The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-20

"Our count stands S1l,5SO,lOO ana 1 we are still counting, wired Chair man Murray Brown to Sixth District | Chairman W. c. wardlaw at Atlanta l at 10 o'clock last night in response l to request for Birmingham's l standing at that hour. 1 At o'clock last night the official lcount stood a little over $10,000,0oo,
 and Chairman Brown then estimated that the total would go to $11.0oo,ooO. l As Chief Auditor F. Hopkinson smith land his corps of accountants continued
 their tabulations the figures mounted higher and higher until 10 oclocKS Iwhen the last official statement of the might was issued. The accounting stan worked on until midnight or later try ling to complete the tabulation, but they l will hardly be able to do this before tomorrow, when the final total Will De made public
 l While neither Chairman Brown nor lMr smith would commit themselves as l to their expectations, from expressions dropped by them and their co-workers lthe impression was gained that some thing near S12,0o0,000 is what they really expect to show when the 'hgur- ling is all finished.
 Jefferson and nine other counties iconstitute the Birmingham zone, whose lauota was $10 300,000. Jefferson county alone has gone far beyond this, the to- tai announced at 10 o'clock last night exceeding it by $1,2SO,1OO. with still more to come. Jefferson'S quota was $9,289 100, and she has topped this by $2,240,350, so far as officially tabu- Hated, and will probably increase this
 oversubscription by $500.00O.
 q don't want to crow" said Chair
 man Brown last night, after commuin-
 eating with MT. Wardlaw, but. say, boys, isn't it great the way we have put this loan over in Jefferson county?' 1 And his audience chorused their ap- lproval of the sentiment
 The last day of the campaign, With the l quota already assured, citizens of the city l and county formed almost continuous 1 stream into headquarters in the Jefferson l County Bank building so anxious were 1 they to subscribe that they would take
 no chance of being overlooked by the 1 workers During the day hundreds l called at headquarters and through | Mrs Smith and her Rainbow division i bought thousands of dollars worth or l bonds.
 When one of the firemen mounted l the aerial truck at the First National Bank building at o'clock yesterday 1 afternoon and showed the arrow full half foot above the $10,000,000 figures l a mighty yell went up from the seV- l eral hundred people who had assem-
 bled to watch the official result as | shown there.
 l There was much jubilation and con- | graduating at headquarters when it
 became definitely known that the I quota had not only been reached but l oversubscribed, and Chairman Brown
 hastened to felicitate Field Marshal l RusEton, the generals, committees and 1 workers who had labored so hard and so faithfully in spite of the many han l dicaps to make the campaign sue cess.
 All through the day reports bring 1 ing news of unvarying success reacEed headquarters; reports of third and fourth subscriptions that tripled and l quadrupled the first takings. Big buy
 CTS and little buyers, men and women,
 white and colored, all wanted to get in on the final round, and they subscribed 1 llberally.
 Chairman Browns statement in The Age-Herald yesterday that the quota had been raised instead of causing relaxation as might have been eX- l peeted, really acted as stimulant and | resulted in boosting the total thousands of dollars.
 l Late yesterday afternoon Chairman l Brown expressed his appreciation of 1 the faithful cooperation of those as-
 sociated with him in the conduct of the Fourth Liberty Loan campaign in the I following statement. | At the close of this campaign I de- sire. first of all, to congratulate the peo- pie of Jefferson county on their whole hearted response to this call on their patriotism, in face of an epidemic and ! other discouraging and demoralizing conditions. Jefferson county is true blue
 | cNo irr,, I ho CT 1 who has contributed to the success ot | the campaign-the allied armies. their 1 field marshall generals and loyal sol- diers the women's committee; the chair men of the special committees; the trav-
 cling men; the fraternal orders, and the l vast body of our citizens who not only bought bonds freely. but urged their
 neighbors, friends and associates to buy. The press of our city and county. to l whom our people look for inspiration, was 1 even more generous than in past cam paigns in the surrender of their news 1 space to us and in their editorial sup port.
 l The Musicians union and Sign Paint | CTS deserve special commendation Tor | services rendered at unusual hours, With I out remuneration.
 1 The Boy Scouts for their many sery-
 ices and willingness at all times to serve
 | Our colored people, who bought bonds | to the limit of their ability and in many l cases at great personal sacrifice. have earned for them the enduring esteem or l this community.
 T would like to be permitted to ex- press my thanks to the vice chairmen
 and members of the executive committee
 who have advised me so we'll: to Claude l H. Estes. our secretary, who has served l most efficiently, and without compensa- ton; to John Sparrow, chairman of the
 publicity committee. and our auditor, F.
 Hopknson Smith, and his corps of as- sistants
 II wish to say that it is fine thing
 Ito have exceeded our quota, but equally I as inspiring is the fact that we have in disputable proof that this campaign has brought the people of our county closer l together than ever before. A Liberty
 Loan drive shows them all that they have more than individual responsibility. {, We know that they will be ready for any 1 call that may be made upon them here after, no matter how much sacrifice 1t may demand.
 MURRAY BROWN. Chairman.
 RUSHTON CITES ARMY l When he saw that the quota had cer- tainly been raised. Field Marshal Rush. ton addressed the following letter to the generals and soldiers of the allied arr mics:
 ITO the Generals and Soldiers of the Allied Armies
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