The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-21
REALTORS TAKE LEAD
 IN SALVATION ARMY F LIND CAMPAIGN
'DOughnut Dinner" for Re- turned Soldiers at South ern Club TOday-Volun-
 tary Subscriptions

Scores of returned soldiers will ghther ern club as the guests of the local Sal vation Army home service fund campaign committee at a free "doughnut dinner and will lay plans for their active par ticipation in the campaign for Greater Birmingham quota of s110,OOo.
 Thursday has been designated as Sol diers' day. and committees of returned soldiers will start out early Thursday morning from local headquarters at the northeast corner of Fourth avenue and Twentieth street, north, and make an ac- tive canvass of the territory set aside for this work.
 The canvass for subscriptions is now in full swing and the records of subscrip- tions turned in Ut headquarters up to Tuesday night showed the Realtors com mittee, under Major w. S. Pritchard, to be in the lead, closely followed by the Young Mems Hebrew association teams. under Simon Klotz, while the Elks' com mittee, under Col. A. S. Winch, came in third, but promise to forge ahead rapidly during today.
 More volunteer workers are wanted and City Chairman James J. Jackson makes an earnest appeal to all who can spare day or part of day to report at headquarters and assist in the campaign.
 Inasmuch as it will be a physical inn possibility for the number of commit tees who are out to see all who have expressed desire to contribute to this worthy undertaking, request is made from headquarters that all who desire to contribute do not wait until called on, but bring or send in their subscrip- tions to the booths at the downtown points, or bring or send their contribu tion to local headquarters at the north east corner of Fourth avenue and Twen- tieth street, or send their checks to J.
 Knox Fleming, vice president of the First National bank, who has been named treasurer for the Birmingham zone.
 '.I find that many people in the city are now contributing about 9 per cent of their contribution to the United Wal
 Work campaign fund, and if this same
 proportion is kept up all down the line
 we will go over the top easily" said City Chairman James J. Jackson Tues day night.
 One of the features of Tuesday was the remarkable success attained by Miss Hat
 tie Cullom, Miss Margaret Moore ano other workers in charge of the booth 1T the IuCWlleT nOleI lOpDys WIO lOuAu tiis visiting Kwanans, as well as many local friends, very willing contributors and added close to $500 to the local cam paign fund in comparatively few hours A very enthusiastic meeting of the ex ecutive committee for launching tht Salvation Army campaign among th' negroes was held Tuesday morning al room BOA Penny Bank building, at whicf a goodly number of the leading negro citizens were gathered and worked ou plans for a very active campaign. Alp parently the colored people realize keen 1 ly the necessity of giving the Salvation Army their fullest support, and from al I indications, the plans as worked out D. l the negroes will without doubt pu
 the drive lover the top.'
 | The officers forming the colored divi | sion are Dr. J. c. Olden, chairman A J. McPherson, vice chairman; J. T. liar rison, treasurer; Dr. A. c. Williams chairman of the speakers bureau; w. l. 1 Porter, chairman of publicity; Lieut.. M 1 H. Gray, secretary; Leroy R. Russell
 P. D. Davis. E. L. Chambliss, G. T. Bu l ford, Dr. Walter L. Brown, N. B. Young h. O. Diffay and Rev. P. M Davis. Tn next meeting for furthering the plan will be held Wednesday morning at 1 o'clock on the fifth floor of the Penh' Bank building, and a very urgent pie' lis made that all officers and memper I be present A woman's division Will als he perfected at the meeting tomorrow
 Mrs. J. E. Hutchinson has been name' as president Zone Director Ben l. Rap port and Staff Captain David Main wer
 present at the meeting Tuesday morn 1 ing. l The headauarters of the negro dlvlslol l will be on the ground floor of the Penn l Bank building and will be opened 10 hnsiness in the morning.