The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-07

l | dressed the convention on Thrift" l Among other things he said never in | the history of the world had it been l quite so important that every one save, ! i-saye men, money and property. He said the commssary managers couid play very important part in the War | Savings Stamp campaign, and that 1t 1 was important that they impress upon l the employees of their companies to | save and buy bonds. He said the gov ernment did not have to sell bonds, 1 that it could get the money by taxa l tion, but it was considered good pol l icy to get the interest of the people in the government by selling them gov- i ernment securities, and that the War | Savings and Thrift Stamps had been | placed within the reach of every man, , woman and child in the country.
 BEST BOND EVER SOLD
 War Savings Stamps is the best | bond ever sold,' he said. "It is tine only security ever sold that you could | buy knowing that it would be worth more in 30 days than at the time of the purchase and that it's price was an- solutely fixed by the government MT. Johnson was given rising vote of 1 thanks for his talk.
 l J. c. Zeigler of Clarks, La, told of 1 the result of his company's efforts to increase farm production in it's vicinity. He said the company, through l the commissary, furnished cans for canning fruit at 10 per cent above cost, 1 built cannery and bought the canned goods, paying the market price for l them.
 l Tiff Conger of Chattanooga, discuss l ing development of the community, | said his company had established I lrtr n1nxs. o.-tn r., 1F %IA popularity of that word now, they called it the kid school and employed | the best teacher to be had, and he believed the results more than justi- 1 tied the investment.
 1 AIDING EMPLOYES l D. w Edwards of Birmingham told | of his company's efforts to make it's l employees happy and contented, of the community garden, with seed at cost, and prizes for excellence in results. Thomas Armstrong of Richmond, Va, wanted to know what the different companies had done in the way of providing amusements for their en- ployes, and this brought responses from several among them R. N Lind 1 say of Alcoa, Tenn, who said his con- pany maintained perfect sanitary con- ditions, beautified the place, provided l dance hall, schools, church and Sun day school and that he lead the Sur day school and the dances, the lattec l remark causing much laughter. Other talks were made by H. A. Nc. Daniels of Birmingham, S. A. Clem- ents of the American Lumber company of Chicago.
 At 1 o'clock the convention ad- journed until o'clock tomorrow morn- ing to enable the members to visit the Birmingham stores.
 NIGHT MEETING
 i After disposing of one of Manager Fred Sh:remans excellent suppers last night the visiting commissary men and their wives and the local people who are entertaining them were treated to two of the best speeches heard in Birming- ham in icng time. The speakers were
 pr. Middleton $. Barnwell, pastor of the Church of the Advent, and R. H.
 Mangum of Selma, editor and assistant to State Food Administrator Richard M. Hobbie
 J. Frank T;ushton, field marshal of the allied armies. presided as toastmaster. and after Gxpla ming that jag band and theatrical performers in abbreviated skirts brought a sudden but definite end to his career as a four minute speaker. he introduced MT. Mangum.
 MT. Mangum explained the workings of the tood administration and the re . suits obtained by it. paying fine tribute
 
 otic observance of the regulations of the food administration. which had enabled the United States to ship IA, 900 bushel s of wheat tc the allies overseas within the last six months, and but for which their soldiers could not have held the enemy back until the arrival of the American soldiers.
 Dr. Barnweli. taking this as his cue, said that never since time began mas there been a war in which ministers of religion could enter so whole -heartedly into war as in this one; that in their ser mons they preached the only rule by which I'eople should live that ministers speak tte words of righteousness while our boys in France are doing the things that arc righteous; that the Prince of
 Peace fought bitterly so long as fife
 was left for the things that were righteous, that the only peace worth while was the peace that lies beyond the strife. the peace that comes when the last enemy of peace lies dead.
 GOSPEL OF SWORD
 Tho day may come.'' he said, when we can talk peace to the German--rea- son with him-but it has not come yet. Until that day comes the only thing Americans can do is to speak to the wild pest in the way he will understand.
 Il don't want the war to end in any revolution in Germany. I don't think the elimination o. the Hohenzollerns is gc- ] ing to change the German people We are fighting an ideal taught the German people for 300 years. and I don't believe 1 there can be any peace until that ideal IS killed We are fighting people whom the Hohenzollerns have poisoned We must think of the Germans as they ale and not what they might have been; we are fighting people that have been cor ruTtoQ by the HOhen zoI1orpc