The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-22
VISITING MERCHANTS ID HEAR BULLETINS
 ON WAR IN EUROPE
Will Be Read At War Mati- nee" At Tutwiler-Trade Extension Bureau Has
 Enthusiastic Meet

War bulletins giving news dispatches direct from the European war fields will be read to the assembled Alabama merchants next Thursday evening at the war matinee to be held in the grand banquet room of the Tutwiler hotel
 special report of the proceedings of the meeting which Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo has called for next week in Washington will also be made and explained by expert cotton men. Secretary McAdoo has called this meet ing of cotton men all over the south to discuss the best means of handling the situation W. D. Nesbitt will be one of the representatives from Brming ham, as will also be w. r. G. Harding, member of the federal reserve board, and Senator elect Oscar Underw ood. Arrangements have been made for these gentlemen to send particulars of the conference as fast as they develop and the merchants in convention in Bir- mingham will be kept closely informed.
 The trade extension bureau of the Chamber of Commerce met yesterday and held one of the most enthusiastic meetings in the history of the insti tution Members who are chairmen of the various parts of the programme for the merchants convention next "Wednesday and Thursday reported that almost every detail for the entertain ment of the delegates had been ar ranged and that by the time the dele gates begin arriving next week every thing will be in complete readiness to receive them Chairman Murray Brown has spent almost the entire week at the Chamber of Commerce headquar- ters working out the details of the convention.
 Second Invitations to Be Sent
 Secretary W. c. Radcliffe stated last night that already considerable more invitations have been received up to date before the second invitation is sent out than was received last year all together. Indications point to an attendance of from 1900 to 15o0. The receipt of The Alabama Merchant $500 copies of which were mailed out Wednesday and Thursday is expected to bring still more acceptances. A sec ond invitation also will be mailed out in the next day or two to guard against anyone having been missed through a miscarriage of the mails when the first invitations were sent out.
 A proclamation to the travelling men was issued yesterday by Harry Jones. chairman of the glad hand committec The many different badges for the re- ception committee, the glad hand com mittee. the delegates and all others have already been made and are await ing the time for their use. Capt Hughes B. Kennedy has been appointed chairman of the admission committee which will admit the merchants to all the events of the two days programme.
 Reports are coming to town that many of the merchants intend to come the first of the week and do their busi- ness with the local wholesalers so they will get their railroad fares refunded and then have the rest of the week left for the convention and for their
 Proclamation By Jones
 The proclamation issued by Harry Jones is as follows:
 "Traveling men, attention: You and each of you are requested to become an active member of the gland hand committee during the merchants con venticn, August PC and 27 Glad hand badges will be furnished you by the house you travel for. It is well Known fact that no class of men on Garth know better the proper way to give the glad hand than the travelling men, Be sure to be on hand and meet your friends and make new ones for yourself and Birmingham. Yours fra formally,
 HARRY JONES. Chairman.