The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-13
First Session of Association
Will Be Held at
10 O'Clock
EXUM TO DELIVER
WELCOME ADDRESS
Burrows Speech on One Cent Letter
Postage and GibsOn's Talk Fea-
lures of Morning Session.
Banquet Tomorrow Night

Over 200 retail hardware dealers from
all parts of Alabama are in town this
morning, it is estimated to attend the
three days session of the annual conven-
tion of the Alabama Retail Hardware
! Eealers' association. The first session will
| open at 10 O'CLOCK this morning at the
city hall armory. A reception of dele
gates will begin at $50 o'clock at the
armory
Special attention is called TO all the Wis
iting delegates TO the change of meeting
place from the Chamber of Commerce
auditorium, as advertised in all the pro-
grammes, to the city hall armory. This
had to be done on account of the cham
Der auditorium being damaged severely
by fire in an adjoining building some few
months ago, and 1t has been impossible to
complete the extensive repair work for the
/ ardware mems convention, although this
had been hoped for and expected. The
city hall armory is on the third floor of
the city hall, entrance to the right on
leaving the elevator. The city hall is
across the street from the Hotel Hillman
at the corner of Nineteenth street and
| Fourth avenue.
Delegates Arrive
/ The hardware men arrived in the city
all day yesterday and last night and it is
believed that practically all who will at
tend the convention were in the city by
this morning. They are stopping at the
different hotels of the city.
Culpepper Exum. president of the city
| commission, will deliver the address of
welcome this morning. The two main ad-
dresses of the morning session will be the
one by Fl. b. Burrows of the National One
Cent Letter Postage association and F.
g. Gibson of the National Hardware as
sociation. Mr. Burrows is president of
the one cent letter association and
| strongly urges the business men of the
country to organize into movement to-
ward demanding this reduction in post
age. Mr.. Burrows states the postal de-
partment will not lose any money there
by. and can well afford to make the
standard postage l cent.
| President Charles A. ireland of the Ma
tional Hardware association. said to be
one of the largest organizations of bust
ness men in the world, will deliver an ad-
dress on "The National Association" the
last day of the convention Thursday aft
ernoon, at 2 o'clock. The Alabama asso-
citation is a member of the national as
sociation.
other addresses of Importance will be
the speech Wednesday afternoon by John
Sparrow, president of the Birmingham
Ad club, on Advertising AS 1t Relates to
Hardware" On the same afternoon j. w.
Meeker of Chicago, a representative of
the American Steel and Wire company,
subsidiary of the United States Steel
corporation, which has erected the great
wire mill at Corey, will give an illus
lit
at the Odeon theatre No. 2. This will be
public and after the delegates have been
seated the public is cordially invited to
fill the rest of the seats.
The speech of President Burrows of the
One Cent Postage association this MORN
ing will also be public, and Secretary
Radcliffe OF The Chamber of Commerce
Yesterday stated that he hoped all mem
bers who could do so would attend 1t
was first intended to have Mr.. Burrows
speak here before the chamber, but when
II was learned he would be here about the
same time the hardware men met here "
was arranged 20 have him speak before
the convention, and all chamber members
who wished to hear him could attend
just the same. There are members OF tne
One Cent Postage association among the
firms of Birmingham.
Matthews Speaks Today
This afternoon President b. Ii. MAT
thews of Camden will deliver the presi-
dents address, Secretary L. G. smith VIII
report and p j. Jacobs, secretary OF the
Wisconsin Mutual Hardware insurance
e association, will deliver an address on
Natural Insurance"
The only social feature OF the conNen-
tion will be a banquet at O'Clock wed
nesday night to all of the visiting uele-
Mutual Insurance"
The banquet is given to the dele
gates by the Birmingham retailers and
| ioahers President w. P. q. Harding
viii deliver the main speech at the
banquet.
rhe reception committee which has
charge of the local features of the
convention is headed by Harry Jones,
chairman, and contains the Following
mem
Inv Jemison, william Given, S. }. Nc
Coughrin, Lloyd Smith, S. /" Winter,
lP. l.. Mcdonald II. H. Spencer, I. a.
Hamilton. Jr, ]. L. Walthal e. z.
Williamson, A. ]. Massey, II. L. Ans
lev. G. ID. Moss. C. Ed Lewis. Rey-
noids Lide. f. B. Kennedy Ed D. Rob
;nson, ]. j. Davis, Clint Reese, Z. a
Jordan. j. NJ. Thompson, F. q. Glib
son, w. K Ramsey, w. I. Kinney, Joe
C. Ware, ]. p. Perkins, L. B. Leftwlch.
A. j. Lattmer.
The officers of the association ana