The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-06
The Attendance Yesterday Was
Unusually Large
NEW OFFICERS NOMINATED
7. II. Motion for Presdent-christia
Endeavor and Knights of Column
bus Conventions Are In
vlted to Meet Here.

the insuing year.
A president twelve vice presidents and
nine directors were placed in nomination.
The election will be held in the Com
mercial club rooms next Monday from -
to o'clock. John w. oNeill. e. Il.
Shaw and NJ. P. Messer were appointed
managers of the election.
I. IL. Motion was put in nomination
were no other nominations and Mr.. Mol
ton was declared the nominee for pres
ident of the club.
Twelve vice presidents were placed In
nomination as follows: Robert Jemison
and w. w. Crawford by j. B. Gibson,
Rufus N. Rhodes and I. o. Smith by
w. II. Kettig. Frank Nelson and r. NJ.
Goodall by W. p. G. Harding. Lewis
Minor by r. NJ. Goodall B. f. Roden,
e. w. Barrett and Culpepper Exum by
F. Y. Anderson. and Sterling A. Wood
and T. G. Bush by Culpepper Exum.
Nine directors were nominated as fol-
ows: F. M. Jackson, w. p. G.. Harding
and f. Y. Anderson by George C. What
ley, NJ. V. Joseph and George Griffin by
r. Y. Anderson, j. w. Mcqueen and ].
b. Gibson by J. T. Yeatman, and James
Bowron and Frank Nelson by John w.
O'Neill.
The secretary and treasurer are to be
elected by the board of directors
The meeting oe the board of directors
was called to order by President Jackson
promptly at 4 o'clock. There was a fAll
attendance and the business before the
board was quickly dispatched. The read
ing of the minutes was dispensed with
and the secretary submitted his report FOR
the month of April.
President Jackson reviewed the work Of
the club for the month and read a letter
from Land and Industrial Agent Richard
son IF the Southern railway, with head
quarters a. Mobile, thanking the club and
the people of Birmingham for the hospl-
table reception accorded Baron des
Planches italian ami assador, on the oc-
casion of his recent visit to this city. The
letter stated that the ambassador was
very much pleased with his reception here
and that he was greatly impressed with
Birmingham and the Birmingham district.
New Members Elected.
The following gentlemen We're elected
as members of the club: Walter Moore,
DIR. Thomas C. Parke, C. B. Benjamine,
p. Eggeston.
The clue was then called to order. The
attendance of members was unusually
large and prompted the president TO re-
mark that everybody was possibly look
ing for his job, or that possibly the good
attendance was due to the fact that there
was no baseball game in town. The latter
theory seemed to be the most popular.
Secretary Babb read letter from j. p.
Wilson. secretary of the Mobile CONNER
oial cleo, requesting that a member of the
Birmingham club be appointed to accom-
pany a delegation from the Mobile club
that would go to Washington in a few
days to call upon the Panama canal COM
mission for the purpose of laying before
the members the advantages of purchas-
ing 1arious materials needed in the canal
zone in the construction of the caanl in
Alabama. No action in the matter was
taken by the club.
A letter from the New York Commercial
asking the club to take space in that
paper for the purpose of advertising Biz
mingham was referred to the advertis-
ing committee.
Large Conventions.
TIL, nomination of officers for the club
for the ensuing year was then taken up
with tne result above stated.
After the close of the nominations II.
Gait Braxton addressed the club in ref
erence to inviting the international Con-
vention of Christian Endeavor to meet in
this city in 1909 He stated that this con-
vention only meets every two years. and
that to secure the convention the invita-
ton would have to be filed early. The
convention meets this year at Baltimore
and Mr.. Braxton stated that as many in
vitations had already been filed for the
1907 meeting it would be impossible to
secure next years convention, but he
believed that the 1909 convention could
be brought this city. He pointed out that
this meeting would bring to Birmingham
about 1900 people from all parts Of the
for Birmingham A motion was adopted
instructing Mr.. Braxton. who will attend
the Baltimore convention. to extend the
invitation of the Commercial club.
John w. O'Neil made a motion that
the Knights of Columbus be invited to
hold their convention In this city in
1906. This convention and reunion meets
next month in Los Angeles. Mr.. O'Neil's
motion carried and the knights of CO.
lumbus will be duly invited to hold their
next convention in Birmingham. This
meeting would bring about 1900 people
to this city.
Annual Meeting.
The constitution of the club provides for
an annual meeting to be held on the sec
ond Monday In May each year for the
purpose of receiving annual reports from
officers and installing new officers but as
this occurs on the same date as the cleo
ing subject to the call of the president
1t is an occasion of considerable interest
to the members of the club and this year
special pains will be taken TO make 1t a
success.
The business before the club being over.
Judge r. b. Kelly of Admission being
present, was called upon. He made short
address on the work of the club. Other
short speeches were made by j. r. Car
ter and J. NJ. Dewberry.