The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1886-03-13
RUNS RULE.

The Natural aud Inevitable Results OF
the unrcstrnlned Tranlc In Strong
Drink.
The daily papers Of recent date have
contained accounts Of u number Of
dnring burglarios committed in the
towns along the line Of the new Croton
a%gucduct. Midnight robbcrics have
succeeded each other with such start
ling rapidity that in some neighbour
hoods the people have become almost
panic-strickon Other crimes, ofgrcatcr
or less degree, arc also alarmiugly
frequent In the same ncighhorholds.
A number Of murders have taken place
recently, aud gambling. brawling and
scenes Of dcbauchcry and shameless
rcyclry are of constant occurrence.
Things have come to such II pass that,
according to the ionkcrs Statesman,
q local paper, property in these neigh
borhoods has greatly deprecated, and
the better elias. Of inhabitants are NOV
Ing out. The same paper lays the re-
spOn-ihility for all this crime and de-
morulilatiUn Mt the door Of the saloons.
The work on the new aqncducl has
called into these communities u largo
number Of working-mcn chiefly Tor.
cigncrs. The most OF them are with
ont families and are congrcgated to-
gcthcr in large boarding-houscs away
from all immediate legal aud social re-
straints. The hnrpies Of the saloons
have seen in this situation their oppor-
tunity, and have Hooked TO the region
In great numbers. They have been
aided in their disigns, in many in-
stances, by the local authorities, who.
instead of refusing them licenses or
driving them away, have permitted
thfm to carry ON their ~nefarious work
without let or h%indcrancc. Speaking
Of the condition of affairs in one town.
the paper mentioned says:
NEARLY cvery body who has desired has
hCrn licensed upon the payment Of "A pcttg
Zee Ncry Few persons have been refused.
Rum and loer shops have multiplied tour.
fold. Some uT them arr known to tho npfh.
hnrhuud ~ hroihels. ui ers nrN brnihcis nn1
gambling bells Cnmhinoii cock pits are main.
tanned IN sumr Of them under a thin veil OF
secrecy, while q tcr0cious aud htutnl dog.
ilEht has taken place IN one NJ them and las
been drscr bel in disgusting detail In tho
New York tity sporting Iatpcrs without M
any NaN awakening the local author iirG
Many OF them are nnpn NIL night, thus fur.
fishing y comfortable AID safe rr,rcat icr
The midnight pruwlcr. some at them 10 nut
close from the opening on SATURDAY morning
until the close Of business on MONDAY. tln
interval helug devoted cnntinuousl, to gam.
hing, drunken dcbauchrry, ani wild tcs'
olry.'
This paragraph carries It's own com.
ment. II is simply a vivid picture Of
a community where rum hold, full
and u%ndisputcd sway. Between the
shameless indifference II the local an.
thoriticS aud the greed aud mpacity
of the saloon-kecpcrs. the interests VI
public morals and common dcccncy
como 10 naught. the workmeu aro
robbed 81 their earnings. d%cbauched
aud ruined. With the runl-dcalcrs
have rome those birds uf a feather,
the iramps, gamblers. thieves, dog.
fighters aud abandoned characters 10
prey upon the community aud CON.
plctc t. decentralization. All these
things follow the u~nrrstraincd TRAILS
In strong drinks rs natural and In.
cyitablc result, The liquor business
thrivcs on rnttcnncss. It's constant
tendency c%verywhcU Is To reduce com.
munitics tn the condition described In
the paragraph We have quoted. Re-.
liesc the liquor traffic everywhere Of
all moral and legal distractions. Of the
pressure Of the Christian church and
the Christian home. aud II would
sweep the country 10 n speedy and
awful ruin In n holocaust " vice and
crime ~ ]. Obscrrvr.