Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1901-12-30
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The DIspensary Question:
Now that the legislature has gone home
and whether for good or bad II Is impos-
uihls to hear any more from them on this
waxed question Tor a year. I feel as II !
can trust myself to say; am always
afraid Of any SORT OF a place where the
sale of intoxicanfs is legalized. and where
q cloak OF respeetability Is put on the
bushes scf selling liquor. Whyf
Because strong drink. no matter where
Al may Be bought. steals away the COM
mon sense ana the Judgment. the money
and two often the decency OF the pur-
chaser. a he drinks too much OF t.
The opponents OF saloons have run the
dreadful business behind blinds. and
forced the vender 20 put over his door
NO MINORS ALLOWED HERE
There r. no estimating the force OF such
an Inscription as this-this warning 70 IN
nocence. as an educator OF public opinion
II aaEertises the lack OF responsibility IN
q business where boys OF less man -
must be kept away. No railroad conductor
who makes a business OF freQuenting a
saloon can keep his place He may not get
drunk bat he is not wanted on a nrst-
class railroad No engineer can buy a
bottle 81 liquor from any place where IL
Is sold, and set IL up on shelf in his
engine He may not take a tea-spOonful
fer a total abstainer. and a bottle in his
grip" would most likely lose him his
place. whether he drank or conveyed II 70
another. 1900.
No young man vim be employed IN a
nank who tipples. after the bank people
discover his appetite for intoxieants- ne
VIII 80 out as certain as he drinks liquor
whether he buys II behind blinds or from
q dlspensarY.
10 nverynaan win send out a valuable
team with q driver that drinks-either
black or white. The owner cannot risk IL,
there Is too much money at stake. p,
Nobody desires to employ orunkard
for any service. domestic or public, be-
cause the intoxicant gets into the brain
and makes a fool OF him, and he Is incom-
petent 70 40 good work. In all discussions
concerning q state dispensary see no
cheek 20 be placed on minors. no provis-
ion that an inebriate must not have the
ere water" no refusal to sell 20 those
who VIII lose position and reputation By
purchasing these intoxicants-
Dress IT up as you may, please, call IL
what you ike, chose the dispensaries
from the churches as you may, the fact
remains that q dispensary Is nothing but
a liquor shop. first and last. and the guam
tfty sold represents the quantity drank,
and n Is me drink which makes the vend-
ing OF liquor fatal 10 the drunkard and
not the name OF the place where the per
non uavzbuy n
when It's advocates rise up and tell you
Il f. n incorporating AFFAIR for town.
never forget that the consumption keeps
step with the sale and the more strong
drink xended the more waste there IL OF
money. character and happiness for the
Individual because II Is the liquor itself
which destroys. rF
The Athens dispensary forbids stu
dent OF the university from purchasing
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can take the students dollar and buy II
for the student and the work Is done. and
doue according 10 dispensary law.
nv limits In this article will not allow
= discussion OF the atrocity OF raising
public revenue BY lesalizing the sale of
poison % the individual
IL Is the one unanswerable argument In
favor OF Prohibition .- $3.50.
''ohi but says one people win have
st. win drink f. therefore regulate the
business for greater revenue"
The, habit. the appetite e eonfessedly
strong, but that gives no reason for sell
Ing permission 10 the hquor dealer to de-
stroy the consumer. As well might the
social eFiI Be made 70 bear revenue 10 the
state or county. The same argument APP
niles 70 both, and both are destructive 20
habits and morals in general society.
Because liquor drinking Is 50 common
that fact furnishes no argument for get
ting revenue from debauchery. Murder IS
common. violent outbreaks are frequent.
but ali the same Il Is the states duty 20
check these evils not 20 regulate them for
revenue or condone them for money un-
der the. name Of license.
More than one hundred counties have
forbidden harrooms IN the state OF GeOr-
gia This forbidding has saved millions
Of money to the home and kept them from
the uuuor dealers pockets. When the
sale IS authorized again under the title
OF dispensary the barriers are broken
down and the topper has permission to-
bankrupt himself IN money and charte-
Governor Gambler acted wisely In his
veto of a general law Gas see III. which
would reopen the question OF the sale
Of intoxicants IN every county In GeOr-
.ria -atsfhis slime Il is granted that the
illicit jug trade Is prevalent but that Is
not the fault OF the law forbidding the
sale OF liquor IN dry counties. for Il Is.
rhe fault Of the men elected 10 carry out
and enforce the provisions Of the local
option law. which shuts out the bar
rooms h@ ESQ.,
~ have the profoundest respect for Hon.
.Eeaborn Wright. the author Of the vetoed
BILL He Isl an honorable gentleman, and
ny affection for him IS like that OF an
elder sister for her own brother. but I
do think ne Is mistaken In. the bill so far
as its practical workings are concerned.
He f. too honorable IN hts mind and mo-,
tfves 70 urys the Acceptance OF anything
which ne thought would iniure his native
state. and II had a vote I'd 90 that far
to place him in congress OF the United
States next year -
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