The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-25
Corner First Avenue and Twentieth
 Street, Birmingham, Ala.
State DepOsitary

little times and the paltry sum of s1 per month, given to the club by a con- parative few of the business men of Bir- mingham. And wiht that before us so great are the possibilities as compared to the work accomplished that feel sure that 1 voice tho sentiment of all retiring officers when I say that instead of retir-
 ing with a feeling of service well done, they blush with shame for making so little of the opportunities, which only lack of time from private affairs rem dered 1t impossible for them to seize and take advantage of.
 Increase In Membership.
 During the past year the membership
 of the club has been increased from 42i to 625 members and the revenues for the past year were s51o6, as compared
 with s612s the preceding year, and an unusual amount of very attractive adver- Using literature has been distributed. The system in the office has been very much improved-the membership and mailing lists arranged on a card system, and all correspondence filed under the vertical system Many articles have ben written by the secretary and published In a num- Der of high class journal throughout the United States, In many cases the adver- Using being of even greater value than could be purchased at the highest rates.
 An invitation was extended to the Ala bama Commercial and Industrial associa- ton to meet in Birmingham. Invitation was extended to the bankers of Georgia and Florida to hold their tri-state meet ing in Birmingham. The Home Coming,
 originated and carried out through the auspices of tho Commercial club. proved
 one of the best advertisements ever re- ceved by Birmingham, and according to written statements now on file from the merchants proved that 1t attracted larger crowds and enabled tho merchants to enjoy a better trade than ever before in their history for the same season Of the year This was a tremendous under taking, involving vaFt amount of detail and handled at a minimum cost, and the secretary, the homing coming committee
 and the Fair association are all to be congratulated on the achievement
 Another work of great importance was the removal of Vulcan from its resting
 place on Red mountain, dsmanteled and
 out of sight and away from protection, to
 it's present resting place at the State Fair
 grounds, where it stands erected on a
 substantial base in the most central loca-
 tion in the Birmingham district, and where it can be seen by passers-by,
 whether they be on foot, in vehicles or
 passengers on any of the seevral car lines passing within fifty yards of the l famous statue. This disposition of Vul- | can, whether it be permanent or tempor- l ary according to your future wishes, is at least step towards the solution or the much mooted question and Is certain ly a great improvement over his former
 isolated resting place out of reach Of
 the public with his dismembered parts
 strewn over the ground with only n few
 strands of barb wire fence for protection, and another attractive feature of the re- moval of Vulcan was the fact that 1t was
 done free of cost to the club for which
 successful undertaking the club is in-
 debted to the energy and interest of one of its most enthusiastic and useful mem
 bers MT J. A. Emery.
 Notable Things of Year.
 Among other matters of interest was
 the invitation extended to the Farmers
 union to meet in Birmingham, which was
 accepted; reception and banquet to Vice
 President Fairbanks; reception and troll ley ride to Board of Trade of Nashville;
 delegates appointed to attend state con vention of Alabama Commercial and ln- dustrial association committee appointed to secure Baptist encampment for Bir- mingham which were suecesswul; joint l meeting of Commercial club, T. P A. and | U C. T.; final report on miners relet | fund; invitation extended to Hon. Theo-
 dore Burton to visit Birmingham; Great
 CT Birmingham mass meeting; Society or | Municipal Improvements convention; ei- | | German ambassador invited to visit Bir- | mlngham; International League of Press l clubs invited and accepted; delegates ap | pointed to immigration convention at | Nashville; effort to secure f. O. b. Bir- mingham prices on furnace and steel mill products; committee named to establish technological school; delegates to nation al rivers and harbors committee appoint ed; southern cotton convention secured, this convention beln gone of the greatest advertisements and of more far-reachlnS influence than any event of It's kind ever held in this city; delegates appointed to attend convention at Washington Tor ex- | tension of foreign commerce.; committee | appointed to entertain Senator Tillman; | campaign for sub-treasury; visit to Wash- | ington of two committees for that pur- pose It was very aptly stated that Bir- mingham derived advertising from the | sub-treasury campaign, absolutely free | of cost. of greater value than Montgom- cry had been able to secure with cash | fund of ten thousand dollars. Better train | service secured between Florence and Bir- | mingham Protest raised against shedule | of Southern railway. New York to Blr- | mingham. Meeting of State Immigration | society Delegates elected to National | Association of Public health. Invitation l extended Hon. Seth Low to visit Bir-
 mingham. Committee appointed to well | come Messrs. Gates, Schley, Hanna, 1 Olglesby and others. Gov. D. C. Hey wood of South Carolina invited to Bir-
 mfngham, invitation accepted Meeting 1 | <-aH-xNUfun nN