The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-13
DRY FORCES READY
 FOR FIGHT F THE
 LAWS ARE ATTACKED
Plans Made Yesterday for Financing the Campaign to the Extent
 Necessary

'The cause of prohibition will be firmly maintained in Alabama. We are fighting in the trenches in it's behalf. But there are no barbed wire entanglements in front of our strongholds and if the liquor forces want to make an attack on our position they will find us req iy for the conflict"
 That was the sense of the meeting of the board of trustees of the Alabama Anti-Saloon league, at the annual meet ing held here yesterday afternoon at 30 o clock at the Y. M. c. A. building. The prohibitionists are not seeking any fight, they declared, but any attempt to over throw the present status in the state and to repeal the dry laws of Alabama will meet with the most stubbo orn resistance of which the dry forces are capable of offering.
 Dr. w. B. Crumpton, president of the league since it's formation, who was pre- vented from attending because of the marriage of his daughter in Montgomery, sent in his resignation, but the trustees declined to accept it. He was reelected to head the league for another year, as were all lHt OlllGI OlllCeIS, dS lollOWo. Dr. H. H. McNeilI of Dothan, first vice president; R. M. Goodall second vice president; F. F. Ballard, secretary; F. c. Ratliff, treasurer. All of the officers were made ex officio members of the headquarters committee, together with the following: pr. l.. c. Branscomb, George H. Estes, L. B. Musgrove of Jas per and Brooks Lawrence, superintendent.
 The Alabama Citizen, the official or gan of the league, of which Brooks Law renee is the editor. will be published weekly in the future instead of semi monthly, as has been the case for the past year or more
 l.. B. Musgrove was made chairman of the finance committee and plans were outlined for a systematic campaign to secure the money necessary for the oper- ation of the league and for the extension of the scope of the organization. which were outlined by MT. Lawrence. The em- ployment of three district superintend- ents to work under the direction of MT. Lawrence was one of the important fea- lures contemplated in the immediate fu- ture. A perfect organization of the state, county by county and beat by beat, is tc be perfected through the assistance os the three district superintendents.
 While no effort was made at the meet ing yesterday to raise any funds; R. M :. Goodall pledged $500 personally toward the support of the organization.
 The political situation and the coming campaigns were discussed informally, but no definite action was taken regarding the various candidates, announced and prospective. It was decided that the sit uation had not progressed sufficiently for any definite action on the part of the league. However the unqualified indorse- ment of the trustees was given to the announced plans of Superintendent Law renee and the headquarters committee to exert every influence at the command Of the league to keep the present prohi- bition laws from being changed or re- pealed. The details of the political poli- ces, as had been anticipated. were left entirely in the hands of Superintendent Lawrence and the members of the head quarters committee.
 Those present at the meeting yester- Blake, Dr. J. W. Johnson, F. F. Bal pr. J. M Broadly, Dr. l.. c. Brans- comb, W. H. Manly. pr. A. J. Dickin- son, Borden Burr, W. A.. Davis of An niston, the Rev. w. P. Dickinson of Flu faula, S. R. Boykin of Scale, Dr. H. IT. McNell of Dothan. J. H. Harris of Ope- lika Joseph Lambert of Orrville. l.. E. Musgrove of Jasper Judge R. l.. Blanton Of Haleyville and Brooks Lawrence.
 It was announced after the meeting that new board of trustees would be named at an early date and would be made public soon.