Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-13

We no longer hear the music Of the mellow crys
When the colonel and the general and the major
and the jedSe
Meet to have little nip to give the appetite an
For the eegnos it is nosless> and the rye has
The punch bowl holds carnations, and the south
is going dry.
When the prohibition law went into ef-
feet several of the wholesale dealers in
Atlanta removed to Chattanooga. where
they are now working overtime to fill or
ders from their former customers here
One of the express companies hired va
cant store, formerly used as saloon.
where it handles its jug trade" exclu-
sively. and it Is asserted that there is
method called the lightning Chattanooga
express by which any person who knows
the ropes can obtain liquor by applica-
ton. Several enterprising citizens in At
ianti order liquors shipped to fictitious
person without any address, and the pack
ages are left in the express Office until
called for. Nothing in the law prohibits
the. express company from retaining them
indefinitely. and the persons interested in
the shipment can open the package and
take out bottle whenever they like.
Atlanta More Orderly.
There are other ways by which a white
man can obtain liquor. but for the negro
it is very difficult. and everybody agrees
that the city Of Atlanta has been much
more orderly since the law was passed.
Col. Waxelbaum, a prominent citizen of
Macon. who has always been opposed
to prohibition, admits that it has been
success in that city from every point OF
view. He declares that the merchants
are now very generally reversing their
opinions and would vote almost as solid
ly against repeal Of the law as they
did in opposition to it's enactment, be-
cause the women Of the wage-earning por-
ton of the population now have more
money to trade with, which their hus-
bands formerly spent at the saloons. The
chain gang of Macon. he says. has been
abolished by prohibition. and there is very
little use for the police force.
In Atlanta the police records show that
less than one-third as many. cases of ar
rests for drunkenness have been reported
since the prohibition law went into effect
as during the corresponding months of
the previous year. Judge Bloodworth of
the local police court says that there has
been decrease Of 30 per cent in the num-
Der of arrests for criminal offenses that
may be charged to the use of liquor.
IT attribute this almost solely to pro-
hibition,' said Judge Bloodworth, ''be
cause since the first Of January there
has been no falling off in other offenses
which are not affected by. the use Of
liquor
Other Good Results.
Justice Of the Peace Orr confirms Judge
Bloodworth's opinion and also mentions
a notable decrease in application for dis
possessory warrants for the eviction of
tenants who refuse or neglect to pay their
rent These warrants. he explains, are
applied for by real estate agents and
owners Of property occupied by negroes
and the poorer classes of whites in the
less desirable portion of the city. II do
not know that this decrease can be at
trfbuted directly to prohibition, but I am
convinced that it has much to do with it. |
1 believe that prohibition has done much
toward enabling the poorer classes Of the |
people to pay their rents, and will help
still more in the future
Both Justice Bloodworth and Justice |
Orr remarked especially on the decrease
number of children abandoned, which |
they attributed directly to prohibition.
The number of cases tried in all Of the |
police courts of Atlanta In January. 1907, |
was 1868, and the number of ''drunks'
was 341.
The total number of cases tried in Jan
uary. 1908. was 76S-the first month of |
the number of 'drunks"
was 81.
The number of cases tried in February,
1907. was 1,411. of which $50 were
'drunks."
The number of cases tried in February, |
1006-the second month of prohibition
was TO- of which 132 were "drunks"
The number Of arrests for drunkenness |
and disorderly conduct during the first |
two months after the prohibition law went
into effect In the city of Atlanta averaged
5 per day. The average for the same
months OF the previous year, before pro-
hibition went into effect, was Is per day.