THE SUTTOAT OREGOXIAy. rORTXAITO, SEPTE3IBER IS, 1910.
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TO EDITOR Oregonlan. who Is fa
mous tor the purry Of hi" im
porters: Dear Mr:
xvhen mo Nogi -ot aa far "West as
Wyoming we decide to make a dash to
Pittsburg. We could bear the Call ot
the Tame eoa--ttng u to Pennsylvania
with earnest Thompson-Seton voice.
Xrd when them rude cattle-farmers ot
Cheyenne continued poking eold shoot
guns against our sensltlTO skin we
became rery glib about promenadlntT
Ksstward. .
So we set our intelligent otto mobile
"Seeing America" on a shsdy corner 01
TVyoming and holla with 'xa
vol.-e, "TVa wish see Pittsburg, pile
11.50 apiece?" .
Imm1Ut. stampede of 'P"
Great attempt to get on by ell b""
Inhabitants. 1 Indians
vard sweaters paid carfars and ssowel
their willingness to elope with ma. An.
nexed to them came the Mayor or wy.
oraine- accompanied by ma nem
Smith who had once shook hands wttn
Theodore Rooseveit-
Crank-up by Nogi. VThen lastly seen
our 4 circular tires was obeerred scoot
In In sunrise direction where they was
determined to go-
rretty seoeJy we arrived against tie
state of Penn which we recognised by
Its solidly Republican appearance. All
firming- persons along bye-mads spy
us with eyes exclam:
X Togo Tourists, whltherwarda are
yon gotos fastiy with fly-wheel
junTs?" . ,,
-We wish see Pittsburg, please, holla
me fc Nogl together like chorus girls.
No Intelligent reply answered to this.
-Where should we find this Pittsburg.
If anywheres r I corrode chivalrously.
"Follow the smoke and you can't
miss it." negotiate Hon. Farmer as he
continued sharing vegetation with hoe.
So we done like he said so.
With immediate quickness we arrived
to a middle-aged brunette city contain
ing 321.(1 1 human Inhabitants and a
ayor. Pittsburg l composed of 8
classes: the Rich and the Poor. The
Klch are very wealthy and the Poor are
somewhat less so. Everybody in Pitts
burg does something. The Poor mske
the Bridges and the Rich play It. The
rich attend to the horse-racing, ooto
moblles and social chat-chat while the
Poor manage the coal-shoveling, steel
presslng and heavy lifting of Iron
rails. Thusly the work is divided so
that nobody shall be lonesome. The
Rich marry dukes chorus girls, while
the Poor marry whatever Is left. How
could the Poor object to such an ar
rangement? I make lecture to my Touri on this
educated subject. '
"Fellow Indians.- I collapse, -we are
r.ow surrounded by Pittsburg. It is the
hardware center of the LT. S. Where
would America get his hairpins, battle
ships, shovels and buttonhooks If It
wasn't for Pittsburg? Where would
v get the cannons that keep down
riots and the tacks that keep down
carpets? Where would we get the Iron
lamp-posts that lead us gently home
at night after a tired drunk? I ask to
know?" AU Togo Tourists reply by
saying nothing.) 'The steel of Pitts
burg Is famus the entire over-world
circumference for Its high financial
quality. It Is contained In everything.
In safetv-raxor. safety-pin. safety bi
cycle. What makes Aerial Navigation
so up so easy come down so hard?
Meel of Pittsburg! What makes huf
circular cannon-balls what explode In
(TFORGIA GETS PROHIBITION ONLY
THROUGH LOSS OF "STANDING BAR"
FIGT-REa TXIX TALE OT WORK.
OF DEPARTMENT OT POLICE.
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BT J. F. LEWIS,
-re- TLA NT A. Ca.. Sept. 17. (Special.)
Prohibition in Georgia has
pretty well reached the -adjustment"
stage, a condition partially sat
isfactory at least to the more conserv
ative of thoee who opposed the enact
ment ot the law. That to to say. the
underbrush has been cut out. the for
est cleared and pathways made and
beaten, so that every man knows Just
where and how to get what he wants
and to get it quickly.
Practically the only difference be
tween prohibition as Georgia knows It
today and the absence of it prior to
January t. 1, is the disappearance
of tb standing bar. with one or two
exceptions notably la Savannah, where
it U still -standing." and the oppor
tunity to "tank up" on the spur of
the moment. This is considered by
the conservative, the one real and the
only achievement ot prohibition, and It
may be stated wlta approximate posl
tlveness that in any readjustment
which may be brought about In the
future there will be no return of the
open barroom where alcoholic liquors
of the stronger kind are retailed by
the drink.
Sit oat ion Same In Other State.
.. -x. -f st Rnorrii prohibition
is very similar to that of ail other
states which have tried it rt has alra
pty driven the llqaer traffic to cover,
except at one or two points where pub
' Ua sandman! la aiscb that Use ecrex has
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warfare to kin folks with such deli
rious suddenness? Steel of Pittsburg!
What gives such fashionable shape to
young ladles who appear tightly com
pressed up down like muslo-rolls?
titeel of Pittsburg!"
-Please explan what Pittsburg hs
did for Art. Literature A Music,- re
quire one Harvard Indian with Import
ed voice-
-Ain't literature manufactured by
tlpewrlters?" I snlb for scorn. "Ain't
tlpewrltors made from steel? Ain't
steel made from Pittsburg? An then!
What would all U. & magazines do
without Justus Miles Forman, Anna
Katberlne Green and Cy Townsend
Brady working night day shifts on
Pittsburg tlpewrlters? 8urely yea It
there ass no tlpewrlters Literature
would be scarce like snakes' legs."
-Shakespeare other .poets of an
cient Grease did not manufacture song
with tlpewrlters. did they?" require
Gov of Wyo horsely.
-Hush off!" I snlb. "Bhakspeare was
Improper poet who wrote about
been dispensed with altogether. It is.
in effect, a repetition of "drugstore"
Kansas and "backdoor" Maine. Here
and there the open barroom still flour
ishes; the beer saloon thrives in Is
cities of the state, openly and under
license; the blind tiger may be found
without a search warrant; illicit dis
tilling has doubled; and the Jug train
cornea in dally both from north and
. w r-...oi. mnnAV nnurs Into
Chattanooga. Jacksonville. Louisville
and other clues or otner iuih. "
"locker club." an Institution wnicn xue
mother necessity, taste and desire, in
vented almost concurrently with the
advent of prohibition, thrives in the
cities and supplies certain classes with
the equivalent of a oar.
These are the most userui ami satis--,...-
.f h, m.thMti hr which the
law Is circumvented, and so far there
has been no known case of downright
suffering as a result of the deprivation
wnicn tne law is supposea 10 cnin..
t . It,!- RnprA hltl not
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been In 15 years an out and out liquor
state. A few counties nave oeen ury
by special legislative enactment for
nearly 40 years. Then along in 1833
came the operation of the local option
law wnlcn gave every county id im
state the opportunity of voting upon
w -wl ..-1 n n nf H HnnAP -trmYflA from
VA.U .wh V. " - "
its borders. It was necessary to re
move the sale irom tne country dis
trict where police power was lacking,
in order to keep down crime. County
after county voted "dry." and at the
time of the enactment of the present
prohibition law there were 11 out of
14 counties from which the sale of
liquor was excluded under this act.
"Frobiba" Make) Argument.
One of the principal arguments maie
by the prohibitionists against local op
tion was that it was nullified as a re
sult of liquor shipments from the cit
ies into the dry counties. To which it
was answered that these shipments
would continue from points without
the state. But to the extreme prohi
bitionist there is no such thing as argu
ment or answer; his assertion la final.
The people of Georgia were never
given aa opportunity to vote upon the
question of prohibition: It was given
to them by legislative enactment with
out the slightest attempt at expression
ot public opinion. So it la not known
to this day what Georgia would do if
the question were left to decision of the
k.llf.r kn, tUh.. W n W Rmlth. Who.
by the way. has Just been nominated
for Governor a secona ume srter
defeat by Governor Joseph M Brown
I.. I4nt vu ttlkitiA RAVAMAr In If 0ft.
there cam in with him a somewhat
t hla views. Governor amitte felmsslf
Venus and la- unfit to associate with
Ladies Home Journal."
Quiet silence enjoyed by Hon. Gov of
Wyo.
-What would Muslo be without Pitts
burg piano strings?" I nextty rejoint
-And listen to all the phonografs in the
world! It Is them solid steel phono
grafs what has turned America Into a
mass of music and has made Sunday
afternoon ao hard to bear."
-What Art has Pittsburg ever
made?" require that Harvard Indian
with Dr. Eliot eyebrows.
"Bedspiings was Invented In Pitts
burg." I corrode with dignity. "If bed
springs are not Art. what are they?"
All stood gast attempting to know
what was.
By short walks we came to a nor
malously swollen Factory which stood
proudly rumbling and shooting sparks
like Congressman Hobson at a School
Teachers' Convention. This was U. 8.
Steel Co. We knew it from Its photo
and from Its wicked Btook Exchange
was not a prohibitionist, but the ma
jority of his Legislature was. and even
before Mr. Smith's policies were dealt
with the Legislature put through Its
prohibition bill in the Summer of 107,
Governor Smith signed It and it be
came effective January L 190S, about
six months later.
For a time the liquor element didn .
know where it was "at" December.
, v. l.rt mAittti of the Honor traf
fic, 'saw stocks sold at wholesale with
consequent orgies at all those points
where liquors were sun soia. r
-Am ..it th. haft. Atlanta eclinsed
all former records during that month.
with 1131 cases OI aruna ana oi
derly conduct and 833 plain drunks In
police court.
Jug Train Route Works Overtime.
v . ( w rilrflrnlt to
aet anything to drink except by the
Jug-train route. The breweries of the
state had begun to prepare ror xno
situation by manufacturing an Insipid
substitute for beer, "near beer." as it
was called, containing from 14 to 2
per cent ox aiconoi. r or a ..ma una
as sold at tha soda fountains ana in
the drug stores.
Bars for the sale of "near beer
sprang up In all the cities within a
few weeks, and later on In the country
districts. The alcohol percentage in
the beverage sold increased gradually
until finally all of the old and well
known brands of beer were offered.
first without any label on the bottle
and then with greater boldness, and
no attempt to conceal.
. Instituted efsJnat
several of those selling beer. The law
proviaeo un. tncrv nuuia do uv m -fact
n re or sale of any sort of alcoholic
or malt liquors which "If drunk to
mm will nr-nAnr Inf n-rfratlon." The
State Court of Appeals finally held that
In rflannted cases, such as that ot a
imkatftiitA Vi. k.,r mm the beers sold
were called in legal language, proof
must be submitted In each case to
- n AK- . - narfl 1 m r m.rtlrle which
the defendant was charged with selling
would, lr aruna to excess, pruuuo in
toxication." .
In an Atlanta court one ardent pro
hibitionist who had never known In
toxication or anything approaching It.
submitted himself as a subject to dem
onstrate to the court that the article
..In. mrtIA wnnM n.AnrA f ntOYlcatlon.
He drank six or eight bottles and aft
erwards aescrioea ms sensations ui u
toxlcatlon on the witness-stand.
Plan Accomplishes Nothing.
T AAAnmnllilied nothintr. The prose-
Hi inlnit tha sale ef beer all
fell In the court of last resort, and beer
was soon sola openly an over mi aia-io,
vea In the majotrltx of Choso co-nntlea
appearance. In door of this great
hardware brewery we seen a sweet
family sight. It was Hon. Chas. M.
Squab and Hon. Wm. E. Corey standing
closely sldewlee to each other with
bride & groom expression.
"So ha!" say Nogi tackfully. "let us
make sneak-stop behind thein 2 great
men so we can tap their conversation
and get tip-off on some stock apparatus
tha twill make us rich by Wall Street."
So we walk up to them softly like a
caterpillar crossing a sponge. Hon.
Corey hook Hon. Squab by vest-button
and shot htm an earnest remark.
"Hon. Chas.." say him, "what you
think It will be?"
"Hon. Wm.," say Hon. Chas. "I im
agine If this keeps uply that It may
arise to 187 before the week is exter
minated." , ,
( "Banzai !" I whasper to Nogi, "we
now know everything. U. 8. Steel shall
arise to 187. We are tipped. Already
I have Waldorf-Astoria sensations in
my elbows.") .
-Ah, Chas!" say Wm. "I am Pitts-
which had for years been dry under
local option.
t - o ions th.. Tiriala-
1 ii vita ouiuiuv. w t -
ture recognised the beer traffic in a
way, by putting a license tax of $300
on all parties selling "substitutes for
beer." This licence was Increased in
1909 to 8300. when an unsuccessful ax-
tempt was made to prohibit the further
sale by additional legislative
ment; and It was further provided that
......... ,--r iihmild not be
sold outside of the limits of any incor
porated city or town witn a popui"
of les than 2500 under the census of
1900. This finally brought the sale
of beer down to 'ts present basis, where
11 is sola ireeiy in . t
-um .tatA frAlv and onenlT. ana
without other than the same police
restraint that was exerciwed over the
sale of liquor in barrooms.
There are 186 OI xnese so-c .ncu
. in Ati-nta the number
LJOOl ivJ.ta
having been cut down by restrictions
mads by council; xnern ar "'-- "'
S00 of then) in Savannah, of which more
i . ji , v. -.. fAnn In similar
proportion in Macon, Augusta, Colum
bus, Rome, Aioany. aihch .
ThA la no brand of beer
known in the country which cannot
now be procurea iieeiy ana opmij ...
these -28 Georgia cities, and the state
derives fTom Its sal a revenue of more
than $100,000 annually, or nearly as
much ao It reoeivea irora nmum
licenses. The cities, too. get their rey
n,i. thnnsrh not so much ss they did
under the old system.
The breweries or tne state aro wui
Ing full time, and the writer, looking
j . --ii,- -At vard, from the
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fifth story of the Constitution building.
can see there hair a aosnn cum o -cars
marked "Beer Oar."
Whisky Sold In "Lockers."
Whisky and other Intoxicants of that
class are openly sold in the "locker
dubs" and in Savannah.
Social clubs which had had their bars
attached ever since they came Into ex
istence, didn't want to give them up
when prohibition became effective. The
prohibition law did not exempt clubs, as
they sold whisky, and the sale was
prohibited by the law. So the locker
system was devised to bring the
necessity within the scope of the law.
Under this system any individual mem
bers of the club who desired it. was
furnished with a "locker." to which he
had the key. and be was permitted to
keep any sort of drinkables desired
therein.
This system has also since become
adjusted so that there Is no more of
that red tape about It. The purchase of
drinks in the club Is. of course, limited
to the members, but numerous clubs of
a social sort have sprung up over the
state wherever public sentiment toler
ates them, and in the cities men in al
most every walk ot life have their club
of this sort where they can get a drink
whenever they want It. At the same
time that it put a license on the "near-beer-
saloon, the Legislature also put
a $800 license tax on the locker olubs,
and each of them pays that amount an
nually Into the state treasury.
Savannah has been mentioned. Sa
vannah, tn fact, became Nationally
burgher enough to think It may go
higher than that!"
("Sakes!" snagger Nogi, "how crim
inally rich I shall become!")
Hon. Squab Hon, Corey hear this
collapse. They turn around harshly
with calamity eyebrows.
"How thus?" they holla. "Why for
you listen at our confidential chatter?
What sayings did you hear us say?"
"O sweethearted Mr. Sir." I obligate
with falling knees, "we could not move
away. Wo was ossified by your atock
Ucker remarks on U. 8. Steel."
"What we say about U. 3. Steel?" re
quire Hon. Chas. suspectfuUy.
-You said H would go uply to 18T
before week end." I snagger.
"Ha-ha for you!" yall Both with laft
volce. -We was not talking about U. 8.
Steel. We was dis-cusslng Hon. Hans
tit -- v. .r,r"
Nogi fainted slightly on my necktie.
When Hon. Corey eeen my Togo Tour
ists standing around in bunches like
grapes he removed his sad-dog ex
pression & said baffably.
"Should you like , me to show you
the Interior lnsides of this hard steel
business?" .
Deep breathing by alL
"Oh High Mr," say man named Smith
who had shook hands with CoL T. R..
-time Is money. How can we dare en
croach our cheap presence on your val
uable time?"
"My time," say Hon. Wa, "Is worth
$611,000 per hour. Tou are welcome to
ten minutes."
"That would be value $10,000," say
man named Smith. "Would you be so
careless as to hand me my share In im
mediate cash 7" But Hon. Corey merely
1 1. n.0.rfiil '
He lead us Into a room which was
large and flat like trie state or nan.
eas. While passing by doorway Hon.
Telephone make ring-up.
"Who there?" require Hon. Corey,
putting Hon. Tel to ear-side. "O. good
afternoon, Hon. J. J. HllL You say you
ju A Km ...fflt.n atul rnilM tn
extend from Duluth to Roekaway
Beach T too dust to iai to you now,
please! I have important ten minutes
with Hashimura Togo. Good buyP
So he hitch up Hon. Telephone & con
tinue onwards showing ua
fl.4 Ann. wV a -arm m Mnralna
coTMldorable heat, steel rails, working-
classes, etc. ail employed oy r. urcy
doing something for him. 468 blackface
glgantflerous wash boiler which was
large like N. T. mppoarome ana ooiiea
droppln of Iron chunk this great cooker
maae comia4,rB.(.iuu ii i-ui t uv n o ,u
surance resembling Mr. Devil stewing
doubtnuta.
"What are you manufacturing with
all this boiled iron?" I require with
nervus teeth.
"Soonly you shall see," comply Hon.
Squab.
We await minutes when. O sudden
ly! 411 laboring persons grabb enorma
lous hook which they splunge into that
mAiiltlnv m. .. on,f in f h mMKt rtt a tr -
gravated lifts, pulls A Jerks, they re-
vi.v rm t Vi jk -Ajtrhintr n 1 T f i nnA
red-hot Dreadnought entirely complete
except for an American flag and a
bottle of champaln.
"I did not think that battleships could
be cooked so easily," I yellup with mi
nus brain.
-After you . have associated with
financiers," say Hon. Corey, "you will
be surprised at nothing."
So be depart off to telephone to the
Caar of Russia, leaving us standing in
complete beswltchment.
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Social life among the lower classes
of Pittsburg Is extremely social. After
work hours they pitch horseshoes, roll
cannon balls 4 play other Iron games
which makes them strong so they can
work harder for Hon. Carnegie. When
not otherwisely engaged they gather in
clobrooms and enjoy athletick enter-
famous as the result of prohibition.
There was even some Jesting talk of 1
Chatham County, of which Savannah Is J
the county seat, seceding from the
state when the law went into effect. A
Chatham County Representative stated
In the hall of the House, when the pro
hibition bill was under discussion, that
Savannah would not obey it. And Sa
vannah hasn't. Savannah used the back
door for a time, but now the barrooms
there are opened on the same old
schedule. One can purchase anything
n the way of drinks, mixed or straight.
They call them "near-beer" saloons, but
there is no attempt to conceal the fact
that they do a straight retail liquor
trade throughout the list.
t' nmiH. ah- -..,v.r,v-4M- In fThatham
a w aaa Li.u a. w i... w. . v ...
County made a show of prosecuting the
violators of the law when It first went
Into effect, but It wss found Impossible
to obtain a conviction before a Savan
nah Jur5. No amount of evidence could
prevail upon the Jury to hand the de
fendant over to punishment.
Case In Point Cited.
On one occasion tn a Savannah court
it was shown that $3000 worth of
liquors had been seised in a place be
longing to the defendant, a sort of
store attached to his house, store and
residence being combined in the same
building. The defendant went on the
stand and explained that his wife was
an invalid, and that her physician had
prescribed for her various kinds of
alcoholic drinks as a tonic. The Jury
acquitted him.
In Atlanta the most serious and per
sistent effort was made to uphold the
law for a time, particularly as to the
illicit sale of whisky. Atlanta has an
ordinance which fixes a penalty of $500
and 30 days on the chalngang for keep
ing liquors in any place for the pur
pose of unlawful sale. Twenty-five or
30 persons were convicted under this
ordinance in the Recorder's Court, fol
lowing the enactment of the prohibition
law, and the Recorder, an ardent pro
hibitionist, gave them the limit of the
law. The negro defendants, who had
no money orrnfluence. went to the
stockade; the white defendants ap
pealed to the Supreme Court. The or
dinance was finally upheld and the de
fendants had to serve their sentences.
However, even this did not have the
effect of stopping the unlawful sale
of liquors in Atlanta The "runner"
system is right now in the heyday of
its biggest business. Negro runners
may be employed, provided they are
satisfied they are not In danger of
falling into the hands of the police,
to go and get a pint or a quart of al
most any brand of whisky desired. A
guest at any hotel can call a bellboy.
get a runner ana nave a quart i
whisky In his room within 15 or 20
minutes. The only danger is that he
will get a very mean quality of the
article he seeks, for the blind tigers
sre none too particular about th qual
ity of the stuff they sell. As a rule
It is the cheapest and the most Injurious
decoction.
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other cities of the state who. It Is
known, take orders ror wnrsmes maae
by well-known Kentucky and other
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tainments. These are called "Pltssburg
smokers."
All houses tn Pittsburg are surround
ed by lawns of delicious Parts green.
What is reason for this lawnish beauty?
Because! Pittsburg lawnmowers are pe
culiar for their sharpness & grow to
great size &. Intelligence in this smoky
climate.
After we had made promenade
through business section for six hours
Btudying taxlcabs, suffering among rich
classes, high cost of eggs, biographies
of Pittsburg Philanthropists, annual
death and Injury from cocktail and oth
er compressed statlstlcks, we axiden
tally collided upon Congressman Dalzell
who was filled with Republican Jokes
which he learned amidst them sinful
folks at Wash. D. C. So he made us
following slight anecdote to be used
only in Pittsburg:
A prom Pittsburg- clergyman was
eloping lonesomely down street when
be made bump with Stranger who was
confused in fog.
"How you like Pittsburg T' require
Hon. Rev.
hnnn that they represent. Until the
United States Government put a stop
to the C. O. D. whisky tramc it w
worked to a standstill here. Anyone
could buy a C. O. D. express order for
whisky, present it at the express office
and get his goods at once.
There has not been tne same vigutuu.
AFAnM-ntinii ither in Atlanta or the
other cities of the state against violat
ors of the law that there was the first
year of prohibition. The people seem
to have settled down and accepted the
situation. The police make special ef
forts, however, to clean out tne nesr"
whisky dives as a means of suppressing
crime, and every now and then a negro
Is hauled up and sentenced for operat
ing a blind tiger.
Not long ago an Atlanta plain
clothes man. suspecting a certain dar
key of beirig a "booze runner, asked
If he could get him a quart of whisky.
"Sure, boss." was the prompt reply.
"Shoes" Found to Be Whisky.
The deal was made and the darkey,
taking the $2 offered by the plain
, -. , .,1... t. lntter to hold
CIUIUCO iiio.ii, amu " . .
a box of shoes which he had under his
arm until he could go and get tne "11
uor. The policeman waited for two
hours, then went to police headquar
ters and open up the "shoes, which
nrAvAH to he a souare quart bottle or
ordinary corn whisky.
It Is stated that wnisny u "
cured in many of the near beer places
and public houses. Including some ho
tels, in Atlanta. Macon. Augusta and
other points, and from the amount ot
talk about it, this is probably true,
though it is furnished only to those as
to whom there Is no suspicion and In
cases where there is reasonab'e safety
from detection. .
As to the number of blind tigers In
Atlanta or any other city in the state,
it would be Impossible to say. It is
only known that they exist through
abundant hearsay and the frequent evi
dence of their product on the streets.
The Atlanta police court, for example,
has to deal with from 200 to 600 cases
of plain drunk each month, in addition
to 600 to 800 cases of disorderly con
duct, many of which include intoxica
tion. A few of the figures mcy be of
Interest. Before the state prohibition
law went Into effect in 1007 there were
in police court dur'ng the 12 months
18,773 cases of drunk and disorderly
conduct and plain drunks combined.
In the month of January, 1907. there
were 920 disorderly conduct eases and
461 drunks: In April, 932 disorderly
conduct and 537 drunks; in September,
1260 disorderly conduct and 693 drunks;
In December. 1187 disorderly conduct
and 838 drunks. In 1908. the first year
of prohibition, there was a total of
11.540 disorderly conduct and drunk
cases combined, and the figures for the
same months as given for 1907 were as
follows: January. .1908, 626 disorderly.
6S drunks; April, 690 disorderly, 149
drunks: September. 918 disorderly con
duct, 309 drunks; December, 794 dis
orderly 437 drunkr- In 1909 tl.e total
of both classes was 18.819. showing an
lnorease of 2300, and comparison wl'h
the months already given follows: Jan
uary, 813 disorderly. Sll drunks; April,
778 disorderly, 3:5 drunks; September,
"I ain't seen It yet." snuggest Hon.
Strange.
-How do you like our atr?" requlrs
Hon. Clergy with hat.
"I ain't breathed it yet." rejected Hon.
Person blotting himself completely out
Hoping you are the same
Tours truly
HASHIMURA TOGO.
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S76 disorderly, 329 drunks; December,
729 disorderly. 290 drunks. For 1901
January nhows 687 disorderly and 323
drunks; April. 827 disorderly and 271
drunks. May and June, 1910, show con
siderable decrease owing to the "gold
en rule" plan adopted by the poli-e
commission of not arresting intoxicated
persons unless they were disorderly
or unable to navigate well.
The prohibitionists have set greet
store by these figures, declaring at least
that the law has brought about a de
crease in drunkenness in the otty of At
lanta. There Is, tjowever. a large amount
of quiet Indoor drinking which never
gets to the police court records. There
have been known cases of young men
taking their first steps in drinking since
the prohibition law went into effect as
the result of visiting In the rooms of
frends who. no longer have access to the
ssloon, ordered their supplies In bulk
from Chattanooga or some other point.
In the country the blind tiger la Just
about as promiscous as ever and tha il
licit distiller is on the rapid Increase. In
some of the country counties the llllolt
sale is watched more closely than tn the
cities.
Negro "Tool of White Man."
"And yet that negro's fine was paid,"
remarked the Judge. "I am satisfied
that negro didn't have $10 he could call
him own; that he was simply the tool
of some white men who were hiding
behind him. I thought he would surely
go to the chalngang through failure to
pay his fine, but to the surprise of all
he produced the money and secured his
freedom."'
The records of the United States Court
show that In 1907, the last year before
prohibition, there were 302 cases insti
tuted against Georgians for. operating
illicit distilleries. In 1908 the number
was 320: 1909, 398 and In 1910 It had
Increased to 622. These figures are for
the Government's fiscal year ending
June 30.
A few months ego there came near
kn. a cHnuR rJflnh between the state
and United States courts as the result
of the almost open operations of a dis
tillery in the mountains of Dade County.
The state authorities knew the distillery
was working day and night, but had
trouble in getting the evidence. Finally
they summoned the United States
gauger and threatened him with con
tempt of court unless he gave evidence
against the operator. He refused and
spent several days In Jail, being released
through habeas corpus proceedings tn tha
United States Court, where It was held
that he could not be compelled to testify,
since under the United States law an
employe of the Revenue Department ts
forbidden under pain of dismissal, from
revealing matters which come to his at
tention in the course of his official busi
ness. The foregoing will give some general
idea of tha conditions In Georgia under
prohibition. Any Georgian who wants a
drink, or a pint, or a quart, has a way
of getting it without any material diffi.
culty. Tha visiting stranger may exper
ience slight difficulty at the start, but
once on to the "rope" which may be
accomplished on short notice, be la
"fixe for life."