The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-19
MANY JOIN RANKS IN GREAT BATTLE
 ON WHITE PLAGUE Demonstrations Will Be In Force Today At Downtown
 Business Centers
COUNCIL OF WAR HELD
 DURING THE AZ FTERN00N
Medical Society and Pastors Union Both Active in Urging People to Come and Receive Free
 Instruction.

Yesterday was day of real happen ings in the anti-consumption agitation.
 Not even the primaries could stop the swing of events. Three important ses- sions were held, in which were laid out work for half a hundred people. Several towns were heard from in the "all-Alaba- ma campaign" and two new counties were added to the list. Wilcox and De- catur have now joined hands with the other progressive counties of Alabama. It is quite unexplainable why Decatur held off this long.
 Today promises to bring new activities and new opportunities for the many who are helping to make things go.
 Todays campaign includes:
 Cavalry rushes out into Jefferson county
 business centers.
 Aerial bombardment via telephone throughout the day.
 4:S0 D. m., council of war at headquar- ters; second meeting of committee of seventy-five.
 Medical Society Plans.
 Two important plans were presented last night to the Jefferson County Medi- cal society. One had to do with provid- ing speakers for series of meetings which are being arranged to be held so as to cover every colored church in the city and if possible throughout the county. At these meetings it is expected that white physician will be leading speaker, with an address by one of the colored doctors and a strong exhortation by the minister of the church. By this means 1t is expected to reach many thousands who could not attend the exhibition even on the day especially set apart for them.
 The medical society also had before it the plans for providing demonstrations to help in the interpretation of the exhib its. It is expected that goodly number of the physicians will serve at announced periods, so as to answer questions and give information to all who come. Of course there will be absolutely nothing in the nature of examinations or treat ment. The doctors merely wish to be useful by helping those who come 10 learn all that is possible while the ex- hibits are in the city.
 Yesterday morning the Birmingham District Pastors union gave special hearing to the plans for the American tu- berculoss exhibition, and at the close passed the following resolutions:
 Resolved, That having heard the inn pressive account of the purpose and methods of the American tuberculosis ex- hibition now present in this city '1. We thankfully observe this vast philanthropic enterprise aiming at the deliverance of this nation and state from the deadly tyranny of tuberculosis.
 "2 That we earnestly unite with the state board of health in impressing on all the people of this district the urgent ne- cessity of battling intelligently with the so-called white plague, which is indeed humanity's plague.
 ''3. That to this end we desire that ev- cry member of our congregations and of the older classes in our Sunday schools attend at least once the most instructive exhibit now brought within their easy reach at Twentieth street and Fourth av- enue.
 By the committee