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"PROHIBITION THE REAL OBSTA
CLE TO REFORM.”
(From Southern Fruit Grower.)
Under the above heading ifi Pear
son’s Magazine for August appeared
an article by Rev. Vm. A. Wasson,
whom, the publishers state, is a clergy
man of the Episcopal church.
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I have
long felt that there were many pfople
opposed to"the enactment of temper
ance laws who are honest in their
convictions, and for this reason, I was
indeed glad to be afforded the oppor
tunity of reading an article which I
hoped would be free from prejudice,
assaults and the other disagreeable
elements that are usually characteris
tic of articles dealing with this sub
ject. To begin aright, it was my aim,
as far as possible, to put myself in
the author’s place of viewpoint and
study it yrith. much sympathy. But
scarcely does the reader launch be
fore he is beset with sentences and
paragraphs which is at once convinc
ing that the author has not only fired,
his gun at the objects of prohibition,
but has taken a wild shot at the advo-'
cates of prohibition. v In fact, they re-
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all the bad classes and those directly
or indirectly interested financially in
the sale of liquor, or property leased
to whisky men. A few—very few—
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Dear Citizen and its many readers:
I though perhaps you would like to
know something of the lonely breeze
of Colquitt county. First, I will tell
of the pretty weather we are having
now. It is warm and pleasant. I have
just seen a little frost since I left
Forth Georgia. If the weather con
tinues as warm as it has been, people
in this part will have to buy ice to
save their meat.
Farmers are preparing their ground
for another crop.
We have garden vegetables all times
through the year; such as beans, toma
toes, cabbage, eollards, potatoes. I
have seen several of the dear old Whit
field people since I left. They were
Mr. Presley, of Deep Spring, and son,
Amos; Mr. Sam Woods, of Dalton,
and Mr. Ike Anderson, of Prater’s
Burg. Mr. Woods and Mr. Anderson
say they like the country and will move
to this part after Christmas. Mr.
Woods will go into the carpenter busi
ness' at Moultrie and Mr. Anderson will
take up farming.
We like to see any one that comes
from Whitfield, for it seems like home
folk.. If any one else take a notion
to come to our fine country, you will
find our home three miles northwest
of Moultrie, near the Georgia North
ern railroad.
Mr. and Mrs. Fenn and son, Eddie,
of Moultrie, and Mr. John May and
Dora Dixson, of Barney, called on us
last Sunday morning.
Mr. Bob Hart and Miss Nora Croft
were quietly married at the home of
the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mis.
Hartsell Croft, last Wednesday night
at 7:30 o’clock) the Rev. Patterson offi
ciating. They will leave the last of this
week for Jacksonville, Fla., where
they will make their future home. Mrs.
Hart was our nearest neighbor and we
regret very much to give her up. She
was one of our sweetest girls and was
loved by every one who knew her. Mr.
Hart was one of our noble young men
and made many friends by his wide
acquaintance. We wish for the young
couple a long and happy life.
Wishing you all a merry Christmas
and happy New Year, we are
MANDY AND NOLIE.
of the best, the brainiest and most sub
stantial citizenship that ever existed
in the United States of America, or
elsewhere.
Again, he says, “In undertaking tem
perance reform work along any line
we must learn to be patient, and to be
modest in our expectations. We must
bear in mind that temperance reform
is very largely a matter of moral and
social evolution.” This is the broadest
view, and the most reasonable state
ment made by the "writer, but what a
pity that he cannot stick to his beliel
as he proceeds with his lengthy dis
cussion. For while he says that we
must learn to be patient, and also be
modest in our expectations, just listen
to what he says in reference to pro
hibition in the state of Georgia down
to date:
“Conditions kept going from bad to
worse, and before the laws had been
on the statute books a year it was
clearly evident to everybody that had
even a half an eye, that proMbition
in Georgia had broken down.” Re
member, we “should be -patient and
modest in our expectations.”
O, thou fickle author, indeed thou
art fickle, for even P that statement
had been true thou should have been
‘patient and modest in thy expecta
tions.” It is sadly perplexing how
‘the breaking down of proMbition laws
in the state of Georgia” (?) should
grieve a citizen, a minister of the gos
pel, and he so remotely situated. Be
cause in some of the larger cities,
there exists some locker clubs, and an
occasional “blind tiger” where alco
holic drinks can be procured, tMs min
ister of the gospel says “proMbition
has broken down in Georgia.”
We will not worry over the existence
of a few blind tigers. It is a pool
law affecting an unimportant mattei
that is not violated, hence the infringe
ment df the proMbition laws are con
templated when enacted. Who says
proMbition fails to proMbit? Thous
ands of lovers of their bottle; those
who dislike to be cut off therefrom,
and this mmister of the gospel joins
in the chorus, “proMbition fails to
proMbit.”
Of course, it fails to proMbit abso
lutely the use of intoxicants, but then
the fact Jhat you eradicate or wrest
your laws and your politics from the
clutches of the wMsky men is in itself
alone enough to commend the adoption
of statutory proMbition laws in any
and every state. The common know
ledge that in these proMbition towns
many saloon loafers, who have
heretofore spent years in drink
ing, carousing, gambling, while their
families were miserable, are now
engaged in'some legitimate occupation,
giving their attention and their earn
ings to the support of their families—
I’ll tell you proMbition is a wonderful
success.
You can’t deny it It makes little
difference what sort of laws you have,
stamping out or regulating the sale of
spirituous driiiks, the “blind tiger’
is going to exist I have never known
one temperance advocate who really
claimed that proMbition would rid the
country of “blind - tigers.” A great
many people, driven by thirst since
the enactment of proMbition laws, to
seek the “blind tigers” and discovered
them, have erroneously supposed that
they sprang up as a result of the en
actment of such laws. It is true that
we have law against crime, and
among the many offences treated cov
ers a certain punishment for murder.
We have a law against murder.
■“But let me tell you, it fails to pro
Mbit.” Yes, it does, for murders are
committed every day. Why not repeal
this law because it fails to proMbit?
It covers exactly the same points, and
there is as much reason in repealing
it as there is in repealing a proMbi
tion law, because it fails to proMbit
No, no, Mr. Minister, the people in
the state of Georgia are so pleased
with proMbition latte that they are
going to keep them =atact. So don’t
sit up at nights woi jung over tWs
horrifying condition” that -exists in
Georgia (?).
The minister makes some ridiculous
statements, and .here Is a good sample:
‘Nowhere and at no time in all its
Mstory has proMbition accomplished
single one of its avowed objects.”
Speaking of some of the states that
have rescinded their proMbition laws
in the past he becomes very kind-
hearted and says: “The people of
these slates adopted proMbition in
good faith. They honestly and earnestly
desired to wipe out intemperance.”
Now, be fair, why don’t you say the
same thing, tMs nice tMng, about the
people of Georgia, Tennessee and of
the other states? You will, won’t you,
if they ever rescind these laws they
have placed upon their statutory
books? Then you will march bravely
up to the casket and instead of calling
them an unfaithful people and infidels,
you will lay the following words upon
the casket: “The people of these states
adopted prohibition in good faith. They
honestly and earnestly desired to wipe
out intemperance.”
He speaks of prohibition in your own
town. Did he lend you support to
enforcement of these laws, or did
he use your pulpit and your letters
in the press to arouse the people to
insurrection against them? He says
that “the saloon fills a legitimate so
cial need, and it is useless to make an
effort to abolish it without some suit
able institution be established as a
substitute. That whatever will lighten
and brighten and cheer the lives of
men will not be surrendered.”
The revised version of your last sen
tence, repeated, is, “That whatever
burdens and blights and damns the
lives of men should he abolished.” You
speak of the decent saloons! Wouldn’t
it have been a treat if you had de
voted enough space to have defined
‘the decent saloon!” Whatever breeds
crime, robs a man of Ms senses, wMch
causes him to commit things unbecom
ing and makes Ms life a Gehenna on
earth, is impossible • of decency. Lo,
now for a description, a definition of
the decent saloon. TMs minister
sneaks of “proMbition being the great
est obstacle to true temperance re
form.” You can’t believe it; your con
stituents nod their heads in loving ap
proval when you make tMs remark,
but they don’t believe it down deep in
their hearts. If this is true why don’t
you level your gun and go after game
in the states where proMbition does
not exist? It certainly is not an ob
stacle in those states.
The minister doesn’t stop here, but
prescribes a remedy—the excise law.
TMs limits the number of saloons in
a town, and places the absolute author
ity in a governing hoard. But here, if
tMs saloon business is legal, yon have
no right to say who shall not engage
in it, or limit'the number. That is un
fair, for if it is legitimate it should
be classed and pat on the same basis
as other business enterprises. If it is
right to put liquor in reach of the
rich, it is all wrong to put it out of
reach of the poor. TMs yon do by
Mgh license.
Many readers of the article will
wonder how much time and effort the
author of this article appearing in
Pearson’s Magazine has given to hav
ing excise laws enacted in the states.
TMs article weakens the strength
of the saloon element in every locality
where it is read. For we deal today
with. an intelligent, independent and
fearless people r who are not influenced
by unreasonable statements and argu
ments. And tMs present intelligent .
generation is determined to stamp out
one of the greatest licensed quasi le
gitimate institutions that has wrought
more havpc to humanity than wars or
pestilence—the open saloon.’
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MjcKnight.
Reports from many points in Texas
indicates a light crop of pecans. This
is due largely to the havoc played by
the storms in those sections.
The cranberry crop of Wisconsin
has been damaged considerably by
frosts. About one-half crop Is re
ported.
A good normal crop of grapes Is
reported from the grape belt of New
York state. Grapes are of good qual
ity.
The apple crop of Yakima Valley
Washington, Is reported at abont 400
cars. The shortage tMs year is due
to cold weather. Orchards in this
section' are valued at from $2,000 to
$3,000 per acre.
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