The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-07
Raise Money to Aid the
 Cause of Prohibition,


 son they had his sympathy, but he in-l sisted that they were wrong.
 They are behind the times," said MT. Edmonds. and should keep up the advances of moral thought and life"
 Denanee of Law.
 : He said that all in one class in the country today are the Alabama wifis- key seller. the Reelfoot lake dweller and the Kentucky mountaineer. IL was simply a question of defiance Of the law. The speaker made 1t plain that he did not join those who preach ed prohibition from his pulpit. but at present 1t was not political question as the majesty of the law was m question. He declared that he would in future be able to preach from his pulpit. that 1t is the duty of everyone regardless of what he believes. to see to the enforcement of every law.
 In spalxing of the prejudice against detective evidence. MT. Edmonds de- clared that he was not in favor of 1t as the first means and that 1t was shame to the city and the people, to have to send out of the city to get that sort of evidence. Tn closing the speaker said that if the charge Is to be true that one cannot enforce the prohibition law, 1t must be said that "the stock of Southern manhood had gone down nightly, since the sixties
 Rev. W. M. Crawford, in brfef address. alluded to the lawlessness ana the necessity of stopping 1t now. He spoke chiefly on officials and asked what were the sixty policemen of the city for, what were the deputies for and what is the matter with the sher- iffT The speaker denied having any thing against the sherlff. but said all know "that he Is joke when It comes to the enforcement of the prohibition law"
 Mir. Crawford paid tribute to the late E. W. Carmack. of Tennessee. whom he euiogizedN as martyr to the prohibition cause. in connection with a statement of one policeman of Mont- gomery when the arrests were made Friday and Saturday for alleged vto- lations of the prohibition law here. He said that when the papers were being made out for these men. one of the officers approached him with the state- ment that somebody was going to De killed in arresting so many people
 s. J. Cassel was introduced as rep resenting the business men of the city. He spoke, or rather read some notes on aBusiness Man and Prohibition He declared that 1t was we'll said that any law of the States is divinely ap- pointed: the authority of It's pas sage, was divinely ordained. He ap- pealed to all who loved the city to join in the fight for enforcing the statutes. Everyone who hoped to win their support and sustenance in the city should show interest in law and order
 Prohibition Here to Stay.
 State Treasurer Walter D. Seed made short plea for law enforce ment. saying that it is an illusion, if one believes the prohibition snove- nW haa GtA&A-vNf6A enactments the result of waves. He expressed the belief that prohibition had come to Aiahanaa to. stay,- being . part of permanent reform. Therafcre, he hoped everyone would look at it In the same way and hslp enforce shs
 Rev. Bcb Jones was hardly on hia feet before he expressed the "depior- able state of things" by saying that there was evidence in the hands of the Law and Order League that "po- iicemen" had been drinking at the tigers of the city.
 Mir. Jones said that-what is needed in Montgomery to secure the enforce ment of the law was manhood and not sentiment. He expressed the belief that there is plenty of sentiment but too little manhood. He said that one reason the officials will not enforce the law is that there are no men behind them.
 At the close of his very brief talk. the young evangelist read of some short sentences embracing resolutions that 1t was the sense of the mass meet ing that "all laws should be enforced. that the prohibition law should be en- forced. that we want 1t enforced. that # must be enforced and that we will see 1t enforced"
 Practically all present stood in ap- proval of the resolutions. Then came the collection for funds with which the light for enforcement is to he made. About ten men subscribed $50 apiece, several gave 225, many s10 and many &BA Then a hat collection was taken, thus realizing a goodly sum.
 The meeting adjourned sine die at about o'clock,