The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-17
MANAGERS AND OWNERS MEET HERE MONDAY Southern Conference To Hold 2-Day Session
 In Tutwiler BIRMINGHAM MEN
 BOOKED TO TALK Number Of Important Addresses Will Be Made By
 Them

ence of the Southern Association of Building Owners and Managers. which opens Monday morning in the Tutwiler hotel for two-day convention of men representing millions ill invested capital throughout the south.
 The real estate men here are the sole representatives of the organization the hotel men of Birmingham have not yet joined, Charles P. Marks of the Jemi. son company said.
 Large Number Present
 Hundreds of delegates from all the large cities will be present for the con ference, it was announced by Mr. Marks. The majority of the sessions will be held in the Tutwiler hotel. They will begin Monday morning and close at noon Tuesday.
 The program of entertainment in- cludes luncheon to ladies at the Country club Monday at 1 o'clock, followed by an automobile ride over the city; banquet at the Tutwller hotel to all guests, with W. H. Sadler, Jr., as toastmaster, and ride over the city Tuesday at ? o'clock, visiting the steel mills and blast furnaces.
 Opens Monday
 Registration of the delegates will begin Monday morning at s 80 o'clock /; the. conference will be called to order atsD 30 o'clock when Dr. Henry Ed monds, president of the Rotary club and pastor of the Independent Presby- terian church, will deliver the invoca- tion and address of welcome.
 Following his address, the appoint ment of special committees and the cleo tion of a nominating committee will be held. At 10 o'clock Lee Thompson Smith of New York city, one of the most prominent real estate men in his city, will address the association on "Government Leases and Contracts
 A discussion will follow at 10 80 o'clock. Charles M. Rogers. president of Rogers, Higgins & Co.,, Inc. of New Orleans, will give an illustrated 1ec- ture on "Modern Heating Equipment" Following a discussion of MT. Rogers talk, the conference will recess at noon.
 Rents Discussed
 A round table conference will begin at 1 o'clock and will treat rental con- ditions in southern office buildings. R. l.. McKeever of Washington will pre- side, and George Randolph of Mem phis, c. F. Wilkinson of Atlanta, T. H. Lynch of New Orleans, D. l.. Brown of Birmingham, H. R. Bush of Greensboro, N. C., and O. D. Green of Baltimore will join in the discussion,
 The conference will again recess at 2 o'clock. At 2 80 o'clock A.. M. Sheen of the Southern Underwriters associa- tion, Atlanta, will speak on How an Insurance Underwater Would Con sruct and Operate an Office Building" A. Schulke, secretary of the Cleveland Association of Office Buildings Owners
 
 Methods to Create New Business in Office Buildings"
 George Randolph of Memphis will speak at 4 80 o'clock on "A Survey of Office Space" The conference will ad- journ at , 30 o'clock.
 ShuItz To Open
 Earle Shultz of Chicago will open the conference Tuesday morning at 9 go o'clock with an address on "The Build ing Planning Service of the National Association of Building Owners and Managers. At 10:30 o'clock A. F. Horn of the Horn Chemical company, New York state, will talk on "How the Chemist Would Buy for the Building Manager" A business session at II 30 o'clock, including the hearing of con- mittee reports and the election of of ficers, will conclude the active business of the conference.
 John Lewis is chairman of the com- mittee on general arrangements; II. F. Lesher, of the committee on reception c. r. Marks of Birmingham. of the committee on entertainment. and F. l.. Brown of Birmingham, of the commit tee on hotel reservations.
 H. R. Camper is president of the Birmingham association A. w. Nelson, vice president, and R. J. Adams, sec retary.
 c. F. Palmer of Atlanta is president of the southern association; o. D. Green of Baltimore. first vice president; T. H Lynch of New Orleans, second vice president, and Fred Shaeffer of At lanta, secretary treasurer.