Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-01-29
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Prohibitions
IGeorgia's Leading Federal lju.
rist Declares Even Eye Dumb Dumb i
Brutes" Are Grateful ~
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POPULAR REVOLUTION
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Remarkable. TTriibPutfs 70 Results of
State Wide Prohibition In State of
Georgia, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES:
Bench of Federal District Judge
Emory spssrzIesDsfts gf Nsw lass
Beyond Adequate Description.

H Emory PeG@PeyrHts gIHSSW EA
4 ! Beyond Adequate Description.
il .Iqd Irs&lGCLH |
Il Remarkable testimony to the i'm
mediate and farreaching benefits of
stare Pr0nfbf10n rs contained IN i re-
cent judicial opinion rendered from
itAe~ rederar bench by Judge Emory
ISpeer of the Georgia southern district
court This deliberate 3 0pa & unpreJhh!
diced ipronfpnncement, by an eminent
lUpitel; -statss 9as5 SIS 9riaS6f the most
In6tabIe tribptes to2the economic 9noral
warsR Of prohfbitioa- ever deliTeSd
by a-tfisffrterested~ rfalr in official~fifG
WHOSE position ds4-repu iefs+~laaake
Ibis utterance of far greater weight than
1.-The. eRthusiastie seloaHenoee s of ANY
professional temperance adv ocate.1jo 5.a "a
IN. View Of atihReI fact that. notWith7 ]
standing these results, .ef I,Febib itfofi, !
the do rninan't > Democratic party toli0q
tieians ofonGeorgia are ahopelessfy d.
Eided in attitude toward the law en-
phasizes 1.-THE still greater success aadP
blessing OF 4, prohibitory law when it |
sfall441e administered? ana 9maintained ,
by a Party unitedIya friendly, to it, anda
from principle TEatherrc than policy
pledged to honestly enforce and pre-
serve it., . ..e ..f.icy
-4ne Testimony Of Judge speeerr' has
attracted the attention. of the law jour-
nails Throughout 1.-THE countryilg Judge
Speeriis words words, are as f9q9wsa an zen
Labor and Capital Share Alike its
7 6enents' lied
Already the most astounding bepe-
fits Have been experienced by the peo-
|, pie at large fronpth he Prohibition lRw.
+ why. even the dumb brutes which
+ have, been, subjected, to the service of
/ man would, If they could, thank God
| for Prohibition. -
|, r'The hard driving and neglect of the
drunken negro and the, drunken white
7 as. ,wellg have been succeeded by kind
| illness and attention. r, -,.;,.,,,.. ,.,..,,.,r
l. "1'he state of Georgia In twelve
! months will gain incalculable advan-
tages in the Improvement of stock
| alone; 5. because drunkards: no longer
I handle and drive them, A, prominent
i mill man in Macon. one of our best
| citizens, assured me that, Willie here
!, tofore he could not get his men to
| work before Tuesday sor "Wednesday
| after the SaturdaE4nig debauch, now.
that whisky is gone, bright and early
Monday morning, they are at the en-
CINE the spindle and the i6otif!l'i'fii 30
| Labor, which was almost impossible
| to, obtain, Through the rural. districts,
7 is now plentiful, and the work has just
l. begun Little more than year ago I
heard Experienced contractors COM
plain that, many of)the laborefs would
work only a day or .twoiip a week t9o
! obtain enough money, for support and
| the small amount of food consumed
/ and then quit work until the money
\ was gone =
|, 1.-THE police Ieo6fIs OF Tsuch great
j cities as Macon, Augusta and Atlanta,
!, when contfastedI with their former
! methods: have practically gone out Of
business. ~ nw.i tgiSY
7 The offenses formerly engaging their.
attention are now not committed, This
/ will zbes: found true in the superior
| couiaseand fthe1 county courts through
out the state3iofi GeorgiaeG Where a
week or tive weeks. of the peoples
+ time and money were expended upon
h the criminal docket 1t Will not bear out
I my experience if they do notfinish In
a day or two days. 3s1aI Y1naE 1ts
Startling {! cantrasti;6f Courts nunderl
| Prohibition and License ra4
7 81 well remember when / was a
t young solicitor general that in one
county Of my ciretfit' the sale Of liquor
was forbidden 5Rarl y Monday morn
7 ing the rtsAIt lstalwaTt. clear eyed pee-,
pie, cleanly, manly, quiet, temperate
and discreet, would gather in the coun-
ty seati BY the second day we were
| through with the criminal Docket i,
T IN an adjeiRfns ceanty, with the
| same lands, the same climate and the
same people, oftenlofythe same fam
flies, the salei-ef liquor was present.
The faithful judge was prompt to call
T the criminal docket at the first mo-
I ment, but it was usually true that with.
all the energyasAd dispatch of its Of
/ qufred for It's disposition. II '12niiith
I 'sThe Iooks7 efthe people were Diff
I fegenk Ia seae1 COUNTY, there was the;
4 temperate life. where hope eleyates
+ and Joy brightens; In. the other the
Il eorntenaiices Of the people were sod.
| den@ There were the bieared and bilious
eye, the lurid iyissgea the unshorn jaws
7 and net infreqgeppstly the unbathed
y person, which distilled in the court
Ian odor that in the language of John
/ wesley on one oeeasion;t sdid not smeIH
[ like .Halsaira. ya8s. % l'sAg 3d5 qebnuS
7 'Ipaa;. short time after the abolition
Of the, Liquor trafie, in, the. noble city
| Of Athens T have seen the dfunkard
reformed and feconsecfated' to the do
ties of manhood, his dingy house re- /
painted; hist fences iireBunt;Gsh once
| H1afbetin. barefaot, dirty little children !
ddlsap, well clothed, well, / shed and
+ well fed, with bright. eyes Fastening
EztsOs sch6dl. and fha--H once
! worn and wasted features in the hap
|spiness and kfi1e 81 lfsfsfes4ff9etloH
and regainedlths bhelihSss and tcasrn.
of youth. xrHHYEY xnysyJ
b salsuisbIs. G1UH y
Is 81 have not discussed the, moral
kuhases of this rest duasstions but nefes
is those which seem to. be legal and
a,oiHical III the laws which the peo1
/ pie of our state have enacted: are en-
( forced the chief happiness to inure to
! those weyleueiis the eahseiQuspess that
henceforth. if we expel the demon Of
the still ffom{o sBord6fss confidencet
and peace will reassume, their. place in 4
Happy homes among those dear OBJ |
fJects Of our lever fdeagef fo0 u.s. than,
bare the ruddy drops that visit, our
hearts is & .y591 ,yRps9Jl 2diGui1F
"Once there was, within my own
memory, no such thing in all the bor-
dersrriofE this southland as; that 5un- /