The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-30
MEN, WOMEN
 AND THINGS
If you want to live in sure enough

If you want to live in a sure enough
 town
 Like the kind of town you will like. You needn't slip your clothes in grip
 And start on a long, long hike.
 You will only find what you left behind,
 For there's nothing that's really new. It's knock at yourself when you knock
 your town,
 It isn't the town-it's you.-
 Birmingham is undoubtedly the best city in the south. We should do our ut. most to heip maintain that prestige sn1 to continue the rapid growth that has been so pronounced, especially during the last year. We should, in addition. be ready at all times to do everything that will result in benefit to Birmingham. In helping your own self, help some one else and be sure enough booster for your own town
 Have you seen the booklet, Made ll Birmingham a complete list of manu- lecturers located in the Birmingham dis. trict, together with a classified and in7 dexed list cf all articles manufactui ed by them? If not, you do not yet know the de5e you owe to the Birmingham Traffic association, that busy organiza . whose ndefatigable secretary, o. l.. Bum, keers his eyes "sknt' watching for a chance to boost and protect his home town.
 The consuming public of Birmingham and the district, when in need of any thing, should be educated up to refer. ring to this booklet, and if the article is listed therein, to buy it from a home manufacturer His goods are at least equal in quality to those manufactured else- where, and in addition we are spending our money in the district where it will have chance to drift back to us
 We had long campaign trying to get the people e the district to Trade in Birmingham, but hope we have gotten beyond that and are now ready and will- ing to inaugurate successful movement by adopting the newer slogan, Buy Bir. mingham Goods" Already there is na- tion-w!de movement. to boycott goods bearing the Hun trade mark, Made in Germany" Let's be loyal to our home town by asking for articles. Made in Birmingham.
 The Birmingham Traffic association was organized January l, 1917, and :he tireless Bum got into harness on March 1, and with the following team is pullin2 3 for the district: M. P. Northington, pres- ident; B. r. Moore, vice president. Di. rectors. M. w. Bush. S. L. Earle, J. w. Oden, Henry DeBardeleben, w. D. Nesbitt and E. Wilkinson. They made such a fine record lhe first year that they were unanimously kept in office for anothci twelvemontn.
 With such officers and so strong dirac- torate, s broad platform of service was outlined from the start with the purpose of primarily perfecting traffic orgaai zation to properly protect the shipping interests of the district Members of the association are annually saved thousands of dollars. They send their expense bill. weekly to be audited.
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 But this is only part of the service Members refer to the association al claims, including loss. damage and ovcr charge. and such claims are filed will the interested carriers and followed LII urtiI an cnuitable adjustment has beer effected. There are many departmni' through which the shipper is given val uable assistance.
 l The association has been instrumcn l tai in securing and maintaining rate | that were fair and favorable to its mem bers. It has been demonstrated thx ! every department of the work of th aasociation is dividend payer. The Bir