The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-26

mentS. 'l beg you, said Dr- CIllleSple,
 mot to listen to what Brooks Lawrence, l imported from Ohio, or others might say about prohibition"
 Culpepper Exum was the second speaker He said he represented the busi-
 ness side of the question. He thought
 it would be impossible to finance the muni- cipal government and take care of schools,
 the police department and the fire de- partment if the liquor license were cut | out "One-ffth of the revenue of the | licensed saloons.'
 The speaker closed by eXhorting the , men in the audience to stand by their
 convictions and mot be swept off their feet by fanatical wave"
 Capt John G. Smith, after vociferous calls from the audience, came forward and made one of his characteristic peals of home people" with the appeals to the voters of Jefferson county made I by "the gentleman from Ohio." 
 W. P. Pinckard followed MT. Exum in a stirring speech. His address was spoken of by many present as one of the ablest, strongest and most eloquent presentations of the anti-prohibition side yet heard in | the campaign. It was exceptionally force l full according to the general verdict. 1 Mir Pinckard called for MT. DeBarde- | leben, 'the most distinguished pioneer | of the district. (Tumultuous applause at
 DeBardeleben's name. The audience rose 1 to it's feet.)
 twill you follow the lead of men like | DeBardeleben or Brooks Lawrence of l ohio?' was asked. Great applause and l the shouting of DeBardeleben's name.) 1 MT. Pinckard made an appeal to the | women of Birmingham to stay away from the polls on Monday: also an appeal for personal liberty. His protest against
 sumptuary laws provoked hearty ap- plause.
 Wilson Brown made the closing speech of the evening. f1e called attention to the fact of the 56 names signed to card
 of real estate firms favoring prohibition,
 comparatively few of them had paid their
 real estate license, to saynothing of their
 poll tax. MT. Brown emphasized the fact that many who signed the card had not
 paid their license to do business here. The speaker pointed out the various ways by which a prohibition law in Jefferson county eonld and would be evaded. He said he was sure that prohibition would be defeated next Monday. he felt confident of victory, for the cause of personal liberty. We are sure to win" said MT. Brown, If the men of Jefferson county will only vote according to their convictions" Mr. Brown, in protesting against
 women going to the polls, stated that
 the prohibition ladies of Woodlawn had met in the Presbyterian church and voted ? to 1 that they would not go to the polls. The speaker told, with dra amatic effect, about little Sunday school boy who was bumped because his father was against prohibition. Said a member of the Good Govern ment committee: "The meeting tonight was the best that the antis have yet held. It was full of ginger and every speaker made a pronounced hit with the crowd. MT. DeBardeleben did not speak, but he was really the hero of the hour. At the mention of his name the entire crowd rose to it's feet spon- taneously as if to say, all of us will follow the lead of a man who knows wh at he is talking about when he asks us in the name of heaven to vote against prohibition.