The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-03
YESTERDAYS REPORT


 Over three hundred men and women soldiers, saturated with the spirit of service, and en- thnsiastic over the results their labor had achieved for Uncle
 Sam, crowded into the mess room" of the allied armies at the Tutwiler yesterday to hear a first-hand story of trench life from the lips of Borden Burr, lately returned from Chateau
 Thierry, where he, along with thousands of other Americans,
 behaved gallantly under fire. The meeting was rousing me from start to finish and filled with pathos, humor and rare good fellow ship. Men from all walks and yOca- tions of life rubbed elbows together,
 laugher together and cried together. The spirit of comradship, which is fast welding all Birmingham into one great, powerful Liberty Bond, was everywhere in evidence. The laborer,
 the miner, the farmer, the banker, the business man--were all repre- sented there in the ranks of that democratic army where unselfish la bor is the only thing that counts.
 There may be other valuable by products to come from this war, but
 none will surpass the spirit of brother
 hood that is engendered among those
 who are working side by side in the interest of the boys lover there." In the absence of Field Marshal Rush. ton, Morris Bush took charge of the meeting yesterday and out-Tanguayed
 Eva by his inimitable imitation of the actions of MT. Rushton. Emulating the illustrious example of his predecessor MT Bush very "modestly'' ascribed all
 notable achievements of the general staff
 to Chairman Murray Brown.
 Chairman Browns laundry bill of 9Sc
 was settled once and for all when he
 stated that he was but Hooverizing in his raiment by wearing it longer than the
 customary period. He advised that sev-
 eral of the ''unmentionables could with
 dignity be worn for many days in sue cession.
 Twenty-Five per cent of Jefferson coun- tvs quota in the fourth Liberty Loan
 was reached yesterday at noon and it is believed now that the entire amount vii; be in hand long before the date set for the end of the campaign.
 Canvassers uniformly report that they
 find the people not only ready and eager
 to subscribe for bonds, but in many
 instances the prospects already have
 theh checks made out and all that re-
 mains to be done is to add the name to
 the subscription list and make out
 receipt.
 Selling Liberty Bonds is one of the cas-
 fest things they have ever done, say the
 members of the allied armies, and the
 fact that in less than two days of actual
 ca canvassing they have taken subscriptions
 for one-fourth of the entire allotment
 for Jefferson county fully bears out their statements.
 County Chairman Murray Brown, al- ways optimistic, is even more so after
 the good start made. He now expects Jefferson county people to take their ful' quota before Saturday of next week,
 which has been designated by Secretary
 of the Treasury McAdoo as Liberty Day,
 and is to be celebrated as such all over
 the United States.
 OVER QUARTER MILLION "The g, ,5o0,0O0 reported at noon today does not cover all the sales made up to that time" said MT. Brown yesterday afternoon T believe the actual sub- scriptions far exceed that sum. In view of the fact that with less than two days of canvassing we have taken subscrp- tions for s2,500,000 I am convinced that when we hold our parade on Saturday , night of next week it will really oe celebration in honor of Jefferson county having gone over the top in this drive. r,i,l ..nc,,ia q ra ready and eager to Suh-