The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-01-08
w. r. Baughman, Campaign
Director, Reaches Here
to Stay Until End
FORTY COUNTIES TO
JOIN MOVEMENT
Wade and Henderson Will Be Asked
to Come to Meeting-Arkansas
Editor Writes Enthusiastically
of Work Done in That State

A rapid fire campaign in which some
ZAP centimer guns may be brought into
,, action" will start within the next few
days in behalf of the Alabama crop d.
versification movement.
w. r. Baughman. who will act as cam
paign director. arrived in the city yes
terday and will stay here until the cam
paign closes the last of February. Litell
McClung, publicity director of the CAM
paign, will arrive in Birmingham from
1t appears now that fully 30 or 40 coun-
ties of the state will join in the cam
paign for profitable farming. The Mont
gomery chamber of commerce has Joined
with the Birmingham chamber and
| writes that efforts will be made to or
ganize about 10 counties surrounding
Montgomery. The larger part of the
counties of north Alabama, especially
the agricultural counties, are expected to
join the movement by February l, when
the campaign proper will start.
All that is necessary for any county to
join the movement is that some sort Of
organization be formed, an itinerary for
the workers mapped out and sent into the
Birmingham headquarters and local
committee appointed to take care of the
experts when they arrive on the days
fixed This will consist of transporting
the speakers and their equipment from
the railroad stations through the country
to whatever places it is desired they
make talks and give demonstrations,
boarding them and housing them over
night as long as they are in that county.
There will be no other expense.
The salaries and equipment Of these
experts are furnished there will be no
collections or money raising schemes
The whole thing is free to any county or
community that wants to hear what they
have to say and see what they have to
show and is willing to make arrangements
for their local entertainment and trans
the community.
Invitation to Meeting
Invitations to attend the initial meet
ing of the,campaign to be held next Mon
day at the Tutwiler hotel were sent out
last night to the governor of Alabama,
Reuben F. Kolb, commissioner of agri-
culture; w. F. Feagin, state superin-
tendent of education Bruce Kennedy.
secretary of the Montgomery Chamber
of Commerce. all of Montgomery;
Charles Henderson of Troy, J. A. Wade
of Alexander City, DR.. George H. Denny
of the university, DR.. c. Thach of Au-
burn and J. +. Duggar of Auburn.
The invitation reads as follows
Alabama must feed herself, is slogan
of statewide crop diversification CAM
paign being put on by Birmingham Cham
Der of Commerce. We invite co-opera-
ton of our governor, governor-elect, all
state officials, colleges, railroads, farm
demonstration forces, farmers unions,
bankers, merchants and travelling men,
associations. Organization meeting, Hotel
Tutwiler, Birmingham, Monday noon,
January II. Will expect you. Answer our
expense. P. G.. SHOOK.
president Chamber of Commerce."
All particulars of the campaign will be
brought out in the publicity campaign,
which will be conducted the rest of this
month until the campaign begins Fetru-
airy ].
In this connection, the following letter
has been received by The Age-Herald
from Fred Herskell. managing editor
of the Arkansas Gazette. one Of the lead
ing newspapers of the state, which will
be of Interest to the people OF Alabama
at this time
Letter From Arkansas Editor
II am told that the agricultural experts
of the International Harvester company
will soon begin a campaign for profitable
and diversified farming In Alabama As
these experts assisted by others from the
agricultural schools of Arkansas and the
University of Arkansas have but recent
ly put on similar campaign in Arkansas,
feel that 1t in justice to them should
let you know how they did their work in
this state and the results.
Il consider the profitable farming cam
pslign the biggest and best thing that has
been pulled off for years in Arkansas and
l believe that should no further work
be done there will be a 70 per cent de-
crease in cotton acreage in this state In