The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-17
,49O,OOO NOW
 TOTAL OF LIBERTY
 LOAN SALES HERE
Gen. William P. Duyall, the Southeastern Commander, Is Guest of Luncheon
 at Southern Club

thousand dollars have been subscribed in Birmingham for the second liberty loan, according to the announcement made at the luncheon yesterday at o'clock at the Southern club, when Chairman w. c. Adams made public the subscriptions so far recorded. Gen. William P. Duvall, commander of the southeastern department at Charles ton with his aide camp, Capt Ray mond Sullivan, were guests of honor as were Maj. J. E. Munsey and Capt. William Hemphill, who are in the city on business connected with the nitrate plant at Sheffield.
 The subscriptions announced were;
 First National bank, $100o,oo0; Bir- mingham Trust and Savings bank s200, ,000: Citizens, s25o,ooo; Crane Com
 pany, $15,0Oo; American Radiator com pany, s1o,ooo; International Harvester company, George Gordon Crawford. George Huddleston, s5ooo each. CLUBS REPRESENTED The dining hall of the Southern club yesterday at l o'clock was busy scene when Gen. William F. Duvall, commander of the southeastern depart ment at Charleston was the guest of honor at the luncheon of the Birmine ham liberty loan committee w. z. Adams. chairman. There were present delegations from the Kiawanis clup' the Rotary club, the Real Estate ex- change and the local liberty loan com mittee.
 MT. Adams made an ideal presiding officer, making it business meeting instead of social affair--a meeting that made the heart of the soldiers present glad, for action was fasler than words.
 q want to offer no apologies Tor the lack of flowers and music here to- day for General Duvall IS solulel' and he knows what it takes to take care of soldiers This is business proposition, and this is plain busl- ness mans lunch. We are going 10 get down to business, but before we do, we want a few words from General Duvall," said Mr.. Adams.
 q am not a speaker, and l am not going to make a speech, but l want to boast a. little Just before l left Charleston, I learned by wire that the post at Chattanooga had subscribed S1. 211. 900 for the second liberty loan, that is $41.70 per man at that post Tn one regiment the subscription reached $62 per man. said General Duvall.
 REV. FAREWELL TALKS Rev Middleton s. Barnweil was the next speaker, and he made splendid address, depicting the patriotic spirit that must prevail in order to make the war a success His utterances were sizzling with patriotism and brought forth round after round of applause "We are going to consecrate every drop of red blood that we have and every dollar that we possess to win this war, and we are not going to- here in Birmingham, let one big cor poration or any number of them, carry our burdens. We are not going to hide behind the big industrial corporations we are going to do our part. This liberty loan is an insurance policy to guarantee the conditions of life and liberty that has made it possible for us to gather the dollars that the gov ernment asks the loan of for a few years--to invest in the life and lib- erty of the world" concluded Mir Barnwell.
 Oscar Wells president of the First the second liberty loan, and his ex- and thorough.
 Following the luncheon General Du- wall was shown over the residential section of Birmingham, and then took a train for Meridian, Miss.
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