The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-12-30
TWO MORE DAYS AND
THEN PROHIBIT TON
Attorneys Are Locking for
Loop Holes
PISTOL BILL IN DOUBT
! Other Laws May Be Found as Worth
less as King and Other Meas
ures-Mrs. James Foun-
tain Is Dead.
PISTOL BILL IN DOUBT
BY HERvEY w. LAIRD.

Montgomery December 29.-(Speeial.)-
The people stand to nave a lively time
for the next few days, during which time
the prohibition bill becomes effective in
the state. Liquor men are trying to de-
feat it in the courts, friends of the law
are indifferent in a measure and if there
is any loophole for the, act ITO be dragged
through to discredit it is going to be
utilized.
In the meantime so far as can be
learned the saloon men in Montgomery
are going to keep their places open for
some sort of traffic. Most of them have
their houses yet and have leases for some
time, while many have bought soda founts
and will run on with soft drinks from
what can be learned. It is said that be-
hind the soft drink furniture there will
be selling of liquors, though this cannot
yet be told as a fact.
The law is good in the opinion of many
of the best lawyers in the state. Most
of the objections raised have been passed
upon and disposed of by the supreme
court. There is little reason to believe
that any way will be found in the federal
States has passed upon most every fea-
ture of the law already However, a
fund has been raised to fight with and
may be used. Those interested contributed
in amounts ranging from 800 to $500.
Other Laws in Doubt.
With the invandity of the King Greater
Birmingham bill well known, and like fate
possible for the anti-shipping and other
measures, there is talk that many other
laws are in the same fix. This is guess
work, it is true, but men who are delv-
ing into the records say that 1t is a fact.
One of the laws said to be bad is the
John pistol bill, though a casual glance
at the records indicates that 1t is all
right.
1t is said that great many bills, among
them some of the important railroad
measures, were saved after the legisla-
ture had adjourned by one of the officers
of the capital finding that the record was
/ not clear This official is reported to have
/ called attention to the oversight in time
to have the omissions looked into One
of the troubles said to exist with the
prohibition act is that it was not read
at length at the time of signing and the
record is not clear that such reading was
dispensed with by vote of the bodies.
Death of Old Lady.
| Mrs. James Fountain, aged 95, who was
/ Miss Lucinda Susan Thompson of Will
mington, S. c., at the day of her birth,
/ April A, 1913, and who came to Alabama
/ in 1919, died at the home of her son-in-
! law, B. M. Washburne, Tuesday morning
/ at II o'clock. She VISA married to her
! husband in 1881. She had lived in Mont;
gomery many years and was known far
and wide as a woman of great intelli-
gence and Christian character. She was
/ a member of the Court Street Methodist
church for 80 years. At the unwilling OF
a tablet in memory of the visit of La
| fayette to Montgomery. the exercises OF
which took place in 1905, Mrs Fountain
was given a high place of honor as she
had been one of the entertainers of the
distinguished general when he was here
In Memory of Vandiver.
At a meeting of the stewards of the
Court Street Methodist church this week
a committee was named to draft reso-
| lutions in memory of the late w. F. Van
diver, who was a member of the church
and a leading unit in its service fol-
many years. Judge w. w. Pearson is
| the chairman and will be ready to make
report at later date.