The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-29
BARRETT CROWDS
 HAPPY IN SPITE OF
 STORMY WEATHER
Woodlawn Meeting Last Night One of the Best Held During Municipal
 Campaign

Tn spite of the rain and storm 400 of the voters of Woodlawn journeyed to the Woodlawn city hall last night for the Barrett meeting, and listened to and ap- plauded and cheered the speakers until midnight.
 It was pronounced the most enthus- lastic crowd that has yet attended a meeting during the campaign; and being thorough Barrett crowd, and jubilant over the prospects of victory of thelr candWldate, it was in rare good humor. JIbes and jests and quips and pert in terrogatories to the speakers as to the candidacy and campaign of opposing candidates were constantly springing from the audience.
 M. J. Land, veteran railway conduc- tor and secretary of one of the brother hood locals, presided. MT. Land is a splendid speaker himself and charged the crowd with enthusiasm at the very beginning. Tn addition to Dr. Barrett, speeches were made by James Weatherly, L. A. Crumley and H. M. Judge.
 Dr. Barrett made the shortest address he has yet delivered in the campaign, it being nearly Il o'clock before he rose to speak.
 An editorial in the Birming gham News quotes a speech of Mr. l.. J. Haley, a relative of MT. Frank P. Glass, at the Ward West End meeting" he said. This editorial states that MT. Haley stated that representative of the so-called T. A. society approached several men and prom ised them the support of that society if they would run for president of the city commission; that Mir. Haley said he could name the men who had been approached and defied anyone present to ask him for the names. The editorial winds up as follows: Has pr. Barrett the daring to call Judge Haleys hand?'
 yyi O fhat Dr Pp hac and here and now calls upon Mir Haley or Judge Haley to name the man or men, and to name the representative who called upon him or them and promised them the support of the o-called T. A. society. I call upon MT. Haley to tell the people the name of these men and shall call upon him every day until he does answer.
 And I want to say that never before I announced, or since I announced, have 1 been informed that I was the official candidate or the prospective official can didate of any organization. I suspect, however from the noise that George Ward and his speakers are making that l will get majority at least of this T. A. vote. I would presume that if they were for George he would think they were pretty decent lot.''
 Dr. Barrett spoke briefly of the things he stood for and hoped to accomplish as EreS1uenC or the clIy CCIuInlSSlOI. I1S again declared that the statement he would in any way interfere with the loca- tion of the Woodlawn High school was absolutely false
 ''Mr. Dupont Thompson made speech at Pratt City for Mir. Ward in which he stated that I was a good man and that he would vote for me Tor president of a Sunday school,' he said. T will ask MT. Thompson if he would vote for George Ward for position of this kind? And I want to ask you people, if it has come to the point in this town where a man, because he is Christian gentleman is disqualified from holding office and the finger of ridicule is pointed at him because he dares to worship God and try to live a clean and honorable and up- right life"
 L. A. Crumley of the carpenters union made one of the telling speeches of the night.
 MT. weatherly received an ovation when he arose to speak T hope you will overlook the disreputable life have led as detailed to you by George Ward y he said, {''who Is asking that you retain him in office for another four years. [ have lived in Birmingham for 35 years before I was charged with treachery to a friend. And George Ward makes that statement. But George is very careless with facts, as you all know.
 "If George Is reelected he will ne the next president of the board of eduoation, with the employment of more than 800 school teachers and the supervision of thousands of school children. From Georges public utterances since he has become a speechmaker we could expect something like this: He walks into a schoolroom full of happy, bright faced, smiling children. They are pleased that the great president of the city commis- sion and of the board of education will address them. Good morning, my chill dren,' he says. I am the president of your city and employ all of your teach CTS and I it is who gives you the nice school buildings, and the beautiful play grounds, and buy your books for you, and look after your education and health and morals, and-if anybody tells you 1t is not so, he Is liar, and I'll spit in his face and kick him in the pants
 How many children has George?'
 He says" replied MT. Weatherly, that he has increased the number of school children 2O,000 in one year, which, claim. is going some''
 H. M. Judge, representative from Chill ton county in the last legislature. made an exceedingly effective speech for pr. Barrett.