The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-10
GEORGE BLINN, JR.,
 AND HIS WORKERS
 WIN FIRST HONORS
Secured 17 New Members, While Louis PizitZ'S Com mittee Is Close Second With 16-Rain Fails to Dampen Spirits

Sixty-two committees, made up from total of 316 of the big men of Birming ham. worked 21a hours yesterday morn ing and secured 257 new members for the Chamber of Commerce, the mornings work eliminating in one of the most en- thusiastic luncheons ever held in Bir- mingbam at the Tutwiler at 12:SO o'clock.
 George Blinn, Jr., and his committee headed the list of committees, securing 8 total of F new members while Louis Pizitz and his committee pushed the leaders hard, coming in at the finish at Is new members secured.
 More enthusiasm has been aroused in the present chamber campaign than in any previous campaign ever held in Bir- mingham by any of it's civic bodies. Every man on the 62 committees is giving of his time freely, lavishly, and all of them are busy men--men to whom time means money.
 Notwithstanding the rain of yesterday morning the committees met at the Chamber of Commerce at 9:3O o'clock and the work was started in a drizzling rain, rain that did not wet one through, but which, in ordinary circumstances, would have cooled the ardor of the most enthusiastic believer in the future of Birmingham. Not a man retreated
 Went to Work With Vim
 It was one of the most cheerful crowds ever gathered together in Birmingham and they went to the work with vim One of the committees working South side n nf fLo ing, when it's members called at the office of certain automobile tire com pany.
 Thorton Estes, chairman of this com mfttee, approached the manager and ex- plained the proposition in hand. The work that is to be done and that which has been done was explained in detail to him, and when this was done he was asked if he didn't think the Chamber of Commerce was an institution worthy of the smupport of all business men; of every citizen in this community
 The manager replied that the company had only branch office in Birming- ham; that it's southern headquarters were located in another southern city and that, for that reason, he would not join with the Chamber of Commerce.
 MT. Estes told the tire manager that he had been buying the make of tires the local branch was selling, but that in future he could not consistently support an institution that could not give some thing to Birmingham instead of taking from the city and giving nothing in return.
 And that was the spirit of the luncheon, and is the spirit of the campaign for 20O0 new members for the Chamber of Commerce of Birmingham
 The 257 members secured yesterday were individuals. The large business concerns of the city have not been ap- preached, nor have the corporations. The committees will get to them later in the week. and they will be met with checks already filled out applications eagerly will be signed, for practically every large corporation, through an authoritative of- ficial has expressed its willingness to help in the fight for Birmingham
 The committees will go out this morning at 9:3O more enthusiastic than ever, for not man of them yester- day reported actual discourtesy and few indeed were the reports of refusals to join with the civic chamber in it's fisAt Aoi O pi66Cis oCticl, DIOdueT blrmlnE- ham.
 The luncheon today will be held at the Hil1man hotel at 12:30 o'clock and all committees are expected to be on hand promptly. They will be kept but an hour and J. Frank Rushton, gen. eral chairman, expects each committee to show report today that will make yesterdays appear small in compari- son.
 The names of the new members se- cured yesterday follow:
 A. J. Arrant, N. Steele Andrews, w. F. Aldrich. Alabama Paving company, Edgar A. Adler.
 w. l. Brown, E. w. Brandon. Ev- ert M. Brown, J. K Brockman, A. w. Beck, Birmingham Publishing com- pany, R. D. Burnett, Murray Brown Beck Candy and Grocery Co.,. Lucien C. Brown, Birmin gham Newspaper club, R. H. Baugh, Bain- -Hinkle Roofing and Cornice company, George A. Blinn. Jr Birmingham Coca-Cola company. A. L. Boorse, James Bailey & Co., R. s. W Brown, Butt-Joint Nestable Culvert Co., Birmingham Ice and Cold Storage com pany. J. H. Berry. c. M. Blanchard.
 John S. Cox, B. c. Cox. J., Standish Clark, Phares Coleman, Donald Conner. A. W. Carey. ws-Crawford Manu- | featuring company.
 J. H. Doty. F. l.. Demere, James E. Dedman, c. E. Dodge, l.. l.. Doty. "A. R. Dearborn, Alvin M. Douglas, Hal C..