The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-18
One Contribution of $5OOO Made Yesterday With Re-
 quest to Withhold Name
YOUNG MEN ID GET BUSY
 AT b|G MEETING TON|GH I
Personnel of Business Mems Commit tee Announced for First Time. Colonel Shock Writes Letter
 on Work in Nashville.

Eighty-eight thousand nine hundred and seventy-three dollars.
 The hand on the clock points to % min utes after the hour, and but two days of the Y. M c. A. campaign have passed The committees have just begun to work. In fact, they were only yesterday com pleted, and the list of the 100 business men is announced this morning for the first time.
 And the young men haven't had a chance yet. One hundred of them will inaugurate their campaign at a supper to-i~ht, and tomorrow the workers in the ..old will be almost double in number.
 Already people, committeeman and chairmen are asking, "Why not raise s3o0.00 or s50o.000 while we are at it? If Birmingham is to be the metropolis of the south, why not build an association equal to the future?" When the suggestion of Col A. M. Shook that the amount be in- creased was read at the noon conference yesterday the applause was deafening.
 Fun at Noon Meetings.
 They are having great fun at those noon meetings. The committees are there promptly on time, and when they have eaten a good meal business begins. The feature yesterday was the announcement of $500o subscription by a lady who re- fused to allow her name to appear, and the donation of Colonel Shook, together with most encouraging letter which was read before the gathering.
 The announcement Of $500 from R. NJ. Goodall, $500 from Ed s. Moore and $100O from James Bowron were also received with an ovation.
 Although M. " Joseph made no report yesterday. his committee still holds the lead, with that of R. E. Collins second. The developments of the next few days will be full of intense interests The young men, with Fulton B. Clarke as general chairman, in the lead will get In the field and make their first report tomorrow. They are expecting to do great things.
 B. B. Burton, who took part in the campaign for the building in Norfolk, Va, is one of the most enthusiastic work CTS on R. ". Ewings committee, and has been appointed vice chairman of the committee.
 Status of Fund.
 The status of the fund after the reports were received at headquarters yesterday is indicated by the following tabula- ton:
 Previously reported =. ... a. . $67, 39O Citizens committee ... ... ... ... Il, 700 Business mems committee. ........ s,o43 Grand total .. ... =. ... ... ss,s7s The following figures indicate the amounts reported by the ten sub-com- mittees of the business mems commit tee, of which T. H. Johnston Is ger- eral chairman, through their sub-chair- man, and the standing of the commit tees:
 Jan.17. Totals. Committee No. 5-M. V. Jos-
 eph, chairman ............. ..... $12 250 Committee No. 2-R. E. Col
 lins, chairman ..........s2, 2,051 5,40l Committee No. 1-James
 Bailey chairman ......... 1,1SO s,7so Committee No. sc. Wilson,
 chairman ..................... 1,225 3,575 Committee No. S-W. F. Ty-
 Ter, chairman ............ 1,250 3, 450 Committee No. 4-R. W. Ew-
 ing. chairman ............... 1245 342O Committee No. 8-G. H. Es-
 tes, chairman ....... 565 2665 Committee No. 7--J. w. Sib-
 ley, chairman ........... g75 2515 Committee No. 19-J D.
 Yancey, chairman ......... 1,020 2,345 Committee No. 6-Carl H.
 Seals, chairman ........... 432 1,1s2 IOtdlS ................s....... $9,345 $4U, 553 The following subscriptions for 5000 and over were announced and are in cluded in the above total
 Friend (unsolicited) .............. 6, 900 R. M. Goodall ... ... ... ... ... $500 Ed s. Moore ... =. ... ....... .. 1,50O James Bowron =. ... =. ... ... 1000 Col. A. M. Shook (Nashville). 1000 The following subscriptions for 5000 and over were announced previously: R. s. Munger ... ... ... -. ...$15, ,O00 % W. M. Cosby =. ... ... =. ... ... 125OO. % D. M Drennen =. =. ... .- .. .. 5000. % Birmingham Railway, Light and
 Power company .. ... ... =. .. 5000. % R. E. Collins =. ... ... ... ... ... 2,0OO. .O0 Loveman Joseph 6 Loeb a. ... 2,OO0. % T. H. Johnston =. =. ... 1,600 % Ed 8. Moore .. ... ... ... ... ... 1,50O00 F. M. Jackson a. .. ... ... ... 1000. % James Bailey ... ... ... e. ... ... 1000. % Smith Cullom ... =. .. ... .. .. 1000. .00 J. w. Donnelly .. ... ... ... ... =. 1,000.0 % Culpepper Exum =. e. ... =. ... 10000 J. w. Sibley ... ... =. ... =. ... 100000 Jemison Real Estate and Insur-
 ance company .... =. =. ... 1000. co w. F. Tyler =. ... ... ... ... ... 1000. %
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