The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-06
COMMERCIAL CLUB
WILL MEET FRIDAY
Many Matters of Importance TO
Be Considered
THURSDAY is FIELD DAY"
Committee of Fifty VIII Make a sys-
tematIc Canvass of the City for
New Members for
the Club.
THURSDAY is FIELD DAY.

The first regular meeting of the COM
mercial club of Birmingham for the year
1907 will be held next Friday afternoon
at o'clock, and this promises to be one
OF the most important meetings of the
club for several months.
A number of regular and special COM
mittees have been busy since the last
meeting of the club on matters of i'm
portance and will have interesting re-
ports to submit. The special committees
in charge of the arrangements for the en-
tertainment of the delegates and visitors
to the annual meeting of the Southern
Cotton association, which will be held in
Birmingham January II, will make final
reports to the club.
This is one of the largest undertakings
that has ever been attempted by the
Commercial club and the success with
which it is being managed in every de-
tail is matter of congratulation on the
part of the members of the organization.
All the committees that have been
charged with the performance Of detail
duties have done faithful work and are
still busy working out minute details.
The number of people to be entertained
and cared for during the convention has
made the matter of arrangements one of
large Importance, and the interest with
which the work is being perfemed by the
members of the special Ct mittees is
very pleasing to the officers of the or
ganization.
Vigorous Campaign.
w. 2. G. Harding, as chairman of the
general committee, has conducted a. Wig
orous campaign, and with the assistance
of several subcommittee in charge of
details has been very successful in hurry
ing the arrangements.
Major f. Y. Anderson, charamn of the
subcommittee on reception and enter
tainment, has completed plans for the
entertainment of the delegates and visi-
tors.
w. D. Nesbitt. chairman Of the publicl-
" committee, mas conducted vigorous
ana effective campaign in the way of ad-
Vertising' the convention and string up
enthusiasm among the people who may
be induced to attend the meeting. He
mas been ably assisted by John Sparrow.
the official press agent for the CONNER
cial club.
M. v Jospeh, chairman of the finance
committee, has been looking to the mat.
ter of providing funds for the expenses
OF making the various arrangements and
also Tor the entertainment of the guests.
lie Is confident that sufficient funds will
be secured for all necessary purposes.
Besides these committees other matters
of Importance will be reported for con-
Sider9ti0n nj
club.
Thursday Is "Field Day."
Next Thursday, January 10, has been
set apart by the membership committee
of the club as Field Day." on which a
special concerted effort will be made to
secure new members FOR the club. A com
mittee of fifty earnest workers. including
the members of the membership commit
tee, Will be selected by Chairman Hill
Ferguson to make systematic canvass
of the city on that day.
The city will be divided into DISTRICTS
and subcommittee assigned to each dis
trict. Each delegation will be furnished
with list of business men in each terri
tory who are not already members of
the club, and they will be instructed To
call on these men and solicit their appE-
cations for membership. The applica tions
received on "Field Day" will be passed
upon at the regular meeting of the -cluh
on the following day.
Every member of the Commercial club
mas been called upon by President Robert
Johnson, Jr., OF the club to make a sne-
cial effort on Field Day" to secure AZ
least one new member.
owing to the fact that the Commercial
clup mas been very active in several mat.
ters OF large public Importance during
the past lew months and also from the
TACT that much visible good has been ac.
comphshed, 1t is believed that the people
are becoming more interested In the or.
ganlzation and can be induced to ioin.
| The membership committee has SET itsel,
to the task of securing 25O new members
on Field Day and it is believed that
the public will enter into the spirit of
the occasion and respond Loyalty when
called upon by members of the Field
Day. working force
| The officers of the Commercial cht
hope to be able to increase the member.
ship to 1000 the present year.
ROBERT H. SAYRE DIES