The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-11-03
Many Prominent Men Will
Make Addresses Dur
ing the Meeting
RAILROAD MEN TAKE
AN IMPORTANT PART
Congressman Burnett's Speech Is Ex-
pected To Be of National Scope.
Oscar Underwood on the Pro-
gramme Wednesday

The Alabama State Land congress
will convene tomorrow. Governor O'Neal
and City Commissioner James Weather
ly will deliver the addresses of well
come to the delegates, of which there
will be a large number. There will be
present many notable men of Alabama
and six presidents of railroads enter
ing this territory.
Tomorrow afternoon President w. w.
Finley of the Southern railway win de-
liver an address. Mr.. Finley is well
known in Birmingham and has a most
enviable reputation as an orator. He
has given much of his time to the study
of conditions In Alabama and few, IL
any, men in Alabama know as much
about the land conditions in their own
state as does he. Charles Wickersham,
president of the Atlanta and West Point
railroad will also deliver an address
tomorrow, taking for his subject RE
lations Between the Railroads and the
People" Milton II. Smith, president of
the Louisville and Nashville, will read
paper on Forty Years in Alabama"
Mr.. Smith has long been Identified with
the development of the state and his pa
per should be of interest to the public.
Burnett's Address
An important address of the congress
will be that of Congressman John L.
Burnett Mr. Burnett Is chairman of the
immigration committee of the House
of Representatives and secured the
passage in Congress of an immigration
bill during the last administration.
President Taft vetoed the measure. 1t
present his bill in practically its former
shape to the next Congress. His address
will be of nation wide interest
On Wednesday Oscar w. Underwood,
leader of the House of Representatives
and candidate for the United States
Senate, will deliver an address. He will
be the guest of the congress and great
interest is being manifested in the
Wednesday sessions.
The special committee of which A. III.
Ford Is chairman will meet this morn
ing at IL o'clock In the directors room
of the Chamber of Commerce to for
mulate plans for the forthcoming con-
gress. These plans will be submitted to
the congress assembled at the meeting
tomorrow morning. The sessions will be
held in the city hall armory.
Committee to Meet
The following are the members of the
special committee of which A II. Ford
is chairman: George Gordon Crawford,
president Tennessee Coal, Iron and
Railroad compan, Birmingham; Joseph
o. Thompson, president ]. o. Thompson
Land company, Birmingham; John L.
Kaul, president Raul Lumber company.
Birmin CHAM; B. M. Allen, attorney and
planter, Birmingham; II. X Miner,
president Miner Land company, Biz
mingham; Frank p. Glass, president
Birmingham News Publishing company,
Birmingham; John Mcqueen, vice pres
ident Sloss- Sheffield Steel and Iron
company, Birmingham; e. M. Tutwiler.
Jr, manager Alabama State Land COM
pany, Birmingham; w. C. Shackleford,
capitalist, Birmingham; e. w. Barrett,
president Age-Herald Publishing COM
pany, Birmingham; ]. e. Penny. planter
and real estate, Birmingham; w. s.
Harlan, Lockhart Lumber company.
Lockhart; N. r. Thompson, president
Land congress, Birmingham; w. d.
Jelks, president Protective Insurance
company, Birmingham; T. w. Pratt,
president West Huntsville Cotton mills,
Huntsville; Clarendon Davis, president
Huntsville Bank and Trust company,
Huntsville; r. Il. Lambert, Lambert
Stock and Seed farm, Darlington; d. II.
Marbury, president Marbury Lumber
company, Marbury; II. A Skeggs, mayor
city of Decatur; Jack Crawford, banker.
Jasper; Dr. e. b. Hardin, president Com
mercial club, Florence; Capt. j. NJ. Eli
lott, capitalist, Gadsden; C. G. Aber-
crombie, insurance and real estate.
Montgomery; C. j. Beane, vice president
Business Mems league, Montgomery;
Michael Cody, president Exchange Ma
tional bank and Alabama State Bankers
association, Montgomery; G.. L. NIGEL
derry, fertilizer manufacturer. ITALIA
dega; Il. w. Monnish, president Tusca
loosa Coal and Iron company, Tusca-
loosa; James B. Ellis, president Dallas
Compress company, Selma; George
Fearn, Jr., real estate, Mobile; Don
Farnsworth, manager Chamber of Com
merce and Business league. Mobiles The
following heads of immigration depart
ments of Alabama railroads will meet
with the above committee: q. A. Park,
geenral immigration and Industrial
agent, Louisville and Nashville railroad,
Louisville, KY: M. V. Richards, land and
industrial agent, Southern railway,
Washington; ]. c. Clair, immigration
and Industrial commissioner, Illinois
Central railroad. Chicago; S. A. Hughes.
general immigration commissioner Fris-
co lines, st. Louis; j. A. Pride, general
immigration agent, Seaboard Air Line,
Norfolk, Va; l.. p. Bellah. Nashville.
Chattanooga and st. Louis railroad,
Atlanta; Charles A. Wickersham, pres
ident Atlanta and West Point and West
ern of Alabama, Nashville; w. w. Crox-
ton. geenral passenger agent, Atlanta,
Birmingham and Atlantic railroad, At
lanta; together with other representa-
tives of these same lines.
GVIA NYGE IN YvIS ON