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THE ATLANTA-GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
SATURDAY, OCTOHEIt ID, 1907.
MISSOURI IS FAST DRIVING WHISKY OUT;
PEOPLE OF STATE HAVE “BEEN SHOWN”
Southern Express Go.
To all points accessible by Express.
Operates on over 30,000 miles of first-class
routes, having 4,000 offices.
The Southern Express Company operates offices in Alabama,
Arkansas, Bahama Islands, Cuba, District of Columbia, Florida,
Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Missis
sippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee,
Virginia, West Virginia.
Transports all kinds of merchandise, money, valuables, jewelry,
bonds, valuable papers, etc., in connection with other Express
Companies, to all parts of the United States, Canada, Havana,
Nassau, eto.
Collections taken with or without goods. Deeds and Mort
gages taken to bo recorded and returned. Baggage checks taken,
and baggage shipped.
Low rates made on samples of merchandise, printed matter,
cuttings, plants and many other artioles.
Matter forwarded to European points.
(From The St. Louis Republic.)
Missouri Is going dry and going dry
if the number of counties which
h? ve adopted local option Is any proof.
Those actively engaged In the war
ifnlnst liquor nre now claiming to
won over forty-four of the 114
counties in the state, with hope of four
Mors. More than one-third of the
fcuntles of the state are without
dramshops, nnd the Indications go to
•hotv that by the close of the year fully
|Ono-half of the counties In Missouri,
perhaps more, will have voted out
*!oont.
.J h * vrusade against license Is mov-
ahead noiselessly, anad county nft-
JT county I" Joining the dry ranks. At
g*JK"* nt Ume there are six counties
« which the saloons in the large cities
■lone Are licensed, while those through.
Swth? c °unties have been wiped out
"business. This Is brought about by
s.r!L?. aK, 'J n the ,0Cft l option law which
Jw ? 1 ,e Inhabitants of cities having
population of 2,600 or over to vote In-
**TER SUPPLY CUT OFF;
PLANT8 CLOSE FOR DAY
to The Georgian.
Anniston, Ala., Oct 19.'—The water
JPPly of Anniston was shut off yester-
on account of a burst In a main
the reservoir. The electric plant
(lown ** well as other plants
"ending on water supply.
dependent of the county In which they
are situated. Maryville, Fulton and
Springfield have held Independent elec
tions, nnd In Fulton alone the dram
shops were voted out. There will be
similar elections In Nevada, Chllllcothe,
Paris, Louisiana and possibly two or
three othar cities very soon.
Active in Others.
A list of forty-one counties that are
either entirely "dry” or have adopted
local option and will be "dry” ns noon
ns existing licenses expire, follows:
Andrew, Atchison, Barry, Benton,
Bollinger, Callaway, Camden. Chris
tian, Dade Dallas, Dent, DeKulb, Doug,
las, Dunklin, Gentry, Harrison, Howell,
Laclede, Lincoln, Madison, McDonald,
Mercer, Mississippi, Morgan, Oregon,
Ozark, Pemiscot, Putnam. Reynolds,
Ripley, Schuyler, Scotland, Shannon,
Shelby, Stoddard, Stone. Sullivan,
Texas, Wayne, Worth and Wright.
In the following six counties no li
cense Is Issued, save In the cities
named:
Greene, Springfield; Henry, Clinton;
MANDAMU8 SUSTAINED
AGAINST INSURANCE CO.
Special to The Georgian.
Jackson, Miss., Oct. 19.—In the Hinds
county circuit court yesterday Judge
Rotter sustained the mandamus action
Instituted to compel Insurance Com
missioner Cole to oust the Great West
ern Life Insurance Company of Kan-
City, and forfeit Its license to do
business in this state on the ground
that policies issued by the company
contain a bond feature Impossible of
fulfillment.
BISHOP TURNER TO PRESIDE
OVER THE CONFERENCE
Special to The Georgina.
Athens. Oa., Oct. If.—'The north
Georgia conference of the A. M. E.
Marlon, Hannibal and Palmyra; New
ton. Neosho, Pemiscot, CaruthersvIUe;
Nodaway.
It Is a vital question with statesmen
and others who are watching things In
Missouri as to Just where the temper-
anco movement will stop, it is predict
ed by many that f?t. Louis will turn
out-and-out prohibition before long.
The local option law was so changed
at the last session of the legislature
as to render "bootlegging" and other
unlawful means of selling Intoxicants,
either by druggists or others, a rather
risky business. 8o those who claim the
state Is going prohibition suy It will
be without a possible loophole when It
doe» come.
It Is stated, on legal authority, that
Missouri can have prohibition without
the adoption of a constitutional amend,
mem. A statute, It is stated on the
authority of Governor Folk and others,
will suffice. However, Jt should be
stated that the governor Is not ad
vocating such a move. He believes
that much of the antngonlsm to dram
shops In the state Is due to saloon
keepers who persist In violating the
This is the opinion held by the Rev.
Samuel I. Lindsay, of St. Louis, state
superintendent of tho Missouri Law
Enforcement League, and former head
of the Missouri Anti-Saloon League.
Liquor Men to Blamo.
"So far ns my experience and obser
vation go," said Mr. Lindsay, “the liq
uor dealers themselves are largely to
blame for the rapid growth In prohibi
tion sentiment during the last few
years. They have sought to control
political affulrs and legislative affairs,
and so have Incurred the wrath of the
moral political element In the state."
The counties in which the local op
tion people expect to have the greatest
trouble In putting the saloons out of
business are those along the Missouri
river, where the wine-growing Industry
Is large.
The local option element claims that
It Is not the opposition to liquor that Is
causing the states, to put the saloons
out of business, but rather the per
formances of the liquor people In trying
to control politics.
Missouri seems to be going prohibi
tion at a rapid rate, and yet an odd
feature of the local option gain In the
state Is the fact that the beer tax does
not Indicate any falling off, but, to
the contrary, shows heavy gains. The
beer tax Js only collected on beer sold
In the stato, no matter whether It Is
manufactured here or In any other
state or country. Either the localities
that have licensed dramshops hhve In
creased their sales of beer or the tip
plers In the local option counties and
cities are getting their beer regardless
of the law.
Any attempt to fight local option, It Is
thought, will but aid the anti-license
clement In their efforts. It Is thought
that by the next session of the legisla
ture some drastic measure will have
been taken throughout the state against
the liquor Interests. The dry county
peoplo say the saloon keepers and liq
uor dealers of all kinds must keep out
of active politics, and they are demon
strating their ability to put such men
out of business who dare oppose tholf
wishes.
^ Our Prices the Lowest Vet!
church will conv.ene In this city Octo
ber 30 and continue until November 5.
The conference will be held at Pierce's
chapel on Foundry street. Bishop Tur
ner, of Atlanta, and Bishop CL 8. Smith,
of Detroit, Mich., will preside over the
deliberations of the body.
Ppeclnl to The Georgian.
Villa Rica, Ga., Oct. 19.—Master
Frank Green, youngest son of Mrs. J.
W. Green, of this place, got a dynamite
cap and In playing with It It exploded
seriously Injuring both eyes nnd tear
ing his hand up so badly that all the
lingers had to be amputated. The lit
tle fellow Is badly scarred about the
face and his condition Is serious.
8UBSCRIBE TO FUND
FOR MEMORIAL CHURCH
Special to The Georgian.
Elberton, Ga., Oct. 19.—Bishop Seth
Ward, of the M. E. Church, South, ad
dressed a large congregation at the
Methodist church hero on Wednesday
ovenlug In the Interest of the Wes
ley Memorial enterprises at Atlanta.
A liberal subscription was made to the
building fund.
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Macon 8.0)aw
Bacon 4.00 put
Jacksonville... S.S0pm
Savannah ....9,15 pm
JUDGE THOMA8 ANNOUNCE8
FOR MAYOR OF ATHENS
Special to The Georgian.,
Athens, Oa., Oct 19.—Judge Georg#
C. Thomas makes his formal unnounce<
ment for mayor of Athens, subject to
the Democratic primary. Judge Thom
as has been a resident of this city for
many years. He has represented
Clarke county In the general assembly
and has also been solicitor of the city
court.
Office Building Completed.
Spcclnl to The Georgian.
Athens, Oa., Oct. 19.—The Athens
Electric Railway Company will move
Into their new ofTIce building on Col
lege avenue at the corner of Hancock
avenue next week. The building Is
on of the handsomest In the city, and
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TRY TO ABOLISH
NEGRO TROOPS
THIS CONGRESS
Washington, Oct. 19.—That an or-
ganlaed effort will be made In congrew
thin winter by Southern .enat'or. and
representative, to abolish the four col.
ored regiments now In the army Is an
assured fact, of the representatives
from the South who have already made
up their minds to become active In this
matter are Byrd, of Mississippi; Heflin,
of Alabama, and Shackelford, of Mis
souri.
BABV CARRIAGE RAN AWAY
AS FATHER WATCHED PARADE
8pec!sl to Tbs Georgian.
Athens, Ga.. Oct. 19.—While standing
on the cortter at the Cltlgena' Bank dur
ing a parade. Policeman Short let his
baby
and
tag L_-
violently to the ground and severely In.
luring him.
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CLEAN HOMES—
like a clean newspaper—that’s why The Georgian is such a home paper—the
thirty thousand homes that are visited by The Georgian and News daily no
doubt like our policy of never printing unclean ads, especially when we send
along about as full and wholesome newspaper as money can produce.
No whisky or unclean advertisements.