The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-28
PROGRAMME OF
LAND CONGRESS
Indications Are Event viii
Be Big Success
WILL LAST THREE DAYS
Railroad Men Will Speak First Day.
Underwood on Programme for
Speech on Evening of
November 5

result IN enormous benefit to the farmers
and land owners of Alabama.
Chairman Thompson yesterday an
nouneed the official programme as fol-
lows:
| Tuesday-Morning Session
$50 a. m.-Delegates will assemble at
armory in city hall, Fourth avenue and
Nineteenth street, for registration and re-
ception of badges.
| $3.50 a. m.--Alabama State Land congress
will be called to order by it's president
and opened with prayer by the Rev. L. C.
Branscomb. presiding elder, North Ala
bama conference Methodist Episcopal
church, south, Birmingham.
9:45 a. m.-Address of welcome on behalf
of the state of Alabama. Hon Emmet
| O. Neal, governor of Alabama.
10 a. m.-Address of welcome on behalf
of city of Birmingham, Hon. James
| Weatherly, commissioner.
l0:15 a. m.-Address of welcome on be-
half of farm movement committee, Bir-
!, mingham Chamber of Commerce, Joseph
| o. Thompson, chairman farm movement
committee.
1890 a. m.-Response to addresses of
welcome c. G. Abercrombie, manager ag-
ricultural department. Business Mems
|
1O;45 a. disappointment of standing
committees.
| IL a. m.-"Mineral Resources of Ala
bama," paper by Miss Ethel Armes,
author of Goal and Iron in Alabama"
Birmingham.
| 11:20 a. m.-Good roads. Report of dele
gate to International Good Roads convep-
ton, London England George A.. Nelson
Decatur.
| Noon Intermissi0n
| 2 p. m.--Address, '"The Railroads and
| Their Relation to Alabama Development"
| w. W. Finley, president Southern Rail-
way, Washington, D. C.
! 2:31 p. m.-Address 'Immigraton-The
| Kind Alabama Needs, Hon. John l.. Bur-
nett, chairman house committee on I'm
migration and naturalization, Washing
ton, d. c.
3 p. m.-Address, Hon Lee Cowart, i'm
migration commissioner, state of Ala
bama, Montgomery.
2:2O p. m.--Address. Relation of the
Railroads to the Public, Charles A.
Wickersham, president Atlanta and West
Point railroad and Western Railroad of
Alabama, Atlanta, Ga.
$40 p m.-Co-operative plan for securing
more settlers for Alabama, presented by
special committee, composed of represent
ative business men, heads of corporations
in Alabama, and M. v. Richards, land and
Industrial agent, Southern Railway,
Washington, d. c. G. A. Park general
immigration and industrial agent, Louis
vile and Nashville railroad, Louisville,
KY. together with other representatives
of every railroad operating in Alabama.
Night Session
s p. m.-Paper, Forty Years in Ala
bama," Milton H. Smith, president Louis
Vile and Nashville railroad, Louisville.
! Ky.
i MISUNDERSTANDING Session
$50 a. m.-Called to order and opened
with prayer by Rev. Morris Newfield,
1 rabbi Temple Emanu-El Birmingham
Address. Soils of Alabama" Hon. Reu-
ben F. Kolb commissioner of agriculture
and industries, state of Alabama Mont
gomery.
10 a. m.-Address, H. H. Gross, president
National Soil Fertility league, Chicago, Ill
1920 a. m.-Address, ''The Call of the
Soils" Clarendon Davis, president Hunts
vile Bank and Trust company, Hunts
vile
1910 a. m.-Address 'Legumes and
Their Value" R. E. Lambert proprietor
Lambert stock and seed farm, Darlington,
| Wilcox county, Alabama.
IL a. m.-Address, Proper Use of Fer
tiiizers," c. j. Beane, vice president Busi-
ness Mems League, Montgomery.
l1:2O a. m.--Address. Farm Demonstra-
;.
United States department 1of agriculture,
in charge of farm demonstration work,
Montgomery.
11:40 a. m.-Address, Farming in South
Alabama" George A. Maloney. demon
stration agent. Mobile county, Mobile
Noon Intermission
p. m.-Address, Agricultural Educa-
tion." DR.. Charles c. Thach, president
Alabama Polytechnic institute. Auburn
2:So p. m.-Address, Boys Corn Clubs,''
Prof. L. N Duncan, in charge Boys Corn
clubs for Alabama. Auburn.
250 p. m.-Address, Girls Canning
Clubs" Mrs. M. l. Robinson, in charge
Girls Canning clubs for Alabama, Au-
burn.
3:10 p. m.-Address. Cattle Raising in
Alabama" Hon. r. M. Allen, Alabama .
largest cattle raiser," Birmingham.
$3.50 p m.-Address. Hog Raising in
Alabama" Clark McA1pine, Tailadega.
$3.50 p. m.-Address, "Sheep Raising in
Alabama James N Granade, president
Chatom State bank. Chatom
4:10 p. m.-Address. Seed Selection. -
G. T. McElderry, Talladega
4:30 p. m.-Address Wheat Culture in
Alabama" Joshua Franklin. Pyriton. Clay
county. Alabama.
Night Session
p m--Address, The High Cost of Liv-
ing and the Remedy" Hon. Oscar w. I'm
derwood
Thursday-Morning Session
$50 a. m.--Called to order and opened
with prayer by the Rev. Patrick Turner.
pastor Blessed Sacrament church, West
End. Birmingham. Address, Rural
Credits Hon. Emmett O'Neal, governor
Of Alabama. Montgomery. Discussion by
w. p. G. Harding president First Ma
tional bank of Birmingham. F. w. Mon
nish. president Tuscaloosa Coal and Iron
company; member from Alabama. Ameri-
can commission for the study of rural
credits in European countries.
1890 a. m.--Address. king Alfalfa =
(speaker to be supplied).
II a. m.-Address County Farm Blu.
reau Organization T. Aubrey Boyles
chairman subcommittee farm bureau or
ganization, Chamber of Commerce and
Business league. Mobile.
11:20 a. m.-Address, "Co-operative Mar
keting'' (speaker to be supplied). Ad-
dress, South American Markets for Ala
bama Products Hon. Sidney Story,
New Orleans. La.
Noon Intermission
2 p. m.-"Commercial Organixati tions
and the Farmer" discussed by W. c.
Radcliffe. secretary. Chamber of Com
merce. Birmingham; Bruce Kennedy, Sec
retary Business Mems league Monteoy,-