The age-herald., 1898-10-19
Greater Birmingham, Nit

There will be a meeting of the c1ti-
 zens of Woodlawn at the public school
 building on Tuesday night, October
 IS, for the purpose of taking some ac-
 tion in the question of GREATER BIRMINGHAM.
 This is a meeting in which all our
 citizens are greatly interested, and all
 are earnestly requested to be present.
 MANY CITIZENS OF wOODLAWN. MT. Kennedy then offered the following resolution:
 "Whereas, We, the citizens of Woodlawn, think we are of sufficient mind to know whether it is best for us to go into Bir- mingham or not, Mir Lane to the contrary notwithstanding; and,
 "Whereas, We do not think we should be treated as either Indians or Porto Ricans by the citizens of Birmingham, and taken into the city whether or not and unheard; and,
 "Whereas, In our own opinion there is nothing fair, just or democratic in the Lane resolution, and, furthermore, it was not tn- tended to be fair and just toward the citi- zens outside of the city of Birmingham; therefore, be it
 Resolved, That we, as citizens of Wood lawn, denounce the Lane resolution as un- fair, unjust and undemocratic, and only a Scneme 10 carry CnelT pOllll, anu De IL luf- ther
 "Resolved That we are willing to leave the matter of annexation to our citizens, and then if a majority favor it, and Bir- mingham wants us, we will go in, but if she does not, we can and will stay out. Be it further
 "Resolved, That in order to meet the ob- jection of jumping over Avondale and talk ing us in, we willing to leave the mat ter to the joint vote of the qualified voters
 
 of the two.'
 Time too Premature
 In explaining his resolution MT. Kennedy said that he hoped to see Greater Birming- ham a reality within the next five years, but that now was not the time
 In explaining the finances of Woodlawn and Birmingham, he said that Birming- hams annual interest on it's $1 ,6O0 OOO bonded debt is $95,000, while Woodlawns interest on it's s23, ,0O9 debt is $1 800. Birmingham gets from taxes, $64, 900 annually, or $S0, 900 less than her interest. Woodlawn gets S2OOO in city taxes, or more than enough to pay its interest.
 In the matter of population Birmingham has great advantage over the district she proposes to annex he said. There were in Birmingham about 5,500 registered voters; d. East Lake, 4l6; at Woodlawn and Avon dale, 1,250; at Elyton and West End, ITS; at North Birmingham, 242 voters. This gives the suburban districts a little less than 5000 votes.
 Birmingham pays for her schools" said MT. Kennedy, "out of her saloon licenses. I know Woodlawn will not consent to have saloons, even if we have to do without schools"
 Were Not Invited
 ''The Age-Herald said this morning that the question of saloons would be left to Wodlawn. The Age-Herald forgot the snap judgment taken on us last Friday night Mayor Evans didn't even invite one of our citizens to come and discuss with the citizens of Birmingham proper. Do you think we would be considered if the city council of Greater Birmingham wanted us to have saloons,
 'I want to commend the resolution off, fered by James Bowron. I understand he is the father of annexation, and If he could keep his followers in line 1t would be much better"
 He quoted from MT. Lanes speech last Friday referring to the citizens of the sub urbs as Porto Ricans and Indians. and went on to say that when MT. Lane was a cen endidate five or six months ago he made