The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-10-15

our cause has been Erievously Rs- sailed in the last few days when. figuratively speaking, we were thrown out of the state fair under the order of It's president. R. A. Brown. when we were forbidden to distribute literature concerning pro- hibition and law enforcement, for which we went there.
 "we do not. we. cannot feel that tho state fair officials share the same attitude Mir. Brown holds.
 Tn the facs of this slap, however, our position is this:
 We arc attacked. but we are un- daunted. because we know our cause Is right; that tho enforcement of pro- hibitlon means lack of debauchery. And we feel that our hands must be will be upheld-by tho good people of our community
 Fighting against prohibition now shows disloyalty. since the govern ment has passed the measure"
 These were the summed-up senti- monts expressed at the called meet ing of the Jefferson county W. c. T. U. yesterday at state headquarters for the purpose of hearing the report of Mrs. J. M. Hankins, president of tho organization, concerning the fact that the ". c. T. U. was stopped from dis tributins literature at the fair; and for the purpose of finishing the years business of the association.
 Every union in tho entire county was represented, and every union di- rectly interested because tho state fair booth was conducted under the supervision of all the county units.
 Resolutions Passed
 Resolutions concerning law enforce ment were passed, and a sensational point was reached in Mrs. Hankins' report when she declared that "po- lice had remained in the booth dur ing Friday morning." Miss NJ. Alley, president of the West End union, re- lating that as she was going to the fair grounds Friday she heard & gen. tleman on the Ensley car say that Mir. R. A. Brown. president of the Fair association, had put two policemen to guard tho W. c. T. U. both to keep the women from distributing liter ature. When I got there" Miss Alley said. "there were six policemen in the booth. and up until noon two stayed In the booth.''
 Indignation was the note following Mrs Hankins' report, Mrs. J. P Moore. superintendent of the state medal contest; Mrs. l.. A. Daniel. state superintendent of anti-narcotics, also president of West End union, and Mrs. L. r. Harris. vice president of the county union, and who was presi- dent of the Central union during the fair. expressing themselves that the cause had been unjustly treated; that the ". c. T. U. had always gone to the state fair and distributed liter ature: that the attitude of MT. Brown. was a surprise and very unjust proceeding on the part of tho presi- dent of state fair association" Will Ask Space
 Considering these things, the ladies voted. as a body, that space would be asked for by them on the official program of the next state fair, as well as a booth for distributing their literature. Their idea, if granted a place on the official program, was to have a temperance ship in connec- tion with the Boy Scouts, who would also be asked officially to help carry out the program on Chlldren's Day. The plan declared:
 We would like to have the W. c. T. U. ship go up. Women W. c T. U. members would occupy a central ship and captains of the Boy Scouts. in other ships, would circle about this central airplane. All planes would be decorated with flags and appropriate temperance inscriptions. We would arrange that the boys would assemble on the hlppodrome platform, singing songs setting forth the idea of law enforcement. As the planesf would circle. all the school children in the grand stand would arise and sing America"
 Mrs. Hankins' report in detail con! | cerning the state fair matter follows. President's Report "As there is still discussion about tho Woman's Christian Temperance union booth at the state fair, I feel 1t incumbent upon me to make a full report of the circumstances to rep resentatives from all the unions of Jefferson county here assembled, especially as one of those unions did not take charge of it's booth upon it's day assigned, and therefore did not know in detail the obstacles met by the other unions.
 Last May the state superinten- dent of scientific instruction and I discussed work to be done to create public sentiment for law enforce I iiChts ~ ASSditCN III dCNiSlOH Dy the six W. c. T. U. unions of the county to have w. c. T. U. booth at the state fair. The purpose of this booth was to be threefold:
 Purposes
 q. To distribute temperance lit erature.
 "2. To have a rest room.
 "3. To sell light refreshments, like sandwiches, pies and cakes to make expenses. and if possible to make enough to conduct a prize essay con- test in the county and city schools, giving a bicycle for the best essay on some phase of law enforcement The prize idea in the public schools met with the hearty approval of both the county and city superintendents of education.
 At our Juno meeting. I was in- structed by you to make arrange ments for the fair booth The night after our meeting I called up MT. Dent. secretary of the state fair as- sociation. and stated accurately the three purposes of the booth we wanted-that we wanted, first, the educational booth to distribute tenn perance literature; that we wanted to decorate it prettily for a rest room: and that we wanted to sell pies and sandwiches to make expenses and do the temperance work in the public schools. I stated exactly where we would like to have the booth. Mir. Dent readily agreed to our plan. said the space we wanted would be $40.
 "The matter was dropped until three weeks before the fair opened.
 Space Secured
 "The matter was dropped until three weeks before the fair opened. Mrs. l.. F. Harris and I went to the grounds, when the secretary told us all space had been sold except that in front of his office. This we could