The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-29
MOVE TOWARD TEMPERANCE Montgomery Women to
 Organize. FORM BRANCH OF w. (. I. U. Dr. Rice Makes Strong Statement
 On Local Condition. Mrs. A. R. simmons in Lecture at Court Street Church, Attacks 'Whiskey
 Traffic and Calls Meeting
 For White Ribboners.

A meeting has been called for this l afternoon at 4 o'clock at the Court Street Methodist Church of the women
 of Montgomery, for tho purpose of or
 ganizng branch of the Woman S
 Christian Temperance Union to exert
 an organized influence against the l liquor traffic and immortality in the city.
 The meeting was called last night
 at the Court Street Methodist Church | by Mrs. Anna R. Simmons. of Chi
 cago a noted temperance lecturer. who | has been engaged by the State Wo- | mans Christian Temperance Union to
 lecture throughout Alabama in cause
 of temperance.
 In q brief introduction of the lectur- | CT. Dr. J. A. Rice, pasror of the church, | in setting forth the needs of the work | of the Temperance Union in Montgom- cry. made some startling statements concerning conditions m this city. He said that in the city of Mont gomery there are 1s2 barrobms. There are. he averred. thirty-two negro
 dives. operated by white men. and a number of others run by negroes. | Makes Startling Statement. | "1 hesitate.' said Dr. Rice. before I | make another statemrn;. which is all | too true. l hesitate because I fear
 that in saying it, l shall be charged
 with sensationalism But at the risk 1 of being charged as sensationalist.
 will say that there are in the city of Montgomery. four hundred negro
 women supported by white men" pr. Rice was heartily in favor of the l movement of the Montgomery women
 in the matter advocated by the wo- I n n hpic tov r.
 and spoke freely of the need or such | a movement.
 l The lecture of Mrs Simmons last
 night to the several hundred men and
 women at the church was strong and | eloquent pits against the saloon and
 the rum traffic in Montgomery, and
 an earnest appeal for righteousness in
 public and private life. She appealed
 forcibly to every one present on the
 needs of personal responsibility in the
 work for the home and for humanity. Speaker Gives Sfatistics.
 Mrs. simmons. since taking up the
 work of lecturinr for the cause of
 temperance has visited every part of
 the country and has collected statis- | tics to show the percentage of misery | and want which can be traced directly to the whiskey traf1c. She said in
 speaking of the work dcne by the wo-
 mans Christian Temperance Union ir
 this country. that in Lne early day.
 or the organization. it was at once re
 coSnized that method was most i'm.
 portant. and accordingly they planned
 the many departments of the work
 which is being carried on at this
 time.
 9Th" Woman's Christian Temper
 ance Union is moro feared today py nC ln o1p
 other influence" she said
 The speaker declared that for twen-
 ty-1ve years. the Union had worked
 '-"ncoasinglN. trying tc bring an in
 hu"nce to bear on legislative bodies
 school boards, church men and other
 bodies of men in positions to lelp the
 cause She said the great trouble wa
 there were so many thousand meL
 church men. praying men, who f,r
 S64 days out of every year pray daily against the liquor traffic and every
 other form of immoralty. and of | vice. and on the remaining day go .o the polls and vote for licensed baI l rooms. Il The Effects of Whiskey.
 She said the work of he organiza .
 tion had been slow. and that many became discouraged because the di-
 rect results of the workers cannot be
 seen. To the untiring efforts of ono
 young woman. she said was due the work of such women as Lucy Ston"
 Susan P Anthony and frances Wi a lard. She spoke at length, calling tn; names of many of the most ,llustrioua figures of ancient and modern history whose early deaths were 'aused as tn.
 result of whiskey traffic, victims oi the cup that biteth like a serpent and Sting"th like an adder" She spoke o'
 the influence exerted by the avera SC , ten preachers.
 She spoke of men who pray ferven'- lv at church on Sunday for God r. bless the boys and the young men. an on Monday vote in the interest of tho saloon. She knew. she said. that som' of tho facts she stated were unpleas ant to her audience, but that theS were cold and hard IS chilled steel Mrs. Simmons gave statistics show ing that of the thousands of orphans yearly being cared for by societie' for the purpose, ninety per cent. wer'
 so made by whiskey. and told som touchngly pathetic instances whicf had come under her own observation in recent years.
 22.OOO saloons in Country. She said that in 1899. ;hc St1te O Illinois through it's Legislature. cs tablished the Juvenile couH law. Thi law had proven a blessing to the Stat and since that time other states hay fallen into line and it will not be Ions before such d law VII be cstablishH' in every State of the tmon. Thi' court has the right to talk" childrc'
 from drunken and incompetent par
 ents and to place them where the, may have chance in tn" world. q She said that the 22.O0o saloons IT this country throw out orphans fas ter than the societies can raise money to take care of them.
 | She said there is q great cry abou women of this day not wanting to bt 1 married, but that the young womer are not to be blamed for not wanting tn run the risk of marrying, the respor sihilitv of I home and drunken hus band to care for and to support, She said that in Chicago. ihe S,0o( saloons were the power behind tn, throne and the great apathy and in difference of mon and women to ex Istins conditions is pail on the coun'