Prohibition Campaign Urged in Alabama County Fund Drive
A 1909 appeal requests voluntary contributions to support prohibition speakers traveling through Moulton and nearby towns. Albert Windham serves as treasurer, with Jourd White as chairman, urging nickels to dollars and signed from November 15 1909. The piece argues the Amendment must become organic law to keep prohibition strong and prevent saloons and a repeal drive.
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Prohibition
Moulton
Town Creek
Caddo
Albert
Windham
Ala
County Campaign Fund
Jourd White
Alabama
Lawrence County Campaign Committee for the Amendment
The Campaign Committee of Lawrence County appoints a chairman and lists gentlemen to advocate for the proposed Constitutional Amendment. They vow to oppose the Red Banner of Rum, promote morality and prohibition, and pray for sober men and wives, predicting a glorious victory at the polls on November 29.
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Lawrence County
Red Banner of Rum
God of Battles
Prohibition Resolutions Backed by Mountain Home District
A list of beat committeemen across towns is followed by a 1909 Mountain Home Sunday School Convention resolution set urging a constitutional amendment to drive whiskey from Alabama. The document, introduced by James W. Terry, calls for prayer, mobilized voting, and moral action to protect boys and girls, ending with signatures of Terry Moran and committee members.
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James W. Terry
Mountain Home
Terry
Alabama
Quinn Speaks in Tuscumbia on Constitutional Amendment
Rev. R. L. Quinn, advocate of a proposed constitutional amendment in Colbert county, spoke in Tuscumbia this morning. He reports large attentive crowds and much enthusiasm at his addresses in the western part of the county.
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R. L. Quinn
Colbert County
Tuscumbia
Prohibition Boosts Small Merchants and Labor
A survey of shopkeepers intervals in Smithville shows profits rising since prohibition. Proprietors credit steadier, larger purchases by families of workers and note saloons harmed grocery, dry goods, and furniture markets. Railroads and mills report improved efficiency and lower costs with liquor banned, reinforcing calls to end the saloon.
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