The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-04
Commissioner Hornady Con- fident of Both Measures Carrying-"We Will
 Win" He Says
LARGELY ATTENDED MEETINGS HELD OVER
 CITY YESTERDAY
Meeting Will Be Held at Lakeview School in Rhodes Park This
 Afternoon

The campaign for the million oliar
 high school bond issue and the three
 mill school tax will be brought to
 close today with a rally at West End,
 to he addressed by Commissioners Bur
 russ and Brown at o'clock tonight.
 During the afternoon Commissioners
 Hornady and Superintendent. Phillips
 will speak briefly at pageant to be
 given by the pupils of the Lakcview
 school in Rhodes park.
 A rousing meeting was held last night at Vivian and another at Ensley, Com missioners Brown and Burruss speaking on both occasions. They emphasized the point that the 3-mill school tax simply takes the place of the mills cut off of the sinking fund tax, and urged the su- preme importance of providing high school facilities for all of Birmingham, as we'll as providing money that is bad ly needed to make the grammar schools adequate and efficient. They were given a most cordial hearing and both feel con- fident that the eastern section of Bir- mingham will give a splendid majority for the bond issue and the 3-mill tax.
 GRAYMONT HEARS BARRETT
 In Graymont President Barrett of the city commission addressed large and attentive audience of Graymont and Thomas citizens, appealing to them to give the children of Birmingham the re-
 lief they so much needed and emphasiz- ing the fact that this can be done with
 out adding a penny to the amount now paid in taxes
 The issues were discussed at a large ly attended meeting held at the Baker school in Norwood last night, the speak CTS. being Commissioner Hornady and $. J. Bowie of the board of education. Mir
 Hornady cited the fact that the proposed
 high school bond issue received the unan- imous approval of the committee ap- pointed by the government to pass upon such matters, and he said that this dem onstrates that the government appre- ciatess the great importance of having an efficient citizenship and that an efficient citizenship is impossible without an edu- cated citizenship.
 Mir Bowie made strong plea for more adequate provision for the public schools, emphasizing the fact that the school pop
 ulation is increasing at rapid rate, while the sources of revenue are not growing. The money that will be real ized as a result of the 3-mll levy is necessary, he said, if the children are 10 be provided for, and he urged his hear CTS to work for the success of the levy as well as the high school bond issue. 1 The Thomas school was the scene of a meeting Friday afternoon at which Dr. Charles A. Brown discussed the bond is l sue and the tax, enlisting the enthusiastic 1 cooperation of representative citizens in l that community.
 CENTRAL HIGH POSTERS 1 How the Central High school pupils feel about the issues to be voted upon Mon ] day was shown in striking manner , yesterday afternoon when Commissioner Hornady was presented with a large number of highly artistic posters calling l upon the voters to support the bond is- sue and 3-mill tax. These posters were made by the students of the art depart ment without the knowledge of MT. Horn ady and he was delighted to receive l them. They will be displayed in various parts of the city between now and cleo i tion day.
 ! we are going to win" said Comms- l sioner Hornady last night, and this
 means that the future of Birmingham, ] educationaly, is brighter than ever be- l fore. We are going to have proper high school facilities and are going to pro vide for the grammar schools as well. | Monday is going to be red letter day for Birmingham"