The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-11-13
ICE MEN WILL HAVE
BARBECUE TODAY
About Is Delegates Regis
tered at Hillman
TAKE TRIP TOMORROW
Several Technical Papers on Ice In
dustry Read Yesterday-Today's
Session Opens at 8 O'Clock
This Morning
TAKE TRIP TOMORROW

The ice men are here, and as far rs 4
good time is concerned they have con-
troll of the city for the next two days.
About seventy-fiye members of the
southern Ice Exchange are attending the
twenty-third annual convention. which
convened yesterday morning at its head
quarters at the Hillman hotel Many
ladies are in the party. and extensive en-
tertainment has been planned for them
by the local men.
The registration of delegates and award
ing of badges occupied the time yester-
Gay morning. while during the after
noon the reports of the various commit
tees took up most of the time. Several
papers were read at the afternoon meet
ing in the convention hall at the hotel
]. F. Nickerson of Chicago read paper
ON What the Southern Ice Exchange
Has Been, is and Ought 70 Be-
4 general discussion on Does Il Fay to
Advertise 1ce?" was opened by J P.
weinacker of Mobile, while a discussion
of the Most Efficient Cooling Towers
for Ice Plants and Approximate Cost of
Same" was opened by w. j. Rushton OF
Birmingham. B. Franklin Hart of New
York City read short paper.
Today's Session
Todays session Will be opened ut $50
o'clock tits morning with a business
meeting. Special papers ON the pro-
granfme are Some Unique Applications
of Mechanical Refrigeration, by John
Hague of ST. Louis; additional Reasons
Why Ice Men Should Unite In a CAM
raign Of Publicity. by John Sparrow of
Birmingham; Combination Ice-Malxing
ana Cold Storage Plants" by J. H.
Rracken OF Chicago; Questions of Vital
Importance to the Ice Industry" by w
J. Rushton. and Insurance Rate Inves-
tigation, by Wiltshire Riley of Louis
vile.
At IL O'Clock today a barbecue will be
served the delegates. IL the weather
permits the barbecue will be held On
Red Mountain, but if it is raining the
HYGIENE Ice Plant at Elyton will be
the scene of the festivities. At $50
o'clock this afternoon several papers will
be read at the Hillman hotel and tonight
at $50 o'clock there VIII be theatre
party.
Sightseeing Trip
Tomorrow after a routine meeting the
delegates will be taken on a special train
on sight seeing Industrial trip through
out the Birmingham district. At o'clock
there will be a banquet at the hotel
for the men and a theatre party for the
ladies'. The convention viii adjourn to-
morrow night after the banquet
An ong those registered at the Hilman
hotel headquarters last night we're:
]. r. Ni.ke,son, Chicago; J. A. Ras-
bury, Atlanta; A. p. Dougherty, Niles.
o.; f. r. schwengel, Chicago; G..
A. Henser, Louisville; George B. Egan,
st. Louis: j. G. Cory jackson, Tenn; s..
d. Strauss, New York; e. c. Miller. Ath-
ems, Ala; ]. S. TremouIet, New orleans
R. C. Rand. Huntsville: Manuel Canizas
Mobile; Henry Yoght, Louisville; J. b.
Lagomarino, Sheffield, Ala. George
Braumgart Jr.. Atlanta: j. NJ. Westerlin,
Chicago; W. +. Policy, Columbus, o.;
J. w. Mallory Admission: B. r Sawyer
Admission. Ala. Y NJ. weintraube. Phlla-
delphia; A. p. Criswel, Chicago; S. p
Stevenson, Chester. Pa; See Elder, Biloxi
Miss; w. II. Fleming, Birmingham: A.
l.. Stokes, Bay st. Louis: Leon Britton.
Helena, Ark; H. j. Moore, Florence, G.
d. Woodrow, Bessemer; A. G.. Weston
Augusta; f, II. covington, st. Louis; j.
p Weinacker, Mobile; j. l.. Bannon
Clayton. Ga; G. V. Walden, Williams
burg. Va; Ed Demmick, Pittsburg; r. j.
Taylor. Pittsburgh; Y. p. Terry, Birming-
ham; r. II. Benners, Birmingham; j. J.
Hubbard, Chicago; Joe Jackson, India
napolis; A. ]. Triebel, St. LOUISE +. r.
Fryant, Jackson; T. A. Greenlee, Chicago
+. c. Shepherd. Jr., Birmingham H.
A. Holiness Birmingham; T. Corbin,
Avondale; w. j. Rushton, Brnling-
ham J. +. Rushton, Birmingham.
Ewing Hymens ST. Louis; w. T.
French, Birmingham; John Hogue, st.
Louis: J. V. Jamison, Hagerstown,
Md; r. l. Jamison, Hagerstown, Md
Reid Kent. Asheville, N c.; e. Lyerly,
Hickory, N. c.; Joe j. Cotton, chatta-
nooga, Tenn. Frank Reilly, Chatta-
rooga, Tenn; Fred C. Acton, Chicago:
VIII Isenberg. Greenville, Miss;
D. III. Brent. Birmingham; J.. ID. Natly,
Brookhaven. Miss: u. H. Lloyd Jr..
and r. W. Barnes, Selma, Ala; w. r.
Todd and r. b. Alexander, New Orr
leans; Bruce Dodson, Kansas City;
c. G.. Sauls, Columbus, Ga; J. w. AL
len, Birmingham; L. f.. Ford, Bir-
mingham; II. II. Woodrow, Birming-