Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-05-12

Come up. come up. o soft spring airs.
Come from your silver shining seas.
Where al day long you toss the wave
About the low and palm plumed keys.
Forsake the spicy lemon groves.
Tho baims and hlisses Of the south.
And blow across the longing land
The breath Of your delicious mouth
Come fron the almond bough you stir,
The myrtle thicket where you sigh;
On. leave the nightingale for here
The robin whistles far and nigh.
FOR here In reed and rush and grass.
And tiptoe In the dusk and dew,
Each sod OF the brown earth aspires
TO meet the sun. the sun and you.
Then come. o fresh spring airs. once
more
Create tns old delightful things.
and WOO the frozen world again
With hints OF heaven upon your wings.
HARRIET PRESCOTT SPOFFORD.
You who are grumbling over the fact
that prohibition does not prohibit
should b glad that you are In such a
state a. yours IS. mean be glad that
you live In state that has such law
on It's statute books. for there Is q pre-
tense toward keeping L. There Is q law
and . terrible punishment for murder.
but the law Is not always kept, yet who
would even suggest repeating 1T Since
/ have been in Florida ] realize that
things could be . lot worse than they
are IN Georgia Some or the counties
here are dry and they are prospecting !
never knew old Madison TO have q better
school or more money In circulation than
since whisky has been put out. But
nv eyes have been assailed with some
awful sights In the cities that allow whis-
~ TO rule. In some places there Is not
: section that II free from the disgusting
sights and smells OF liquor. In the legts-
Eatura now n Tallahassee there Is now
drastic law before them, the senate has
passed It. and IL IL goes into effect the
~llds win be as nearly on IS It Is In any
ouk q prohibition state.
Listen to this: NO person who is q
dealer in intoxicating liquors. wines OF
beer shall sen or furnish any intoxicating
liquors. wines or beer In any quantity TO
N habituaI drunkard personally known
- him. OF whose Incorporate habits such
person has been notified in writing pro-
testing against the selling or furnishing
bf such intoxicating liquors. wines or
beer by the wife. father. mother. broth
u or sister OF such drunkard." This puts
: thousand dollar fine or Ia months in
the penfrenflary On the dealer. You and
know plenty or wives. brothers and
sisters that win see thar such written
instructions are sent the dealer. Another
section OF the law Is that no drinks will
Be charged for. that whisky debts can
not be collected BY law. / know a widow
whose little estate was literally wiped
out after the husband died By three debts
claimed b. bar rooms. The bar rooms
are to Be closed at in the evening and
not opened TIL In the morning.
I wish that could give you all of the
sight sections Of the law. you may have
u frame some laws yourself some days
and this one i the sort that covers the
whole situation I hope that the men or
the law i enforced. There are plenty
of good men in the state. and the only
trouble i that too often they stand BY
and say nothing when the emmissaries Of
evil are hard 90 work. Educate the chill
dren in the right way and In the future
these laws win be enforced
May Il win be mothers day. This
= about. the youngest" day th@k we
celebrate. but hope that none OF them
viii have = larger following. The flow
e. for the day il the white carnation.
II you can not get one OF them the
white flower that Is most convenient
win be the one for you TO either wear
or send your mother. I heard a dear
old lady say that her son was too busy
to visit her. that he had not been TO
the cid home IN five years / don't
say that he does not have an excuse that
Be- considers legitimate, but I do say
that IL II Q pity that he can not bend
circumstances there as he undoubtedly
does bend them for other things. I said