The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-18
Association Votes to Set Aside Saturdays Sales Up
 to 5000 for War Bonds
CRAWFORD JOHNSON
 OUTLINES PLANS
Travelling Men to Aid Campaign Tn Every Particular-Merchant ot Oneonta in Line With
 Unique Plan

Every wholesale grocery house in Sir mingham will invest it's sales of June 2l' up to S1G50 in War Savings Stamps. This decision was reached at a special meet ing of the Wholesale Grocers' association yesterday afternoon, called by Charles q. Davis. president.
 Only two of the houses in the associa tion were not represented at the time the vote was taken, but those present said there was no doubt the absentees
 would approve the action taken, and 1t
 could therefore be recorded as unani~ nous. The belief was also expressed that
 jobbers in other lines and many retail
 merchants would fall in line with the
 Wholesale Grocers association, which
 has taken a leading part in all the War
 activities.
 The meeting was called to order by
 President Davis, with the following in
 attendance $. L. Erie, of Erie Brothers;
 H. NJ. Beck of the Beck Candy anl Grocery company; Hudman Hopson of
 G. w. Hcpsons Sons; V. S. Gage of the
 Tyler Grocery company; Charles G. Da-
 wis of the Roden Grocery company; F.
 H. Mills of McLester-V VanHoose com
 pany; Fred Norton of F. r. Norton x
 sons; $. w. Lee of the Alabama Grocery
 company; J. G. Shaw of Collins X Co.,;
 ]. E. Keith of Marshall, Jordan X Keith
 and William Franklin of Franklin. Stiles
 & Franklin.
 REPRESENTATIVE
 President Davis, who also holds the
 office of merchant representative of the
 national Wal Savings committee for Jet-
 ferson county, introduced Crawfold
 Johnson, state War Savings director, and
 asked Mir. Johnson to tell the gathering
 what was expected of them.
 Mir Johnson did this in short order.
 He said War Savings Stamps were sell ing proposition, and he wanted the wholesale grocers to get busy and sell them. He asked them to induce retail merchants in their territory to carry War Savings Stamps and push their sale. Next he asked the wholesale men to
 have their travelling salesmen carry War Savings Stamps and talk and sell them, and he wound up by asking every mem- Der of the Wholesale GrocerS asSocla- l tion to agree to invest their sales June 1 21, up to S10oG, in War Savings Stamps. Action on MT. Johnson's requests were
 as clear-cut as his talk. The members
 of the association agreed to divide up 1 their towns III JelleISOll SDdll9t SNSAN 1 sive of Birmingham and Bessemer, l among themselves and go out and get
 the retail merchants going on stamps TRAVELLING MEN | As to the travelling men. 1t wGs pointed out that all of them were to have their vacation at the close Of | business June 2S. but they would be l gotten together. either before or after l their vacation. and MT. Johnson would be asked to talk to them. The propo 1 sition to invest days sales, up to 1 5000. in War Savings Stamps, was unanimously adopted after brief dis | cussion.
 | Mr Johnson was naturally much gratified by the results of the meet ing Saturday he sent out letters to all county War Savings directors utS- l ing them to get the merchants in their | counties to agree to this days sale idea. and he felt that the scheme Of l the wholesale grocers of Birmingham was an omen of the success of his plan | That he was not mistaken in this was proved when he returned to state heal | quarters and was informed by l.. r.
 Bellah War Savings director for 1 Blount county that all the merchants | in Oneonta had agreed to the propo- | sition. as had several in other towns l in the county.
 Following on the heels of this came 1 a telephone message from l. J. Adler l president of the Alabama Travelling Mems association, stating that the | travelling men of Selma, Montgomery l and Mobile had been granted leaves 1 of absence by their employing houses | in order to assist in the big campaign | for the sale of Stamps. Judge Henry | D. Clayton is to address the travelling men at Montgomery next on the great | opportunities which they have for use | full service in war work. with especial reference to the War Savings cam | paign.
 MINING DIVISIONS | Mercer Barnett. chairman of the W ar l Savings committee for Jefferson coun- | To 1ct