The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-27
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t1,0oo had already besn obtained there, and work would be pressed during the remaining two days of the campaign.
 was hold at the Tutwiler Hotel Thursday noon, when General Chair man Brown made short address, discussing the progress or the cam paign Mir. Brown urged that mem bers of the club be not afraid to ask for large subscriptions. as many of the business men of Birmingham al- ready solicited had contributed more than asked. He also declared that contributions to the campaign were not considered in the light of charita- : ble donations, but rather as Invest ments in the welfare of BirminSh Sham to the end of making it bigger and better place In which to live.
 The committee in charge of Com that the club had obtained subscrip- tions to the amount of &S.6o5. Re ports were made by Charles Estes, chairman of Committee No. l; Rowan Oden, No. 2; Robert Wilkerson. No. 5: William Rushton. No. 1; Lamar Al drich, No. g. Julian smith, No. 6. Mark Myatt is general chairman in charge of the activities of the Com munity club in the campaign. The clubs goal has been set at $5.s00 and work is to be continued during the final two days of the campaign. WOman's Division Work.
 The women's division is to enter the campaign full tit Saturday. Mrs H. E. Pearce, chairman of the wom- ems division, reported Thursday night that 101 women had volun- teered for service in the sale of bangles on downtown street corners Saturday. With this feature of the campaign, it is proposed to supple ment the canvassing of the womens committees to the end that those who have not already had an opportunity to contribute may do so on the las, day. Bangles are to be sold at q each.
 Two large contributions were an nounced during the afternoon oi Thursday, which were: Crawford Realty company, s750. These, with the outstanding subscriptions an nounced during the morning, Ameri- can Cast Iron Pipe company, $2,0O0 Moore Handley Hardware company $1,O0O, and Mrs. w. s. Brown. $500 helped to swell the total for the day considerably.
 At the theatres of Birmingham last night members of the speakers bu- reau of the campaign made short ad- dresses urging support of the cam- paign Friday and Saturday. Those speaking Thursday night were Allen c. Loehr. Fred t'ite. Birge Horton, J A. Bryan and Hugh A. Locke.
 Subscriptions Announced.
 Subscriptions amounting to $500 and over thus far in the campaign were announced Thursday by Chair man Brown as follows:
 NJ. w Bush and Horace Hammond. .$1 oot Avondale Mills ..................... 1.00t Donald Conner .................... 1,00f w NJ Cosby ................... 50t Morris Adler & Co. ............... 5ot G. W. Corners company ........... 50t Mir. and Mrs. Jack Bowron ........ 5nt J. Frank Rushton .........,..... 1,0ot National Cast Iron Pipe company. l, 1,00t R c Foster .......,............ 5ot W. D. Tynes ........,.............. 50t First National Bank .............. 5ot w V NJ Robertson .............. 50t ]. ]. shannon .................... 2.O9C Birmingham Machine and Foundry - Birmins fnas ham Rail and Locomotive
 Gulf States steel company ......... soc l. R. Thames ............. 50t Moore Handley Hardware company 1.0ot T. F Healey .................... 50f American Cast Iron Pipe company. 2.o0t Ala bama company ................ 1.00t Doster Northington Drug company b0t Frank Nelson ............... 1.0ot R. A Brown Co. ............... boe Jemison company and Jemison-Sei-
 bels Insurance company ......... 50t Crawford Johnson company 5ot The Birmingham News ......... 2.50C Leo K Steiner ..............s. 1 .0oC Mai E. M Tutwiler .............. 2.50C Ala bama Power company .......... 2,oo0 R L. Burnett ............,. 500 Richard w Massey ............ 2.5oo Oscar Wells ................. 500 W H. Hassinger ............... 1000 Robert R. Never .....,.......... 1000 Young X Vann ....,............ b00 Steel Cities Chemical ....... ........ 300 Mrs w S Brown .............. 800 Cra wford Johnson ............ 1000 Birmingham Realty company ...... 750