The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-07
CAMPA|GN WORKERS
 ID TAKE FIELD WITH RENEWED V|GOR FOR THE MEMORIAL FUND
Reports From Suburban Chairmen Encouraging. Women Will Stay on the Job Until Quota Is
 Reached

Memorial campaign WoIheIs will take the field this morning with vim. and determination in an effort to overcome the shortage in the Jefferson coun- 1 ty quota of $S7,500 for the monument to the heroes of the state to be erected on Capitol Hill, next to the capitol in Montgomery, according tc Erskine Ramsey, county chair man for the memorial fund. Sunday was spent in going over the plans to be followed this week. Ev- vigorous campaign throughout the week and if possible bring the county 1 memorial campaign to successful close before Saturday night. Reports from all through the state | indicate that many counties will go oNer tHe tOp III tHe memorial uElVe Oe- ] fore the end of the present week and chairmen in some counties have inti- mated their counties will come for ] ward with the full amount raised by 1 the middle of the week, according to W. s. Sta1lings, state chairman. i SPIRIT OF WORKERS | Mrs. H. E. Pearce has voiced the | spirit of the workers of the womans l job until it is complete success The womans division was little less | than $4000 of it's allotted quota Satur- | day and indications are that this amount will be raised by Wednesday she stated. Then. in the event the city i and county have not gone over the top l they will continue to aid the men ir raising Jefferson's allotment, accord 1 ing to Mrs Pearce
 Borden Burr. upon his return to Bir- ! mingham from Annlston, where he made a rousing appeal to the people 1 of Calhoun county to support the statt I memorial commemorating the deeds o1 her sons and daughters, reports thai | this county is making much progress under the direction of H. B. Rudisill | county chairman, and he anticipates l Calhoun will be over the top bJ | Thursday
 Indications are Pickens county vii go over the top by the middle of tn; | week. Former Governor Emmet ONea l and Colonel William P. Screws of th, famous 167th Alabama infantry spok'
 to more than 4000 people gathered a Carrollton, Pickens county, on tn, I ,rfl ;r, fl,o t,,t1 1f ry, campaign fund.- Governor O'Neal sait | in his speech: "On ancient authority
 a nation that does not honor its heroa. will see a day when it will have nc soldiers willing to fight its battlea.' Both speakers made ringing appeal!
 to the people of Pickens to give thel
 hearty financial support.
 REPORTS FROM SUBURBS Chairmen of the campaign commit
 tees of the suburbs of the city reported
 the memorial funds were not beins received as rapidly as first anticipated
 but they express the determination tt
 go out today with more determination
 than ever before.
 Glenn Burke. chairman of the Ems ley committee, says he expects to re port his district quota entirely raised
 by Wednesday. He says that althousl
 the amount is unusually large tn
 committee feels confident the sum ap
 portioned will be raised when the Ten
 nessee Coal, Iron and Railroad com
 pany's donations are received. Tn
 Eastern Star workers in Ensley } l ported several hundred dollars to tn fund Saturday and are continuing thei
 work.
 , Fairfield's quota of $16so should b
 raised by Tuesday. according to an an
 nouncement of pr. Joe Carmichael
 chairman of the committee
 "We were somewhat disappointed j. the subscriptions received in the frs part of the drive for the memor;a
 campaign fund" said MT. Ramsay
 'but we are not discouraged in tn
 least and feel confident that this weel
 will bring the campaign to a successful close"
 Pastors of the colored churches 0 the city who put the campaign befor
 their congregations yesterday wi make their reports to county campaig headquarters today. It is understoo that these pastors met with a heart response in supporting the memora to commemorate the deeds and service of the boys who were in the army fror their churches.