The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-04
NAME FIELD DAY"
TO WORK FOR CLUB
MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE WILL
DISCARD COATS AND GET OUT
AND HUSTLE TO BRING IN RE-
cRuITs TO COMMERCIAL CLUB.

Next Thursday, January 10. has been
set apart by the membership committee
of the Commercial club as Field Day,
when a special effort will be made to in
crease the membership of the organiza-
ton.
Chairman Hill Ferguson of the commit
tee will name a special committee OF hfty
including the members of the membership
committee to make a systempatic canvass
of the business men of the city on that
day soliciting applications for member
ship. He will name the special commit
tee today.
Every member of the club will be asked
to make a special effort for new members
on that day The city will be divided into
districts and a subcommittee assigned to
each district.
This plan was decided upon a t a meet
ing of the membership committee held at
the Commercial club rooms yesterday
afternoon Several plans of increasing
the membership of the club were consid-
cred at this meeting, but 1t was decided
that a general canvass of the city on
some special day set apart for that pur-
pose would be most effective and next
Thursday was selected as Field Day.
The special committee to be slected to
make the canvass will meet at the Com
mercial club rooms at 10 o'clock Thurs
day morning and receive assignments and
definite instructions as to territory to be
worked and the entire day will be taken
I'D in a simultaneous campaign.
The meeting of the membership commit
tee yesterday afternoon was well attended
and much enthusiasm was shown in the
matter Of increasing the power of the
Commercial club. The members of the
organization are showing an increased In
terest In the club and 1t is believed that
the important questions of y public ma
ture that are now being handled with
good effect by the club will be strong
Incentive to those who are not already
members to join and assist In the work
that is yet to be accomplished.
Thos present at the meeting yesterday
were. Hill Ferguson, chairman: N. G.
Dean. A. NJ Douglas, j. NJ. p. Otis, Rev.
]. w. Stagg. Robert Jemison, Jr., Henry
G. Seibles and j. B. Babb.
bltrary. me climax WAS IcdcHtu YEN
terday morning when the license collector
was not paid the total amounts Of tho
licenses imposed by the city on the two
prominent saloons involved.
The Committees Work.
AS has been explained, the recent ac-
ton of the excise. committee In dealing
with the saloons OF the city was deemed
somwhat arbitrary and partial. For in
stance, some proprietors operating a
white and negro saloon under one build
ing were required to take out but one
license, where in other almost similar
cases, two were demanded In explana-
ton of its action, the committee stated
that it had considered each case sep
arately, and that the verdicts were given
in conformity with their best judgment,
and ideas of fairness.
However, there was much dissatisfac-
ton throughout the city, and in the
Mayors office yesterday there was a con-
tinual stir. The crisis was reached when
the mutterings throughout the city re-
suited in the refusal of the Mecca and
the Calhoun companies to pay the IL
censes imposed This crisis reached, the
Mayor called the special meeting of the
council, with the above results.
1t is very probable that the total IL
censes will be paid this morning, al
though. as the Mecca stated that IL would
pay under protest. there might yet occur
some legal proceedings that will be high
ly interesting.