The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-15
SUCCESS ASSURED
FOR EXPOSITION
Reports Are Made to Meet
ing of the AID Club
Yesterday

The success of the Birmingham Ad
clubs Home Products Exposition"
which will be held in the Gypsy Smith
auditorium November to 5, inclusive, is
now assured, according to reports made
at meeting of the club. It is said that
20 manufacturers have already signed
contracts for space and that six more
have verbally stated that they would be
represented at the exposition. 1t is ex-
pected that these contracts will be signed
today.
In addition to the regular soliciting
committee, which is doing hard work in
securing contracts for space, a special
committee of five will work from to 5
O'Clock in the afternoon each day. 1t Is
confidently believed that it will be pos
sible to sell all the space, for every
manufacturer that has been approached
to make an exhibit has spoken in favor
of the movement and have had moth
ing but commentator for the enterprise.
The following manufacturers have al
ready taken space in the auditorium:
Roberts a. Son, Phillips Herndon Overall
Factory, Perfection Mattress company,
Birmingham Mattress company Bir-
Pipe company. Alabama Engraving COM
pany, Alabama Grocery company, Bir-
mingham Broom company, Birmingham
Macaroni company, George F. Wheelock
company. Birmingham paper company.
lsherwood Chandelier Manufacturing
company, Birmingham Packing company,
Enterprise Engraving company, Brown S
Stamp Works. Birmingham Ledger,
Farmers and Ginners' Cotton Oil COM
pany Standard Portland Cement COM
pany.
The Alabama Land congress will be in
session in Birmingham at the time the
exposition is to be held and tickets of
admission to the exposition will be given
to all members Of the congress- It is
believed by the Ad club members that
good results will follow and that trade
in Birmingham movement will be no.
uceable after the exposition.
John c. Henley is chairman of the
amusement committee of the Ad club and
he says that the amusements, will be up
to the Ad club standard Practically all
OF the entertainment devices will be in
keeping with the exhibits or will be in
connection with someone of the exhibit
tions. Mr.. Henley's committee is now
at work on the programme and pro-
1ses something very pleasing. 1t is not
the purpose of the amusement committee
to allow any entertainment to conflict
with the EXHIBITS, and the primary OBJ
Ject of the amusements is to center the
attention upon the exhibits.
j. K. Sterne. chairman of the execu-
tive committee, referred to the display
of firearms and other deadly weapons
in show windows at the weekly luncheon
of the club yesterday. and thought that
the club should do something to dis
courage it, He offered a resolution to
this effect, and it was amended to in
cude gambling devices. The resolution
was adopted and the chair authorized to
appoint committee to draft petition
to the city commissioners. j K Sterne
and Oliver Cox were named as the COM
mittee and the petition was presented to
the commission yesterday afternoon and
filed
The club adopted a resolution joining
the Chamber of Commerce and the Board
of Trade In inviting the Alabama Horti-
cultural society to hold its annual meet
ing in this city.
The club was in session less than ar
hour and handled a great deal of busi-
ness. During the session Mr.. Skinner
came in and introduced himself. He said
he was member of the Massachusetts
Publicity club and complimented the Bir-
mingham Ad club for the vim and busi-
ness-like way in which 1t disposed OF
things.