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Junior Grand Wardens .- Thomas Owen, 1821 and 1822; John B. Norris, 1823; John B. Hogan, 1824; Eldridge S. Greening, 1825; William D. Stone, 1826; Thomas B. Creagh, 1827; William Leigh, 1828; Lawrence S. Banks, 1829; Ptolemy Harris, 1830; Doric S. Ball, 1831 and 1832; Richard B. Walthall, 1833; Jacob Wiser, 1834 and 1835; Robert B. Waller, 1836; Felix G. Norman, 1837 and 1838; Robert H. Dalton, 1839; Denton H. Valliant, 1840, 1841, and 1842; William Hen- drix, 1843; Stephen F. Hale, 1844 and 1845; Sterling A. M. Wood, 1846 and 1853; John M. Strong, 1847; Thomas M. Bragg, 1848, 1849, and 1850; George W. Gaines, 1851 and 1852; Joshua H. Danforth, 1854, 1855, and 1856; James A. Whitaker, 1857 and 1858; Stephen D. Moorer, 1859; Richard J. Dudley, 1860, 1861, 1865, and 1866; James M. Brun- didge, 1862 and 1863; Sam Thompson, 1864; G. Frank Smith, 1867 and 1868; Isaiah Wil- son, 1869 and 1870; Palmer J. Pillans, 1871; H. Clay Armstrong, 1872; Benjamin F. Pope, 1873 and 1874; Rufus W. Cobb, 1875 and 1876; John H. Bankhead, 1877 and 1878; John G. Harris, 1879 and 1880; Myles J. Greene, 1881 and 1882; William T. Atkins, 1883 and 1884; Henry H. Brown, 1885; George M. Morrow, 1886; Francis L. Pettus, 1887; Augustus L. Milligan, 1888; George P. Harrison, 1889; James A. Bilbro, 1890 and 1891; B. Dudley Williams, 1892 and 1893; Russell M. Cunningham, 1894 and 1895; Robert J. Redden, 1896 and 1897; Henry H. Matthews, 1898 and 1899; Ben M. Jacobs, 1900 and 1901; Hugh S. D. Mallory, 1902 and 1903; Lawrence H. Lee, 1904 and 1905; Daniel A. Greene, 1906; Henry Clanton Mil- Ier, 1907 and 1908; Walter Smith, 1909 and 1910; Robert S. Teague, 1911 and 1912;
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Percy B. Dixon, 1913 and 1914; Julian F. Spearman, 1915 and 1916.
Grand Secretaries .- Thomas A. Rogers, 1821; George M. Rives, 1822; William B. Allen, 1823; Daniel M. Riggs, 1824 and 1825; John G. Aikin, 1826, 1827, 1828, and 1829; John H. Vincent, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833, 1834, 1835, and 1836; Doric S. Ball, 1837 and 1838; Amand P. Pfister, 1839-1856; Daniel Sayre, 1857-1887; Myles J. Greene, 1888, 1889, 1890, and 1891; H. Clay Arm- strong, 1892-1900; George A. Beauchamp, 1901-1916.
Grand Treasurers .- David McCord, 1821, 1822, 1823, 1824, and 1825; Daniel M. Riggs, 1826, 1827, 1828, and 1829; Benjamin B. Fontaine, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833, 1834, and 1835; James Gould, 1836; Horace Greene, 1837; Luther S. Skinner, 1838, 1839, 1840, and 1841; William Garrett, 1842 and 1843; Edward Herndon, 1844, 1845, and 1846; Nimrod E. Benson, 1847, 1848, and 1849; Thomas Welch, 1850-1862; Hugh Parks Wat- son, 1863, 1864, and 1865; Edmund M. Hast- ings, 1866, 1867, 1868, and 1869; William H. Dingley, 1870-1910; John Wilson Terry, 1911-1916.
Blue Lodge .- The Masonic organization rests on what is familiarly known as the Blue Lodge. These are federated or grouped together as the Grand Lodge A. F. & A. M. The several chapters of Royal Arch Masons constitute the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Alabama. The local councils constitute the Grand Chapter of Royal and Select Master. The local temple organizations make up the Grand Commandery of Knights Templar.
Scottish Rite Masons .- A series of organ- izations covering the Masonic degrees from the fourth to the 33rd inclusive.
Eastern Star .- The Order of Eastern Star represents the woman's auxiliary to Masonry.
Shriners .- The Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, familiarly known as Shriners, is an organization, membership in which is limited to Masons who have com- pleted either the York Rite or Scottish Rite Masonic courses. It is also known as the playground of Masonry.
Anti-Masonic Agitations .- Notwithstanding its benevolent activities and the high charac- ter of its personnel, the Masonic order has occasionally been the subject of more or less active opposition. In Alabama such opposi- tion has been sporadic, but it has, neverthe- less, to some extent hampered the usefulness and retarded the development of Free- masonry in many communities of the State. At times it has been attempted to make anti-Masonry a political issue, but, in this State at least, with little success.
In 1827 much excitement and anti-Ma- sonic feeling was caused by the disappear- ance of a member of the order in New York, and who was reported to have declared his intention of exposing its secrets. The preju- dice thus aroused was turned into political capital by shrewd politicians, but the move- ment gained little strength in Alabama. In 1830 efforts were made to give the movement national significance, and conventions with
that object were held in this State at Cahaba, Selma, and Tuscaloosa. The results obtained were insignificant, however, and the move- ment was short-lived. By 1835 anti-Masonic prejudice had largely died down, and the order has from that time until the present, enjoyed a larger measure of popular confi- dence, a wider sphere of influence, and a greater prosperity than ever before in Its history.
MEASURES. See Weights and Measures.
MEDIATION AND ARBITRATION, STATE BOARD OF. Created by act of April 7, 1911. The board is composed of three persons, to be appointed by the governor to serve for two years from the date of their appoint- ment, "or until their successors are ap- pointed." The power of removal is vested in the governor. One of the three members is to be named as chairman, and so desig- nated by the governor in making the appoint- ment. The duties of the board are to con- sider labor controversies between employers and employees, and to bring about an amica- ble adjustment of differences. Records of proceedings and of adjudications are to be kept. Members receive $6 per day while officially engaged, together with necessary railway fare. All expenses of the board are charges against the State treasury, while the cost of arbitration proceedings are charges against the parties of the arbitration equally.
In 1913 the board held a meeting and or- ganized. At the same time it had a prelimi- nary hearing of a controversy between certain building contractors of Birmingham and their employees. The controversy was settled, how- ever, without formal proceedings before the board.
Members .- Gen. E. W. Rucker, Birming- ham, chairman; Dr. George H. Denny, Uni- versity; and James B. Drake, Birmingham; all appointed August 12, 1912, to serve for two years. No subsequent appointments have been made.
See Labor Organizations and Movements. REFERENCES .- General Acts, 1911, pp. 320-323; Alabama State Federation of Labor, Constitu- tion and Proceedings, 1911.
MEDICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE STATE OF ALABAMA. A voluntary professional as- sociation whose objects are " to organize the medical profession of the State; to secure careful and reliable accounts of the endemic and epidemic diseases of the State; to en- courage the study of the medical botany, med- ical topography and medical climatology of the State; to promote the establishment of a high standard of professional and moral education for medical men, for the purpose of protecting the people of the State against the evils of ignorance and dishonesty; to endeavor to secure the enactment of wise and just laws for ascertaining by examination the qualifica- tion of all persons who propose to offer their services to the people of any part of the State for the purpose of treating diseases
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of human beings; to foster fraternal rela- tions among the physicians of the State, and thus develop a spirit of loyalty to pure and exalted principles of professional ethics; to combine the influence of the medical men of the State for the purpose of protecting thelr legitimate rights and of promoting the san- itary welfare of the people."
The association was organized by a con- vention of the physicians of the State which met at Mobile, December 1, 1847, called by Dr. A. G. Mabry, of Selma. The meeting was convened primarily for the purpose of setting on foot a movement to secure the establish- ment of a state hospital for the insane. The convention, on December 4, after fully ma- turing all plans and details of organization, resolved itself into the Medical Association of the State of Alabama.
The first annual meeting was held at Selma, March 8, 1848; the second at Wetumpka, March 6-7, 1849; the third at Montgomery in December, 1849. Regular annual meet- ings were held 1850-1856, after which no meeting was held until March 3, 1868, at Selma, when a reorganization was effected. By act of February 13, 1850, A. Lopez, J. Marion Sims, N. L. Meredith, Thomas W. Mason, J. A. English, T. A. Bates, W. B. Johnson and H. M. Jackson and their asso- ciates and successors of the medical associa- tion were constituted a body corporate under the name, " The Medical Association of the State of Alabama."
In 1873, March 25-27, at the annual meet- ing in Tuscaloosa, the association was fur- ther reorganized and a new constitution adopted. This led to the creation by the legislature, by act of February 19, 1875, of the State board of health (q. v.). The med- ical association of the State, as then consti- tuted, was declared to be such board. A board of censors of 10 members, 2 being elected each year for terms of 5 years, con- stitutes the State committee of public health. To this committee is given the administration of the business of the State board of health. This board elects the State health officer, who is the administrative head of the system. In this way the medical association is directly in control of public health regulation in Alabama.
The county medical societies are the county boards of health. They are chartered by and are a part of the medical association of the State. All members of the county so- cieties are members of the state association.
County and city medical societies existed in Montgomery, Mobile and Dallas Counties prior to the organization of the central body, but their work was not significant. It was not until the passage of the act in 1875, creat- ing the State board of health, which made the county organization a part of the public health machinery, that the county societies became important factors in the system.
The constitution under which the medical association is at present organized was adopted April 24, 1908. In 1916 it had 1,774 members, but there were in the State 631 licensed physicians who were nonmembers.
From the membership 100 counsellors are se- lected, and from these counsellors all officers of the association are chosen. The counsel- lors are elected prorata from the several con- gresslonal districts, and after service for 20 years are advanced to the position of life counsellors, who pay no dues, but who enjoy all privileges. Counsellors are three classes, elect, junior and senior, and are advanced, according to service, from elect to junior after notification and signing of the pledge, and from junior to senior after service of 10 years. Counsellors pay $10 annual dues and must attend one in three meetings, thus insuring a working attendance at all annual sessions. The rolls are purged each year and new nominations are made, in the districts in which the vacancies occur, by a vote of those delegates and counsellors, both active and life, from that district. The association as a body elects or rejects the nomination. The officers of the association are one presi- dent, two vice presidents, one secretary, one treasurer and 10 censors. The president is elected for one year, the vice presidents for two years, in such way that one vacancy will occur annually; the secretary for five years; the treasurer for five years; the censors for five years, in such way that two vacancies will occur annually.
Presidents .- Albert Gallatin Mabry, 1868, 1869; Richard Frazer Michel, 1870; Francis Armstrong Ross, 1871; Thomas Childress Osborn, 1872; George Ernest Kumpe, 1873; George Augustus Ketchum, 1874; Job So- bieski Weatherly, 1875; John Jefferson De- ment, 1876; Edward Davies McDaniel, 1877; Peter Bryce, 1878; Robert Wickens Gaines, 1879; Edmund Pendleton Gaines, 1880; Wil- liam Henry Anderson, 1881; John Brown Gaston, 1882; Clifford Daniel Parke, 1883; Mortimer Harvey Jordan, 1884; Benjamin Hogan Riggs, 1885; Francis Marion Peterson, 1886; Samuel Dibble Seelye, 1887; Edward Henry Sholl, 1888; Milton Columbus Bald- ridge, 1889; Charles Higgs Franklin, 1890; William Henry Sanders, 1891; Benjamin James Baldwin, 1892; James Thomas Searcy, 1893; Thaddeus Lindley Robertson, 1894; Richard Matthew Fletcher, 1895; William Henry Johnston, 1896; Barckley Wallace Toole, 1897; Luther Leonidas Hill, 1898; Henry Altamont Moody, 1899; John Clarke LeGrande, 1900; Russell McWhorter Cun- ningham, 1901; Edwin Lesley Marechal, 1902; Glenn Andrews, 1903; Matthew Bunyan
Cameron, 1904; Capers Capehart Jones,
1905; Eugene DuBose Bondurant, 1906; George Tighlman Mcwhorter, 1907; Samuel Wallace Welch, 1908; Benjamin Leon Wyman, 1909; Wooten Moore Wilkerson, 1910; Wyatt Heflin Blake, 1911; Lewis Coleman Morris, 1912; Harry Tutwiler Inge, 1913; Robert S. Hill, 1914; B. B. Simms, 1915; J. N. Baker, 1916.
Annual Orators. - John Brown Gaston. 1869; George Augustus Ketchum, 1870 and 1875; William Henry Anderson, 1871; Job Sobieski Weatherly, 1872; Mortimer Harvey Jordan, 1873; Samuel Dibble Seelye, 1874; Richard Frazer Michel, 1876; Edmund Henry
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Fournier, 1877; Benjamin Hogan Riggs, 1878; William Augustus Mitchell, 1879; Paul
DeLacy Baker, 1880; Milton Columbus Bald-
ridge, 1881; Peter Bryce, 1882; Edward Henry Sholl, 1883; William Henry Sanders, 1884; James Thomas Searcy, 1885; no ora- tion, 1886; Richard Proctor Huger, 1887; Benjamin James Baldwin, 1888; Ruffin Cole- man, 1889; Harry Tutwiler Inge, 1890; Ed- ward Powell Riggs, 1891; Benjamin Leon Wyman, 1892; Wyatt Heflin Blake, 1894; Russell McWhorter Cunningham, 1895; Ed- win Lesley Marechal, 1896; Robert Somer- ville Hill, 1897; William Wade Harper, 1898; George Clarence Chapman, 1899; Rhett Goode, 1900; William Groce Harrison, 1901; Edward Burton Ward, 1902; Lewis Coleman Morris, 1903; George Summers Brown, 1904; Seale Harris, 1905; Marcer Stillwell Davie, 1906; M. Toulmin Gaines, 1907; W. Prude McAdory, 1908; Wm. Dempsey Partlow, 1909; John Pope Stewart, 1910; Jesse Gary Palmer, 1911; Daniel T. McCall, 1912; Henry Green, 1913; office abolished after this date.
Annual Meetings .- 1847-1916: The list which follows gives the number of session, place of meeting, inclusive dates, and bib- liography of the Transactions, viz:
Organization meeting, Mobile, Dec. 1, 1847. 1st annual meeting, Selma, March 8-9, 1848. pp. 14.
2d, Wetumpka, March 6-7, 1849.
3d, Montgomery, Dec. 13, 1849.
Proceedings of the organization meet- ing, and of the 3d meeting, so far as as- certained, were never printed.
4th, Mohile, Dec. 10-14, 1850. pp. 156.
5th, Montgomery, Dec. 8-11, 1851. pp. 130. 6th, Selma, Dec. 13-15, 1852. pp. 168.
7th, Montgomery, Jan. 10-12, 1854. pp. 190.
8th, Mobile, Feb. 5-7, 1855. pp. 148.
9th, A meeting is supposed to have been held in 1856, but no facts are available. The association remained inactive from that date to reorganization in 1868.
Reorganization meeting, Selma, March 3-4, 1868.
22d, Mobile, March 2-4, 1869. pp. 144.
23d, Montgomery, March 15-17, 1870. pp. 445.
24th, Mobile, March 21-23, 1871. pp. 356. 25th, Huntsville, March 26-28, 1872. pp. 220. 2 maps.
26th, Tuscaloosa, March 25-27, 1873. pp. 102. x. 27th, Selma, April 13-15, 1874. pp. 427. 28th, Montgomery, April 13-15, 1875. pp. 359 [1].
29th, Mobile, April 11-13, 1876. pp. 270. 11. 30th, Birmingham, April 10-12, 1877. pp. 190. 11.
31st, Eufaula, April 9-11, 1878. pp. 315. 32d, Selma, April 8-11, 1879, pp. 326. 11. 33d, Huntsville, April 13-16, 1880. pp. 403 [1].
34th, Montgomery, April 12-15, 1881. pp. 568.
35th, Mobile, April 11-14, 1882. pp. 492. 11. 36th, Birmingham, April, 1883. pp. 462. 37th, Selma, April 8-12, 1884. pp. 676.
38th, Greenville, April 14-17, 1885. pp. 534.
39th, Anniston, April 13-16, 1886. pp. 360. 40th, Tuscaloosa, April 12-15, 1887. pp. 417.
41st, Montgomery, April 10-13, 1888. pp. 416.
42d, Montgomery, April 9-12, 1889. pp. 376.
43d, Birmingham, April 8-12, 1890. pp. 459.
44th, Huntsville, April 14-18, 1891. pp. 339.
45th, Montgomery, April 12-16, 1892. pp. 424.
46th, Selma, April 18-21, 1893. pp. 393.
47th, Birmingham, April 17-20, 1894. pp. 418.
48th, Mobile, April 16-19, 1895. pp. 343. 49th, Montgomery, April 21-24, 1896. pp. 329.
50th, Selma, April 20-23, 1897. pp. 456. 51st, Birmingham, April 19-22, 1898. pp. 221.
52d, Mobile, April 18-21, 1899. pp. 470.
53d, Montgomery, April 17-20, 1900. pp. 564.
54th, Selma, April 16-19, 1901. pp. 508.
55th, Birmingham, April 15-18, 1902. pp. 488.
56th, Talladega, April 21-24, 1903. pp. 553. 57th, Mobile, April 19-22, 1904. pp. 580. 58th, Montgomery, April 19-22, 1905. pp. 587.
59th, Birmingham, April 17-21, 1906. pp. 688.
60th, Mobile, April 16-19, 1907. pp. 536. 61st, Montgomery, April 21-24, 1908. pp. 717.
62d, Birmingham, April 20-23, 1909. pp. 714.
63d, Mobile, April 19-22, 1910. pp. 754.
64th, Montgomery, April 18-21, 1911. pp. 630.
65th, Birmingham, April 16-19, 1912. pp. 654.
66th, Mobile, April 15-18, 1913. pp. 646. 67th, Montgomery, April 21-24, 1914. pp. 852.
68th, Birmingham, April 20-23, 1915. pp. 746.
69th, Mobile, April 18-21, 1916. pp. 596. PUBLICATIONS. - Proceedings, 1847-1856, 6
vols .; Transactions, 1868-1916, 48 vols .; Consti- tution and by-laws (1868, 1871); Book of the rules (1877, 1880, 1883, 1889); Dr. Wm. H. Sanders, Compend for the organized medical profession of Alabama (1913); and Separates of papers read before the association, of the section containing lists of physicians, etc.
REFERENCES .- Dr. Jerome Cochran, "The medical profession," in Memorial record of Alabama (1893), vol. 2, pp. 107-140; Sanders, "History, philosophy and fruits of medical or- ganization in Alabama," in Medical Association of Alabama, Transactions (1914), pp. 510-594; Code, 1907, sec. 698 et seq .; General Acts, 1911, pp. 116-119; Ibid, 1915, pp. 160, 653, 661, 782, 854; Owen, "Bibliography of Alabama," in American Historical Association, Report, 1897, p. 1047.
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MELTON'S VILLAGE. A small Creek settlement established about the time of the Creek War of 1813-14 by leave of the Chero- kees. It was situated on Town Creek in Marshall County, at the spot still known as the "Old Village Ford." It was so called after its headman, an old Indian named Charles Melton. The trail from Gunter's Vil- lage to Coosada (Upper) led to this place. The postoffice of Meltonsville nearby, is a per- petuation of the name.
REFERENCES .- O. D. Street, in Alabama His- tory Commission, Report (1901), vol. 1, p. 419; Ala. Hist. Society, Trans., vol. 4, p. 193.
MEMORIAL COMMISSION, ALABAMA. Created by an act of the legislature, approved February 3, 1919, for the purpose of form- ing an authorized body to determine upon a suitable form for a memorial to commemorate the part of Alabama and Alabamians in the World War. The bill was introduced by Henry P. Merritt, speaker of the house of representatives, who upon the organization of the commission was made vice-president.
The commission consists of the governor, who by the act is president, the attorney gen- eral, the director of the Department of arch- ives and history, who is secretary and his- torian, the president pro tem of the senate, and the speaker of the house of representa- tives, all ex-officio, and twelve other persons to be appointed by the governor. The ap- pointed members are Borden Burr, of Bir- mingham; Albert C. Davis, Montgomery; A. G. Patterson, Albany; W. R. Chapman, Do- than; N. D. Denson, Opelika; C. A. O'Neal, Andalusia; L. Pizitz, Birmingham; Joseph O. Thompson, Birmingham; Rev. Dr. Richard Wilkinson, Montgomery; and Dr. Henry J. Willingham, Florence. The commission was formally organized in the office of the Gover- nor, February 18, 1919, rules adopted, com- mittees appointed, the sum of $500,000 agreed upon as a minimum to be raised by popular subscription for the memorial, and June 27 to July 4, 1919, selected as the week for the drive. Later a campaign organization was effected, campaign officers selected, etc., Friday, May 9, 1919, was named as Memorial building day in the schools. The campaign officers were R. L. Bradley, Montgomery (State Treasurer), treasurer; W. S. Stalling, Birmingham, state campaign director; Spright Dowell, Montgomery, campaign director for schools; and Fred H. Gormley, newspaper publicity director. Later on account of con- flicting duties, Mr. Gormley resigned his posi- tion and David Holt, of Montgomery, was elected in his place. The executive committee is composed of the governor, the attorney- general, the director of the Department of archives and history, the president pro tem of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, and Albert C. Davis and Dr. Richard Wilkinson. The executive commit- tee was empowered by the commission to in- vestigate and report on the best form of mem- orial to a full meeting of the commission for consideration and action. At a meeting called by the Governor, and held in his office, April
2, 1919, hearings were held as to the form the memorial should take. Representatives appeared in behalf of a free state hospital, a sanatorium for tubercular persons, a social welfare department, and a monumental_his- tory building. After going into executive session the committee decided upon a "monu- mental history building," and so reported to the whole commission at a meeting in the governor's office, April 3, 1919. The claims of the history building were set forth in a formal statement read by Col. Sam Will John, a member of the board of trustees of the department of archives and history as follows:
To the Executive Committee of the Alabama Memorial Commission.
Gentlemen:
It is respectfully suggested that the mem- orial, proposed to be erected by act of the Legislature approved February 3, 1919, take the form of a monumental history building, to be devoted to the housing of the countless and valuable records, relics and historical and literary treasures of the proud common- wealth of Alabama, and in which the many and varied historial and allied activities may be successfully carried forward. It will not be necessary to enter into details of the widely extended nature of such activities since they will be as varied as demanded by the growth of the work.
It is confidently believed that such a mem- orial would more nearly meet the conception contained in the proposed law organizing the Commission, the sole and only object of which was and is to do adequate and appro- priate honor to the contribution of Alabama and Alabamians to the greatest contest of the ages, the supreme struggle between the two antagonistic forms of political organiza- tion, autocracy and democracy.
At the outset you are asked to note the language of the law, under which you are called upon to act. Power is conferred to do what, note the language, "to consider and adopt plans for the erection of a suitable memorial to commemorate the part of Ala- bama and Alabamians in the world war." The memorial must be "suitable," that is, of such type, form or design as will harmoni- ously meet the public approval. It will read- ily occur that to be suitable it should be statewide in appeal and use, it should be permanent, it should throughout not only contain but body forth memorial suggestions, and it should possess the features of har- mony and continuity of use.
It is further to be noted that it is to be a "commemorative" memorial. If not in it- self of type, form and design, containing perpetual suggestions, it will wholly fail. Apart from any use to which a memorial building may be put, that form would obvi- ously meet the requirements of commemora- tion most completely, which not only archi- tecturally embodied monumental features, but whose use was given over to memorials and memorial activities.
The large vision of the Legislature, how-
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ever, found fullest expression in the declara- tion that this "suitable memorial" should "commemorate," that is, preserve in lasting memory for future guidance and inspiration, "the part of Alabama and Alahamians in the world war." The warp and woof of our social life are one; although they may be analyzed they are inseparable; and the philosophy of detachment is relegated to the limbo of error. Therefore, the thing to be commemorated is the Alabama effort, an intangible or spiritual thing it may he said, and yet so substantial and real as to bring to arms approximately 80,000 men and boys, and to call for the most magnificent (no other phrase will carry the truth) example of heroic endeavor on the part of every man, woman and child of Ala- hama. Witness the work of the Red Cross, the Young Men's Christian Association, the Young Women's Christian Association, the Knights of Columbus, the Jewish Welfare Board, the Salvation Army, the Library War Service, the National League for Service with its women's committees and the Motor Corps, the Liberty Loan and the War Savings Stamps workers, the leaders of the Food Adminis- tration; the Railroad Administration; and the Labor Administration; besides numerous State, County, Municipal and Community war activities. Figures are dry and tedious, but they are at hand and can be given to sustain any claim of appeal to the just pride of every Alabamian. In all truth the heart, the warm, the pulsing, the strong patriotic heart of our State has not been measured.
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