The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-12
BANK FRS COOPERATE


 letters to hundreds of employees of la bor, asking that they cooperate with the banks in disposing of bonds to the employees, white and black. The letters explained that employers may make an agreement with all employees to pur- chase bonds, taking out $1 per week
 until the bond, or bonds, have been paid for By having this understanding
 with the employees the employers will aid the committee and the banks.
 The banks will deal directly with the
 employers, looking to them for payments
 This will eliminate all red tape and
 will do away with unnecessary bookkeep-
 ing. The employe who takes bond IS
 allowed to pay his employer by the week.
 The bankers hope by this method to dis-
 pose of hundreds of bonds which would
 not be sold otherwise.
 Reports came yesterday afternoon that
 the Ideal Millinery company, the West
 ern Newspaper Union, and R. IL. Polk x
 Go. of Birmingham will purchase bonds
 " hich will be sold to employees on weeN-
 ly payments. Scores of other concerns al
 ready have agreed to this plan of dis posing of the bonds.
 BOY SCOUTS ACTIVE Roy Scouts of this district continue to do effective work, working from the of- flee in the Empire building. several oi the members of this organization al ready have earned pause or noioi , which was authorized to be given when certain number of the bonds were sold.
 Members of the local organizations nave been out since yesterday morning ana the cry. buy liberty bond" now has become familiar in the business and resi- dence section.
 June II. 12, IS and II was selected by the president of the Boy Scouts or America, during which time it was planned to visit 10,O00000 different homes ! in the United States. Bright and early yesterday the scouts got busy in Birmlns 1 ham, and several earned the beautiful medal which is offered when a member obtains 10 or more subscriptions. | Horace c. Afford, prominent attor- ney spoke last night at the Jefferson l theatre, during the wrestling match. Much enthusiasm was shown in the liberty ! loan bond" speech.
 HEBREW COMMITTEE 1 Members of the Young Mems Hebrew association met last night at the asso- I citation building and organized a liberty l loan bond committee This committed I will cooperate with the central commit | tee
 | Joseph Maggie and M. Romeo, promi- nent Italians. and other members of the various societies in the city, will have a meeting at which time committee Will l he organized. This committee will work among the Italians of the district, stress | ing the importance of them participa tins {! ir the fight for liberty in the United l States.
 | All white employees, and quite mum. i Der of the negroes at the Barnett Lum- Der company, yesterday purchased lib | efty loan bonds, according to J. Mercer Barnett president of the company. who lis head of the kiwanis club liberty ioar l committed The negroes of the compan, appear anxious to aid the government l MT. Barnett said. l S5O,OOO SALE l For the purpose of distributing them among his employees, Crawford John | son of the Birmingham Coca Cola com l pany yesterday purchased $50, 900 worth ] of government liberty loan bonds i Headquarters of the liberty loan com mittee report that this is the largest l individual subscription to come in for l the bonds by Birmingham person 1 Al c. Garber, secretary, announced | that Miss Mary Elizabeth Caldwell. a | prominent society girl, will aid in sell ing the bonds. She rendered her serv- ices yesterday and they were accepted by the committee.