The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-10
As Boys in France Fight the Harder Against Stiff Resistance, So Will
 Allied Army
PATRIOTIC CITIZENS
 HELP BY DOUBLING
 FIRST SUBSCRIPTION
Twelve U. s. Airplanes to Give Exhibition Next Sat- urday in Lieu of Big
 Patriotic Parade

We have just begun to fight and county Chairman Murray Brown put all the emphasis at his command into the phrase as he uttered it. He was talking about the Fourth Liberty Loan cam paign and the Spanish influenza, which is becoming epidemic just at the time when it can best serve the evil purposes of the Hun.
 Chairman Brown meant every word of it and so did the orr-cers and soldiers of the allied armies and the other work CTS in the Fourth Liberty Loan, who, obedient to the command issued by Field Marshal Rushton Tuesday night, were on the job bright and early yesterday morning.
 They had or their fighting clothes and they went about the business of selling Liberty Bonds with the same spirit that animates the boys in France when they start for the German lines But there the simile ends. The people of Jeffer- son county, instead of offering stiff re- sistance, received allied soldiers at home most cordially and sent them on their way armed with subscriptions for bonds.
 QUOTA WILL BE RAISED
 Jefferson county passed the s6,0000o0 mark yesterday afternoon, bettering it by 5000, and this fact brought from Chairman Brown the remark that the quota will be raised.
 'One gratifying feature of the cam pa ign is that despite the handicap placed upon us by the influenza epidemic, the people are Loyalty responding to our call for subscriptions" said Chairman Brown. Many citizens are voluntarily doubling their subscriptions, and others are not waiting for the workers to call on them, but are going to the banks or coming to headquarters and buying bonds. The allied army soldiers and the boys of Jefferson county are just begin ming to fight. We are going to raise our quota."
 In the nine working days since the campaign began the allied soldiers and campaign committees have raised ap- prox ximately two-thirds of Jefferson county's quota of s9.300,0O0, and there still are nine more days in which to raise the other third. It is going to take hard work to accomplish this. Chairman Brown. Field Marshal Rushton and their CO., workers realize, but then they know that the county has never yet fallen down in any war work and they are de- termned that she shall not do so in this campaign.
 At noon yesterday the official bulle- tin reported subscriptions amounting to $5. .595, $50, an increase of s2, 300 since Tuesday at noon. During the afternoon other reports brought the total up to $6,026, 200. The reports not included in the official bulletin were: Bessemer divis- ion. sloS,25o Mining division. s275,0oO; Rainbow division. $34,0O0; Labor division,, $13,500 (additionaD.
 LARGE SUBSCRIPTIONS
 J. E. Adams wired his subscription of s10.O0O from Denver, Colo, 5000 of which is for the Longview Lime company, and $5OOO for the Saginaw Lime and Lumber company.
 Other large subscriptions reported dur ing the day were: Crane company, $20,- GOO (additionaD; Crane company em- ployes, $9,200 600 per cent: w. H. Ket- tig, 5000 (additionaD; Morris w. Bush, s, ,000 unnamed person, through Arthur C. Crowder, $25,0O0, which is his second subscription in that amount.
 Secretary Claude Estes of the Jeffer- son county executive committee, estl- mated that the railroad employees woul~ subscribe through the railroad companies s25O000 in addition to the amounts sub scribed through the Labor division of the allied armies
 CRANE COMPANY
 In sending in the subscription of Crane & Co.,, w. H. Kettig, manager, wrote;
 October g, 191S MT. Murray Brown, chairman Fourth Liberty Loan Committee, Birmingham,
 Ala.
 Dear Sir-Birmingham's allotment for the fourth Liberty Loan is s10,o00,0O0 which is double what it was for the third Liberty Loan In order to make up Birminghams full subscription, 1t will be absolutely necessary for the large to subscribe about twice as much for the fourth Liberty Loan as tEey did for the third
 Realizing the importance of the mat ter the Crane Co. has agreed to double it's subscription of $20,000 they made yes- terday I will also increase my indi- vidual subscription from 5000 to $l0.0OO.
 "The Crane company and employees to the fourth Liberty Loan will. therefore, stand as follows: The Crane company s40,000: w. II. Kettig, s1OOO0; Crane employees. s92oo; total. s5s, 200. "One hundred per cent of Crane com pany's employees have subscribed.
 .I am enclosing additional checks and