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VJ EDITED BY THOS. E* WATSON Vol. 11. fWtooW' ' / '; \ fezZA<dr AW? IW\ ' iHOrW Wil J w "W /I -,_ x. / 'KXmuIIi v \'*'/ X u7/Zol K/rot \ WMWfiMHcwJ'/ ,rfi< ,x I *^.< • // w\\ wv? Kw S^^hM j O^^^y T y/ |M«<i j a»LW— wh WBblww/ W| I', XSsIH®/. / A ; . iy<iBBIIWWWP>. <A o JAt ; :Bfg| 18M^.|m;W; . We fight with tongue and pen for firm convictions that have come to us from personal suffering, and from witnessing the greed, coercion, cruelty, avarice, bribery and extortion that is everywhere seen in this so-called civilized age. In the fight now on In the state of Georgia between manhood and whiskey, the Jeffersonian stands squarely for manhood. .The environments and influences of saloons do not develop stability of character, hon esty of purpose, high and inspiring ideals, strong and unfaltering convictions and other human characteristics that are essential not only to the suc cess and happiness of the individual, but to the life, prosperity and permanence of the nation itself. The Jeffersonian believes that in order to real ize better government, we must make better and more intelligent men—therefore we should rid ourselves of this monster evil (rum) which is under mining and diverting the aims and ambitions of our young men, destroying our homes and filling yearly thousands of graves with the bodies of pau pers.—GOßDON NYE. State Senate Passes Prohibition Sill By a vote of 34 to 7 the Georgia Senate, Saturday at 11:25 o’clock, passed the Hardman prohibition bill. Before a gallery packed to its ca pacity with ministers and men and women who had worked and prayed for years, the s nate placed itself on record as favoring complete and sweeping prohibition for Georgia af ter January 1, 1908. Action came upon the heel of an effort of Senator Felder to postpone passage of the measure until next Tuesday. In that test vote the strength of the advocates of prohi- Atlanta, Ga., Thursday July 18, 1907. bition was clearly shown, as his mo tion was defeated by a vote of 30 to 11. . Senator Felder immediately moved the which would have placed the bill on its passage without an opportunity for amend ments to come up. He was again defeated, and several amendments were read. An amendment by Senator Dobbs to strike that pait of the bill which prohibited the manufacture of intox icants in Georgia, was lost. An amendment by Senator Martin to revert to the local option law in the event the prohibition measure should ever be repealed, was also lost. Amendments requiring that a pa tient must actually be under the care of the physician who furnishes the prescription for alcohol, to allow the sale of pure alcohol to bacteriolo gists for scientific purposes, and to abolish dispensaries and forbidding agents or officers of the state from purchasing liquors, were passed. Then the bill as amended in com mittee and open senate was passed How They Voted. Os those who voted against the bill Senator Felder represented the district in which Macon is the lead ing city. Senator Gordy is from Co lumbus; Senator Stephens is from Savannah. It is lather remarkable that a group of senators from one section voted against the bill. They were: H. E. Giiflfin, of the Twenty-firs'; T. S. Felder, of the Twenty-second; A. J. Johnson, of the Twenty-third; and Frank Gordy, of the Twenty (Continued on Page Thirteen.) No. 26.