail Committees of the Commercial and ln- dustrial Association, met yesterday morn ing and enthusiastically outlined plan for the reception and entertainment ot this representative business body rom Kentucky.
 The excursionists will arrive in a special train of Pullman sleeping cars, dining car and baggage cars at 5:45 a. m. Tues day and will remain in the city until 10 o'clock. There will be about 100 mem- bers in the party and they will bring a band of twenty pieces to enliven tneir trip.
 The committee headed by the band, will escort the Board of Trade representa- tives and their guests up Commerce Street to the rooms of the Association on Court Square. where 1t is expected will be assembled the representative business | men of Montgomery. Here formal ex- change of civilities will take place, the program on the part of Montgomery in- cluding Mayor Thomas H. Carr. Horace Stringfellow and George W. Jones as
 
 probably include Mayor Grainger and of course, President M. E. Taylor of the Board of Trade with other officials of that organization.
 An hour will be spent in the rooms of the Association in social intercourse and in speech making, after which return visit will be made to the train at 9:S0 o'clock by the Montgomery business men,
 It is expected that this will be a splen- nnnOrtnnifv adVQrtfStnU M0Dt- gomery among the solid business men of Louisville and the committee expects to present to each one souvenir of the city, which will serve to keep Montgom- cry In mind after the pleasant recollec- tion of their visit may be dimmed by time. While 1t Is the evident intention of the Board of Trade to advertise Louis- vile on the train, it is the intention of the committee to see that Montgomery gets equal advertisement out of the occa- sion.
 Committee on Employment. The Employment Committee of the Commercial and Industrial Association Is doing a practical work. As there Is no employment bureau in Montgomery, the committee has written a letter to all the business men and merchants of the city requesting that when they are in need of help, that they immediately notify the | committee of their wants so that prompt steps may be taken by the committee to fill the same.
 The committee has also sent letter which invites people desiring employment to register their names and recommends | tions with the chairman so that, when found worthy, they may be placed where vacancies occur. The work shows the spirit of the Association in endeavorlng to be of service to the business commu- | nifty in every possible way.
 Montgomery Advertised. Montgomery and Alabama received a wide advertisement recently in The Times Democrat, Daily States and other papers of New Orleans in a partial reproduction of the address made by Secretary Gilbert of the Montgomery Commercial and In- dustrial Association before the Four States Immigration League which met in that city last Tuesday.
 | The newspapers gave over a half column, headlined, Alabama Progress in which were particularly featured the development of electric power at Tallas- see Falls for delivery at Montgomery; the cement industry at Demopolis; the exemption by the legislature of new cot- ton mills from taxation for a period of ten years; the increased purchase by Alabama farmers of improved and modern machinery and the wonderful results from the culture of peaches and straw berries at Evergreen and Castleberry.
 To Attend Birmingham Meeting.
 Tomorrow there will be held in Brm- ingham convention of delegates from all the commercial clubs of the State, com posing the Alabama Commercial and In- dustrial Association. The convention is called by President Charles P. Lane of Huntsville for the purpose of determining what steps. if any, should be taken to secure by private subscription a fund to provide for an Alabama exhibit at the St. Louis Exposition.
 The matter was recently discussed by the Montgomery Commercial and Indus trial Association and at that time the prevailing sentiment was that it was too late to take steps in the matter, as there would not be sufficient time in which to make a creditable display, even if suf- fcient money was secured.
 It is probable that a delegation will go from Montgomery to represent the Asso- citation here at the Birmingham meeting. Among the delegates will be F. c. Shepard. L. L. Gilbert, George w. Jones and F. s. Ball.