The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-21

| TT HE baby council of U. c. T ism in | the United States. which is located at Gadsden had one of the 1ivest meetings of it's existence Saturday night
 last, when a crowd from Birmingham and
 J. M. Bowman of Anniston assisted in sending two candidates across the rooms of torture, as well as witnessing the sign ! ing of four application blanks, and seeing 1 two transfers of membership made to the
 Gadsden council Plaisance and Bowman
 assisted in exemplifying the ritualistic
 work of the evening, and an enjoyable
 time was had by all who attended. 1 This Gadsden council is one of the
 "comers' of the state. It is officered by
 some of the best salesmen in the state
 and every man in 1t is imbued with g spirit of enthusiasm. which means much
 to the future of the council.
 l T. H. Woodruff, the senior councillor, is
 the right man in the right place. He has
 an executive mind that is not entirely | separated from a knowledge of the judi
 cial He enjoys the confidence of every
 member of the council and is ably as-
 sisted in the work.
 OlIl SulIllt d In6ulD6T OI IIlG COuICll, le ] so thoroughly good-natured that his very presence in the council room is sufficient ! to insure successful meeting. If anyone
 ever caught Jim when he wasn't smiling
 the writer of the travelling mems sec tion of The Age-Herald would like to
 get photograph of the genial one show l ing his face when he's grouchy. It would | be well worth printing, for 1t would show
 that even the most cheerful of us have woes.
 i Will Leach, sometimes called Shield Brand although no one can give gocI l reason for the nom de plume is another 1 hummer in the Gadsden council. Barring 1 the fact that the entrances to the coun- ci1 have had to be heightened because ot his length. he has been of no expense to the council, and, really, he has beer
 doing much good. He is a member oi the executive committee.
 l Gadsden will be at the Huntsville con- vention in May in large numbers, and
 unless some of the older councils start 1 right in and do some work, the baby l will swipe all the cream by walking home with the 1917 convention tucked under I it's arm.
 | The local council, U. c. T., at a meet I ing Saturday night. decided that roac must be built to the Warrior river from ] Birmingham right away. To this end a One Day Road" committee has beer
 named, the object of which will be tc l interest everyone in Jefferson county ir 1 the project to build this road. and then to get every man in the county to agree | to give up one day of his time to actual work upon the proposed route.
 l F. P. Dunnam is chairman of this com mittee and says that the matter of 2 road to the Warrior has been discussed sufficiently in the newspapers. and thai , now is the psychological moment to take l up pick and shovel and do some req work The U. c. T. believe that ii every man who is really interested ir seeing a road built to the Warrior will get out on the proposed route and helI dig it up, and then make a road of it. Birmingham will be using the road long before the board of revenue has com pleted it's work of getting reports from various engineers-and others
 Charlie Abrams announces that the pos abilities of the members of the local council having an opportunity to get on the outside of brand new sandwich of his manufacture are very good, indeed The local council will have one of its justly famous dinners the first Saturday night in March, which is not so very far off, by the way, and Charlie is busy arranging a menu Since assuming his duties as official chef of Council No. 172, MT. Abrams has established an en- viable reputation, and his art in matters culinary has reached an advanced stage On the third Saturday night in March the local council will have an- other meeting of more than usual inn portance, and many candidates are ex- pected to place themselves at the mercy of Capt H. B. Kennedy and oth- CT strong arm men in the council Grand Councillor w. L. Wall of Hunts vile has promised to be on hand for this meeting, and a large evening is expected.
 Incidentally, word has been received from Brother Wall to the effect that the Huntsville council will have a