The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-17
MRS. HALEY EXPLAINS BASIS OF FIGHT ON TAG DAY
 MADE BY TRADES COUNCIL

Regarding the action of the Birming- ham Trades council in condemning Tag Day, which is held for the benefit of the Boys club and Childrens Aid society, Mrs. L. ]. Haley has issued the following;
 ''We understand that at their meeting Sunday afternoon the Trades council con- demned Tag Day and it's promoters be- cause the tags were not manufactured in Birmingham, and do not bear the union label.
 We are much surprised that any reputable organization should under any circumstances condemn a charity that Is doing it's best to make good citizens out of the street wafa and friendless ehil- dren of Birmingham, and it Is almost un- believable that this condemnation should have been made without any investiga- tion of the facts in the case.
 There are no more loyal citizens of Birmingham than the women of the board of control of the Boys club and Children's Aid society, most of them being lifelong residents of the city.
 "When it came time to purchase the tags the order was offered to several local firms and was declined. A mem- Der of the Trades council was then asked to furnish us with the name of some union firm in the United States that ........................ ............".......s" been completed, if the stranger must go on his way instead of one horse being saddled there were two and the mas ter would ride with this stranger for possibly one-half of the day in order To finish the topical conversation. This and similar acts practiced throughout this southern country won for the south the world famed southern hospitality.
 In Former Days
 Let us see-mails were few--news- papers fewer, the only means of com munication and of gaining information from the outside world was to get the stranger to stop and spend as much time as he would and obtain from him all Of the information that he could, The planter was lonely, and if the stranger happened to be a common thinker the desire for social intercourse, which was most keenF | felt by the isolated man, would make thls l old planter even though highly educated, | sit to learn from this thinker all about mendins pots and pans, and ere the thlnk- CT left would have gained much ntoa- | mation.
 'While we live in the city surrounded by hustle and hustle. smoke and dust and many newspapers and malls incident | thereto and in a different age, l wish 10 say if you would feel the welcome that | each member of the Jefferson County | Medical society holds for you, remember l that we each represent the planter ana | have for the past year looked forward to | your eoming-now you are here. all we l f5 tl,nf a in 1llpinR entire mee ting and attend all of the entertain | ments that have been prepared for you, | and YOU will feel that we each bid you welcome with the firm belief or each or you has for us some information that will better enable us to perform our duties scientifically, as a board of censors ana as a board of health for Jefferson county
 Again in the behalf of the Jefferson County Medical society and in behalf of each member of that society. bid you with all the word empies. welcome
 pr. McAdory was followed by Commis- sioner Culpepper Exum. who also was enthusiastic in wishing the visiting doc tors welcome and telling them to make themselves at home.
 Address By Dr. Morris
 The presidents annual address was de- livered by pr. Lewis Coleman Morris Of Birmingham. Dr. Morris reported some excellent work done the past year by the association His address was fin part as follows:
 'The association Is to be felicitated upon it's visit this year in the home Of it's largest and probably It's most power full offspring. From the words of hos pitable welcome, which we have just heard from the lips of those representing the city of Birmingham and the Jeffer- son County Medical society, 1t Is plainly evident that the association is being re- ceived in a spirit of the warmest filiai affection. In reviewing the years work of the association, it is probably just as well to consider each of the four de- partments separately. first in it's capacity as the legally constituted department of public health second. as the agency through which the vital and mortuary statistics should be collected; third, as a board of medical examiners, and fourth as a scientific organization for the ad- Yaneement of science and promotion Of social intercourse among It's members.
 ''Within the last year the work Of the association and of the constituent county societies, acting as board of health has progressed most satisfactorily. There have been no serious epidemics within our limits, and the usual epdeme and sporadic diseases have probably been cared for as well as ever before in our history. The Rockefeller nOOkWDfln tOf1IHlsSloil, uliutI the charge of pr. W. w. Dinsmore, and his competent corps of assistants, in con junction with and with the assistance of the state board of health, has accom- plished much during the past year. The campaign of educating the people of our state up to a realization of the serious ness of this disease, and the ease with which 1t can be cured has been actively waged and the reports are most encour- aging The time Is not far distant when a large portion of the citizenship of Ala bama will be vastly benefited and their efficiency greatly increased through this agency
 Pellagra in Alabama
 Within the past year." continued Dr. Morris, quite considerable number of cases of pellagra hay appeared in prac- tioally all sections of our state. This disease has become so prevalent that il constitutes a serious menace to our peo- pie and presents a most perplexing prob lem to our boards of health for solu- ton Despite all of our efforts up 10 this time. the prevention of this disease remains obscure. It is 10 be hoped that some light may be thrown on this sub tect during our present meeting The crusade against tuberculosis has not waned during the past year. On the contrary steady progress has been made. This is particularly true in Jefferson county where a tuberculosis caesp mas beer established and constant, pain- ..4.a1 f.- t.. a. ra ,f frdtgop+ n1