The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-08
UNITY |S STRESSED
 AMONG SHOE MEN AT FINAL SESSION
Charleston, s. c., Will Be Host To Next Convention Of
 Retailers

Unity of understanding, co-opera ton and organization among mem bers of the Southern Shoe Retailers association was the keynote of re- port of the committee on resolutions adopted by the annual convention of the association at It's closing session Thursday morning at the Tutwiler hotel.
 Charleston, S. C.. was selected as gathering of the association to be held in 1924. Charleston was chosen over Savannah, Ga. and Pensacola, Fla, both of which cities extended invita- tions to the shoe dealers to date of the convention, which is to be held about June 1, will be announced after deliberations by members of the executive committee. An effort will be made to have 300 shoe dealers in attendance.
 M. A. Condon. Charleston, $. C., be- came head of the association for the coming year, when the report of the nominating committee was confirmed Thursday morning. Other officers as follows were named in the report and election ccnfirmed Fred Stewart, Atlanta, first vice president; Charles Scruggs, Spartanburg, S. C., second vice president: E.. P. Golden, Jack sonville. Fla, third vice president Dave Rich. of Birmingham, fourth vice president; C. V. Hohenstein, At lanta, Ga. secretary; Frank Stevens, Atlanta, Ga, treasurer.
 Directors were also elected, as rec commended by the nominating com mittee, as follows: For Georgia, George Bussey and Nose Smith Of Atlanta and Joseph Ehrlich of Al Schaffner, Columbia; for Florida T. w. Beagle, Jacksonville; for Ala bama, J. $. Simon, Mobile.
 Browns and Tan.
 In it's report. the committee on styles recommended browns and tans as the predomina ting colors in wom- ems shoes for the coming season. Considerable blacks also will be in evidence. In straps, combinations will be the favorites, with front and side pattern gorings. Broad toes will be the favorite style i'll preference to narrow lasts. Heels will run from g to lo-s as the lowest, while Cuban heights will run to 14-1. and some Spanish and Louis types as highest None but low cuts in women's shoes are considered for fall wear. Colors in children's shoes will Follow closely those in women's foot wear, according to the official dictum Of the shoe retailers style commit tee, though reds will be more in evidence than in women's wear. will be popular. Toes will be broad and square. with low cuts generally selling to the young women.
 Tans and blacks will run a close race in mems lines, with tans prob ably more in demand Fancy pat terms will be sold m larger numbers than ever before with the box toe as favorite. Boys shoes will follow closely the lead set by mems shoes, with fancy patterns in tans and blacks in large numbers
 The committee on resolutions in its plea for cooperation among shoe dealers, urged the uniting of branches of the shoe industry in bringing about larger per capita use of shoes by the American public for the caring for the over-capacity produc-
 tion of the shoe factories of the nation. American shoes are the best in the world, the report stated. Thank Birmingham Dealers. Thanks also were rendered the Birmingham dealers for the enter tainment provided the visiting shoe dealers throughout the convention, and also for the elaborate program
 which was arranged for.
 Sam Davis, secretary of the na- tional shoe retail shoe dealers organ ization. in a short speech insisted on concentrated work in doubling the membership of the southeastern as sociation.
 W. S. Byck, speaking on the inn portance of membership in the National Shoe Retailers association, urged that all southeastern shoe deal CTS join the organization. A letter Is to be sent to the national asso
 citation thanking them for having sent Secretary Davis to aid in the convention. Letters also will bs mailed to other shoe organizations of the country, informing them of the work accomplished at the con-