The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-20
RAISING OF FUNDS
 BEGINS IN EARNEST
Movement for State Exhibitat St. Louis Finds Ready Responses
COTTON MILL MEN T0FRONT I
Agree to Get Up the Textile Exhibit and Will Contribute to General FunC as WeIl--President
 Lane Outlines Plan.

Lane outlines Plan.
 Charles P. Lane of Huntsville. who was elected president of the Alabama Worlds Fair association, has commenced active work raising the money necessary for the exhibit While only three counties have been called on. the responses from them have been ready and MT Lane feels that he will be able to raise much more money than was at first thought possible.
 As is well known Jefferson county has contributed, and a nice sum has been promised by the men who are interested in the movement here. From the meet ing Monday Mir. Lane went to Madison county, his home and there was promised an appropriation by the county commis- sioners The cotton mill men have agreed to get up the textile exhibit and to make it the best ever sent from this state It is expected the cotton mill men will also contribute to the general fund, A lumber exhibit has also been promised from this county
 Morgan Will Do Her Part.
 From Huntsville MT. Lane went to Nor gan county and the two Decaturs. In Decatur a committee of five was appoint ed to have charge of raising the money and C. C. Harris, the well known banker was made chairman. He has promised a good sum for the general fund, and he also thinks that the county commission CTS of Morgan county will make an ap- propriation. The balance of the commit- tee is W. A. Bibb H. B. Beard, John D. Wyker and H. D. Scott.
 In coming to Birmingham MT, Lane wished to consult Ross C. Smith, vice president and W. N. Malone one of the board of directors appointed at the meet ing Monday He wished to see what their views are on the plan of operation he has mapped out, and which he outlined last night in the following statement:
 Plan Mapped Out.
 q have taken active charge of raising this money and have given up my busi- ness to work on it. My idea Is to write a personal letter to every bank president in Alabama and to request him to give us sum of money in the name of his bank. An amount will be named in each letter and it will be fixed according to the rating of the bank. The biggest and richest or ganizations will be asked to give more money than the smaller banks.
 Tn like manner l am going to write to every lumberman in the state and request gift from him. The lumbermen are as much interested in this exhibit as. any other class of business men and l think they will contribute willingly. l intend also to write to every wholesale whisky dealer and to every wholesale grocer for a subscription. These will all respond liberally.
 q am going to write a personal letter to all these men, and not circular, as is so frequently done. They will read and pay some attention to the former, while the latter would find quick route to the waste basket. Each of these men will be asked to send his contribution direct to J. H. Barr, vice-president of the First National bank of Birmingham and treas urer of the worlds fair association These donations should be New York ex- change or express money orders.
 Every County Will Be Asked.
 Every county in the state will be asked to make an appropriation. A committee of three of the most prominent men in each municipality or each county will be appointed to take charge of the subscrip- ton in that city or county, and they will be actively aided by the general commit tee
 These committees will be asked to raise a personal subscription as well as to call on the county commissioners or board of revenue and ask an appropria- ton from them. From what l see at present I do not think that more than make an appropriation.
 ''It is my intention to personally visit the chairman of each of these committees and urge him to do his utmost I will go to every county and be present, if pos sibe, at the meeting of the commission CTS or the board of revenue and aid the local committee in urging an appropria- ton. In this manner the state committee will keep actively in touch with the lesser committees and will always be behind them to urge them on to greater efforts. From Birmingham I expect to go to- morrow morning to Montgomery and see those interested in the movement there Then to Opelika and other cities in that vicinity. Later l will go down to Mobile and all the cities in southern Alabama. !"
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