The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-25

 'winked' his approval of unlawful liquor traffic. The following affidavit would fit well right here and speaks for itself
 Affidavit of Judge Stiles "'State of Alabama-Jefferso County.
 !. Personally appeared before me, ]. P. stiles, judge of probate, Mr. II. B. Hopper, to me we'll known, and hav- ing been duly sworn. upon his oath de- poses and says that on and prior to November 8, 1910. he was in the em- ployment of the Birmingham Grain eN- change as an inspector of cars of grain :; that in the Chamber of Commerce build ing at about D. m., on November g., 1910 w. c. Agee said to affiant: Tt has come to our knowledge that you have from time to time reported to the of ficers of the law the contents of cars containing beer and whisky. Is 1t a fact?" Affiant replied: No, but I did tell Connie Austin that there were two cars of beer on the Frisco team track" W. c. Agee said: You say you have not been in the habit of reporting the contents of cars to the officers. but you did tell Connie Austin there were two cars on the Frisco team track and you did this while you were in the employment of the Birmingham Grain exchange" Affiant replied: 'I did" W. c. Agee then strengthened up and said: T want to say to you that you are summarily discharged by me as pres ident of the exchange. I am taking this responsibility upon myself and you will never inspect another car of grain for the Birmingham Grain exchange and it affords me great pleasure to dis charge you for reporting these cars of beer to the officers aef the law,.' Y -7- '''--- -s--.' -'.sH B. HOPPER "'Subscrbed and sworn to before me of arsr
 '''J P. STILES.
 Judge of Probate ,.
 Submits Two Letters
 "rhat I was willing to cooperate with the excise commission in enforce ing the laws is too well known to repeat at this time.
 "There was a reiteration of the of fer to cooperate as the following cor- respondence will show:
 Birmingham, Ala, October 25, 1911. " MT Walter K MeAdory Sheriff. City:
 Dear Sir-We are reliably informed that there was shipped to C. A. Putnam, Mineral Springs, Ala, on the goth inst two five gallon kegs of whisky and two barrels of beer. We are also in- formed that MT. Pitman Is running a blind tiger" at Mineral Springs, and we give this for your information and action.
 "Kindly acknowledge receipt of this letter. Yours truly, W. c. AGEE Birmingham, Ala, October "A, 1911. " MT. W. C.. Agee. Chairman Excise
 Commission, Birmingham, Ala
 Dear Sir-In reply to your letter of the 23d with reference to c. A. Pit man at Mineral Springs, who was oper- ating a blind tiger. will say that MT Pitman is now in the county jail. There l.. Ia fr<. Mineral Springs yesterday and three different warrants were sworn out for this man and we sent man out to get him and he Is now fin the county jail We have had great many com plaints from Mineral Springs and Re- public. We executed 16 warrants at Republic for violating the revenue law last week. These are. the first cases that we have been able to catch at Mineral Springs.
 "tWith reference to your letter, giY- ing us this information, wish to say that if you know of any violations of the revenue law, in reference to the sale of whisky, kindly give us the in forma ton and we will use our best ef- forts to stop same. Very respectfully,
 "W. K. MADORY, Sheriff.
 "This does not show that the sherin was not willing to cooperate.
 "On November IT, 1911, Mir. Agee wrote another letter to my office giv- ing the names of eight more places, four in Pratt City, two at Palos and two in Birmingham proper. These places were promptly visited sand war rants and arrests made, when proof was obtained. No other information as to blind tigers being in existence has ever been received from MT. Agee by the sheriff.
 That the sheriff has not been sit ting by idly but has been working to eradicate the evil the following figures from the records will show:
 Arrests By Sheriff's Forces From October 1 to December 31, ,1911, the sheriff's forces swore out and served warrants as follows: 304 on white men, IT on white women. 142 on negro men. 62 on negro women, on charges of violating the (blind tigers) revenue law.
 During the month of January, 1912 the sheriff's forces swore out and served warrants as follows: 119 on white men, 124 on white women, Ill on negro men, 21 on negro women on charges of violating the (blind tiger) revenue law.
 The total number of warrants sworn out at the instance of the sherin since October 1, 1911, or since saloons nave been lega1ized in Jefferson county num- Der something over 1000.
 As win be seen from the above the