The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-06
PRAYS FOR REMOVAL
SUIT BEGUN BY THE KYLE LUN.
 FER COMPANY.


 SUIT BEGUN BY THE KYLE LUN-
 FER COMPANY.
 Asks the Transfer to Alabama of Idt-
 igation Pending in Tennessee Over Southern Car and s t Eoundry Company.
 Birmingham. May s--(spsciaI.) .)-The Kyle Lumber Company. of Gadsden. has commenced proceedings In the Unitsd States Court here looking to the removal of the administration of the affairs of the Southern Car and Foundry Company from Chattanooga to Birmingham. The papers in the suit have been received At the ofiice of the clerk of the United States Court here and haveH beSn sfor- warded to Judge Jones.s Ths petition fom the Gsisden company not only prays the removal of thes whole rnatter&frpn Ten. nessee, but aisr asks that the adjudica- ton of bankruptcy by the courts of that State be declared null and void on the ground that Alabama. as the ressienoe and chief places of business of the com pany in iitigation, is the only State hay ing Jurisdiction in the matter. The Kyle company claims to be a creditor in the sum of sl2.00O. The car company has works at Lenoir City, Tenn, but no general ofices in that State. It Is De- iieyedi that the new case will @ to the Supreme Court. A large sum Of money is now in the hands of the receivers. ne- sides material and other things.
 Convention of T. ?. A. 2 The eleventh annual convention or the Alabama Division of the Travellers Pfotective Association met In the city spite or the fact that many delegates were delayed by the trains, the attend ance was large. and the meeting prom ises to be unusually successful Tne session this morning was short and was attended by a good-natured informanty characteristic of the members or the organization. It Is regarded as intro ductory to the real work of the conven- tion. which will be taken up this after- noon.
 , State President James A. Dausherty called the meeting to order at IT o'clock. After an invocation oy Dr' L. s. Handley of the Central Prespy. terfan Church, it was announced that the program for the morning would have to be rearranged owing to the un- Avoidable absence of several of the speakers, including Acting Governor R. M Cunningham. Mayor w. M. Dren- nen and Mir. Rufus N Rhodes. Acting Mayor John c. Forney made the well come address on behalf of the city. by assuring them of the hearty interest of the people of Birmingham. He was loudly applauded.
 President ,Dapgherty then made his annual address, which follows. in part: ~ t~ xzlA a. ant duty to welcome the T. F. A. fam- iIy of Alabama to Greater Birmingham. the home of Vulcan, the largest Iron Man in the World, and of Post B, the Jim Dandy post of the Alabama divis- ion. It Is also my pleasure to congrat- ulate you gentlemen on being mem bers of the greatest traveitng mans order extant. Greatest because 1t em- braces aa greater number Of good fea- lures than any other travelling mans organization, the most prominent Of which are the admission of the Joober and manufacturer and their buyers as we'll as sellers. thereby strengthenng our order. and cultivating the very men with whom we have to do. welcome you delegates to our home and hearts.
 everything we possess Is open to you, but our jail, and that is securely locked against you. There is nothing too good for the T. P. As. and as for their wives and daughters, there Is nothing too good for them. If had the shaping of destiny. I would build a golden ladder from earth to heaven. and on each rung of that ladder would place a drummer. loaded down with the finest brand of harps to sell to the celestial angels, for the same EnrkU MnnntQtnn made the mole hill. the same God that made the Mississippi River made the little rivulets, the same God that made the sunfiower made the violet. and the same God that made the drummer made a daisy"
 President Daugherty's address was warmly applauded.i Following 1t were short addresses by c. A. Jones. Presi- dent of Post B.: L. J. Marchpitz of Huntsville; o. P. Smith of Selma; C. W. Brown of Birmingham; A. l.. Fiem- ing of Montgomery; W.J. Rushton oi Birmingham: A, T. Hannon of Mont gomery; R. E. Collins of Birmingham s. J. Hahn of Mobile. and Clip Weiss of New Orleans. The speeches were all informal, consisting principally of hu' morous allusions to the life of drum mers All were heartily applauded. The following officers were elected by the Travellers for the ensuing term President, l. H. Dewees. Montgomery First vice-President, J. D. Collins, Bir- mingham; Second Vice-President, O. F Smith, Post D., Third vice-President L. J. Marshowitz. Post H. Fourth, Vice. President. Lewis Meyer. Post G; Fifth Vice. President. H. M. Hopper, Post C.. Sixth Vice. President. J. K. Milner, Post F; Seventh Vice-President, s. s. cald' well, Post D; Secretary Treasurer, F. L. Higdon, Birmingham: Directors, B. B Martin. John W. o'Neill, Birmingham v. B, Atkins. Selma t..ssy.
 All Not Yet Serene.
 All is not we'll in Republican ranks. notwithstanding that conference was held, between the referees of, the Presi- dent Saturday night and statement was issued that an agreement had been ar- rived which set at rest considerable of the i'll feeling between the referees
 It is now learned that there is to be a strong contest for the positions of dele gates at large from this State to the naetaooJ convention fattr fo ha chosen.