The Forrest City times., 1913-10-31

'''"S't' -i''A4tl9 anu Ills duuEeSS was loudly applauded by the big assem. blaze.
 Another feature of the opening ses- sion was the annual address of Senator Duncan |. Fletcher of Florida, presi- dent of the Southern Commercial Con gress and chairman of the Permanent American Commission on Agricultural Cooperation
 The introductory address was made by Governor Emmet O'Neal of Alaba- ma
 Pan-American Delegates There.
 One of the features of the conven- ton was the Pan American Evening. presided over by John Barrett, direc- tor-general of the Pan-American Union. MT Barrett opened the session with an address on The Panama Canal in It's Relation to Pan-America. :" Others on the program for this ses sion were Senor Don Eusebio A. Mora les, minister from Panama to the United States; Senor Frederico AL fonso Pezet, minister from Peru; and Senor lgnacio Calderson, minister from Bolivia
 Among other men of nationwide fame on the program were Josephus Daniels, secretary of the navy, whose subject was The Panama Canal and the American Navy" Senator Hoke Smith of Georgia Senator John H. Bankhead pf 1ah h1y dell of Louisiana: Governor Elliott w. MajCr of Missouri, w. W. Finley. presi. dent of the Southern Railway Com pany; John NJ. Parker of New Orleans, honorary president of the Southern Commercial Congress; Representative Richmond Pearson Hobson of Ala bama Representative Henry D. Clay ton of Alabama Richard l.. Metcalf, governor of the Panama Canal Zone, and Edmund T. Perkins. president of the National Drainage Congress.
 Tribute to Senator Morgan.
 It was regarded as especially fit ting that this convention of the con gress. celebrating the practical com pletion of the Panama canal, should be held at Mobile the seaport of the state which produced the late Senator John Tyler Morgan, who is called the Father of the Canal Idea Fitting tribute was paid during the meeting to the memory of the man who worked tireiessly for years to bring about the undertaking of the great project, the completion of which is now being cele- brated. 8 One of the features of the program was an address by Senator John H. Bankhead of Alabama on "The Life and Achievements of Sena- tor John T. Morgan" It was proposed to pay further tribute 10 the late sena- tor by erecting a tablet to his memory at the Panama canal This was to be done. it was planned, when the dele. gates to the congress visited the canal following the close of the meeting in this city
 It was expected that several hun dred of the delegates who attended the Mobile meeting would take part in the cruise which had been arrangel to enable them to inspect the canal.
 Talk of American Trade.
 An interesting feature of the pro- gram was the evening which was de- voted 70 conference of commercial executives, presided over by NJ. B. Trezevant. manager of the New Or leans Association of Commerce and president of the American Associa tion of Commercial Executives
 Among those on the program for this conference were Mayor Martin Behrman of New Orleans, whose sub iect was The Relation of New Or leans to PanAmerican Trade" Bruce Kennedy, president of the Southern Commercial Secretaries Association whose subject was Extension of the South's Trade Relations: Lucius F. Wilson, eX-president of the American Association of Commercial Executives: Leland J. Henderson, president of the Mississippi-Atlantic Inland Waterways Association; and A. s. Caldwell. presi dent of the Mississippi River Levee Association, whose subject was The Relation of the Mississippi River As sociation to the Panama Canal"
 Bryan Invites Nations.
 The participa lon in the Southern Commercial Congress of representa-. tives of Central and South American countries. was assured by the action of the Pan-American Union, in post poning the Pan-American Commercial Conference which it had been propos ed to hold this fall and extending an invitation through Secretary of State Bryan to all Pan-American countries to participate in the Southern Conner cial Congress. This official invita- tion from the United States govern, ment resulted in practically all of the countries of South and Central Ameri- ca sending representatives to this con gross.
 In connection with the meeting of the congress, the first annual conven- tion of the Woman's Auxiliary of the Congress was held Many of the lead. ing women of the country were on the program at this meeting Among them were Mrs. Duncan U. Fletcher, rresi- Of