The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-26

With large crowd in attendance in the reference room of the central public library last night the last for maj meeting of the committees before the campaign starts tomorroy was held. At 10 o'clock this morning all committees are asked to meet at the central library and the campaign for $50,000 will be on.
 As a climax to the meeting last night Solon Jacobs, who will have to be out of town during the campaign, subscribed $1O0 before he left John F. Shelby, who is to have charge of the Rotary committee which was to have "canvassed' Mir. Jacobs, jumped to his feet and said he'd go him one better, that he was going to stay in town and work for the campaign but he'd subscribe $100 then just to show his heart was in the right place.
 Charles Zueblin. lecturer, who has been featuring at the high school this week, made the principal address of the evening. Other speakers included Mrs. Prentis B. Reed, Dr. II. M Ed monds, John w. Sibley, pr. T. D. .J. w, Donnelly and others. MT. Donnelly. who is president of the library board and chairman of the general campaign committee, presided
 The campaign for S50,0O0 which will start tomorrow, is to last for three days and daily luncheons will be held at clock al the Gold Lion tea rooms by the committees to make renorts during the three days. The city has been devided into 50 or more districts and small committees, making about 70 lh all, Will canvass each district. Owing to local matters in Montgomery pr. Owens, state librarian, who was 10 nave been present last night wac unable to come.
 MT Hueplin in his speech advocated d smoking room for men, stating That ne once counted 200 men sittinr in a smoking room reading in 2 5ra,, i,a os :, library in North Chicago He ad,o1 cateo any device to get people to inc llorary which was reasonable Ue stressed the importance of a delivery system Tor books. He said that a da- livery system for library books was as important as delivery of Tinted ,n hiaiiS' Deposit stations, branch
 
 and everything for the accommodat tion ana service of the public possible and at the same time consistent win safa " and reasonableness were the tbings ne advocated to make the library non ular and bring it up to it's highest ef- ficiency
 TOT weeks and weeks the library ,"h Haiu' US o11iclals and friends, have iaoored to bring the public library he 1ore the public of Birmingham. to snow what the library is and could be who IL IS for and what it is for and ended 's
 It now remains for the people of cunningham to say by a means more eloquent than words whether they nave realized the truth of all that has been said and so realizing will take their stand It will be a three-da, <. verdict, beginning with tomorrow ana the nbrary people have enough faith III tnelr cause to believe enthusiastical- ly that they have won their case. They are asking for s50,0OO for books They need books. And they'u never get them unless the public gives the money to get them with. The gen eral campaign committees include some or the most prominent and influential men and women in the city,
 Many of the friends of the librarv who are well known and have in fluence have written letters indorsine Q the $50,000 campaign and urging the public to rally to the cause. Within the next three or four days the question Is going to be put up to practically every man and woman in Birmingham Therefore 1t may be interesting to some of them to read some of the letters re- ceived by President Donnelly. They in clude the following: