The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-08-10

idents, the Secretary, and the Treas
urer, together with fifteen other
members, five each from each grand
division of the State, shall constitute
the Executive Committee, and have
general supervision of the entire work
of the League. Five shall constitute
a quorum.
art. 6. The departments of work
in the League shall be three, viz: Ag-
itation, Legislation and Law Enforce
ment. Each department shall be COM
mitted to special committee. Other
committees shall be appointed as the
effcacy of the League may require.
art. z. Vacancies in Office or COM
mittee may be filled by the Executive
COMMITTEE.
"Art. s. Meetings of the State
League shall be held annually. The
time and place of the meeting shall be
fixed by the League or Executive Com
mittee. But special meetings may be
called by order of the Executive Com
mittee.
art. 8. Any part of this constitu-
ton may be amended by a majority
vote of the members of the League
who are present at any regular meet
ing of the League, except Article 2,
which shall not be amended"
Officers Elected.
In accordance with this constitution !
the same committee nominated for the I,
arious Offices the following persons, |
All of whom were elected: President,
R. E. Folk, Nashville; First Vice
President, Allen G. Hall, Nashville;
Second Vice President, J. M. Crawford,
Knoxville; Treasurer Caswell E. Rose,
Nashville; Secretary, ]. A. Burrow,
Nashville.
Executive Committee, Middle Ten
nessee-Ira Landrith, Nashville: F. D.
Lander Columbia; jeff McCaru, Nash
vile; George w. Boddie, Gallatin; !,
r. Lin Cave, Nashville. West Tenes-
see-J. H. Anderson, Trenton: Walter
Reynolds, Union City; ]. A. Robbins,
Mckenzie; W. NJ. Robinson, Martin;
w. E. Thompson, Memphis. East
Tennessee-Lee F. Miller, Elizabeth
town; w. B. MINIS, New Market r.
L. Bachman, Chattanooga; A. Stub +,
blefield, Cleveland; c. R. Waller,
Platform. G
The Committee on Resolutions sub. q
submitted the following report, which r
was adopted and will be fer the next h
year the platform of the League. G
81. We favor the extension of the h
four mile law with it's amendments, Il
the Adams law, to every t,
place in the State by striking out the G
figures 5000 and substituting there
or the figures 10000, so as to give ev. 4
cry place in the State the privilege "
low enjoyed by all but the eight +,
arger cities
go. We favor a measure allowing
titles which may not as a whole take
advantage of the four mile law with :,
to prescribe the :
territory wherein liquor may ,r may
lot be sold. :
"3. We favor bill separating sa- t
oons from grocery stores, and all 9TH
IF lines of business, and removing all
blinds or other obstruction to view a
rom said saloons. .,
"a. We favor legislative enactment I"
10Th National and State, to prevent
he shipment of liquor into dry terri
DRY.
80. We further favor legislative ~
nactment prohibiting the mahufac- In
ure, as well as the sale of all spirit .
Gus, vinous or malt liquors in any
erritory under the operation of the ((
rohibitory law, known as dry terri W
Dry. lW
"F. D. LANDER, Chairman" X
Allen G. Hall was appointed by the n
eague to write paper expressing "
ne gratitude of the friends of tenn lB
erance in Tennessee for the work W
one by the former officers and FIX "
cutive Committeeman of the League, W
mentioning the large and *
labors of the lawyers on W
lie old committee, John H. Dewitt ~
specially, who as attorney for the lB
eague, did a vast amount Of work, 81
either expecting nor receiving any N
ling for his professionl services. N
After numerous brief addresses on rs
lie state of the movement, all of them XIX
Dtimistic and full of confidence for N
ie continued growth Of temperance ~
gislation, the League adjourned and ~
lie Executive Committee Just elected "
ct for organization. IN
Executive Committee Meeting. ~
On y,ooff0r Of nr EO1Ly n t. M