The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-02
NATION AND ITS NEEDS

Jefferson county has ever yet fallen down in apy of the war activities, they buckled down to business.
 NATION AND ITS NEEDS
 In squads and platoons they moved upon the business houses and the homes advanced upon individuals wherever they might be. and presenting the cause of the nation and it's needs in this hour of it's greatest peril, they retreated not until signed documents calling for the delivery of new and crisp government bonds were in their possession.
 The days official figures were posted on the bulletin at the First National Bank building, Second avenue and Twen- tieth street. at 5 o'clock yesterday aft ernoon by members of the fire depart ment At that hour, when Auditor r. Hopkinson Smith and his force of as sistants had just completed the work of tabulating and footing up figures from the 10 divisions of the allied armies, the aerial truck made a run to Second ave nue and Twentieth street, the ladder was thrown into the air and members of the department quickly climbed to the second floor of the building and moved the arrow from % to Sl,500o00. Each day at O clock in the afternoon from now until the end of the drive, the fire de- partment will shove the arrow up to the figures that represent the total sales to noon of that day.
 EAGER TO SUBSCRIBE
 Soldiers returning from the field of operations reported that everywhere they found the people ready and eager to subscribe for bonds. Not only were they ready to sign up, but those who mad bought bonds of other issues increased their subscriptions this time without urging and many who had never sub scribed before bought liberaly.
 County Chairman Brown, in state ment yesterday afternoon, after the re suits of the days work were known said that the organization had been SC thoroughly perfected, and that the en thllsiasm among the rank and file wat so Intense that he expected the quots to be reached long before the end or ti& three weeks period set aside for the drlVe. .sIt is a magnificent organization, h, said. ",,yerv officer and every soldiei is thoroughly imbued with the impor' tanee of the work in hand and they have gone about it in systematic anu determined manner.
 LARGER SUBSCRIPTIONS
 Among the larger subscriptions re- ported at the luncheon yeSteruay We're the following Pratt Consolidated Coal Co. .$20O,000 National Life Insurance Co. of
 O00
 Vermont i..s.3...... i~.4.. lu,Vuu | Standard Oil Co., z2.ooV Chris coIias ... 10000 l ,r H MoIton 10000 Southern Life and Health In
 surance Co. ..s.....a.........- lu,ooo | Union Central Life Insurance Co. 31,00G | oscar Walls 5000 | Nu+nal Idfa Insurance Co - 85, 900 | Miss Ellen oui1tv v 500 !
 In contrast to the great activity that ] has prevailed during the last three weeks the headquarters on the meg zanine floor of the Jefferson County | Bank building presented a deserted ap- pearance yesterday. The hustling and | bustling to get out advertising matter and literature, the work of organizing, the consultation and the conferences | were all absent, and County Chair l man Murray Brown and Secretary l Claude Estes had their first opportun- { ity to throw their feet across the desks | and enjoy the gfragrance of perfectos | so long denied them.
 FIELD MARSHAL'S ORDERS
 Field Marshad J. Frank Rushton yes ter issued orders for all soldiers to turn over to their respective generals all subscriptions secured by them dur ing the day, and the generals were or dered to turn these over to Auditor [ F. Hopkinson Smith on the first floor | of the Jefferson County Bank building where he has arranged separate cage ! for each army, with assistants on i hands at all times during the day to receive them
 The auditor will close his books at noon each day and subscriptions not 1 in his hands by that time will go over to be embodied in the report the fol- lowing day. In no instance will any worker be permitted to turn his reports | over to the auditor or any of his as sistants. They must reach him through | the general commanding the division.
 For the convenience of the workers an information bureau has been in- stalled in the center of the main floor of the bank building, where informa ton on any subject pertaining to the campaign may be obtained at any time by officers or workers. The telephone number is Main 2311. Paste this num- Der in your hat against the time you may be in urgent nee dof informa ton
 LIBERTY CHORUS
 Down town Birmingham was thrilled yesterday afternoon by concert given | by the Liberty chorus of 50 female voices. Loaded on trucks they traversed the business section of the city sing. ing By "a Bond" the official song oi the Birmin ham campaign, and othel i patriotic songs. Wherever they weni crowds gathered about them and cried | tor more as the machines started away 1
 Women four-minute speakers climbed ! the ladder at Saks' corner, Second ave- nue and Nineteenth street. and made | four minute speeches to the thousands