The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-09-16
Temperance In the South.

a revision of opinion is due among
the newspaper editors and other citi.
zcns Of the North, who have for years
been nursing the notion that the resi-
dent Of the South is in his normal
mood and condition only when on in
innate terms with the seductive mint
julcp or some other form Of intoxicant.
Novcllsts, magazine writer's. news
paper correspondents aud racontcurs
have LETT the fixed impression that a
portion OF each Southern gentleman
day is rcligiously devoted to a conviv-
la effort to encourage the output Of
the nations diGti!lers, the most Ca
nous Of which are located in the
Southland. In view of this false ed
ucation the country will, no doubt, be
surprised to learn that there are 3, 900
more saloons in New York city alone
than there are in the entire South and
that, if the lower class of negroes be
eliminated, the temperance sentiment
IS stronger in the South than in any
other section of the country. The
New Voice, temperance organ, fur
nishes the following summary of the
liquor regulation laws in six Of the
Southern States:
"Texas-One hundred and thirty
six counties have total prohibition;
sixty-two counties have partial pro-
hibition and forty.six counties have
unrestricted sale Of liquors.
"Tennessee-Out OF $500 cities and
towns in the State only eight have un-
restricted sale of liquors. In only
twelve of the ninety-s six counties can
whiskey be sold legally.
"Kentucky-Forty y-seven counties
have total prohibition; tifty-four have
partial prohibition, and eighteen have
unrestricted sale of liquors.
"Arkansas-Forty-four counties
have total prohibition; two counties
have partial prohibition, and twenty
nine have unrestricted sale.
mississippi; -Sixty-fve counties
out of seventy-five have prohibition,
and out Of 200 legislators all but
dozen or less have siEni6ed their ap-
proval of referendum for State pro-
hibition.
"Georgia-One hundred and three
counties out of 1877 have prohibition"
1t is interesting to note in this con-
nection that Kentucky and Tennessee,
the homes of the largest distilleries
Of the country, have adopted exceed
ingly stringent laws relative to the
A sale and consumption Of intoxicating
liquors, and the New Voice is authori-
ty for the assertion that the laws in
the South are much better enforced,
in this respect, that in some of the
New England States, where prohibi.
ton laws have hsen on the statute
books for half century. The entire
South, according to the New Voice,
is tending toward ssrioter enforce
ment OF its laws regulating the liquor
| traffic, while in the Northern States,
particularly in the large cities, there
is a constant increase ia drunken
ness, due to lax enforcement of the
laws upon dwellers in the tenements,
"can-rushers' and the lawless classes
that congregate in the hoodlum dis
triots. In the South the better class
of citizens, always in the majority,
make special effort to prevent the
sale Of liquor to the negroes and in
districts where excessive drinking is
almost invariably followed BY an out.
break of lawlessness. The report
furnishes abundant evidence that the
South is meeting another problem, as
difficult of solution as the race ques-
tion, with effective intelligence.
Washington Post.
Her Hushand's 9 Relatives.