The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-04-28
TWO HUNDRED
MEMBERS ARE
IN PENSACOLA
First Session Is Held In San
Carlos Auditorium At
$50 p. M.
ARE WELCOMED
BY Z. r. MALONE
Response Is Delivered BY
Oscar Welles of Biz
ningham.

With about two hundred bankers in
attendance the twenty-fourth annual
session of the Alabama l5ankers' as
ISOLATION convened IN the San Carlos
auditorium yesterday aft ,rno N. MeE
prorai' ent in the financial AMI bust
ness af5airs Of Florida's sister state
as well as from Chicago, New York
and other monied centers, arrived In
the city In large numbers during yes
terday ana last night, and this morn
ing's train viii bring others. IN The
belief Of officers of The association
the CONVEX ton In Pensacola will &c
the most successful anc Largely ut
tended of any in the history Of the
Alabama Bankers association. Com
nittees of business men welcomed the
visitors and the local bankers are do
ing all within their power to make
the visit of the bankers to Pensacola
one which they will long remember.
The meeting was opened with pray
er by the Rev. John H. Brown, of
Christ church, followed BY an address
of welcome for Florida By e. R. Ma
lone, president Of the American Ma.
tional hank.
Hon. w. b. Sheppard, Judge OF the
United States district court, who was
to have made the address, was UNI
avoidably absent, and Mr.. Malone took
his place. He extended a cordial well
come to all the bankers, and said that,
when you get Pensacola sand In your
shoes you can't walk well until You
come back to the Deep Water City"
Continuing, he said that Pensacola
had three great attractions, attrac-
tons which could not be resisted, and
all three were water. eve have three
kinds of water here" said Mr.. Ma
lone. Fresh, salt, and fire. We APP
pointed committee to investigate
all three before inviting you to par
take of them, and they have rendered
a favorable report. 1t remains for
all to make themselves at home, and
to make frequent use Of aIl three"
He then told of his experiences on
a trip TO the East Coast, and the great
development which has taken place
there, and which Pensacola is Just
beginning to feel, much Of which he
said was due the banks and their
activities.
But above all, the fact that Inn
pressed me most was the work Of the
government, and with it came the
thought that while Europe is tearing
down we are building up, and are
Just entering upon the greatest wave
of prosperity the country has ever
seen"
Mr.. Malone concluded his remarks
with this unique invitation, 'rWe want
you to feel perfectly loose while you
are here, do as you please, and come
and see as again and often
Oscar Welles, president Of the First
National Bank of Birmingham, re-
sponded to Mr.. Malone. Hon. Thos.
E. IKilby, lieutenant governor Of Ala
bama, was TO have responded. but
was absent from the meeting.
Mr.. Welles said IN part: while we
appreciate the welcome extended us,
we have known before that we were
welcome. We could read IL on the
faces Of the citizens themselves, as
all seem TO say TO as that they are
|, glad that we came" Developing this
idea he spoke Of the ties that bind
this section of Florida to Alabama,
ties of general interest and co-opera-
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