The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-08
MINISTERS AROUSED
BrRMrNonAM PAsT0ng UNION TO
 HELP ENFORCE LAWS.
Preachers VIII Go before Grand Jury and Complain of Men Who Sell
 Whlskey In the

At a meeting held today the ministers of Birmingham decided to fight the blind tigers" from the pulpits of all the evangelical churches
 s'tiger'' he win go immediately to the grand jury and report 1t.
 Money will be taken up in the churches for the purpose of backing up the Law and Order League in it's endeavor to uphold the prohibition laws.
 ofhcers for the ensuing year were of the Eleventh Avenue Methodist Church. succeeding the Rev. A. J. Dickinson, pastor of the First Baptist Church. as President.
 The consensus of opinion was that the prohibition laws sh ould be en- forced and the pastors went on record as being ready and willing to help the Law and order League bring to jus tice persons who violate the laws.
 Many of the pastors told of the things they had observed since prohibi- tion went into effect, and some of the pastors told of things they had not observed. One preacher told of sec ing no less than twenty drunken men come out of one place since Jan. l. This same minister promised to go before the grand jury.
 We want to keep that grand jury busy" said one of the preachers in dis cussing the situation After the grand fury has done its duty we want the court to see that the law is ap- piled. A whole book full of laws will not be effective unless the courts rule with a firm hand"
 Besides the pastors several members of the Law and Order League were present. Among them were F. M. Jackson and R. M. Goodall, who went over certain plans of the Law and Order League and asked the ministers to cooperate with them in putting down the blind tiger" The ministers were in hearty sympathy with the movement and will personally aid in making fight to uphold the prohibi- tion laws.
 pr. A. J. Dickinson began the work of preaching prohibition from the pull pit of the First Baptist Church Sunday night.
 aThe blind tiger that is doing the harm" declared pr. Dickinson during his discourse. lis lying low and saying nothing. He Is not advertising himself to the world, He Is not evading the law through so-called loop holes. He is not telling members of the Law and Order League. ministers of the Gospel and others where his hiding place is. He is getting in his work quietly and we propose to take q stick and go in and stir him up. We have got prohi- bition laws that will handle him, and 1t is time for every citizen to get busy and help run him out of his hole"
 Dr. Dickinson said the blind tigers are nothing short of conspirators against the law, and that every person helping in the work of hiding them was guilty of aiding and abetting the tiger in keeping out of sight.
 Dr. Dickinson said there was a great deal of idle talk about blind tigers and all that sort Of thing. He said brewers of the North and whiskey in- terests wanted such agitation kept up all the time.
 The newly elected oficers of the Pastors Union are:
 Rev. Frank P. Culver. President.
 Rev. U. D. Mooney. pastor Second Presbyterian Church. Secretary.
 Dr. J. H. Mccoy. President Birming- ham College. Treasurer.
 There officers were installed today and proper remarks were embodied in resolutions commenting the good work of the retiring officers.
 Charge to Grand Jury.
 Birmingham, Sept. 7-(Special)--In his charge to the grand jury today. nal court quoted numerous laws on the prohibition question and urged the grand jury to do It's full duty.
 Judge Weaver said that there were plenty of laws on the question and that if they were being violated. as re- ported. the inquisitors should do their full duty and return true bills.
 Judge Weaver did not touch upon the question of interstate laws or anything of that sort. concerning which there has been much talk of late. /espacially since the decision of Judge Thomas c. Jones of the United States court He rather called attention to the laws as they exist and said they were enough to convict when the evidence was strong enough.
 The strike situation was also re- viewed by Judge Weaver and he urged the grand jury to do its full duty.
 The difference between capital and labor does not concern you" said Judge Weaver. Your duty does nut require you to find out who was Might or wrong in that contest Let usNaope by your good example in ferretNg out and bringing to swift justice thdAe who have unlawfully taken humanA lives and destroyed personal property shali be brought to swift and condign #bun- tshment. do not believe and I ENnk your investigations will reveal the AAct, that those violations have not Eh1l committed by the native Alabamiaht ] immigration. With that we have nofhe ing to do; but let us so execute the law that these foreigners who come within our borders may be awakened td a lively sense of their duty as citizAns by receiving the punishment they de- serve for the violation of the law, If you find such to be the case"
 Judge Weaver then called attentfoh to some of the violent acts commitEeE during the coal miners strike. Tn ree ferring to the blowing up of the houss of former member of the grand jurk and the marrow escape from death ok his two daughters, Judge Weaver said
 Who ever threw that missile of death was the very worst enemy that society could possibly have The sol called pistol 'toter' Is so much better tn1 comparison with the man who at mid night starts out on his errand of de- strtuction and death with a stick of dynamite in his hand and murder in his heart that have but little to say concerning the carrying of concealed pistols. Let such people be dealt with done. it will not be necessary again Q strengthen the arms of the law by ! Vlitary authorities"
 "A The grand jury was organized with, ! Heman B. Daniel, a justice of the D tee, as foreman. c. P. Montgomery w .s sworn In as the official stenogra- pher and A. P. Golden will be the depu- ty in charge. Solicitor H. P. Heflin will give his personal attention to the grand jury room.
 The grand jury did little Monday