The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-06
Will Be Opening Gun of the Chamber of Commerce
 Membership Campaign
MEETING YESTERDAY
 AT TUTWILER HOTEL
Movement ndorsed-Senator Under wood Unable to Attend Dinner. Wright, Kennedy, Jemison
 and Others to Speak

1 Over 300 acceptances have already i been received by Frederick Gunter. chairman of the entertainment commit tee of the Chamber of Commerce, for the big civic banquet at the Tutwiler ho- tel at 7:S0 o'clock Monday evening. Senator Oscar w. Underwood writes the Chamber of Commerce: q wish very much that l could attend the din-
 her at the Tutwiler Hotel next Monday night. as 1 am in thorough accord with the purpose of the meeting and it
 would give me much pleasure to lend
 such aid as I could to the good work. 1 Best wishes"
 The speakers of the evening will be Judge Wright of Rome, Ga L. c. IT, vine of Mobile, Bruce Kennedy, general secretary of the Montgomery Chamber | or Commerce; Forney Johnston, Rob- ert Jemison, Jr., and Crawford Johnson. president of the Chamber of Com merce.
 Judge Moses Wright has for many years been a distinguished figure in northern Georgia. He has held practi cally every political office of import ance in his section of the state and is now judge of the Rome judicial cir cult As president of the. Rome Cham Der of Commerce Judge Wright has l been successful in establishing the | organization upon a sound foundation that makes the chamber a model for any similar body.
 Irvine to Speak
 l.. c. Irvine in we'll known in Bir- | mingham as a public speaker and is a man of large and state wide inter- ests MT. Irvine is director of the Jackson Highway association repre- senting Alabama, and has for years been most active in civic work through out the south and in Alabama in par ticu1ar.
 Bruce Kennedy needs no introduction in this part of the country Born in Birmingham, MT. Kennedy has been Identified with the southern states all his life. As city editor of the New Orleans States and managing editor of the Montgomery Advertiser, MT. Ken nedy made a name for himself as a
 man of broadest conception of the problems of the south Retiring from the newspaper work to become general secretary of the Montgomery Chamber of Commerce, MT. Kennedy has been the recipient of every honor that the commercial secretaries of the United States could bestow upon him, being director of the National Association Secretaries and past president of the Southern Association of Secretaries Forney Johnston, who will act as 1 toastmaster, is one of the well known | lawyers of Birmingham. and the son of the late Senator Johnston. while l Robert Jemison, Jr., and Crawford. | Johnson have long been known as two of Birmingham's most progressive and l able citizens.
 The dinner will be a business occa-
 sion in the strictest sense of the word
 and all the talks will be definite and 1 clear cut. No mere oratory will be | indulged in, but an effort has been | made to secure speakers of reputation, ! men with a thorough and exact knowl- l edge of the scope and functions of the l Chamber of Comm cree and men who can impart their Knowledge to their | hearers.
 1 Plates may be reserved at the Cham her of Commerce until Monday morn | ing. As the capacity of the Tutwiler is l limited to 400 it will be necessary to
 make reservations as early as pos 1 sible.
 1 J. IT. Lattulle, manager of the Un- derwood Typewriter company, is the 1 first man to register as member Of | the Chamber of Commerce under the
 new management MT Lattuille is leav- | ing Birmingham today and will not
 return until after the campaign days are over, so he registered for three \ years yesterday afternoon Meeting at Tutwiler
 1 A large and enthusiastic meeting
 was held at the Hotel Tutwiler yester- day. Robert Jemison, Jr, presided and l indorsed the plan of the Chamber of Commerce for a thorough reorganiza- i tion and financial plan to provide for adequate funds for the next three years. Among those present were: l E. H. Andrews, Wiley Afford, w. J.
 Adams, Lee C. Bradley, John w. Baugh,
 Isaac c. Beatty, Jr., +. W. Bromberg, lGeorge A. Blinn. Jr., Henry L. Bad-. ham, Arlie Barber, c. J. Bailey. James
 Bowron, Sydney J. Bowie H. M. Beck,
 Morris Bush, E. w. Brownell, R. A., | Brown. the Rev. Preston Blake, Edward
 S. Center, F. IT. Cabaniss, James E. 1 lChappell w. w. Crawford, George Cor 1 don Crawford, R. M. Cunningham, w. 1 A. Chenoweth H. w. Coffin, F. B. Craw- 1 ford, Father Coyle, J. w. Donnelly, A. I M Douglas Dr. J. F. Dedman, James JT. Dunlap, IT. A. Drennen. J. L.. Dren \ nen, Culpepper Exum, R. w Ewing, pr.
 H. M. Edmonds, J. H. Eddy, Hill Fer
 guson, F. B. Fowlkes, Frank F. Glass,
 Dr. w. c. Gewin, John R. Hornady- Robert G. Hiden, Frank hammond, H.
 H. Harner, Charles Hall, Hudman Hop son. J. c. Hodges, John c. Henley, pr. 1 Scale Harris. Ben NJ. Jacobs, Wal 1 lace c. Johns, Fred M. Jackson, l A. E. Jackson. Solon Jacobs, the Rev. J. l w. Johnson, Harry Jones, James Johns, l Bert Jacobs. Sidney w. Lee, w. B. Lecdy,