The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-03-18
over The STATE.

W FEBRUARY
i. 1910. the state, the counties and
cities anected by the prohibition law
had suffered net loss in revenue of
about $350,000, without counting the
loss in merchants ad valorem tax by
inc cities, or the decrease in value OF
reai ana personal property as result
OI the stoppage of the liquor traffic.
Inc actual net loss in revenue to tne
state Tor the first seven months Of
prohlEition was over $118,500, and the
loss was twice as much to the cOun.
ties and cities.
according to the figures compiled
In the comptroller's office, the tota
COLLECTIONS for liquor tax for the sew
en- months from July 1, 1909, to Feb
ruary l, 1910, amounted to $19,582 35.
Ihe corresponding seven months OF
Inc year previous, from July /, 1908,
10 February |, 1909, netted the state
$l3a,l7l.94, a net loss of $118,5S9.59
These totals are distributed as fCi-
lows: From distillers, seven months,
190S-l9O9, $1,S50; seven months, 1909
1910. %791.G7; from brewers, 1908
1909. $3,517.24; 1909-1910, $2,424; H.
quor privilege, 190S-1309, $132,S04.70;
19O919lO, $16,3G6.45. The chef falling
off, of course, is the liquor license,
where The difference is nearly $116,-
500.
Evansville, lnd--George Hixon,
manager of the Chattanooga Packet
company, is in Evansville making pre-
Iiminary arrangements for the inaug-
uratton of packet line between
Evansville and Chattanooga which
will involve the rehandling of millions
OF tons of freight at the local incline
of the Illinois Central railroad here
All freight shipped out of Chicago
Tor Chattanooga will be routed by
way of Evansville, over the Illinois
Central railroad and shipped from
here to Chattanooga on the steamer
Chattanooga and another boat that
has been completed but not yet
named. Mr. Hixon has spent some
tire here going over the shipping
schedules. The placing of these two
boats in the Evansville and Chatta-
ncoga trade, according to Mr.. Hixon,
is due to unjust freight rates the
merchants of Chattanooga have been
forced to pay
Nashville, Tenr.-At a meeting OF
the executive committee of the Ten
ne6see Anti-Saloon league here an
address was issued demanding the en-
forComent of the prohibition laws.
Among other things the address says:
The liquor dealer who persists in
doing business in Tennessee is Meth
er g. republican nor q democrat; he is
criminal and every apOlOgiSt and
defender of the outlawed liquor traffic
in this state ought to be regarded and
tre1ted, not as a politician, not as q
reputable partisan, but as friend
and abettOr of criminals
Knoxville, Tenn.-In charging the
grand jury when the March term of
the criminal court was convened
to remark that the prohibition laws
can be and are being enforced in
Knoxville. They are backed by pub
lie sentiment and are being upheld
in the courts, he declared, and they
will go on being enforced
He said that the city had very
excellent police force and that that
department had the support of the
sheriff and his deputies. He advised
the grand jury to not return more
than two indictments against any one
IAN for selling liquor, for, ne said
convictions could be obtained on them
if at all, and that two would be
enough. He cautioned the jury to
only return indictments in good cases.
where there is evidence to convict. |
He also laid special emphasis on the
l-ws against pistol carrying.
Nashville, Tenn.-Republicans will |
not listen to the siren call of their |
,erstwhile conferees, the statewide !!
democrats, and join in any sort of
fusion arrangement this year. So
much developed, without mistake, in
a conference of republican leaders OF
the state called by Newell Sanders,
chairman of the state committee.
Republicans will have their very |
own candidate for governor and it |
may be John w. Overall, at present |
United States marshal for the middle
district. Others were mentioned dur
ing the conference, but aside from
Mr.. Overall there was none give much
consideration.
Nashville, Tenn.-Hallum w. Good
loe. secretary of state, in getting out
the appendix to the house and senate
journals of 1909, has established a
precedent that is of considerable in
tercst. The first section of the book
which has just been published, in
cludes the liquor plank Of the demo
cratic platform, Governor Patterson's
inaugural address, Governor Patter
sens message to the legislature on
the liquor question, and his excel
lencys vetoes of the prohibition bills,
the general election law and the pri
nary law. Then follow in the re-
naming four thousand pages, Of the
squat, fat little volume the biennial
reports of the various departments