The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-16
Letters to The Editor
An Anenaer. view..

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 The amendment fight is over and We accept the result as being for the best It remains now for our people to get together and see to 1t that re. lions. a as 'nou''ion or per'0nA' A
 Mir. Benjamin B. smiths communi- cation In The Advertiser of the 5th dressing appeal for the protection of the rural districts against the evils of the illegal liquor traffic, fully tustl- Hes the position of the "Black Belt farmers who lined up for the pro posed amendment.
 However. the late contest is past history. but it's passage Is destined to wieid its influence upon the affairs of state for generations to come.
 The "Defenders" have promised to enforce prohibition laws. and that the saloon should never again enter the state. and I am sure the would be amenders will clasp hands with MT. smith and every other law-abiding citizen to protect our families and our threaten us from the interruptions and lawless.
 The Advertisers suggestion that a constable be placed on every road purpose of arresting disturbers of the peace. If carried out as to all the cities and towns would be a heavy expense.
 am told that one of the anti said publicly that if the amendment carried 1t would be necessary to estab- fish police force" in every beat of every county in the state. but he did not prepare us for the vice versa" as suggested in part by your paper.
 Under the rulings of the Supreme Court on the Bessemer ordinance, if will be hard matter for our larger cities to eliminate the blind tiger without the proposed amendment to back them up. but If all those who love law and order-no matter where they stood in the recent fight--will cooperate and all our great dailies will use their influence for the public good. the desired end can be reached without demoraiizing the labor of the Black Belt.
 Tn 1901 when the franchise was taken from the negroes all our news that. being deprived of representation. the negro became to a great extent entitled to the protection of the whites and It seems a travesty upon those loud professions."s to allow foreign CTS and interruptions white men to sell them home made poison and send them out into the country adjoining our cities and towns in a reckless and crazed condition. ready to perpetrate any kind of crtme-and then to De S"spcd by OlAACCEs OdAAtOo " IoAa and into court where some farmer must pay a fine and costs or lose a labsorer or tenant and money besides.
 Is there no power in the state to uproot this great evil? Legalized traffic will not accomplish the desired end, for we have tried that scheme for years and it was growing worse and worse, day by day.
 This is only one great evil peculiar to the Black Belt. but there are many others affecting the whole country.
 MT. Smith honestly confesses that he voted against the amendment and inn plies that he did so on the promise of his co-laborers to secure relfef--for him---from the evils of which he com plains-and he has right to expect relief.
 I'm afraid he has gotten a very vicious dog by the tail and in his cir cumvolutious about the traditional tree is liable to "get 1t in the heel" mean time his Macedonian cry comes to our attentive ear and We are busy remov- ing the obstacles which he has thrown across the way, but we are surely com ing to his assistance and between us there will be great rejoicing when we come into our own"
 An Erstwhile sAmender.