The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-09
nv JEFF BAILEY.

"Thcre is something in this
world bigger than nationality,
bigger than religion; it is the
brotherhood Of the world, Just
what Jesus Christ taught,
and that is what this war IS
teaching" said Captain Chap
lain Coon Of the 18th infan-
try, Camp Mcclellan, at the
dinner which opened the third
Liberty Loan drive last night
at the Tutwiler.
Every man and woman at the din
ner got the punch Of this argument,
and they cheered. They smiled at
French officers, Canadian officers
and American officers. They cheered
again, and it was louder-louder, and
more furious. The thought went as
straight home as martin to his
gourd. And there the sentiment of the
meeting was cast. Brothers, COM
rades, sisters, all in one class, of one
mind and one observation-disclosures
realization-that America is awaken
ing, and that Teutonic despotism and
the land-poor Hun is doomed to exc
|out his future existence in the aims
houses Of other nations-for America
is not only going cover there but
she is backing her boys-the comrades
Of her boys-the British, the French,
the Canadians, the Italians and all OF
her allies, with her dollars, her bill
lions of them, until the war is won for
democracy.
s1,500,OOO SUBSCRIBED
Chairman Harry w. Coffin an
nounced that $1,5O0,00o had been sub
scribed as a starter in the drive for
SIS, 600, coo worth of third Liberty Loan
bonds. He was confident that Bit
ningham would do just twice that
puch-raise $1O,00O.000. The sentl-
ment of the meeting was to agree
with this expressed conviction.
The speakers of the evening We're,
first. to the delight of everyone and
to the extreme delight of those who
have heard him most, the only John
Sparrow, Birmingham premier pincn
hitter in the conversation league. He
never fails to smash out home run
every time up and, as usual last night,
the grandstand and bleachers We're
agog with approval of his offerings.
Then came Maj. William a. Atkinson
Of Camp Sheridan, Mai Raymond de
Cernowitz of the French mission az
/ Camp Mcclellan, Harry W. Coffin.
chairman of the Jefferson county Lib
erty Loan campaign: Captain Hirsch
of the French mission at Camp Sher-
| idan, Lieutenant Sharman of the Can
adian army, and Captain Coon, chap
lain of the 113th infantry. Camp Nc
Clellan.
IMPRESSIVE SCENE
/ Just prior to the entry into the ball
room of the guests of the evening the
band of the 18th infantry, which fur
n.shed the music Of the evening, be-
and the entire allied armies arose and
cheered the visitors as they entered,
| waving the colors of their army in a
chautauqua salute. 1t was most I'M
| pressive. thrilling moment.
4 john Sparrow, being the first speak
er set the pace for those who We're
| 10 tread after him. He threw few
bombs, scattered little shrapnel and
pun,ped on the machine gun a bit,
and the old pep came to the surface
ana all was on. The battle cry for
money for our fighting men was in
/ the throats of all. There were no neu-
trails: all were of one mind, one ac-
tion-money for our armies.
eve are facing crisis and what
/ we do we must do it soon ssid ssajor
/ Atkinson "for what we do is to de-
| te~mine what the result will be. This
/ csty. this state, this nation. has done
4 wonderfully, splendidly before, but no,
! enough for this flag and for this ma
| ticn Of ours. There comes the call thar
we come across with the sinews Of
! war. We have given ourselves--aiI
| that we have-all that we are, for lib
| erty. Is it not little cnough that you
| give your dollars?
/: KAISER VISITS OUR HOMES I,
!, HAS the Kaiser visited your homc2
He has visited mine He has told my
/ children and my wife what they could
have to eat and how much, and how
much coal they could have. He is an
/ uncomfortable wretch. but he is WIS.,
! itiLgyour homes every day and nine
How long are we going to stand for
1 IT. How long will we allow this man
with an iron heart. mailed fist and
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