The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-27
VETERANS WILL
 JUMP INTO FIGHT Anti-Amendment Meeting Call ed for Saturday Afternoon REPORTS FROM OVER STATE Speakers Are Beilnp Sent All Over Jefferson County Against Amend
 ment-Amenders Are
 Also Active.
REPORTS FROM OVER STATE

Many of the prominent Confederate vet erans of Birmingham have decided to get into the anti-amendment campaign In earnest and show the people of the state which side the veterans are really on in the present contest. A petition signed bv a large number of well known vet erans calls a meeting of all the veter- ans opposed to the amendment at the Chamber of Commerce in Birmingham next Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. The petition and signatures are as fol- lows:
 To the Confederate Veterans:
 All Confederate veterans who are op- posed to writing police regulations in the constitution of the state Alabama are requested to meet at the Chamber of Commerce in Birmingham, Ala, on Sat urday, October 30, 1909, at 2:30 p. m., for the purpose of organizing for the de- feat of the proposed constitutional amendment. Let every veteran in the county who loves his home and family circle be on hand, as there will be bus mess of great importance before you. Remember the day and the hour.
 John G. Smith, W. B. Leedy, J. c. Ma ben, N. A. Stuart, W. B. Hamill, T. J. Hickman w. H. Stanley, Samuel Ull- man, J. T. Wagoner, A. N. Johnston, T. B. Cowart, w. E. Douglass, J. F. Montcrief, G. Stevens, w. A. Gould. A. Slaughter, W. T. Mclaughlin. J, D. Marshall, W. D. Holcomb, J. D. Dab ney, R. H. l.. whorton, James A. All len, H. R. Merrill, A. Ragland, R. H. Milan, D. l.. Bridges, J. K. F. Lacey, J. c. Savage, J. J. Dunlap, H. M Brown, Robert J. Beasley, E. Carpenter, J. $. Newman, w. H. Villines, J. J. Jones, w. H. Lovins. A. F. Smith, w. D. Ev-
 
 Smith, s. H. Coggins, J. F. Reid, w. M Jones, w. H. Jolly. N. A. Adams, w. D. Grant, w. J. Lacey, B. B. Brown. J. M Harrell, w. H. Hall, J. F. E. Jackson.
 Busy With Speaking Engagements.
 State and county headquarters were buster than ever yesterday arranging for speaking engagements. Speakers are being kept in all parts of the state and the beats of Jefferson county this week will also be given an opportunity to near the opposition to the amendment aply presented Tonight a meeting will be held at Foleys hall in Pratt City, at which Jesse F. Stallings and Tom Long of Walker county will be the speakers. Tomorrow former Congressman B. J. Bowie will speak at Warrior. Friday night a meeting will be held at Jugtown at Kimmon's store, the speakers being Henry Fitts and A. Leo Oberdorfer. tri- day night at 7:30 clock there will be meeting at Hueytown school house, at which J. M. Gillespy and T. T. Huey will speak A rally will also be held at Brookside Friday, which Is expected to be the largest yet held in that section of the county. The addresses will be made by Sterling A. Wood and Jere c. King. Sat urday a meeting will be held at Willow Springs lodge on the road to Leeds and the speakers will be William Vaughn and J. W. Davidson
 It was announced at county head quarters yesterday that members of Com pany K, Third regiment, of Birmingham, which was mustered out of service Feb ruary 22 will be able to vote in the ap- preaching election without the payment of poll tax. Legal opinions have been given that tlSeir exemption from the payment of poll tax dates from February of this year and is good until the same date Of next Year.
 While numerous speakings have al ready been arranged in Jefferson county, it is announced that they are having more requests for speakers than they are able to supply.
 Reports from Jefferson.
 Reports from the county precincts con- tinue to be of most encouraging char acter and Col O. P. Gaut states that discouraging reports have not been re- ceived from a single beat in the county According to Conole Gaut all reports indi- cate large gains over the vote cast in the prohibition election and in many cases the vote is found to be exactly reversed Those in charge of headquarters extend an invitation to all citizens of the county to call at headquarters when in the city and make themselves at home. The head quarters are located on the second floor of the First National bank building.
 State Chairman Lee Long was busy at state headquarters during the day and he finds no reason to change his former estimates of the outcome. Chairman Long has made the statement several times that the anti-amendment officials do not concede a single county in the state to the amenders.
 It was stated at the county amend ment quarters yesterday that vigorous speaking campaign would be inaugurated at once in Jefferson county. It was stated that 200 speakers day would be nut into the field to work all over the tN