The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-04-26

1t developed in trial in the City
Court this morning that in order &c
indulge himself in the glorious priv
ilege of free American citizen, that
of getting drunk a man was forced
to board the train Saturday afternoon
and 90 10 Nashville TO get his whis-
key. He brought back two or three
quart and pint bottles and himself
all well loaded. and when he had had
his fill there was enough left to make
his chum drunk also And this morn
ing he paid the price before the Re
corder But the point is this: II a
man of his type, one who is strongly
addicted TO the drink habit; one of
the truly loyal who would not give
them away, does not know of any
closer place to find it than Nashville,
it would seem that the article is scarce
in Columbia that it is not altogether
just as easy to get it now as it was
in the good old days" that not quite
as much Is being bought and sold and
drunk, as before; that prohibition
does prohibit to considerable extent;
in short. that the law can be and is
being enforced about as we'll as the
average law on the statute books is
enforced. We commend the officers for
their good work. But they can do
still better. The new law against |
yagrancy is the most "sarchin law
that has even been put on the books, !
il does not give the vagrant any loop
hole for escape; and "idlers" and
gamblers" are denominated as
Migrants Sheriff Johns OF Davidson
county, says he intends to arrest these
elders" and gamblers" every day.
Why not? If they are elders" or
gamblers, the law says they are
Migrants; and they are guilty every
day If man is arrested today and
fined for being an idler or gambler,
Under the vagrancy act, and does not
20 to work, he is just as guilty tomor-
low as he was today and should be
arrested and fined again; and the
lext day he should be arrested and
ined again; and he should be ar :
ested and fined every day until he ,
Ioes go to work at some honorable
alling There are such men in Co
umbia They are oilers, and they ),
ave the reputation of being gamblers. ;
heir idle hands and idle brains are
he devils workshops. If they are
OF put to work, the next thing you :,
now they will be bootlegging or wild :.
atting, or blind-tiggering, or some
hing Of the sort They will not only
e violating the law themselves, but !,
ley will be getting others into trou-
lie. They ought to be run in or run
Mt. They ought to be arrested and n
,rried before Judge Erwin every
Orning, and made to explain how
ley earned their living the day be-
re. We commend to the city police :.
I'd to Sheriff Webb the example of
'eriff Johns in dealing with these
lers and gamblers and Migrants. II
e law is put to them strong enough
Id often enough, they will either re- til
rm their ways or skip the town., ha
Nv enforcement means the enforce as
ent of all the laws; and it Is quite pu
important to enforce the law up
ainst vagrancy as 1t Is the law bl!
ainst buying or selling or giving els
'ay of whiskey The motto of every tn,
icer should be: ITO enforce all the Co
ws all the Time" Move against De
ese idlers and gamblers and va Do
ants every day, gentlemen; give Pc
I'm to understand that you lie,
end to enforce. the law
idly, daily, and without favor, tod
| they will either skip out or get tic