The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-03
Expect to Sell 5000 Tickets to Bob TayIOrs Lecture
 for Soldiers Home
MAYOR GIVES LUNCH
 ID MONTGOMERY LADIES
Some of the Most Prominent Ladies of the Capital Visit Birmingham in the Interest of the Old
 confederates.

party of Montgomery young ladies arrived in the city yesterday for the pur- pose of selling 5000 tickets to Bob Fay lor's lecture in Montgomery on June 1i l for the benefit of the Soldiers Home at | Mount Pleasant Ala.
 The party consists of Miss Sayre. Miss Meyer. Miss Jones. Miss Richardson, Miss May, Miss Coleman. Miss Hubbard and Miss Randall They are chaperoned by Mrs. Fred Warren and Mrs. J. R. Jordan.
 Mayor Drennen met them at the train and entertained them at lunch at the Morris hotel. This morning they will commence the canvass of the city to sell the tickets. They expect to complete the work in two or three days and will visit every store and merchant in the city and the suburbs. The tickets are 50 cents each and every one is expected to pur- chase from one to ten, or more if they wish.
 Mayor Drennen has recommended that the city purchase 100 tickets and there Is no Gouht 1t will pass the committee. A ndnibcr of prominent men are expected to take large numbers of the tickets to help the cause. This plan was adopted instead of the subscription plan, because those working for 1t thought more peo- pie would be interested if they had con tributed at least 50 cents
 Will Canvass City.
 The eight young ladies who came from Montgom cry will in pairs thoroughly can vass the city Each couple will be ac- companied by a young man appointed by the mayor yesterday afternoon. They are requested to meet at o'clock at Loveman, Joseph & Loeb's store. which has been chosen, as headquarters. The young men are MT. H. A. Richardson, the mayors secretary; MT. William Leedy of w. M. Leedy & Co.,; Mir Mortimer Jordan of the News, and MT. F. H. Bell of The Age-Herald. MT. Joseph has promised to send one of his clerks to fill out the required number. Other young men will be asked to serve tomorrow and Wednesday,, the ladies expecting to be through by that time.
 A meeting of several prominent men called yesterday dltelHooIi III 'iS A'A"' OA v office to settle on some plan for selling the tickets Mayor Drennen was appoint ed to request the young men to serve. Dr. J. C. Abernathy stated there was an executive committee incorporated in Bir- mingham and that it had enough build ing material promised to erect the Sol diers Home, provided there would be raised sufficient money to pay for the labor to erect 1t and for equipping and maintaining If after erected.
 To Visit Mt. Pleasant.
 party of four, consisting of Mir c. T. Hughes, Major Golf, of Pratt City; Dr. J. c. Abernathy and MT. w. E. Bridewell will leave this morning for Montgomery to meet Major Falkner and visit with him the home at Mount Pleas ant.
 Major Falkner has two old soldiers in the home at present. It is said when they went to the home they had care worn faces and were feeble and hardly able to walk, but since they have been there two days their faces have worn a smile and their step has become many years younger. They have sufficient pro visions at the home to last some time. The movement will not stop until every crippled and indigent Confederate soldier in the state Is cared for.