The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-02
SIXTY REALTORS
 ARENOW ONWAY
 TO CAPITAL CITY
Accompanied By Band And Carrying Souvenirs,
 Party Leaves

AOdueu WIJH SouVeHiTS dIlu uoNelties to advertise their home city, and given a rousing send-off by the Boys Indus trial school band, which is accompany ing them on the trip, approximately 60 members of the Birmingham real estate board and other realtors from this dis trict left at o'clock Sunday afternoon to attend the national real estate men's S convention at Washington, D. c.
 The trip is being made in "The Bir- rningham Realtors Special" a train composed of five Pullman cars, a buff fet an an observation compartment, over the Seaboarl Airline road. Frank H. Willis, district passenger agent is making the complete trip with the realtors and Fred Geisler. assistant dis trict passenger agent, joined the group at Atlanta.
 Carry Souvenir Pigs"
 With souvenir iron pigs. labeled on one side, Compliments of the Birming- ham Realtors and on the other, "A Birmingham Pig" and with thousands of toy balloons that are to be let loose in Washington. the local contingent is prepared for an energetic campaign to advertise Birmingham before the entire convention. The boys band, under the direction of E. C. Jordon, has been practicing for weeks on a group of special songs, for which the realtors have words telling in glowing words the greatness of Birmingham.
 On the rear of the special train is a huge electric sign telling that the train is 'The Birmingham Realtors Special This, in itself. was expected to arouse considerable interest on the journey to Washington. The toy ballons that the realtors are carrying each will carry an addressed postal card, providing opportunity for the finder to get in communication with some Bir- mingham realtor.
 Cars carrying delegations from At lanta, New Orleans and Texas were added to the train at Atlanta. The train is scheduled to arrive in Wash ington Monday evening, and the Bir- mingham delegation will go directly to the New Willard hotel, where accom- modations have been reserved, and where the local men will make their headquarters during the entire conven- ton.
 Personnel Of Party
 The members of the band who, are accompanying the realtors are:
 Robert Alexander, flat clarinet: Wal ter Holmes, Harry Guise and James Crear, solo clarinets Marcus Beck and Leon Malone. first clarinets Diemer Moore and Raymond Jones. second clarinets; Paul Smith and Robert An derson, third clarinets; Tom Lawson soprano saxophone; Burton Trenor and Henry Spicer, tenor saxophones Louis Stuteville, baritone saxophone: Frank Henderson. cornet soloist; Neal Wells and Buster" Brown, solo comets; Hugh Rochester and Joe Stone, first comets; Billie Franklin, second cornet; George Simpkins, third cornet; Roy Farnell and Alton Harris, French horns. Lee Phillips, second horn; Eddie McMillin. third horn; John Hicks, fourth horn: William Barnett. baritone horn; Earl Warden and Eddie Smith, bass: Paul Westbrook bass drum Willie Boyu and Walter Naramore, snare drums; Emanuel Smith, drum major.
 Little Martha Jordan, daughter of the bandmaster. will go with the band. accompanied by her mother. Miss Martha will sing with the hand dur ing the opening sessions of the con vention.
 Dr. Roy Hershey, pastor of the Wood lawn Presbyterian church. will accom- pany the band and assist in looking after the welfare of the boys while on the trip.
 The special train will be in charge of the oldest conductor on the Seaboard Sam B. Tate, when it leaves.
 In the party going from the real estate board will be T. H. Howell, I. l.. Hume, w. G. Oliver. Walter Moore, c. F. Manly. J. D. Chichester, R. G. Hewett, Clyde Nelson, A. Up. shaw, J. B. Dryer. C. Byrd, Malcolm Jeter, W. F. Johnson, J. H. Parker, MT. and Mrs. Barker. Louie Reese. J. 2. Walker, R. E. Smith, Howard ]. Parish, G. H. Green, Mir. and Mrs. ". B. Leedy, Mir. and Mrs. J. l.. Yancey and son; James B. Drake, A. c. Montgomery. Mir. and Mrs. Green and son, Mir. and Mrs. Roscoe McCon- nell, H. NJ. Henderson. Nat Barker, John Marks, J. E. Bartlett, NJ. H. Me Dowell and two sons, Ensley; J. F. Harden, Claude Estes, A. A. Gambill, Q. c. Weldon, D. S. Meyer, W. W. Hazard, Lamar Smith, Dave Anderson. ". J. Syx and son, Wylam; W. A. Poindexter, Ensley; w. E. Cornell. J. Fl. Chamblee. z. E. Brooks, T. P. Wat kins, R. B. Coleman. Robert Galloway, the Birmingham News; Ed McDavid. Leon W. Friedman. the Birmingham News; Boy Schultze, A. B. Cameron. Fl. M. Murdock, w. N. Malone. J. L. Hammond, J. B. Carr and J. H. Wal