The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-17
". P, [. HARDING
 IS THE PRESIDENT
Of the Alabama Bankers kSSO-
 citation
TO MEET HERE NEXT YEAR
The Railroad Commission Decides That Meal and Flour May Not Be Marked ln-Less Than
 Carload Lots.

Montgomery. May 6.-(speclal)-The Alabama bankers adjourned their six teenth annual session today after decid- ing to meet next. year in Birmingham and electing the following officers
 President W. P. G. Harding, Birming- ham.
 Vice President. H. L. McEldery. Tal- ladega.
 Secretary treasurer, McI4ane Triton, Pell City.
 Group vice presidents. W. R. Hutton. Huntsville; Benjamin Russell Alexander City: J. H. cranford, Jasper c. B. Will loughby, Mobile; J. H. Drakeford, Tus- kegee.
 One of the great speeches of the ses- sion was thai of Sol wexler of New Or leans, who spoke on Lessons of the Panic" Marion NJ Jackson of Atlanta and State Treasurer ". D. Seed were the other speakers.
 The session today was held at Jack sons lake, where an old time southern barbecue was served. The members agree that. it was the best session in the history of the organization.
 Former Comptroller of the Currency W. B. Ridgely spoke on the question of legislation and it's evils, and was given much attention. He asserted that it was not time for legislation The patient. he said now needed rest in- stead of physic and he hoped the legisa- tive doctors would take the hint.
 Decisions of Commission.
 Meal and flour will not have to be marked on every sack in less than car load shipments in Alabama Resistance to an order forcing shippers to mark every item was led by the wholesale groceries of Birmingham, and today the railroad commission ruled that in flour and meal the mill brand is sufficient. The commission also ordered the Nash vile. Chattanooga and St. Louis and the Louisville and Nashville to either pro- vide a new depot at Attalla within six months or make approach to the old one safe.
 In the Wood-Dickerson shipping case, whereby the trunk lines entering Bir- mingham are called upon to absorb the switching charges on the Birmingham Southern, decision was held up pending argument by brief.
 Tuscaloosa's Population.
 Out of population of TAO, Tuscaloosa has 35S9 whites and S3551 negroes, the whites having only 3S the best of the col pred. This is shown in a report which Mayor w. NJ Folk has made to the secretary of state.
 Book Men Coming In.
 By reason of the requirement that book houses getting contracts from the state must qualify for business in the state. it is expected that great many of them will come in. The American Book company of New York has just qualified with J.. D. Matlock of Birming- ham as Alabama agent. The attorney general has ruled that only those houses getting contracts will have to qualify.
 Many Negroes Die.
 At the present rate of deaths among the negroes of Montgomery the total by the end of the year will be 100O as against the normal 500. The whites are running about as usual the rate being about 300 year.
 Bill Posters to Meet.
 The Southeastern Bill Posters associa ton will meet at the Exchange hotel Monday with delegates from Alabama. Mississippi, Tennessee, Louisiana, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Cuba. $. S. VanBuren of Memphis is president.