The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-05-10
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ON GRAND SCALE
Bankers Must Expect the lime
of Their Lives
SOME THING GOOD IN STORE
Montgomery Committees Have Praeti-
caIIy Completed All Arrangements
to Entertain the Visitors
Tomorrow and Thursday.
SOMETHING GOOD IN STORE

meeting of the Alabama Bankers
association on Wednesday and Thursday
of this week, will bring together at least
loo Of the most prominent financiers in
the state. They will be given the time of
their lives or the local bank men will
fall far short of their expectations. To
use and old but trite expression, the latch
string is on the outside
The first session of the association will
not be a session at ALL 1t will be held
Wednesday morning on the run so to
speak The visitors will be taken in hand
one at a time, or in twos and threes and
escorted to the rooms of the Commercial
and Industrial association where they
will endorse across the face of a big
register provided for that purpose. As
soon as a crowd can be gotten together
they will be shown around the city In an
| informal way One or two places have
been selected to show them but the COM
mttee will keep these secret until the
time comes to spring thSl as surprises
| After that there will be something in the
way of substantials as a midday slayer
and at 3:15 o'clock the regular serious
work of the meeting will be inaugurated.
Opening Session.
The programme for the opening day in
cludes calling to order by the president,
Col. t. o. Smith, OF Birmingham. with
prayer by Rev. E. e. Cobps.
Addresses of welcome the part of
the city, Mayor Thomas H. Carr; on the
part of the local bankers, Michael Cody.
president of the Union Bank and Trust
! company
Roll call
Address of the president
Report of secretary and treasurer
Reports of committees
Appointments of committees.
The visitors will be rendered the cour-
teses of the Casino at Pickett Springs
| Wednesday evening. They will leave the
city at 1880 on the Bankers Special"
boarding 1t at Court square and Dexter
avenue, After seeing the show the whole
| party will return to the city and take
part in stag smoker" at the rooms
of the Commercial and Industrial asso-
citation. A lunch will be served and the
| occasion will be one at which every bank
er present is to get fully acquainted with
every other one. The local committee
hopes to make this one of the most pleas
ant features of the meeting.
Second Day.
The work of the second day will be un-
der the most delightful auspices The
members of the association will leave
the city a special train at $50 a. m.
and proceed to Jacksons lake, where
the business meeting will begin at 10
| O'Clock This is an ideal place for any
sort Of gathering. The grounds are beau
tiful, and the whole effect is one to in
spire the visitor with a holiday feeling.
After a report from the legislative COM
mittee and unfinished business the fol-
lowing programme will be presented:
1.-THE Country Banker" A F. Arm
strong, cashier Marion Central bank,
| Marion.
Report of delegate to convention OF
| American Bankers association, Louis B.
| Farley cashier the Merchants and
Planters Farley National bank.
"Officia1 Letter Writing" w. P. g.
Harding, president First National bank,
Birmingham.
Defects in the National Banking
tional bank, Dothan.
Call of groups. Ten minute response by
vice presidents
New business
Report of committees.
Adjournment.
Country Barbecue.
Then will come the acme of the enter
tainment programme, an old fashioned
country barbecue. 1t will be one of those
processes of preparing meat so that every
particle of the native taste and sweetness
is retained No man who lived in the
south in the good old days is ignorant of
the Joys of a barbecue. There may be
several of the bankers who are yet to be
given a taste of this delectable culinary
triumph; If so, they are to be congratu-
lated The success of a barbecue de-
ponds more than most anything else on
the skill and care with which the meat
is prepared. This part has been looked
into perfectly in the selection of H. b.
Metcalf to do the work. He has a repu-
tation all over the country for being the
best to be had at any trouble or cost.
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else besides the meat to please the inner
man, but the committee has not seen fit
to go into details concerning it.
Thursday Afternoon.
At o'clock the association will reas-
semble for the final session. Such COM
mittee reports will be heard. after which
1--we Topics will be taken up. Ten
minutes will be given to each speaker
and every delegate will be allowed to
have say if he so desires. In fact the
committee hopes every one will say
word If no more. Though there has been
! nothing said about anything of especial
interest it would not be a surprise II
some really important matters were in
troduced and attended to at this little
experience meeting"
The only set paper for the afternoon is
one by ]. II. Crawford of Jasper pres
ident of the Bank Of Jasper, who will
! DISCUSS 'lne ITldlS OF Country ipdHhel.
Those who know Mr. Crawford jolly
and entertaining and ex-mayor OF his
town, will realize that he has something
decidedly good.
Then will come reports of committees.
elections of officers, selection Of the next
place of meeting and adjournment At
6 O'Clock the party will return to the
city on the special and leave on the vari-
Gus trains for their respective homes.
The preparations for the meeting have
been perfected by the following commit
tees:
Arrangements-Lous B. Farley, chair
man; Michael Cody, William Berney
Barbecue-S. L. Tyson chairman; M.
p LeGrand. A. s. voolfolk.
Theatrical and Excursions-W. H. Hub
bard. chairman; s. B. Marks, Jr., A. s.
voolfolk.