The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-26

bought n bond for the reason that N they have not been solicited. I
 want to say that the committees
 office at 214 Brown-Mnrx build
 ing is open and that they should
 not hesitate either to come to our
 office or call at their banks and
 place their subscriptions for bonds.
 and not try to reconcile their con-
 science by feeling that they had
 done their part by being willing
 to buy bonds if asked to do so.
 That is not patriotism; thnt is the
 first instinct of n stacker. and ev-
 cry man who has not purchased a
 bond, if he is able to do so. should
 feel thnt way about it If he is
 patriotic citizen of America."-W.
 C. Adams, chairman of the local
 liberty loan committed.
 Fifteen Italian laborers walked into naces at Thomas yesterday morning and said: We want to buy a bond for lib- erty," and laid down $50 each-S750 in all and their names were taken for the delivery of their bonds This pushed the subscription at this place up to sle,750 for the employees of these furnaces
 YOUNG OFFICERS SUBSCRIBE
 copy of letter received from one of the Birmingham boys now at Fort Oglethorpe In training camp reads as follows:
 "The soldiers are giving all they've got to help the liberty loan along. Our battery Q6O men) has subscribed already $25, ,o00 and the camp itself has sub scribed several million. It strikes me that if the soldiers are giving both their lives and money so generously the citizens would feel mighty bad to fail in this hour of need The percentage of men in camp that fall to subscribe Is about two out of 100 and they haven't the money
 PASSES $7,00O,OOO MARK
 The Tennessee company,
 through President George Gordon
 Crawford, yesterday subscribed to
 an additional million dollars of
 second liberty loan bonds. the sub
 scriptlon being made through the
 local Boy Scouts.
 This. with other subscriptions of
 the day, ran the total to over $7.
 OGD.COO. The goal set by the cOnl-
 mittee Is $7,5O0.OOO and if every
 thing that is now in sight ma-
 tcrialixcs in the way of subscrlp-
 ttons. the goal has practically been
 reached, but the limit will be
 raised and additional subscriptions
 received as fast as they pile in.
 The Pratt Consolidated Coal company, which has already taken $5oOOO worth of the second liberty loan, as well as $50,0 900 of the first loan, writes Chairman Adams that it will put storekeepers, superintendents and foremen to solicit ine subscriptions for bonds, and will pay for any and all bonds subscribed for by their employees and take the money out of their pay in agreeable terms.
 OTHER SUBSCRIPTIONS
 The Ensley company subscribed for 5000 worth of bonds yesterday. Elm ployes of Republic furnaces at Thomas $1O, ,75O: Francis M. Burwell, Margaret, $500; Newcastle Coal company, s50OO, em- ployes, s650; Adams Drug company, $6O0: Mrs Guy s. Amos. $500 Protective Life Insurance company, 5000, making total scription, $10000; pr. H. M. Edmonds, 5000; w. H. Kettig should be s60OO in- stead of $500 as published; Mrs. Elizabeth C. Starr, $500; Colby Decorating company, s70O; Lincoln Reserve Life, 5000: Roberts
 
 Steel and Wire company. $75.O0O, making total subscription, $150,000; Joseph Mar tin Vivian, Wylam women's committee, $5OOO Wiley Afford, secretary and treas urer of the Alabama Power company, S25OO; Jemison Real Estate and Insurance company and Jemison- -Seibels Insurance agency, 5000; Mr. Middlemiss, same com pany, s70O; about $l6O0 is reported by MT. Middlemiss for their out-of-town employees; Karl Landgrebe, Ensley $lO 000 the various employees of departments Of ~the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Rail- road company at Ensley have subscribed as follows: Blast furnaces $24,O50: open hearth. $500; converter. $s000; yard de- partment. $500: all shops. $34.150: elec- trio shop, $8O50; laboratory. $950 steam engineering department, $250 accounting department $5650; engineering depart ment. S19.S50-total. SIS. 400.
 The liberty loan committee wishes to thank the Harris Warehouse and Trans fer company for the loan of trucks. desks and laborers during the campaign, which they have contributed to the cause.
 A correction is made in the subscrip- tions received from the East Birming- ham committees report at the Tues days luncheon as follows: Joubert x Goslin employees, $l150; Joubert x Cos lin firm, $10.000 Julius Goslin. $2000. INTEREST SCHOOL CHILDREN
 campaign was on yesterday, started