The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-06-23

Mayor Cooper, Postmaster Renfroe, Col
lector Crenshaw, Dr. Sid Holland, John
Silyey, Councilman Beutell. Livingstone
Minis. Jacob Haas. j. Spalding, Wal
ter Brown, John Ryan. Sr, A. Z. Wood
ward, John l.. Tye. j Van Holt Nash
Or. Robt Westmoreland, Peter Lynch
:. b. Hoyt, W. ~ Heath. Amos Fox,
John Berkele, James F. O'Neill, ". p
Hill. r. Schmidt, Dr. Curtis. James A
Anderson, W. A PIE yer. James Good
lett. Dr. Badger. j G. Bell, II. c. Fain.
Rev. {. scDtt, Rev. j. W. Carter, and
Others Of the most Influential citizens.
FROM THE SPEECH or CAPT. 4. p HOWELL.
Editor of the Constitutlon.l
The building trembied with applause
as Captain Howell rose to speak. He
said:
Fellow Citizens: may not, 1t Ia true,
be able 10 make you a. eloquent aspeech
a. you would like tn hear. but one thing
| can promise you, what facts and ng-
ures shall give you will stand. | came
to this place in the year 1851. Atlanta
was then a small village. | saw it grow
into a town, then into a city. | have
seen il tried by fire. lhsye seen IL emerge
from all its trials triumphant. have
marked it's progress until 1t became the
most enterprising and prosperous city In
all the South. 1t was this up TO two
years ago. when it began to decline
What caused this decline? A voice,
Prohibition.
"Is there any man OF sense in Atlanta
who does not know and admit the cause
of the decline? None Of the Prohibition
speakers sticks to the true issue involved
In this contest. They deal in glittering
Qsneralities and introduce issues foreign
TO the question. The real question is not
one OF whiskey or no whiskey, but sale
or no sale. They go eff and talk about
temperance. They argue that no whis-
key should be sold because 1t Ia some
times abused. They might as well argue
against fire. Because fire produces steam
and steam sometimes bursts boilers and
causes destruction OF property and lie,
they would abolish fire and say: Lets
get rid OF il, and when we want to get
warm. let's 90 out Of the county.
Laughter and cheers am not an op.
ponent OF temperance. Am in favor oil
il. But In all places where prohibition
has been 10 vogue, liquors have been sold
az freely "a in Atlanta. Just az long M
IL IL profitable to sell it will be sold
Coming near home. | offer the following
abatement OF our collector OF iDterna
revenue:
4 have issued 81 special tax stamps
for the sale of liquor in Fulton County
for the year 1887.
. Within the last week five new distil
, leries have registered and begun opera
ton. Three have doubled their producing
I capacity from 20 bushels Of grain pei
! day TO 40 per day. Four have doubled
by increasing from 10 to 20 bushels o
, grain per day. have notice that Nv
more grain distilleries will register ant
, begin operations the last OF the month
There are more than twice az many dis
tileries in operation now than beior'
prohibition went into effect. The produc
ton OF corn liquor in Georgia during tn
month of October, 1887 was thre
I times as much as WAS produced In tn
e corresponding month OF October, 1850
b Nv collections for the tar year beginning
, July |. 1886, and ending June 30, 1887
D we're $4,000 in excess OF the correspond
:. ing year ending June 80, 1885. Ny col
= lections for the current tax year Will b
t as. 900 greater than for the last ia
7 wear. Ny collections are almost entirel.
= from liquor. The liquor produced at tn
= grain distilleries finds ready sale as las
+ "A made. At least 90 per cent. oil tn
!. liouor made in my district Is sold !
Georgia. Many Of the grain distillerie
y are in dry counties.
, Respectfully,
e Thos. c. Crenshaw. Jr.,
u Collector Internal Revenue, State
Georgia
} THE Truth OF THE NATTER
u THAT THE PROHIBITION LAW Is
b FRAUD AND 1T CANNOT BE ENFOR
q ED. THAT THIS is TRUE THE sul
b JOINED STATEMENT OF THE SALt
{ OF LIQUOR IN ATLANTA DURlN
. OCTOBER. 1887, AMPLY DEMO-
If STRATES.
D, From Griffin, Co., alone, there WI
o .binped in one month, OF liquor. 3,9I
y packages, contai ming from one ga,ioh
n \ barrel. In four days one house shipp'
y 400 packages
Madison, Va, shipPcu ooo"' WV P'
- ages. m,
81 uor. wine and beer.
DE- Lawrencevile, Ga, over 200.
~ Gainesville, Ga, over $50.
'e' Chattanooga, Tenn, 10 barrels
y whiskey and Is cases OF wine, beer O.
n liauor, besides 800 packages In small
quantities.
al Macon, one house. L. Cohen 4 Co., 90
pc in Atlanta. $4,000 worth OF liquor q
nd ring the month of October, and th'
tn more houses also shipped to this pie
we nearly an eqaul quantity. / am una
OF TO find out the exact amount.
a Louisville shipped % barrels.
a. CINCINNATI shipped 10 barrels whist
cry and four car loads OF beer.
ith charleston shipped three car ioad'
'e' beer.
npt Milwaukee shipped one car load Obj
Griffin, Ga two car loads OF beer
bli- Evansville, Ind, Que car load OF b
clio The total expenditure OF the city
'ech vine. beer and whiskey for the sil
by month Of October, 1887, was S2I2,
.itu- ASTONISHING AS ARE THE ABl
!, n FIGURES. | HAVE SOMETHING III
its WHICH WILL ASTONISH YOU ST
nta, MORE; |, MYSELF. AN ASION,Sh
sed, THERE ARE FlFTY-SEvEN rL 10,
lark IN PROHIBITION ATLANTA VIII
reat Y0i1 CAN GET A DRINK. tn,
eech PLACES PAY NO TAXES To !
ther rfqry