The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-03
Red Cross Sale

Bilmingham's Red Cross
 bull sale yesterday, the first of
 the kind ever held anywhere,
 was a complete success, so pronounced by the auctioneers
 and cattlemen who attended it. About 60 bulls and three
 heifers were sold at prices ranging from $500 to S10,0O0,
 the latter price being paid for the grand champion bull. As result of the sale, the Red
 Cross chapters in Alabama are en-
 rlched to the extent of approximately | l$75,OO0, more than one third of it go- ing to the Birmingham chapter. Bid ding for the highly bred animals was
 active from the moment Col P. M. Gross concluded his patriotic speech until the last one had been disposed of at $2600 to E. C. Bassett of Troy. Eight or nine thousand persons gath cred in C'aritol park to see the first bull! sale ever held in Birmingham, and the first bull sale ever held anywhere for the benefit of the Red Cross. The pa. vilion and amphitheatre, with a seating capacity of over 5000, were crowded Iong before the time for the auction to begin.
 and the greater part of the crowd re-
 mained through to the finish.
 WILL REMAIN HERE
 Demopolis, Troy, Athens and Hunts Vile bought several of the puls and several other Alabama towns were repre- sented among the buyers. One notable
 fact in connection with the sale is that
 every bull was purchased by an Ala bamian and will renal in the state to enrich the strain of the cattle and lend impetus to the cattle industry in the state. IL was estimated by cattlemen after the sale that the retention of these animals in the state would be worth
 sl,OOo,000 10 the state within year. The sixty odd bulls sent here for the sale We're led through the streets of the city before the sale and drew to the side walks and places of vantage along tha line of march more than 500O0 people,
 who looked with admiration upon the splendid animals whose sale was to contribute SC largely to the comfort yt
 the American soldier boys in the Euro pean battlefields.
 The parade headed by Mrs. Agnes II. Chap.n as Columbia, with Master Mobiey COX at her side, and followed by the
 marshal Of the day, John T. Yeatman,
 and the field marshal, J. Frank Rush.
 ton, and the generals of the allied armies
 as his aides. led the way for the bulls and the bands. Each bull covered With Red Cross banner, was led by spon. sor representing Red Cross chapter.
 and escorting each sponsor was a mem- l Der of tse civilian military classes. The parade was SLOW in starting not getting away from Capitol park until aft. CT II o'clock, but when it did start it moved without hitch or flaw. The bulls apparently entered into the spirit of the occasion and marched quietly and order ly through the entire route
 GRAND CHAMPION BULL On the robe worn by the grand cham pion bull the name of his owner, Presi-
 dent Woodrow Wilson, was printed in large red letters.
 The grand champion bull was bought by a committee of Birmingham and Sumter county men, consisting of Rob- ert Jemlson, ST, George B. McCormac ok Waiter Moore, G. w. Connors, E. F. AL tison and Frank l. Derby the last two named being from Sumter county
 The purchases made by the Birming- ham committees aggregated approximate ly $30,o00. all of which sum goes to the Birmingham chapter of the Red Cross The next highest sum. a little over $12- 0O0, goes to the Demopolis chapter: C. | c. Clay, ". 5. Prout and Martin Crabb | of that city buying about dozen bulls and bidding on as many more. They l offered s12,000 for the grand champion | bull on condition that the money paid 1 for him should go othe Red Cross chap ter or that city, but all advertisements of the sale and all agreements entered into with Birmingham people and the American Shorthorn Breeders association. whose members donated every one of the bulls, provided that the purchase money of the champion should go to the Birmingham chapter and no deviation l from that agreement could be permitted | Preceding the sale intensely patriotic speeches were made by Col Carey Jones, l Robert Jemison, ST. Dr. c. r. Curtis, dean of the Iowa State. college, and Col 1 P. M Cross of Kansas City.
 COL. CAREY JONES
 l Paschal G. Shook. chairman of the Bir- mingham Red Cross and an active mem | Der of the Red Cross bull sale commit l tee, lntTOQuCGQ 1Ol. SdiCy cohSob WiiS stated that he had been attending auc- | ton sales for 20 years or more and | that the bulls at this sale were the best collection of animals he had ever seen. and that the only man in the world able l to get such a sale was Frank I. Derby, who had initiated and worked ] up this one.
 l Colonel Jones introduced F. w. Hard- ing, secretary of the American Shorthorn Breeders association, who told of Mir. Derby's untiring efforts to make the sale I success, and paid him high tribute as | a man and public-spirited citizen
 l Reid Carpenter of Carpenter X Ross of Mansfield. O.. who had donated bull l for the sale, was introduced by Colonel Jones as former president of the Amer 1. ican Shorthorn Breeders association, a | former railroad magnate and breeder of fine cattle. MT. Carpenter said that July il, hnnar of this day. should be made