The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-06
BANKERS TO MEET
IN CHAT ANOOGA
Fine Entertainment Is Prom
Used the Visitors
SLUSH FUND CHARGES
That Near Beer Dealers Are Pay
ing for Protection From
the Authorities

Chattanooga, Tenn, June 5.-(Special.)-
The programme for the convention of the
American Institute of Banking, which
meets mere June s-11. inclusive. was an
nounced here today.
The sessions will be held at the Hotel
Patten. and will be opened next Wednes-
day morning with an address of welcome
by Mayor T. C. Thompson. President n.
D. Alling of the bankers will make the
response. The convention will then enter
in its regular business Principal among
those TO address the first session will be
William ]. Burns, chief detective of the
institute, and Cullom w. Kay of the
Whitney Central National bank of New
Orleans.
One of the principal addresses of Thurs
day will be that of E. B. Vreeland, vice
chairman of the national monetary COM
mission. and chairman of the committee
on banking and currency in the lower
house of Congress.
On Friday afternoon Logan C. Murray,
formerly president of the American Bank
ers' association, and now president of the
American National Bank of Louisville,
will make an address. That evening
George D. Lancaster of this city and
Frank L. Seely. editor of the Atlanta
Georgian, will make an address. Other
prominent speakers who will appear on
the programme during the convention are
Fred E. Farnsworth. general secretary
of the American Bankers association. and
Ralph C. Wilson, a prominent banker of
Chicago.
| For the social side of the programme
trips to Lookout mountain, Chickamauga
park, Orchard Knob, the National ceme-
terry and perhaps boat excursion on the
Tennessee river are planned.
A local newspaper has published story
stating that local near beer dealers are
required to pay $40 per month before they
are allowed to conduct their business.
The story states that this money is COL
stated that the near-bear dealers are in
union" and that members OF this union
do not know or care what becomes of the
money. The paper states that about H4,-
900 is known to be collected every month.
but that none of it has ever reached any
of the tax collectors.
Several local attorneys who had been
identified with the whisky interests of the
state are said to be indignant because of
the limitations made by the newspapers
and considerable feeling has been ex-
pressed.
| Forty-eight men and women were grad
uated from the University of Chattanooga
this year. A majority of the graduates
were in the law department and most Of
them are from Tennessee, Georgia <ant
Alabama. Ex-Gov- r. B. Glenn of NORTH
| Carolina was the orator of the graduating
exercises. Degrees were conferred or
Capt H. s. Chamberlain of this city and
James A. Fowler, assistant attorney gen
eral of the United States, of Washington
| Insurance adjusters and county officials
have fixed $45,0O4.91 as the total amount
due the county as a result of the recent
fire which partially destroyed the local
| courthouse. The building was struck by
lightning about four or five weeks ago
and almost totally destroyed. A building
costing about $4,000 will be erected in its
stead.
The Fuller Construction company OF
New York city has been awarded the con-
tract for the construction of the new To-
story Hamilton bank office building. II
will cost in the neighborhood of $500, 900
The work is to start on June 8, and the
contract calls for completion by eight
months. The building will be Chatta-
nooga's second office building sky scraper
Several thousand visitors are expected
here during the months of July and Au-
gust when troopers from practically
every state will take part in army maneu-
vers at Chickamauga park, Georgia. Rail
roads entering this city have offered at
tractive rates for the period, and it Is ex-
pected that many tourists will come this
way.
About rs car loads Of strawberries have
Ibeen shipped from Chattanooga since june
l. establishing an entirely new record fol
the month. Previously not more thar
three cars were ever shipped from thi'
section in June. About 600 have beer
shipped between April % and the present
date, inclusive, and it is believed that the
crop will be worth about $4,000 to farm
and truck growers Of this section.
Work is nearing completion on the new
100000 freight station which the Contra
of Georgia railroad is building on Marke
street not far from the new terminal sta
ton When completed 1t will be one o.
the best freight stations on the Central o.
Georgia system.
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