The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-26
COMMITTEES WORK
ON PREPARATIONS
Arrangements Made for Enter
tainment of Visitors
COTTON MEN ARE COMING
w. p. G. Harding, Chairman of General
Committee, Will Call Meeting
Soon to Discuss Final
Plans.
COTTON MEN ARE COMING

W. p. G. Harding, chairman Of the
general committee of the Commercial club
of Birmingham, appointed some time ago
to prepare for the entertainment OF the
delegates and visitors TO the convention
of the Southern Cotton association, 10
be held here in January, will call 4
meeting of tie committee about the first
of next week for the purpose Of CONF
pleting plans and arrangements.
Several subcommittee have been at
work for many weeks on the details neces-
sary to the arrangements, but as soon
as the holidays are over the preparations
will be hurried with energy.
1t is estimated that from 5000 to Zoo
people will attend the convention and
the task of receiving and properly enter
tanning this large number is quite prop
osition.
The delegates to the convention are
selected from the most representative
people in every community engaged in rails
ing or handling cotton. Cotton producers.
buyers, ginners, spinners, compressors,
and manufacturers of cotton seed pro-
ducts are included. Bankers and mer-
chants who are directly affected by the
marketing and handling of the staple
product are also interested and many
of them attend the annual conventions.
The meeting to be held in Birmingham,
it is said. will be one of the larges. and
most important in the history of the as
ISOLATION, and the attendance will no
doubt reach high water mark. 1t is
said that the association has been sue
cessful in holding up the price of cot
ton in several instances when the bear
influence was making strenuous attempts
to break the market and the members are
said to be enthused over the prospects
of still further success.
To Elect Officers.
Officers of the association are to be
elected at the coming convention, and
it is expected that the contest for some
of the positions will be quite interesting.
Harvey Jorday, president of the associa-
ton, has announced that he will not stand
for reelection and several prominent meh
are being mentioned in connection with
the election VI Ills SuSOSSSol'
w. D. Nesbitt, chairman of he sub
committee on publicity, is conducting a
systematic campaign in an effort to swell
the attendance at the nesting, and it
is said that he has been able to attract
considerable attention to the meeting
through a system of advertising in daily
newspapers over the south.
of
resenting points of interest IN the Bir-
mingham district and these cuts, with
appropriate information, are being pub
lshed pretty freely in the newspapers.
AS an instance of the iatsrest hat is
being taken in the coming meeting, Les
lies Weekly has asked Mr.. Nesbitt to
furnish that publication with an article
on the nature and scope Of the conven-
ton.
Railroad Fare Is Reduced.
All the railroads in the cotton belt have
granted excursion rates to Birmingham
for the occasion and this will be an in
| ducement for a large attendance
! f. Y. Anderson, chairman of the sub
committee on entertainment, has ARA 'iied
/ 1Or pubic entertainment Ill "a
the visitors and delegates In one of the
large halls or skating Kinks in the city
and has also arranged to give all visitors
| free transportation to all parts of the
district on the street railway system
| The cities and towns in the district
outside of Birmingham are taking an ac-
tive interest in the matter and viii as
sst in the entertainment of the delegates
and visitors to the convention. 1t is
pointed out that the coming of so large
a number of representative people from
all sections of the south will be of great
! benefit to all sections of the district and
that Birmingham alone will not receive
| all the benefits.
| j. f. Shelby, president of the Birmng-
| ham Board of Trade, has appointed a
committee on decoration who will see
that the business houses and public build
| ings are gailly decorated for the occasion
Additional committees will be appointed
to assist in the work. 1t is the lnLen-
ton of those in charge of the arrange
ments to have the city appear as at
tractive as possible when the conven-
ton assemblies January II.
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