The Greenville times., 1910-10-07
CITIZENS COMMITTEE.
H. n Alexander, Chairman
J. d. Barbee, Secretary.

bic for the above eruption which ap-
peared in Tuesdays issue of the Daily
Democrat, have worked themselves up
into a terrible state of agitation in
consequence of the remarks following
the interrogating caption of the arti-
Gle in last Fridays Times: Their
imagination appears to be greatly dis
torted and that possibly is the reason
for their Slight deviation from the
truth.
In the first place The Times did not
say the tiger will fetch new business
enterprises and swell the arteries of
commerce with a life-giving tide, but
it did say "new business enterprises
would be opened up within our Dor.
ders'', which was intended, and would
have been taken by anyone who had
carefully perusei the article, to mean
the opening up of near-beer or beerine
resorts and such places, and not fac
tories or other commercial enterprises
as the writer of the above would lead
one to believe we said
Whether the business interests of
Greenville have been injured by the
strict enforcement of the prohibition
law, The Times is not in a position tc
state, but taking the opinions and
statements of a great many of our mer-
chants, we are forced to believe that
the business interests were more pros
porous under the regime of the open
saloon than during the last two years
Again, in nearly every city in the
State that had saloons prior to the pas
sage of the prohibition act, with the
exception of Greenville, the prohibi-
tion law is not enforced, and in many
other towns the blind tiger business
has been so well organized that for
various reasons the people prefer this
condition to the open saloon.
In regard to The Times reference to
Vicksburg it stated facts The Gov
ernor of the State DID threaten to
send the State militia to that city, but
failed to make good his threat, and
since that time near-beer joints and
similar resorts HAVE increased fifty
per cent. in number. We do not know
what the liquor interests of the coun-
try could afford to do in the way of
handing anything to the Governor
Noel, but we know what was done
What of it?' is mighty poor ar,
gument, but it is about as good as any
when you fail to controvert facts.
The author of the above states that
The Times needs to be told several
things, and it was told a few things
that were indeed surprise. Whether
the Citizens Committee as it is called
is part of the Law Enforcement
League we do not know, but we do
know that deputies were in the employ
of the Law Enforcement League, and
that money was paid them for their
services in ferreting out blind tigers
These deputies, it is true, were regular
lv commissioned by the sheriff of the
county, but they were handed their
special inducements on the side by the
Law Enforcement League. Things
have come to pretty pass when of
ticers who are sworn to enforce the law
have to be handed special induce
ment in order to get them to do their
duty. Ought not the OFFICERS be just
as vigilant to enforce the prohibition
law as any other law? Is the viola
tion of the prohibition law greater
crime than the violation of anv other
law? The writer of the above saws
that the Citizens Committee has never
been served by "hired deputies. Now
it is a fact that at least one deputv
not an appointee of Sheriff Worthing.
ton, was commissioned by the Sheriff
at the request of the Law Enforcement
League, and that he was given a salary
of $500 per month to serve this or.
ganization, and later when business be.
came dull in his line and funds in the
Golfers of the league became low. his
salary was reduced to $4,000, and more