The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-03

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The largest meeting In the history of the
Women's Christian Temperance union of
Birmingham was held yesterday in the
parlors of the First Methodist church.
Every chair was occupied and there were
many unable to find seats. The occasion
was welcome meeting to the new MEM
! bers, and short speeches of welcome were
I made by Mrs. James Weisel, president of
the Women's Christian Temperance union.
and the others officers Miss Mosher, the
well known national worker who is in Br-
mingham this week, made an address on
temperance work.
The membership contest. which was
started only four weeks ago yesterday
/ resulted in an addition of sixty new men,
bers. The meeting was made unusually
interesting by the presence of so many
prominent women who have recently JOIN
ed the society. A number of Brming-
hams most representative men have been
made honorary members and the society
has never been in a better condition to
carry forward the work of its various
| departments.
The Women's Christian Temperance
union has placed petitions in different
places in the city TO be signed by voters
favoring the passage of the Hepburn
Dolliver Bill. This bill, which was fully
explained In yesterdays Age-Herald. pro
vides that all fermented liquors trans
ported into any state or territory for de-
livery therein shall be subject to the oper-
! aff nd off pf IF fha To IF ST. to
or territory in the Same manner as
/ though produced in that state or terri
| tory. Tie bill will. If it become a law,
render all persons and corporations en-
gagged in shipping liquors subject to the
J laws of the state wherein the goods are
delivered
The petitions of the w. C. r. U. will be
forwarded to Mrs. Margaret Dye Ellis
at Washington, d. c., who is national SUI
perintendent of legislative work. It is the
intention of the w c. T. u. to erect a
drinking fountain in Birmingham, and
work will be begun in a short time in or
der to have 1t completed by the first
warm days.
Another work especially claiming the
attention of the w C. T. U. just now is
the enforcement of the law regulating the
sale of intoxicants and cigarettes to
minors The state laws fully cover this
case, but many people are really ignor-
ant in regard to them. The w. c. T. L.
has had copies of the law printed and dis
tributed in the saloons and tobacco houses
and have been greatly aided in this work
/ by Chief of Police Weir.
Miss Mosher's task yesterday was along
| the undenominational work of the w. c.
r. Il. The society which is the largest
organization of women in the world, Is
made up of Christian women throughout
the civilized world. Miss Mosher spoke
of the financial system of the organiza-
ton, and told how the dues were dstrib-
uted. The annual dues are 60 cents. One
] cent of this goes to the worlds work;
nine cents is devoted to the national
work of the different departments; 20
cents goes to state work, and 80 cents to
! local w. c. T. u. work. In this way
thousands of dollars are annually dstrib-
uted in the temperance cause.
Miss Mosher will give talk tonight
at 7.45 o'clock at the Five Points Meth
odist church, and on Friday evening she
will make an address on temperance
work at the Southside Baptist church.
Miss Mosher expects to go to Montgom-
! cry on Saturday. but will return to Bir-
mingham next week.