The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-04

| property in several of the different NUM-
| cipalities.
Col! T. G. Bush was the next speaker,
| saying:
THE keystone of today is to go for
ward The American people are not
moderate, and as consequence there
must be periods of adjustment. And
while this little money trouble is set
| Ting the way is open for us to make a
| great thing out of it by making Greater
| Birmingham. Combinations and consoli-
| dations are a necessity of the day in
! order to carry on big things and this
i, Is what we must. have to carry Birming-
| ham on to its proper greatness.
Il can't understand why the people
| in these outer towns should be against
| Greater Birmingham. Their life depends
| on Birmingham. They are moving in Bir-
mingham all day. They spend all the
| day in Birmingham. Now, why should
they be opposed to Greater Birming-
ham?"
Montague On Educational Features.
DR.. A. P. Montague president of How
ard college, spoke on the educational ad-
vantages to be derived by the making of
| Greater Birmingham, holding his audience
/ spellbound with his eloquence In re-
! ferring to the donation made to Howard
! college by John D. Rockefeller, he said:
when DR.. Wallace Buttrick, general
| is distributing the Rockefeller fund, was
! in Birmingham last year he said that if
| Howard college had remained at Marion
| we would never have received one cent
! from the Rockefeller fund.- unless we
! had agreed to move to some large city,
| DR.. Montague then compared the Louis
lana purchase and the securing of Texas,
saying there were kckers against both
| deals and much criticising, just like those
! who are kicking against Greater Birming-
! ham now.
Frank P. O'Brien said that an ele-
ment in Birmingham was opposed to
! Greater Birmingham and urged that every
effort be exerted towards conciliating
| them. mo man wants Greater Biz
| mingham more than | do continued
! Captain O'Brien. II slept for nine weeks
| in tent where the First National bank
building now stands, and all around were
red hills which could hardly bring forth
| enough to support the small family of
the man who worked his plot" He re-
ferred to the fact that even the people
! of Montgomery and Mobile when they
| travelled did not talk of their homes but
| of Birmingham
Alderman J. r. Copeland followed
with: 1.-THE happiest day in my life will
| be when we get what belongs to us and
Birmingham goes down on the census
report with a population of $50 900"
| He also paid his respects to Jere King,
saying: "Thank God we've got a King
and I wish we had more like him."
S. j. Urquahart was called on for an
! expression as to the standing of the
BARRIERS on Greater Birmingham. 'All
of the BARRIERS are heart and soul for
Greater Birmingham, and we are doing
all we can to get it," said he.
The Rev. John Stage was the next
| speaker, bringing the house down when
he said: 1--WE are greater than Nash
! ville Montgomery or Mobile, and If
there is any one thing which ought to
| make man vote for Greater Birming
ham 1t is the comparing of Birmingham
with Montgomery
Heidi Recommends Hard Work.
President C. C. Heidi of the Board of
| Trade, urged every one to get out next
Monday and work at the polls, saying:
I'VE have discussed everything but
| working next Monday. If you will just
give Greater Birmingham half day,
keep in touch with the managers and
! the poll lists and see that every one
votes and that they cast their ballot
for Greater Birmingham, you will get
more votes by a great majority Mr..
Heidi urged that the laboring men be
! looked after especially as quite num-
Der of them were feeling sore. about
the question and were opposed TO
| Greater Birmingham, because they did
not think they had been thought of.
i Rufus N Rhodes took exception to
the statement that the laboring men
were opposed to Greater Birmingham
saving he could not believe it. He
wished everybody a happy New y eaf
and said: care you aware that we are
entering into 1908 and that the great
financial panic of 1907 is over? 1t has
been nothing but a brainstorm. Inc
panic is genuinely over, for there mas
ID. xt,.sr l,,vN WI q IN
hhaye talked about something else be-
side the panic and the subject they
have talked upon is or expanding" A
eulogy of Birmin ghams resources fol-
lowed this, and then Let us all once
again get together and stay together
for a better and Greater Birmingham
Birming ham expects every man at nls
most Monday morning, and she eXpects
lin IN do his duty" Jere King was
a gain eulogized at this period, Mr.
Rbodes saving: "But for Jere King we
would have no opportunity OF Votlhs
for Greater Birmingham. lie aiso
smoke of the saloon men ana pre"eis
beinr for Greater BIRMINGHAM re-
ferrine especially to J. M. Wilzin anu
n Solomon. both of whom he said had
announced their intention OF geltihs
out and working for the greater Guy.
Jomas RoWron said that during tne last
tuo months he had become much az
ouainted with the municipal workihss "a
birmingham, and compared the pupilc
Improvement work done IN ehe w. hoy,,
towns with Birmingham showing now
tho outer towns could never expect 10 I'M
prove to any great extent.
Jones Talks For East Lake.
Nv r. r Jones of East Lake followed
Mr. Rowron. Saying he had lived in East
Lake for 20 years and was working LOT
GREATER Rirmngham; that he was tired OF