The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-12-13
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Indicate Goal In Sight.

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Indicate Goal In Sight.
Reports of teams at the grand
rally of workers and those inter-
ested, held in the ball room of the
Tutwiler hotel Wednesday at l
O'Clock. indicated that the full
amount is in, sight Mr.. Adams said.
The work of presenting the case to
all the people of Birmingham is
through. and the rest matter Of
clerical labor, the executive asserted.
So great was the work of the &C.
counting department during the last
part of the day that three account
ants from various business houses
were called in to aid the dozen men,
bers of this staff in filing the re-
turns of the campaign. New card
indexes and a radical enlargement
of the system of recording results
were necessary.
The day crowned beyond the best
previous periods. In the number
of citizens to take part in the drive,
in the amount of money given and
in every other respect the day was
more than success, it was de-
clared.
THE law doesn't permit us to
blacklist anyone, but it cannot pre-
that's just what we are going to do
Crawford Johnson, president of the
chest, told workers at the grand
rally.
"In other campaigns which we
have made in Birmingham you
workers have found men who told
you that they didn't give to this par
ticular charity for which funds were
being raised because their wives
preferred another charity, but THIS
time we have them surrounded"
An ovation lasting several minutes
greeted Mr.. Johnson's remarks. lie
announced that a full and revised
list of persons giving 800 or more
to the drive would be published Sun
day, and that full list of all slb-
scribers would be published in book
form after the campaign.
Il came across one man who sald
he couldn't give one cent to tms
five children to support" the execu-
tive continued. but l know a man
who works out in the Stag pit at
Ensley with a wife and fourteen
children and he gave. When l told
the first man he was making more
in three months than the man in the
Stag pit makes in whole year he
came across"
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Pledges From Ministers.
Personal pledges from three min
listers of different denominations
were received during the day by Di-
rector Carson Adams. And you
know how much preachers make,
commented the campaign leader
humorously.
1--WE have letter from man
who is leaving for Florida to re-
cuperate from an Illness, asking to
fr 90 Gro, i'm,
Most people would have gone off
without contributing added Mr..
Adams.
At the last luncheon Percy Brewer.
captain of the Civilian club. reported
that 10 of his committees had turned
in" and that nine had not. His
grand total was $1S.500 Evans Dunn
OF the Community club said his team
had $4,000 or more and $4,000 out.
He announced S67S collected from
the city hall, with promise of 100
per cent organization soon.
r. ID. Burnett Cigar company won
the days prize for the best effort.
They reported themselves ITO per
cent strong, explaininf that not only
had they collected from every mem
Der of the organization, but had
received contributions from two
travelling statesmen.
Fred Underwood of the Rotarians
reported S55 900 turned in exclusively
from industrial plants. Donations
from chain stores featured his re-
port.
Director Adams announced that
employees of the Louisville and Nash
Vile railroad at Boyles had raised
$4,000 and expected to have $1,000
by Saturday.
The drive will continue unofficially
until the desired s450.000 mark is
reached.