The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-19
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 ENVIABLE RECORD


 meetings.
 ENvIABLE RECORD
 Quite an enviable record has been es- tabished by Master John Doster of Leeds in the nationwide work of help ing out Uncle Sam His letter to Craw ford Johnson, state director of Alabama, which is reproduced below, is eXplana- tory. The letter reads as follows:
 Dear MT. Johnson:
 T saw in the paper that you were going to have some soldier boys in the campaign. l have two liberty bonds and one baby bond, and I want to be a major in your boy army. I have uniform, but no shoulder straps nor eagles.
 Gan you get them for me- please, sir? I am seven years o1c, and want to help whip the Kaiser. Yours truly.
 JOHN DOSTER." Leeds, Ala, December 19, 1917.
 In answer to the request of the loyal young American, MT. Johnson told him of the plans as decided upon to date and assured him that so patriotic q citizen as he has proven himself to be should receive some recognition of the fact, and that his letter had been re- ferred to the national director, Otto Marx, at Washington, and also to MT. McAdoo, Secretary of the Treasury The following reply was received the other day:
 Dear Mir. Johnson:
 T got your letter tonight, and I am sending you one of my pictures. It was made three years ago, but I am going to make some in my uniform the next time I go to Birmingham, and I will give you one of them, too. I am going to make a baby bond speech at the Lyric if they will let me-
 T just lack 10 cents having enough to get me another baby bond tomorrow, and get it when I come from school. Don forget my eagle. Yours truly,
 JOHN DOSTER." The letter which he received from Fed eral Director Otto Marx reads as fol- lows.
 Leeds, Ala My dear John: The letter which you wrote to MT. Crawford Johnson. state director of the war savings committed for the state of Alabama, has been sent tc me by MT. Johnson. and I am writing you this letter to let you know that the secretary of the United States treasury Hon. w. G. McAdoo, and myself as fed eral director for Il of the southeastern states, are most pleased with the patriot ism shown by your letter, and wish te assure you that as soon as the factories get time to manufacture the buttons and other prizes, they will be distributed tc Mir. Johnson, and in turn to your schoo teacher. If you then show your teacher that you are as good soldier as think you are, she will commission you g major in the School Childrens Soldier: of Thrift Army
 q expect to be in Birmingham or Thursday, December 20 and if your par. ents could bring you there, I should certainly be glad to meet you and shakt hands with so fine an American boy Yours very truly, OTTO MARX.' Federal Director, Treasury Department National War Savings Committed Washington. D. C., December 1t, 1917.'
 WAKE UP SLOW ONES
 Hope is expressed about the campaign headquarters that young Doster will sool be able to make his proposed visit to Bir mingham and that they will be able tt give him an opportunity of waking tn, slow ones up by a rousing talk iron behind the footlights.
 The stamps and bond sales at the post office in Birmingham yesterday provet to be one of the largest days in tn, campaign, over 5000 worth of the thrif stamps and baby bonds being sold Many Christmas presents will be mad in this manner this year, 1t is believed Many are beginning to awaken to tn call and an unusually good day for smal sales was reported.
 A travelling man remarked that he ha, promised to buy his wife thrift staml at every town at which he stopped an, that day before yesterday he had t make five towns in his route Quite neat sum. if it happened every day, bu he stated that so far he had lived III to his agreement. and friend wife ha, received her promised stamps. Every one seems to take added interest in tn work as they understood the necessit, of the loan more It isn't being mad because hard times are upon the country but to keep the hard times away and t, provide the boys at the front with som of the comforts and necessities of life