The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-11
Fund for Prohibition Fight
 Raised at Last Night s Rally

a v can prove it." said Mir. Lawrence. that Montgomery has place ths' cities larger than Montgomery kne Q nothing of. there is nothing like it.$ Birmingham Mobile. Opelika or I$y of the other cities of the State. ,s wine room in which a man cans xe woman. turn the lock and ke md bring to bear all the infiuens of liquor for her downfall.
 This Is not war against ' iivid- uals," continued the speaker. "A sa- loon keeper may be. and usually Is, good man privately and In his other business. If he can conduct whis- key business to advantage. he can conduct business that is benefit and not menace to the community with like advantage. ,
 "You are going to win this fight, am sure" said Mir. Lawrence. but there are some people in the city who are afraid that they will loose money. He then told the story of business man in Birmingham who said that my goods are for sale. but not my prin- ciples." The sentiment brought cheers from the audience.
 Here are some more arguments that you are going to hear."s Con tinued Mir. Lawrence. that there VIII be just as much liquor sold after pro- hibition Is working than there is before 1t went in. It Is a lie. and liquor dealers prove themselves liars when they advance the argument. 1T more liauor were sold in blind tigers than in the saloon. every liquor dealer Tn the county would be with the anti saloon league. and would pay their money to advance the cause. Frohtpi- tion that does not prohibit Is g. lie, ana the Iiquor dealers prove themselves so. by fighting it." prohibition in other states, in Mtssis- sippi, Tennessee. Georgia, and Ken lucky.
 Another argument that will be ad- vanced to you if you are on the side or prohibition Is that 1t is going to Kill business, that there is going to be hard times when whiskey leaves the city. and the like. But the facts are these that the $2.oe0.0o0 which is spent in liouor every year in the county will be diverted into other shops for food, clothing and general improvement Of tine home.
 .There will also be the argument that Christ turned the water Into wine at the marriage feast which is told or in the Bible But the Bible also says. in another place, that the drunkard shall in no wise enter into the King dom of Heaven.
 On Hesd of Council.
 This is to be contest for what is right and for what is wrong. What side are you on? Mir. Lawrence con tinued. that he would not be in the shoes of the present city council for anything. Each member will have to answer for the licenses granted by them on the final Judgment Day, and the voters who will vote for liquor in the city will have to answer also, he said F< ss5s sless S be write ca the bsii6t. saying sts9t the ticket would fesd; For the sale of liduof fin the county ana "Against the sale of liquor of the county.
 The speaker concluded his remarks with the question: Are you going to take the responsibility of selling liquor and stand before God in the dual responsibility with the man who sells liquors over the bar in some liquor shop At the end of his speech, MT. Lawrence was repeatedly cheered by the audience.
 Mr. Miles then called upon MT. W. F. Thetford as chairman of the committee on a permanent organization to make a report of the committees work. Mr. Thetford read his report which recomme nded the appointment of an executive committee of thirty to take charge of the campaign, and to arr range for the holding of an election in this county. The executive committee is to be selected by a committee of ten. The report further recommended that all matters pertaining to the cam paigns be left to the executive com mittee.
 MT, Miles put the question of the adoption of the report of the commit tee and J. L. Holloway then offered a. resolution naming thec executive com mittee which was adopted. The com mittee Is composed of c. G. Miles. chairman, W. F .Thetford. J. W. Durr. Jr.. E. c. Andrew, w. B. Davidson. Armstead Brown, c. c. Zirkle, Adolph Roemer, A. W. LeBron, and A.. J. Lamar.
 Rev Bob Jones then arose and start ed the campaign fund. We take our collection for this fight in public, said the evangelist, thank God"
 After the collection on which S1,- 660.5o was raised the meeting was ad- journed.