The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-05
TEN, WOMEN
 AND THINGS


 it will recall how you were stirred up time to time by being told you were warm" and when you got near the hidden object you knew it by the chorus The is getting hot"
 We'll so far as Jefferson county was interested in the establishment of Pet tus county, its attitude until about ten days ago seemed to be cold so far as trying to find the Bessemer "switch. It may have been caused by represen- tative Ross having hid 1t so quietly that the man in the street" did not know anything about it.
 Representative Benners got on to IL and came up from Montgomery to get Birmingham to get into the game and wrest "the switch" from the lower end of the county before Bessemer could use it as "big stick" but no one paid any special attention to his warning. Then Borden Burr began to cry aloud and got few excited.
 Then the Chamber of Commerce, the ClNlC do5OCldtlOit AsOSohyJ NNA"OAAiS' Civilians and other organizations join ed in the quest until 1t was getting bit warm, but when more than hun dred strong left Monday afternoon in two special coaches under the lead of chairman Yancey it began to look as if the game was getting hot.
 I have been in many meetings called to get men to go down to the capitol to work for or against some measure but I do not remember ever to have seen quite as representative a crowd as set out for Montgomery to protest against the establishment of Pettus county. In it were lawyers. doctors, merchants, manufacturers, farmers, real estate men, in fact citizens from all walks of life.
 It was a jolly bunch but also se- rious clowd, for it was on no mere out- ing but going down to prevent imperial Jefferson from being dismembered. It's business was to show the legislature that majority of the inhabitants of the county were opposed to the pro- posed cutoff by presenting indisput- able facts and figures and maps in such an unmistakable way as to convince the members who had not pledged them- selves and to change some who were misinformed when they agreed to lend aid to Pettus county.
 The delegation overflowed the Gay Teague which was headquarters, son finding rooms at the Exchange whi4 others stopped at the Imperial. q meeting in the dining rom of the Gay Teague was set for nine o'clock anC every seat was taken when chairman Yancey called it to order. Representa- tive Benners opened the discussion by outlining what had been done. He was followed by representatives Dixon, Ar mold, Hawkins and Truss.
 There were short talks by others present but those from the ones living in the cutoff were particularly en- joyed as it showed conclusiyely that not all of the inhabitants in the south end of the Jefferson county favored the establishment of Pettus county. I think the speech of Professor McAdory stated the true sentiment of many of the other citizens who somehow feel that it is almost sacrilege to talk about divid state.
 It came out. however, that the dele ,+1e, ~of frrrv tfV listen to hot air but to get out and work with those who had a vote or could influence some one who could get or change one. A regular programme was mapped out for the following day. was amused at the caution not to waste precious time in arguing with those down from Bessemer. because they were hopelessiy committed, but to spend every effort on the members of the house and the senate.
 Some wags framed up a mean one on Joe Saks. Now, there was no one in Montgomery working harder than was Joe, and all you had to do was to steer him up against any stranger and tell
  | him full of the rank injustice of carv- l ing a county out of Jefferson. He was | loaded to the guards. Tom Huey was ] spied and Joe was sicked on him, and l only called off when it was time for , him to go into the meeting. It was 2 | low down trick but 1t never feazed Joe and gave Tom a good laugh. > 
 l Take it from jne that bunch from | Bessemer were workers from away back. If there was any bad feelings i shown at Montgomery either in the hotel Hobbies or at the capitol I did not witness 1t. There was good deal of good natured chaffing. but no vi- cious thrusts. Now do not let anyone fool themselves about Bessemer being in earnest about getting Pettus county. They have been at it long ana earnest and now that they lacked 12 votes they say it only means the fight Is jus, | begun,
 l I must hand it to representative Ross If by any means Pettus county had been created at this session of the legislature I was in favor of enjoin- ing him from leaving Jefferson, for if single handed and alone he could go down to Montgomery and put it over five of his conferees. I was in favor of electing him next time for the sole