The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-16
LEADERS GATHER
TO HEAR REPORTS
Go Over Anti-Amendment Sit
uation In County
NEWS FROM THE SUBURBS
Young Mems Clubs Against Amend.
ment Will Be Organized for Wig
orous Work-First Meeting To
Be Held Tomorrow Night.
NEWS FROM THE SUBURBS

An enthusiastic conference of well
known citizens who are opposed to the
amendment to the constitution was held
at the county anti-amendment headouar-
ters in the First National bank building
last night. There were nearly a hundred
present and the note of optimism as to
the outcome of the present campaign was
the most notable feature of the even
ing
rossioiy the most important action of
the conference was the decision to take
up vigorously the organization of young
mems clubs in opposition to the amend
ment. The first meeting for this purpose
will be held Wednesday night and a club
will be formed in Birmingham with sew
eral members which is expected TO he a
nucleus about which similar clubs can
be formed all over the county. 1t was
pointed out that hundreds of the young
men of the county are opposed to the
amendment but that so rar they had been
given no opportunity to ally themselves
for organized effort against the issue.
The young mems movement Is expected I'm
developments of the next two weeks.
1t was also decided to take up at once
the matter of having suitable workers
at the polls on election day. 1t is pro-
posed to station plenty of men around
the polls to meet the voters and to see
that everything is conducted in an or
derby and legal manner.
T.
the election laws are strictly enforced on
election day. The anti-amendment work
ers will use their influence with the sher-
iff to see that the ropes are properly
stretched as required by law so that no
one except voters can get within a GER
tain distance of the election booths.
Last nights meeting was full of ginger
and in addition to the glowing reports
from various parts of the county speeches
were made by men who have been In
various sections of the state and they
all brought the news that the campaign
up to the present time is In most en-
couragtng state. feature was the re-
port made by a number of prominent
citizens of Birmingham's suburbs. Among
them was w. e. Perryman, mayor of
Woodlawn, who assured his hearers that
Woodlawn would be found among the de-
tenders Of the constitution on election
day. w. H. Barnard brought glowing
reports of the situation in Pratt City, and
his methods of work and organization
were highly praised by those who heard
them outlined. From Bessemer came T.
T. Huey and A. e. Little, and there was
naught but encouragement for the de-
tenders in what these speakers had to
say.
Practically every man present made q
few remarks, giving his opinion on va
rious phases Of the campaign. One of the
amusing features of the evening was
report brought in that there were 81 peo-
pie at the amendment rally which was
being held at the st. Johns Methodist
church at Avenue H and South Tween
tieth street last night. 1t was stated that
the meeting had been extensively adver-
tised by dodgers and otherwise and was
supposed to be an amendment meeting
for the Seventh and Eighth wards Of
the city.
Among the speakers at last nights con-
ference were: 8. ]. Bowie, Ed d. Smith.
Frank Nelson, Jr.. J. A. w. Smith. Julius
Davidson, w. P. Pinckard and John T.
Glover.
Several hundred dollars was raised
among those present for carrying on the
campaign work In jefferson county.