The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-23

Yesterdays jubilee festivities closed with a notable banquet last night to the
 visiting members of the Associated Press of the southeastern division at the soulh- ern club cafe. The speeches were all happy and it was, in fact genuine Grid- iron affair, in which the banqueters took as much part as did the speakers them
 selves.
 There was a world of good natured re- partee at the expense of the representa-
 tives of other cities of the south who were present as the publishers and editors attending the Associated Press meetings
 There were really but three serious speeches, those of Maj w. w. Screws of the Montgomery Advertiser, C. P. J. Mooney of the Memphis Commercial Ap- peal and Editor Moore of the New Or leans Times Democrat The address of MT. Moore was notable as an appeal for the aid and assistance of Birmingham in securing for New Orleans the Panama canal exposition of 1915. MT. Moore said New Orleans was confronted with the millions of San Francisco in the fight and would need the aid and encourag- ment of every man of Birmingham who has any influence with members of Con-
 
 to the south.
 The toastmaster at the banquet was Richard w. Massey, chairman of the Jubilee arrangements committee. The was begun by w w Crawford, president of the American Trust and Savings Bank, in his usual happy vein, and he had scarcely begun when the gridron tactics began. At every aliuson to Birmingham's growth there were injected remarks by the represen- tativess of New Orleans, Memphis, At lanta Nashville and Louisville, which brought forth roars of laughter. Major Screws was the second speaker and he promised the visitors that Alabama had passed the fanatical period In legisla- tion and that an era of conservatism could now be expected. He impressed uron his hearers the important position that Birmingham and Jefferson county will exert in bringing about this result and emphasized the fact that Birming- ham will profit more by such an era than any other section of the state
 Major Screws was followed by Mayor Culpepper Exum and the crowd had a good time with him. but he was able 10 give just as good as they sent. One of the notably happy speeches of the even ing was that by Robert w. Brown or the Louisville Times. who with big voice told some excellent stories and had lot of fun at the expense of BrminS- ham and the other southern cities repre- scented. MT. Brown was followed by A. H. Ford, president of the Chamber of Commerce, who insisted upon speaking as editor of the Birmingham "llum- inator, and any effort to be serious was immediately squelched by his hearers Jack Cohen, managing editor of the At lanta Journal, said some nice things about Birmingham, but at the same time left an impression of his unswervlng fealty to Atlanta and that city's glorious future "The only discouraginS feature about the rivalry between Birmingham and Atlanta said MT. Cohen, 1s the
 fact that Birmingham now has only 4i square miles. and I learned with dismay today that Jefferson county has an area
 of 1oSS miles, so there is no telling what
 may happen by 1920
 F. w. Barrett of The Age-Herald had something to say about the pet hoppy of Ned Rrace"--a skyscraper hotel TOT Birmingham in the near future, and ne expressed his pleasure in welcoming the Associated Press men to Birmingham. Colonel Van Arsdaye, the second ranking
 military officer in the south who IS III charge of Ft. McPherson at Atlanta, eX-
 pressed the hope that Birmingham would