The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-10
MANY FEATURES | AT ANNUAL STATE | T.P.A. CONVENTION
"Place In the Sun" Cam paign Boost for Alabama. Whitfield Elected Presi-
 dent-Next Meet Here

One of the most enthusiastic con
 ventions ever held in North Alabama
 was concluded at Huntsville Saturday
 when the delegates to the annual state
 convention of the Travellers Protective
 Association. took part in the closing item of the programme, big barbecue
 held at the baseball grounds. One of the features of this closing event was
 a talk by Ray Rushton on the T. F. As project to get a Place in the Sun for Ala abama"
 The convention opened Friday morn ing with speeches of welcome by R. E.
 smith, and Mayor Chase. which were l responded to by representative from the various posts, and among others, General l. H. Dewees, President of the Chamber of Commerce, Montgomery, Henry Hiden and Frank Means. Birm ingham, J. A. Carney, Mobile, A. B.
 Harris, Gadsden, l.. K. M'Voy. Selma. E. l l.. Raney. Decatur, and T. l.. Burchfield, Tuscaloosa. An address was also deliv 1 cred by one of the National Directors, | Newton Watkins, of South Carolina l who congratulated the Alabama Divi- sion on the advertising campaign they
 had inaugurated. He had heard about 1 it. he said. both in St. Louis and Phila-
 delphia
 The retiring president, Lebaron Daily, 1 Mobile, presented an enthusiastic state l ment showing the unprecedented growth of the Division during the past year. and he referred In glowing terms to the good work that the Division had set foot in organizing the Place in the Sun" campaign, which was destined to make Alabama known throughout the entire world.
 NEW OFFICERS
 | The new officers were M. s. Whit field. Montgomery, president; < T. Bartee, Huntsville, D. NJ. Scott. Selma, lG. w. Shirtzer, Demopolis, Wm. Voorhes,
 Athens, Isom J. Dorsey, Opelika, vice. | presidents. The Chaplain, Dr. R. H. | M'Caslin, Montgomery, and the secre 1 tary treasurer, W. R. Mabry, Birming ham, were reelected, and another Bir- mingham man. s. c. Bowman was cleo 1 ted Division Counsel. The state board | of directors consist of L. C. Cardinal, ! Montgomery, J. J. Bradley, Huntsville, E. l.. Raney, Decatur, F. M. Means, O. F. Fontaine, H. Hiden, and J. F. Rob-
 inson, Birmingham. Among the commit tee heads is, c. B. Rogers. president
 of State Board of Inspectors. Mont l gomery. He is chairman of the Good Roads Committed
 l A subscription of $20O was taken up l in aid of the storm sufferers An ac- l count of the work done by the Alabama Art League was received from Miss M.
 McAdory, secretary, and it was resolved l that the Division indorse the Leagues | projects and cooperate with it as far | as possible in carrying out its pro- gramme. An enthusiastic report was l received from Dr. k. H. MCaslin, Mont | gomery acting president of the Ala l bama Commercial League, the organi-
 zation formed as the result of the T. r. A. meeting held in the Tutwiler
 Hotel on April23 last, for the purpose
 of advancing Alabama's commercial interests, especially in reference to se- l curing national and international pub- licity in respect of the states re- ! sources
 l The convention passed a resolution ! pledging it's support to this movement and besides urging on every one of its 5ooo members to start in and work in dividually with view of making Ala
 bama better known both at home and abroad, the State Board of Directors were delegated to represent the associ- alton at the meetings of the ComercIal | League, and were empowered to ad- vance such monies as they felt Were | necessary to help in carrying out the publicity work.
 TELEGRAM READ In this connection the following tele- gram was read from Will F. Black. secretary of the Chamber of Comerce, Montgomery, who was then in attend ance at the Commercial Secretaries Convention. New Orleans: Alabama Delegates Commercial Secretaries ex. tend their congratulations upon splen- did movements inaugurated by your or ganization to give to the world pub licity of resources and possibilities 0 state pride and interest. in all that makes for it's development. The poten tlal power of your three thousand mem- bers cooperating to this end is assur- ance of success. Feel assured when plan is perfected every civic organization in Alabama will gladly cooperate; and that State Bureau of Publicity for car rying on the work will be ultimate out come"
 committee consisting of H. Hidden F. M Means and J. E. Robinson all of Birmin gham was appointed to arrange for the special train to carry the dele gates, and all others who desired to go and boost Alabama, to the T. P A National Convention, Portland Oregon. on June IA, next The Birmingham mem- oers of the delegation are: A. L. Holmes. J. Van Mason, J. F. Campbell. R L. Fuller, J. E. Robinson. F. M Means. |. IT, E- 4hdtlIeNS, J. IL. I>OWell, Henry Hidden. l. M Williams, w. B. Cloe, A T Baugh Jr.. M. R. Tacone, & P. Wall. H. E. Shropshire. S. c. Bowman. F. o. Harvey and Thornton Estes.
 Next year the convention will be held in Birmingham, and delegates present pledged themselves to have a total | membership of five thousand by that time.
 The town of Huntsville was attrac- ! lively decorated for the convention, and the citizens were as one in the effort | they made to give the travelling men | a good time. Friday. an elaborate ban | quet was given the delegates in the | Twickenham Saturday morning, auto | mobiles carried the entire delegation | on a sightseeing tour through beauti- | ful Madison county, and at noon the | festivities were concluded with a bar becue. vote of thanks to the Hunts l vile people. and especially to J. ]. Bradley. who had actual charge of the 1 arrangements. was enthusiastically | carried.