The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-26

panics should be impossible in the fu-
 ture will promise you one thing AS long as l am on the board there Will be no bank panic in Birmingham AS president of the First National bank have worked for the upbuilding oi
 that institution. Some of my bank CT friends have said that I was partisan; that all my interests were centered
 on that bank. will confess that l
 was a partisan. But l now assure you
 mat when l get to Washington, l will
 De partisan no longer. l will be the
 Friend of every bank in Birmingham
 and will treat every bank here. alike. will be the friend of every bank in
 Alabama. the friend of every bank in the south. l will be as much the friend of bank in Seattle as I will be the
 friend of a bank in Portland. Maine. In concluding. Nr. Harding said that ne would always retain his citizenship in Birmingham 'sThe only investment, said he, that l have here which l will
 give up is that which I am required by
 law to dispose of in order to qualify as a
 member of the federal reserve board. With that single exception. every dol-
 lar that I have invested in Birmingham
 will remain invested here. The banking
 and currency law has q clause which
 forbids member upon retirement from
 the board to accept bank position or
 engage in the banking business for two years afterwards, but when l serve out my time in Washington. 1 am com ing right back to Birmingham As I
 will not be able to go into theN eNbanlsing business until after two years have passed. I may as one of my newspa per friends suggested. turn newspaper man. l may come right back here In eight years and start a paper or seek job on one that is already going u4aughter)
 Harding Is Congratulated
 At To o'clock the banquet was over. All the participants crowded around Mr. Harding to congratulate him on his remarks and to renew cordial ex- pressions of good will. The dinner was elegantly served and with each place card was a handsome programme, in cluding list of the participants. Only three or four of those whose names were printed were absent. This was the official list
 J. H. Barr, Thomas Hopkins. Thomas Bowron, F. S. Foster, J. K. Fleming, J. E. Osburn. j. L. Cross, w s. Brown, B. F. Moore. E. M. Tutwiler, Erskine Ramsay. W. II. Hassinger, Walker Percy, Hon. William M. Walker John L. Kaul M. V. Joseph, A. H. Ford W. M. Cosby, Robert Jemison, Jr., Zach l.. Nabers, Crawford Johnson, George c. Crawford, E L. Brown. Culpepper Exum. Leo K Steiner. J. M. Levine, W. w. Crawford H, L. Badham, C. NJ. Williamson, w M. Martin, John H. Frye, Otto Mooney. M. H. Sterpe, P. C. Covington w K Glenn epts.f E. B. Crawford, W. C. Hamilton, Frank Stevens, q. B. Mccormack, J. w. Mcqueen, Jones G. Moore, l.. V. Clark. F. G. Shook, l.. Sevier Eugene Fies, Wal ter Moore. A. B. Loveman, R. Nj Good all, F. B. Fowlkes, J. D. Kirkpatrick, w. II. kettig, John l.. Parker, Nose Levy, Al C. Garber. John W. Sparkman. H. L. Chisholm, R. c. Hewitt E. D. smith, J. K. Warren, Dr. Wyatt Hefiin, W. V. NJ. Robertson, Jr., Allen J. kreps, W. o. Lanning, Alex M. Garber Louis Pizitz, F. L. Schil- finger, Dr. D. F. Tally, Dr. L. G. Woodson, c. w Yancey, c. F. Enslen Hon. John H. Miller. Frank Nelson, Jr., f'. l. Tarrant, c. s. Bssell Sibley P King, Richard w. Massey, E. R. McDavid, Ster- ling J. Foster, W. H. Duran, A. Leo Ober- dorfer, William P. Redd. w J. Adams ". T. Latham, J. W. Hughes, Jr, G. W. Bains. Hugo Black. H. l.. Bains Gen. Lotus V. Clark, Evans J. Dunn, w H. Duke Dr j. ". Hughes George Me cleery, Walter K. McAdory. A. R. Moody E. w Finch. T. H. Benners, Lee c Bradley, J. NJ. Caldwell. s. l.. Earle, Hon. William I. Grubb, W. E. Henley, F. H. Lathrop. R. S. Munger, M. P Northing- ton H. J. Porter, G. R. Harsh. Charles D. Thomas A. A. Adams, J. D. Collins, Samuel Rich. F. G. Macke. F. F. Enslen. George W. Harris. John H. Minge. W. D. Wood, James A. Downey, Robert II. Baugh T F. Wimberly, D. M Drennen. J. l.. Yancey, Henry J. Meyer, William M. Spencer Jr, William D. Enslen. Will liam c. Sterrett, Arthur w. Smith. Tom O Smith, w. H. Manly, Benson Cain. C. D. Gotten, James Spence, R. A. Terrell William Woodward. F. M. Jackson George B. Ward, A O. Lane. James Weatherly. E. w. Barrett, James ]. smith, Frank P. Glass. McLane Triton. Jr.