The Forrest City times., 1908-05-29

that Atlanta Ls rsC enough and good enc gh ard NiS enough e govern Eersslf. ard tAe people of this county should te given ne right 70 ssy a The f1lo- box. whether CT not ftey want prohibition and no- have i forced down their threats tsy sot = sHsl counties in which conditions may ts different
 T zI frzus ucUnfeSs that in the l2s- l rather favored prohibition. n lie hope that | might ts of some tsnert- bu1 t Las teen tried here n Atlanta ioHg enough 10 convince ne. beyond lie shSdoN of e doubt. that s0 far 4s Fulton county l. concerned i k a uliseraU.s failure and z farce.
 Il sHex that fhe SG-calied prohibi- tion that Ne are now having has in- 5lTe1 Atlanta Financially and morally. ] srcW that -p te the time the pres en- laH ReUt into effect we had q pra>p@Ee-s- mora and Vel governed city. ba- l know that now thousands af d. ar are b@Ing sent out of A. a2n-@ G4iIE never ta return. and that alr b@ eyed city i> suffering financially an account ef this drain.
 ''I snaN that morally Atlanta has fserei and vii. eoufinue C suffer So Iong a. We have z law on our statute t'ooss tHat l. ngf enforced. can not t- enforced. and that apparently no ef- tcy- 2> .s5zee 70 enforce A iax that l Go nat tsIeVe tHs majority Of our citizens favor. know d. every other man who Hi.l take the trouble 10 in- Ee>-igate must know. that the sale of Ral>seE R i> being conducted in At iaHfa ab5af A II was in the past. ey- cep- tAaf there are no regulations ta govern | and no restrictions fo curb it-
 As between conditions that exist ed here before the present law and the conditions that exist now l say a thousand times over let Gs return ts fle cd order of things and he done forever aItI such drastic and absurd .a@s. which are working against the commereia. groHfh and forward movement Bf Atlanta
 T. is high time that the progressive citizenship of Atlanta was calling a halt. II l. time that We demand our right to govern ourselves and grant every other county in the state the same right. There are scores Of con- SerVaflSe business men Who do not want the present miserable conditions fastened Gp0n this county. l do not believe that the white voters Of Ful- ton county want the present condi- tlons t0 continue. l believe that they want and should have the right 70 settle this question for themselves. and that they are willing for every other county in Georgia te have tie same right.
 KEEP MONEY AT HOME
 T believe that the merchants. the farmers. the laborers and property owners want To see Atlanta money kept a home instead Of having it going out Of tue state. a. il iS now doing There are forces at work 10 elect men To the legislature from Full ton county who will fasten the pres ent miserable condition upon Atlanta Tor another two years without even giving fhe citizens of this county the right to decide the question for them selves They should not be elected The interests of Atlanta are at stake When prohibition k cast aside At Idnta will again te the prosperous fhrlVlng city that She was a year ago but nof until then. in my opinion. "
 What Mr. Grady says Of Atlanta was true Of Forrest City, except. per haps. on smaller scale. when We tried prohibition. and these are the reasons The Times is opposed to giving il an- other trial
 We are opposed to compelling our citizens to send their money away from home. We are opposed To blind tigers, and the consequent strife. perjury and unrest, which follows an attempt 10 prohibit We are opposed 10 il because il is Hndemocratic and j if any fall out with Us on this account We shall he sorry. but We would be worse than ninny. if We surrender ed OuT principles