The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-21
FOR CAUSE OF
 PROHIBITION A Busy Sabbath in
 Birmingham. NUMEROUS MASS MEETINGS Speaker Carmichael and Dr. Cunningham Made Addresses. Many Prominent Business Men and Captains of Industry Speak Against Prehibitisn--Electio h Fast
 Approaching.
NUMEROUS MASS MEETINGS

Birmingham, Oct. 20--(Special. )-- With big mass meeting held at the Bijou Theatre, and industrial captains speaking against the movement. that to all indications Is sweeping Jefferson County with a whirl. not less than thirty y-fiye sermons and addresses were made in churches and elsewhere this morning, this afternoon and tonight for prohibition.
 The meeting at the Bijou Theatre was an enthusiastic one. just as 1t was last Sunday afternoon. There was an apology for the holding of the meeting on q Sunday. but. as explained, 1t was necessary to hold the meeting on the sabbath for the reason that the prohi- bftionists had selected this day as one of the principal days for the work and though 1t Is considered as a matter of politics by the antis. they had to take advantage of the opportunity also. The men who spoke against prohibition this afternoon. were men connected with or interested in real estate. industrial companies and other of the large in- terests of the city and districts. As stated In the advertisements calling the meeting. all the speakers were local men. In the main. the men were long time residents of Birmingham and the district.
 The prohtbitionists held big meet ing this afternoon at the Hippodrome. which is on the opposite corner from the Bijou Theatre. The auditorium holds something like i've thousand peo- ple and almost all available space was taken. Hon. $. D. Weakley. former Chief Justice of the State. was the principal speaker. In the evening at the Iiippodrome. Clinton w. Howard, of Rochester. N. Y.. the noted rsformer and evangelist. delivered an address.
 Dr. R. Nj. Cunningham, former Lieu tenant Governor of the State. and Hon. Archibald Carmichael. Speaker of the House of Representatives, spoke at Bassemer tonight. Rev. A. !. Maples. Of Texas. spoke at Bessemer this after noon. Mrs. Mamie w. Curtis. of Tex- as, who came here under the auspices nf the Wosnen's Central CoInmtttes, started in q weeks campaign st Jones- boro. She is strong worker in the prohibition line.
 At almost every church in the dis- trict among the Protestants. prohibi- ton was the subject of sermons today. Rev. I. D. Steele. pastor of the Cum berland Presbyterian Church. U. s. A. gave the saloon records of Birming- ham. For the past week he has been going through the dockets at the police court and secured much data on the subject. This he worked into his ser- mon. Other pastors took up different phases.
 The campaign will come to a close tonight a week, the election to be on the 2Sth Inst.
 A petition has been prepared to go to the County Board of Education. ask ing that the public schools be allow cd to dismiss on the election day in order that the children and teachers can assist at the polls. In all prob ability, the ladies will serve coffee at the polls and the children will carry banners to the effect save us" pre- tect us," "vote for us" and similar in- scriptions as have alreay appeared in this campaign.
 Prof. H. N. Freeman. of Fairhope, Socialist, delivered an address here this afternoon on the prohibition subject. He believes that the matter should be left alone and that it will right itself.