The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-14

Mr. Everett will receive all sub scriptions in order to send to the com mittee as large an addition to the $600,000 fund as possible before the offer from Birmingham is made to the Methodist commission.
 Many team captains reported at the dinner at the Tutwiler last night that several people had said they would make donation Tuesday morning. Chairman Shook urges that these per sons make their subscription before 10 o'clock in order to help swell the total.
 Confident of Victory
 At the dinner al the Tutwiler last night much enthusiasm was shown and the be- lief seemed general that Birmingham would make the best offer for the uni Sersity. During the speeches of the evening it developed that Atlantas ru- mored offer of sl.S00cOO. which included certain college property valued at s550,- GOO, was so-called guarantee by 10 men of wealth. These gentlemen, 1t appears, met and decided to guarantee to the com mission that s1,S00.OOO would be secured in the state of Georgia tif the univer- sity was located at Atlanta. They will have nothing tangible to offer. Their guarantee is only in he event the school is located in the Georgia city And the school must first be located before a campaign to raise the money will begin.
 President Shook of the Chamber of Commerce, who led the fight for the sl,- 900 900 fund. said last night that he be- lieved the fight had been a good one. The time was so limited, said he, that organization of all the districts was not as perfect as 1t otherwise would have been. MT. Shook thanked all who had worked on the com nittees, paying trib- ute to their loyalty to Birmingham He especially thanked the Rotary club for it's valiant efforts in behalf of the uni- versity fund.
 Tributes to Shocks Work
 pr. J. D. Simpson followed MT. Shook and said he wanted to express the hearty appreciation which we all feel to MT Shook for his work In this mat ter If we succeed-and I believe we will-we will owe him a great deal He has practically given up his business af- fairs and has devoted most of his time to this work" The applause which fol- lowed was deafening.
 J. D. Moore added tribute to Dr. Simp- sons words, saying: T don't believe we could have found a man In Birmng- ham who could have led this fight bet ter than Paschal Shook"
 MT Shook arose and thanked the speakers in simple language: T thank xoft rAf.f1 9>r utO said he. If you feel that way about 1t, I am fully repaid"
 Maj. W. F. Tebbetts of the National Mosaic Tile company of Mobile, was present at the dinner and Chairman Shook asked him to speak. Major Teb- betts first donated $500 Worth of the tile his company manufactures to the univer- sity when 1t began building operations in Birmingham. He then said: "It is a lasting inspiration, gentlemen, to see Bir- mingham raise S600. .000 sc quickly. Down in Mobile it would take us 800 years to raise that much money. I am sure Mo- tile has as much interest In the matter of the Methodist university as has any other part of Alabama. Birmingham has taken the lead in the matter and I be- 1ieve you would be justified in asking all Alabama to aid with It's money and moral support in getting the institution for your city hope you win in your fight"
 May Increase Offer
 Borden Burr made motion that the committee which left last night to pre- sent Efrmingham's offer be authorized to increase the offer to any amount it might see fit, with the assurance that those present at the dinner would support the offer. This motion was carried by ac- cls nation, and the committee may make an offer even larger than sGo0.00O R. s. Munger was called upon by Chairman Shook and received a genuine ovation. The applause continued until MT. Munger lad repeatedly bowed his thsnlSs. He said that he believed the work of Birmingham in going after the Methodist university had done a great deal of good. 'I am inclined to think we are going to get the university said MT. Munger. He stressed the point that the subscriptions from Birmingham came from the masses of the people. and that the money was in actual pledges.
 Reports for the Day
 The committees last night reported an aggregate of s65,SS1 for the day. This brought the total up to s59s.06s. and 20 men present made donations of S100 each to bring the fund up to $500 O00.
 The reports of committees. and special subscriptions received during the day, and at the dinner follows:
 R. s. Munger. $5l05.
 Dr. l.. C. Branscomb, $14S9
 T. E. Kissell. $170.
 Russell Hunt. $455
 A. B. Tanner, $36O.
 F. M. Jackson, S770
 Paul Phillips. s13s5.
 A. M. Taylor. $4O14.
 H. B. Urquhart $275
 B. F. Crabbe, $100
 F. B. Fowlkes. $4145.
 J. w. Sibley, $l11O.
 R. A. Porter, $1750.
 William Hood, $500
 Avondale, $430.
 Woodawn, $500.
 Irondale. $1249.
 Boyles, $100.
 North Birmingham, $lS25
 West End. $l267
 Vivian, sS10.
 Fairfield, $l105.
 Fairview. $105S.
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