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Winder Drug Cos.
iVOL XXX
TO VISIT “OLD MODOROC,” MUD VOLCANO
ON J. L. HARRIS FARM, SOUTH OF WINDER
Col. Gantt’s Inquiry About Smoking
Volcano Near Winder, Answer
ed by Headers.
(By Larry T. Gantt, in Athens Banner)
Some days since a gentleman I met
on the street told me alxmt an extinct'
mud volcano that he heard about near
Winder, and asked if 1 would not in
vestigate the story and find out about
it. I had never heard of this natural
curiosity and asked several parties
om Winder if they knew anything
.bout it, Hut they all replied in the
negative. So I published a little para
graph in the Banner-Herald asking for
information. I knew if such a thing
ever existed the best and surest way to
find out was through our widely circu
lated paper.
I have several times had occasion to
use our columns for such purpose, and
have never as yet failed to receive re
ceive replies from someone posted.
And sure enough, in a few days I re
ceived two answers to my inquiry, and
which substantiate the story.
It is a very important discovery and
will doubtless result in some seientie
Invlestigatlons of the spot and perhaps
the discovery of the skeletons of extinct
animals. There is just such another
place near Loq Angeles,, which has
proved a mine of wealth, for explorers
'jouiul there the hones of many creat
ures that existed millions of years ago.
I would suggest that some of the pro
fessors connected with the State Uni
versity visit and make careful investi
gation of this spot.
Receives Letters.
Here is the first letter I received
from Mrs. J. T. T. Johnson of Stut
hani, Ga:
“For any one who wishes to know
the hot mud once boiled up, I will state
that the spot is on the farm of Mr.
John L. Harris, three miles from Win
der on the Bankhead Highway, one
inilb from New Timothy, a side station
on the Seaboard railway. I have never
been to the place, but was very near it.
If you will get G. J. N. Wilson’s history
of Jackson county you will read that
years ago fearful scenes there occurr
ed, and witnessed there in the long
ago. He tells of the forked tongue of
a dragon that disapeared in that Hack
mud and of the last eruption and who!
witnessed it The place lias been a
wonder for many years It is a space
of some four or fivt acres and is now
in cultivation Mr. Will Harris will
take pleasure in showing any one the
spot. It is near his house. Go and
see it and tell your readers through
the Banner-Herald what you think of
it. The eartti is full of bones of ex
tinct animals, and you may find tli
skeleton of the fiery-tailed Wog.”
The second letter is from Mrs. Lord
of Athens has kindly offered to loan
me the book giving an account of this
curiosity. I appreciate her kindness
and will read the book and tiv.-n visit
the spot and give our readers an ac
count of it. Mrs. Lord says:
“In answer to your request in Sun
day's Banner-Herald for information
regarding the place near Winder where
hot mud boiled up. I will state that the
place was called ‘Modoroc’ hy the In
dians and was by the early settlers
known as ‘Torment.’ It was a mud
volcano dating back as far as 1794.
when Jackson county was first settled, j
A.s to the legends connected with thej
place I give- to you just as handed down j
* to me.
Is Nc r Winder.
‘Old Modoroc is situated three and
one-half miles east of Winder, and one
tmlf miles east of Chapel church, and
one-fourth miles south of the S. A. L.
on the headwaters of Harbor's Creek.
On looking down at the bottom from
the surrounding hills, which are not
high, it has the appearance of five
acres of land covered with coal dust.
The soil is blue black in color, and very
poms and about five feet deep. This
pi a( ‘ was first visited by the whites in
1794.”
Ttie above is very interesting and I
shall shortly visit Winder and make a
careful investigation of this natural
curiosity. A gentleman tells me that
for many years a cloud of smoke and
hot air escaped from the earth here,
hut the interior fires seem to gradually
die down.
We Apologize to
Cash Baggett.
gome days ago we wrote up Cash
Baggett about being blind-folded and
backed into the garden before he would
work it. We take it all back and apol
ogize to Cash. He has some of the
finest Irish potatoes in town, so Cash
says, and we are counting on him re
memNcriug us in the near future, if
the hugs don’t get the best of him and
put him out of the potato business. We
are hoping Cash is a good potato bug
fighter.
AT CEDAR ( REEK
▼ m glad to inform the public gen
that Rev. Frank Jackson will he
edar Creek at the all day service
jtk Sunday and will preach the elev
en o’clock sermon. The day will be
spent, as stated in last week’s issue of
tht News, in decorating the graves,
preaching and singing.
Let everybody bring out well filled
baskets and help make the day as great
a day as possible.—W. E. Moore, Pas
tor.
3k UJhtikr iDfetos.
and THE BARROW TIMES
MRS. T. E. WATSON
DIES SUDDENLY
Mrs. Thomas E. Watson, widow of
the late senator from Georgia, who died
last Septembtr, passed away at her
home here at 11 o’clock Monday night.
She had been ill for several days, but
late this afternoon her condition sud
denly became serious and she died to
night of an acute attack of diabetes.
Mrs. Watson wuq one of the most
prominent women in the south. Short
ly after the death of her husband she
was offered the appointment as his suc
successor by Governor Hardwick, but
this honor she declined.
She was essentially a home-loving
person, but always was with her hus
band in the thick of the numerous con
flicts which he ftced.
TO ASSIST THE
COTTON FARMERS
To assist the cotton farmers along
its line in combatting the boll weevil,
the Development Department of the
Seaboard Air Line has just issued a
circular on an “Improved Method” of
boll weevil.
No claim is made that the “Florida
Plan” is a perfect boll weeVil remedy.
It has been found practicable and eco
nomical in Florida by both scientific
men and farmers on their own farms.
In order to test out and demonstrate
this method, the Seaboard Develop
ment Department is carrying on a large
number of demonstrations in growing
cotton, using the “Florida Plan” to
control flic weevil. These demonstra
tions have been located with farmers
along the Seaboard in Alabama, Geor
gia and South Carolina.
The following demonstrations will
lie carried on this year in this section
of Georgia: J. F. Hewell, Bogart; M.
R. Maynard, Wind' r ; G. W. Giles, Au
burn.
This work will be supervised by the
Development Agents of the Seaboard,
and will he available for the benefit of
every cotton farmer in each locality.
Local annouiK eni tuts will he made giv
ing the date on which the squares will
he removed and poison applied. The
Agricultural Colleges in the several
states above mentioned have approved
of (his work and are co-operating in it.
The demonstration farms have been
carefully selected in order that accu
rate results may he obtained.
A. D. Robertson,
Development Agent.
PEACHTREE STREET TO I?E
GOVERNOR'S MANSION SITE.
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The Governor’s Mansion, for the next
two years at least, will be located in
Peachtree Road, just south of the (Jol
lier Road.
Governor-elect Clifford Walker has
just signed a lease for two years on
the home of Mr and Mrs Walker
Brooks at 1540 Peachtree Road. The
transaction was handled by Geo. T.
Northern and Paul F. Vose.
The temporary mansion consists of
a two-story home of thei Italian reu
naissance period, with beautiful sunk
en gardens in the rear. The lot hts a
frontage of 114 feet on the road and a
depth of 1400 fe t.
Mr. and Mrs. Brookes are building
a fine home in Palm Beach, which they
will occupy.
When Governor Hardwick took office,
he established himself at the Georgian
Terrace. Later tM old mansion site
at Peachtree and Cain streets was
leased to Ben J. Massed, who has since
erected an office building and sold it.
The state its yet has mad 1 , no per
manent provision for a mansion for
its governors.-—Atlanta Georgian.
REV. JESSE M. DODD PREACHES
COMMENCEMENT SERMON AT
IiRASELTLON SUNDAY MORNING
Rev. Jesse M. Dodd, pastor of the
First Baptist church, will preach the
Commencement Sermon at Braselton
next Sunday morning. His pulpit will
he filled here by some of the student
volunteers of the State University.
The subject for the commencement
occasion will be “Rising in the World.’’
and everybody, young and old in the
whole section should hear this impor
tant discourse.
Everybody in Winder, who can come
would render a Christly service to give
full co-operation to the stud; nts who
fill the local pulpit Sunday morning.
GRADUATING EXERCISES AT THE
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH NEXT
SUNDAY NIGHT AT 8 O CLOCK.
More than eighty graduates in the
several schools of the church will re
oeive their deplomns and certificates
Sunday night. These will include the
W. M. U., R. Y. P. U., and Bible school
graduates, and all interested in these
classes will be sure to be present in
time to participate in the interesting
and Inspiring graduation exercises.
The graduates will occupy seats on the
pulpit platform and constitute a con
spicuous part of the evening congrega
tion. After those ceremonies, “Uncle
| Frank’’ Jackson will preach. Every-
Winder, Barrow County, Georgia, Thursday, May 17, 1923.
AN HONOR TO DR.
G. W. DeLaPERRIERE
Recently, at the stockholders meet
ing of the Southern Sshool Book De
pository in Atlanta G.a, a $750,000.00
institution, Dr. Geo. DeLal’erriere was
elected upon the board of directors.
This company has offices and distrib
uting plants In Dallas, Texas, Mem
phis, Tenn., Jackson, Miss, and Jack
sonville, Fla. They do not publish any
school books, neither have they any
thing whatever to do with state adop
tion of any book or the fixing of the
price. But they are distributing agents
of 125 publishing houses, out of the 170
in the United States. They are also
the largest distributors of stationery
in the South.
It is needless to say that Dr. George
is a safe, reliable, and successful bus
iness man.
TELEGRAM FROM
MR. J. A. THOMPSON
The many friends of Mr. Jno. A.
Thompson will be glad to know that
he escaped during the recent flood and
tire at Hot Springs. Ark. Mr. George
Thompson received the following tel
egram from him:
Hot Springs, Ark., May 15.
George Thompson, Winder, Ga.
Big flood subsiding. Water about five
feet deep on Central Ave. Thousands
of dollars damage. Fire broke out de
stroying big hotel and several build
ings. Number of lives lost in streets
by drowning not known. More than
100 autos carried down and wrecked.
Everything out of order. Nothing to
eat since yesterday at noon.
J. A. THOMPSON.
APPOINTED DEPTY.
COMMISSIONER
Mr. W. A. Bradley has betm appoint
;ed to the important position of Depu
ty Commissioner, Boy Scouts of Amer
ica. His duties are the saline as those
!of the council commissioners except
that the latter has larger territory.
Mr. Bradl ty’s work is in the interest
of the scout movement in district No. 5,
which includes Winder. He co-operates
with the scout executive. E. P. Clark,
in promoting the work locally.
Prof. W. M. Holsenbeck lias been ap
pointed vice president form district
No. 5, and the selection is a splendid
one. Prof. Holsenbieck and Mr. Brad
ley will both serve with credit in the
fields to which they have been call'd.
Winder had 100 per cent of her rep
resentatives present at the scout meet
ing held in Athens Wednesday. May 9.
but that is the way Winder does
things.
Four of the standing committees of
the Northeast Georgia Council transact
ed important business in the interest
of the scout movement.
The camping committee selected
Mountain City as the* site for the sum
mer camp. It is a beautiful place for
a camp, and a large number of scouts
are expected to attend the summer
camp; so get ready, hoys, for a great
trip in July. Save your money and
he ready when the time comes. —Ex-
ecutive.
FINE BEANS.
<
Mr. Sam C. Potts, one of Winder’s
finest citizens and llest gardeners,
brought to our office on W(<dne<da.v. a
bean that is large enough to eat. It's
a good thing we don’t live next door to
Mr. Potts. If we did we would have
beans just as soon as he does. How he
has such early vegetables, we can't
say; we only know he has them.
DEATH OF MRS MARY GARRETT
MARTIN
Mrs. Mary Garrett Martin died last
week at her home in Cisco, Texas., af
ter a brief illness. She is pleasantly
remembered by many friends here and
at Auburn. Her father was dean of
Southeastern Christian college at Au
burn for everal years.
While at Auburn she was married to
Mr. Sumner Martin, a student of the
college who was a nephew of Mrs. Juo.
W. Shields of this city. She and her
husband had been living in Texas for
a year or more and her death brings
sadness to many friends in this city
end others states.
Prof. Garrett, her father, one of the
faculty of Lincoln University at Har
rogaterfjflrenn., and the friends here
sympatA ; deeply with him and Mrs.
with her husband and lit
tie infar™ son.
WINDER’S FIRST CITIZEN
PREACHES AT FIRST BAPTIST.
“Uncle Frtnk” Jackson, in several
rc<ncts Winder's first citizen, will
preach at the First Baptist church on
next Sunday evening at 8:80. “Undo
Frank” as he is familiarly and affec
tionately known in every Baptist home
i> Georgia, hauled the first load of
lumber that went into the building of
houses in in our thrifty little city, and
is rich in reminiscences of Winder’s
material and spiritual annals. He has
done a wonderful work of soul winning
all over the static* and few men are so
much Ixfloved by Georgia Baptists and
others who know him. His sermon
will bfe a spiritual feast to all who hear
THIS MAN SHAKES
THE WEEVILS LOOSE
A Warrenton farmer, who has he n
successfully combating the boll weevil
for several years related Ills method
to The Constitution last week. This
farmer says that the weevil case to
he such a real menace if every famcr
will take a pine brush and lightly heat
the cotton stalk during its period of
bloom and fruit maturity. This should
be done once ex-lory day.
He asserts that when the weevil
fails to the ground lie must at once
move on or else he dies of the hot
ground.
He also states this method will pre
vent the hatching of the eggs.
We have often heard if repeated that
where there is a foot path through the
field the cotton produced more fruit than
the other rows, to say the least this is
an inexpensive method of combatting
the weevil and it wouldn't cost much
to try it out. —Cleveland Courier.
WINTERVILLE HENS
NET OWNERS $1,116
Seven flocks of hens in Winterville,
netted their owners profit of $1,i16.31
in five months, according to F. C Chan
dler. professor in the High school there
who was in Athens yesterday.
Mr. Chandler was attending the
Curb Market and told a Banner-Her
ald reporter that .$2700 worth of pro
ducts wen ‘ sold from these hens, 207
in the seven flocks. The cost of caring
for the hens and out expenses amount
ed to $15H3.69.
The owners of the hens attended the
poultry class at the High school there
1 last, winter. They kept an accurate re
! cord on each of the hens in the seven
| flocks. The records have been audited
Iby Harry Pittard of the Pittard Bank
ing company in Winterville.
The flocks, numbering 207 hens last
December, are being increased rapidly
to the 1,000 mark, said Prof. Chandler.
Some of the eggs on the Curb Market
Saturday were from the Wlnt'rvillc
Egg Circle. Nearly all of the eggs
from Winterville are graded and pack
led in cartons. They sell rapidly.—Ath
ens Banner.
BOBBIE RANKIN
IS RECOVERING
W<< have received the following let
ter which we feel sure will he inter
esting to our readers in this city and
section:
Toledo, Ohio, May 12.
Editor Winder News:
We thought our friends there would
lrt> glad to know that Bobbie Rankin
was recovering from a serious opera
tion on bis liips, with the hopes it
would enable him to walk better.
Perhaps you would be interested in
knowing what kind of weather we had
on May 9th, so am sending you Toledo
Blade of that date.
MRS. H. M. RANKIN.
From the Toledo Blade we see that
the thermometer was as low as 2<i de
grees above zero, which is 0 degrees
below freezing point. The vegetable’s
were not seriously damaged as they
were covered by four inches of snow.
Heavy damage was reported of the
fruit crop, though it was thought that
anolcs were not seriously Injured. It
was reported that the ground was fro
zen hard throughout the surrounding
country.
While the weather .was cold hare in
Winder at that time no damage was
done to vegetables nor to fruit.
Big Track Meet at
Winder May the 26th.
Saturday afternoon at 2 :80, there
will be an inter class track meet, with
all the grades of Winder Hi School
competing. Each class will enter as
many men as they wish as the first
four places will count in deciding the
cup winner. The events will he as fol
lows :
100 yards dash.
Shot put.
220 yards dash.
High jump.
Hurdles.
Broad jump.
Pole vault.
440 yards dash.
Relay.
And as an added feature there will
be an open ono mile run for any pupil
of Winder High school. This should
prove to he a very interesting meet.
There will be a lot of class spirit man
ifested and will give some idea of the
track ability of Winder Hi boys, as
every class is expected jo enter a full
team. Awards will he announced later.
THE GLOBE STORE.
The Globe Store has on a great bank
rupt sale this week. Great bargains are
to he found there. Read their large
page advertisement in this issue.
MR. PARKER’S FATHER DIES.
•
The many friends of Mr. N. G. Par
ker of this city will sympathize with
him in the death of his father, which
occurred at Lovett, Ga.. the first of
Mrs. Callie Millsaps,
Prominent Woman of
This County, Dead.
Mrs. Callie Millsaps. one of the best
known women of Barrow county, died
jat 1 o’clock Friday morning at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Minnie
Smith, near Whaler, where she had
been making her home for some time.
Mrs. Millsaps was born and reared
in Walton county, and in curly life
married Mr. William Millsaps, who
died a number of years ago. She was
seventy-six years of age* May 10, and
hail been in good health up until a few
days ago. She was a sister of Mrs.
Cammie Hill, Mrs. W. P. DeLaPer
ri'.re, John S. Smith, and G. W. Smith,
all of whom were prominent in this
section during their lifetime. She was
the mother of eight children, five of
whom survive her. Mrs. P. R. Smith,
and Mr. Marvel Millsaps, of Winder,
and Mrs. Thomas Davis, of Texas,
died several years ago. Those surviv
ing her are Mrs. John H. Smith. Mrs.
Minnie Smith and G. S. Millsaps. of
Winder; Mrs. John E. Wright, of Mon
roe; and John W. Millsaps of Atlan
ta’. A numlfer of grand children and
great grand children survive her.
Mrs. Millsaps, before her marriage
was Miss Callie Smith and by her
marriage was related to a large num
ber of people, now living in all parts
of the state. She was the grandmoth
er of W. W., O. 8., IV R-. Charles
Blakh, Julian and W. J. Smith. Mrs.
PH. Brooksher, Mrs. 11. H. Smith,
Mrs. Montine Cowan, Mrs. S. W. Bell,
Miss Julia Smith. G W. Millsaps, and
Miss Sybil Millsaps. all of Winder, and
Mrs. Ninunic Preston of Monroe, and
an aunt of it. I’. DeLaPerrktre, Hoseh
tou, representative from Jackson coun
ty in the Georgia legislature. Mrs.
Millsaps was a life long member of the
Christian church and contributed large
ly to its institutions.
The funeral services were held at 2
o’clock Sunday afternoon at Chapel
church in Barrow county, Rev. W. B.
McDonald, the pastor, officiating, as
sisted by Rev. J. 11. Wood, of Rome,
and Rev. E. L. Shelnutt, of Winder,
with interment in the fatnliy burying
ground in the churrh yard.
FIFTH A. M. SCHOOL
COMMENCEMENT
1 The Fifth District A. & M. School
Is nearing the close of the most suc
-1 ce.-siui ars in its history. The en
-1 rollmont of two hundred and thirty
four students is twenty more than at
any previous time. Of this number
eighty-two are girls, and one hundred
and lifty-two are boys.
The Commencement season will be
gin Saturday afternoon, Mav 26th. with
a very unique affair —“A Baity Show”
staged by the Alumni in the audito
rium of tlie school. A large number
of the Alumni are planning to enter
contestants —young A. & M. boosters.
The Alumni Banquet will be a bril
liant affair of Saturday evening, May
26th.
The Commencement Sermon Sunday
morning. May 27th, will be delivered
by Rev. W. P. King, pastor First Meth
odist church( (Gainesville, Ga. Rev.
King was pastor of the First Method
ist church of Monroe for four yoars,
and his many friends will he* delighted
to hear him on this occasion.
On Monday evening. May 28tli, a
negro minstrel will Im* presented by
Mr. Itoy Drukenmiller. The brass
hand will feature very prominently in
the minstrel.
The annual meeting of the Board of
trustees will take place Tuesday morn
ing, May 29th, at ten o’clock.
A charming operetta, “Pauline or An
Eventful Day, will lie presented by Miss
Mary Radford, teacher of English, and
Miss Eunice Walker, teacher of music,
on Tuesday evening, May 29th.
The Commencement will
Im* delivered by Prof. W. If. Hooper, of
thejgSfcbiiversity of Georgia. Wednesday
evening, May .‘With. On this occasion for
ty-one menders of the Senior class will
receive diplomas.—Walton Tribune.
BRASELTON HIGH SCHOOL
Tin 1 Commenc/.ment Sermon of the
Braselton High School will he preach
ed at 11 o’clock May 20th, by Rev. J.
M. Dodd, pastor First Baptist church
of Winder. The closing exercises will
be given on Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday nights of the following
week. Everybody is cordially invited.
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BILL GREESON SAYS: *
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The following set of rules will *
* g’o a long ways tow rd making *
* you successful in this old world: *
* I. Attend to your own business. *
* 2. Let. other people’s business *
* alone. *
* 8. Keep out of bad company. *
* 4. Do unto others as you would *
* have them do unto you. *
* \\k Hold a stiff upper lip and *
* tight hamestring. *
* 6. Early to bed and early to *
* lise *
* 6. Work like the devil ami eeon- *
* jornize, *
* 7. If anybody don’t like this *
* they know whare Bill Greeson *
* lives: out on the side of the ridge *
* on the Loganville road. *
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WE WILL PAY FIFTY CENTS
FOR PURCHASES IN OUR TOILET
GOODS DEPARTMENT FRIDAY
Winder Drug Cos.
C. M. THOMPSON’S
WEEKLY LETTER
Old Noah got drunk oil wine and ev
er since that time the human race has
had trouble with strong drink.
In Proverbs, we find. “Wine is a
mocker, strong drink is raging and
whosoever is deceived thereby is not
wise.” “Look not upon the wine when
it is red. At last it bitteth like an ad
der.” Proverbs also tell us “That thine
eyes shall behold strange women and
thine heart shall utter perverse things.”
Wines and wiskeyS have i|>en a
profitable business all along down the
line of mankind from the early days
of wine presses of Egypt. And it has
so powerful an eFoment of gain and de
struction that many laws have been
passed to stop the evil. There have
been so many acts of violence by its
devotees tlit laws have been passed
to stop it.
Just after the Revolutionary war, hi
1794, a very noted revolt known as th
Whiskey Rebellion broke out in western
Pennsylvania. Theda people wore mak
ing whiskey in the mountains and did
not think that the government had the
right to tax a state for making whiskey
At this time money was so scarce that
whiskey became a medium of exchange.
(What about a preaclrtr receiving this
for the Lord at one of his rake-in days.)
The excite law imposing a tax of sev
en cents a gallon was passed March
3rd, 1701. Whiskey at that time was
about 16V4 cents per gallon. This tax
seemed to those mountaineVrs to he
excessive and the spirit of 1770 got in
to their hones. Now, during the three
following yours there were violent pro
tests. Incendiary mass meetings and
riots under the leadership of David
Bradford. Revenue officers whose du
ly it was to inspect, private property
were tarred and feathered by Bradford
and his followers depsite the efforts
of Albert Gallatin and William Find
ley.
There was a general state of lawless
ness everywhere. In October, 1794,
15.000 soldiers, from adjoining (states
were ordered by Washington to cuter
Pennsylvania under Henry Lee and ad
just the state of affairs. Bradford left
the country and a number of ring-lead
ers were arrested ami imprisoned. This
net on the part of tire government set
tled the question of sending mnlitia
from one state into another and its
ability to enforce the federal excise
law.
Now. in 1872, there were a lot of
revenue officers and distillers who
former a elan at St. Louis to evade
the payment to the government the in
ternal revenue tax on distilled liquors.
It was known us the “Whiskey Bing.”
Don’t you reckon we have ’em here. In
1N74, this conspiracy had a national
proportion and those who failed to en
ter the ring who wore interested weie
threatened with the ruin of their bus
iness. This organization had branch
es in Chicago, Milwaukee, Cincinnati,
Peoria, and New Orleans. They also
had an agent at Washington to corrupt
the officials of the treasury.
In 1875, Myron Colony, a secret agent
had 238 persons indicted. It was dis
covered that more than a million and a
half dollars had lueen robbed from the
government. Among those concerned
were (Jen. Babcock, Grant’s private
secretary. In this time, from 1.8(H) to
1875 or near that date, if a feilow want
ed a hit of brandy he took his apples
or peaches to a government distillery,
got his liquors and went back, about
like we get our cotton seed meal or
flour of today. It was pure uiul good.
It had none of the Iducstone, tobaccos
or other poisonous ingredients.
When a fellow took a sensible drink
of this pure liquor he felt like kissing
his mother-in-law.
The next step to head off the gain
In liquor profits and for moral and re
ligious influences, a law was passed
making it a misdemeanor to go about
a church with it for sale. Then school
houses were included, if I mistake not.
Then the local optionlst came along
and wanted to have is dispensed under
certain regulations.
About 1900, the dry element with the
help of every preacher from Dan to
heershelL raised a yell that echoed
from the frozen hills of the north to
the torrid climate of the equator. The
wets and local opt ion is ts spent many
hard earned dollars and cried in a
lonesome tone, “where’s our freedom?”
“They’ve forced the stock law on us,
and they tax us heavily, put men in
good jobs and give them good pay to
ste we don’t slip a bit of tea to cure
us of the flu.”
Now, we have no liquor only as we
tige it, and sit still in the midst of ti
ger liquor because the law' is so weak
that tin* police cannot go in and search
for tiger liquor. I cannot understand
why any officer of the law cannot be
permitted to search in questionable
places.
Less than a year ago I saw a fellow
under the influence of liquor drive his
car against a tree as he was turning in
the direction of the “Tiger Den.” My
curiosity was aroused. I strolled on,
saw where he stopped. I passed in a
few minutes, leisurely with some men.
Their conversation convinced me my
man and others were tanking up. Di
rectly two small boys came by the
place where the men were assembled
and I followed them back towards town
and joking as we went. One of them
said those men were getting too much
hot water. I was again convinced that
I was not mistaken. It certainly was
the Tig< rs Den. Don’t blame the po
lice for this until you make a law giv
ing them the power to search suspi
cious places. I thank you.
r m 'tumvoKOM
No. 4