The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1905-10-20
l.. W. moore,
Pastor Methodist Church

Our correspondent certainly gave the
proper Interpretation to the article
quoted by the Star from our columns.
The best evidence we can give Of the
benefits derived from the adjustment
of the open saloon in Tallahassee is the
following article published in these col
umns in April last, in reply to a slur of
the Milton Index about "whiskey ad-
vertisements and 1.-The jug trade. 4"
The article IL as true now as it was
then:
For the beneftof our deluded cOntem-
porary we wish TO correct quite num-
Der of its statements quoted above.
The question what good did it do?"
may be answered thus: II made ITALIA
hassee a decent, respectable town, from
one end of it to the other, to abolish
the open saloons; nit has made all
branches Of legitimate trade better
than II has been fOfyears; it has helped
to keep our young men and boys clean
lived and respecting; it has done
infinite good TO the negro population of
the county, who haVe now more money
to expend for betteV living and clothing
and better teams and vehicles than they
have ever had, in the same period Of
time, "since freedom Thus 1.-the
newspaper men are not the only parties
benefited. "
1.-The papers are not "flled with
whiskey ads. at least, The True
Democrat is one that is not. AS to the
Index having seen "a whole page whis-
key ad" in 1.-The leading Tallahassee
paper" that, Of course, is a mistake.
This paper is the leading Tallahassee
paper, and it has never permitted
whiskey ad in its columns, and never
expects to do so.
And, as the lamented Captain Dyke
would say, we ''capitally doubt the
statement that every one in Tallahas-
see who wants whiskey gets it." Some
do, no doubt There is no law to pre-
vent. But the class of people who i'm
port liquor by express for personal use
Is not the class, or classes, for whom
the dry" election accomplished the
most good.
blind tigers" are said to exist.
Doubtless they infest every town in
every dry county. That they do is the
fault of the officers of the law who fail
to execute the law, and not the fault of
the people who voted dry They did
so in good faith, not 40 much for reasons
Of expediency or profit as for moral
considerations, and their faith in the
remedy is stronger now than ever, for
the moral atmosphere Of Tallahassee
never was better
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The State printing has become so rot
ten that this year a heavy bond was re-
quired for faithful performance of
contract" Wonder IL Il Is intended as
It reads. or is it merely to bluff the pub
lie. Funny thing, too, about awarding
the contract this year, inasmuch as the
successful bidder. in order to get the
work, put up a certified check for
$l2, 900, and yet some Of his property
was sold at sherif's sale Strange that
the defenders Of the State printer are in
no haste TO explain this matter. Area
dia News.
The explanation Is easy, but It will
never come from 1.-THE defenders. 4"
Everything that he had paid fOr--and
some that he hadn It's mortgaged to
the Capital City Bank, which certified
his check for Sl2. 500. when he, probably,
didn't have $40 to his credit. This was
high finance" like some Of that now
prevailing in New York and elsewhere.