The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-12-23

| Twenty-third Street Baptist-Federatedd
churches, Bethel Baptist, Rising Star
Baptist, Thirty-seeond street Baptist
and other churches In this community
not known to committee.
Northside teasD-Place Of meeting, st.
John. A. M. r. church-7Federated
churches. New Hope Baptist, Tabernacle
Seventeenth Street Baptist, and any
other churches in this community not
known to committee.
Eastern District--Place of meeting, st.
James A. NJ. E.-Federated churches,
Harmony Street Baptist, st. Mark Bap-
fist, Pilgrims Rest Baptist. A. NJ E.
church of Kingston.
Woodlawn District-Place of meeting.
Jackson Street Baptist-All the churches
J not included in east district within the
city limits are embraced in this dis
trict.
North Birmingham District-Place of
meeting, Twenty third Avenue Baptist
| All other churches in this section lot
| included in any other section within the
| city limits, are embraced in this district.
| Pratt City District-Pace of meeting,
| First Baptist, Pratt City-All churches
| in this section not included in any other
section are embraced in this district.
| Ensley District-Meeting places at the
Macedonia Baptist and Rev. Craig $
/, A. M. e. church.
MINISTERS SPEAK TODAY
| Ministers are asked to speak from
their pulpits this morning of the many
mass meetings to be held throughout
/ the district and the points where
| they are centralized. This plan here
announced is a suggestion Of the cam
| paign committee and has been re-
ceived by the majority of the pastors.
| If it is not satisfactory. pastors and
| their membership are asked and 1t will
be all right for them to hold inde-
| pendent meetings. If any information
is needed it may be had by calling
Oscar W. Adams, campaign manager
| of the colored troops. over phone Main
6842-J or Main 47S6. or call Mrs. r. s.
MaclIn. chairman of the Booker r.
] Washington Red Cross auxiliary at her
| home, Main 3637-W. The headquarters
will be open after o'clock today and
buttons, crosses and such other in
| formation as may be desired can be
had. The appeal is made by the work.
ers that not a single man, woman or
child will be left out of this fight,
| and 1t is the wish of every colored
man and woman that the race of col
ored people will show their loyalty
| and patriotism In this instance as
never before.
Oscar w. Adams. editor of the Bir-
mingham Reporter, called his force to-
/ SGLncT SATURDAY evening d1Q CNCAy
employee, even to the porter, became
La member: and the whole working
force of the Birmingham Reporter is
100 per cent and some more Red Gross.
A number Of the colored businesses
have done likewise. Friday night when
Attorney William H. Saddler had fin
ished his address at one of the colored
| theatres a number of the colored men
| came out and attempted to become
members right there and then.
SPEAKERS AT THEATRES
The speakers will appear as fol-
lows at the theatres today: Prof. w
! B. Driver, j. +. Harrison, Dr. Will
! liam p. Saunders and P. D. Davis will
| speak at the three colored theatres in
the afternoon and white friends are
asked to appear at night. The man
| agement of these theatres express
pleasure in allowing these workers to
explain the proposition.
DR.. D. L. Johnston will speak at
/ the Shiloh Baptist church this morn
| ing; Prof. w. B. Driver at the Sixth
| avenue Baptist church; Prof. A. IL
Parker at the Congregational church
| John NJ. Coar at the Thirgood C. NJ
e. church: Prof. W. C. Davis at St
Pauls NJ. f. church; Prof G. W. Scott
at Pratt City. and Prof w. r. Wood
will do likewise in Ensley. Mr. p. D.
Davis will speak this morning at the
Sixteenth Street Baptist church and
Oscar w. Adams at the Metropolitan
A. NJ e. Zion church. Prof. G. S. Lewis
Will speak at the ST. Johns A. M. E.
church. These speakers, however, will
| only take three or four minutes aft
| er the several pastors have also in
structed their people. Woodlawn, East
i Lake, Avondale. East Birmingham and
in fact. the entire district is asked
to rally today as never before during
the campaign and let the colored peo-
| pie report Monday 5000 members All
workers are asked to meet promptly
/ at 10 o'clock at the headquarters Mon
day and make final report. Booths will
| be open Monday.
Mr.. Frank Willis Barnett viewed
i the organized workers Saturday even.
! ing and expressed himself as being
!, highly pleased with the spirit and en-
/ thusiasm manifested by the colored
4 people.
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