The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-17

Nj. Jackson tf.Ioo, s. D. weakisv y7so. | Walter D. Seed tf,0eo, besides a prom | ise of s1s0 more for Tuscaloosa coun- | ty. R. M Goodali s2s0. ]. B. wadsworts | S2so, Felix l. Tarrant of Birmingham. | N. Sollie of Ozark. W. A Davis of Am niston, ]. M. Ellis of Union Springs. J. E. Holmes. Fort Deposit. Mobile | county. Ollie Barbour, J. S. McMullen, | Greenvilie. Marengo county. 8. M. l Adams, George H. Malone, J. W. Sib- ! ley, P. C. Ratlin of Fillmore coun- ty, by W. L. Lancaster. R. NJ. | Lee of Barbour. c. g.. Rabb, Evergreen. DeKalb county. by w. M. Abernathy. Macon county. by H. F. | Eiroy. Blount. by R. c. Bynum. Bibb, by J. T. Fuller. Covington. by Nor gan D. Jones. Chambers. by L. A. Scheussier. Madison. by A. D. Kir- by. all contrtbuted each s10e, Dale, by l H. L. Martin. promised S2O0, Fayette. by c. W. Sanders. s1o0. W. P. Dick inson. $50, L. B. Muserove. of Jas per. t2se. Autausa county, by Guy Rice. Cullman and Sumter. by T. F. Scale. Butler. by R. A. Lee. Etowah. by Banks and Stowers. Geneva, by N M. Johnson. each S1o0, J. W. Flowers Troy. s15o. Chiffon. by L. Il. Rer. | holds. $1oo. John A. Peach. T. H. John son, Montomegry county, by George G Miles. each sl0o. Brooks Lawrence. $50. Eugene Hodgklns. $50. J. Y Jones. for Evergreen, s25, R. F. Love- lady. sss. First Methodist church, S1up. Triana circuit. S2s. Ensley Methods, church. J. E. Willing R. P. Rhodes N. l.. Miller. M. c. Reynolds. F. F Marshall. each t25. W. c. T. U. of Ala bama $50, c. s. Livingstone $1O, Addison W. Lunch. s25: R. N. Haygood SEQ; c. Ernest Jones $25; F. W. Stanfield s1o: o. P. Bently s5; Mountain Eagle ~f Jasper. s25; HugA Nj. Wilson, opelika s1o; James A. Embry. Ashville. s1o; v L. Erwin. Birmingham. s25; T. VI Shropshire for Cherokee county, s5e sIoo; J. B. owen. Greenville. s10; Alex andsr City t25; J. M. Holloway, Mon. gomery. $1o; Good Government Club Bessemer, $25: s. A. Russell. Annistcu sl0; First Baptist Church, Atalla, Ses. J. D. Carmichael. Goodwater, s2E Coosa county $25; c. E. Brooks Fort De :. posit, s26; L. F. Whitten. North Biz mingham. $1o. and number of smaller contributions.
 Lawrence Exuitant.
 Mir. Lawrence was exultant at the success of the collection.
 T suspect that if they'd taken a col lection down there in Montgomery yas- terday they would have gotten several s25o pieces. wouldn' they? ean't think so,"
 At the conclusion of the collection Walter D. Seed. candidate for gover- nor. spoke.
 Tt looks as though this fight against the constitutional amendment is . fight against prohibition,' he said.
 He prophesied that there will be wholesale assertions from the ranks of the anti-amendment people when the issue of liquor or no liquor is clearly drawn for them by the speak CTS who vii be sent out.
 They speak of personal liberty" he cried. referring to the opposition. We speak of the common flag. The amend nent is the best safeguard of personal liberty against the assaults of the ir- responsible and vicious.
 Ed Johnson Excited.
 Ed Johnson. editor of The Florala News. which. 1t is said, was offered $500 for the use of his columns. asked to be allowed to explain things. He wanted to speak during collection pe- riod. but the audience was insistent for the continuance of the collection.
 At the conclusion of Mfr. Seeds speech the editor came up.
 He told how he was branded the "one- gallus" editor, but that now he deserved the name, "two-gallus" editor because he owned two papers now.
 He flung the challenge to the oppo' nents of the constitutional amendment. He grew excited.
 "They talk about the churches get ting into politics" he cried. We want the politics to get in the churches :; we want to purify the politics.
 'I wish to God the halls of Congress contained none else but Comer."
 The speech of the country editor was one of the few defenses of the administration. The oratory, as by the program, was effectively cleared of politics.
 Man Who squelched McCord.
 The meeting adjourned at this junc- ture to meet again at 7:so at the First Baptist Church.
 Rev. A. G. Mosely of Enterprise opened with prayer at night. and Kyle B. Price of 1lba was introduced as "the man who obliterated Leon Me- Cord" by Chairman Thompson.
 He bore the honors lightly.
 "Just 6 passing moment tn Autauga county, gentlemen" he said
 He identified the opposition with the liquor interests and defended the church In the same breath.
 Tt is as impossible to disassociate nur cause from the church as it is to dtsassociate our opponents from the whiskey interests" he said.
 He was contemptuous of the anti- amendment mass meeting in Mont gomery and of The Montgomery Ad- vertiser and its part in the fight. He Itksned the scene in the auditorium with Shskespearets plays. The Adver- iiser to Cleopatra and General oates to Mark Anthony.
 -And when the ballots fall on Mo- vember 2s." he said. the old Roman will turn to Grandma Cleopatra, as of old and say I am dying, Egypt, dy- ing And Cleopatra the sec ond. will fall dead with the asp Of prohibition on her bosom"
 He drew an instance from Othello to fit Judge Jones. He said:
 "I saw the old man who had receiv- ed his place on the kings bench by the aid of the black Othello of Tus- kegee.''
 He spoke of the ex-Governors on the stand in the auditorium.
 K minus ofiice. plus safe and sane equals liquor interests" he declared.
 He made light of their records.
 "One of them" he said. got to of- fee by an empty sleeve
 He spoke of the race between Kolb and Jones to draw the inference that Jones should never have been an ex- Governor.
 He spoke on the constitutions amendmsnt declaring that its purpose will Do to stamp forever liquor out of the State and to kill the metaphoricaI rattlesnaks which he drew.
 Mrs. ChatAeId Speaks.
 Mrs. J. B. Chatfeld, of Montgomery, was called. Mrs. Chatfield Is a promi-