The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-30
IS FOR 1 PER CENT PAYABLE MAY FIRST ON COMMON STOCK SINCE 1907

For the first time since 1907 the Ten nessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company. subsidiary of the United States Steel corporation, has declared a dividend, as announced yesterday. The dividend is for per cent on the Common stock and is payable May l. Since the acquisition of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company by the Steel corporation the local company has borrowed heavily of the parent company and during that time the business transacted has been far from that condition which would warrant the payment of dividends on the indebted ness of the company.
 The payment on May l of a dividend on the common stock by the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company, will be known with much satisfaction by the holders of that stock for it was not an ticipated that the locai officials could make such a showing on the short time allowed them.
 Do the people want four more years of O'Neal and the crowd that has run him? And yet. four more years of Henderson would be vastly more humiliating to every citizen with character enough 10 want to hold up his head before men. For o'Neal has at least the virtue of courage. When he fabrieates, he fabricates boldly. When he joined the liquor interests. he joine1 them openly. When he tied up with Charles Lewis, he made him his friend and intimate, at his home, on the streets where all men could see and know When he fell over on the side of the l,OIIiSVillp Nus lla roil lao ffl3 no tales about it. it was to beat Old Co., mer
 Deserted His Cause
 But MT. Henderson has developed all the qualities of Uriah Heep. For years rate reformer with his lips, he deserted his cause and sells out for less than the British promised Benedict Arnold, pro- claiming as a virtue his own exposure of his own real self
 Deserting to the cause of liquor and spending liquor money for votes, he de- nies his new friends before the people, poses as local optioniste and seeks the votes of unsuspecting men as the friend of temperance and even of prohi- bition. Do you people want four years of this sort of man? Of this man who accuses me falsely of enjoying an exemp- tion from taxation for my property when in fact the one thing exempt in Alabama is water power, and he himself owns one and enjoys the benefit?
 We are not fighting any business or financial interests in this state We are fighting to compel the liquor and the Louisville and Nashville railroad bosses to retire from control of our politics. to bring back our capitol from Louisville to Montgomery.
 Shall Frank Glass. Emmet ONeal, Charles Lewis and the Louisville and Nashville railroad and the Montgomery Advertiser-the meanest of them all- name our next governor?
 These are the real issues of this cam paign. Why don't you answer them like menp Why are you introducing these fabricated stories of cotton mill exemp- ton. coal rates, and swindling of the old soldiers, sall of which you know are false? And l charge all of you that, from the above issues you can no mora construct peace and business prosperity than you could from the shifting sands of the desert. Bargained surrenders to the dominance and control of the liquor and railroad interests never yet made pros- porous government or a happy people.
 "B. B. COMER.'