The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-06
Over 300 Dealers From All Over Country Will Be Here-First Arrivals
 Yesterday
RUSH EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN EARNEST
 ON MORNING TRAIN
Many Past Jupiters of Order of love Will Be Here-Number of Enter tainments Planned by Oscar
 Turner and Committee.
 Official Programme

The convention of the Electrical Sup ply Jobbers' Association of the United States meets in Birmingham Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of this week. It means the bringing here of upward or 800 of the largest jobbers of electrical goods in the country. Already more than 200 rooms have been engaged at the Tut wiler. where the business sessions of the convention will be held, and many of those who come will be accompanied " their wives.
 The convention comes to Birmingham largely through the efforts of Oscar ~. Turner, who attended the last convention of the jobbers in St. Louis.
 Many entertainment features have been provided, among them being an automo- bile ride through residential Birmingham. a trip through industrial Birmingham, a barbecue. reception at the Country club, and the cabaret and smoker at the News paper club Tuesday night. For the ladies a visit to the Lyric, card parties and other forms of entertainment will be provided.
 In attendance upon the convention will be about half of the past jupiters of the Jovian order, an organization of elec- trical men. Homer Neisz, present Jupiter of the order has notified Oscar c. Turner that he will be present. Among the for mer heads of the Jovians who will be here this week are Past Jupiters Robert son. Kirkland. Matthews. Turner and Watts.
 Jovians We'll Represented
 The Order of love was formed about Is years ago in Texas. A few years later it was made an international organiza- ton. When its 1910 annual meeting was held in Birmingham there were less than 5000 members. It now has membership of more than 1S.000. Charlie Newning of
 Texas wrote the tenets of the order. It
 Is probable he will not be in attendance at the coming convention of electrical men. Practically every member of the Electrical Supply Jobbers' association is
 also member of the Jovian. order, and the coming of so many of it's past jupi- ters has added interest for them.
 Among those who will be in attendance at the convention are D. IT. Braymer, ed- itor of Electrical Engineering, which for merly was the Southern Electrician. The
 magazine is published in Atlanta. MT. Braymer probably will have two assistants
 with him and the meeting of electrical men will be reported fully in his publica- ton.
 Charles F. White. president of the George H. Buckminster company of Chi cago, will be in attendance. Mrs. White will accompany him. Mir. White is said to be one of the best known men in the east to the electrical fraternity, and has a large number of friends.
 Thomas c. Grier, head of the company
 which bears his name in Chicago, will be in attendance upon the convention. MT. Grier is one of the largest manufacturers of electrical goods In the United States. w. K. Herstein, president of the Elec- trical Supply company of Memphis, will
 be in Birmingham during the convention for the purpose of helping to entertain the delegates. Tn a letter to friend in Birmingham, MT. Herstein says that he feels the south has been honored by the coming to Birmingham of the Electrical Supply Jobbers' association, and feels that other southern cities should have a hand in entertaining them, notwithstanding the fact that Birmingham gets the convention.
 Mrs. Herstein will accompany her hus-
 band
 First Arrivals Here
 Members of the association began to arrive in Birmingham last night. The rush Is expected to begin this morn- ing when a large party will arrive to play a round of golf at the Roebuck and Country club links, their badges being enough to obtain all courtesles at all the clubs
 The arrivals last night were Har- ry Lucus and Jack Garron of the Phil adelphia Electric company, depart . ment of the street railway system of
 that city. They were met at the sta tion by MT. Turner. MT. Lucus and MT, Garron both said that the mutation to Birmingham attracted wide interest when 1t was given and that the mem- bers of the association anticipated q most enjoyable trip south Mir. Lucus stated that there would be no less than 300 members here if indications were borne out
 This morning Franklin Overbaugh of Chicago, general secretary of the as- sociatfon. will arrive and will open headquarters at the Tutwiler hotel to- morrow morning for registration and for the transaction of all other bust ness with the secretary and his as- sistants. All business sessions of the convention will be held in the ball. room on the second floor.
 It Is stated that w. A. Hopkins ol Columbus. O., president of the Ernor Hopkins company; w. W. Low of Chi cago. M. B. Austin of Chicago, in ad- dition to MT. Lucus and Mir. Garron will be here today to play a round oi golf. The day Is expected to be fea- tured with the arrival of many dele gates from Chicago, Columbus, Phil adelphta, New York. Atlanta and Rich mond.
 At the Tutwiler hotel yesterday Les lie Fairchield, assistant manager in charge of assignment of rooms for the visitors, said that the reservations were heavy. On November 19 MT. Fair child gave to The Age Herald list of registrations which indicated that at least 225 persons would be at the l Tutwiler. Since that time there has been many additions
 The social feature of the first day's meeting will be the entertainment foi l the men at the Birmingham Newspapei club. They will be given a smoker be- ginning at 9 o'clock. Secretary Dam. eron and MT. Turner expect about POO | to attend the smoker. On the sams night the ladies will be entertained al the Lyric theatre.
 Entertainment Programme The programme includes party al l the Roebuck club, a visit by the ladie, l to the Newspaper club roof garder l cafe. party at the Country club ant l on Thursday, the last day, there Is ts he d triD to the DrOpertiea of the Ten