The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-11
Convention Adjourns After Selecting Chicago as the
 March Meeting Place
VISITORS SHOWN
 INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
Much Impressed With What They Saw--Are Very Enthusiastic Over Way the City Has Enter
 tained Them

The Electrical Supply Jobbers' asso- citation has adjourned. After three days
 of business and fun making in Birming- ham most of them have returned home or will return home this morning. Chi cago was selected as the place of meet ing in March. Birmingham came very
 near being selected for the March meet ing. One reason was that the local com mittees have given the members such good time and have shown them such kindness that they wanted to come back
 The Chicago people were unable to definitely promise the same length to the latch string if the meeting was held there although they promised to do the best they could. The members discussed meeting here again and it is foregone conclusion that Birmingham may se- cure the same body of men at any time tnis city is inclined to invite them. Moreover, the attendance will be great er for the delegates who attended could not find words to adequately express their enjoyment and their pleasure over the entertainment provided in Birming- ham.
 The meeting was concluded yesterday With the trip over the properties of the iennesse Coal, Iron and Railroad com pany. The special train left at 2:15 and came back on time. P K. Plemmons was
 in charge of the train, being train mas
 ter of the Birmingham Southern And
 ne made the schedule without mishap. Trip Was Eyeopener The delegates were accompanied by George c. Crawford, president of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad com pany. who was deeply interested in the meeting, as well as by IT. c. Ryding. assistant to the vice president, and Charles J. Barr, general superintendent of the f1nsley division. The visitors. when they returned to Birmingham. were enthusiastic over the trip. They with one accord said it was an eye opener to them. Few of them realized the extent of the industrial operations of this district. They were able to see from that trip why Birmingham is fast becoming the greatest city in the south, and they were shown such marvellous developments as to thoroughly con vince them that the Steel corporation has deep and abiding interest in Bir-
 mingham
 The last meeting of the association
 was held last night at 5s0 o'clock, pre- sided over by Franklin Overbaugh, ex- ecutive secretary Only routine business
 was transacted.
 It was announced that James Hughes
 of New York city won the tennis tour
 nament in which quite a. few of the vsi-
 tors participated. The prize was a racket which MT. Hughes secured last night at the Tutwiler hotel. The golf prizes were won by the fol- lowing: Jobbers, first prize, G. w. John-
 ston; second prize, J. H. Doherty; third
 prize. W. W. Low; kiclkers prize, C. J.
 Litcher
 Manufacturers: First prize. J. P. H. DeWindt; second prize. R. T. Brooks; | third prize. A. A. Grady; kickers'
 prize, F. F. Watts.
 Overbaugh Thanks People Franklin Overbaugh. presiding officer of the organization. who came here last Sunday, and who leaves this morning, | made this statement last night: q would deeply appreciate it if you will convey to the people of Birmingham my deepest and sincerest thanks for the kind treatment which has been shown
 us. have never attended a meeting of this organization that has been so pleasant and so profitable. The people of Birmingham have been extremely kind to us and we are deeply grateful.
 I want also to thank Oscar Turner for his interest and kindness to us. He per-
 suaded this convention to come to Bir- l mingham and made what we thought were rash promises. He has made good every one of them and we will not for get it."
 Nathan Hayes of Chicago, one of the 'livest" men of the convention, went home last night. "I have never attended , a meeting so successful or so pleasant" he said. Our trip to California, which we thought was our star performance, does not come up to this meeting in the south. We are deeply grateful and shall never forget this city"
 This was the sentiment of all the visitors.