The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-22
MOBILE WANTS THE TIME
 EXTENDED ANOTHER YEAR
Members From Gulf County Will Not Accept Defeat In Fight Against Carmichael Prohibition Bi-Mr Johns Sugges- tion Is Jumped At With Eagerness- Governor Being Pledged to Local Option Is Placed In Uncomforta-
 be Position In the Controversy
BY HERVEY w. LAIRD.

on the liquor as we'll as all other ques- tions.
 RegrettabIe Action.
 The whole city is sorry that prohibition leaders in the gallery missed the Mobile delegation as we'll as some of the speak CTS. It is peculiarly regretted that some or the gulf city ladies were missed on tho streets. One of them was insulted by a child in company with it's mother, who encouraged the youngster to be impoite to the visitor in the city. Montgomery would have 1t known that for this It's people are very sorry.
 Prohibition Legislation. The prohibition legislation that is now on the books and to go on as a result of the present session includes the Carmichael bill, just passed a bill to allow arrest and fine and even im- prisonment without indictment for violation of the prohibition laws, also measure to allow $5O00 year for the detection and prosecution of violators. bill is pending to prevent sale in clubs or by aggregations of men who may get together for such service.
 Other Laws Passed.
 At the last session bill was passed providing that no liquor shall be shipped into prohibition territory and
 
 sion of Congress law will be enacted by which liquor selling states will be prohibited from shipping intoxicants into dry states. Alabama has also a law to close all saloons at ', and g o'clock, according to the size of the towns and cities.
 Many Old Acts.
 These, with the many other enact ments on the books for control of the triffp tn ba h,,ci ness unpleasant and improbable even during next year.
 As 1t Is now only very few places sell in saloons and they. will soon be put out Recently Geneva and Cham bers voted dry and bills have been passed making Bullock and Pike the same way, which will leave only twen- ty-two counties in which liquors can be sold at all. Mostsof these are by dispensary.
 Carmichael Bill.
 The Carmichael bill provides that all sale and manufacture of liquors must cease on January l, 1909, except in breWeries which will be allowed to run six months longer in order to make up what stock and vat products they have. This will keep many big plants in Montgomery, Birmingham and Mo bile going for six months after the  provides that all counties which have voted local option must go out Janu- ary 1, but that all counties in hich elections may be held after December 12 effect shall not be given until the time of the general bill, January l, 1909.
 Author of Bill.
 The author of this bill is speaker of the house, a citizen of the county of Colbert and a son of Judge J. M Car michael, one of the best known men of the state, a resident of Ozark. The bill is in a sense collaboration. though the work of the speaker alone. A measure with many similar features was presented in the other house by Senator Lusk, but the latter gave way to allow the Carmichael measure the right of way. "It is much like my bill," said the senator, but in some features superior. For that reason we decided to take it.'