The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-11-21
STATE TREASURY DRAINED MR. PITTS AT DEMOPOLIS
LARGE AUDIENCE HEARS THE SELL
MA SPEAKER.


| Demopolis. Nov. 2o.--(Specia1. -
Hon. A. d. Pitts Of Selma addressed .
large crowd Of Demopoiis citizens at
the BraswelI Theatre Friday night
against the adoption OF the constitu-
tional amendment. A large number of
women were present.
Circulars had been distributed an
nouncing that Hons. Sydney Bowie. A.
d. Pitts and other speakers would make
addresses at the public square Friday
evening. but owing to the extremely
cold weather the speaking had to be
| held at the theatre, and at o'clock
egram that It. would be impossible for
him to I'LL his appointment, as he was
compelled to speak In Birmingham at
night and Huntsville Saturday morning.
| The people were not disappointed. for
Mr.. Pitts more than made up for the
absent ones.
| At $3.50 o'clock Judge w. +. Herbert
introduced the speaker. Judge Her.
bert. on seeing so many women In the
audience. expressed pleasure that he
| was not alone with his mother In this
| tight and ridicuied the report that
| a large "slush fund" has been sent
into Alabama by the brewers. He said
/ he stood before the audience to say
that he was the only person In Ma
| rengo County who held funds OF the
ianti-amendment forces. and that not
one dollar had he received from the
brewers or from the campaign mana
gers: that what money was In his pos
session was subscribed By citizens Of
was received with tremendous APP
plause.
| When Mr.. Pitts arose to speak he
was received with ; tremendous APP
plause. Mr.. Pitts began his address
by informing the crowd that neither
side had been discussing the question
fairly. particularly the amendment
forces, when they told the people that
It was a fight for whislcey or no whis-
key. BY illustration he told OF an In
/ stance where one of the purest and
best women OF; Selma or Dallas Counts
had visited hissoffice the day previously
and said: MT. Pitts. we are praying
for you every hour of the day. In
| amazement he inquired the reason OF
/ this uneasiness on her part for. him,
when she replied: ooh. Mr.. Pitts. you
know I have brother. who Is making
a game tight. and you further know
that IL this amendment is defeated
there will be open saloons in Alabama
by the 30th Of November"
He said that was the way the amend
| ers were fooling the people.
They call us lot of whiskey heads. :
he said. which he denounced bitterly.
Mr.. Pitts told Of the game fight that
| the AngIo-Saxons made for liberty. He
| said that the amenders say that Illinois
has constitutional amendment such
as Is desired In Alabama, but not one
line In 1t violates the four articles Of
/ the magma charta: that Dakota and
| Kansas has II. but not one line violates
| the four sacred articles of the magma
charta.
but suppose they have" he asked
"is that any reason why we South
erners should pattern after thoss
States?
Mr. Pitts told OF the attempt of the
| Comerites- to hold the election In ar
of political year. a year in which the
mines and other large enterprises were
closed. making 1t a hard year for the
farmers and others to secure money
with which to pay their poll taxes II
order TO vote. thus DISTINGUISHING
them. He said that this was the kind