The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-11
WOODLAWN WILL
 VOTE ON JOINING Council Calls Annexation EIec- ton For September b HARD FIGHT WAS MADE Feeling Has Been Bitter and Cam paign Is Expected To Be
 Spirited and Hard
 Fought.
HARD FIGHT WAS MADE

The fight for an annexation election at Woodlawn, for which there has been much contention in the suburban council for several months past, was finally set tied last night. The proposition as to whether or not Woodlawn shall become part of Greater Birmingham immedi- ately, instead of waiting until the King Greater Birmingham bill becomes effec- tive in October, next year, will be pre- sented to the people in an election to be held on September 15.
 The apparent opposition to the immedi- ate annexation of Woodlawn on the part of certain members of the council has made the issue live one The proposi- ton of immediate annexation is evidently as strongly indorsed in Woodlawn as it is opposed. if not more so This being the case, numerous letters for and against immediate annexation have been written to the press for publication, in which charges and counter-charges have been made.
 The faction favoring the immediate an- nexation of Woodlawn to Birmingham has made charges against the council, which, as a body, was evidently opposed to immediate annexation. In one letter Mayor Perryman stated that when he was shown where the town of Woodlawn would be benfted by it's annexation to Birmingham he would favor the call for an election, and until that time he was opposed to the question.
 The statement of the Woodlawn mayor started the real fight. Immediately a pe- ttion was circulated and was signed by quite a large number of citizens of Wood lawn When the council met the petition was presented to the body, but was not acted upon. It was claimed by the alder men that they had no way to determine whether or not those who had signed the petition were qualified voters and for this reason action on the petition was deferred.
 This declination of the council to act on the petition which the annexation ad- yocates claimed was signed by more than 50 qualified electors, the necessary num- Der caused coals to be heaped upon the heads of the aldermen. and letters mak- ing all sorts of charges were written. However, the question wagged along, and In the meantime the annexation advo- cates circulated a second petition, which was signed by 112 qualified electors. It was this petition upon which the council took its action last night
 The election has now been called for porarily over with.
 However. the vote on the question will be awaited with interest. It is claimed by those who oppose immediate annexa- ton that the citizens of Woodlawn are reasonably we'll satisfied with conditions as they now are in Woodlawn and that when the question comes to vote it will he heavily opposed if the town does not go against the annexation to Birming- ham.
 The citizens favoring annexation point out that in the election some time ago Woodlawn voted a big majority in favor of the Greater Birmingham bill. They believe that this same majority will favor
 
 immediate annexation.
 Following is a copy of the ordinance passed by the Woodlawn council last night calling the annexation election:
 'whereas petition signed by 50 quail flied electors of the town of Woodlawn requesting an election to be held to de- eide whether the town of Woodlawn shall be annexed to the city of Birmingham, has been presented to the Mayor and Aldermen of Woodawn, and,
 "Whereas It is made the duty of the governing body of this municipality on the presentation of such petition to call said election;
 "O). Now, therefore, be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of the town of Woodlawn that an election is hereby called to be Held at the town hall in the town of Woodlawn on the 10th day of September, 1908, for the purpose of submitting to the qualified electors of the town of Woodawn for their deter imitation by ballot, whether or not the the city of Birmingham.
 "(2) That said election shall be held under the same sanctions and penalties as general elections, and the mayor shall have prepared the official ballots to be used in said election.
 "(3) That the mayor is hereby directed to give notice of said election by pub- lication in some newspaper of general circulation in the town of Woodlawn"