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Georgia Falls In Line—War Declared on Beer Saloons and
Locker Clubs
Says Atlanta Constitution in its ac
count of mass meeting held, at The
Grand Sunday afternoon:
“War to the knife was declared on
the breweries, near beer saloons and
locker clubs operating in Atlanta and
the state of Georgia, and a committee
of twenty-five representative citizens
was appointed to take up the matter
of law enforcement with the police au
thorities and grand jury at the mass
meeting held Sunday afternoon in the
Grand theater, which was called by
the Georgian Anti-Saloon league for
the consideration of measures which
will prohibit the sale of intoxicants in
the state of Georgia.
More than 1,000 prohibition leaders
marked a degree of earnestness of
purpose and directness seldom wit
nessed at any similar gathering.
Whisky Shown at Meeting.
A number of exhibits, in the form
of unbroken pints and half-pints of
whisky were shown at the meeting,
and while the names of the clubs from
which the liquor were purchased were
withheld, it was declared by Dr. M. M.
Dußose, who presided over the meet
ing, that drastic measures would at
once be taken to prevent the further
illegal sale of intoxicants in Atlanta.
It appears that certain locker clubs
and fraternal orders have not made
their sales of liquor and beer in strict
accordance with the state prohibition
laws; that they have issued member
ship cards to rank outsiders, and have
furnished these persons with all the
intoxicants they desired. It was fur
ther declared that the near beer sa-
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Since the Bible is the fountain and
only sufficient guide of faith, it fol
lows that its reading by all classes of
people, to whom a perfect freedom in
the interpretation thereof shall be al
lowed, constitutes the only just and
rational rule of religious responsibili
ty. This rule is fundamental in Pro
testantism. But from the close of
the apostolic and early church ages,
that is to say, from the rise of the
papacy, down to the translation of the
Bible into the German, the people were
denied the privilege of reading the
Scriptures in their native tongues, and
private intepretation, when it con
flicted with the tenets of Rome, was
a. crime which brought persecution
and martyrdom.
But what a triumph has Protestant
ism achieved in this particular! Mil
lions on millions of copies of the
Scriptures are sent out every year,
printed in every tongue of the earth,
WHAT IS THE CLUB?
The Golden Age Piano Club is both
a theory and a fact. The theory is
that a piano manufacturer can afford
to sell one hundred pianos at a lower
factory price than he would be willing
to make on an order for only one in
strument. The fact is that the Club
has saved each of its members nearly
one dollar out of three, and everybody
is therefore delighted.
The theory of the Club is “Co-opera
tion.” The fact is “Perfect Satisfac
tion.” The theory is “A square deal
to every member.” The fact is “Not
a single case of dissatisfaction.
If you are interested in securing a
piano or self-playor piano of the high
est quality, by all means write for your
copy of the Club’s catalogue and the
special prices and terms to Club mem
bers. Address the Managers, Ludden
& Bates, Golden Age Piano Club De
partment, Atlanta, Ga.
THE TRIUMPH OF PROTESTANTISM
THE GOLDEN AGE FOR WEEK OF NOV. 13
loons of Atlanta are operating in open
violation of the prohibition law.
Various speakers on the program
strongly intimated that steps would at
once be taken to close these alleged
illegal resorts by action of the grand
jury and through an immediate ap
peal to Police Chief Beavers to put a
stop to the operations of the saloons
and clubs that are not complying with
the strict letter of the law.
Resolutions were read and adopted,
asking the city and state authorities to
put an immediate stop to the alleged
flagrant violations of the law in the
sale of intoxicants, and a number of
speeches were made in which the
movement for nation-wide prohibition
was enthusiastically advocated.
Enforce Law, Demands Richards.
The principal address of the meeting
was delivered by J. B. Richards, of
the Georgia Anti-Saloon league exe
cutive committee, who also read a
strong letter to the meeting from
Hooper Alexander, one of the most val
iant fighters for prohibition in the leg
islature when he was a member.
Mr. Alexander who was to have been
one of the speakers, but was prevented
by an unexpected call which carried
him out of the city, in his letter to
his law enforcement brethren said in
part, as follows:
“Though reluctant to make any pub
lic statement at this time. I am im
pelled by a sense of duty to say a few
words which shall be as temperate as
I can command.
“The law that prohibits the sale of
intoxicating liquors in Georgia markes
and every soul, save those in the prov
inces of some Romanist states, is left
to read and interpret without molesta
tion or fear. In the achievement of
this ideal Protestantism has not “fail
ed.” But a hundred popes, with their
impotent bulls, have treated the world
to a spectacle of concatenated fail
ures.
Freedom of Conscience.
A cardinal doctrine of Protestant
ism is that of the freedom of the hu
man conscience. Every man is, and
must be, the keeper of his own con
science. To his own Master every
man standeth or falleth. How has
Protestantism triumphed in the pro
mulgation of this doctrine! And how
has the conscience of mankind ad
vanced under this doctrine! Compare
the ethical spirit of the twentieth
century with that of the middle ages.
Contrast the casuistry of Jesuitism
with the healthy righteousness of the
gospel of today. The condition of
even the Roman Catholic church in
such countries as England and Amer
ica is a testimony to the truth and
triumph of Protestantism.
The complementary doctrine of Pro
testantism is the right of every man
to worship God according to his own
understanding of that duty. For fully
a thousand years that right was de
nied to men in every Roman Catholic
country in the world. In many of
these countries it is still denied. But
how completely has Protestantism es
tablished that right in every Protest
ant land, and how surely is the
moral power of the Reformation forc
ing this principle in papal lands!
Our next step is to show how Prot
estantism has triumphed in the es
tablishment of its doctrines of relig
ion. The Reformation was both an
intellectual and a spiritual movement
and realization. In this office it con-
the culmination of a great political and
economilc movement that has been
gathering strength and impetus for
more than forty years, and is the ex
ponent of a deei>seated human and
patriotic aspiration of our people.
“The notorious and appalling viola
tions of this declared will of the law
making bodies of the state are daily
accompanied by expressions of ridicule
and defiance on one hand and are con
stantly received with deplorabble indif
ference on the part of those who are
charged with the enforcement of the
prohibition laws.
“At the so-called ‘legitimate’ clubs,
these violations are in general confined
to sales to members or their guests.
They are not any the less violations of
the law and this statement is sustained
by judicial decrees.
Violate the Law.
“Private barkeepers violate the law
in even more flagrant measures, and
openly sell liquor to all customers who
comply with the flimsy regulations
that are designed solely to furnish ex
cuses for the avoidance of official in
tervention.
“Every keg of beer that is brewed
under corporate charters and every
glass that is sold in a saloon is equally
lawless, and the shame of it is aggra
vated by the ridiculous pretext that
calls the beer by some name unknown
to the law.
“The alleged licenses under which
these acts are cloaked afford no au
thority for the violations. Lawless
conditions such as these are intolera
ble under any decent government, for
tended for an infallible book as against
an infallible church, or, more properly,
an infallible pope. Not the church,
not the pope, but the inspired word, is
the arbiter of human faith. In this
contention Protestantism has estab
lished a mighty spiritual empire in
the world, which within the space of
less than four hundred years has, in
numbers nearly equaled the strength
of Romanism with a history of fifteen
hundred years.
Justification by Faith.
The cardinal doctrine of Protestant
ism is that of justification by faith,
and faith alone, as against the papal
doctrines of penance, works of super
rogation, baptismal degeneration, the
mass and other fetiches of sacerdotal
ism.
That this doctrinne has triumphed
the vast armies of Protestantism tes
tify; and that the spirit of religion had
realized a tremendous increment from
it, the qualities of intellectual and ethi
cal life during the last few centuries
bear witness.
The complementing doctrine of Pro
testantism is that of the priesthood of
believers. That doctrine is to the ef
fect that there is no distinction be
tween one disciple of Jesus and an
other; that no power or grace is giv
en to one, or a few, that is not given
to all; that authority rests in the
body of the disciples, and not in
/people, priests and coundjls. The
realization of this doctrine in Pro
testantism has been well nigh com
pleted. It is that which sets the ev
angelical faith in such striking con
trast with Romanism.
Power of Protestant Lands.
The triumphs of Protestantism are
again expressed in its achievements in
history. These achievements are seen,
first, in the creation of great and en
during nationalities. In order of time
the reason that they breed contempt
for the law, had the inevitable result
must be that the lawless elements will
dominate the state unless the state re
bukes them by enforcing the laws now
in effect.
“The officials now in office appar
ently are not courageous to the extent
that they will carry out the letter of
the law and thus do the people’s will.
When the voters register their will not
only in passing prohibition laws, but
in the choosing of public officials, then
and then only, will the sale of liquor
cease in Georgia.
Wants Justice to All.
“I warn you that no remedy for the
evils, complained of will be effective
that does not begin with an end to
the near beer saloons and the bogus
clubs. So far as I am personally con
cerned, I do not care to see the mer
cenary clubs dealt with unless equal
justice is meted to one and all.
“In conclusion let me say that the
prohibition law in Georgia is going to
be enforced, and this in spite of the
criminal and mercenary elements, but
the accomplishment of this prediction
will come only when the people reach
the point where they will be as stead
fast and consistent for the establish
ment of their lawful principles as are
the lawless in fighting for anarchy, and
never except as the result of civi©
consecration by the masses, expressed
in personal courage and endeavor and
exacting devotion to equality for all
concerned.”
is Germany whose power, whose pres
tige, whose greatness have been cre
ated by its Protestant faith. The
greater, the real, Germany is Prussia,
which, contrasted with equally Ger
manic, but Roman Catholic Bavaria, is
seen to exceed as the sun exceeds the
moon; and, again, contrasted with non-
Protestant, but equally Germanic, Aus
tria exceeds as Jupiter exceeds the as
teroid. Then comes Englond, Puis
sant, enlightened, mighty Protestant
England! Teacher of Nations, pur
veyor of civilization to the ages to be
—greatest empire the world ever saw!
greatest champion of human freedom!
Greatest product, and producer, of the
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