The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-04

pointed. Here are it's members: Robert Jemison, chairman R. N. Rhodes, M. V, Joseph, J. L. Parker, l.oss c. Smith and Eugene Fies, ex-officio This cimmittee was instructed to report at meeting to be held next Thursday evening at the Hillman.
 The members of the new soliciting com mittee are: J. L. FH. ker. chairman; c. H. Nabb, w. c. Estes, Hubert Drennen, George B. Ward and J. J. Smith.
 Mr Ward, the Mayor-eleet, and Capt. Frank P. OBrien, each, subscribed for $0o worth of stock, thus raising the total to $23,35O.
 Informal Talks.
 The meeting was given ur to informal talks by business men present. MT. Rhodes was in an exceedingly optimistic mood, The moon might be made of green cheese, for all he knew, but one thing he was certain of and this was that Birm- ingham was entering upon an era of peace, union, progress and prosperity unequalled in the history of the city and uItAGtlltu III lhc iiSttiS Vh oiis CNAiNA city. There was a healthful odor in the air, the people had set their faces to- ward the dawning of an even better day, the lamb was lying down with the lion and every man in Birmingham was will ing to lead where any other man was willing to follow and ready to follow where any other man was willing to lead Truly, the winter was past. the spring had come and the voices of the turtle dove was heard in the land.
 Felt Like School Boys. It made Dr. Rhodes feel like school boy once more when he thought of all this for he knew that it meant an ever widening prosperity and an ever deepen- ing stability in all things that contributed to Birmingham's real progress. MT. Rhodes spirit of confidence and hopefulness animated everyone present. One after another the men who were present rose and pledged their support to the exposition and expressed their conviction that whatever ungenerous ri- yalry or inhrmities of judgment that had marred Birmngham's development in the past had been dissipated or corrected and that hereafter all would touch elbows in the onward march of harmony, prog ress and prosperity.
 Worth S25,ooo.
 MT. Jemison said it was worth S25, ,000 to have the subscribers to the fair bonded together in a single movement Mayor-elect Wards presence at the meeting was the subject of a great deal of favorable comment. It meant great deal for xhe exposition, they said. that the enterprise haC enlisted the support Of so energetic, upright and sagacious a citizen as the Mayor-elect. Mir. Ward, in felictous speech, assured the meeting that he would bend h.s energies toward making the exposition a great success. Be-Hearted.
 Capt Frank P. O'Brien. who was intro- duced by Mir Rhodes as "a great big hearted Irishman and a typical Amer ican," related several incidents iilustrat- ing the growth of the city. He was for Birmingham now as ne had been ever since he had come here The first six weeks he was'fn town he slept in a tent on the site where now rises the First National bank building. He had remained here in pestilence and in famine, in hard times and in good times. He had faith in the city and would do all he could to make the exposition successful. He alluded to the fact that when he obtained contract to build s35.0eo court