The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-02
BOARD MEMBERS INVITED ID TALK
 IN WOODLAWN HALL
Resolution Adopted Unani- mously at Meeting to Get Present Commissioners
 Before Citizens

Members of the present city com mission were invited to attend po- litical rally to be held at the Wood lawn city hall at some time in the near future in a resolution adopted by those attending the meeting held there last night. The resolution was introduced by M. A. Dinsmore, can didate for associate commissioner, and was later amended by w. l.. White, also a candidate, to include the candidates for president of the commission.
 Walter Harper, Newt c. Smith and R. w. Brown were named by Luther Patrick, who acted as chairman of the meeting. to convey the invitation to the commissioners.
 Promises to be fulfilled provided they were elected were made by sew eral candidates. Others scored the present administration for it's errors of omission and commission, while one candidate, W. o. Broyles, confined his time to a continuation of his bitter attack on II. P. Burruss and the "un-American" element in the city.
 s. R. Batson, former county engi- neer, who is seeking the department of public Improvements, asked .he 800 Woodlawn citizens at the meet ing to consider the city more thax the candidates. He said they were stockholders in a business and should employ their workmen on their mer- it's, just as in a private enterprise. He outlined a programme or con structiVe work on streets and the sewer system.
 Mrs. Eckols Showing
 Mrs. D. A. Echols corrected an inn pression that Lee Edmundson was managing her campaign. She de- clared the women of her Sunday school class were in charge of her campaign. So far she has 100 out Of 1,120 votes in Woodlawn pledged and 2S0 out of 377 in Wylam pledged to her, she stated.
 D. E. McLendon, candidate for pres ident of the board, attacked pr. N A. Bdfrett agaln, saying the doctor could not hide behind his little cam paign manager from him. He asked about the sale of government food by the city, saying ne wished to know the inside of the deal as a citizen.
 Will R. Mabry asserted his inten- tion of working for business ad- ministration of the peoples affairs in the event he was elected mem Der of the commission. He declared for progressiveness in the city busi- ness.
 J. E. Lacey of Pratt City pointed out and promised efficient government for Birmingham. J. w. Lacey, NJ. A. Hines, Mrs B. A. Cooper w. B. Cloe. Mrs. Myrtelle w, Shell, J. b. Truss, w. r. Dickson, w. II. Barnard. Rob Adams, w. l.. White and William L. Harrison were the others who spoke at the meeting.
 M. A Dinsmore, with a sensational attack on members of the present commission, had the house in an up- roar. He promised action at the city hall if he got in.
 William L. White, for whose bene- fit the meeting was called, declared for civil service in choosing the po- lice force of Birmingham. He said the garbage department should pay the city $50,000 to $75,00o per year. Free text books through all the grades of school and development of the sewage system to canalize Valley and Village creeks were advocat .d by him. Improvement of streets and es- tablishment of municipal market were also indorsed.