Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-07-13
GEEa-DR:NKING IN ATLANTA.
fF-om the Augusta Chroniclo.l


at Atlsuta, Ga, wf thrown open to the
public, and Atlanta can no longer te called
dry town. You have heard Of whipping
the devil around the ssamp' in great
many ways, but for bold, open. faced, cold
bloodcd evasion of law the present sale oi
beer and liquor in Atlanta 10 without q par
alel. Il door opons cut Of the Kimball
House bar toto an adjoining room, whlch
has been stored wish full supply OF wine,
LIQUOR, and besr in barrels. The room in
turn opens iuto another, which is stocked
with quart bottles aud TASKS and large re-
frigerator holding four kegs Of beer. i ia
Die runs the length Of the refrigerator, serY
ing tho place OF the customary bar, and be-
hind this two uen aro kept busy jerking
beer
The mode OF procedure is this: In the
Kimhall House harroom proper bait dcz'
en- clerks are kept busy behind the bar,
riusins out pitchers and glasses These, as
/, It as prepared, are placed upon the coun-
ter. a man enters with one or two friends,
takss up pitcher and steps back 10 the sd-
Joining room and gets quart Of beer for
twenty cents. Returning to the bar he and
bis friends provide themselves with glasses,
and standing III group they dish it out and
make merry.
The pitchers used ure the ordinary white
eartlea ware strs; ;ght pitches used for serv-
ing water ia hotels, and will hold half a
gallon. & man can therefore regulate his
purchase by the number or drinking capac.
it's OF the party. Twenty cents is good
price icr {. quart Of beer, but man with Il
monopoly in a cry town needn't be particu-
lar. Then, toe, quart fills four Of the
glasses now used for beer and cold for FIVE
cents, SO that the beer bidder cannot complain.
Frequently man comes in alone, and, as
ne cannot get less than quart, unless he is
8 pretty good Dutchman, he needs help. Ii
is not hard to lind for men with nothing
else to Go are standing around ready TO be
invited to join groups or to help man out
who has more than he can drink.
The drinkers do not con6ne themselves to
beer. Quart TASKS of whisky play promi-
nent part in the programme, and this is con-
suned in the same way, or by parties who
slink oil into closets and take turn about at
the flask.
And the drinkers Gre not confined 10
drummers, bummer5 Or any Of that class
who uauslly get tbe credit for such things.
The representative men nf Atlanta. bankers
and merchants, can De seen armed with
pitchers and joining The march to the beer
kegs.
l stood by tho beer jerkers q few minutes
thst morning and watched the strange pro-
cession. 1t was not composed alone of
pitchers procured at the bar. They came
from all points and every station of life, and
the quart pickle jar, the cut-glas5 decanter,
the tin buckets and the old family water
pitcher were buried together in one common
beer.
Monday Philip Breiten bucher, Kenny &
Werner and 2. J. Kcnney's bar-rooms were
open for the sae Of beer and liquor by the
quart, they having bought Licenses INNING
to different dates.
Aien who have been cut off from their
beer for week flock TO this naughty place
like bsld hesdcd men 80 ballet, and the
bar was crowded all the morning. BY
noon they had emptied twenty-five kegs
of beer and the rush was unabated.
1t cannot he called sn evasion Of the law,
fer there is 90 evasion and none is attempt
ed. It is plain and open defiance. The
prohibitionists ere chafDg under it. and it is
not improbable they will attempt to put a
stop to it. The liquor men are confident of
their position, and claim to be proceeding
under the law by competent legal advice.
It is the talk Of tue town, and there is no
Disgusting the fact that if the present pro-
ceduro can be kept up as long as the license
lasts, prohibition is dead in Atlanta until
October Q.