Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-02-02
PROFESSIONAL LIARS.
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RICHMOND. IND. Jan. o. 1909
Editor Journal: That the liquor. interests, m
their desperate efforts to stem the current 81
prohibition in the south, and II possible &c
modify or repeal our prohibitory laws. are re
sorting to a cold blooded, deliberate system OF
lying there can be no doubt
Wherever / go l find articles puFporting tC
come from Birmingham. Atlanta. and even my
own little city of Rome, published under the
heading Of specials detailing condition OF
immortality. crime and lawlessness unheard Of
by the people resident Of these cities The tas
laws of our different southern cities. un
changed from what they have always been,
are published as the result Of our prohibltory
legislation. Business conditions, in spite Of the
fact that they are immeasurably better than
in any other section Of the country, point e
universal bankruptcy. Every dirty little fling
from the big subsidized daily newspapers In
the south. fortunately few in number, is mag
nified and distorted. - lta Sc IifR
The fight Of the big brewing and distilling
interests against the south in her righteous
crusade is no longer a fair fight, but one OF
misrepresentation. deception and absolute
lying.
ests realize that the whole country viii follow
the high leadership of the south. unless people
are deceived as to the real result of our laws
IN the south
With unlimited money they are using many
Of the great daily papers Of the country. These
papers can easily be spotted. In the nortt
they are advocating Model license laws,
while the wink at the dive eeper. working bis
pockets in the meantime for extra change.
IN the south they rejoicing at the return
Of local option" through qualification OF
law, crime and anarchy in big eities.
Not only are the great dailies. many OF
them, being used. but the Individual liquor
liar is abroad fin the land. He is found in Oui
hotel Hobbies, I'm the smoking car, on the
street corner posing a reformed prohibition
ist. Swearing he had always voted against
the saloon until be found out that a pint OF
whisky hidden in a boot leg worse
than a hundred gallons drunk over the bar
counter.
great many of these fellows pose as
''diummers' a SANDER to the profession. They
carry side lire of secondhand clothing,
few cheap cigars. bundle OF beer tracts,
and the last edition of the Atlanta COnstitu
tien. ON the re,urn Of local option" 10 Sa
Nannah
In Georgia they are going from one town
10 another, lying with amazing impudence about
conditions I'm other towns. one. of them told
me on the Southern train from Atlanta q
Washington that he could have a high ball
or 'eocktal'' mixed I'm a dozen places open
in Rome. 1 told him ! lived in Rome, thal
he was 4 liar pure and simple. he giinned
took seat by another man, and began lylng
about conditions in hnOA. &c.
/ have no doubt there are a thousand uro-
fessional liars working the country in the IN
terPSt Of the liquor trust.
They swore more liquor was consumed und 4
prohibition than license, until the government
statistics showed a falling off of forty-onC
million gallons in one year, then when these
figures appeared they changed front, took the
figures Themselves. ana tried! all over me