The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-09
T.P. A, MEETS TODAY
DRUMMERs FROM ALL OVER ALA
 BAMA COMING.
Messrs. Mcintyre and Kennedy vvuI Welcome the State nivtsion te Montgomery-To be fin ses-
 sion Two Days.

Fully 100 travelling salesmen Are | expected In Montgomery today to at
 tend the annual convention of tha
 Alabama Division, Travellers Protec-
 tive Association.
 l The convention will be called to or- 1 der by State President Isaac H. Da- l wees Of Montgomery at noon today in
 the New Exchange Hotel. The open | Ing exercises, to which the public. and l especially the ladies, are invited, will
 begin With prayer by Rev. Stewart 1 Mcqueen, Chaplain of Post "A" In
 the absence of Mayor Teague, an ad l. | dress of welcome on behalf of the city i Of Montgomery will be delivered by i City Attorney c. P. Mcintyre. Joseph M: Kennedy of Montgomery. President | Of Post A will follow with an ad- dress of welcome in the name of the local members of the Travellers Protec- tive Association. There will be re- sponses from the visiting posts after which committees will be appointed
 and a recess will be taken for lunch. The first business session of the di- vision will begin at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon when the annual message of the State President will be received and the annual report of State Secre- tary E. l.. Higdon of Birmingham will De submitted. Reports will also be re- cefved from the chairmen of tie va- rious committees, after which other business that may arise. will be dis posed of.
 The social features of the first day will begin at o'clock this afternoon when the visiting ladies will be enter tained at card party at the Elks' Home on Bibb street. This will be followed by an automobile ride for the visiting ladies at o'clock. All the visitors will gather on Court Square at S:30 o'clock tonight for a trolley ride around Montgomery and to its resorts. Thus the festivities of the opening day will come to a conclusion.
 The feature of the second day will be a splendid barbecue at Pickett Springs, where the business sessions of the division will also be held and a final adjournment taken.
 The business session at the Springs will begin at the noon hour The di- vision will again be called to order at 3 o'clock, when Charles F. Moritz of this city will deliver an address on "the Good of the Order" Reports will be received from special committees and the convention will then finally ad- journ.
 There will be a large orchestra to furnish music and dancing will begin at II o'clock Thursday morning. The barbecue will be served at 80 o'clock
 
 ing cards will be entitled to admit tance, while all visitors wearing badg- es will be admitted. The barbecue will be attended by Governor Jelks. Several visiting delegates arrived in Montgomery last night for the con vention, but the larger number will reach here this morning. prominent arrival Monday night was Louis T. LaBeaume of St. Louis. National Sec retary and Treasurer of the Travel CTS Protective Association. The high official is at the New Exchange hotel It Is expected that at least one more national officer will attend the conven- tion.
 Besides Montgomery, there are branches of the Travellers Protective Association in Birmingham Mobile, Selma, Huntsville and Demopolis
 The committee of Post "A" having the entertainment of the visitors in charge. is composed of E. J. Mayer.