The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-01
WILL BEGIN FIGHT
ON TUBERCULOSIS
Prominent Men Pledge Aid in
Movement
MEETING LAST NIGHT
Membership Committee Will Report
Back to Mass Meeting to BE
Held June 14-Need
Appeals to All

At meeting last night over which
Culpepper Exum presided an active cam
paign was launched in Birmingham for
the prevention and eradication of tuber-
culosis.
The meeting was the result of study
given the subject by many laymen of
Birmingham and was held in the assem-
bly, room of the Chamber of Commerce
building. Shortly after the meeting was
called to order Mr.. Exum was made
chairman and Maurice Willows secre-
tary.
DR.. r. B. Hardness, city health officer.
made a short address in which he out
lined the extreme necessity of studying
and trying by every means possible to
prevent the spread OF the white plague.
Dr. Hardness pledged the most cordial
cooperation of his department to
the cause in the event permanent cam
paign was inaugurated DIR. Hardness
was followed by Alderman Barnes Nor
gan, who stated that he felt warranted
in pledging the citys help In a study of
such an important topic
DR.. T. d. Parke, who has been agi-
tating movement of this character for
long time, was called upon and he
stated that the physicians of Birming-
ham realized perhaps more forcibly than
any other class of men, the need of an
organization to study and try to eradt-
cate disease which Is making deep in
roads into the populations of this and all
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| which he said the lawyers Of this city
were vitality interested in the extermina-
| ton of the dread disease He said that
every day at the court house the law
| yers and others were exposed to the
germs of consumption by the incessant
| expectorations that are daily noticeable
| in the halls and corridors. Mr.. Allen
said he heartily Endorsed any movement
to study and prevent If possible the
spread of the monstrous life taker.
Job Going, president of the board OF
revenue, said the county was not in n
| position to handle the situation all alone
and he advocated the establishment or
a hospital maintained by the people of
Birmingham as one project of the or
ganization.
DR.. w. E. Evans, rector of the Church
of the Advent. pledged the most aggres-
sive cooperation of the ministers In a
movement looking to solution of tho
most debated medical question Of the
age. Other speeches were made by
Maurice Willows. Rev. Eaves, Rev.
Claybrook, E. M. Duncan. Fred De
Wolfe and Mr. Exum.
! At the conclusion of the short and in
formal addresses Mr.. Exum appointed a
committee upon permanent Organization
composed of. B. M. Allen, chairman
DR.. r. B. Hardness, Matt Sloan, Jos
Going and Rev. George caves.
This committee will report to a mas
meeting which will be held June IA. Al
the meeting to be held on this date the
following special committee on membere-
ship, which was appointed will also re-
port:
Rev. George caves, Maurice willows.
Dr. Hardness. Rev. w. N. Claybrook,
and Richard F. Johnston.
| Every person attending the meeting
was appointed special committee OF
one to secure members of the organiza-
ton and friends to attend the meeting
| to be held June IS.
| The following list includes the general
mem bership committee:
| DR.. T. D. Parke, DR.. Hardness, B. M.
| Allen, Walter C. Burson, George H.
| Harris, Culpepper Exum, e. M. Duncan,
J. w. McGrath, Barnes Morgan, ]. H. F.
Moseley, Job Going, Rev. A. M. Brown.
Maurice willows. Harry Burn, JOS T.
| Collins. Rev. w. N. Claybrook, NJ s.
| Sloan, Dr. w. H. Bell, DR.. S. H. WEIGH,
Fred M. DeWolff, E. w. Barrett, John
L. Kuul, A. H. Ford. John w. Sibley,
Raimundo DoOvies, Robert Jemison. ST.,
r. E. Collins, F. r. Norton. A. o. Lane,
F. B. Yielding, Walter Moore, John l..
| Parker, NJ. v. Joseph. Emil Lesser,
Morris Newfield. s. M. Ullman, Victor
Hanson. r. F. Johnson.