The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-04-20
PROHI'S GET
TOGETHER
PERMANENT ORGANIZA
TION is EFFECTED
Will Be Known as the Anti-Saloon
League of Washington County
Petition to be Presented to Super
visors at May Meeting

Last Wednesday at II O'Clock at
the Methodist church in this city,
another meeting OF the advocates of
county prohibition was held to hear
report from the committees who
were securing signers throughout the
county, to the petitions for an elec-
ton, and to decide on the showing
made, whether to defer the fight until
next January or present the petition
TO the county board of supervisors
at It's next meeting and let them or
der an election at once.
When President Holmes called the
meeting to order, the Sunday school
room Of the church IN which the
meeting was held was we'll filled with
both ladies and gentlemen who were
interested in the work of circulating
the petitions and organizing the
fight.
The secretary was then ordered 70
call the roll of the chairmen in the
different voting precincts in the
county for reports on names of quail
fed voters on their petitions, and
most all were received witt. applause.
The total received in the past week
throughout the county was $50, and
many were reported as being unable
to see all the voters. This was true
of the Greenville committee The
splendid showing made by the various
committees gave much enthusiasm to
the meeting and for the next hour
plans for the formation of a perma-
nent organization were discussed
A motion was then made that the
petition, asking for the election, be
presented to the board at its May
meeting. The motion was carried.
Rev. Diehl asked Mr. Campbell
what effect would a counter petition
if presented to the board, have in the
matter of ordeing the election.
Judge Campbell replied that it would
have none, that the order was inn
perative on the board and if a petit
ton was presented to them, signed
by one-third of the qualified voters OF
the county asking for an election,
there was but one thing for them to
do # they obeyed the law, and he felt
confident that they would do their
duty.
On motion a committee of twelve
members was ordered to present the
petition to the board.
On motion of Rev Countiss, which
was afterwards amended by Mr..
Campbell, an executive committee
composed of seven men and resi-
dent OF each voting precinct in the
county, who were the chairmen of the
Anti-Saloon League committee of the
district was agreed upon to attend to
all matters in the coming fight.
Mr.. Meek received the amen from
the meeting when he said the tenn
porary organization should be made
a permanent one, for, after the fight
is won, the illegal sale of liquor will
have TO be suppressed III the county,
and he moved that the temporary or
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known as the Anti-Saloon League Of
Washington county.
Before President Holmes put the
motion, he started to address the
meeting in regards to himself as
president, stating that he felt that
they could select a man who could
fill the place more acceptably for the
good of the cause; but before he
could say more, he was cut off by
call for the motion which was before
the meeting, which motion carried
and he was chosen president of tbs
permanent organization, and Mr.. W.
p Kretschmar, secretary.
Speeches were then called for and
several responded, each confident Of
victory from the successful work al
ready started.