The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-09-19

break them up now and put them to an
end.
'.Dr. Barrett says that he does not
know Of anything like a T. A. society,
and that he stands for the principles that
they stand for, and that he is a true
America. Here is the application blank,
and it says If you are DESTROYS of be-
coming a member, tear off the per-
forated part at the bottom and mall it
to Box 65S, Birmingham, Ala. Now are
you or are you not a member of this
thing?
2 LETTER FROM WHITED
in regard to this young fellow Whited
in Woodlawn, l wish to state that he
was a very active worker for me; he
signed card to support me- Shortly
after Dr. Barrett announced for presi-
J dent of the commission, he wrote me d
letter (Which Mr.. Ward read) and ex-
planned that he could not support me
further l wrote him a letter stating
that | would like to know what was the
matter as his change had come so sud
denly that / felt that something was
wrong that could be explained, to which
[ received no reply. L gave the letter
to three of my friends to investigate, and
they made this notation on the bottom
of the carbon copy of my letter to him,
which is herewith attached to his letter
to me withdrawing his support of my
| candidacy: Has been promised position
| of purchasing agent for the city of Biz
| mingham The gentlemen who made
| that report are DUPONT Thompson, r. K.
| Kennedy and w. S. Reynolds, while z.
| e. Burris states that he will make affi-
| davit that he told him (Burris) that he
! wanted him to support Barrett, as II
meant a job for him-that of city pur-
| chasing agent.
SUCCESSOR TO LEVY
81 do not know what you people
| think of his statements in the press
| and of what DR.. Barrett has said about
| the matter but my personal opinion
| is that Whited is liar. also UNI
| derstand that they are going to get
rid of Mr.. Levy and put Jimmy Jones,
! now in the comptroller's office, in his
| place This will certainly ruin that
department. for Jones is wholly unit
| for the place and incon.s~ mt in ev-
| cry sense of the word to be comp
! troller.
| "Weatherly wants to attack me on
| my public utility record with his rec
ord as an honest lawyer and an honest
statesman. and he is neither. l DEFY
| him to run for any office in the state
| He is fake politician. In the NC
| Donald suit he did not have the inter-
| est Of Birmingham at heart; he
/ showed cowardice at every turn. Moth
| ing he has ever started has been I'm
+. ished He is the man who is trying
through DR.. Barrett to get control OF
the city government. He was not sin
! cere in his telephone fight. He left us
at the city hall, the city schools and
! all city institutions without coal
some more of his unfinished business
that we Inherited at the city hall
! TT is true that we put on all kinds
| Of taxes-everyone that he could think
| Of sanitary, street and II there had
been any more that we could have
thought of we would have put them on
for we had to do it or let the schools
close. But when fellow talks about
street taxes you know that he Is
| T. A., so just give him a kick in the
pants and send him along.
DEFENDS SELF FROM GRATING
Now, my friends. in conclusion
there is just one other matter that /
want to refer to. DR.. Barrett called
1 him a CRATER at Wylam the other
night / never have let man sax
away with anything like that before.
not for over u or "a hours at least.
In fact this is the first time that
have ever been called CRATER. You
people know me; you know that is
something that has never been said
about George Ward have handled
$4,000, 600 of the city's money and
never yet had that accusation made
to me before l have never been ac-
cused Of crookedness
"But / have left that to DR.. Bar
rett's conscience. and I hope that a
thousand scorpions will sting his con-
science and make him wish he had not
said such a thing about a man who
has never said a thing that was detri-
mental to his character.
i II have said very little about him.
and what | have said has been in the
best of terms. Now. DR.. Barrett knows
that the statement that l am graft
err is a lie: that it is Islander, and
that he is wrong. want every man
who will respond to the call to re-
4 pudiate that Islander to stand up"
Practically every person on the first
floor stood up. about SO being in a
eroup who did not stand. There may
have been some in the galleries who
could not be seen who remained sit
4 ting. Round after round of cheers
= greeted the speaker throughout his
4 speech and when he had concluded
pandemonium reigned for few min
utes.
Buck Davis, a plumber: Judge B M.
i Allen and DR.. r. M. Cunningham also
/ made short addresses. The meeting ad :
journed about 10:45 o'clock 1t was
termed by many as the largest polit-
4 zeal crowd seen in Birmingham since
the Bowman Beddow debate on the
Smith local option bill at the Bijou
in 1910.
Fully 800 people were turned away
from the meeting and there was not
a vacant seat in the house with the
/ exception of a part of the side usually
usee for colored people in the top
4 balcony or peanut roost A brass band
4 was en- hand and music was dispensed
4 prior to the opening Of the meeting at