The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-04-12

marks an epoch in the moral and spir
itual life of the town. The services
OF the day will be far reaching il
their results. They awoke the PEG
pie to the peril and the problem be
fore them-the necessity of the en-
forcement Of the law especially the
recently enacted liquor law, and
I helped to crystalize public sentiment
and instill in the people a
fixed determination to see to
/ it that the law is enforced
vigorously and tirelessly. A number
of the pulpits of the city were filled
with leaders of the temperance move
ment of Tennessee, and the people
turned out in force to hear these elo-
quent speakers.
I Dr. E. A. Folk occupied the pulpit
of the First Methodist church Sunday
morning, DR.. j. A. Burroughs the pull
pit of the First Baptist church and
Mr. W. r. Hamilton the pulpit of the
South Columbia Methodist church.
Collections were taken up at these
three churches and at the First Cum
berland Presbyterian church for the
furtherance of the Anti-Saloon League
work in Tennessee and about $500
all told was raised.
Law Enforcement League.
According to announcement pub
lished in The Herald last Saturday,
quite number of business and pro-
fessional men, mechanics and day la
borers, met in the Sunday school
room of the First Methodist church
Sunday afternoon and discussed the
question of organizing for the pur-
pose of seeing to it that the laws gen
orally. and the law against the sale of
liquor in this county especially, are
enforced. G. T. Hughes, Esq, was
called to the chair, and Mr.. F. ID.
Lander was made secretary of the
meeting. Several short talks were
made, by Mr. Hughes, Rev. Mr. Pro-
vine, Mr.. Lander, Maj. Williamson,
Mr.. John Latta, ]. A. Smiser, Esq, j.
F. Brownlow, Judge E. E. Erwin and
DR.. K. A. Folk, OF Nashville, and Mr..
w. r. Hamilton, Superintendent OF
the Anti-Saloon League of the state.
1t was the consensus OF opinion, and
was the burden of argument with all
the speakers, that it was the duty OF
every man to obey the law OF the
land: that II was the further duty OF
every good citizen to assist the Of
ficers of the law in the enforcement |
Of the law, by reporting all violations
Of the law; that it was the special
duty of the people who voted for this
law to insist and see to it that 1t is
not defied or defiled
After the discussion was over on
motion a committee of five were APP
pointed to draft suitable platform and
bylaws for the order, and together
With the chairman to appoint COM
nittee of twenty-five TO give special
attention TO law enforcement until
he organization of the committee was
,ermantly effected.
That committee will meet this al
ernoon to appoint the committee OF
twenty-five.
The name will be the Law Enforce
nent Committee of Maury County,
md it is intended that the member
hin shall reach out and include mem
,ers from every part OF the county;
or II Is a well-known fact that the
aw. has been violated in the county
N thse years, and with IMMUNITY, due,
n part at least. to official negligence.
he effort will be to see that the law
. enforced all over the county all the
Ime. and to prosecute all Offenders. ,
The Union Service.
The union meeting Of the First Bap-
LIST and First Methodist congrega- !
ions with. the First Cumberland
church Sunday night '
,as well attended, practically every !
eat in the auditorium being filed. J
ev. w. A. Provine was In charge or '
ne services, and after a scripture l
,daing and hymn and the opening I
rayer by Rev. M. e. Gabard, introduc-
4 the speaker Of the evening-Dr. s
a Landrith--who delivered strong 4
nd practical talk on the situation
,nfronting the people OF Columbia h
DR.. Landrith said he felt like AM L
d man returning to Columbia after d
lopv absence ana talking to people u