The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-10

IVY that he would touch only upon those util- ities with which every city is forced to deal-water and lights.
 MT. Blackwood then went into an earn est and thoughrful discussion of the sub ject. He cited illustrations to prove that cities can and do furnish water and lights at much lower rates than private corporations and advocated the purchas- ing of private property when possible to . do so Instead of building new plants. At the conclusion of his paper, Mir. Blackwood was applauded and President weakley stated that the question was open for discussion.
 F Hon. Wellington vandiver. Mayor of Talladega, advocated municipal owner- | ship. He said that during the past year
 Talladega had cleared 5000 from its ownership of water works.
 The Mayor of Florence sounded note of warning to the other cities. He said Florence had given away all of its fran chises until the city only owned it's streets ] and city building. He knew of other cities that were getting rich by requir ing corporations to pay per centage of Sheir dividends for the use of fran 1 chses.
 Hon. c. F.. Stewart, Mayor of Attalla. | created laughter by declaring that a city should own everything including whiskey. ! J. P. Mcintyre, Alderman of Montgom- cry. opposed municipal ownership of public utilities. The system he said In volved endless red tape. He thought that | franchises should be given to private corporations with the provision that the | city should share in their profits. Hon. E. B. Joseph. Mayor of Montgom- | fax Nf h hi,, | of utilities. He thought the ownership of water plants by the municipalities was a necessity. The water service of | Montgomery, past and present he offered | as an example of what could be accom-
 plished by cities.
 l Mayor Stevenson of Jacksonville, said
 his town had given its water rights to a | private corporation and the people were
 sorry for it. He was in favor of muni- | cipal ownership of public utilities. | D. w. Ford, City Engineer of Montgom- cry read an instructive paper on Street Paving and Paving Materials from the viewpoint of an expert engineer.
 The paper of MT. Ford was well TO-
 ceived and it brought out a lengthy dis
 cussion of street and road building.
 At F o'clock the League adjourned to
 meet again in the afternoon and the dele
 gates were driven in carriages to the Decatur Street school, after viewing which, they were shown the paved streets of the city.
 The Afternoon Session.
 The League was in session in the after
 noon from o'clock until o'clock, the
 time being devoted almost entirely to the
 reading of papers on the dispensary
 question. Three papers were read on
 this subject and there was no discussion When the League was called to order at 3 o'clock President Weakley announce ed that Hon. w. M. Drennen. Mayor of Birmingham, had been detained at his home by reason of the death of his brother, but MT. Drennen had sent his
 paper on Public Improvements, which MT. Weakley read to the meeting.
 The paper of Mir. Drennen was care fully prepared and was given the closest attention. It dealt with how and where public improvements shall be made and by whom they shall be made and how they shall be paid for; the character of
 street Improvements; local assessments
 and how paid with a short reference to
 the improvements of Birmingham.
 After the reading of the paper of MT. Drennen the League took mp the question | of the dispensary the first paper being | read by the Mayor of Attalla, Hon. C.. F.. Stewart. He was given close atten- l ton.
 MAYOR OF ATTALLA
 DISCUSSES HIGH LICENSE.
 Hon. c. E. Stewart, Mayor of Attalla
 read paper on ' High License the First
 Step to the Dispensary," which was in l part follows:
 MT. President. Honorable Mayors and | Gentlemen: There Is no question of
 social economies. which has attracted
 more attention in the United States. than | that of the liquor traffic. It is one
 worthy of the best efforts of all good
 citizens to settle. and should be approach
 cd by all without prejudice. and with an
 earnest desire to arrive at a conclusion
 which shali be for the benefit of the gem l eral public. The evils arising from the i excessive use of intoxicants are patent enough, and requires nothing from me | upon this occasion. For voluntary move
 ments of individuals working either alone, as organizations in the cause of temperance, and emphasizing precept by example. there can be nothing but the l highest words of praise. The temper ance movement in the present generation, particularly among the young, has att | tained magnificent proportions. | That prohibition is a failure. l presume | that no one. who is conservative, and has
 given the matter any attention, will for ! a moment doubt. Whiskey will continue | to be made so long as we continue to raise | corn. rye. and peaches Since we must | have it the question is. and it is one that | has agitsted the minds of many great
 men of this country. how will we make | our laws so as to get the maximum good, and the minimum evil from its sale and | from its use?
 | Some years ago the women of this coun- | try. God bless them, came to the conclU- l sion that the men did not know how to handle the whiskey question. simply because they handled the stuff itself too | much I presume, and they were right; and they came to the conclusion that they did know how to solve the problem, and they in that were wrong. Never theless they started in to run whiskey off the earth. and they came as near accom-
 plishng that end as it will ever be- simply because women were. and are to- day. better suited to that task than men: they have more faith and it takes lots of faith to even believe that We can ever get rid of whiskey entirely. and when you get the women interested in any subject. they are enthusiastic. man as rule is not. and by reason of woman's enthusl- asm. they are apt tO be optimistic. and over-do the thing.
 In their attempt for prohibition. the wo- men failed. and since this is true, there is no use for the men trying, but they did something; they commenced. and did work that will have its good effects their Bands of Hope. that they organized all over the country, the boys that they siuDlN drove into