The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-25

One of the most enthusiastic and large ly attended meetings held Tn connection with the school bond issue developed last night at East Birmingham when a rally was held in the auditorium of the Gun ningham school to discuss the proposl- ton.
 While East Birmingham gets nothing but few minor repairs out Of the oond issue, having one of the finest school buildings in all Birmingham, the people turned out in large numbers and dis played the greatest interest in the move ment The usual midweek prayer serv- ices had been suspended in the churches in order that the people might be free to attend the rally and they not only came but brought with them magnih- cent spirit of cooperation, an expressed desire for all Birmingham to have school facilities equal to those of East Birming- ham.
 The meeting was presided over by Rev. MT. Brown who evoked applause by his eloquent espousal of the movement to modernize Birminghams school system. He introduced Commissioner Hornady, who carried the audience from Wylam to East Lake by means of stereoptcon views of the school buildings, and what the lat ter had to say with reference to the im- perative necessity of getting rid of dan- gerous and obsolete structures met with frequent applause.
 GIVES SOME STATISTICS
 MT. Hornady again emphasized the fact that Birmingham was amply able to care for the $2, ,O00, 600 bonds without any addi- tional cost to the taxpayers. He said that under an assessed valuation of $1O0, ,O00,OOO which would be exceeded in 1917, Birming- ham would receive S1, GOO, 600 in tax money. Of this sum $500,0OO will be available for general purposes and $5O0,0O0 would go into the interest and redemption fund. The interest charges are now fraction over sS6S, GOO a year The S90, GOO interest on the school bond issue of $2,O00,000 will in crease the interest on outstanding bonds to little over s45S,000, leaving a margin of over $40O,OOO, on a basis of $100,0 900 assessment, which will be the minimum.
 This shows,' he said, that the money will be available for the interest and es tablshes beyond all question the fact that the issuance of the bonds means no ln- crease in the burdens of the people"
 Mr. Hornady paid tribute to those who have worked so hard in past years for the establishment of compulsory education in Alabama, but he declared that since this had been done, it was absolutely neces sary to provide facilities to care for these children. Tt would be absurd, he said ''to say to the children, you must go to school and then provide no facilities for them.''
 At the conclusion of the address of MT. Hornady, Dr. J. H. Phillips was called upon, and he spoke briefly, out lining some of the needs and urging the importance of united action in behalf of the movement to provide school build- be safe and their health would be safe guarded, instead of holding so many of them in shacks where they face daily perils
 MEETING AT WILLIAM
 A mass meeting in behalf of the school bond issue will be held at Wylam tonight, with addresses by Commissioner Hornady, S. J. Bowie of the board of education, Ben Davis and several local speakers. q Friday night a great mass meeting will be held in Elks' hall at Ensley, with mu- sic by the T. c. I. band. This will con- clude the series of suburban meetings for the week, but on Monday the cam paign will open with meeting in North Birmingham. Tuesday night there will be a meeting in West End in the library building, and Wednesday night Fountain Heights will be the scene of a gathering at the Martin school. Thursday night Avondale will be visited. and there will