The age-herald., 1900-07-20
ALABAMA PRIDE
 BEING AROUSED
From the Huntsville Post.

From the Huntsville Post
 The Birmingham Age-Herald Is keeping up the laudabe agitation of raising fund
 to purchase a silver table service for the battleship Alabama which will soon be
 ready to enter the service of the country. The Mobile Press Club has entered the
 field and will do all it can to get money
 for the purpose, about $2 OeO being required.
 The Age-Herald says so far s11 is on hand
 which was collected by Mrs. J. A. Roun- tree of Birmingham. and s5 which was con-
 tributed by MT. 'T." c. King of Hunts ville-meaning our worthy fellow towns
 man Mir. James c. King. It is high time to
 act in this matter In the name of all things decent and appropriate, let it never
 be said that the grand battleship bearing
 the proud name of our matchless state will
 go to sea with sign of the recognition and godspeed of loyal Alabamians. From the Mobile Register.
 A very important meeting of the Mobile Press Club was held at the office of the Herald yesterday afternoon at o'clock, which was attended by nearly every mem Der of the organization. Immediately pre- vious to the meeting the delegation called upon MT. Marshall, Superintendent of the Louisville and Nashville, and held a confer ence with him regarding the fete to be given here July 30 for the purpose of ob- tainng funds with which to purchase a silver service for the battleship Alabama. MT. Marshall assured the newspaper men of his cordial assistance in whatever man. ner it might be required
 The meeting was called to order by PreSi- dent Hamburger, and it was at once decided
 that he visit New Orleans today to attend
 to the final details of the approaching festi-
 val. He was given full power to act in
 any matters which may come up with the New Orleans boys.
 MT David P. Burns, who has from the start, rendered great assistance to the club, and who was recently admitted as an
 active member, was elected manager of the
 baseball club, owing to the enforced ab- sence from the meetings and practice games of Manager OConnor, who is pressed with business matters. MT. Burns at once took charge of the club and announced that the game would be played with the Rifles at o'clock this afternoon at Mon roe Park. After the game the team which will play the New Orleans Reporters will be announced. The matter of uniforms, etc, will also be settled after the game to- day.
 The club then, by exclamation, elected
 Hon. E. L. Russell chairman of the hon
 orary vice-presdents of the club, list of
 whom will be published shortly. Again,
 by acclamation and amid applause, the
 club selected Miss Eoline Russell as its
 sponsor. MT. J. C. o'Connell was delegated
 a committee of one to notify Colonel and
 Miss Russell of the action of the club.
 President Hamburger reported what he
 had done since the last meeting of the
 club, and his report was approved. Secretary Flournoy Treasurer Hans
 brough and other officers also reported
 what had been done, and in each case
 the report was approved,
 During the meeting there were displayed several papers from various sections of
 the state, which contained articles regard
 ing the fete, and in every instance the ar
 tcles were most complimentary to Mobile in having taken the initiative in the mat
 ter of supplying the silver service to the
 battleship which bears the name of this
 state. The Birmingham Agc-Herald and
 the Montgomery Advertiser particularly de-
 vote much space to the festival and its
 worthy object The papers elcited many expressions of gratitude from the mem-
 bers of the club for assistance rendered
 President Hamburger, while in New Or
 leans, will attend to the matter of badges
 and souvenirs for the coming festival, and
 every detail of the coming fete is now well
 in hand. Not one single matter has been
 overlooked and every indication is that
 the affair will be most unqualified suc-