The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-05-10

Ardmurcitc and the Milwaukee Sen.
tineIl
Atlanta. Ga. May 9.-Aftcr doius
Tennessee ana Watching its thous.
dnds ot express packages marked
'Gldss. handle with care and see.
ing the packages placed in the eN.
ira cars. got on the same train
and rode TO Atlanta fearing AN the
time that IL the front end of the
train should meet another train.
those express cars loaded with %.
qu.d dynamite would telescope our
car and | would be- cut with broken
glass and drowned In Squirrel whis
key and be- carried home smelling
like rcctifyug establishment aG
nothing happened and I got into %
state that is an dry. acordins 90
law. but quite damp iu places, OWING
to the kindness OF uoighh1riul wet
states. On the 1st of auuary, Georgia
became dry, hy act of the lpgIsIl.
turc every saloon and bar Ma
closed, aud all liquor was shipped
away the day before or hidden COR
private use. and a sort of parl', sic
seized the whole of one of she
greatest states In the union. .tr
Empire State OF the south" Ard
what grand state II is. with is
splendid rich soil that will grow luy.
thing that is planted it's fruit i's
manufacturing. its timber. .ts nHv.-
gable rivers, it's entrance to m"
ocean al Savannah. whore ocean
steamers wait to be loaded for me
ports OF the world. Panic, prohibition.
political preachers. low price of cot.
ton and other ills have made the
people OF Georgia sit up and take
medicine. and no one is very cheoi-
full, all are hopeful OF a change and
they are living economically, t!uc
10 live until after the presidential
election. hoping things will be bet
ter. but fearing that they viii be-
worse
Prohibition came to Georgia like
a clap OF thunder out of a clear
sky. The state had local option.
which many brewers and liquor men
thought was not a half bad idea.
because country communities which
could not afford much police prutec-
ton could prohibit the sale OF intoNi-
cauts 10 those who misuscd the stun.
All was going along smoothly; cities
that could regulate the sale ana
protect the people from injury al
the hands of those who would drink
too much were open and wet, and
then the legislature met The mem
bers of the legislature had not been
instructed to pass prohibition law
and none of them thought OF such
a thing when they left their homes
and convened in session at Atlanta
a year ago Suddenly bill for
entire prohibition in the state was
introduced and soon the trouble De
gan. Though there is state law
against lobbying in or about the capl-
tol building the prohibition forces
took possession of the legislature
men, women and children. They held
prayer meetings In the building ana
even i'm the legislative halls, sung
HYMNS and buttOnholed the members
until life became a burden TO the
poor law makers. They were labor
90 with. men and women got on
their knees before the members ana
implorcd them TO vote dry; children
were brought in and they sang and
cried. preachers and congregations
canned on the trail of the poor rep
resentatiyes. escorted them 20 their
boarding places and back 10 the capt
tol and being somewhat emotional,
as most southern &C. tlemen are,
they wound up by p the dry
law, so that nevermore would there
be a drink of bulge or foaming suds
In dear old Georgia The members
went home kicking themselves and
the dry sang and prayed on the
streets and gave the people of the
late wet cities the merry "ha-ha,
and Georgia began to chew on what
the fanatics had bit of for them.
Saloons and bars were closed, or
kept open for the sale OF alleged
soft drinks, boiled eggs, and other
non-intoXicants drinks containing co
caire It is said are sold freely to
negroes and children and a kind
of beer containing so little alcohol
that IL wouldn't intOXicate a rabbit
nrp allC"od 10 foam out of beer
bottle, aud II Is drink all the time
rattle stomach pou or any old thing
with an occasional squirt of cid rye
injected I'm by the bartender II he
knows YOU aud knows that yOu need
II for what ails You. ! saw printer
taking down his neck Il bottle OF
near Deer, OF DttIlu's NhlNh lD'h
ed like the old stun, and ! asked
him how he liked IT, son, il is sort
OF filling said he, as he wined
of his moustaChe with his shirt
sleeve. "bu' II seems 10 lack the con,
yersation. With "A good glass of old
lager / can hold my own talking "a
my wife, but when ! drink this
beerine she talks all around me and
| haven't a cussed word TO say. just
stand up like a dog begging for a
lunch and try to bark, but ! cam
utter my thoughts, and go ou'
doors ana lie down on the mat
| had more faith In prohibition
state being actually dry a while age
than do now. | had a friend who
had been drinking to excess few
months ago and some Of MS decided
to send him to a Keely cure, but
he begged off, saving the humiliation
OF going to a jag cure would XII
him. but happy thought struck
me and suggested TO his friends