The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-28
5000 GUESTSAT
 NEWSPAPER CLUB
Average of Practically One Hundred a Day During
 Past Sixty Days

It was announced yesterday that within the past 50 days during which time the Birmingham Newspaper club has been in operation over 6000 per sons from out of town have been reg istered guests there. That probably does not include quite a number who. through oversight or lack of time, failed to register. By actual count of William A. Dameron. secretary of the club, loo persons each day on an aver age have been registered from outside of this city.
 Of this number visitors have been there from Paris, London, Amsterdam Vienna, Naples, Cuba, Mexico, Argen- tina, Japan, Turkey and other foreign countries During that time visitors have been in the club from every state in the union. Every large city has sent its quota of visitors through the local club. including New York, Chicago. St, Louis Louisville. Indianapolis, Los Angeles. San Francisco, Philadelphia, Newark. N. J.. Washington, Pittsburg, Boston. Detroit Minneapolis, St Paul, Seattle, Tacoma, Denver, Colorado Springs. and places of like importance.  fund during the week of Aprii 27 to May ?.
 '"rhe undersigned committee has been requested to bring the camuaign to the attention of the teachers af Birmingham -a Iody of people whose interest in the past made the library possible and whose t.;eres: can be relied upon in the future.
 We are assured thai d as-uoroUs part Of the S50.000 will be expe lde1 for books f'l the use of the teachers. a,;d the chil- dren, and that these books will be con voniently distributed in school deposi- taI es so that they will be easily accessi- oe t' all teachers and pupils
 Feeling that a strong public library will be a great power for good in our work with the children, the committee earnestly requests every teacher to have a part in supplying the books We so much need.
 We ask that you fill in the enclosed pledge card with the amount you feel disposed to contribute. hand the card to the principal, who will see that it gets to the committed
 Let's all have part In this public en- terprise. Respectfully, Charles A. Brown, chairman; Roy Dimmitt E. O. Sanders, R. V. Allgood. Rosa Strickland J. c. Blackwell. H. P. Burruss."
 Reports of Committees
 The reports by committees yesterday follow:
 Library board S3S40.
 Womans clubs, s2l4.190.
 First avenue east of Twentieth street. A. M. Taylor, chairman, $29
 First avenue, west of Twentieth street, George A. Blinn chairman, $90.
 Second avenue, east of Twentieth street. H. M. Beck. chairman, $249 Second avenue. west of Twentieth street, J. H Finder, chairman, $l5l.
 Third avenue east of Twentieth street, J. c. Henley, chairman, $50.
 Third avenue, west of Twentieth street Bert Jacobs, chairman S136.
 Fourth and Fifth avenues, H. V. Tar rant chairman, $4450.
 Brown Marx building, J. w. Sibley, chairman, $22S.
 Jefferson County Bank building, M. P. Messer. chairman, S74.
 Eighteenth, Seventeenth, Sixteenth north of railroad, Twentieth street from railroad and Avenue B, R. w. Ewing, chairman, SITS.
 Nineteenth street north of railroad Woodward and Empire building, oscar Turner chairman, $2022. Twentieth street north of railroad, J. E. Shelby, chairman, s164. Twentieth street, Avenue B to Five Points, G. B. Forbes, chairman, s111.3O.
 Rotary club, $500. Ullman School Music club, s100. Total, $S1S1.69.