The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-13
James Keith, Jr., on Anhis- ton Elected President. s. s. Broadus of Decatur Succeeds Keith
HILTON IS REELECTED AND VICE PRESIDENTS OF GROUPS NAMED
Resolution Adopted to Ap-
 proprfate 5000 to En- courage Diversified Farm ing Among Boys and Girls

With the election of officers. adoption
 oi resolutions and masterful address by
 N. F. G. Harding the twenty-third an
 huai convention of the Alabama Bankers, association came to a close yesterday after
 being in session since Monday at the Tut
 wiler hotel
 James Keith, Jr., vice president of the
 Anniston City National bank of Anniston
 was unanimously elected president to sue eeed L. l.. Conner of Eufaua S & bfoadus Of the Tennessee Valley bank of Decatur was elected vice president. to succeed Mr Keith
 The place of the next meeting was Jeff
 in the hands of the officials of the or
 ganization for decision. It is understood
 that the next meeting will be held in
 south Alabama, probably in Mobile or
 Montgomery.
 McLane Hilton, president of the Pell
 City First National bank. was unani-
 mousy reelected secretary-trea surer of
 the association. an office which he has
 held for many years. In addition, upon
 report of w. H. Manly of Birmingham
 as chairman of the nominations commit tee, the following group vice presidents of the association were named:
 Group l, J. H.. Lester, Sheffield; Group 2 R. F. Smith, Bessemer; group g. Hogan
 Jackson Albertvile; group 1, ]. E. Hack
 ney. opell1a; Group 5, F S Moody, Tus-
 caloosa: Group 6, J. J. Campbell Mont
 gomery; group ', J. S Crum Brewton;
 Group s, L. H. Sessions Enterprise.
 The report of the special auditing com
 mttee was made by it's chairman. F. A.. Bloodworth of Decatur, stating that the reports of the secretary trea surer and of ficials of the association as made at the convention had been found correct and in good order.
 Resolutions Committee l Frank $. Moody of Tuscaloosa as chair man of the resolutions committee re-
 ported that resolutions had been drawn 1 up looking to the appointment of d com
 mittee to secure a reduction if possible in
 the cost of burglary insurance and in-
 demnity bonds. Another to appropriate l 5000 for the use of the agriculture com mittee to use in encouraging the boys and girls of the state in diversified farming. 1 thanking the International Harvester com
 pany for the work it had done in the re- | cent crop campaign, and strongly urging crop diversficaton; another providing for | the appointment of committee to work | in the interest of repeating section 25o of Article 13 of the state constitution, which l it is alleged dssriminates against bank deposits bearing no interest; another in- deposits bearing no interest; another in- dorsing the proposed state bond issue of $1, 5oo0oo to fund the states indebtedness The resolutions in their entirety as re- | ported by the committee were adopted. Val Taylor of Uniontown at this point
 nominated MT Keith for the next presi- 1 dent and he was elected unanimously amid great enthusiasm.
 Previous to the last session of the con vention, the members of the American Bankers association held meeting and | announcement was made that Edward B.
 Crawford of the American Trust and Saw ings bank of Birmingham had been elected Alabama vice president of the as- sociation, and T. O. Smith of the Bir-
 mingham Trust and Savings company of Birmingham had been elected as Ala bama's member of the nominating com mittee of the association. and in that ca pacity will be the official delegate from this state to the meeting of the associa- tion.
 After the installation of officers, the n-
 augural speech of President Keith and the farewell remarks of MT Conner the mo- ton to adjourn was adopted and the con vention was over.
 Delegates Remain Over A few of the delegates left the city yesterday, but the majority of them
 stayed over and many of them intend to
 remain in town several days. to visit friends here and see some of the sights, as the business of the convention of the past three days has kept the majority of the delegates confined and they have seen little of the city or their friends l here.
 l Delegates from all parts of the state yes terday expressed the opinion that the
 most successful meeting in the history of | the association had just been closed. and
 warm sentiments in appreciation of the
 entertainment afforded the convention by
 the Birmingham bankers and their friedns were heard on all sides
 l MT Keith in his inaugural address pre- dicted that America was to become the great financial center of the world in the