The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-29
WOMEN AT THE POLLS.
Remarkable Scenes in Streets of Birm-
 fngham.

Remarkable Scenes in Streets of Birrn. fngham.
 Birmingham, Oct. 2S.--(Special. J. Birmingham and Jefferson County nev- CT In It's history, not even during re. construction days. witnessed such an election as the one that y=as held soSias to decide whether after January Ist 1908. there is to be whislxey sold un- der the sanction of the law.
 The weather started out very cool with . stiR breeze blowing, but this did not discourage the women and chil- dren who met before 8 o'clock several thousand strong. at Capital Park, and streets of the city.
 There were several thousand people in this parade. mostly women and chil- dren. The parade was Uivided into four battalfons, and prominent work CT In the cause led each one. The chii- dren carried banners. the inscription. thereon reading: Down With Booze, [,
 Boys or Beer Save the Boys. Save the Giris." Vote for the Home" Down With the Saloons" I've Pray for You.,' and many others. The women and children sang as they marched and "Jefferson Is going dry" to the tune of Gathering in the Sheaves' was heard on all sides.
 The march led to the four voting places in the city proper. battalion being dropped at each place. Then the women took up the work of serving coffee to the voters as they formed lines to get to the ballot boxes. Others began singing and many went up to the voters and began pfnnin@ little white bows on the lapel of the coats of the men. The children continued singing. Jefferson is Going Dry" and now and then an address would be de- livered to the people.
 ClrcuIars Distributed.
 Circulars were gotten out and dis tributed around the city at frequent intervals. The vets were not inactive at all They could be heard from on all sides. N A n
 Several tneuaand people we're to be sean around the polls in tho city and in the larger places fin the county all hard and approaching every man going into the polls.
 The two sides had their watchers around the polls. Some complaint was made by the nti-prohibitionists that the women were intimtdating voters, and some rumors were current during the afternoon that the matter might be carried to the courts on this ground. However. there was no apprehension shown on this score. and during the -"F--~ children worked hard.
 Almost every minister in Birming- ham was on duty all day. pr. J. H Mccoy. president of the Birmingham College. the Methodist institution al Owenton. q suburb of Birmingham, led the student body in the parade of this morning and at intervals the hoys gave their college yells to which was added jefferson Is going dry"
 PIC. Bowman. g local attorney, whc rave up much time and effort for pro. htbttIon, took occasion all day to ad- dress the people at various boxes in the denying positively that he had made the statement in a speech Satur- day night that ninety per cent of the working people of the county got drunk on every pay day. He de- nounced circular gotten out and signed by ocffiers of the Trades Council as false.
 Very little, if any trouble was expe- rienced. The fact that saloons were closed during the last three days, in- ciuding today, is responsible for this fact.
 Governor Conner Votes.
 Governor Conner voted at S:3o o'clock this morning, his ballot being cast in favor of prohibition. His ballot was No. 2l. When the Chief Executive of the State entered the polling place, the women and men, too, gave cheers for him. He tarried but little while in the voting place. and after casting his ballot and seeing that it went into the box, he left the place.
 At Bessemer, the largest place out side of Birmingham, the women and children had a parade the same as in Birmingham. The women worked around the polls all day. Women were also at the polls at other places in the