The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-06
Contribution For State
 Memorial Coming in Slowly,
 States County Chairman
WOman's Division Leads in Amounts Raised So Far. Workers to Stay on the Job Until Quota Has Been Raised

City and county memorial workers will spend today in rest, merging tomorrow morning with a determination to over subscribe Jefferson county's quota in the state me morial fund before the end of the week, according to an an nouncement from county cam paign headquarters.
 | Contributions of larger denomina- tions were reported yesterday, but there is yet long way to go before Jefferson goes over the top in the drive, according to Erskine Ramsay, county manager.
 | The women's division continues to lead all other organizations in the amounts raised and yesterday Mrs. H. vision, reported they were within $4000 of the quota allotted them. She stated even though the women came l in with their entire quota they would continue to work for the county's part until the full amount had been subscribed.
 Mrs. Pearce announced the Red Cross canteen workers reported $500 raised by them in Saturdays efforts. No additional names were reported for the One Hundred Dollar club. but l it is believed several new members will be secured this week.
 l CREDIT OF SOLDIERS 1 A contribution of $6 was received l at campaign headquarters yesterday I accompanied by a letter which read: | "Take this donation of $6 and put it to the credit of an American soldier who served in the great world war. | one who has no one to give for him. Mail the honor card to this soldier"
 The plan for raising the memorial 1 fund was based upon SC for every soi- dier, sailor and marine who was en- listed in the army from the State of Alabama, and with each donation an honor card will be mailed to the sol- dier for which the fund is contrib uted
 l "We have news from many counties of the state they are ready to go over the top and are
 making efforts to raise their quotas before the larger counties
 and at the same time asking what,
 is the matter with Jefferson she l has not already gone over its quota like the Liberty Loan and other war drives were carried out | successfully,' said w. s. Stallfngs, 1 state chairman.
 l All drive committees and workers expressed their determination to put forth every effort to successfully wind up the campaign in Jefferson before the end of the week.
 EASTER STAR WORKERS Mrs. J. L. Smith of Ensley general chairman, and Mrs. S. K. Reed, CO., chairman, are directing the work of the Eastern Star members in raising their quota. They are directing the house. house campaign being waged by 50 or more members of the East ern Star. Mrs A. Erickson of the Eastern Star was in charge of the booths downtown Saturday.
 1 MT. Ramsay and Dr. J. w. Johnson, with other members of the county campaign workers, were personally in the field Saturday in the interest oe the campaign funds.
 It was thought that by setting the state amount at $500,000 for the erec- tion of marble memorial monument
 to the credit of the sons and daugh- ters of Alabama who have served the
 state that this amount would be dou- blsd by the people of Alabama, but 1t seems that every effort will have to
 he put forward to raise the first
 amount, according to campaign off
 cials.
 ON JOB TO FINISH
 we are in this job to the finish to raise Jefferson county's quota, said MT. Ramsay, land we will be so- lciting funds all summer if it is nec-
 essary to place the importance of tho
 campaign before the people of Jeffer- son. We fully realize that the people have been through many drives in the , past. but usually the subscriber was , benefited, and now if this memorial IS ,, left without making clean job of 1t
 the boys in future years will not sec
 the appreciation of their service in the , past"
 Allied army forces, committees. in-
 dividual workers and everybody lS , urged to take part in raising the coun- i, tvs quota of $S7.500 before the end , of the week by campaign officials Pastors in all the colored churches
 of Birmingham have been asked to
 put the object of the memorial before
 their congregations today. While
 large contributions are not expected 5 from these churches, it is thought that
 the plan will meet with hearty re-
 sponse in commemorating the memory of the colored soldiers from Jeffer-