The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-18


 general chairman, as been announced as follows:
 Committee No. flames Bailey, chairman; D. H. Marbury, J. F.. Ram say. M. P. Messer, Emmett L. Smith, F. P. Lewis, J. P. Doster. B. H. Cooper, R.. s. Warner.
 Committee No. 2-R. E. Collins, chair man; J. E. Taylor, w H. Maxim. w. H. stockham, James weisel W. D. Lane, H. w. Coffin, Herman M. Beck, s. P. Sturgeon, c. B. Tarrant s. P. Moore.
 Committee No. 3-G. H. Estes, chair man; George B. Ward, Smith Cullom, c. s. Bissell, George M Webb, Joel F. Webb, Walter Sessions, Joe c. Halle, Eugene L. Brown, F. B. Fowlkes, F. w. Barnett.
 Committee No. AR. W. Ewing, chairman B. B. Burton, A. A. Adams. Jim J. Smith. Roy Mccullough, Gus A. Pope, Jr., John V. Coe, Jere c. King. E. T. Shaw, H. Gait Braxton, George McCleery.
 Committee No. 5--M. V. Joseph, chair man; Colman Blach. Robert Jemison, Jr., J.. H. Holcomb. Sid Lee, Leo K. Steiner, Culpepper Exum, A. H Ford, J. w. Donnelly, J. L. Parker, D. N. Cullom.
 Committee No. e-Maj. Carl Seals. chair man; G. W. Yancey, R. J. Williams, J. H. McCary, A. D. Smith, John D. Elliott, w. Melville Drennen, H. B. Wood, Allan Jemison, Walter p. Hooper.
 Committee No. 7-J. W. sibley, chair man; W. B. Dickerson, W. w. Bussey, Mason J. billiard, G. W. Mills, Lewis Minor, Robert D. Johnston, Jr., Henry TIiden, pr. Lorenzo Luck1e, John T.. Morgan.
 Committee No. s-w. F. Tyler chair man; R. L. Cross. N. L. Miller, J. R.. McWane, R. N. MoGill. J. W. Whatley. E. H. Cabaniss, w. c. Bynum, c. F.. Bell, W. c. Phillips.
 Committee No. 8-Dr c. Wilson, chair man; Samuel Earl, A. R. Dearborn, H. J. Porter, L. Sevier, W. w. Silk, M. P. Philips. c. P. Beddow, Walter McAdory.
 Committee No. 1o-J. L.. Yancey, chair man; M A. Myatt. A. R. Dewberry, F.. l. Tarrant, W. E. Urquhart, F. J. Shep- pard, W. l.. Woodruff, G. M. Bowers, B. R. McDavid.
 Letter From Colonel Shook. . The following letter to Walker Percy from Col A. M Shook of Nashville, for merly vice president and general manager of the Tennessee Coal. Iron and Railroad company, and now capitalist was read at the noon meeting:
 Hon. Walker Percy. Birmingham. Ala.
 My Dear MT. Percy: Nothing has pleased me so much recently as the state rnent I saw in The Age-Herald that you accepted the general chairmanship of the Young Mems Christian association com mittee at Birmingham, for the purpose of erecting a building commensurate with the needs of your town. That statement. accompanied with the splendid reasons which you gave that influenced you to accept the place. argues well for Birming- ham.
 When prominent. active business men in the prime of life are willing to give their time and thought to such 8 great movement as this 1t certainly looks like the money microbe is losing It's hold upon the best manhood of our country
 feel especially interested in this work at Birmingham for two reasons: One is that my interests are largely there; my boys are there. and I know more peo- pie and feel more at home there than anywhere else The other Is I occupied a similar position in raising the money for building the Young Mems Christian association and the Young Women's Christian association buildings in Nash vile.
 am ashamed to admit that was dragged into the position. did not be- lieye we could succeed in raising $200.000 in Nashville, and did not want my name associated in a movement thought doomed to failure. I soon learned that I knew absolutely nothing about the work, and the manner of doing 1t. The modern method of raising money for building a Young Mems Christian asso- citation building Is as much 8 profess sion as that of law or medicine.
 MT. Ward (who Is with you) came to our city and organized the committees upon exactly the same plan he is pro- posing to do in your city, with the able assistance of Mir. S. W. McGill. the eff cient state secretary of the Young Mems Christian association of Tennessee.
 As the work progressed my doubts were not only dispelled but became inter ested and enthused in tho work. Our monday meetings became the feature of the campaign. Lunches were served every day at noon, and after them each committee. through its chairman or some member, reported the progress of the previous 24 hours. We usually referred to this monday meeting as the daily round-up." We had splendid chairman. who acted as toastmaster every day. and called for the reports of the various committees.
 The chairman or some member of the committee made the report. giving names