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—■ " 11 ,la ^' THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. 8ATUUDAT, AUGUST 17, 1907. DRY DAYS IN THE SOUTH By E DWARD LI8SNER, in Harper’. Week ly. OLITICIA.NS In the South have come to a realization that the prohibition movement in their region la one which must be taken with the utmost seriousness. The poll ttco-temperance crusade, with Its new life and energy, constitutes the most startling development In Southern poll, tics today. The advocates of compul sory abstinence are growing more pow erful day by day. The movement Is not so much against the consumption of whisky and other .alcoholic bev erages as against saloons, rum shops, bars, and the like. The average American Is In the habit of regarding Kentucky, Tennessee, the Carolina., and, In fact, most of the other Southern states, as distinguished fur the production and consumption of liquor. It Is interesting, in view of this, to have attention directed to the fact that In the state of Kentucky ninety out of one hundred and nine teen counties are "no license.” That is to say, in none of the ninety coun ties will be granted a license to sell liquor. The whole state of Tennessee is "dry,” save for the cities of Mem phis, Nashville and Chattanooga. In the “dry” districts no alcoholic bev erage may be bought—not even a Class of beer or claret with dinner. Cross-Roads Saloons. The state of Texas Is said to con tain ninety counties that have 'abol ished saloons. North Carolina, Mis sissippi, and other states of the South tell the same story. Anybody may have spirituous beverages sent to him In uny of the “dry" districts; but throughout these regions every saloon has been extirpated. One may travel up and down the rural parts of Ken tucky and Tennessee without finding one bar or cross-roads saloon such as may be found In profusion through out, say. New York, New Jersey, or Pennsylvania. It is only within the last few years that the new movement has become important. It developed in the same way In each state. - I,et us look at the history of the anti- saloon crusade In Kentucky nnd Ten nessee—Kentucky, In which the dis tilling of liquor is an important indus try, and Tennessee, where the fight Imlirnnn fhn "waU" nnrl tho “drVS" WAS Memphis is slated for one next winter. What the Effect Has Been. It is relevant to consider at this stage tvhat effect the abolition of the saloon has had on those communities which have voted no license. Foie it has al ways been the contention of those advocating prohibition that the, Issue Is not alone moral, but economic. The Anti-Saloon League has arrayed facts and figures to support Its claim that between the “wets" and the "drys" was a most bitter one. This was especially so over the passage of the so-called Adams law. Almost the entire state of Tennes sec has banished the saloon. The only exceptions are the large cities. Mem phis, Chattanooga and Nashville. The four Kentucky counties In which liq uor may generally be sold are Jeffer son, Meade, Kenton and Campbell. There arc dry precincts even in these. The question of license prior to June, 1906. was voted for by precinct In Kentucky, nnd there are several of the counties not entirely dry In which from one to five and six precincts allow sa loons. A new county unit law will tend to do away with the latter. Causes of No-Llcense Victories. The causes leading to the no-llcense victories are many and varied. Some are of a strictly local character, too much so to find space here. No doubt the agitations which havo been carried on by the temperance societies as well as by many of the clergy for years have played no minor part In the spread of the movement. Much of this senti ment was utilized by the Anti-Saloon League. Thnt organlzatlo'n was formed In 1893. It has since spread out until it now has branches in every state and terrltoi'y throughout the country. One special cause for the spread of the no- llcense movement in the South Is the great number of crimes committed by drunken negroes. As authority forthls proposition; reference Is made to Bon- fort s Wine and Spirit Circular of April 10. which declares; "There Is no doubt that the saloon as It Is conducted In the South, especially the saloon patron ized by negroes, is a menace to public order nnd decency.” That crimes of both races committed while under the Influence of liquor have helped along the no-llcense movement goes without saying. Two cases In point may illustrate this better. One, a murder In Logan county, Kentucky, In which four men were Implicated. The trial cost the tax-payers nearly *50,000. A shooting scrape In Bowling Green Just before last Christmas, which terrorized the whole town. Inspired a call for a local option election with the object, of course, of ridding the place of the saloons. Religious re vivals, of which there are plenty in the South, have also helped the no-llcense sentiment. Kentucky had a monster revival at Paducah last winter, and disappears. There Is the old-time the ory for this, of course, that In no- llcense towns the money which went for drink Is saved and eventually put to a better use. The liquor interests argue, of course, that all this depends upon whether the town Is really dry; that a man in Tennessee, for example, can spend more money for liquor if by reason of Utlng In a no-llcense town he Is obliged to patronize "the mail order houses" of Nashville and .buy whisky by the bottle than if he went into a saloon and bought a drink. By reason of this the liquor dealers de clare that more drunkenness exists. The fact should also be noted that throughout the South the largest and most Important cities, such os Louis ville, Memphis, Atlanta and others, are ’wet." The writer undertook In the course of his work to make a comparison in point of prosperity between the license and no-llcense sections. The task was found to be a most difficult one. In Tennessee the three largest and most Important cities retain the sa loon, while the .rest of the state is "dry." The "dry” districts Include such growing cities as Knoxville and Brownsville and rural communities jvhlch are being rapidly developed. 8ome Interesting Figures. The following comparison from The Knoxville Sentinel has been widely quoted by the Aptl-Saloon League, and is being circulated by that organiza tion as a campaign document; WITH SALOONS. (Criminal Record, Two Years, 1901-2.) Criminal costs *5,074.76 Jail record, one month. Feb ruary, 1903; commitments for public drunkenness .... Number cases, in criminal court, 2 years, 1901-2 236 City school , 7,000.00 Population, 1903, estimate .. 3,500 WITHOUT SALOONS. (Criminal Record, Two Years, 1904-5.) Criminal costs *2,076.21 Jail record, 3 years, 9 months, '1903-7; commitments for public drunkenness Number of cases 1904, two years 105 City school 8,500.00 Population 1906, estimate 6,000 In the Larger Cities. Kentucky as well as Tennessee pre sents the situation of the larger and more Important cities like Louisville and Frankfort still having the saloon. The Anti-Saloon League claims, how ever, that there can bo no question of the prosperity of a material sort of aU the "dry” territory as compared with the "wet” districts. The cities of Dan ville, Glasgow, Franklin and Mayfield have voted no license for twenty-five years. Glasgow, with a population of less than 3,000, has five banks in suc cessful operation. For the further pur pose of bringing out that the "dry" territory has prospered more than the “wet,” that from 1890 to 1900, three cities, two of them being Somerset and Elizabethtown. lost In population ac cording to the census reports. The two have voted dry since. As an Il lustration to show thnt banishing the saloon does not add additional burdens to the taxpayer through the reduction In revenue, the case of Hodgenvllle, near the farm on which Abraham Lin coln was born. Is cited. When the place voted dry, three years ago, the saloons were bringing In a revenue of *1,600 a year. The town was heavily in debt and had Just begun the construction of a fine sohool building. Hodgenvllle Is now out of debt, with a surplus In the treasury besides. Just how no li cense accomplished this we are not told.. The only solution Is that no It- ('on«o miiNt hnva nddad fit tha ra. 14 broadened until under what Is known as the present Adams law by popular vote a town or city now Incorporated may vote to surrender Its present charter and re-lncorporate under a charter pro hibiting saloons. One vote accom plishes this result. The Inception of the dry campaign In Kentucky Is hard to trace. Glasgow was probably the first dry town of any size. Various local option laws had been used, but up to June, 1906, only precinct local option was in effect In the state. That year the Interdenomi national Local Option Committee was organized by the anti-saloon element. Its first campaign was for local option by the counties instead of the precincts. This organization became the Ken tucky Antl-Sa!o6n League In 1905. No Longer Local Question. Prohibition Is ceasing to be a local question. It has taken on a’ political aspect in Kentucky, Tennessee and other Southern states, and the fact may also be recalled that It was due somewhat to the temperance Issue that Myron T. Herrick was defeated for re- election for governor of Ohio and the first Democrat choeen to that office since James E. Campbell defeated Jo seph Benson Foraker back In 1889/ The time, therefore, seems to be rapid ly approaching when both the Demo cratic and Republican parties will have to take their stand on the subject. It may not be In 1908, for the tariff and the trusts, economic problems that go to the means of our livelihood, natural ly overshadow the question of social order; but that 1912 or 1916 may see the Issue of prohibition or the limita tion of the safe of Intoxicating liquors as the subject of planks in the national platforms of both parties Is by no means Improbable. If the Democrats and Republicans In the states already named have been forced to see the ne cessity of the thing, who shall deny that the Issue Is not on the way to become a national one? The liquor Interests are alive to the situation. They realize that the issue Is no longer a local one, confined to obscure communities and therefore not costly. As a result, they have determined to fight back with much the same weapons as those of the Anti-Saloon League—namely, the bal lot and the pen. * The liquor interests charge that up to the present time they have not received a square deal so far as the discussion Is concerned; that the great mass of people who have gone to the poll6 and voted the saloons out of existence have never read their side of the case, arti cles of such a nature being confined In the main to medical journals and the like. REFUSE TO FOLLOW KING'S People Who Travel Change of climate or water very often affect tne tiowels seriously. If on the first srmptoius of nny disturbance you would take I>r. Riggers* Huckleberry Cordial much suffering might He saved as It never falls to cure Dysentery, Diarrhoea, etc. «... .. # 2^ n( r - Creased His Pants at Sides and Wore Frock Coat. By RICHARD ABERCORN. London, Aug. 17.--A wonderful old ynn- kee sea dog Is Sidney Talbot, horn at Brooklyn. In 1800. and still ready to go to O -T-T ! HOT I!!! isn't it ? i ngnlii a, n «hlp - « engineer. Tnltuit I. present n patient In the Seamen’. Bov •1. at the Alliert Dock,, ns lie In tempo- artlr tllnnliled by a touch of pnrnlrnln. Till, veteran of nltlety-elfllt .venrn nil ear signs dt extreme old use. Iierouil no family i fear l hair ami beard. He belongs' to 1 ... centenarian., hi. father hnvlng died ut'106, hi. mother at 106. nnd hln sister tit 102. Until n few weeks a*o he wn, Verkin* a. engineer on bonni tin* deep sen tun I'liti. Tzlbot hits told the story of bin life a. follow.; "I wn* born In Brooklyn, lu the United 81*tM, on Mny 1, 1809, nud T entile to Kite. Intttl when I wn. twenty-one, nnd itttd •tudled for .even yenrn In ntt engineering college In my nntlve plnoe. I knew Kiiiland wnn the coon try where 1 should get on a. a roller, and I went to Southnmptou a. a qualified engineer and draughtsman. “Since then I have nerved tunny master., nitvny. a. a marine engineer. I have work ed on !>. and O. and White 8tnr .hip. among others. I wan one of the crew Hint went round the world with lord ilrnsney In the 8. \. Sunbeam. I have also worked for Thoruyerofts, and I put in two yearn (quite by accident, because I did not know what I won going to) on a French smuggler in the Mediterranean. ”1 have been on the tug riln a few yearn, nnd It wnn when we last eniue up to London that I wnn taken 111. I have enriied ntueh tin 160 a week in my time, anil on Life is one continuous, involuntary Turkish Bath this weather. You feel as though even your bones were erilled—hot inside and out Don’t light new fires with alcoholic beverages just because they taste cold on the way down. Don’t invite supstrokc or sickness with ice water—anyway, the more you drink the more you want Drink Pour times „ of the occasion* being off the Cape of Good Hope, where*one of my ships wna burned. Another time our shin foundered In the Red 8ea and eleven **f us were castaways In n ship • host for five days. We neiirlv went mnd with thirst, nnd when at Inst a passing vessel plt'ked us up one of mv inn to* made n frantic rush for the water tanka and drank himself to death. 'I have always been temperate In drink- The .cooling, thirst-quenching, satisfying, temperance beverage. You can just feel the thermometer fall Your thirst will be actually satisfied and you will be filled chock full of brain and body “go”. Ing nnd smoking. A pint and u half of ale a dH.v la my allowance and I get almost as much ns that In this hospital. Shag on shore and ‘ship’s* aboard la my tpbneeo rule. I never had an Illness In my life until this one, hut I am feeling almost well now. and when I get out on the sen again nnd get myself nicely soaked I am sure 1 shall he all right. / **I hope to go down to Dover ln\n few days and begin work on the. riln. “ Cooling - Delicious - Refreshing, Thirst-Quenching Sold Everywhere Sold by all Druggists, 2&Snd 60c bottle. JONES TABERNACLE BIBLE CONFERENCE Eminent Christian Workers to Take Part in Meeting. cense must have added to the source* of the town and allowed an Increase In revenue In other direction* which wiped out the debt. Began Before the War. The dry campaign Ilk Tennessee real ly began before the Civil war, when the legislature passed an act prohibit ing any saloon within four miles of an Incorporated institution of learning, and excepting the Incorporated towns and cities. The law was made for the benefit of a single college in the moun tain district. By degrees this statute w as Special to The Georgian. Carteravllle, Go., Aug. 17.—The an nual tabernacle meeting, held In Car tersvillq each year. In September, take* the form of a Bible conference thl* year, beginning on Sunday mornlni. September 1, and continuing througl the 22nd. At the meeting last year, Ju*t one month before Rev. Sam Jones' death, he organized a committee of citizens of stltutlng a permanent Bible conference to be held each year In connection with the revival service*. The best talent procurable has been secured. Among the number are Rev. French E. Oliver, of Chicago: Rev. C. A. Dixon, pf Now York: Dr. Bleder Wolf, of Montlcelln, Ind.; Rev. Melvin Trotter, of Grand Rapids, Mich.; Rev. and Mrs. Hanclll, of Nashville, Tenn.; Rev. J. A. Bowen, of Winona, Miss.; Rev. Charles Crit tenden, Miss Belle Bennett, and others. Friday, September 20, will be dally set apart for woman’s work, Belle Bennett having charge of the program. Open ’Til 11 Tonight --and ready to clothe you at very much less than our regular low prices. Better take advantage of these reductions. at Rogers, Peet & Co. and Hart, Schaffncr & Marx Summer Suits at 25 per cent discount. 50c and, 75c Wash and Silk Ties at 3 for $1.00. ‘ All Straw Hats, including Panamas, at half. Manhattan Shirts, $1.50 grade, at $1.15; $2.00 grade, $1,40; $3.00 grade, at $2.00. Fancy Hosiery, $1.00 grade, at 65c; 75c grade, at 50c; 50c grade, at 33 1 -3c. Summer Weight Pajamas, 1-3 off. 50c Gordon Suspenders at 25c. > Suit Cases and Bags at 25 per cent discount. • Summer Underwear, 1-4 off. Daniel Brothers Co. L. J. DANIEL, President 45-47-49 Peachtree-Opposite Walton St s King Edward** record as a playgoer dur ing the past season wn* thirty-one plays. Ills taste for plays Im* been of n very catholic order, favoring drama, comedy, op- era and musical comedy In fair proportion. 1’nless It Is n gain performs nee, given 1 honor of some visiting monnrch, nothing of outwnrd show Indicates that the king Is visiting a London theater. Ills majesty pays for two boxes at the usnnl rntea. He doe* not (encourage managers innking 'special arrangements for his theatergoing. wliyvd.. slip Into his box unnoticed « few minutes after the cnrtnln haa risen. King Edward, although once regarded as 4he “gins* of fnshlon,*' has lately adopted some styles thnt no one will follow. At nn afternoon function late In the season he wore n blue single-breasted frock coat, fas- tened with a link. Ills trousers were creas ed at the sides Instead of at the front nnd back. No other innn bus had the courage to wear such distinctive garments. The blue frock emit might have become generally fashionable If the frock coat had coat; nnd ns „ creased trousers, the fashionable man has failed to appreciate their beauty or util Ity. A new Island Is being formed by volcanic action In the Pacific ocean within sight of the Tohga Island*) The birth of the dtnnry spectacle of seven columns of fire, smojcc. steam aud black pumice stone, spouting up to u height of 250 feet from holes In the sen. This Impressive manifestation of nature’s wrath has lusted more than n fortnight Hnd is accompanied by a continuous mar and frequent explosions, while blocks of pumice aw If *' “ '• " are thrown Into Islands 30 miles distant. The official opinion, printed In The Ton- gnn Government Gazette, Is that a new Is land Is In course of formation. When the ham after .... see a charming surprise the queen nnd Prln cess Victoria have prepared for him. Thcv ve hnd a beautiful Itnllau garden, with .. rose pergola, made In the ground, nud have supervised the work with the expert knowledge of gardening which they both possess. Que«n Alexandra has hnd placed In the Italian garden a number of antique stone busts. etc., which she bought In her Inst visit, aud the effect clnaslcallsm among the clip MILK FAMINE NOW Parched Fields Give No Sus tenance to the Cat tle. New York. Aug. 17.—This city 1* fac ing a milk famine today. Efforts are being made to keep a supply until after hot weather, as thousands of Infants are sick nnd depend on milk exclusively ly for their existence. * The condition results from a long drought. The fields are parched and cattle have little feed. The Rensalaer Milkmen's Association will meet soon to consider raising the prices. The New York exchange has raised the price of milk ten cents. RECESS UNTIL NEXT WEEK IN EDDY CASE Aged Woman Will Not Be Required to Enter Court. Strong—Progressive Successful LOWRY NATIONAL BANK OF ATLANTA Designated Depository of the United States. Capital - - - $800,000.00 Surplus and Profits $700,000.00 (LARGEST IN THE STATE) Letters of Credit and Travelers’ Checks available in all parts of the World. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT In Which Interest Is Paid at FOUR PER CENT and Compounded Semi-Annually. ATLANTA AUTHOR-ARTIST WRITES A CLEVER STORy ped j*?w hedges is extremely charming. Fighting her own ease In the King's Bench court, n woman has won n victory two of the elevereat counsel at the gcncc. because she said he had cure for her an annuity of 81,000 due her. Opposing her claim were Sir Edward Cur son. K. C., formerly solicitor general, nnd Montagu Lush. K. hut Miss Howe acted an her own counsel with such success that the Judge awarded her $125 dnmngen against Mr. Bussell* Hpenklng of her success na a lawyer, Miss Howe sain: know nothing whatever about law, luid made a study of my own ense, nnd felt *hiiiuI to nnyl»ody. I simply loved arguing with, nnd getting the lietter o' all those clever men. Of all nty cxperlenci In court, I prefer the cross-examination that was lovely.** CORNER STONE LAID FOR MONUMENT Hpeelsl to Til*' flporsisn. . Perry, Ga.. A ug. 17.—The corner stone of the Confederate monument was laid here, the Masons having charge of the ceremonies. Many souvenirs ami relics were deposited. The monument Is being erected nn Court House square. The survivors of Confederate veterans and a big Georgia barbecue brought 100 old veterans were in line. Bibb, Dooly, Crawford, Macon and Pulaski were represented. After the ceremonies, the veterans and the crowd marched to the Armory ■rounds, where a stand had been erected for the speakers. Judge Dun can introduced the speaker, Hon. C. O. Gray, who for thirty-five minutes held the targe audience almos^mell-bound. The U. D. C. had prepdjp a special table for the veterans. CHARGES OF CORRUPT. ION IN CITY GOVERNMENT Special to The Georgian. Chattanooga. Tenn., Aug. 17.—The special committee of the Manufactur ers’ Association which has been Investi gating city affair* for several weeks, de clare* that many of the methods of those conducting the city’s business are radically wrong and demands both further Investigation* and early re forms. The report openly charges that In one Instance <he board of public works has allowed the city to he de frauded out of *3.590 street paving work Ithout a DroteaL Concord, N. H„ Aug. 17.—The Chris tian Science’ case hearing before three masters, which has been nn nil this week, Is taking a recesn until Tuesday. Mrs. Eddy, will again be visited by. the "finer friends’ ” nllnnlKtK accomnn- title *•( Ihe (toijf which 5lr, llnyfien cm me next menus alienism, accompu lnma , .„ m hw nf 'I'!,,, \tn, nled by attorneys of both sides, nnd every scientific test that her aged ufiil Whnl hni been very widely reeognlzed n« one of the most Interesting features of tbe current number of The Metropolitan insg nzlite from both the vlewimlnta of Hie rend lug piddle nnd Hie critics throughout the country is from the pen of tbe well known nnHior-artlst of Atlanta, (1. I’. Haynes. • Mr. Baynes, for several years engaiM In news- puper work lu tills nnd oilier rifles. Is nnw mnnnger of the nrt department of the Mas* selignie AdrerHsing Agency. "ilnrcltcitded lull's Iteformstlon” Is tbe feeble condition will permit, will be made to ascertain her mental sagacity Mrs. Eddy will probnhly not be called Into open court, ns the private exam inations will suffice. WILL HOLD RALLY Barbecue at Union City Next Thursday With Speakers. The Farmers’ Union, of Georgia, will hold a big rally and barbecue qt Union City, the .union’s own town, next Thursday, and nil trains on the At lanta and West Point road will stop at the new town on lhat day. Among the speaker* will be State President R. K. Duckworth, 8. E. Leigh, of Coweta county; State Lec turer G. M. Davis, and State Organiser J. L. Lee. Union City Is two miles north of Falrhum. and the Farmers' Union ex pects to make It a thriving town within a. short time. A number of industrial enterprise* are planned for the new town. MEN FALL 50 FEET; THREE UNINJURED flpeclal to The Georgian. Ita I abridge. Ga.. Aug. 17.-»A scaffold on which five men were at work at tbe top of tbe Three-story Toole building gave way yesterday, precipitating the men and quantity of brick to t > tbe ground, a distance hart, and Frank Kelly, negro, was painfully hurt, strange to aa; be other three men escaped all Injury. . generally credited by the artlst-niHlior's many frleuils as being of the very best of tbe ninny clever _ ny short stories which have come from his pen. It Is more or less of n wlilmslenl bit of fiction with plenty of plot and aetlon to sustain the Interest of tin* reader from the very flrnt line to the coneludlng paragraph. To even so much ns outline this bright character sketch would be to dull or deaden the pleasure thnt Is eertaln to eoirn* with the enj-iynient of the original. Perhaps the best Indorsement of this hit of fiction, nml rtnlnly the most practical, Is the fact thnt within two days after the magazine ns iilneinl on the news stands, the regu- r edition was sold out. This was follow- 1 rush order nml the run made by The Metropolitan for this month dis tances nil previous records for sales in At lanta. In “Bareheaded Bill's Befnrmatlon,” hu mor pinvh nt cross-purposes with pathos, nud both the style ami diction la unmis takably that of the experienced writer. That Mr. Haynes Is versatile iis well as gift ed Is shown by his own Illustrating of this charm-ter sketch. These Illustrations are an line drawing*. In which Mr. Haynes Is at tne »rr : i :: :i lief. From the heading, ou features of the stor . Bareheaded Hill nml bill troubles, together with those of hi* companion, nnd “provident In I" miracle thnt led to hl« plete cure of a life-long thirst that had resulted lu Irregular seasons of trouble nud tribulation, are so clearly portrayed thnt I’Utertnlnlng. While something more G. P. HAYNES. Hin story In the August Metro* poll tan made a decided hit. proaehlng a temperance tract, tbe fact re mains that the moral Is right there In the story, even though It Is ever so cleverly snd delightfully Imbedded In hits of hu mor aud Its antithesis. Altogether ths sketch Is one that adds laurels to Mr. Haynes’ rapidly growing reputation both hs a writer and nn artist. And while per haps be may be lietter known through his of the best magazines, . _ Benin***, there nre very many of his mtrers who Insist that this young Atlantan is nt his best when he combine* his skill ns an nrtlst with bis bnppy faculty of t| lug some quaint yarn In his own fdi. it. style. 4 °fo Interest Compounded, Allowed In Our SAVINGS DEPARTMENT On and After January 1,1907 TH E NEAL BANK £. H. THORNTON, President W. P. MANRY, Vice President H. 0. CALDWELL, Cashier. P. M. BERRY, Ass’t Cuhier. .