The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-21


suffering and damage financial and moral,
due to such sources, than would be off
set by ony alleged benefits aecruing from
the wide open policy In a thousand years.
81 know personally that his strenuous
and successful fight and example has
had somewhat to do with the checking
of crime in the city of Birmingham For
the past four months this administration
has steadily proceeded In its war against
gambling until the last house, as far
as l know, has been closed. Right here
I wish to say the city of Birmingham
is fortunate in having In Its midst an
organization like this Board of Trade,
which stands for all that is high and
worthy In business and civic llfe-whose
members although recognizing the gam
bier as simply a leach which quickly
gives up what he flches, scorns to use
him as a medium for transferring money
from the pockets of the working people
to their own.
Moral Growth Of City.
And while talking about local condi-
lions am glad to have the opportunity
of making statement that may excite
surprise from the thoughtless but that
cannot be successfully challenged-name
ly, that wonderful as has been this city s.
progress In a material way 1t Ia not
anything like in proportion to its growth
in moral, religious or civic sentiment
Yet, instead of being celebrated for the
high spiritual and civic plane 1t has so
firmly reached, the city of Birmingham
is misunderstood throughout the length
and breadth of our country. 1t suffers
great injustice from two sobriquets
which, however appropriate they may
Inv Aoo, 1--we astt ne
date "The Magic City and Bad Birming-
ham'-"Magic City carries an idea of
flimsiness and insubstantiability that
even a superficial examination will con-
denim as unjust. Bad Birmingham still
f1ourishes in the minds of some, because
the boys of the press can command more
attention for their wares, under the date
line Birmingham when reporting crime
and casualties occurring within hun
dred miles of this center, than would be
possible II telegraphed out Under the
name of the obscure mining camp where
such things usually occur. This will not
always be so, for 1t is only a question
of time when all men at home and abroad
VIII realize that the real dynamic force
behind all this development is the de-
votlon of our people to the principles of
Christianity and morality and Birmingham
of today is different from the Birming-
ham of twenty years ago
I'm conclusion, Mr.. Chairman, we feel
that our guest being partly responsible
for conditions found here by the lead
he has made, should at all times feel as
warm an interest In us as this demonstra-
ton proves we feel In him"
The other speakers of the evening were
Francis b. Caravan, A. c.. Vandiver, Col
T. G. Bush. who spoke on the vast re-
sources of Birmingham and the Birming-
ham district: the Rev. DIR. John w. Stagg
on the ministers and the moral and
spiritual welfare of Birmingham; Rufus
N. Rhodes on the press and James
Weatherly on the lawyer. The Rev. DR.
Duncan made the concluding address of
the evening.
Both Mr.. Garyan and Mr. Vandiver
made an excellent impression. Mr. Gar
van said that he came south as a critic
of southern hospitality and not to make
speeches and that he had come to thaw
out He said that he was also in
great confusion OF thoughts, but that
there were two features of his trip that
doomed up in his mind: one was the
southern hospitality and the other was
the southern woman. He said that the
intact with southern woman on the brief
trip had been a greater inspiration and
contact with Ibis chief" and that he
would go back to New York, but that he
was leaving his heart in the hills of
Alabama and Georgia with the women
of the south. He paid most eloquent
tribute to them.
Mr. Vandiver said that be had succeed
ed In one of his great desires-to bring his
chief to the south and let him see the
new and the old south. He wanted him to
he MT.
mingham and Atlanta, and he also wanted
10 carry him to see some of the old south,
and he was taking him to Talladega with
her traditions of a century and a half
He said that he was certainly gratified
that the southern people were making
good in everything that he had claimed
for them, and that he thought that the
''chlef" and his fellow assistant, Mr. Gar
van. were thoroughly enjoying their trip
and wondering at what 1t was develop
ing.
Those present at the banquet were:
Those Present.
Mr. Jerome, Mr.. Garvan, Mr. Vandiver,
J A. Van Hoose. ]. e. Shelby. the Rev.
James A. Duncan, j. NJ. Dewberry w.
T. Smith, ]. w. Farrior, T. @. Bush, b.
F. Moore, 8. P. King, Robert j. Lowe, Ben
F. Barbour, Godfrey Goldman, Henry
b. Gray A. Hirsch, John w. O'Neiil, J. e.
Worthington, r. D. Burnett, w. P. G.
Harding, P. w. Gorham. DR.. H. A FL
kourie, p. n. Lallande, D. j. Fox, b. Fl.
Cooper, T. II. Motion, George McCreery,
N. w. Trimble, T. c. Thompson, M. B.
Dubose, DIR. U. J. w. Peters ]. F. Rush
ton, e. E. williams. A. " Bennett, j. C.
King, A. w Miller. c. r. Patterson, Sterl-
ing ]. Bowie. w. N. Malone, George y.
Ward ]. D. Collins. M. NJ. Baldwin c. c.
Heidi, Roy Mccullough A. ]. Kelley. #.
Caheen, NJ V. Joseph. Colman Blach.
Joseph Beitman, Rufus N Rhodes, the
Rev. DIR. ]. w. Stage Louis Saks, J. II.
Heneke, John L. Raul, C. c. NeSmith. c.
w. Ufford, NJ. Flies, r. E. Collins. James
Shew, j. F. Baldwin. DR.. Charles w'helan.
]. Is. Babb, NJ. e. Woodward, Decatur;
DIR. J. D. Heacock. A. A. Gambill. f. f.
Blackburn, T. H. Aldrich, william l..
Dellheim, II. B. Beard New Decatur; II.
A. Skeggs, Decatur: J. II. McCary, v.
Glib NJ. T. Ormond. Tuscaloosa; j. w.
Altman, Culpepper Exum. Paschal Shook.
]. A. Nelson, Decatur; G. c. Engsfeld.