The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-18
Doctors, Lawyers a Id
 Preachers.
Council is Petitioncd by Organization of Three Bodies to stop Issuing Ltcsnses to Retail Tduasr
 Dealers.
Advertiser Bureau.

water Company. But there was great ef surprise in store than that question and If the public generally aad known what was coming up, the Council room wauld have been overfiowjug.
 Hut as it was there was gathered ia the City Hall what might be termed 2 cosmopolitac crcwd. There were citizens In nearly every walk of fife An unusual sight at the meeting was the presence of six or seve9 ministers Of the gospel.
 There were also present nearly every member of the Medical Association, and many members of the Dallas Bar Association, besides private citizens The large number of ministers and physicians caused curiosity among the indulged in. The physicians and mlh- fsters soon mingled together and 1t soon became evident that there would cnne before the meeting of the Cuun- ell an important question and that both were laboring with the same end in view.
 itss executive session, the great ques tion which overshaoowed the water works question soen became evident who viii stand for the sale of iiquors in any form, they could not have failed .o have been Impressed by the impus- sioned oratory that was made in be- those who had applied for them.
 With President Peacock presiding, shs eeai1g ss Tss saleS to ordST t
 
 Grayson, Agee. Norris, Meyer, Mullen. Burfitt and Quinn being present Al the request of Mayer Atkins the Ccun- cuss the water works question. May 1r Atkins stated in his remarks that there was present L. K Jeffries, at Company, and that the Council did not want to discuss the ~nestion in open meeting. The executive session lasted for about one hour and upon the opening. Of the meeting. Councilman Agee offered an ordinance for the issu- ing of $150.000 bonds, mcrtgaging the plant of the water plant so as to secure the bonds. The rules were suspended. while this ordinance was being passed, and then the Mayors recommendations were taken up and read
 The first clause of the recommenda- tion dwelt upon the work and financial condition of the secretary of United Charities. On ordinance appropriating $i00 per month for tue city for the support of this society was then passed: The ordinance, in it's many sections, stipulated that the City 1nfirmary,' which would be under the control of the Society of UniteC Charities, should take care of the afflicted of the city who were not able to pay for the prop CT treatment. The ordinance is to be in effect for one year and the sosifty s fby ordinance. The second clause stated that there was attached a report from a committee consisting of City En-
  Fire Chief Dlakely and L. F. Smith, who had made test Of the water pres sure as per instructions from the pre- cious meeting of the Council It recommended that as the water company had failed to comply with their contract in theCrecent tests, that the company be fined $500. The third section, which asked the expenditure of S900 for the purchase of some property to continue Lawrence Street across the railroad, was lost. Councilman Cray adopted. Hon. A. L. Mcleod then ad- dressed the meeting upon the Union Slaughter House question.
 Rev. E. W. Gamble, rector of St. paul's Episcopal Church, then address ed the Council. He asked If this was the regular meeting at which the granting nf license for the sale of whskes and other various li4uors, as he appeared in behalf of the Ministers Union, and said that he had petition from that body.
 The prayer from the Ministers Union stated that that body understood that the city required all applicants for licenses for the operation of saloons to give certain notice through local pa pers for their application for license
 It further stated and prayed that the Ministers Union had the good of Jesus Christ foremost, and the city in mind in presenting the petition. They prayed that at the meeting tonight that the city grant no license for saloons
 
 That drink was the cause of the ma ajority of crime that was perpetrated by the negro race, and that the sale Of spIrituous, vinous and malt liquors to members of the eolored race should no prohibited. The petition was signed ny a majority of the members of the Min isters' Union. After reading the petl- ton, Rev. Mir. Gamble dwelt at length 1 on the evil of the liquor question. He discussed its many phrases as to S1th l white and colorod
 He stated that he had talked to leaa- ing attorneys of the city and that they had stated that crime from 40 to 15 per cent was due to drink and the sale of liqucF. That this evil according to the report Of the Attorney General of 1 the State had nearly doubled crime | within the past two years in the state, | and that T5 per cent of the crimes | committed were due to the use of al-
 That he had the welfare of the city l and every place of business in the city l at heart, and that the elimination of ] this business from the city did not | or any corporation would knowingly l employ persons addicted to drink. They | would not ask the Council to remove ! knew that body could not do this, but | that they did ask the Council to elin- i mate the social feature of the drink question. That to p@ss down the street | any night you could hnd all of these | places where the social drink was taken would be found crowded with | young men who were running them
 Rev. Gamble then read teiegcan from the Mayor of Charlotte, N. C., which stated that prohibition, in that town had greatly d9Grsssedb buspess fpme but had helped the city.
 Rev. Robinson, pastor Of the Ala bama Street Presbyterian Church spoke in behalf of the petition. He spoke of the great growth of Char lotte and the great good which the dfscontinuance of the sale of liquor mad done for that now prosperous city ]
 pr. J. L. Rosser pastor of the First Baptist Church, then addressed the meeting He spoke upon the good the elimination of whiskey. lie was followed by Rev Bennett of the Ala hama street Methodist Church, who made some most pathetic remarks up on the question. Dr. w. r. swain, 1 pastor of the Cumberland Presbyterlan Church, was the next speaker. He told of the great evil of the liquor traffic to the home, the church and t3 the city; how 1t dilapidated homes and I 6resides and illustrated hls remarks by telling pathetic incidents of how one | cold winter night a wiee had knocked at his door and had saM that she h1l 1 been run away from home by heF husband
 Rev. J. c. caldwell, pastoF et the | First Christian Church. followed, He | stated that acc ording 10 statistics that 70 per cent of the paupers of the Uni- ted States owed their condition to The same line, Rev. Gamble then reac Q letter from pr A A. Little, pastor |