The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-31
OPPOSES STREET FAIR
THE MINISTER'S UNION APPOINTS
 A COMMITTEE.
Besvers and Red Mea Declare That Nothing Immoral WiM De Allowed h shows on M0ntgonery
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1 The Ministers Union of Montgomery Is opposed to the Street Fair to be given | by the Beavers and Red Men of Mont gomery. beginning November Il. The Union unanimously expressed its ] disapprovai of the entertainment at a irregular weekly meeting held at sll i o'clock yesterday morning at the First I Presbyterian Church.
 ! After the close of the meeting Rev. J. ] w. oHara. secretary of the Union. said that the organization was unaiterably I be given by the Beavers and Red Men | because. in the opinion of the ministers, 1t would tend to advertise and increase {, the sales of whiskey. They, however, expressed approval of the Street Fair ! which is to be given by the Ladies {, Memorial Association on Bibb Street i$ On motion, a committee of ministers was appointed to look into the matter of the proposed Street Fairs and to 1 suppress any immoral element that might find its way into the entertain ! ments. The committee Is composed Of 1 the officers of the Union, Rev. E. E. l cobbs, president, and Rev. J. W. o'Hara 1 They have the power of associating any other members of the union on the committee.
 l The session of the Union lasted more 1 than an hour and was well attended
 The topic, The Aim and the Influence : of Biblical Criticism" was presented in | paper read by Rev. Charles A. Stake
 i ly, D. D., pastor of the First Baptist 1 Church. The subject was discussed by
 Rev. Stewart Mcqueen, Rev. John Bass
 Shelton, Rev. J. w. OHara and Rev.
 l Neal L. Anderson.
 1 John F. Jones, a member of the com
 mittee of Beavers and Red Men, arrang-
 ing for the carnival on Dexter Avenue,
 was seen last night In regard to the op-
 position of the ministers to the Street
 Fair. He expressed himself freely: l T understand" said MT. Jones. that
 1 1t Is being circulated that the whiskey 1 and barroom element is back of the car
 nival and want to say right here that | this is wholly untrue. Our orders are | composed of some of the best people | of Montgomery and we have our repu- I tation at stake. equally as much so as the ministers.
 T am opposed to such a Street Fair | as was had here last year and If we l were going to have anything like it, | think the ministers might be Justified in their opposition. But we have talk 1 en special care to secure first-class carnival company and that is the reason we announced 1t so late in the season.
 "The attractions will be clean in eve ry respect and there will be nothing immoral or degrading about them. We will not even have any living pictures and no woman in the show will be all lowed to wear her dress above the shoe tops, That's doing better than some theatrical performances which come to Montgomery.
 'The show, which we will bring here, has the endorsement of the ministers and city officials in the cities where 1t has been.
 Our petition for the use of part of Dexter Avenue for the carnival has been signed by all except one dealer on this portion of the street. and do think that the merchants and business men Of a city know what they are doing. we have decided to give the carnival and we are going to have it regardless of opposition