The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-05-12
DEFICIT OF $3.50
ON THE CARNIVAL
An Entertainment and Cake Walk at
Auditorium
TO RAISE NECESSARY MONEY
No Definite Action As to HeXt Years Gel
ebFatiOn.
WILL WAIT UNTIL DEBTS ARE PAID
Emile Lesser Was Reelected President
at Meeting of the Carnival Soci-
ETY. Last Night and B. Stein
er Treasurer.
TO RAISE NECESSARY MONEY
WILL WAIT UNTIL DEBTS ARE PAID

With an urgent deficiency of $657.4 on its
hands, the Birmingham Carnival society
last night decided to postpone action on
the question of next years celebration
until all debts or the society had first been
met or provided for.
1t was also decided to appeal to the
citizens of Birmingham to assist in raising
the money to meet this deficit by patron
izing an entertainment to be given at the
auditorium the latter part of this month,
tho principal feature of which will be an
interstate cake walk, to which an admis-
sion fee of 50 cents will be charged.
The annual meeting of the society was
held last nighr in Elks hall, and was large
ly attended, number of representative
business men being present. The meeting
was called to order at 500 o'clock by Pres
ident Lesser, who presented his annual re-
port as follows:
Lessers Annual Report
In September, 1898, this society ordered a
programme to be carried out at an ex-
pense of $780, Since then another allow
ance was made for Mr. Rountree to pay
him for work in connection with a trades
display in connection with the carnival.
The extreme cold weather cost the society
on account of the postponement the sum
. of $1,700, which would not have been in
CURED had the weather permitted the cele
bra ton to go on in February. The total
amount of money expended is $60974 di-
vided into the following accounts:
Contractor Evans for floats. $50 IS
Advertising and bill postings (twice) 957 50
Music Ctwice).. E. 80. .... :. =. :. :. S12 10
Fireworks and Examinations :. ;. =. 1874 IS
Parade expenses -. -. -. -. -. 1854 Go
Badges, buttons and decorations.... 241 80
Auditorium carpenter work and
stands. -. -. 1OS 50
General expense account. -. -. -. 1856 81
Cost TUNES. :. -. -. -. -. -. e. -. 400 co
Programmes and invitations. =. =. 165 70
Grand marshals expense. =. :. =. 125 90
Rountree on salary. ... -. ... 80. 1872 90
IOta.. ..$609i Al
The following bills remain unpaid, for
which provisions should be made at once:
Steiner Bros, bankers, overdraft..S 1913 62
Contractor Evans, balance due in
full-.. 30O 10
Phil MemOli, music. -. -. -. -. Sc 90
f. Lustig, balance due for decora-
TONS. -. =. -. =. -. =. -. =. 60 90
]. Flies '& Sons, for carriages. =. :. so co
Emil Lesser cash paid for bills due 46 81
A c.. Reckling. balance on bill due 10
III. A. Kline, balance due on bill.... SO
Louis Saks.... e. -. -. -. -. -. 80
Quail ...9l,VJo IL
There are bills due to Loveman, Joseph
& Loeb, and to Soiro & Long, but they
covered by unpaid subscriptions made
by the same firms, and need not therefore
be considered The balance of bills due
some old accounts are not pressing, and
could easily be paid if the society resolves
to sell its paraphanalia. 1 believe this
will bring fully as much as the amount of
these other bills There is outstanding to-
day a sum of SAL of subscriptions as yet
not collected, but considered good Take
this from the above amount men,
toned and it leaves a balance net of
se57.44 to be subscribed or gotten up by
some means to be decided by you The
money is due as you see to musicians on
the contractor for labor performed, and
that money should be raised at once. The
other bills mentioned above a settlement
OF which l believe could be obtained from