The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-30
SPIRITED CONTEST
IN PROGRESS FOR
POTLATCH PRIZES
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this election. The ballot boxes of the
county have been secured and are now in
their places at the different voting places
of the city. These voting places are
given on the back of the membership
card received with the button. Consider
able voting has already been done.
At the luncheon of the captains and
teams conducting the campaign at the
Morris hotel yesterday about 800 buttons
were reported sold. Little work was done
by the committees yesterday on account
of its being Saturday and many of the
Places of business, factories, banks and
offices closing up at noon. There are
now about $500 buttons sold.
Money for Flood Sufferers
As announced yesterday the executive
committee of the chamber potlatch COM
mittee has decided 1t can hold the ex-
penses of the festival within $4,000, and
the board OF directors of the chamber has
authorized them to give the amount re-
ceived from the sale of the buttons over
that $4,000, to the flood sufferers in this
state and elsewhere. This means that
every person who buys a button from
this time on is, to all intents and pur-
poses, giving 50 cents toward the flood
sufferers; as there are $500 to sell yet and
1000 will go to the flood victims.
Letters were sent out to the captains
and their teams by chamber headquar-
ters yesterday that all should be at the
luncheon at l o'clock TOMORROW at the
Morris hotel, when the teams will be re-
organized to some extent, additions made
to them and further plans mapped out
for the remainder of the campaign.
The committees Monday morning will
work the downtown street corners as they
were stationed yesterday, until they so to
the luncheon at the Morris hotel.
The showing made at the luncheon yes
terday was not indicative of the real day s
work. Many of the committees went to
the suburbs, others to the factories and
did not get back for the luncheon SO that
there were very few committees report
ing. Since the determination of the
chamber board of directors Friday that
the splendid force of men which Chair
man Oscar Turner has at work selling the
buttons should be utilized. in part to aid
the horrible suffering in the flooded states
OF Ohio and Indiana well Alabama
the buttons are selling better. Before that
time there were many citizens who could
not force themselves to aid in ceebra-
tion In Birmingham when there was so
much sorrow in other sister American
cities, but now they realize that every one
who buys a button is aiding the sufferers
and that the force of men working for
the potlatch are also working for the VIC
| Tins of the high waters.
When 1t is considered that almost every
| one OF the $500 buttons sold have been
sold to individual purchasers. the work
OF the committee in the last few days had
| truly been remarkable. 1t means simply
that very near 5000 men have bought but
| tons. The report started yesterday that
| the buttons were not made by union labor
| is erroneous. The potlatch buttons were
| made by union men and the stamp is on
| every button, not only that but every
| stroke of work which has been done SO
! far, 1t was stated by potlatch leaders yes
terday, in furthering the cause of or pre-
, pairing any of the material for the cele-
| bration had been done by union labor.