The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-21

1 minghsfn that it was the only thing fol 1 road purposes. A great deal of the pipe that Jerry Gwin has bought for road purposes is now being taken out because it is almost worthless and being re- placed with cast iron pipe. The terra cotta breaking all to pieces and the cor rugated metal bending up and rusting out and it is as full of holes as a sieve and most of it has not been in service live years. The prices to which he re- fers is on terra cotta and corrugated metal. We have statistics which show that cast iron pipe was installed as cul- vert pipe in France in 1754 and that to- day it is in fine condition. Watch our predictions Cast iron pipe will be used exclusively for road culyerts within five years
 As to the Aberdeen sale of ppe we emphatically and positively assert that we have never sold foot of pipe in that city or in that county. Oh, your false and malicious statements have at last brought you to your right and just calling-cutting cross ties way down in the piney woods, where you can often hear your name, Hey, Jerry, Buck and Ball, and where you may learn in the wee small hours of the morning, when the owl hoots and the frogs squeal, the
 
 mai Thou shalt not" Hope you have your nephew and one Dick Young, and be sure to take care of Young trusty mgger, for which he is willing to make affidavit. We know where this is coming from and the low, dirty, feather-legged competitor has gone to other counties and told them that we were selling them machinery and pipe at a much higher price than we were selling it to Jefferson county. They are here, singing the same old song. We get the business and get it in fair, legitimate way, regardless of these dirty, political sore-headed, canned employees, c office seekers and competitors. We have never committed an act in our lives or made a statement that was not true. Don't owe single man in this world a dollar which is due and not paid and if any man will truthfully say that we have defrauded him out of a dollar we will pay him four-fold. We have refrained and it is with regret that we have been compelled to go into public print to de- fend ourselvs from such low, dirty state- ments.
 We will take pleasure in showing our invoices and our books to anyone de- siring to compare prices with what We have sold this county and other counties in the states of Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Georgia and Florida. This is our home and we expect to live and die here. We cannot hope to do business other than in R straightforward, legiti- mate way. This we are doing and expect to do and we do not hand out anything to engineers, county commissioners or anyone else, and we would like to see the color of the CUTS eyes who says we do. We have all our money invested in this state, with the exception of some real estate in another state. We know and the readers of this article will know c T stated by low, disgruntled politicians and we will leave it to the readers to judge as to who, is lying.
 Jerry Gwin states that he could name a dozen responsible contractors and two- thirds of them would do and perform the same work that we did for 60 per cent of the contract price. You know. We all know and Jery Gwin knows that the work cannot be done over and that lief fcrson county has no use for another road along side of this one, but Jefferson county has four miles of road on this end which is in horrible and almost im- p.ssable condition and we desire to make this proposition for Jefferson county to turn over to Jerry Gwin or any one of his responsible contractors or the eight re- sponsble contractors combined and re- chert from the city limits to the top of Shades mountain, putting on 1000 yards of thert per mile and do the same in the same proportionate length of time per yard per mile haul as we did the other end of the road completing same under the same specifications as we did on the other end of the road and we will pay e, cry dollar for doing said work. To show our good faith that we will carry out cur part of this agreement, we are CT closing herewith our certified check for Sl0,000, payable to Jefferson county, to be turned over to them if said proposition Is pd Inv ha nd in reasonable length of time. Accept this. Jerry Gwin. or hush up. shut up and don't come back with any counter prop os;tions.
 We feel sure that the above proposition to finish up this end of the Lower Co., 1r,mbiana road to the city limits will be accepted by Jefferson county and Jeffer- son county will be benefited to the ex- tent of rebuilding approximately four miles of road, thereby completing the great state highway through Jefferson county and which will cost them nothing, and also Shelby county, all of which we have the pleasure of saying that we built, with the exception of about three miles Of Jefferson county road. This stretch will then be B miles of the best roads in the state of Alabama. Come along Jerry Gwin and build this road. We will doe nate to the three newspapers of the city Of Birmingham $1o0 each. if Jerry Gwin VIII carry out the aDoFe pFoposttiou. This is the beginning and the end Of our controversy through the newspapers.
 We thank the daily papers 'n advance for publishing this article and hope that. they will give 1t the prominent zspaoQr as they did the articles referred to an0 if they will ride over the roads from toD city of Birmingham, through Jeneroo0 county and Shelby county to the Chilte0 county line, they will be amply repaid hG1 same.
 A. T. NEWELL & BRO4
 By A. T. NEWELL.