The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-14
QUICK RESPONSE
 TOCHEST APPEAL
 TRAGEDIES DRIVE
Several Substantial Dona. tions Reported At
 Headquarters

Birmingham's leading citizens are re- sepnding rapidly with subscriptions, in advance of the second annual appeal of the Community Chest, November 17-27, and among the addition larger sub scriptions received during Thursday, were, J, Thornton Estes, president Estes Lumber company, S1,000i W. II. Hassinger, $1,00O, J, w. Donnelly, S1,0OO; Oscar Wells, $1000.
 All of Greater Birmingham's lunch: con clubs during all of next week will join their meetings with their gether- ings of the Community Chest work CTS at the Tutwiler hotel ballroom ev- cry day, beginning at l o'clock, ac- cording to announcement by Clarence Lloyd, volunteer secretary of the sec- onu appeal This also applies to the luncheon clubs in Ensley and other nearby sections of the city.
 Alfred NJ. Shook, Jr., chairman of the second annual appeal, accompanied by John O. Henley, IT,, Thursday aft ernoon were guests of H. M. Mcdowell, chairman of the Ensley division, at the regular weekly luncheon of the Ensley Kiwanis club, and urged all Ensley Kiwanians and their friends to take active part in the work in connection with making the second annual appeal a success.
 Practically all of the leading min- isters of the city will, on Sunday, de- vote one of their sermons to, or make a short talk on the Community Chest and what it stands for. Among the first to announce that he will preach a special sermon Sunday morning, in the interests of the Community Chest, is Dr. George R. Stuart, pastor of the First Methodist church.
 Commissioner Harrison Endorses
 William l.. Harrison, commissioner of public utilities, is among the many who strongly favor the Community Chest plan, and in statement, issued Thursday, says:
 q favor the Community Chest be- cause of its highly organized and scien- tific way of handling and caring for our civic and charity needs. Unless con- ducted on that basis we can not do equal justice to the many different kinds of social and charity work in this city.
 'Tn my opinion the Community Chest should receive the full support of the public of this city"
 MT. Joseph NJ. Broadly, pastor of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian church, is one of the many ministers of Birming- ham who has pledged his enthusiastic support to the second annual appeal of the Community Chest.
 "One of the things so often spoken of as a criticism of Birmingham is that we do not pull together like some other cities, said Dr. Broadly. If this be true, which I do not altogether be- lieve, the Community Chest gives us cause upon which the whole city may unite, thus proving to all the Doubt ing Thomases' that they do not know what they are talking about.
 "Second. The Community Chest not only gives an opportunity for us to ex- press a human interest and concern for those who are less fortunate than ourselves, but in carrying out the spirit of the Community Chest, we are putting into practical effect the very spirit of Christianity, which Jesus an nounced would take place and is the full fillment of the Messianic hope.
 "A prominent business man asked me the other day if thought the pas sage referred to above was being full filled today. I replied that it was and cited him to the Hillman hospital Mercy home, Community house and different institutions that are minis tering to bruised, broken and bereft hu- manity."
 W. Carson Adams, president of the Community Chest organization, an nounces that Dr. W. D. Weatherford, president of the Southern '. M. c. A. college of Nashville, Tenn, and one of the outstanding orators of the south, will be the principal speaker at the opening rally of the workers for the second annual appeal of the Community Chest, Monday evening at 6 80 o'clock at the Tutwiler hotel ballroom.
 Dr. Weatherford, graduate of Van derbilt university, and a native ot Texas, was for IS years southern school secretary, and for the past five years president of the '. M. c. A. college. He is probably best known as the founder of the Blue Ridge training cen ter, at Black Mountain, N. C., which property is now worth approximately $60O,000.
 Dr. Weatherford, who was only re- gently offered a full professorship at Yale, has the unique distinction of hay ing been offered more college preslden- cies than any man in the south.
 For the past three years Dr. Weath- erford has also been in charge of a di- vision of the Community Chest at Nash vile with marked success and is thor oughly familiar with the plan, aims and purpose of the Community Chest, of which he is vigorous and strong advo- cate