The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-30

nave S1nc5 seen COnSluerapIe service against the Hun. The name of Elmer 1 Ponder. like that of Hank Gowdy, will | go down in baseball's hall of fame more l honored than any hero of the worlds series.
 cattle, working in cooperation with the American Shorthorn Breeders associa-
 ton. Up to few years ago I kept
 herd of about 800 Shorthorn cattle on my farm, but I disposed of them and do
 not attempt breeding now
 1 This sale for the benefit of the Red Cross, which, by the way, will be the 1 first ever held anywhere I first sug-
 gested at the meeting of the gulf di- vision of the Red Cross in Birmingham I on April A. J. K Newman of New Or | leans thought so well of it that he of fered to- donate a Jersey bull that cost
 him sl0oo, and that bull is here now.
 REFUSED $1O,O00 l "I had determined to hold the sale in Birmingham regardless of what other cities might offer for it. and l went ahead with that in view Union City, Tenn, made an offer of $10,000 and va
 rious sums were offered by other places,
 but l never deviated from my fixed in- tention to bring it here.
 | This sale means a big thing for Ala bama- Each bull means an increase of
 50 calves, whose weight will be about 400 pounds more than the scrubs, and as they i sell at 15 cents a. pound. each calf would
 be worth at least $50 moro than a scrub.
 From these figures it is seen that each one of these bulls will be the means of inceasing the annual meat supply by
 $2500, or sum that will pay for the bull. These bulls must be given the greatest care, however, as otherwise their ivalue as breeders will be lost START OF BULL SALE On the morning of the 18th day of l May, it being Sunday 20 representa- l tive Birmingham business men met around the breakfast table at the Tut
 wiler hotel to consider the proposition
 of F. I. Derby for a sale of registered
 Shorthorn bulls to be held in Brming-
 ham for the benefit of the American
 Red Cross.
 | MT. Derby's proposition was to the effect that if Birmingham would guar | antee the expense of bringing 50 bulls
 to Birmingham and their feed bill up
 to the day of the sale he would secure 1 and cause to be auctioned off here on IJuly :, y0 Snorthotn huIts, Mithpdt far
 ther expense to the local people Eff l teen hundred dollars was stated to be
 the slln of money necessary to meet 1 these expenses.
 | The next day conference was held
 with Mir. Derby at the Chamber of Conn
 merce, his proposition accepted and d committee appointed 10 co-opelAle wiln
 him in arranging for the sale
 The members of this committee are: J. Mercer Barnett l.. w. Barrett, Murray Brown, w w Crawford, Culpepper
 Exum, Ralph Fies, John H. Frye, John
 l.. Raul. w. $. Lowell. Joseph H. Love-
 man, E. r. Moore, w. S Moughon, Jack
 Phillips, Erskine Ramsay, Tom o. | smith, James Jt PascAai ,r-
 Shook and Oscar Wells. Subsequently, Erskine Ramsay was elected chairman.
 and J. Mercer Barnett vice chairman.
 but in the absence of both of these
 during the last two weeks the admin | istrative work of the committee has
 been very ably and efficiently handled l by Paschal G. Shook, assisted by Miss Grogan.
 SEEKING DONATIONS l Following the Chamber of Commerce conference MT. Derby went out west 1 seeking donations for the sale. He
 called upon the breeders of Shorthorn
 cattle and from the very first inter-
 view he felt that success would crown
 his efforts The breeders took most kindly to the proposition and then the American Shorthorn Breeders associa- ! tion got behind the movement, lending
 the prestige of it's powerful organiza~
 tion to the enterprise. Within few
 days MT. Derby was enabled to report Ito the local committee that he would
 not only get 50 bulls but that he had assurances of double that number from
 which the 50 might be selected by com
 potent judges.
 GRAND CHAMPION The plan of the sale and the dHtri- button of the proceeds thereof, as out lined by MT. Derby in his first confer ence with the Birmingham business
 men, is the plan that will be followed | on Tusday. The bull that measures up ! to the highest standard. in the judg- ment of Dean c. F. Curtis of the Iowa 1 Agricultural college, will be designated
 as the grand champion bull. He will
 be sold first and the money realized l for him will go to the Birmingham chapter of the Red Cross. Then in the ! order in which they are adjudged by
 Dean Curtis the other bulls will be put l in the ring.
 | The Red Cross chapter in the home 1 ItowE or community of the purchaser of each of the bulls, except the grand cham pion, will get the money paid for him; | that is if the second bull is bid in by citizen or a club of Tuscaloosa the p''r- chase money will go to the Tuscaloosa l chapter of the Red Cross. The bull will
 be the absolute property of the pur- | PiS<~oS9- l PRESIDENT WILSON 1 When the committee got things in good working order it was suggested that i President Wilson be requested to pur- chase the grand champion bull at the price of s1 and to then donate it to the Birmingham chapter of the Red Cross. 1 The idea was approved and few days later Robert Jemison, Sr, while in Wash ington, called upon Senator Bankhead with the request that he place the mat | ter before the President. President Will son unhesitatingly gave consent to the arrangement and two or three days ago his personal check for sl was received 1 by the committee. This check. also, will | be auctioned off at the safe. and it is understood that one man has already I[aYT13yTESIR7