The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-21

! It had not, then the map would have | long since have been changed. But what
 was the result? While we who were
 saved eat, Belgium Is on the soup line
 and we are enjoying every kind of pros-
 perity. But that wrong will te righted | some day.
 Now, you cannot do this thing unless you go into your pockets and do it now. While you have the opportunity sub merge petty jealousies and selfishness, for conditions such as we are now confront I ing must cease.
 SHOOT BROTHERS The man who for political reasons or selfish purpose will put his interests above those of the nation, ought to be 1 shot and the finger of scorn pointed at him and his posterity forever. And when you get ready to go forward with that spirit you will win this war We are | steeped in agricultural and commercial
 propositions that We cannot give up but the time has conie for you to forget that MT. Hooper is state chairman, pay no Jattention to him as a man. but get be- hind him as chairman of the council lof defense.'
 ' Major Smith was exceptionally effective i in the crucial moments of his talk, wherein he spoke of his personal side of 1.-the work he Is engaged in, and when he Touched upon his boys all eyes were itnoist, IS were his own.
 l SChairman Forney Johnston first in- tioduced Col T.. o. Smith, who spoke btiefly, but pointedly of the fund neces- { sary for the operation of the state coun- | cil of defense. Colonel Smiths wife 1 told me last night that he worked on
 war matters all the time, with the ex- ception of one hour day, which he de- voted to prayer" said MT. Johnston, in | introducing the speaker
 l 'I want to explain that the hour of l prayer is only one for little pious 1 cussing" said Colonel Smith, but Bir- mingham has buried her selfishness, and
 there are only two purposes of my ad- dress here today. one to state the ob-
 ject of this meeting and the other to give our speaker q text"
 | Colonel Smith outlined the objects of | the council of defense, statinss that in
 doing our bit-our mite-we had failed
 to coordinate those means for so do- 1 ing, and that we needed $25,000 for the
 purpose of organizing and operating a
 council in every county in the state.
 MUST GIVE OURSELVES l We should think of what citizenship
 means: we have given our boys. but have we given ourselves?" said Colonel Smith. We should think of what those boys iare suffering in training and in the l lTtHCQGS,
 day, to say nothing of the physical hard ships in the trenches"
 i Lloyd M. Hooper, chairman of the state council of defense. was the next speaker. and he stated in terse manner the work of the state council of defense. pie tturing statewide view of the war. His address was of detail nature, going into ! the various agencies that work through 1 the state council of defense.
 l Seated on the platform with Major Smith was Forney Johnston. who presid- l ed; A. c. Crowder. president of the l Chamber of Commerce.; E. H. Andrews, i president of the Rotary club: T. o. Smith ' and l.. M Hooper. The music for the oc- casion was furnished by the boys band 1 of the Boys Industrial school of East Lake, and their playing was frequently
 applauded About 300 of Birmingham's 5
 patriotic citizens attended the luncheon,
 among the number being many women.