The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, 1902-05-23
HIGH SCHOOL CLASS
Is TO GRADUATE
THIS EVENING
EsTlLL ON SOME STATE ISSUES.
Has Something to Say on the Liquor
Question and others.

Has Something to Say on the Liquor
Question and Others.
Col. Estill was asked some days ago.
as to his position on several state mat
ters and among other>things ne said:'
i believe that state proniplS1ti '@H@i0
be step backward. Tue opSn saioo.
might be closed, but the people wou4d
he supplied with WnlSkey, GU cannon
make man stop drinking by nle1h
OF statute The fact .ual you sas
he shau't have whiSkey m-hes h.n y
he more determined to have 1t. " h+O
IS the condition ol affairs in prohlDluoi
~rat"S? In Kansas, Wltn bJJ,
300 less popula ion than Georgia, lner
are 3,107 United States liquor license
issued, against l,4S6 in Georgia. II
Maine, wnere pronIb.tion mas 5een th'
law tor fifty years, VITA pot~uatio-.
only about Onc-fOurth talt o. Geu' Sis
there are 1,502 United States liquol
licenses, against i.+ao in treutS.a. /.
visi ing different parts of the state
can truly say that | nave found Geor-
gians to be so1er peOple. There Is, oi
course, drinking every acre, in prom
bition counties and IN those that an
not, but Nu venture 70 say THAI
INV 10 lS99 NHI7AeS ~ ullh' - ~'ti'
Ia, IN GcorgE tnan IN ht
states which have state p-ohioi-
uoni and tins is hecaus= on
the education IN the direction a. TEN
perance that has been effected through
local option efforts. STATE
prohibition law, and that edueatiop
would cease. Therefore, state
law would result IN harm rather thnl
good. one of the reasons urged By
J. d. /. "a &
bition Law is that Atlanta savannah
ana Augusta now send whiskey into
the prohibition counties by means OF
jugs. But q general prohibition law
would not stop the jug trade. 1t
Just as easy t. get Whistey from cities
outside Of Georgia rs from cities in it,
In fact, it would cost but little, &
any more, 10 get 1t from Baltimor
and Nov York than from SaVana.f
and Atlanta.
The only sure way to put stol
to the liquor traffic is to educate tn.
people against 1t, and there is no b.
ter way to educate them agains' Il
than by means Of local option agita
ton
His Position on Eaucatinn.
Now. as to education This is
question in which every eit3ze, IS IA
terested III we are to heep p
with civilization Of the tWtujieth ,.n
tury we must educate the childrc
white and black. bath at the 81
time il we caa. II we c-tn not ther
the " hite children first and aftei
wards The black children The Con
stitution OF Georgia provides for til
education of the states children. ana
we should see to II that II is done.
promise you. II | am elected. to u
my best endeayors to have it Gonc
In my opinion. to carry out a propet
system of education without increas
| ing the state tax the counties mus
/ take upon themselves a part of the bur
j den. Many Of the counties are now sup
| plementing the school money receive
, from the state by local taxaton, ant
/ others will do so when the peop
realize that nothing cont ibutes D,
much TO their happiness and prospe
| ity aud the welfare Of their chill llreu
as schools and churches. In
| migration and capital seek tn
| counties in which there are goo
| schools, and in those counties tn
! signs of prosperity are the most mum
| erous and the evidences of comfort an
| contentment most apparent. | do no
| intend any reflection on the state sur
| erintendent of public education whei
| say there is no state system of edu
zation In Georgia. 1t is no fault o
| IllS. AS lftI dH 1 am illth ne y
doing the best he can under the laws
| and with the means at his command
The Pension Question.
! have. as you know, well define,
views on the pension question 1t i
| question that is steadily increasin.
| in Importance. The pension charg
has become so large that the peopl
are wondering where the money L
meet it Is to come from. And the ulti
mate amount of this charge is not ye
| known IT is increasing, and promise
to reach a million dollars a wear.
believe the remedy is to pay pension
only to needy Confederate veteran
and needy widows of veterans-thos
VINO have no incomes and are physi
caly unable to earn livelihood.
wish it were within the ability of tn
state to giv0 a pension to every poo
Confederate veteran. and to every poo
widow Of veteran. There is not on
Of them, l feel assured, who is no
| deserving. These veterans resDonde,
/ promptly when their services wer
needed on the battlefield. They di
not hesitate to make any sacrifice
however great, tor the cause whic
they supported. They followed LIE
and Johnston and Beauregard an
HOOD ana other Confederate header
| 'S 90 pHsie WAS nope, ana tn
state was proud of them ana the glori
Gus way they illustrated her. We ca
not afford to see any of them suffe
Tor the necessaries OF life In their oil
| age, and the people do not intend the
should suffer. But there are man
drawing pensions who do not nee
! them-Who are not IN any way de
pendent upon them. They are ejthe
earning incomes sunicient for thei
comfort or have independent means
II is not fair to the needy veteran
that this class should share in tn
states bounty. All that the state cal
give should go to those who are In nee,
OF assistance,