The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-03-17

blood sank down In swoon just before
she reached home, and this unioTt2....se
man, who had been transformed into
a demon by strong drink. deliberately
beat his xife's brains out with a club
and is today languishing in the Ashe-
Vile Jail To await his doom
What / have said about Madison
county applies with equal force to
Mitchell county Tnat county, under
the reign OF whiskey had a criminal
record without parallel in the history
of the state, but under the reign Of
prohibition its people are happy and
prosperous and it's jail Is practically
empty a great part of the time. and
those who formerly patronized that in
stitution are now engaged In honest
avocations earning a living for their
wives and families
The state OF Kansas, as you know.
has long been a prohibition state. and
1t affords me great pleasure to deliv-
e. You a message from the governor
OF that state as to the effect prohibi-
ton has had upon the people and bcs-
ness interests OF the state The gov
ernor, in a recent interview, says: 1T
has been a great financial benefit. l
doubt II there are one million, six
hundred thousand people anywhere en-
earth enjoying greater prosperity than
the people of Kansas. with nearly $50
per capita in the bank, nearly three
times the average in the United States.
with the wealth OF the state so equal
ly distributed that the poor house Is
a joke. Those who contend that the
l1tr
cial interests of the state have gone
up against a hard proposition, you
see''
Thomas P. Sedley. correspondent of
the Washington Post, on the first day
| OF this month, in discussing the re-
suits of prohibition in Georgia. referr-
ing TO the less OF taxes and the use
OF buildings for saloon purposes
| writes:
The properties will not be Ions
without tenants and the expenses oi
| the cities, the counties, and the state
| in disbursements for almshouse, mfr
( maries, and for magistrates courts, po
Ice and juries will soon he reduced
by an amount which will more thar
| equal the funds heretofore raised b,
licensing the traffic of liquor.
This city (Atlanta) and every cit,
in the state is already feeling the ben
efits of this much discussed legisla
| ton
Take the news columns of all tn
| norers Of the state for the last fou
~onths and compare the crimes report
4 in November and December witt
those reported for January and Feb
/ ~rarv. nnd II will be shown that the
| now e ~c6uc:;on OF fully two-third
| s'~o" January 1st. Nearly all OF thi
I reG,' ~ IL the criminal calendar
! owin . the elimination OF liquor b
the Ste
"RoOkp~ Washington publicly recos
J r'-es the effect it has had among tn
! o.Jple Of his own race, and every OF
derly nv 20 OF the state rejoices at tn
fact ttp reckless, drunken negro rut
I ans are no longer able to bring trou
bic upon innocent black men throug
crimes resulting largely through th
use Of intoxicating liquors.
"The women and children of Georgi
are today safer from attack than eve
before in the history of the state. an
on city street, country highway or b
way they can pursue their way with
out danger of insult ar assault. Th
safety of black and white. the free
dom from fear and terror, the a0senc
! of SO much crime. are worth far NOR
| than liquor taxes, Far more than tn
rents of all the saloons.
Il find mn here, as elsewhere, re
gard -. drinking OF liquor in severe
ways "-hC5e who use it, speak of
as & iaiiG 10 be condemned and fear
ed: "thcrs regard 1t as a vice t p b
te~ar ""7rce Teople of that city a3v
| hTt none thinks the use Of il - b
J beneficial.
a.. hay" heard few speak adverse
o. 1r1saEt conditions, save men WI
c money by liquors manufactr.
~. 2Ssa and some who received larg
/ rents for saloons The retail SO
! reencrs Of the state are feeling III
nffo".~ :,y 5ettcr collections Of ctand
ing accounts and increased sales.
'Atlau-a will in the next two year
Eurpass IN growth OF population an
in volume of business any two years c
her history.
THE state of Georgia. thriving an
prosperous as she has been for de
| CddeS, VIII, within the next ten year!
make unparallel progress. By thi
state decree idlers have been mad
workingmep and vagrants are becom
ing earners. Georgia today knows tha
she has done right, and looks con
fldently at the present and most hope
fully to the future of the common
wealth."
Prior to the first day of January O
this year, the city of Asheville wa
cursed with the liquor traffic. TIL
| temperance people Of that rity hav
for years endeavored to drive the ba
room from their midst, but until tn
campaign last fall their efforts wer
unavailing AS our population I'm
creased the number of barrooms mul
tiplied and the whiskey men prach
caliy dominated our affairs. During
the greater portion OF the time the