The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-01

l Oscar c. Turner, who is chairman or
 the committee of the Chamber of Com
 merce which has in charge the arrange
 ments for the "Pot-Lateh' celebration,
 which will occur early in the spring of lnext year, announces that his commit
 tee will meet on Thursday afternoon.
 The committee will have compara-
 lively little to do other than recom-
 mending to the Chamber of Commerce
 that the idea of the "Pot-Latch" cele-
 bration is good. The details, in a rough way, have already been worked out. The Metal Badge
 1 Some of the features of the greatest
 celebration ever to be held in Birming-
 ham are announced above The means
 of raising the large sum of money which will be necessary have already
 been considered. There will be placed
 on sale small metal plate labelled f"The Pot-Latch, Birmingham, Ala Ibama." with the date, and this trinket
 will be sold for s1. Every man, woman
 and child in Birmingham will be eN-
 pected to wear one.
 "The spirit is here" said MT. Turner iyesterday, "and it can be aroused. The
 entertainment will be so much better Tiff everybody gets an opportunity to
 contribute a mite. Now instead of ask
 ling a large firm for a large contribu-
 ton. we will ask that firm to sell 2000
 of the badges. do not apprehend a
 particle of trouble in raising the
 money"
 l Arrival of Vulcan l Vulcan will be the genius of the cele- lbration. Vulcan has been king of this district for many years, but has been lin hiding. On the occasion of the Pot Latch" he will make his appearance,
 and will take formal charge of the Ithree-day celebration. He will have his
 defendants. of course.
 For each of the days there will be a
 parade, the second to occur on the evening of the second day. This will | be an historical parade, and each of the floats will be beautifully illumi- mated The first parade will be an in- dustrial display and the third, floral display, to be characterized by its ar tistic beauty.
 In connection with the "Pot-Latch" celebration, there will be an exhibi- tion of made in Birmingham" goods and it is probable that in addition. there will be entertainment provided for every hour, in order that from the outside vast throngs of people will be attracted to Birmingham.
 Picturesque Masque Ball The masque ball will terminate the celebration and the period of thanks giving for the prosperity with which Birmingham has been blessed This will be in charge of hundred of the ladies of the city, and that the event of the close will be the climax of the period of publication is assured. The pot-latch idea Is one of the hap 1 piest the people agree, that has been touched upon by the Chamber of Com merce and the moving spirits of Bir- lmingham. It was a custom of the ln- dians of the northwest who celebrated with a great feast the years of the large ear and the season of great plenty
 Birmingham Is Prosperous l Birmingham is prosperous" said | MT. Turner yesterday, and we should icelebrate We should make the pot Hatch the most extensive celebration ever held in a southern state. It will cost money and will entail great deal | of work Work is what Birmingham lneeds--co- operative work. If every 1 body will help. there is no question but that we will put Birmingham on the
 map again, gain world of the most lhelpful advertising, draw a large num- lber of people to the city and at the same time express our thanks for the
 good things with which we have been
 so copiously blessed"