The log cabin Democrat., 1916-08-18
PROhi RALLY DAY SUNDAY, AUG. z EVERY CHURCH IN STATE Is Urged by Anti-SalOOn League to Hold Special Prohibition
 Services.

Hat Speclal pTOnlDltlOn SerVlceS be held in every church in Arkansas on Sunday, August 27 is urged by the state Anti-Saloon League in an ad- dress recently issued The statement, which also recites some of the cam paign plans for opposing the initiated liquor bill, is as follws:
 "To the Prohibitionists of Arkan- sas: The Anti-Saloon League of Ar kansas takes this means of announc- ing to you that on July 6, 1916, there was filed with the secretary of state a petition which has for it's object the repeal of our statewide prohibi- tlon law. The petition comprises more than 1S,000 names, which is 5000 more than is required to get the question of prohibition submitted to vote of the people at the No vember election.
 Almost immediately after the fil- ing of this petition the Anti-Saloon League began making a thorough in vestigation of it, with a view of as
 certaining how many of the names on this petition were legal voters and how many were forgeries or spurious. Our investigation, so far, leads us to believe that we can eliminate between five and six thousand of the names from this petition, but not quite enough to kill the petition. We be- lieve, therefore, that it is up to the people of Arkansas who favor prohi bition to launch a thorough state wide campaign which will bury the Whlskey traffic in Arkansas so deep that 1t will never be heard of again.
 Accordingly a local board of man agers was elected from the Anti Saloon League who will have charge of the fight against the return of the saloon. The nti-Saloon League has also been fortunate in securing the services of Dr. G. w. Young of Ken lucky, one of the old war horses of prohibition of the nation. He is an eX-confederate soldier and southern Methodist minister. Dr. Young has been in the fight to clear this nation of the liquor traffic for many years, and a more experienced or capable man could not have been secured for our special work in Arkansas. He will arrive in Little Rock about the 14th of August. All his work will be under the direction of the headquar- ters committee, dbove referred to.
 "In the meantime. the Anti Saloon League has set August 27, 1916, as prohibition day in Arkansas, with the most urgent request and appeal that every pastor and every Sunday school superintendent of all denominations in the state, will on that day rally the friends of prohibition in the vari- GUS churches, present the cause of prohibition in the strongest manner possible, take free-will cash offer ing for the immediate needs of the Anti-Saloon League in this campaign and effect local or county organiza- tions which will carry on the work from this time forward until Novem
 Der z, when the last ballot is counted. The Anti-Saloon League will under take to furnish the pastors and su- perintendents of Sunday schools with facts and figures and points of in formation which will make it easy for the cause of statewide prohibi- ton to be presented in an effective way. We believe that if all the churches and Sunday schools of Ar kansas will rally to our support. set aside anything which may be in the way on the 27th of August and put on a great prohibition service in all these places of wor"hip, it will mean that the whole state will be aroused and prepared for a successful cam paign. But if the churches and Sun day schools for any reason, do not fall in line and help us, we do not hesitate to say that our campaign IS crippled and crippled badly, and that we stand good show to lose in this great fight and to see Arkansas set back twenty-five years in her moral progress. The Anti-Saloon League needs and must have the CO., operation of the pastors and churches. No campaign speeches can take the place of the addresses made by the pastors and superintendents of Sun day schools on August 27. The Anti Saloon League is greatly in need of some ready cash and must have it in order to carry on this campaign. A voluntary cash offering by each church and Sunday school would give us immense relief and enable us to push the campaign with all possible vigor and each town and county must be organized to make this fight effect i've. Brother pastors and superin-