The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-15
'SANATOR|UM DRIVE
ST|RS INTEREST IN
NEW MEXICO CITY
Roswell Raised 100000 In
Three Weeks BY Intensive
Effort
Birmingham's tuberculosis sana

Birmingham's tuberculosis sana
| torium campaign Is attracting atten'
tion far and near. Monday The Age
, Herald received communication
from the Chamber OF Commerce oil
| Roswell, n. NJ, which said. We nave
been noticing the noble fight you are
making to raise sufficient funds fol
building a hospital. At the time we
were making our fight we longed te
know something about what other
places had done. 1t occurred to us
that since Roswell was so much
smaller than Birmingham and we
raised 500. 900 here, the facts might
any rate we are enclosing brief ac-
count of our campaign for such use
as you care to make of It,"
Eighteen hundred dollars was added
Monday to the Birmingham fund in
hand. The total now stands at s159.-
600. only $4,000 short of the 5000, 900
originally set as the goal.
Subscriptions are coming in some
what slower, but sure j. L. Dent.
secretary of the campaign committee,
stated Monday, land we VIII not even
think Of slowing up our efforts un-
til we get the total signed up he
continued. Mr.. Dent stated Monday
that he knew of considerable more
money not yet signed. but which
mittee within the next few days.
Small subscriptions continue to be
turned in to headquarters daily, which
In the long run are expected to bring
the total up to the 100000 mark. One
subscription for $500 was received
Monday
The outlook is encouraging. says
Mr.. Dent, and little trouble is ex-
pected in raising the total quota set
in the beginning of the campaign.
ROsweII's Experience.
The statement sent by the Roswell,
N. NJ. Chamber OF Commerce, reads
as follows:
Roswell, n. NJ. population 1000,
raised 100000 in exactly three weeks
to build for Roswell a tubercuar
sanatorium. Three weeks from the
day the first subscription was made
the 100000 mark was reached. Five
weeks from the day the first sub
scription was made the stockholders
at a meeting adopted articles of in
corporation and bylaws and elected
directors.
Business Men Called.
Eighteen of the leading business
men were called together on Monday
afternoon, February IS, by the
Chamber of Commerce sanatorium
COMMITTEES ana the neeu OIL tHe COM
in this respect made plain to
them. Before that meeting adjourned
$685. had been placed in bona fide
subscriptions, with the subscribers
name to note which fully outlined
the conditions of the subscriptions.
The highest subscription that after
noon was $4,000 and the lowest $1,000.
At that same meeting r. H. McCune
and w. C. Lawrence, two of the bust
ness men, pledged themselves to quit
their business until the entire $780,
900 was completed.
Rapid Fire Campaign.
"A rapid fire campaign was started
and Roswell's newspapers-as news
papers always do-kept the interest
alive. kilograms began pouring in
from Chambers of Commerce in other
cities and the United states Chamber
of Commerce wired it's congratula-
tions. At II o'clock on March 10, the
two solicitors had $4,000 in bona
fide subscriptions, and at 1905 a
telegram came from resident
property owner making a subscrip-
ton for the last s1,000-and the job
was done.
Not a dollar of the money was
pledged on the promise of dividends;
not string was tied to any sub
scription. The largest subscription
was $4,000, the smallest 800. Sixty
thousand dollars of the amount was
raised in subscriptions of $1,000 or