The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-28

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 A sequence of events occurred yesterday which peculiarly demonstrated how fast plans throughout the state are being whipped into shape for the Alabama crop diversification campaign which will be- gin next Wednesday
 A half dozen automobile loads of ad- vance men secured Jefferson county and literally covered the county with hand bills and posters advertising the 50 meet ings which will be held in this county the first day of the campaign, and gave bits of advice to the local committees in charge of the meetings.
 At Cullman when a group of advance men arrived in the city yesterday morn ing to arrange for the meetings in that county, Judge Burke adjourned his court and a rousing mass meeting was held in the county courthouse attended by over 200 men.
 At Scottsboro another advance man held a rousing meeting and arranged for a booster meeting to be held there to-
 
 Jackson county will be invited. At Birmingham a large corps of routing experts worked hard on railroad sched- ules and today will complete the itinerary for the speakers of the campaign in the entire northern half of the state The campaign proper will start Wednes- day with the 50 meetings in Jefferson county. c. M. Carron, chief publicity agent of the advance men, stated yes- terday that he had never seen better prospects in the 142 campaigns he has been connected with than there are in Alabama. "The Jefferson county cam ing he said yesterday. we realize this is not an agricultural county, strictly speaking, but there are many farms in the county and what is more there live here some of the most influential farm owners and farmers of the state. There Is much enthusiasm here among every class of citizenship. and the result of Wednesdays campaign will jar loose the enthusiasm of the entire state, and after that things will hum."
 Allen Will Probably Preside
 Great things are expected of the Ala bama products dinner Wednesday night, at which will be present men and women from all parts of the state. The toast master will be named today, gut reliable information is that B. Nj. Allen has been decided upon. MT. Allen is one of Bir- minghams leading lawyers and also one of the states leading farmers. The first check for the dinner was received yes- terday by Secretary William c. Radcliffe from G. A. Mattison, general manager of the Ashland oil Mill and Fertilizer com pany, Ashland. All that will be neces- sary for anyone to secure a place at the dinner will be to send $l and a request to have a place reserved to Secretary Radcliffe. No invitations are being is- sued.
 Those who toured the county yesterday advertising the meetings and putting up posters giving directions as to the time and place of meetings stated that there is much enthusiasm among the people of the county. The automobiles for the trip were furnished by Hubert Drennen, Ted Brownell and several private own ers
 The alleged Chattanooga smallpox is giving the advance men some trouble. Chief Routing Agent Starbuck had routed the north end of the state so that for the speaking crew to get to Fort Payne they were to go through Chattanooga, but owing to the smallpox scare he is making arrangements for them to go across country by horse or automobile.
 The advance men who were given such a rousing reception at Cullman yester- day were c. c. Kirkpatrick, John Bliss, and R. A. Hayne. They sent very glow ing reports back to Birmingham of the interest aroused in Cullman county. Nat Barker reported much interest among the farmers of Franklin county.
 The general state campaign will start next Thursday morning in the north end of the state in Cullman and Blount counties.
 Offers of CO-Operation
 In answer to requests for cooperation the following teegrams were among those received yesterday by President Shook of the Chamber of Commerce:
 Vice President Louisville and Nashville Railroad w. L. Mapother, Louisville: We will gladly extend all possible CO., operation"
 Morris & Co.,. meat packers, Chicago: ''E. s. Labart will represent us in cam paign. He will be in Birmingham Monday and will look you up.'
 The Cudahy Packing Co.,, Chicago: We will be very glad to instruct our sales man to cooperate with you"
 The posters advertising the Jefferson county meetings with a full list of the complete itinerary of the speaking crews are as follows:
 A pig skin or steer hide are the best grain sacks you can find on the farm.
 Make Alabama feed herself and keep $90.000O00 at home.
 Something to sell every week will do It.
 Alabama crop diversification campaign, Jefferson county. February 8, 1915.
 Bring the women and children
 Fifty meetings on farms, in schoolhouses and in the towns. Useful, practical. edu- cational
 Thirty practical aRriculturists and prom-