The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-23
YOUNG PEOPLE WILL
 HAVE FIRST SESSION
Prohibition Meeting is Called for Sunday, September 1
TEXT OF THE PETITION
1t Is Estimated That Petition Calling Election In Jefferson County Must Bear About 5000 Sig
 natures.

Characteristic of the young business men of Birmingham the young people are to have first blood in the prohibition fight On Sunday afternoon. the Sabbath after next, September l. in the First | Christian church, the four young peoples socities of Jefferson county will hold a mass meeting to discuss the whisky traffic This IS arranged independent of the central committee on the initiative of the presidents of these organizations
 Arrangements are being made for some fine speakers. and much work will be done Frank Willis Barnett will preside over the session. The date was set last night when the presidents, Broughton of the Baracas, Ellis of the Epworth league, Harry Dearing of the Baptist Young Peo- ples union, and Terry of the Christian Endeavor, held a meeting in the office of Walter L. Sessions, chairman of the cen tral committee. This is but the first of a series of meetings that are being planned.
 In Jefferson county, as in many others the first petition for a prohibition election circulated was Illegal, and that circu- lated by ExMayor Friel of North Br- mingham. bearing 2O00 names, had to be thrown away, because it's workings would not meet the requirements.
 New petitions are now in the hands of the printer and will be scattered over the country tomorrow. Judge Weakley. counsel for the committee, de- cided that the petition may be separated adn atferward pinned together, provided each one is similar to the original. While the registration books have not yet been counted 1t Is estimated that the petition will require about 5000 signatures Here Is the wording
 To the Hon. Samuel E. Greene, Probate
 Judge of Jefferson county, Alabama:
 We, the undersigned qualified voters of Jefferson county, Alabama, hereby make application to your honor, by petition in writing, signed by us. to order an elec- ton in said county of Jefferson, in said sate, under the provisions of an act of the legislature of Alabama, approved Febru- ary 26, 1907, to determine whether intox- eating liquors, drinks or beverages may be sold or otherwise disposed of within the limits of sid county, after the thirty
 
 the date of such election; said act being entitled An act to prohibit, regulate and restrict the sale or other disposition of intoxicating liquors, drinks or bever ages within the state of Alabama by pro- vidng for elections in the various coun- ties of the state to determine whether the sale or other disposition of such intoxicat- ing liquors, drinks or beverages shall be so prohibited, regulated and restricted"
 And we hereby authorize this paper to be attached to other papers of the same tenor and nature, signed by other quail fled voters of said county, so as to form one petition of all the signers to be pre- sented to said probate judge, for his order thereon and in order that one-fourth or more of the qualified voters of said coun- ty may make the application to the pro- bate judge for such order, by petition in writing, signed by them. and we al- lege that the qualified voters, signed to said one petition formed, as aforesaid, do constitute one-fourth in number, or more. of the qualified voters of said county of Jefferson, and we do make said applica- ton to your honor, and pray your honor to order an election as herein above re- quested, under the terms of said act of the legislature
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