The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-11-22
PROHIBITION IN anoRa1A.

Atlanta Aroused Over tho Coming Con-
test in that CITY, and Both -ides Work.
ing with UstiriDg Energy.
ATLANTA, Ga, Nov. 2l.--On Wsdnos-
day next will close the most remark
able contest ever carried on in any
Southern city, when Atlanta will de-
eide whether tho sale Of liquor shall
b. prohibited or not. For
10 years temperance agitatl, n
hls been carried on In Gaorgis, which
has 80 far euscsedcd that now ouI of
l37 counties OF the State tha ssla OF
lqaor Is ou;y SLOWED In
10, These l5 counties are the
..sass OF large clties, where the
! lqaor eiement hsslargs properly III
erests at stake. The priDciple by
which the agitation was csrfiai IL
known ~ that OF "loeal optlon.r It
has bsen brosched In eaoh
comnuni'y Us moral aud
pnlica measure, thus meeting tho sup
port OF both political ptrttss. both e,i-
ors, aud the entire iAoral element If
society. II Was not until tho move
m0ntreaohad tne large cities that any
serious opposition was met.
These lccsl option elections were
held under spRclal acts OF tho Legiale-
tura. The business Interests OF the
large cities was always strong enough
IL prevent tho passage .ot such lucAi
option action, 40 iAr as they were
themselves concerned, hence Inv
Legislature passed n general lOcai on-
tion bill, under which ths ordinarie.
oi Lbs counties wers required to order
n a ~ In ~ pn
Number Of c'tlzsna. The frat
ci.v to which this was oppliad wss
AtIanta. An election on tho QUESTION
vas ordered bv Ordtuary 0sln.un. on
tho petition Of 2.800 voters, to take
plaos Novamher %sb. Then bsgar
u csuvy,l which has develop. d
most remarkable features. The hirh
est vote ever cast In y presiiept,a Il
year WAN little over 5000. The reu.
istratiou In this elso.ipn hss
run up to 5000. The Protibl,
ttoniats orkanixsd q strong onmmittae,
bscksd by nesrlv all the prea hers In
thu CITY, with Sspator Colqu,tt, Dis
trict ATTORNEY b. H. Hill and other
promtnert men, actively at work, The
orunt OF the battle, however, has fallen
on tho shoulders Of Rev. j, b.
Hawthorne, tho c0icbrated Raptist
prsache-, Rev. Sam Jones, Colonel
Sam Smal', Rev. Atti,s Haygood, Rev,
W. II. FELTON,, and others, have Tor ,O
days besn addressing 6udis Ioss ot
RON 5000 to 5000 IN Sam Jonos'
gospel tont. Tne nnti-prohibitlonist 81
nave been equally antive, being led by
Juiias Brown. sou OF Senator
Brown, Hoo. Albert Cox and
many others. They have bsen particr.
larlv active IN committee work.
Tho most remarkable political
feature Of tn. campsisn has bon the
breaking up OF party and color lines,
The meetings OF both paroles are at
tended nv white and black, ana
enrnest Efforts have been made by bnth
.ides to capture the oolored voters,
For this purpose have speakers OF
both Sides not only addressed large
bodies OF oolored men, hui
they have imporied prominent colorod
spsakerr, such n Bishop Campbsll
OF Philadelphis; Blsbop Turuer and
ex,Cong,essman Jerf Long. The
ladies', too, have entered the Q, n
test with vlgor. In word, every
element OF so iaty--all aRes, pexe,
aud colors--sto stirred up and moth.
ing slse 10 talked Of hat prohibition
Toe general feeling Is that II Atlants
goes for prohibition the m0vemcn,
will spread rapidly through all the
Southern States.