The Sentinel=record., 1911-12-31
LAUGHING AT LAWS.

Written by Harvey F. Taylor.l
 Atlanta. Ga. Prohibition of the liq- aor traffic has tailed utterly in the Southern states which have in the past few years adopted statewide pro hibition. Atlanta has, the past two years, developed into the greatest beer drinking city in the South Savannah ard Macon, in this state, make no pre- .ense whatsoever in ebeyihg the law which forbids the sale of intoxicating peers and liquors. in North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi the same disregard of the statewide prohibition laws may be found in greater or less degree. In Memphis saloons are running openely, In At .anta beer saloons are making addi .lonal fortunes for the brewers of Mil Nauaee, Cincinnati aud St Louis The making of moonshine whisky has in creased over 500 per cent in the states which are supposed to be dry" and an inadequate force of revenue officers s totally unable to keep pace with the makers of Illicit whisky The surplus of Georgia's great peach crop has been turned into peach brandy The Gov. ernment seized 1000 gallons of this fiery liquor a few days ago. Some of he smaller cities of this state have become disgusted with the miserable aear beer and the authorities have in- .imated to the saloonkeepers not to sell the stuff any longer, but to give .heir patrons real beer. So great is he demand in the cities of Georgia or real beer that the outside brewers food the cities with green brews. highly bilious connections, which are ar from being as palatable as prop. sry aged beer. Of course. blind tigers" do thriving business in sell. ing liquors, and the liquors they han lie are as green as the beer the brew. 9fs send in from other states While. therefore there Is practical license to sell in Georgia. the people, the con sumers, are getting for their money he worst possible beers and liquors.
 Few Dry Spots.
 In order to drive few additional spikes into the beer drinkers of At anta, most of the bars run strong ales on draught, and mixture of half beer and half ale is a favorite drink of those who desire rather speedy alec. holic exhilaration In Augusta the same conditions prevail, the whole salers of that city sending out thou sands of gallons of whisky weekly into other states, in addition to great amount of liquor and beers sold by retailers. Legally dry" all the large cities in Georgia are to all intents and purposes we In Savannah liquors and mixed drinks made from liquors may be had at the most prominent bars in the city, which are running as openly as they ever ran before state wide prohibition was visited upon Georgia. In Atlanta, outside of the clubs, the liquor traffic is handled by blind tigers" or 'bootleggers.n Large quantities of it are handled, for de tectiVes have found that great duanti. ties of the stuT come into the city regularly to persons other than the managers of the clubs, which cases are permitted to keep the liquor for their members. In the white and col. ored bars in the Atlanta "tenderloin. ? the saloonkeepers have on hand nicely wrapped packages of bottled beer. which may be taken out to shady places by customers, although this is against the near beer law In Mem phis, Tenn, the leuor business is thriving. places fer the sale Of slI sorts of alcoholic beverages keeping open all night, if the proprietors find it pays never to close their booze emporiums. The same may be saie of Chattanooga, which once had an excellent excise law, and Nashville, Nnlch TOT a tew months tried to 0tjes the prohibition law. but which now has it's wide-open saloons
 Defy the Laws.
 In two years. therefore, large cen ters of population in five Southern states and wide stretches Of sparseiy populated eouatry have, with one ae' cord, grown defiant of the law, as II has been made " i've different legis-