The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-15
OVER 400 BANKERS AT BANQUET LAST NIGHT AT MOBILE
Convention to Adjourn Late Today After Election of Officers and Selection
 Next Convention City

Mobile. May (SpeciaL)-E w. Pruet of Gadsden, retiring president
 of the Alabama Bankers Association, was elected vice president of the Ala
 bama branch of the American Bankers Association at meeting held in the
 auditorium of the Battle house Fri many years to elect the retiring presi- dent of the state association vice pres ident of the state branch of the Ameri-
 can association.
 f Other officers elected were: c. M. Howard, president of the Peoples
 Bank and Trust Company. Selma, mem-
 Der of the nominating committed; A. H. Dabbs, president of the First Ma tional bank, Reform, alternate mem-
 Der of the nominating committee; Ben son Gail, assistant cashier of the Bir- mingham Trust and Savings bank, Bir-
 mingham, vice president of the trust company section; Leo Steiner, presi- dent of the Steiner Banking Company, 'AtiiihS hdHi, Nlce pIeSiuett oi tlie
 savings bank section; N. A. vincentelli, vice president of the Capital National bank, Montgomery, vice president of the national bank section, and J. B. Barnett, president of the Monroe County bank, Monroeville, vice presl- dent of the state bank section
 MT. Pruet succeeds Val Taylor as vice president.
 The terms of office of all the of ficers of the association is one year. Mobile, May 14.-(Special.) )--More than 450 bankers from Alabama and other states were present at the annual ban quet of the Alabama Bankers Associa- ton which was held in the main dining room of the Battle House Friday night and during the course of which a num- ter of prominent bankers were called
 upon. for short speeches by the toast- master, Francis J. Ingle, of Mobile. The association convened in their twenty eighth annual session at the hotel Thurs day morning, and will be adjourned Sat urday afternoon after the annual elec- tion O. officers is held and the next
 meeting place is selected.
 1 The bankers and their friends were given boat ride on Mobile river and the bay Friday afternoon
 Among those who spoke at the banquet
 were r. w. Ellsworth, vice president of the Hibernia Bank of New Orleans. and Haynes McFadden, publisher Of the souther-l Banker. at Atlanta.
 , Friday afternoon the bankers and thejr 1 friends were the guests of Mobile bank CTS on tour of the water front on Mo- bile river and the bay. The trip was
 made in the United States steamer Talla- boost, which was placed at the disposal thaa Na,aIr hxyf fha ont G- itors were favorably impressed with the immensity Of the shipbuilding plants, and many expressed surprise that Mobile had so many great ship landings and dry q 3cks.
 ] At the conclusion of the banquet Frl- | day night dancing was enjoyed until & lste hour The feature of the Friday s sdssion was the address of D. F. Green superintendent of state banks. on Re view of Banking in Alabama" MT, Green gave brief history of the bank ing industry in Alabama and the great
 growth of the industry throughout the state and the benefits that had been de- rived by bankers and patrons. He closed with an appeal to the bankers to lead the way for more economy on the part of the people, and declared that the bank CTS could accomplish more good in teach
 ing and instructing the people on the
 
 cies combined
 w. A. Sadd, president of the Chatta- nooga Savings Bank, and vice president
 of the savings bank section, delivered an address on the saving feature of banks and made an earnest plea that the Amer ican people get to rock-bottom facts ana save their money. He declared that it was time that the bankers called halt on the wild extravaganza of the people
 in O,.la fa axra financial crisis At the conclusion of MT. Sadd' $ address, the reports of the group chair men of the State Banking Association was made.
 The majority of the reports submitted by the chairmen showed great increase in the number of banks in their respec- tive districts, all showing large increases in deposits.
 A number of bankers were called upon by President B. w. Pruett to make short five-minute speeches on various subjects pertaining to banking and a nu-D CT re sponded The meeting adjourned at 3 o'clock in order that the members ana their guests might view the city and the shipping from the decks of the Talla- poosa
 Saturday afternoon just before the elec- tion and installation of officers, President Pruett will. present silver loving cup 10 each group chairman
 The convention, which, in polnt or at tendance. was the largest in the history of the organization, will adjourn Satur- day afternoon at o'clock and the pank- CTS will be the guests of local bankers s at a baseball game between Mobile and Chattanooga at Monroe Park. The visla- ors Friday were much impressed by the hospitality of Mobile citizens and several expressed the hope that the members would vote to hold their 1921 meeting here. Montgomery and Birmingham nave large delegations here to fight for the selection of their respective cities as the