The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-27
According to Official Report
2O27 Were Disposed of at
II O'Clock Yesterday
BROOKE'S COMMITTEE
WINS FIRST PRIZE
Sold 3S7-Awarded Watch Fobs
Active Work Will Be Renewed
Today-Another Luncheon
Will Be Held Today


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At the luncheon yesterday noon at
the Morris wigwam grill room the
grand total was 2o27 buttons sold.
Team No. 1. r. T. Brooke captain. was
in the lead with 3S7.
In two hours work yesterday morn
ing the rs teams working different al
lotted sections of the city sold over
1000 of the $1,000 potlatch buttons to
be sold to finance the potlatch fes-
tival. April "a and 20. BY o'clock
last night it was estimated by those at
the head of the campaign that any
where between 1000 and 5000 had been
sold.
The presence of the little blotch of
gold and white on the coat lapel of
| men on the street by noon yesterday
was very noticeable Almost half the
people met were wearing the button
and often a man would be seen CLAN
cling at his button or at some one
else's and smiling. The potlatch bug
is at work with all its ravaging power;
the potlatch festival is prominent in
the thoughts of everyone in Birming-
ham.
Reports Incomplete
The reports yesterday were not COM
plete. One of the best committees in
the campaign, the one called the bank
committee and composed of officials of
the banks of the city who have prom
ised to canvass the bank buildings, was
not present at the luncheon yesterday,
but it is known that the sales by the
members of this committee have been
enormous. There is a keen rivalry be-
tween some of the members of this
bank committee, one'or two have bet
others that they could sell the most
buttons in one day and when this COM
mttee brings in its final report the ad-
dition to the total is expected to be
very large.
| The luncheon yesterday at the Nor
ris was even as rousing and enthu-
siastic as the meeting at the Hotel
Hllman Tuesday night when the COM
mittees were organized and the cam
paign launched. Thunderous applause
greeted the report of every captain,
and the winning team and its captain
was presented with handsome watch
| fobs as prizes. Prizes Will be present
ed to the winning team today also
| Many of the teams were not COM
plete yesterday and Chairman Turner
urged upon the captains to complete
the teams before starting out for work
| yesterday afternoon. He cautioned ev-
| erybody to stick to their territory until
! tomorrow noon at least, and then it
vas probable each committee could
work as a free lance.
| Tomorrow afternoon it is probable
that street corner committee VIII be
named. the members of which are to
be stationed on the prominent street
corners where they will nail every
man who comes along and who is not
| wearing button.
John w. o'Neill and other of the
workers made enthusiastic talks dur
| ing the course of the luncheon, all of
which were to the effect that nearly
every man approached had been will
| ing to buy button. There are very
| few refusals," said Mr.. O'Neill. I'VE
put a man down for so many buttons
| and when we see him he takes that
many The get-together spirit is
abroad everybody is pulling for the
| potlatch."
Detailed Report
| The detailed report of each captain
yesterday was as follows:
! Committee No. 1-Top half Brown
Marx building, r. T. Brooke. 3s7.
| No. Bottom half Brown Marx
building, j. L. Parker, so.
| No. 3---Empire, J. A. Goram, 81.
| No. 4-W oodward, H. f. Lattimer. IS.
No. 5-American Trust building. Sol
Jacobs, SO.
No. Stop half First National bank
building, e. NJ. Tutwiler. Jr,, 65.
| No. Bottom half First National
bank building, A. M. Douglas. AS.
No. s-chamber of Commerce. J. M.
p Otis. 46
| No. 9--Courthouse and Title Guaran-
tee buildings. Joe Loveman. 109.
No. 10-Manufacturing plants. B. A.
lThompson, Al.
| No. I1--First avenue. west If Twcnti-
eth street, Willard ]. Wheeler. lis.
| No l2-First avenue, east of Twenti-
eth street. G. A. Jones, 76.
! No. 13-Morris avenue, W. r. Mabry.
Ia,
No. 14-Second avenue, west. Duncan
Baugh, 1876.
No. 15-second avenue. east. colman
EBlack, 80.
No. 1s-Third avenue. W. o. Boyles,
rs.
No 17-Fourth avenue. H. e. Shaw.
Ill.
No 1s-Fifth and Sixth avenues. j. Fl.
Harwick, SO.
No. 19-Sixteenth, Seventeenth and
Eighteenth streets, HUBBARD Baum, 40.
No. 2o--Nineteenth street. Joe Rosen-
berger. &c.
No. 21-Twentieth street. south, and
Five Points, H. I. Bryson. So.
No. 22--Twentieth street, north. Carl
Seals, 1853.
No. 2s-Twepty-first street. G. T. Sib-
| ley, 153.
No 24-Twenty-second. Twenty thirc,