The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-14

one conNalescent, who was recover ing from an operation. Mir. Beddow stated that tho leader of the band of law abiding citizens of Jasper who arose against the injustice of this incident received a. threatening letter of violence if he did not keep his hands off and was told not to Conduct an investigation.
 MT. Beddow made stirring appeal to the people to join in the law en- forcement movement to suppress all crime and also spoke of the short age of help under which the sheriff of Jefferson county Is operating. In this respect MT. Beddow said:
 Sheriff Hartsfield is one of the ablest officers in the country, but his help iSRot sufficient to cope with the crim6 situation in Jefferson county. This county is too large for the present city and county forces to suppress the crime wave that is prevalent. More men should be put on the county and city forces. We are too lavish with our money in other lines and not enough Is spent to insure a good government
 q have received 'billet-doux my
 self, he continued. It is dated,
 September and says
 Hope you will bridle your tongue. understand you are not in favor
 of white supremacy. Signed. Blank
 Believes In Justice
 eff the gentleman Is in the audi l ence, I wish to say to him that I l always stood for white supremacy.
 But, he parked up the wrong tree
 when he thinks that I do not believe | in fairness to the negro as well as
 to the white man. I believe in jus | fa3r r. al f%H | white, rich or poor, young or old. l they all come under the same law, l justice and fairness to all. I do not
 believe that the negro craps shooter l should be hauled into court and a l heavy sentence imposed upon him | and on the other hand let white | or colored murderer go free. These are my sentiments in so far as white | supremacy is concerned"
 Here Mir. Beddow was greeted | with tremendous applause. T received another .billet-doux,' | he said. this time the writer signs
 himself, Albert Sydney Fulgham. He states, The Law and Order League might as well try to conquer the sun as to undertake to stop the crime and he'll in Birmingham where satan Is high ruler. This Is | a land of he'll
 This Is not land of he'll. There 1 Is no better country in the world | than the United States of America. l That Is why these meetings and or | ganizations are formed, to keep this country from becoming a land of hell.'
 In speaking of the labor unions | MT. Beddow stated:
 Indorses Labor Unions "I heartily indorse these labor | unions because I think that the members are good law abiding citi- zens. The public sentiment is with | the unions, but when the unions
 con init violence then they begin to | degenerate"
 Concluding, MT. Beddow said: Birmingham has the reputation l of being a wicked city. What Is the matter? Is it the people? Mob l law is the reason. If Birmingham
 is to grow and prosper, make 1t a | safe place to live in. No man Is l going to bring his family to live in
 a community that has the reputa- l tion of being unsafe, so let all of | us law abiding people get together | and wipe up this evil"
 pr. MacSporran, the next speaker.
 made a forceful appeal to the au- 1 dience to get together as one man and in behalf of the love for the 1 Almighty put an end to this present crime wave.
 "The real American citizen is man of standards. and cannot be intim-
 dated" he declared. "He believes in | his own soul and has a profound
 love for his country. He has di- vine reverence for laws and civ 1 i1iza ion. The man on the street Is the ruler in America"
 +. M. Jackson expressed his pride l in his American citizenship and de- clared that proper law should be | taught to the baby in the cradle, in
 schools and in business, to rich and l poor alike. sgsW snefrofar
 | Colonel Smith concluded the pro- gram with a plea that every citizen
 in Birmingham and Jefferson coun- | ty who are respectors of the laws | get together, form a number of com 1 mittees to clean Birmingham of all | vice and make it one of the cleanest
 towns in the country.
 We want to fight men when we fight and not women," he concluded A committee of three has been ap-
 pointed to accept the applications tor | membership in the Law and Order League and a committee of IS to pass
 upon the application. These com | mittees can be found in the Cham ~ .l.