The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-26
INTEREST GROWS IN ALABAMA HISTORY
Finance Committee Greatly Encour- aged in "Story of Coal and
 Iron" Work

| Several important facts in reference to the recent committee work on The Story of Coal and Iron in Alabama by Miss Ethel Armes, have occurred within the past few days" said Jones G. Moore, chairman of the finance committee of the history, on his return yesterday from Montgomery.
 The response to our, circular letter, just sent out, has been very gratifying. to me, personally, and to other members of the committee. I think the publca- tion debt is in a flair way to being lifted at last "I have this week received letters, en- closing checks from many of the leading business men of this city, among them Robert Jemison, Jr., Milton H. Fies, w. J. Milner, H. M. Morrison, c. P. Orr, James Bonneyman, w.. w. Crawford, John Minge, w. M. Cosby, J. H. Phillips, | superintendent of schools; John L. Raul, Llewellyn W. Johns. Henry B. Gray, 1 J. W. Donnelly and others. Promoters of Project Keep It Going | Many of these gentlemen were. orig inal subscribers to the work, and are now ordering copies to send to their friends. Dr. Phillips presents two of his | copies to the Public Library, which has, by the way been so overrun with de- mands for the book that the one copy they have has been getting pretty well read to pieces, so they say ~ Its always out, I am told and is one of the books most frequently called | for Right here I also. want to state that one of the big libraries of Paris, France. sent an order enclosing a check | for the book. e | Tt is now in the libraries of several European cities. Paris, Berlin, Rome, London. Dublin and Edinburgh. "A few copies have been ordered from Alabama engineers on the Isthmus of Panama and from enineers ing Johannes burg, South Africa. All of which goes to show the book is going some. Mr. H. F. Beaumont. recently appointed sales mana ger by our committee. is doing some ef- fective work.
 Tn fact, the book is just as my pre- decessor on the committee, Maj. F. M. Tutwller, remarked, The interest in the history will be possibly little slow. but it will be sure and steady as people read the work
 "Of course, I don't mean to give any impression of fireworks in the selling end. The debt of publication cost is still ex- ceedingy heavy and our committee needs all the interest and cooperation on the part of the public to bring this matter through and make it financial success. Every subscriber of the book gets full value for what he gives, as anyone, after reading the work, agrees"
 Letter From Jones c. Moore | Following is the letter just issued ey MT. Moore to 200 members of the Cham Der of Commerce:
 Dear Sir: At recent meeting of the finance committee on The story of Coal and Iron in Alabama 1t was decided that the best way to raise the amount of the deficit would be to ask certain number of men to subscribe $10 each.
 You are one of the number selected. For this contribution you will be entitled to two copies of the book. which is the only full and correct history of coal and iron in Alabama.
 If you agree with the committee please send me a check for $10 which I assure you will be appreciated by each member of the committee, and also by the author of the book, who deserves unlimited cred lit for having written such a complete and satisfactory record.
 .'Thanking you in advance, am, yours
 truly JONES G. MOORE,
 Chairman Finance Committee"