The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-27
Address of Welcome.

Shouldered nRufe SurmOunteQ Dy a well shaped head and strong features. The Mayor spoke IS follows:
 Address of Welcome.
 Mir. President and Gentlemen of the Bankers Association of Alabama: The word banker is one to create in terest and crystalline attention. In the i members of no profession or calling are we so interested as in our confidential agents, the bankers-the trusted stew | ards of our earnings The idea of the personality of the banker. We somehow expect him to carry around with him some evidence of his calling, | some indication of the business in which he is engaged and he almost in | variably meets our expectations by the | possession of those mental and physI- cal attributes that we look for IL speaks highly for the personnel Of the | profession that out of such numper' through whose hands filters the na- M | tion's wealth, by so few is wealth ill., gotten or their trust violated.
 ITO say that we are glad to have | such body of men with us Is to eX- press ill very mild manner our feei- l ings. Each citizen feels an increase in | his financial standing by mere con- l tiguity to you; and experiences a fur | ther feeling of comfort and security in the khowiedge hoTn that m yenr rTe concerned with the safeguarding and promotion of his interests. All are ln- terested in your Association: t IS not or ! professions, Without adequate bank | ing facilities our commercial growth would be impossible. In fact, the rate of growth and the commercial deyei- opment of any community is establish h- | ed by the number and character of It's banks. As short time as five years | ago, we had but three banks here; now we have eight, all doing prosperous | business. Gentlemen, this Is in itself an advertisement for our city, q very emphatic mark of its vitality and .plo- gressiveness; and we sincerely hope l that the necessity for more institutions | of this kind will soon make itself man viriie city an aggressive city. Our natural advantages are great, and we are making the most of them. We are The great and productive territory ad- 1 jacent to us is our special field of ex- | ploitation, as is also Cuba and the Cen : with which our commercial relations are ever increasing. We know. that the Panama Canal will prove of incai- culable benefit; and we are getting | reap the full advantages that our loca- 1 tion confers upon us. It Is almost needless to say that our bankers @ do not not | cruing from the labors of the rest or us in this direction. On the contrary, they are always in the forefront of any movement to promote our development , in which. as the only seaport of Ala bama, the rest of the State is acutely interested.
 q trust. gentlemen. you will gladden. us with your presence, and give us the benefit of association with you as long as you can. On behalf of our citizens. come, and the heartiest good wishes for the prosperity of yourselves and the In stitutions you represent.
 Response by Burnett.
 The general tavorite of the Associa- tion, John D. Burnett of Evergreen, had been selected to deliver the re- 1 sponse. He was introduced hy the 1 President as the "banker orator from l Evergreen" And to show their good | feeling for the banker orator his fel- 1 low bankers gave him the heartiost l sort of a greeting. The orator from l the banks of the Conecuh. with his ] aqueline features, his shock of gray , hair, looks like Roman consul and l speaks like a philosopher with an Ala | bama twang.
 MT. Mayor" said MT. Burnett. this | Association of bankers cannot confer an honor upon Mobile. It is the city l which confers the honor upon the bankers in our meeting here. Fash | toned by nature and embellished by the | hand of man Mobile is the great sea- 1 port of Alabama, the only seaport. We | do not envy you that distinction. We | are proud of it for you. No man can come to Mobile without feeling glad | that ne IS alVe.
 The speaker recalled that M )bile was | the first city that he ever saw. He remembered the vivid impression of l beauty and of attractiveness the city had made upon him. In all the years and in all the cities he had visited that l impression had never been stricken from his heart. The city had accom- plished so much that the citizens should | be proud of, that the bankers were | nf if the PffV Har nTOfpS- sions and her splendid citizenship were such as any city might feel proud of.
 "As to Mobiles hospitality" said MT. | Burnett T am reminded of Disraeli s
 witty thrust at his great rival, Clad
 stone, when a friend asked him to de- | fine the difference between a lnisfor- | tune and a calamity. It would be a
 misfortune,' said Disraeli. If Nr. Glad
 stone should fall into the river. It
 would be a calamity If anyone should 1 pull him out To alter that saying 1
 would say for a man to come to Mobile
 only once would be a misfortune For
 him not to come at all would be a ca
 lamity.
 "As for you, MT. Mayor. I know you
 You are O. k. You are valued at d full
 hundred cents on the dollar. Rut you
 could Ts [ he less, for your people are
 above par"
 The roll was then called The dele gates who answered to their names al the call were as follows:
 The Delegates.
 Anniston W. H. Mckleroy; Bessemer R. F. Smith; Birmingham, James War ren, Webb Crawford, M. w, William son, W. H. Manly. H. B. Gray; Brewton H. NJ Gillis; Columbiana, w. l.. Far ley; DadeVille, s. S. Brodus: Demopolis
 w. L. Marx; Eutaw. E. C. Meredith
 Evergreen, J. R. Jones. J. D. Burnett Florala, E. P. Goodwin; Gadsden. O. R
 Bouldln Geneva. L. Bernheimer; Green | vile. R. A. Beeland. J. F. Johnson
 Huntsville J. R. stephens; Hurtsboro
 J. A. Ellison; Jackson, E. H. Warren
 Jasper, J. H. Cranford; Linden. w. H
 Rhodes; Marion. R. E. Cunningham
 Mobile, F. J. Buck, C. D. Willoughby H. W. Leinkauf. J. w. Whiting. F. c
 Horton; Monroeville. H. c. DuBose
 Montgomery A. S. Woolfolk, l.. B. Far
 ley. M Cody: Opelika. N. P, Renfro, J
 H. Smith; Ozark, H. M. Sessions. l.. B Martin, William Garner; Red Level. c
 A. Caster; Selma, T. M Howard, R. P Anderson; Thomasville. N. w. L
 Thompson. E. c. Dozier; Tuscaloosa. J H. Fitts, F. NJ. Moody; Tuskegee
 George T. Hill; Union Springs. M N
 Eley; Uniontown. J. 4. Robinson. J. H
 White; Wetumpka, M. Hohenberg.
 The list by no means represented al
 those present even at the first session
 In addition to the regular represents
 lives there were a large number o
 directors and clerks in attendance upor
 the convention.
 Following the roll call President Far
 lev delivered his annual address. H.
 was given a round of applause as h,
 came forward and several times hi