The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-18
STATE BANKERS ID ]. OPEN CONVENTION
 IN MOBILE TODAY
Address of Governor Harding Will Be Feature of Meeting. Many Capitalists Are
 to Attend

Mobile, May 1T.-(special)-One of the greatest conventions in the history Of banking in Alabama win be held here this week, opening to- MOTION afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the Battle house auditorium. The attendance will show bankers from every city in the state and men rremlnent in the financial world of the federal government, New York, Chicago, Atlanta and other cities.
 D. F. Bestor. Jr., president of the national bank division of the state association, president of the Mobile clearing house association and general chairman of the arrangements com nittee for the thirtieth annual con vention of the state bankers, an nounced last night that every detail has been arranged for the meeting.
 Harding Arrives
 The arrivals today number some of the prominent men of finance in the country and in the state. Among them were ". P. G. Harding. gov ernor of the federal reserve bank at Washington; Bradley Curroy, of the National Bank of New York; Walter 5. Jelliffee, of the National Park bank, of New York; Letcher Melton. of tho Commonwealth Financial cor poratien, of New York and former vice president of the Farmers and Mechanics bank of this city; s. A. Lynee, of Decatur; ]. A. Barnett and K. J. Lazenby of Monroeville; J. B. Brown and J. B. Hodges of Hamil- ton; l.. Jackson and wife of Peter man, and H. Wheeler of Winfield,
 The Montgomery and Birmingham delegation will reach the city this morning on special sleepers attached to the Louisville and Nashville Pan- American train. The New Orleans delegation of bankers will also att tend the convention in large num- bers. Previous to tho opening of tho convention this afternoon the visit ing bankers will be the guests of the Mobile Rotary club at their weekly luncheon at the Cawthon ho- tel A feature of the theatre party tonight will be the showing of film on the screen depicting scenes on the Alabama and Warrior rivers and scenes of the shipping in Mo- hileN harbor.
 Port Aid Amendment
 While the visiting bankers from all parts of the state are in Mobile they will be told of the necessity of the passage of the port aid amendment at the November general election and what it means to the great com of Alabama, according to the committee of arrangements.
 The registration of delegates WIN open promptly at 9 o'clock on the floor of the Battle house with C. R. Keener of the Farmers and Mechanics bank in charge.
 Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock the convention will be called to or der by oscar Wells of Birmingham, president of the First National bank of that city. who will state the pur- pose of the meeting. An invocation will follow, after which the delegates will be welcomed to the city by City Commissioner K. V. Taylor, in charge of the financial department of the city commission.
 Werner to Respond
 k sC. fB. Werner of Tuscaloosa, one or tke leading bankers of the Druid City, will respond to the address of welcome. The opening session will be featured by the annual address of President Oscar Wells of Bir- mingham. He will review the work of the association for the past year and discuss the financial conditions that have existed in Alabama during lis administration as the head of the states leading financial organization.
 An address that all the bankers of the association, as well as the visiting financiers from other states are looking forward to. is that to be delivered by Governor W. r. C. Harding of the federal reserve board. The subject of the address will be "Banking Under the Federal Reserve Act" Henry T. Bartlett, secretary and treasurer of the association. Will make his report for the past year. Mir Bartlett Is well known finan- t1i,,,,i |, ,el nm