The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-07
THURSDAY.



 Hundreds of postoffice clerks from every part of the United States stormed Birmingham yesterday to be In readiness for the national convention of the United National Association of Postoffice Clerks, which opens at the city hall this morn ing at 11:30 o'clock and which will con tinue for four days, closing Thursday night.
 Quite number of delegates from Bos- ton and other New England cities ar- rived Saturday. Yesterday they were joined by the delegates from Chicago St Louis, Detroit and the northwest and the number was swelled to several hun dred. The early trains this morning will mark the arrival of the last delegates most of whom will come from the west
 The Chicago delegation and the dele gates from the northwest arrived early yesterday afternoon in three special coaches over the Illinois Central, which brought a number of prominent visitors.
 Finely Arranged Programme.
 From the forecast of events the con- vention promises to be one of marked interest and one which will no doubt prove very entertaining. The programme has been so arranged that the convep- tion will be in business session only four hours day, two hours during the morn-
 
 mainder of each day will be devoted en- tirely to the entertainment of the visitors by the local association of clerks. general sightseeing trip over the imme- diate Birmingham district will be made during the four days of the convention
 At o'clock this morning the reception committee will meet the late arrivals, all of whom are expected to be here on the early morning trains.
 ccin nf m on will be held in the old council chamber at the city hall. The hall has been thor oughly renovated and provision has been made for the visitors in the alcove, which has been eaborately decorated with bunting.
 F. P. Green. president of branch No. 529 the local branch, will call the con vention to order. The Rev. Dr. James A. Duncan will open the session with prayer. Following will be the addresses of welcome by Mayor George B. Ward, Gov. B. E. Conner and Postmaster J. Rivers Carter and the response to the welcome by Frank T. Rogers, president of the National association.
 With the conclusion of President Rog- ers address the organiza tion of the con vention will be completed and President Rogers will be seated. Adjournment will then be taken until Tuesday morning.
 The programme arranged has several features which will be of considerable interest to the visiting delegates. Tues day morning at an early hour trip will be taken to the Red Mountain ore mines, and Tuesday afternoon at 3:45 o'clock trip will be made to the Fnsley steel mills Wednesday morning the body of delegates will be divided into several parties each of which will visit the fur naces and mills of the district The bar becue at Germania park Wednesday aft ernoon promises to be perhaps the most entertaining feature of rhe programme. To the seeker of information the trips through the mills of the district will be of especial interest but many of the delegates of the north have never at- tended a southern barbecue, which all ways proves so entertaining to those to whom it is a novelty On Thursday morning the visitors will be shown through the United States Pipe Works plant at Bessemer and on Thursday evening they will be entertained at a banquet rendered by the Commercial club and the Board of Trade.
 The convention register at the Hotel Hillman yesterday showed the arrival of a great number of accredited delegates. Among those of prominence who are al- ready in the city are National President Frank T. Rogers of Chicago, National First Vice. President Charles A. Kirk of Toledo, William B. Smith of Chatta- nooga, government inspector of the d- vision of North Alabama. Georgia. Ten nessee and 4lississippi. who will be one of the speakers; F. w. Conner of Bos ton. president of branch No. 5; T. ]. Callahan of the Boston News: w. ]. Lynch state delegate from Massachu- setts: J. F. Greene and M L. Griffister of Los Angeles.
 Members of the reception committee met every train at both the Terminal and Louisville and Nashville stations yes terday to receive the delegates. The trains this morning will bring number of other prominent visitors.
 A. Mackey and J. c. Dietz have been chosen as the delegates to represent the Birmingham branch on the convention floor.