The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-04
BECOME MEMBERS
OF BOARD OF TRADE:
Favish and Hughes Greatly
Benefited by Merchants
Convention

+. w. Favish and J. c. Hughes of the
Birmingham Broom Manufacturing COM
pany appeared before the meeting of the
Board of Trade yesterday and stated thae
they wished to become members because
the recent Alabama Merchants conven-
tion had proven such an object lesson
to them that they could no longer post
pone such a step.
Mr.. Favish and Mr.. Hughes said that
the merchants convention had brought
them SO much business in spite of the
fact that they were not members of either
the Chamber of Commerce or of the
Board of Trade, that they saw they were
missing a good thing and did not wish
to stay away any longer. They were
elected members of the board and will
soon be elected members of the cham
Der.
The Board of Trade also expressed its
hearty accord with the coming Alabama
State Land congress and offered to help
boost it along. James H. Hard appeared
before the board and asked its co-opera-
tion with the Chamber of Commerce in
inviting to Birmingham the convention
of the State Horticultural society. His
request was granted enthusiastically.
The board took action upon another
matter which may develop in the near
future. An announcement will probably
be made by President j. E. Shelby with
in the next few days.
Mr.. Hard of the horticultural society
issued the following statement:
The Chamber of Commerce and the
Board of Trade have extended to the Ala
bama State Horticultural society an in
vitation to hold its annual meeting in
Birmingham and has offered the CT
Its auditorium to the society. This socie-
ty, which has for it's aim the mutual
advancement of its members in all that
pertains to horticulture, is now about IL
years old and has done good work for
the state since its organization. ANY
person interested in horticulture may be-
come a member by the payment of an
annual fee of ST. This opens the men,
bership to all growers, users and lovers
of fruits and flowers, and the small
amount of the membership fee just about
pays the expenses of the society in the
way of postage and the printing of the
proceedings of the meetings. Any one
copy of the proceedings containing valu-
able papers on the subjects discussed
is worth the price of the annual mem
bership. The officers consist. of a presi-
dent one vice president from each of
the congressional districts, a secretary
and treasurer, an assistant secretary and
an executive COMMITTEES. The meetings
in the past have been held in Montgom-
cry, Mobile, Birmingham, Bessemer, Jas
per and Bay Minette, and have all been
interesting and instructive. The meet
ings are always addressed by expert J
in the various lines, such as members
of the faculty of the Alabama Poly
technic institute, and government work
ers in the department of agriculture, and
their addresses published in the proceed
ings form a valuable record
1T is to be hoped that the people of
birmingham district will evince sufyi-
cient interest in the subject, ard so heart
lily second the invitation of the Chamber
of Commerce that the society will docide
to hold its January meeting in Birlning-
| ham. There are now something over 100
members but there ought to be several
| hundred, as doubtless there will be as
| the merits of the society are considered
The present officers are, j. II. McCary,
Birmingham, president; II. p. LodIng,
Mobile, w. d. Brown, Owassa, D.. ..
Turnipseed. Union Springs z. X. Viii
| lardsen, Thorsby, j. A. Kernodle. Camp
Hill, Thomas Brigden, Prospect, {. NJ.
Stubblefeld, Jasper, II. b. Chase, Hunts
vile, e. j. Bryan, Blount Springs, vice
presidents; ]. w. Cary, New Decatur,
chaplain; J. C. C. Price, Auburn, secre-
tary and treasurer; James H. Hard Bir-
mingham, assistant secretary; Prof. J.
F. Dugger. Auburn, DR.. r. w. Woods,
Haleyyille and Mrs. James II. Hard, ex-
ecutive committee"