The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-10-10
BANKERS PLAN
GREAT MEETING
Concluded From Page One.

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]. d. Phillips of the Green Valley
Bank is chairman of the council and
will preside at its session. This Will
be the most important meeting OF
this executive body in the wholc
twenty years of its existance.
large attendance is expected and
every member has been requested to
be there promptly and remain
through the session. The new consti-
tuition, which has been in preparation
by the committee headed by George
Woodruff of Joliet, will be up for
further consideration. AT former
meeting OF the council, held in Chi
cago, the draft as prepared was APP
proved with the exception of two
paragraphs. one OF which relates to
the class distinction made in the old
constitution in favor of private
bankers. and the other to the mem
bership on the council of eXpresidents
for life. 1t is expected that an agree
ment will be reached at this meet
ing of the council, so as to avoid
bringing up the matter in detail be-
fore the main body of the convention,
At 8 p. m. the members OF the exc
cutiye council and the officers of the
association will sit down to a banquet
extended to them through the
courtesy of the Springfield bankers.
The only new thing about this
feature will be that the vice-presi-
dents, according to notice served at
the Cairo convention, will not be ex-
pected to attend. An additional and
most entertaining feature of Tues
day evening will be the informal din
ners of the various groups of the
state association to be held in the
dining room and cafe of the New Lee
land. Each group secretary has been
requested to enroll as many members
as will participate in these functions
and Logan Coleman will have general
charge of the arrangements. This is
the inauguration of new social Gus
tom which ought to be a great in
ducement to bring out the various
groups and viii be equivalent almost
to the regular annual meeting in ac-
Notwithstanding possibilities.
Vaudeville for Ladies.
The ladies who are in attendance
will be expected to join In Vaude-
vile and musical entertainment in
the assembly room at $3.50 p. m. This
free show" has been arranged for
by the Springfield bankers and they
are expecting it TO aid very material
ly in bringing delegates early to
Springfield rather than to have them
come struggling in on Wednesday
morning.
The convention proper will open
on Wednesday morning. OCTOBER j.
at Gao sharp in the state arsenal
Governor Deneen is expected TO de-
liver the address, of welcome and
President L. e. Crabtree will combine
the response with his annual adj
dress to the convention. II so nap
pens that the very first speaker is
one Of the very first quality. j. A
s. Pollard of Fort Madison, Iowa. VIII
deliver a carefully prepared address
on "The A b c OF prosperity" Mr.
Pollard has been called the silver
tongued orator OF Iowa and has lit
erary and oratorical ability of most
unusual degree. The morning SEES
sion will close with reports from the
various committees and officials OF
the association, and Immediately al
ter adjournment w. A. Heath OF Chi
cago win call together the Illinois
members of the American Bankers
Association to select a vice-president
for Illinois. two members OF the A..
u. G. executive council, and mem
Der OF the nominating committee OF
states that this meeting will be held
"in front of hall"---wheieve that ~
This will be an important gather
ing this year owing to the fact thai
quite number Of prominent Illinois
bankers have been mentioned for thu
positions. Those most PROMINENT,