The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-09
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company Sub scribes Over S1,000,000
 to Liberty Loan


 missioners yesterday, in ordering all places of amusement closed, and the abandonment of all meetings and as- semblages arranged for the present week, the Fourth Liberty Loan committee called off the meeting scheduled for Capitol park for tonight. It was quite disappointment to be compelled to fore go the pleasure of hearing United States Senator Kenyon tell of the war condi- tions in France as seen by himself, but in view of the widespread epidemic of Spanish influenza which has claimed many victims in Birmingham during the last two days, Chairman Brown, Field Marshal Rushton and their staffs con- cluded that the wise and patriotic thing to do would be to call off the meeting. In taking this action they realized they are handicapping themselves ana the workers in the campaign, but know ing the temper of the people of Jeffer- son county and their loyalty and devo- tion to the great cause for which thou sands of the county's brave sons are bat ting at the front or preparing in this country for the battle they hope to get into, they recalled the announcement for the meeting with the full conviction that there would be no let-up in the work to put Jefferson county over the top.
 LIBERTY DAY PAGEANT
 Another disappointment lies in the fact that the great Liberty Day pageant arr ranged for next Saturday has to he abandoned. On the advice of the health board and the doctors of the city, Chair man Brown and his advisors concluded that it would be unwise to attempt to pull off the parade, and thereby jeopard- ize the health of the people of the city. So both the meeting for tonight and the parade for Saturday were abandoned
 Despite the German peace propaganda and the spread of the Spanish influenza Jefferson county added almost 5000, 200 to her Fourth Liberty Loan Bond sub scriptions yesterday, by far the best days work in the present campaign. At o'clock yesterday afternoon 2000 or more persons gathered about Second ave- nue and Twentieth street gave vent to their patriotic feelings when members of the fire department raised the aerial truck ladder to the third floor of the First National Bank building and showed the arrow upward on the bulletin until it rested at the figures $5,500,0o0 which represented the total subscriptions of the county up to that hour.
 Just before this was done County Chair
 
 nistic. despite the many handicaps that had been thrown in the way of the campaign since the beginning of the pres ent week, said. 'While these figures $5, 500. .0oo--are not official, in that this amount has not been received by the accounting department, information in hand fully justifies us in placing that figure on the indicator this afternoon. We have reached the peak of the cam fv. fha going very strong.
 BOW TO INEVITABLE
 "Of course, we, in common with the public, are disappointed at not being able to have the rally of the allied armies at which Senator Kenyon was to have spoken, and in having to aban- don the parade for which such elab- crate preparations had been made, but we cheerfully bow to the wisdom of the city commissioners and feel absolutely sure we are going to raise our quota despite the fact that We have to aban- don these inspirational methods.
 "In fact, we believe the pubic Will respond even more generously because tbere will te a general realization of inc responsibility of the individual to do his utmost in face of adverse condi- tions We are very fortunate in being splendidly organized in the county The women's committees are doing splend'd work and showing very me spirit toi devotion to the cause.
 ..And then the allied armies were never better organized than in this campaign and we are counting on them 10 snow the Germans Americans fight at home . yaI1 as on the battle front in france
 "yes. you can count on the allied .rr,,es to a man." chimed in Field Mar shai IT Frank Rushton. after listening x c,bairman Browns eloquent statement of inc situation. Following a short con tsrenca Chairman Brown and Field Marshall Rushton prepared an address to the soldiers of the allied armies. which appears in full on another page oe The A gel Herald today.
 LETTER FROM CRAWFORD mt .ns,asm ran high shortly after ,,oInck yesterday afternoon when a let .a r,as received from President George Gardnn crawford of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company, In wnich ne lated that his company was subscrib- ,,a s1 o75 GOO for Liberty Bonds In Jef- sa.son county. MT. Crawford's letter
 urhe Tennessee Coal. Iron and
 p.,Irond company and affiliated
 .rtes with 1t are subscribing
 for m aggregate of $1'zoOOoo to the
 fourth Liberty Lonn' or which
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