The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-16
Some of the Country's Greatest Business Lead CTS Will Attend Local Sessions
ELABORATE PLANS FOR ENTERTAINING
 GUESTS OF CITY
Ladies in the Party Will Share in Hospitalities Which Will Be Rendered at the Clubs

Birmingham is to be host this week to the Southern Hardware Jobbers associa- ton and the American Hardware Manu- ganizations assemble in joint convention Tuesday morning for four days meet ing.
 Seven hundred delegates will be present including practically all the large hard ware manufacturers in the country as well as the principal wholesale hardware dealers and jobbers in the south. Reser- vations for that number of delegates have already been made and an exceptionally large attendance is anticipated.
 The sessions of the convention will be held in the convention hall at the Tut wiler. The delegates will be welcomed by Commissioner James Weatherly on be- half of the city of Birmingham; President Morris w. Bush for the Chamber of Com merce, and Dr. George H. Denny. presf- dent of the University of Alabama, Will speak for the state. Responses will be made for the Southern Jobbers by Presi- dent Frederick Orgill, and for the Ameri- can Hardware Manufacturers by Presi- dent Charles J. Graham.
 ENTERTAINMENT PLANS
 A number of entertainment features have been arranged for the visitors, an automobile trip over the city ana through the residence sections being the pro- gramme for one afternoon. An automo- bile trip over the industrial district with visits to some of the big industries will be given on another afternoon. A luncheon and card party for the ladies accompanying the delegates will be given at the Country club Wednesday at l o'clock, and there will be informal dances and receptions at the TutwiIer Tuescay and Wednesday evenings. A grand ball and buffet supper will be rendered the visitors at the Southern club Thursday evening.
 One of the biggest features in connec- tion with the joint convention will be the golf tournament, which has been ar ranged for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday afternoon at the Country club. Some of the best golf players in the country are among the members or the two organizations. and the events are expected to attract wide interest
 J. D.. Moore, former president of the assocition, is general chairman of the ex- ecutive committee named by President Bush of the Chamber of Commerce to take charge of the arrangements for the entertainment of the convention dele gates. The final details of the commit tees plans will be worked out at a luncheon at the Southern club tomorrow at 1 o'clock. In addition to Chairman Moore, the members of the committee are l.. Sevier A. w. Carey, T. O. Smith, H. Sanborn Smith, c. E. Thomas and Blanks Everett, secretary to the committee.
 IMPORTANCE OF MEETING
 "The meeting of the American Hard ware Manufacturers and the Southern T. oy1vv TnhharS this Waak ia matter of the greatest importance to Bir- mingham,'' said Robert Jemison, Jr., yes terday. "The members of the American Hardware Manufacturers association are engaged in operating just the kind of manufacturing plants Birmingham should have and just the kind of industries which our district is especially adapted for. I consider the meeting of this organ ization here most opportune, and l hope all the business men of the city and dis trict will take an interest in the matter and see if they cannot do something that will bring good to the city and the dis trict.
 Realizing the advantages and the pos abilities of the meeting of this conven. tion, I wrote a letter to every member o1 the organization some days ago, setting forth the advantages of Birmingham as 8 site for a manufacturing plant such as they operated. a.S0 pointed out tne advantages of this city as distributing place for the location of branch house place for tn elocatiOn of a branch house
 "The suggestion was further made that if the association desired to establish headquarters, no better place could be secured than Birmingham. I have beer agreeably surprised at the number o1 replies have already received. ano most of them expressed the keenest inter est in Birmingham and the district. hope we may be able to convince some of these people of the advantages of the district, and that we will be able to se- cure some new plants from this meeting From business standpoint, Birmingham has had no more important meeting thar this in long time'
 OFFICIAL PROGRAMME
 The programme for the convention fol. lows:
 Morning session, Tuesday. April IS, Il o clock
 Joint session American Hardware Man
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