The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1900-09-03
Call Upon the Authorities TO
Act Promptly
RESOLUTIONS WERE ADOPTED
Mass Meeting Yesterday Afternoon
Largely Attended-Attention Called
to Open and fragrant
Violations.

movement was begun in Ensley yester-
day afternoon which has for its object the
suppression of gambling and of Illegal
whiskey selling. A meeting, held in the
new Methodist church building in that
city, was attended by about three hundred
men and women. Every seat in the build
ing was occupied and several persons were
standing in the aisles and along the walls.
1t was an enthusiastic gathering, and de-
spite the fact that 1t was Sunday and that
the meeting was held in a church the ring
ing utterances of the upholders of law and
order were heartily cheered.
1t is said that Ensley, which is pro-
hibition town, has numerous blind
tigers" where whiskey and other intoxi-
cants are sold openly, that gambling is
carried on to an alarming extent, and that
numbers of business places make no pre-
tense of closing their doors on Sundays.
In view of this condition of affairs which
is said to exist, the pastors of churches
got together a few days ago and called a
meeting of citizens for yesterday after
noon for the purpose of taking steps to
put a stop to the open violation of law.
This call was published in the Age-Herald
yesterday morning.
The Love of Christians.
The meeting was called to order at
o'clock by Rev. w. s. Brown, pastor of
the Baptist church at Ensley. After a
prayer and a song he read the call for the
meeting and then stated that the selection
of a chairman was the first order of bust
ness. j. w. Minor, prominent business
man and brick manufacture of that place,
was selected chairman On taking the
chair Mr. Minor thanked the audience for
the honor conferred on him, saying it was
an expression of their confidence in him.
He said that he loved every one present
and that all Christians loved everybody.
He said that while the object of the meet
ing was antagonstic to some people in
that city, at the same time good will to-
wards every one was his motto. He said
the promoters of the meeting were not af-
ter any individual, but after the business
of some of them which was blackening the
good name of the city and blocking it's pro-
gress.
c. w. Mills was elected secretary.
By motion the chair appointed a COM
mittee of five resolutions as follows:
Rev. W Orr, NJ H. Sherman, D. R. Hay,
DR.. II. N. McTyeire and r. G. Mackey.
BY motion the chair also appointed COM
mittee of five on constitution and bylaws,
as follows: Prof. W. B. Moore, Mr. Echols,
Mr. Morton John Going and DR.. w R.
Rosamond
The committee on resolutions retired to
make up its report, and while it was out
the chair called on any one who felt so in
clined to address the assemblage on the
question that had called them together.
tp n Violation of Law.
Rev. J. J. williams, pastor of the Meth
odist church, addressed the convention.
calling attention to the state of affairs
listing in that city He said in part: 81 sup
pose some of your are in doubt as to the
object of this meeting, but there is no
doubt. as to the issue involved. Some say
there is politics in it, and yon know the
American people want to keep out of pol
ltics. There is no politics in this movement;
nor is 1t a movement in the interest of
prohibition. The issue Is law and order
against crime and lawlessness. There is no
question of lawlessness in the town. There
Is a law to prevent selling liquor, yet it is
sold here, and by violating this law the
seeds of anarchy are being sown. Liquor
Is openly sold here in places called blind
tigers But there are tigers with num-
arous eyes 1t is the most open violation of
law ever saw. Gambling. too, is carried on
in open violation of law, and places are
kept open on Sunday despite the law
against such.
Ladies' have told me they were afraid
to pass along certain streets even in broad
daylight. A man told me he saw a boy reel
Ing out of a place this morning. This con-
diton must stop. There are people here who
are going to see that it is stopped"
Ensley's Name n Stencil.
Rev. w. S. Brown, pastor of the Baptist
church. said:
ct would like to hear from the laity, not
that I think the preacher should keep
quiet but the ministers and the laity should
work in harmony. They must work
does an army There must be general
Stops the Cough
and Works on the Cold.