The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-21

@ or the Occaslon.
 The motto was suggested by ex-Gov. W. D. Jelks at the meeting of the jubilee executive committee held yes- terday afternoon in the Chamber of Com
 merce building.
 The whole executive committee and all the sub -chairmen were there, and for more than two hours they planned and discussed ideas for the jubilee. Hundreds of suggestions were made, which will not be given out until adopted, but the whole idea of the bus mess men was to bring every class Of citizens in Alabama to the jubilation, and make them feel the real joy which this city has in its accomplishment. Ten or fifteen thousand dollars win be raised to meet the expenses of the occasion, which will be as elaborate as the time will permit, and committees can arrange. The only features which have actually been settled upon are
 the fireworks, and the floral parade, as these special committees reported yes- terday the feasibility of the plan. Chairman Messer of the committee on fireworks reported that he is getting figures on all kinds of displays, in- cluding the Destruction of San Fran cisco" "The Battle of the Clouds,
 and stated possibly pyrotechnic rep resentation of the growth of Birming- ham could be arranged
 T. A. Weller, chairman of the ad- vertising committee, made this report: "Mr. Chairman--It gives me great pleasure to report to this committee that within 20 minutes after they were
 notified of their appointment to the skirmish line of this great jubilee oc- casion, the members of your committee
 had taken off their coats and com
 menced planning so as to make start in the imp work which has been assigned to them. Realizing the short ness of the time in which they have to do the work, they are going after It strong and earnestly.
 At enthusiastic meetings yesterday
 and today the following preliminary
 matters were discussed and members delegated to secure actual informa- l tion as to cost, etc.:
 | Il. The cost of 50,O00 colored leaf | lets to be used as letter enclosures to | be distributed among the merchants
 and business men of the city with the
 request that they enclose them in their daily mail
 "2. Letters and telegrams have been | forwarded with regard to Autographs s for floral parade, veterans reunion,
 military parade, fireworks display an9 | auto races Up to this hour no re- plies have been received to these com
 munica tions.
 a. Cards for lacking in conspicuous places In towns throughout the state of Alabama.
 A. Cuts for newspaper ads and dodg-
 CTS illustrative of the jubilee. These
 are In course of preparation and fur ther report will be made as to these important items later.
 "5. Printed dodgers for depots and other public places.
 "6. Press matter for state papers, to
 be published in the following towns:
 Birmingham, Montgomery. Mobile. Sel- ma, Anniston, Huntsville. Decatur,
 Florence. Gadsden, Jasper, Talladega, Opelika, Roanoke, Dothan. Troy, Union Springs, Andalusia, Demopolis, Greens boro and Bessemer.
 "7. It has been recommended by the members of your committee that we secure 10000 buttons illustrative of this
 Jubilee occasion, whic will bear in a concise and definite way facts with regard to census figures. This button will be in two colors, red and white. "s. We are Investigating the cost Of an electric sign to be placed in a prominent location in the city, fllustra- tive of Birmingham's growth. We have not done much in the short time al- lotted us toward this, but are still con- sidering this sign.
 "9. We beg to report that letters
 have been written to the general pas
 senger agents of all the railroads urg- ing them to get up extensive advertis- ing matter with regard to the Unite Confederate Veterans reunion and cen sus jubilee, and have sent copy of this letter to the local passenger agents We sent these letters direct to headouarters In order to save time. "1o. Signs to go on the front of street cars to advertise the dates of this 5ubi- lee celebration.
 "11, It has been suggested that the merchants and business men of the town be requested to use the data on an envelope that was gotten up some time ago by the Kelly company set ting forth percentage of increase and gain in population as well as other im- portant information with regard to Bir- minrham. This we have under consid- eration
 "12. Rubber stamp for use on station- cry. It has been suggested that we get up a rubber stamp to be distrib-
 uted among the merchants and business
 men of Birmingham setting forth the date of the proposed jubilee and this also Is being considered.
 "13. We have requested all merchants and others who carry advertising in local or out-of-town newspapers to insert line in their advertisements | from this date to the date of the jubilee l calling attention to the dual census l Jubilee and veterans reunion, giving tn e date and all other information avail | able. 1 "Ths Is but preliminary list In the limited time of the matters that have been considered. some of which will finally be adopted In the efforts of your committee to bring this jubilee cele- bration properly to the attention of the public Further recommendations and reports on cost will be made to this executive committee at a later date. | "This committee will be most pleased
 to receive any recommendations from the other members of the Chamber of Commerce that will enable us to com plete our advertising plans. "Your committee has gone to work | with earnestness and shall do all in their power to let everyone in Alabama I and the south know what a great time we are going to have here next month.
 "Estimated cost. 5000 to $500. Re-
 spectfully submitted.
 ''T. A. WELLER,
 "Chairman Publicity Committee