The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-25
RETAIL HARDWARE
!. DEALERS TO ELECT
STATE OFFICERS
Closing Sessions of Annual
Conference Will Be Held
Today at the Tutwiler
PRESIDENT MORTON'S
PATRIOTIC ADDRESS
Visiting Delegates Given
Banquet Last NIGHT at
Club by Wholesale
Concerns

CLOSING sessions of the twelfth an
ru.l convention of the Alabama Ike
tail Hardware association will be hsld
TODAY. Election of officers, reports OF
and the place of hoiolnS
the next convention will be decided
at the morning session. The afternoon
session will be devoted entirely to the
question box conducted by the retlr-
ing president, James B. Morton, ana
the awarding of the prizes 10 tne
members placing orders with exhitl-
tors.
The address of President James p
Morton of Bessemer was an interest
ing feature of the afternoon session
of the association at the Tutwller no.
tel yesterday. In his talk MI. morton
stressed the necessity of all members
to the calls of the gov
eminent and doing their best. An in
terestins talk was made by Hamp
Williams of Hot Springs on Hardware
Mutual Insurance." urging the hard
ware dealers to carry insurance lhis
insurance, stated Mr.. Williams, saves
the dealer from So to so per cent en-
insurance and the companies were
more able to carry the insurance than
the Individual.
KEEPING ACCOUNTS
S. r. Miles of Argos, Ind, made q
most interesting talk on the impor-
lance of keeping better systems of &C
counts, his subject being, KNOWING
Versus Guessing" He also urged the
members of the association to get be-
hind the home garden project, and spoke
of the assistance they could be to the
government in having demonstrations
in their stores. educating the people
how to can fruits and vegetables ane
thus conserve the food crops raised
this year.
Walter Harlan. secretary treasurer
of the association. made a report Of
the years work which showed the as
ISOLATION to be in good financial con-
dition. The question of organizing q
mutual hardware insurance company
for the southeastern district was DIS
cussed at length and a motion was
made that the Alabama association &C
on record as approving the organiza-
ton of such a company. The directors
of the southeastern district will pre-
sent the matter to the National Hard
ware association. S. J.. Rollins, first
Quoted the question box. which afford
ed much valuable information from
the general discussion.
CASH AND CREDITS
]. r. Gamble, president of the Ma.
tional Retail Hardware association
addressed the meeting at the morn
ing session on Finding and Solving
Hardware Problems" He spoke of til,
fo tai1 l, n <Jo, ~.
to discriminate between the cash anc
credit business.
THE Steel Situation, was thorough
ly discussed by Fl. A. Squibbs of the
American Steel and Wire company o1
Chicago and many things of especia,
interest to hardware dealers were re-
lated by Mr.. Squibbs The question
box was conducted by Hamp William.
in the absence of T. B. DeLoach, an6
the association attended the exhibits
in body.
banquet was given last night al
Z o'clock at the Southern club in honor
of the visiting hardware dealers nS
the Moore Handley Hardware coz
pany. Crane company, Wimberly 4
Thomas Hardware Co. Young & VAN
Co., Gulf States Steel company ant
the American Steel and Wire company
Harry Jones of this city acted a.
POSTMASTER Among the other prorni
nent men in hardware circles notet
among those present were:J. r. Gamble
president of the National Retail Hard
ware association; S. r. Miles, ex-presi
dent of the same -organiza ton: Carl S
Pick Of Chronicle Frank Willis Bar
nett, James B. Morton, OF the Alabam;
Retail Hardware convention, now il
session IN this city; Hampton William
OF Little Rock. Ark, of the Gulf State
Steel COMPANY: r. f. johnson and Mi
Carroll # st. Louis