The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-23
ALL PLANS WADE FOR S MEET '0<ssRCHANTS Alabama Association To Stage 3-Day Conven-
 ton Here 5000 ATTENDANCE
 IS COUNTED UPON Program Complete With Features Has Been
 Arranged

Final preparations for the meetings of the Alabama Merchants association, one of the stellar convention lattrac- tions to be held in Birmingham annually, Friday were practi- cally complete.
 Ten committees from the Wholesale Merchants and Manufacturers association of the Chamber of Commerce, which have been shaping de- tails of the huge gathering for over a month, reported that arrangements will all be in readiness at the lid-tilting Tuesday, the first of three day session.
 This years convention will be a pace-setter from at least two stand- paints, it is planned. In the first place inc record crowd of 1923, somewhere around 2,T0O; will probably be sur passed. Reservations Rt the Chamber of Commerce. where headquarters of the convention are maintained, point to an attendance 5000 merchants and their families. Entertainment for the visitors has also been more lavishly set, with the idea of making the ses- gions the greatest of their kind ever is. to be expended on the various events. m
 The three-day progfam is 50 alive with features that it Is difficult to select one event of outstanding import Anee. On Tuesday delegates will be guests at Hfclgwcod park for the Bir- pli0gaalns ga # tlIe gesalgss Aisl1s. pa EAlzn De officially opened. keys to the city i,resented. and all of fhe other festiy- ities surrounding such events stayed. Dr. @. ". Dryer of Vanderbilt tIniver- sity will deliver the leading address of the session on Business Economies. l"
 Wednesdays entertainment feature will be held at East Lake park where n series of interesting contests, music by the Alabama Boys School Indus trial School band, and a barbecue, is to serve to make the time enjoyable.
 A bathing review, one of the best ever to be staged here will be tho high light on Thursday when the evenings s entertainment program is listed at Cas- cade Plunge. During the morning of the final day a business meeting with the election of officers of the organ ization on top.
 Committees Appointed
 The entire convention is under the auspices of the Wholesale Merchants and Manufacturers association of the Chamber of Commerce, who hold the meetings yearly as a means of adveE- Using Birmingham goods. Sidney w. Lee is general chairman of the conyen- tion with W. c. Phillips, vice chair man. Special committees follow:
 Baseball Committee-George Bell synder, chairman; J. G. Shaw, Fl. M. Beck, G. c. Knight.
 Theatre Committee-L. NJ, Collins, chairman; J. B. Hill, 0. A. Craven, D. L.. Martin, LeGrande Wilson. H. Berlin, George Grammas, D. H. Nun nally.
 Barbecue Committee-C A. Jones, chairman; E. P. Allen, J. B. Rogers, w. F. Donovan, T. NJ. Mcclellan, Paul H. Earle, R. D. Burnett.
 Contest and Program Committee at East Lake park: 0. P. Noland, chair man; @. P Witte, M. H. Schwartz, J. Frank Watson, J. A. Blumberg, Mur- ray Brown.
 Cascade Plunge Committee-M. N Kronenberg, chairman;, F. J. Ridout, J. Chap Hodges, Stanley Kencht, c. A. Jones, Jr.
 Reception Committee-B. H. Harts- field, chairman; William R, Mabry, H. F. Patterson, B. w Wilkerson, NJ. Silverfield, Ernest Redd, Morris Karp- eles, Bill Whited, J. w. Wood, Howard Yielding, Ben Crabbe.
 Registration Committee - R. c. Thompson, chairman; Charles F. Abrams.
 Transportation Committee--F. NJ Jackson, IT,, chairman; I. Jaffee, R. 1T Stevens.
 Publicity Committee-W. A. Currie, chairman; J. O. 0dell, William Given, Harry Todd, Nj. Band.
 Finance Committee-Waiter c. Phil. lips, chairman; M. V. Aiillsap, vicE president; R. A. Porter, treasurer !. E. Keith, c. c. Blackwell, Wade Wood Sol F'ellheimer.
 Executive Committee, : (Wholesale Merchants and Manufactufers associa. tion), J. D. Keith, president; c. O. Blackwell, JIG. Odell, George Johnston R. c. Thompson, o. l.. Bum, treasurer c. K. Yarn, secretary. 2