The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-23
HARD|NG'S SPEECH
TO Be IMPORTANT
/. COTTON STATEMENT
Whole South Interested In
Address Here at Mer-
chants Meeting
MEETING BEGINS
TOMORROW MORNING
Harding Will Speak at Bijou The
atre Wednesday Night at s
O'Clock and All Interested
To Be Admitted

Information yesterday was to the eff
feet that the address of w. p. G.
Harding before the Alabama Mer-
chants association in convention In
this city Wednesday night at the
biJou theatre will be nm especially I'M
p"rtant statement regarding the cot
ton situation.
Great interest has been attached to the
forthcoming address of Mr.. Harding, for
as member of the federal reserve board.
ne has become probably the leading cot
ton authority of the country. But the
information that his address Is expected
TO be an official statement on a subject
OF much Importance 20 the south at this
time' VIII give it added significance, ard
IL now Is expected that the speech will
have great bearing on events OF the next
several months.
Register Tuesday
Registration of delegates 10 the conven.
ton will begin at the Chamber of Com
merce Early Tuesday morning. Many IF
the delegates are expected to arrive to-
--S' 80 a oiSdt part VI them nave
planned to stay in Birmingham the whole
OF convention week. The most conserva-
tive are now estimating the possible at
tendance at now far below 2o00
Committees from important business nd
civic organizations throughout the south
are coming to Birmingham the second day
o. the convention to hear Mr.. Harding's
address and the following morning. Thurs
day, conference between Mr. Harding
and these committees will lie held at the
Chamber of Commerce, out oe which is
expected to come the formulation of any
plans that may he considered necessary
for the handling of the 1916 cotton crop.
The whole south is turning eyes to Bir-
minGham this week, TO. here probably
will be developed what will effect very
materially the prosperity of every cotton
growing state in the Giion
The delegates will register all of Tues
day morning and then go to East Lake
park, where the. annual convention bar
becue is to be served at u o'clock in the
big roller skating pavilion. The amuse-
ments of the park will be free to the dele
gates throughout the day. Many of them
are expected to make visits TO the whole
sale houses during the afternoon, however.
as the firms, which are the official hosts
of the convention, will keep open house
all the week to all delegates At o'clock
Tuesday night the first business session
of the convention will he held at the
Bdou theatre, several addresses being
male on the different subjss.s OF interest
to tns merchant, new off cers eIc.teI and
installed and so forth.
Harding Wednesday Night
Wednesday morning the delegates will
have to themselves AMI ny until $50
c'c;ock when they will o. guests eli the
'cal entertainment committee at a South
ern league baseball game at Rickwood
Field. At o'clock Wednesday night Mr.
Hardlngs address will be delivered at tho
Eijca theatre.
Thursday morning the delegates will
nave to themselves again AMI 1T 2 clock
Thursday the big excursion down the
Warrior river to Lock II wll begin, two
trains OF II coaches eacl leaving the
Louisville and Nashville station at that
hour for Salters Bluff, where the four
river boats will be boarded
On account of the great interest in MI
Hardings address, all persons interested
have been invited to come to the Bijou
theatre to hear him and the wholesale
trade committee of the Chamber of Com
merce, Murray Brown, chairman, mas
requested that special invitation to this
effect be extended to the public through
The Age-Herald.