The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-12-11
FORCES MOVING
AGAINST SALOON
STATEWIDE PROHIBITION ARMY
is BEING ORGANIZED ALL
OVER THE STATE.
Pc lTIONS BEING CIRCULATED
Mass Meetings To Be Held in Many
Cities And Towns On Next
Sunday.

NASHVILLE. Tenn, Dec .O-Not
only in Davidson county and in Nash
vile are the prohibition forces organ
izing for a concerted and effective eff
fort looking TO the passage of a state
wide bill by the next general assem-
bly,, but from one end of the state to
the other the storm that may be ex-
pected in January is gathering force.
1t is estimated that 10000 petitions
will be placed in circulation within
the next few days.
Next Sunday is Temperance Field
Day in Tennessee, and the day will be
devoted 10 sermons on the subject OF
statewide prohibition. But the OBJ
servance of the day will not stop there,
for mass meetings. on Sunday after
noon have been announced in a num-
Der of places and coming in with these
announcements is the news that tenn
perance forces everywhere are organ
izing.
In Knoxville the active campaign
looking to prohibition laws being
passed in January by the legislature
will be opened on Sunday. In the
morning, from practically every pulpit
in that city, temperance sermons will
mass meeting will be held by the
state-widers in the auditorium
In Nashville the same program will
be carried out. The recent action of
the Ministers Alliance endorsing ali
efforts now being made in the interest
of statewide prohibition means that
they will accept the suggestion to
preach temperance sermons on next
Sunday, December 18th, which has
been designated as Temperance Sun
day throughout the state.
On Sunday afternoon the state-wid-
ers will hold another mass meeting at
McKendree church, and the address OF
the afternoon will be made by DR.. Ira
Landrith, one Of the acknowledged
leaders among the ministers of the
city, and strong and always fearless
advocate Of statewide prohibition.
Good music will also be furnished by
the music committee.
Plans are going forward with dis
patch for the opening of the head
quarters of the state-widers at the
Maxwell House next Monday morn.
ng Senator Pendleton will be in
charge, and he will appoint an assist
INT and an advisory board Stenog-
'aphers will be employed, and the off,
,es will be conducted along the usual
ines of campaign headquarters.
This means that the efforts Of the
will be concerted ones,
md any action taken by them will be
Lfter careful elaboration and consulta-
ion. The strongest men in the prohi-
'ition element will be frequently in
onsultation, and the entire situation
will be thoroughly gone into. No man
n the Legislature of 1909 will be able
o hide his light under a bushel, and
is safe to say that never before has
be whole situation been 80 we'll in
and, nor so thoroughly understood.
II the men are organizing and work
lg, the women as just as busy.
Mrs. Silena H. Holman, state presi-
ent of the Woman's Christian Tenn
erance Union, was communicated
18th today by representative of The
ennessean, and she is greatly en-
fused over the splendid work her
lembers are doing all over the state.
At present Mrs. Holman is busiIy
lgaged in circulating petitions. She
as already sent out about 10000, and
lie states that this is exclusive of the
lndreds that will be circulated in
e cities, hers going mainly to the
mailer towns.