The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-19
Letters To the Editsr
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 HAynevllle. Ala, Feb. II. 1908. Editor The Advertiser: ,.. n special xhich' sppearsd gss uHn in Mondsy's . is. sue of The Advertiser from the Irwin Cities" on the workings of the prohib-
 The giarins ineonsisteneiss as De- tween the headlines and the major DOT ton of the article particularly attract ed ny attention and caused the stereo- eney thou art jewel" to Hash through then this Jewel Of consistency is far value; so wish in this short letter to add my testimony. to the fact that The Advertiser wears this jewel most ons Mos ever aG asnS nSt Rse Rseys ssas consistent and persistent enort to prove the prohibition laws failure. Its large type scare-heads are always old .. newspaper not to realize that scanning Is the rule and not the ex- seption with the busy public. therefore damaEins % sssertien tsst @ .'a an artieis Sxe may contain against prohibition. ieay. Ing the facts that nullify those asser- lions te be gleaned by . careful read note the headlines in the above mem toned special: Two Grand Jurors Get 9n,a %a, Natty Jag "soft Drink stands knowiedged on Every Hand to Infest etc:
 tionist trying to be fair. contains also these statements:
 "But even with this woeful weakness very limited entorcenisnt of t here where probably the defiance is uri. equalled. the advocates of the dry regime have . most ,poEerf|l argSS- ties the arrests for misdemeanors have been cut in more than halves. Un- questionably the drunkenness has been "The proprietor, too, of the blind youth and sschews the ragged tough tS sell to whom you'd be 2 greater The young man who does not crave from him who is settied in habits and drink. The young man In many In. stances would have not near the zeal in running down the blind tiger"
 Here are the facts:
 There were In 1907 total of 1a7 arrests for drunkenness in New De. catur, while in the first year of pro- nsi6ttion sd6 there were only fifty arrests of 13s. Tn Old Decatur the arrests for this offehse in 1907 ware S7I and 10 the first year of s.dry" the numDer was 9nly. lz2. The total arreSts for 1901 In Old Decatur were 1,s4g aE compared with 639 for 1908. For all offeueee in New Decatur there were arrested Id 1907 Q total of 657 and in 1908 the total was 21e. The schools have not been hurt. where in 1907 there were ouly eElhteen public school teachers there are now twenty-five and the board secretary says better salaries are paid, This is surprising in view of tho known decrease In the last school cen. sus for Morgan County and the Deca
 .He (shsriff shipp) says that In 4he country disAricts much injurious whis- Key is being consumed. But fewer homieides are traceable to drink in 1908 than in 1s07," etc.
 Now had The Advertiser desired to treat this question from a non-partisR standpoint why. could 1t not have had the head-lines in this particular caae to read as follows: Good Results Ex. hfbition In the Twin Cities. Arrests for Drunkenness Cut of More than 30 Per Cent. Schools Not Hurt More Teachers. Better Salaries. Fewer Hom- icides Traceabie to Drink In 1908 Than in 1907. etc.
 In conclusion dare say that at leass three-fourths of your readers outside of cities having police protection are strong advocates of the present pro- hlbition law; however, they ask noth- ing at the hands of The Advertiser but f@lrness-A Square Deals'
 H. M CRffey