The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-28
'LAUNDRYMEN GO ID l. NEW ORLEANS NEXT Meeting of Tri-State Asso-
 citation Comes to Close
 MCCLELLAN NEW HEAD
New Orleans Man Chosen President to Succeed Bancroft-Visitors Loud in Praise of Entertainment at
 the Newspaper Club

After the most successful meeting ever held by the Tri-State Launderers' asso- citation. the convention adjourned yester- day after New Orleans was selected as the next meeting place and after B. c. Mcclellan of that city was elected pres dent That the meeting has been decided ly the most enjoyable and the most in- structve ever held is the unanimous opinion of the visitors. who came here
 from many states for the convention. And that the star attraction was the banquet at the Newspaper club was the enthusiastic comment of the members.
 When adjournment time came yester- day and the members poured forth from the ballroom of the Tutwiler and discov- cred lone reporter there they began a perfect bombardment of congratulatory comments about the Newspaper club. founded by the active newspaper men, and over 900 of the leading men of this city.
 New Officers Elected
 The new officers elected include MT Mcclellan, president E. Frank of Little Rock, vice president for Arkansas; Percy Brewer. vice president for Alabama. D. D. Garfield of Nashville. vice president l leans, vice president for Louisiana, and l. Lehman of Jackson, vice president for Mississippi. Dr. J. H. Mccormack of Mo-
 bile continues as secretary and G. F.
 Smith of Hattiesburg is treasurer.
 It was announced following the ad-
 journment that the Florida launderers did not belong to any association and on that account the laundry men of Pen
 sacola had joined the Tri-State associa-
 ton after an invitation. This was taken
 to indicate a very important spread of
 the influence of the Tr-State associa-
 tion.
 The work yesterday afternoon consist ed of committee reports and the elec- ton of officers, all of whom were in-
 stalled. After the adjournment the re- tirng president, J H. Bancroft of Mo- bile was presented with-a magnificent diamond studded Masonic watch charm by the associa tion, in commemoration of his excellent work for the associa- ton during the year just past. MT. Ban croft presented with the jewel in the lobby of the Tutwler hotel with the entire membership of the organiza- ton crowding about him and he was very much surprised and gratifed over the token of remembrance He accepted the pin with few appropriate words The members of the association. in charge of representatives of the Ten nessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company and of the American Steel and Wire company. left yesterday afternoon at O o'clock for visit to the industrial plants They went through the Ensey division
 of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Rail- road company properties and then to Fairfield where the industries at that place were given an inspection. Every
 member seemed to deeply enjoy the visit over the industrial cities. They expressed surprise that Birmingham was so ex- tensively dotted with huge manufactur- ing plants.
 Barkley Makes Address The business feature of the associatio
 meeting was yesterday morning when J. A Barkley of Chicago. president of the National association, made an address He spoke for nearly one hour upon the advancement made recently in the laun- dry industry and of laws needed to ade- quately protect the industry from those inclined to forget small financial obiga-
 accrue from good, strong organizations and spoke of the vast results that would accrue from good strong organizations such as the one in session here. He spoke of the yellow peril'' in the guise of Chinese and related some of the we'll known facts about the inefficient inspec- | ton along the Canadian border He spoke of the methods used to smuggle Chinamen into this country.
 MT Mcclellan spoke of Finished Fam. fly Wash and the work was concluded by G. l.. Wenzell of Cincinnati with a paper entitled The Cold Starch Pro- cess"