The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-19
JOHNSON'S IDEA ID INVEST SALES IN STAMPS POPULAR Merchants Approve of Idea and Fall in Line-RepOrts Favorable Over State EWING'S ACTIVITY IS
 GETTING RESPONSE All News at State Headquarters Is Very Optimistic-Generals of the
 Allied Armies and Staff
 Dine Thursday

The proposition that mercnantS oI Aia bama agree to invest their sales of Fri day, June 21, up to $10o0, in War Saw ings Stamps, which was initiated Satur- day by Crawford Johnson, in letter 10 all county War Savings chairmen ln the state, and which the Wholesale Grocers' association ratified at their meeting Monday afternoon, is a center shot, Judg-
 ing by results.
 Joe Loyeman, city chairman of the
 War Savings committee, said yesterday afternoon that all of the moving picture operators in the city had agree to make
 such disposition of their sales on the day designated, and that the matter was
 being given favorable consideration by
 the druggists, the retail grocers, the
 Furniture Dealers association, and the
 Clothing Dealers association. It was an-
 nounced at state headquarters that list
 of the merchants of Birmingham who
 come into the agreement will be pub-
 lished Thursday.
 Other towns in Alabama in which mer-
 chants have joined in this patriotic
 sales movement are Greensboro. Russell
 N1lle, OIeOHlc dHQ AiAf' %S
 the second of yesterdays mail at state War Savings Stamps headquarters, anu
 the expectation is that today's mail bags
 will be full of similar information. The
 idea is evidently contagious.
 NEWS OPTIMISTIC
 All the news at state headquarters IS
 of an optimistic and inspiring nature.
 Here are a few excerpts from the letter file:
 Walter B. Jones, chairman for Mont
 gomery county: T have no fear\for the campaign in this city and county" Field Agent Price: County Chairman Bellah of Blount is selling stamps and taking pledges every day. Some one suggested to MT. Bellah that Blount county's quota he cut down. Mr. Bel lah's reply was: We will not think of such a thlng''
 Field Agent Joe Bibb: No use for any more worl. in Cullman county. It's going ever the top en masse." Field Agent J. H. Jackson reports fine
 results in Troy, and has gone to Ozark. Field Agent A. Lee Andrews writes
 that Macon county is well organized and
 that President Moton of Tuske-
 gee institute, is issuing special ap-
 peal to the colored people, which will be
 published in all the newspapers. R. D. Palmer, chairman of Washing ton county, reports that he has 21 mem bers in his Thousand Dollar club, with prospects of getting good many more. F.. B. Dorian, chairman for Mobile county, wires for 800 Thousand Dollar pledge cards The thousand dollar limit is a big favorite in Mobile.
 EWING ACTIVE R. w. Ewing, chairman of the mer-
 chants division of the war savings com mittee, reports that he has all counties organized except one. Recent appoint ments by him of county merchant repre- sentatives are: Erie c. Smith, for the Lineviile division, and c. M Pruett, for the Ashland division of Clay county; I. M. Rogers of Florence, for Lauderdale county; H. c. Bowling of Ozark for Dale county. w. c. Cochrane of Lowndesboro. field agent, says that the merchants or ganization which MT. Ewing is perfect ing is one of the big forces in the cam paign. MT. Ewing goes to Guntersville lnurSQdy ana W III dQuIcSS three Ilccl- ings in Marshall county that day. Crawford Johnson, state director, goes to Selma Friday to address meeting, and he and Frank Willis Barnett will speak at Clanton Saturday.
 Otto Marx, federal director of eleven southern states, was visitor at state headquarters yesterday morning. He is returning to Washington from tour through the states in his Jurisdiction, anth thi1ci ct ac fn ha c which he has received from Alabama. Louisiana and Mississippi.
 DINNER AT TUTWILER 1 The generals of the allied armies and | their staffs willgather at a dinner at the Tutwiler Thursday evening at o'clock. | A feature of the occasion will be the presence of Chairman Bonnyman of the mining section of the committee and his l mining committee, who have received a | special invitation to attend. as also have 1 "Haffner's Hustlers'' from Bessemer,
 Ensley delegations and squadron from
 the Rainbow" division.
 1 Carson Adams has been appointed l chairman of the luncheon speakers com mittee for the War Savings. drive next week; J. D. Rosenberger, chairman Of lthe luncheon and music committee; 1 Judge Hugh A. Locke, chairman of the
 business establishment and industrial sneakers bureau; H. A. Drennen. chair man of the automobile committee, and e. J. Donald, chairman for Fairfield. 1 .'