The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-29

Sherrell, Fl. A. Colthus.
 Ninth District--C. J. Allison, T. J. Ken namer, F. B. Latady.
 Tenth District-C. P. Lunsford, c. M. Sartain, Oscar Drake, S. T. Wright, W l.. Chenault.
 State at Large-J. NJ Pennington, O. D Street. H. F. Berkstresser, George Bass, B. $. Perdue Jack Bingham.
 Chairman--Pope NJ. Long of Walker. Secretary-C. B. ,Kennamer
 Treasurer-J F. Abererombie,
 THOMPSON'S SPEECH | Joseph O.. Thompson made splendid l speech prior to his nomination for Con- gress, which in part follows:
 'Is this serious business we are en- gagged in-this war with Germany, or are l we in it just for pastime? Yes, it is serious business. Serious indeed wher we think of Osmond Kelley Ingram i and Mort Jordan, when we think of youne ! Tuggle, when we think of Julian Strass | berger, when we think of Ensign Boorse when we think of pr. Paul Cooke, wher we think of Winston Anderson, whei
 we think of young Johnson, when we think of Quentin Roosevelt, when we | think of the 25 splendid boys of Besse mer, when we think of the flower of the | land who have gone to the west, anG who will continue to go west from 1 over there; who are gladly making the | supreme sacrifice in order that the prin- l ciples of truth, justice and liberty may | live.
 1 .In several million American homes | fathers and mothers have seen and will see their boys put on the uniforms o1 | this country to go forth to battle TOT | the rights and liberties of our people then do you believe that this is serious business? If this is battle between l right and wrong, between truth and l falsehood. between justice and lnJustlce between democratic and aatocratic gov l ernment. then you must treat it serious lly. DO you think for a moment, my fet- How citizens, that three great daily pa pers of Birmingham, and the other pa pers of the Birmingham district, whicf 1 have used not only columns of WhtS paper but sheets of white paper in ap' pealing to the voters to defeat their req i jresentative in Congress. they were no
 moved by serious thought. by patrlotl' jimpulse? Do you not believe that ths Patriotic league of Birmingham, com posed of as unselfish men as have eVe known who haxe given of their all 1T lseryce in their sons, 10 times more dear than life itself, in money. Tn every l thing to aid the government that tnel are prompted by patriotic impulse! D' vou believe that Dr. BarnWell anu Dl Dickinson left their pulpits and Frani Willis Barnett laid down his pen 10 en ter upon this disagreeable thing or DO ] litical controversy for selfish ends! or were they prompted by patriotlc I'm lrulse? Did they have anything persona 1 against their representative in Con
 gress which prompted such action! No they answered the call to attend 10 SC rious business These good men "er prompted by the highest patriotism an' the loftiest motives. Do you beheV' the President, the commander Tn cnie of the army and navy, who can oni. 1 be desirous of seeing America victorious and peace with victory come as soon possible to the end that the sacrince O
 the lives of our boys may be stopped I their gaping wounds healed, ana Una
 )they may as soon as possible be returne' I to their mothers, wives and sweethearts
 IT say do you believe he would hay
 done the almost unprecedented thing 9
 l appealing to the voters of this dlstrlc
 Ito defeat their representative in Con
 l gress if he had not thought 1t mos
 important, if he had not been prompte
 | by the highest patriotism?
 BELIEVES IN WILSON
 sI say for myself as republican. bu
 weighing those questions from patrioti
 and not political standpoint, that
 believe MT. Wilson acted deliberately