The Brookhaven leader., 1885-06-04
"Does Prohibition Prohi bit P"

hIN'ih', Nu'CH 10 oFiIS CUlIiCu prev
ty extensively Ivy the State press:
The New Albany MISC Demo
crat describes the crowd that assem-
hled in that town a week or so ago
To witness that interesting enter
tainmrnt, the hanging OF a man.
Everybody was there, the young
and the old, big and little. white
and black. men and women, from ev-
cry station in lie, to CRAFTY the
morbid curiosity.
The man was not hanged, and the
Democrat says
The scene in the evening was one
never To he forgotten. Notwith-
standing there is not place in the
county where whisky is publicly
sold, there were more drunken ILen
in New Albany Tuesday evening
than was ever seen here. Where all
that whisky came from is not known
but it was here aud that bad kind
which makes fellow want to fight
and swear, and they sworc and
fought and don't you forget it,
AS this county in which this
scene was laid is strong prohibi-
ton county and the liquor shops are
all closed, IN view of the drunken
ness described, it is very peril
ncnt question to ask does "prohibi-
! zion prohibit p
As the above is receiving so much
notice by the press and is clieiting
letters of enquiry for the facts from
various sources, We will briefly no.
tice it, which We would have done
sooner had we noticed the article IN
! question. AS to the article in the
Democrat we have this to say 1t is
one of those bypcrbolic paragraphs
/ which are too often to be seen in the
columns Of country newspapers. In
stead of the day referred to being
one "never to be forgotten" we dare
LAY that there was nothing connect
ed with it that was calculated to i'm
press the mind so indclibly, except
that an immense crowd had assem-
! blcd in our little village AS to the
prevailing drunkenness that one
would infer from the reading on
/ said occasion, we think that the
! number would under close count,
! reach ten out Of three thousand that
had assembled.
/ Now, as to the swearing, we think
that we head not exceeding fifteen
men use IN oath during the day );
/ and out Of the vast nGmhrr Of
fights % which were reported to
have occurred on the streets that
day (which is never to be forgotten
we point with pride to our mayors
docket which records only one at
tempted fight on that "memorablc"
day. There were only three arrests
made, and we have as efficient and
matchful marshal as any cornty in
the State can boast, who had TWO eff
licicnt deputies appointed for the oc
casiOn. In justice to our town and
county we will state the further fact
that Benton, Marshall, Lafayette,
Pontotoc, Lee, PrentiSs, Tippah, and
perhaps other counties were repre-
Seuted in The vast assemblage. -Op
tic, Ne,o Albony, Mss.
The Optics correction reminds us
Of what we have heard and observed
as to Lawrence county. 1t is a
standing lie with many liquor men
that Prohibition down there don't
prohihit,' and that there is just as
much whisky drank in Lawrence
county "a ever Now We have been
at Monticello on several occasions
during Circuit Court, and took par
ticusr pains each time to observe
just how much truth there was in
these sort of statements. During
these various visits Of several days
| each, we have noticed, all told, three
| dlunken men, and two of them were
from adjoining counties which sold
whisky, and, as we ascertained upon
investigation, carried their liquor to
Monticello with them because Law
renee was "dry" COUNTY.
And now by way OF still further
contrast, we will state on the author
ity of Judge Mayors and many of
the most responsible citizens of
Lawrence, that before the county
! pro- ibtory law went into fleet it
was next to impossible to carry on
Court on the inside of the Court
house without first appointing extra
bailitfs to keep order among the dis.
orderly drinkers on the outside, and
that the Jail was often filled with
drunken offenders and the business
Of the Court greatly multiplied dur
ing its sitting.
Let the WHISKY organs which are
so fond ofpassing around lies against
Prohibition, put this and that to-