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SATURDAY. JULY M. Wt. ' THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE COMMENDS THE GEORGIAN HELP THAT WILL COUNT. I have read with profound satisfac tion the numerous editorials In your distinguished paper, in the Interest of prohibition, and can not longer refrain from expressing to you the humble gratitude of my heart for the stand you are taking In this great measure, which Is of such vital concern at this time. Thank Ood for an editor and publisher that are bold and brave enough to stand for the right, for/peace, for sup pression of crime, for God, for home end native land, and may The Georgian tive on till it has seen right triumph over wrong, and this evil wiped from the record of the grand good state of Georgia. Thank God for representa tives true and brave enough to stand for the right, regardless of. powerful opposition. Rest doubly assured the Christians are with you and you are With God In this great fight. And may the God who hears the piteous cries of the suffering add strength to the cause until It shall ultimately result In an overwhelming victory. I shall try to help you with my fee ble prayers and with my Influence to Attain the highest paid circulation of Any dally published. I shall ever be a subscriber to The Georgian as long as your flag Is hoisted and your banner streaming and your policy right, re- S ardless of consequences. May God less The Georgian and its worthy tprce, is my prayer. Youra tor state wide prohibition and the right. * J. ELBERT O’QITINN. Alma, Ga. tolerateTno DELAY. To the Editor of The Georgian: The Georgian and News, the most praiseworthy of all dally papers, has again made another noble declaration— “Let the legislature do It now." Pro crastination is the thief of time and If the whisky men can get them to steal ing time it will give Me liquor men that much more time to try to buy up some more of our representatives. The peo ple of Georgia know that If the prohibi tion bill Is defeated It will be a sell-out game. I do hope the memners of our senate and legislature who favor the prohibi tion bill will make all possible haste to pass it. They know the great mass of the people want It. The Georgian and News Is right in urging all possible •peed, and the people are with The Georgian. C. B. RROGDON. THE DIABOLI8M OF PREDATORY WEALTH. To the Editor of The Georgian: Centralised wealth Is the i*rent of pol lution nnd the forerunner of oligarchy. The word* of Edmund llurke will con tinue to echo udown the aisles of time— those word* uttored In Ills ‘•Conclilntlon with the American Colonies,’* vis.: “80- det.v, In order to exist, must have a con trolling power placed upon will nnd none- tlte; and the less of It there is within, the most there must lie without." His problems so Insistent for solution. The iiroiier solution to these teeming snd Ti tanic problems means no less than the per- pci ill tv of the republic. Let us, therefore, revere the nobility of antiquity-coronal the nnst with the poppy chaplet of love and fruity for the good it 1ms given us, It legatees, yet ought we to remember th< pubice of promise l« still beyond; let us iimreu townrd the mansion of fnllllhiicnt. f,ef 11 supreme purpose preside over the very citadel of life. In the appalling rush for riches, too ninny are Inclined to lend their sympathy to the "Interests," Hut GREATER ATLANTA AND PROHIBITION By HON. ALVAN D. FREEMAN. And some have actually had ing in Atlanta, and it waa proposed not to press the matter of extending the city limits so as to create what is termed "Greater Atlanta” until after the legislature adjourns and it Is known what that body does with the liquor traffic. And Mr. DeGIve will not convert his $300,000 Into a great building if this legislation Is had. In a few days this body will pass the bill and Governor Smith will ap prove, and these gentlemen can go on, creating "Greater Atlanta,” and Mr. DeGIve can go on nnd build, Just os If they had not attempted to defeat needed legislation by such shallow pretenses. How these men could have imagined for one moment that such proposals could In the least have Influenced the vote of one member of the house or senate Is beyond comprehension. It will require logic and reason, based on facts, to Influence their action, for they are men of backbone nnd deter mination and of sterling character. Doubtless they laugh at such proposals. It Is really a reflection on their Intel ligence to suppose that they can thus be swerved from the discharge of their solemn obligations to the state. fs there anything In the statement that to make Atlanta "Greater Atlan ta" It Is necessary to get revenue from the sale of liquor? The burden of proof Is upon the one who so claims to show that there possibly can be any permanent profit derived from that business which Is under the ban In every enlightened nation. It Is pro nounced dangerous by the enormous taxes exacted from It. and the restric tions thrown around It. There can 10 profits to the general public in How wJJJ nny one be hurt if At lanta Is not legislated Into "Greater Atlanta?" And who will It benefit? The extension of the city limits will not bring any more wealth and pop ulation or build more shops and facto ries than are now In Atlanta and In the outlying territory proposed to be taken In. Everybody knows that a new census will be taken In 1910, and the people having the thing In charge are getting ready for it. The people are proud of Atlanta, but they feel that Atlanta should remain crime ever perpetrated upon a nation. The pages of history are blackened With the recital of this enormous crime, and the record stands as a bea con light warning us against similar acts, the liquor trAffic. In 1898 Newman, Georgia, was re ceiving $5,000 per annum for two quart shops. An election under the local option law' was ordered and efforts were made by some to keep these shops. And a great deal of wealth was on that side. One party insisted that the city would be ruined if she lost this $5,000, w'hlle on the other hand. It was claimed that the merchants In legitimate trades paid this money In the failure to sell as many goods and to collect for what they did sell, because so many of their customers could not pay for family and fancy groceries and tor liquor, too. One of her aldermen was a merchant and could not see how the city could do without this money. He admitted that It was wrong, but claimed that we were driven to the necessity of taking this money. Prohibition won, and dur ing the first month after the Iaw^went Into operation he took In, in cash, $95 more than he had ever taken in In any month in the thirteen years of his mercantile business life. This sum continued to Increase till It reached some $300 per month. So he was fully Satisfied that he and the other mer chants of the city had lost mpre than the $5,000 by reason of these two shops. Here was u conclusive demon stration that money spent for liquors, when they cannot be conveniently had, goes to bulb! up all other lines of trade. During the last nine years Newnan has had Increased and ever increasing prosperity. We cannot furnish houses for all the. people who come here to live. During these years Newnan never did enjoy such material growth. Then she had- only two bunks; now there are four. In 1905 we built for cash a court house, beautiful to behold, •Ht of some $72,000. Last year several fine residences were erected and also one oil mill and two factories at a cost .of $600,000. What Is true of Newnan and the other smaller cities In Georgia would be true o( Atlanta and the other large cities. Prohibition never had a fair chance in Atlanta In 1885-86, for reason that thero was a systematic effort made she Is today, If to make her greater to break the law down preparatory to iorror. ARNOLD II. HALL F»:OM THE COUNTY OF GRADY. My heart swells with pride to know that we have one great dally In the great city of Atlanta that has the back bone to declare openly nnd above ward for state prohibition. Tho great mass of the people of Georgia are rising up In their might and demanding Hie driv ing from our borders the accursed li quor traffic,' and I am proud to know that The Georgian Is to champion our cause. In my opinion, you will gain rather than lose by tho noble stand you ire taking, for.you are fighting for a noble cause and one that commands the support of everyone who Is a friend to morality and who desires to see wick edness put down and righteousness pre vail. We of the county named for our im mortal Grady are watching the fight with much interest, and may God give us the victory. Yours very truly, R. L. VAN LANDINGHAM. Cairo, Ga. FROM AN ADOPTED GEORGIAN. \V<- nre passing the summer months, us 1 you know, nt ouo of the most benu- perhnpi „ r , ^ _ , tlful of the more than one hundred lakes of Steuben county, In Hooslerdora, on the Michigan snd Ohio Hoes, where we hope some time to Iw joined by some of our R h charn«*ter of m has always, I knew It, appealed to my reason snd my letter nature. Hence, of course. It follows me here, and It Is my pleasure <0 circulate it among acquaintances. f uni F rompted to write this fetter uot beonuse am entitled by long years of active life In Georgia to claim a voice in the eon- duet of her affairs, but because, having married a wife from old Edgefield county, Routh Carolina. and having made some In vestments In the South, nud having adopt er) Georgia ns my home. It seems right to me 40 speak thus publicly my appreciation for the magnificent moral courage which has inspired The Georgian to take Its •mud on the side of right In this ques tion of the liquor traffic. My own mind has long Ihm*ii at rest upon this subject, but I have awaited with n good deni of Interest the position The Georgian should assume, for I have realised that It meant so much to the cause of temperance. I know that many of n»y most Intimate club frleuds frill he surprised to rend that I am In sympathy with your view* upon this ques tion. They know that 1 am not a teetotal er:. neither do I subscribe to all of Dr. R. s deductions, much as I admire him. nut 1 do lielleve in “the greatest good for the greatest numl*er,“ and If prohibition enn be made to prohibit the manufacture and sale of liquor In my adopted state, I shall Ih» only too glnd to accept the results for the' sake of the good which I know will follow to the multiplied thousands who nre cursed by the demon drink. I>o yon know that It I* such splendid patriotism as that Which breathes throughout your article of _ often met with In North. For the Democratic or Repaid!- i party to call ita primaries for the dls- . ither partv would have the moral courage to Invite the opposition represented by the combined Interests “ the distillers, the brewers, the wholesale and retail liquor dealers, and the bnnkers, merchants, lawyers, doctors—aye. in t preachers, too. who own atock In and reap dividends from thla delating traffic. I blush for the section of ray native land which Rave me birth, and can only think of her vaunted progress with acorn, as 1 behold Texas. Georgia. Kentucky, and other South ern at a tea taking gigantic strides toward the suppression of tne greatest evil that ever threatened the perpetuity of our na tion. I t*elleve It the duty of every reader of The Atlanta Georgian to stand by you In this grand contest, and may the I»eur Father “keep us Nteddfnst." ami give u« th»* victors'. Sincerely yours, CHARLES T. PAGE. 306 l'«iire DeLeon Avenue. Until September 1 at Ray, lud. ahe must be allowed to (leal in liquor. Euppone the general assembly enacts a law that requires all the license fees paid to sell In city and county to be paid Into the state treasury for the payment of pensions to old soldiers; what would you do? Would not that dampen your ardor? Buppnae they should pass a law so reducing the sum charged by any city that the poor man could buy the right to get rich out of It, then what? No, the whole purpose Is to let At lanta grow rich with moRey from the outside for which no value Is paid. Remember how Christian England, years ago, at tho mouth of the cannon, forced the opium trade upon China and thus made dopes of many of her peo ple. This was the second greatest another election in 1887. But let the law be general with no hope of a change till the legislature repeals the law and the people would adjust them selves to It, and In a few years men who now' oppose the law' would wonder how they could be so blind as to Ihlnk for one moment that this debauching and destructive traffic could be a wealth producer. The liquor houses will give place to other forms bt mer chandising and the money that sus tained the men and those dependents engaged In the liquor business would sustain them In other lines of trade. Who, then, could estimate the joy and happiness and plenty that would fill the hearts and homes of your peo ple? Newnan, Ga. IHMIMHHMIMMIHMIK A STORY AND ITS MORAL iocKioooaootK}»ooooooooooor; a 0 FROM NATIONAL BUREAU 0 OF PROHIBITION PRESS. 0 0 0 O Mr. F. L. Seely, Atlanta, Oa.: 0 0 Dear Sir—You certainly deserve 0 O the slncerest praise and heartiest 0 O commendation tor your brave edl- 0 O torlal stand taken Saturday, July O O 6. Tens of thousands, not only In 0 0 Georgia, but In America, will 0 0 thank God for your fearless es- 0 0 pousal of this great cause. The fj 0 battle against the liquor traffic is 0 rapidly becoming national In scope 0 0 and the day ot’flnal freedom from O 0 this legalised curse, we believe. Is 0 0 already dawning. , 0 O With best wishes for the sue- 0 0 cess of your splendid journal, we 0 0 are, Cordially yours, 0 0 - FRED D. L. SQUIRES, 0 0 Manager. 0 0 Chicago, III., July 11, 1907. 0 0 O 00000000000000000000000000 0 SAYS NO SUCH FIGHT 0 O EVER WAGED BEFORE. 0 0 0 0 Hon. John Temple Graves, At- 0 0 lanta, Ga.: 0 O Dear Mr. Graves—No syeh cam- 0 0 palgn against organized Iniquity 0 0 has ever been waged as the one 0 0 now In which The Georgian Is en- 0 0 gaged. Sufely God looks ahead 0 0 and "prepares for war In times of 0 O peace!" God grant that you may 0 0 have added yet many years to 0 0 your brave and glorious life; but » 0 If not, It Is enough to have lived 0 O ns you have these past ten dayB. O 0 Thousands of brave and true men 0 0 have lived long lives without ever 0 0 entering upon such an opportunl- O 0 ty or being equal to It when It 0 0 came. Benedlctiona upon you! 0 0 My love for you grows with each 0 0 day! C. A. RIDLEY, 0 0 Pastor First Baptlet Church. 0 0 Live Oak, Fla. O 0 O 00OO000000000O000O00OOO0O0 0 o O FROM THE EDITOR 0 0 OF THE MERCERIAN.«S 0 0 0 I rejoice In the noble and cour- 0 0 ageous stand taken by your splen- 0 0 did paper In the state prohibition 0 0 Issue, and congratulate you and 0 0'nll other workers upon the well- 0 0 deserved victory thus far achieved. 0 1 am proud of such a Journal, and 0 0 sincerely wish that It might be In 0 O the hands of all the students here 0 O as well as elsewhere. With cor- 0 % STIRRING ADVOCACY • OF ST A TE PR OHIBII ION By E. P. THORNTON. To tho Editor of The Georgian: There haM been a great deal said about the lnrge amount, or amounts, of money which liquor elements of the state have In hand to Influence legisla tion In regard to the prohibition bill. It Is a snd commentary on public senti ment that such a thing could even be tinted at, and yet It la sadly true that sometlmea men are found who*® Influ ence and vote can be purchased, and sometimes these are such as w'ould be least expected to sell out. Permit me to relate a true story which happened some years ago to my certain knowledge. It was In Louisiana during the time when the great fight was being made against the Loulalnna State Lottery In the legislature of that state, to drive It out forever. I had been In attendance on the Baptist state convention, and, returning therefrom, was sitting with a party of ministers and others In front of the hotel In Shreveport, talking. One of the party said to me: "What do you think of a popular preacher In one of the parishes of our state who has become very pop ular by reason of his work, allowing himself to be persuaded to run for the legislature?" I replied: "My observa tion has been that whenever a preacher left his ministerial work to engage In politics, he did neither himself, politics nor the cause of God any good. He Is not fitted for that sort of work." At once my questioner turned to a large, fine-looking minister sitting near me, and said: "Do you hear that?" I pro tested that 2 ought not to have been led Into the expression of opinion without knowing that It had personal applica tion to anyone present, but took occa* •Ion to emphasize what I had said, nnd pleaded with the brother In question not to yield to the solicitation of his friends. A year afterward I again visited the convention, and missed the familiar face of ^ the man whose friends had sought to make a legislator out of him, and sold to one of the brethren: "What has become of — ?" He replied. In substance: "Don’t you know the sad story concerning him? He allowed hltn- •elf to be persuaded to run for the leg islature and was triumphantly elected. The session he attended was the one In which the great lottery fight was made, and the poor fellow was tempted there with sums of money he had never seen or dreamed of, and he fell. When he returned to his home he gave evidences of being easy financially, but the people utterly repudiated him. They avoided him aa they would a man who had leprosy, and the effect of his ostracism was ao terrible «»n him that, great, strong man though he was, he actually withered away, until his cJothe* hung unon him like bags; and In less than ft year he died, despised and forsaken." I had heard It rumored that members of our legislature are being tempted by a power as rich and fully ns evil (If not more so) ns the Louisiana Lottery ever dreamed of being. But the good people of the state believe In their representa tives and arei not expecting one single one of them to yield to the solicitations of the evil ones that shall seek their ruin. T. P. BELL. Editor The Christian Index Atlanta, Ga. O dial good wishes, • 0 0 Yours sincerely. 0 0 JOSEPH E. ‘FULTON. 0 0, Macon, Ga. 0 0 O OOOO GOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Dg 0 COURAGEOUS DAILY PAPER. 0 0 0 0 (Wesleyan Christian Advocate.) 0 0 The Georgian and News, of this 0 O city, one of the strongest dally O O papers in the state, has come out 0 O flat-footed for state prohibition. 0 O The Georgian has from Its foun- 0 O datlon refused to carry liquor ads, O 0 and now ns a matter of principle O O nnd of patriotism it espouses the O 0 cause of the people of this atate 0 0 against that gigantic evil—the 11a- 0 0 or traffic. Of course, the friends 0 0 of the liquor buatnesa will do their 0 0 utmost to make The Georgian suf- 0 0 fer for its • courageous stand for 0 0 righteousness. They give no quar- 0 0 ter to anything, or anybody that 0 0 opposes the liquor traffic. Is It 0 O then asking too much, when we 0 0 urge the temperance people to 0 0 stand by the only dally paper in 0 0 the state that proposes to stand 0 0 by them and their Interests? Con- 0 0 granilatlons to the fearless, un- 0 0 purchasable makers of The At- 0 0 lnnta Georgian and News. 0 0 0 60000000000000000000000000 O REPRESENTATIVE 8TUBBS O O PLEDGES HIS SUPPORT. 0 0 r— O O F. L. Seely, Publisher The Geor- 0 O ginn, Atlanta, Ga.: 0 O Permit me to express my nd- O O miration of the splendidly brave 0 O stand you and The Georgian nre 0 O taking on the prohibition ques- 0 O tlon. To have a great newspaper 0 O battling with us for the right O O makes us doubly sure of victory. 0 O And that great majority of Geor- O 0 glans who are opposed to the II- 0 0 quor traffic . wfll surely be toq 0 O grateful for your help to let y( ur 0 O business suffer- because of this O 0 fight. For myself, as a member A 0 0 the legislature, I shall vote for tho 0 1 O prohibition law, and as a friend of 0 0 The Georgian. 1 hereby pledge O 0 myself to do all in my power to 0 O Increase Its circulation among my O 0 friends and acquaintances, and to 0 0 give what assistance I can toward 0 0 getting other business. 0 O With the heartiest of good 0 0 wishes for the prosperity of yjur- 0 fi self and The Georgian. I am, 0 To the Editor of The Georgian: I have noted with interest the argu ments for and against prohibition in the different papers of your city, and I am proud of the fact that we have one daily in the city of Atlanta that has the moral courage to stand up and speak Its convictions on this all-important question. Pure whisky, judiciously used, for the right purpose, Is-not to be condemned, but the fiery liquid concoctions sold by the whisky dealers of this day, for the unrighteous purpose of securing money and damning men’s souls, is the greatest curse of the age, and it Is one of the most formidable adversaries with which a respectable, moral citizen has to con tend. Whisky, as we find it, has no legal nor moral right to exist, and everything that can tie said to the con trary only serves to strengthen the prohibition side of this question. One of the leading newspapers of your city would have us believe that to do away 1th the liquor traffic in the state of Georgia would virtually mean to cut off $500,000 from the state's treasury, which deficit, under our present laws regulating the rate of taxation, could not otherwise be raised, and in conse quence of such legislation, our free schools, charitable institutions, pension ers, etc., wrould suffer an Irreparable loss, for appropriations for these Insti tutions would be considerably reduced —If not entirely cut off. In reply to this, I will say that If our free schools and pensioners are in the least dependent upon the money that comes out of the pockets of the unfor tunate liquor slaves for their support, I would say, abolish them at once; for, like a church that is sustained by church fairs and gambling devices, they are an abomination in the sight of God. But such statements are misleading and were devised for that purpose. Any body with a grain of sense knows that if the volume of money that is spent annually for whisky was turned into the legitimate channels of trade and spent for the necessities and comforts of life, w'here it properly belongs, we would, as a people, be better off finan cially, morally and physically, and the question of raising taxes would, In com parison, be a small item. The God fearing, law'-ablding, peace-loving citi zens of this state would be only too glad to have their taxes raised In order to have this liquor evil abolished. There Is not a merchant who would object to paying an occupation tax. and not a respectable male citizen who stands for morality, law' and order that would ob ject to having his poll tax doubled In order to rid the state of this vile and cursed stuff, with the train of attend ant evils that proceeds therefrom. And it strikes me as being a reflec tion on the brains and the talent that represent us In the senate and legisla ture to say that ways and means can not be provided for the raising of this tax.. One of Atlanta’s noted criminal lawyers calls the contemplated legisla tion a rash, hasty and ill-advised measure, nnd the advocates of this re form extremists and sentimentalists. and he says that the fanatics and hys terical women are the ones who want this law' thrust upon us. We didn’t expect him to say anything else. If I am employed by the devil on a fat sal ary, I am supposed to do as the devil directs; otherwise, I lose my job. It is true that a great many women who represent the moral side of this Issue and whose husbands and sons are drunkards, are the unfortunate, hys terical victims to whom he refers, and what remedy has he to offer to palliate their suffering? He says perpetuato the liquor traffic. We say stop it at all hazards. Paul says by the foolishness preaching, men are saved. If by the foolishness of fanatics, moral reforms are brought about, we say give us more fanatics. So far as the contem plated law being drastic and revoiu tlonary Is concerned, we only cite you to the moral condition of the counties ol Georgia now as compared with their moral condition when whisky w'as rold. The Intention of the law, as any sane man knows, is not to circumscribe the moral, religious or political rights of any one, but simply to restrain men whose minds and appetites run in this channel, that we may have peace and happiness, so far as In our fallen con dition it is possible for us to have them. We don't claim that a prohibition bill will entirely prohibit. Neither do our laws against theft and murder prevent thieves and murderers, but do away with our laws, and see where we would be. All honor to the men who, by their lives, are trying to make the world better. We can never hope to attain to perfection under our human laws. Not until Christ’s kingdom, the king dom for which we are taught to pray, has been established upon earth may wo expect perfection. "Then shall every knee bow and every tongue shall confess his name, and the knowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth as the waters cover the sea." Then we will not say to our neighbor, "Know ye the Lord? for they shall all know the Lord even from the smallest to tho greatest." Then, says He,."will I make of thine enemies thy foot-stool.” Then will be fulfilled the statement, "Judg ment will I lay to the line, and right eousness to the plummet. And the hall (righteous Judgment) shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters (truth) shall overflow the hiding place, nnd every hidden thing shall’ be re vealed—Isa. 28: 17, Matt. 10: 26. God speed the day when this shall be. In addition to what I have written here in reference to the liquor traffic, I would also like to state that I am personally acquainted with the Hon. L. G. Hardman, one of the authors of this prohibition bill. He Is a success from every standpoint as a physician, financier, moralist and statesman, and if there is a man who stands higher in the estimation of the people of north- cast Georgia than tho gentleman In question, I would like to know who he la. Yours truly, E. P. THORNTON. Palmetto, Ga. SOME TIMEL V ARGUMENTS FOR STATE PROHIBITION To the Editor of The Georgian: It Is argued that prohibition will paralyse business Is It not a fact that sound business principles, moral ity, religion, all demand prohibition? It will paralyze the whisky man’s busi ness and the Income of a few who get high rents. The facts are that no busi ness man wants a clerk that drinks— no contractor, no telephone, telegraph, electric light, street car company or railroad wants men that, drink. No insurance company wants them; no church wants them. Why? The risk is too great; the value of property and human life Is at stake, and besides the wrecks, loss of property and life, the various companies have to pay heavy damage suits. The bankers are urotestlng. They handle, it Is said, about $2,000,000 a year of the saloon men’s money—quite an Item—they do not wish to lose IL No objection can be raised, but If you inspect the source you will find It af fects their personal Interest. Many argue that the representatives from dry counties and cltlsens from the same should "hands off” and let Fulton, Bibb and other wet counties alone, and not try to force prohibition, because their counties have it dry. Under local option this would be true, but this Is a state issue—a democratic right every one Intesested wishes to exer cise. Yours sincerely, J. B. STUBBS. Ochlocknee, Ga. 000000O000000000000000000O Hon. Clark Howell and Hon. Hoke Smith were both candidates for gov ernor of the state, nnd both were citi zens of Fulton county, hut each felt the entire state should be heard from, as all were interested. Such Is the case now for state prohibition. If $2,000,000 Is spent for whisky and beer In Fulton county, from whence does It come, and ts there not ns much or more Interest from that source that tie* serves consideration ns compared to the whisky men and a few property holders? Money now spent with sa loon men will go to merchants and home sellers. It’s a question worthy of earnest thought. If the city or coun ty or state gets $1 from the whisky license, how much does it cost for po lice protection and punishment of crime, loss of wages, etc.? Ex-Governor Terrell’s former hack driver was killed last Saturday night in a barroom on Decatur street. What will it cost In money to the city, coun ty and state to punish the man who did it? Is It not a fact that the outgo I® malntalti order, caro for prisoner*, i txrct'i'itiiins to vnur naner In Its stand the punishment of crime, corruption»r" , 10 ” ;? > U T J 118 Bia “ a and Is far more than the income? It'a}* 01 * and God bless >ou In only a qupxtt.in of getting revenue at | everything you do so Ion* aa you aflvo. a greater l<w» than otherwise. The I cate prohibition. I’rnlre God for the state la not responsible for Governor [second “large" moral dally In the South. Smith’s program which he planned to j LKE ROY HENRY, carry out when whisky was being Mid. I Secretary and Treasurer Prohibition He can make a good guvernor even if | Party t’ounty Club. It la not gold. It H. J. Asheville, X. C. FROM A WARRENTON PASTOR. Let me thank you for your outapoken nnd courageous position In the present campaign for state prohibition. Today at a dining where there was a number present, your edltprta! on the' liquor question was discussed, and I got the promise of some to stand by you in subscribing to your valuable paper. This county Is almost unanimously for state prohibition. Yours sincerely, CHARLES H. BRANCH, Pastor of M. E. Church, South. Warrenton, Ga. WILL PROVFA BENEFIT. I hope you are very hopeful, and. If not already, will soon be able to know for n certainty that we are to have the state go dry. There la .hardly ever a word of truth In anything the whisky folks say about Injuring the business of the city. It will benefit It a great deal. It Is the cause of nearly all of the crime in the state, and the crime of the Atate costa more than the Income of the state. I am praying for the over, throw of thla, one of the greateat ene mies, of our country. Youra truly. WILLIAM J. WATERS. Sylvanla. Ga. • FROM ASHEVILLE, N. C. In- behalf of the County Club and the committee, 1 wlah to send our ap- THE REMEDY FOR THE JUG TRADE By J. L. D. HILLYER. A Mate prohibition law calls for a sup-1 as "commerce" which Is dangerous to pub- plcmental law to protect the state ngnlust ‘ the Importation of lutoxlcatlng liquors. Why have we been unable an nfitt jug law that the supreme court of the United States will not (leclurfc to he tin- constitutional oh to Interstate traffic? Why Is it that wo hear so constantly that you muy prohibit the Jug trude from points within the state, but not from points out side of the state? There are two reasons for this condition of things: The first Is that tho coustltntlon of the United States lodges with congress the power to regulate Interstate commerce, and takes that pow er awuy from tho states. The second ts tbnt cominou carriers, such as the express companies, nre obliged to receive and trans port all movable goods and chattels that arc delivered to tnem for transportation, rided they come transported lit * * *- Kemura. ....... certain county In that stnte. A liquor seller In Cincinnati gets an order from that county for a Jug of liquor. It Is delivered to the express company in Cincinnati, nnd in turn brought into the dry county In Kentucky; a case Is made against the express compnny for bringing It Into the prohibiting territory. The supreme court holds that the commod ity is transportable goods, properly packed, He health and safety. If congress can’not do this by statutory enactment, the au- preme court certainly can not use the prln- Iplos of common law to enlarge the power of Interstate commerce so ns to defeat a stnte In the mnungeiuent of Its own af- lnlrs, nnd the protection of Its people from dnugerous commodities. But I am met nt this point by the state ment that the supreme court has done just that thing. Thla statement 1 deuy. The supreme court has beeu repeatedly called upon to prevent Interstate traffic as to li quors between dry states and liquor states, but the plea has always been the plea or "state’s rights," nnd it lias always been met by the answer that the states surrendered their control of Interstate commerce to con gress. The idea has not been made that In toxicating liquors nre ns dangerous to hu man health ns car loads of fruit from fever- infested districts would be. It has not been urged that the states have declared that In toxicating liquors are dangerous nud de structive to nun ... - ... and safety, nud . for these reasons, t mbit in I of commerce, nnd arc not entitled to any of the rights, protection or Im munities that Indoug to articles of com merce. The courts have not been asked to rule that prohibited goods nro not com merce; nor that guilds prohibited for the reason <#f their Itdierenf dangerous charac ter lu * ' * curs, and that, tneremre, me express «««u- tl , r ...... nrtlrles „f inter. panv iB f , t n Sro*ITtbe*stata between that ami neighbor- state of Kentucky tan^ not « r «»» tUe stat* j, Ktj|t( , s _ | t, e j|eve that when the courts «.re confronted Id send them dock, msinierc or destroy in, as the nature of the goods might Hand, and Interstate commerce had uoth- to do with It. Under the new -pure state has no power In Its own prohibition law to prevent the Interstate commerce In U The%orego!«g is a brief, but, I trust, perfectly clear statement of the constitu tional status of this question at present. The complete relief from the rule lab! down by the supreme court Is to be found lu denying that prohibited liquor Is “goods" In the meaning of the constitution of the United States. A few weeks ago, the United States niitliorltle* confiscated a lot of stuff belonging to the Honduras Lot tery Uompnny. Why? Because its unlaw ful, forhludpu nml dangerous nature made It contraband of commerce. During a yellow fever epidemic in Louis iana a few yenra ago, south Georgia quar antined against New Orleans. No goods could l«e shipped from New Orleans Into south Georgia. The quarantine officials could seud them back, disinfect or destn.’? them, J demand jug to — —— . . food" laws, suppose an express comnnuy is called on to transport a lot of decayed inent or vegetables. Are they ‘‘KOV 4 !*” * D the contemplation of the law t Could such I shipment .•ollMH rl»nr*»« at the place at dentluutlTO) nf course not. The eipre,» company has the unquestionable right to re fuse such a consignment, notwithstanding the interstate commerce law, nnd notwith standing its obligations n* s*common car rier. It refuses to receive such a consign ment laVnuse It Is hot “goons; It Is con demned. unsalable, contraband stuff, made so by the law of the land. Now. suppose that the people of Georgia enact that l»an- attas shipped from New Orleans while yel low fever is raging In New Orleans shall not la» sold or transported Into Georgia ter ritory? Will the United States supreme court hold that Georgia has no right to pro tect herself against Be shipment of things Into the state that are Inherently dangerous to public health nnd life? Burely not. lu his speech before the Yale law class the other day, Senator anil ex-Attorney General Knox, in pointing out what control con gress hss over the states, distinctly declared Tref»s has no right to “lay an ar- ntbnrgo vifMin lawfully produced. harmless products of a stnte. nor the right to defeat the policy of a state as to Its own Internal affairs." i In another place. Mr. Knox says: “Congress muy likewise prevent the •ar teries of interstate commerce from l»elng employed ns carriers for articles bartfnl to the public health, safety or morals." Theje statements arc quoted front this very high authority beennse they nre nt haud. but ally the principle Mated ts elementary; err student of American common law la familiar with them. Tben. lt Is true that while congress has the control of Interstate commerce, coo- gross can not force upon a state anytblug 8. C, L. It. A. 363: “Liquor in Us nature the issue suggested here hlhfted the sale of. liquor within Its fmrv ders. The reason why this question has not been made Is a natural one. For forty-five years the government has been In co-partnership with the liquor men. Two generations of people have growu up with tho Idea thnt liquors nre a big part of commerce when they have bsen prohibited from sale, the the business long since censed to lie proper ty. The only reason why Intoxlcatlug drinks have not been treated the same way has lieeu because of overpowerlug Influence exerted by the liquor trade on commerce and on the government itself. And I mean all—federal, state and municipal govern ments. The supreme court of the United .Stntes ifflciently desert lied Intoxicating Islatnre to pass n law to the effect thnt m commodity excluded from sale because o. Its hurtful character shnlt thereafter be regarded ns property lu Georgia. Then ■s hanc money for such commodify could rted, nor nny'traiispo-*'" , coin nc neat In 11 for I thereto. A law like that would completely block the C. O. D. business lu liquor*. Then It could go further, and make ft n misdemeanor for any person to trnnsiiort any contraband goods Into prohibiting ter ritory. Such a law might tie attacked before the courts, hut since the principle Ih well set tled thnt Interstate commerce will not In flict dangerous commodities upon stntes thnt might suffer from them, nud the fur ther fact that Intoxicating liquors are dan gerous. It Is practically certatu that the courts would recognise the (tower of tho states to exclude such dangerous comniodi- .... MHBL- measure of the broadest wisdom for our legislature to enact law* making nil commodities that nre prohibited liecatisc of their unwholesome, unfit and dangerous character to Ih* no longer proper ty under the law. And then go to the Fed eral court stid defend it. I lielleve thnt they would imnietllately hold that such things do not come witbln the rule of in terstate commerce. It has lieen repeatedly held fas quoted hy Judge Altuinn. in the late Indiana if cense onset thnt to sell Intoxicating liquors at retail Is not n natural right to pursne sn ordinary calling. Hunting also the case of The State ex. rs). George vs* Akin, FROM CLINTON, MISS. I am with you In your light aeain.. whisky. Should you ev»r print if \y Grady a speech on- the saloon please let me have a copy and Iii mtt price. Very truly yours Clinton, Ml... ™ MORAL AND MATERIAL The man and the hour met T vvh<. E r, S J 0 ®.' gave your mighty pen and portion 7* the most Btupendou. question that oa presses the heaving chest of our com r*. ? waa a brightness that lighted up across Georgia’, rest!. I moral and material slty. i 8ay mater? because all statistic, or real evldehc, show- material ns well as moral g££ in prohibition. m In the eternal fitness .of thing. ■» i, good to know that our material aa our essential Interests are not at n “ purposes; that truth Is eternal; that all alcoholics are as bad for man's l,.,,h . for his manhood. Mr. Seely, you will’live In the heart, of your countrymen. Truly ... . „ E. C. CARTLEDCE. Atlanta, Ga WILL STAND bTthe GEORGIAN I stopped all my other papers nni took only The Georgian for thru months, and am still taking it. since The Georgian has come out fcoldlv a n ,i defiantly on the prohibition question if -she will stay there and die there I win throw my little fortune In with Vi a r to Influence, and my poor help and etay with her and die with her i ,an stand John Temple Graves’ stand on Roosevelt- and the r.egro questions if The Georgian will only stand bv 'tho poor women and the true men nt (hi, state and help us rid Georgia nf thi, hell,of a liquor traffic. We are having a liquor fight In thi, county now, and I went out into ta. county and spoke to three largo ci last Sunday. I carried The Georgian with me and held it up in the pulpit and asked everybody to take ii etand by it. X will do what I can to Increase Its circulation. I wish I had ae hundred copies of last Satu ' rue to give away In our prohibition campaign. We are going to vote Stewart county dry the fc.th of this month. Yours truly. W. D. M'GREGOR, Lumpkin, Ga, LOCAL OPTION AGAINST STATE WIDE PROHIBITION To the Editor of The Georgian: Local option Is that policy which se. cures to the voters of the several minor political divisions of the Mat* the right-to express at the ball it hot their individual views concerning: the adoptloh, or rejection, of possible legfs. lation affecting their Interests, the territory In which it Is operative b^lng always co,-extensive with the Interests Involved. When a question rises to the dignity of a state issue—that Is, an Issue which Involves the Interests of the whole state—the Democratic party has uni formly disposed of such questions by legislative enactment. . Local option, as a means *»f dealing successfully with the liquor question, has proven Inadequate In Georgia, for the reason, inherent in Its nature, that Its application cannot be made broad enough to t>ut into practical effe«*; th# declared will of the people. Additional legislation Is admitted to be necessary (and now actually promised bv advi cates of local option), but none can U had so effective as absolute state pr hlbltlon. Its adoption W'ould deprive i subdivision of the state of any right which it might secure under local tlon, the exercise of which would be hurtful to other sections «f state. Local option, then, rui an argument against state prohibition seems tu the writer a mere subterfuge. No doubt that some who have given to the matter but superficial thought, or who have honestly in the past ad vocated local option as the bes. mean* of procuring prohibition in any f-»rm. are sincere in their advocacy of it is against state prohibition, but the wst majority of them the writer fears are for local option only as a means t » de feat temperance reform. . Who compose this vast majority? Certainly every liquor dealer in Geor gia; overy antl-prohlbltionist in tin state, and every'Other man who per mits his financial Interest to control hit moral action, and who conceive that Interest to be subserved by a share m the profits (revenue or otherwise) ari»- ing from the liquor traffic. In 1885 all of these opposed the gen eral local option act, as bitterly as they now oppose state prohibition, in ©very county where, under that act, elections have been hold, they h ive op. (•osed prohibition; and when adopted by any community, have done all in their power to render its effects nuga tory; and have bitterly fought in the courts every effort to enforce any law which Interfered with their pun; 1 * J flooding dry countieL with intoxicants. In 1896-’07 the state prohibition bill then pending before the legislature met from this some type of h" a ‘ 'JP* tlonists this same opposition founded upon the samo objections, to-ivii: tmt local option was the declared i lay of the Democratic patty and the tin* nnd wise solution of the liquor prob lem. During the same session a bill was Introduced and passed, the pur pose of which was to make m-'re ef fective the statute prohibiting th** u* quor dealers In "wet counties" from so liciting sales of Intoxicants in 'dry counties;” and this was ns fought by a majority of these pint.-na- cu advocates of local option as was state prohibition law. f The records of Georgia are like Instances, that the average Gtwa Is driven tq the conclusion that tm>s* who are now persistently urging , K '‘“ option as ngainst state prohibition ar tl-prohlbitionlsts at heart. LnGrange, Ga. W. W. TURNER- vi t h t£»*‘ nnd sufoty of the people, placed on the same footing nlnary commodities of life, wheat, cotton, potatoes, etc. j" , . quotation from a state court, but tne « States supreme court In the or** pr vs. Christenson, 137 U. 8. 386. nti« In* In vs. Adams 192 U, 8. 1 *»■ there Is no Inherent tight lu '• sell Intoxicating liquors at rrta.i. tensou’wbV It is not Is the reason e the quotation from the South t area namely: Thnt Intoxicating , herently dangerous to the wellm l ( people. This doctrine I» still declared In Mugler vs. Kansas 123. I • These citations nre a part S lven by Judge Pitnitiel It. Alt*’-; 1 ectslon recently rendered by nit.- constitutional power of the ef tf- ' the Itqnor business. They fully •• contention that the injurioo* 3,! ' ous character of Intoxicating fully reeogulzed by the l ntted preme court, nnd that our staiue to provide for excluding them * state because of their dancer'*, 1 ter, and to make the rontejit , .. f | state perfectly clear „ Hacb good* as nre prohibited frpn* cause of their dangerous charm r • trnbnnd nnd not property. ^ „ To nty mind there Is n ****,, , . tlon to the “.intl-Jug' law . n °?, .. 1 eg J-Ini u re, and It Is found In »n« ‘ , , contrary to nil that has been *au “ . statute. It recognise* the ' tlon of liquor, notwithstanding l ed from commerce because It »* *■