The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-27
IDOM|N|CK MAKES l RINGING SPEECH ON | WAR SAVINGS DRIVE Fine Reports Made by Work CTS at Luncheon Yester-
 day and Goal Seems
 in Sight PARTIAL REPORT OF
 RAINBOW DIVISION Johnson Directs Workers to Sell the $1000-Women Active in Every
 Part of State

Birmingham, through her allied armies goal set for her in the War Savings drive. Reports made at the luncheon at the Tutwiler hotel at 1 o'clock indicated that tte, people are subscribing literally for the bonds and that when the final roll call is made tomorrow the citys and the countys quotas will have been ex- ceeded
 State Director Crawford Johnson, Gem eral Sparrow and other speakers at the luncheon, stressed the necessity of going after the 5000 fellows we know who they are,' said MT. Johnson. and should strike them for the 5000 bond. We've got to sell them, and you and they might just as well know it now as later" The 200 or more officers and soldiers of tho allied armies at the luncheon dis played more enthusiasm than at any for me- time, and the reports made showed that they had been working hard to reach the quota set for the city and county.
 Field Marshal J. Frank Rushton was back on the job, presiding with his usual dignity and affability. He called for report from General John Sparrow of  humorous vein.
 Field Marshal Rushton said the al lied armies were just striking their stride and that when they get in good working condition there will be no resistance to them
 Percy Rosenberg rendered one of his hun,or recitations, after which the field marshal called on Frank Dominick for a speech. MT. Dominick responded with a strong plea for War Savings sub scriptions, saying that we are living in time the like of which the world has never seen before and will never see again He told of woman Tn Coosa county that he saw kiss her boy good bye as he boarded the train for camp, and then. with her arm linked in her husbands s. returned to the farm. where she had lived 40 years, to work and walt for her sons return.
 These times call for spirit of sacrt- fee such as that made by the Coosa county woman,'' he said, and spirit or sacrifice has taken hold upon us. was in a little town where they honored one of their sons who had given up his life for an experiment in disease in order sts.t the lives of others might be saved
 eve are living in a time when we know no distinction between the rlch, the poor. the beggar. I was at CaEltol park Monday night when Birmingham
  500 of our boys just starting on their way to the front The rich, the poor, the high and low all were there the spirit of sacrifice had seized upon all of us. The call reaches to the utter most parts of the country because the cause for which this sacrifice is made is liberty, justice, freedom Every man should be willing to give his all TOT cause like this.
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 .The soldiers, most of them. will come back and we will hold parade here in Birmingham the like of which you have never seen. Will you not on that account look those boys squarely in the eyes and say, Brother, I did all I could to help you make peace and righteousness the rule of the world and woe unto you if you did not do all you could to help them and to bring them back.
 This country will never again be what 1t has been, or what 1t was year ago. We are losing the identity of AS states and being welded into one nation, mighty nation that will take it's place among the great brotherhood of nations. It's a privilege to live in such time and to take part in such revolution as our country is now under going revolution that will make it. self felt throughout the civilized world. We will not be entitled to the respect of mankind unless we do>all we can to help spread the eternal doctrine of righteousness and justice"
 Mir McAfee of the United States superdreadnaught South Dakota, guest of the allied armies was intro duced by Field Marshal Rushton.
 RAINBOW DIVISION
 Gen Mrs. H, H. Shell, reporting for the Rainbow division, said womans condition had advanced from the wash board to the school board. and now it had again been advanced to the general staff She reported pledges secured by her division as follows: Avondale. s15co. Graymont. $200; Woodiawn, $50; Vivian, s3OoO; Fairfield. $500; North Highlands. $500; North Birming- ham, s3o00 Mrs Shell stated that this was only a partial report Miss Bernie Gillen, representing Bes- semer. reported that the Bessemer women had sold bonds at the booths amounting to $1o,sso. pr, F. w. Me (Continued on Page Thirteen)