The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-24
I7TlHE moral effect of the educa- H cationaj work done by the lib-
 erty loan bond salesmen in this

G61 1[SHE moral effect of the educa-
 II cationaj work done by the lib J erty loan bond salesmen in this ! district will be of more value to the gov- ernment in the long run than the $4,OO0,00C
 or s5.0O0,0O0 subscribed"
 l MT. Carson Adams enthusiastic, gentle hearted, able, manly. just the splendid ! type to be at the head of a great move- i ment like the liberty loan campaign, ! summed up yesterday the magnificent | work accomplished in this district during { the past week. iaying great stress upon 1 the fact that the liberty bond campaign l had been liberal and thorough educa- 1 tion to the country concerning the war i situation.
 1 When you see a farmer in the rural districts go over to little old chest or 1 trunk or crack in the wall and find a couple of dollars and then go to the bu- reau and fish out another dollar or two, until he's gotten together $10O and says, l Give me q liberty bond, you know his heart has been touched and his spirit of
 loyalty aroused, and why?" continued MT. Adams. "A week before he was in al- most total ignorance of the real facts concerning the war. He looked upon his government as an abstract factor driving him on to give his money to B war that was being fought on the other side. But when the facts were presented hlm and he understood that the war was his just
 as much his as anybody else's, and that the reason the war was fought 4O00 miles away was because we didn't want IL ffn hf homes and cities and communities ruth lessly destroyed, then he sends up shout of joy and before he finishes he's bought
 not only one liberty bond, but another for
 his old woman, his children, even if
 there is family of ten"
 After it is all boiled down." said Mir Adams. 'the big business institutions of the country realize that in oroer to Win thls war we've got to give our money gen. erously and freely. The average man or woman hasn't realized the terror of the situation. I had to be made clear to
 them and the great numbers of men and
 women who have been interested in the liberty loan campaign have worked dlli- gently to show their fellow men the real conditions and when they have succeeded in doing so the response has been most generous"
 
 continued, that the work done by the women has been phenomenal-absolut unselfish, with no thought of personality or self aggrandizement, but just in that splendid, patriotic spirit which every true
 American woman can be depended on for in a great crisis. To Mrs. Prentiss B. Reed, the chairman of the woman's com mittee of the Greater Birmingham and Bessemer liberty loan committee, much of the credit is due for our success She is not only brilliait and capable woman,
 but a tireless and energetic worker.
 'The dreadful and horrible conditions of the war have been brought very close
 home to us in Birmingham during the past few days by the presence of four
 French Canadian soldiers, who, through
 the courtesy of MT. Semon of the Lyric
 theatre, where they will appear next week, beginning Monday, October 20, have very kindly helped us in the liberty loan
 campaign. They have gone about mak- ing talks and trying to tell the people of
 Birmingham what the true war condi
 tions are on the firing line.' These for ner soldiers are all wounded men. At first they were thought to be mortally
 wounded, but were later snatched from the very jaws of death Sergeant-Ma Pafkeris Insignificant specimen; born: athlete, standing feet ? inches high. He
 has lost one of his lungs. part of his col lar bone and one of his arms; a sad com mentary on the frightful scourage of war.