The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-03
Immediate Need
 for Small Sum

A Tuberculosis aSSoclatlon need $500 to pay the wages of it's employees due on the 1st of November. This i' , said to be the first time in the history of the organization that the monthly
 pay roll has not been met, and the di
 rectors express the hope that the
 small sum asked for will be con.
 tributed promptly by the friends oi
 the anti-tuberculosis cause.
 The county association has admin iistered it's affairs in a business-like
 way and with such economy as would conserve the funds without minimiz- ing the efficiency of the work; but owing to peculiar circumstances the board finds itself at this time with an empty treasury.
 The contributors to the fund neces- sary to keep the association on it's 1 feet have been most generous and there is no doubt but that the $500 required to meet expenses that will accrue between now and Christmas will be forthcoming in due time. But the $500 referred to must be raised within the next few days if the asso- citation is to maintain its hitherto nigh credit.
 The Red Cross Christmas seals, which have been the source of large part of the associations revenue, will be more widely distributed this year than ever before. In 1916 the sale of the little holiday tokens for the bene- fit of the local organization netted something like S7O0o. This years seal campaign is being projected on much larger scale and those in charge of it are expecting to realize fully $1O,000. That fund will be ap- piled to next years activities.
 Let those who have been so gener- ous in the past come to the rescue now, and with small contributions make up the $500 to pay the ever faithful employees. Certain it is that no institution for the protection of health and the alleviation of suffer- ing could do more for this community than the Jefferson County Anti Tuberculosis association is doing. Special appeals for aid have always met with cheerful response. And that it will be so in this instance goes without saying.
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