The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-10
CLUB DOING MUCH
To UPRUILO TOWN
First Meeting of New Year to
be Held tomorrow
CONFIDENT OF THE FUTURE
Some of the Most Important Subjects
Ever Brought Before Commercial
Body Will Be Reported
on Tomorrow.

on Tomorrow.
When the Birmingham Commercial club
meets tomorrow it will have the salts
faction of looking back upon the most
fruitful year in it's history, and with its
face to the future 1t can, with confidence,
contemplate the many important things
which it must accomplish within the next
twelve months.
Tomorrow afternoons regular meeting
will be the first of the new year. \
number of very important questions will
come up for consideration and the ses-
sion promises to be one of the most in
teresting ever held by the organization
Several regular and special committees
will make reports on different matters
with which they have been engaged for
the past month. Since the last regular
meeting of the club many questions of
large Importance to the business and So
cial interests of the community have
claimed the attention of the organization
and signal success have been attained In
more than one of the most important en-
terprises.
Notable among the successes that has
been achlved through the work of spe-
eial committees has been the securing of
the location of the new federal sub-treas-
ury for Birmingham, In the congressional
caucus held at Washington last Monday
night Since Birmingham had a most
formidable opponent in Atlanta the sue
cess in securing the prize is considered
by members of the Commercial club and
the people of Birmingham generally as a
great victory.
Sub-Treasury Campaign.
The campaign was conducted by a spe-
cial campaign committee of the CONNER
clal club, headed by Chairman w. p. G..
Harding. Early in the campaign a dele
cation Of representative citizens appointed
by Chairman Harding and headed by Mr..
Harding went to Washington and called
on the congressional delegations that
would decide the matter of location and
other officers connected with the treasury
department. The delegation met with con-
siderable encouragement on this trip, but
did not rest idle upon returning to Bir-
mingham. Letters were written to all
might have some influence favorable TO
this city and everything else possible was
done to keep Birmingham prominent In
the contest Last week another delega-
ton headed by Ex-Governor Joseph f.
Johnston returned to Washington and re-
manned until after the matter was finally
decided in the caucus.
Another work of great Importance that
Is being handled by special committees
OF the Commercial club is the prepara-
ton for the entertainment of the delc-
gates and visitors to the meeting of the
Southern Cotton association which will
be held in this city next week, beginning
January II.
Cotton Committee.
Since from 5000 to 1000 people are expected
to attend the convention the matter of
providing accommodations and proper en-
tertainment for this vast assemblage is
no small proposition. but the various
committees In charge of the many details
are working day and night and the pros
poets are that everything will be in ample
readiness when the first train load of
delegates arrives.
w. p G. Harding has been very active
in directing the work of preparation, and
has carefully watched every detail from
time to time he has called meetings OF
the general committee, at which reports
from subcommittee were heard and dis
cussed
A general report of all the work that
has been accomplished by the various
subcommittee will be submitted at the
meeting of the Commercial club and final
plans for the convention will be gone over
carefully.
Work on Legislation.
During the past month legislative COM
mittees have been busy preparing bills
to be submitted to the present session
of the legislature on various questions
Of interest to the community and to the
state. A Greater Birmingham bill has
been prepared and will be introduced by
a representative from Jefferson county.
An immigration bill has been prepared
by the immigration committee of the club,
which will also be introduced at the pres
ent session. The bill as prepared by the
committee was submitted to a conference
of business men interested In the cues
ton of immigration held at Montgomery
about week ago. The conference was
attended by representative business men
from all sections of the state and the
bill was endorsed with a few slight
amendments. The measure provides for
state immigration bureau to be in
charge of state immigration commits
sion.
Besides these matters the Commercial
club has been busy with many other
questions of public importance that will
be reported at the meeting tomorrow
The membership committee has been
busy with plans for increasing the MEM
bership of the club and will have many
new applications to present Today has
been set apart as a field day." and a
committee of fifty-two selected workers
has been appointed to make a syste-
matte canvass of the city for applications
for membership and it is expected that
many new names will be secured.
President Robert Jemison. Jr., has just
appointed a special committee on reorgan-
ization, which will consider plans of re-
organizing the club on broader lines A
meeting of this committee will be called
In "A few days.
HEADED THIS WAY.
Heavy Reward Offered for Negro Muir
derer In Georgia.