Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1911-11-18
M0ONSH|NERS
ACTIVE IN HILLS
NASHVILLE MAYOR WINS OUT ON
hOkENFORCEMENT IN A PRO.
HIRlTlON STATE.
CITIES ARE GOING BANKRUPT
southern States, Growing Tired Of
, Prohibition Farce, Are Turning to
- Local Option as the Solution
:;:i.4 For the Liquor Problem,

oAooAeAiHluS mas Deen carried on at
tremendous rate. The government
mas been at It's wits ends to keep I'D
with the Illicit stills. To be sure, many
nave been captured and destroyed in
Tennessee, North Carolina, Georgia,
and Alabama. Nevertheless hundreds
have been IN operation which have not
Been touched. 1t would take verlta-
Die army OF revenue officers to keep
pace with the makers of untaXcd whis-
Ky In the wild. mountainous regions
or THESE states. There have been
some sharp battles the past two years
between revenue officers and moon
sinners and nose than one death has
occurred In these skirmishes In noun
tain fastnesscS.
With prohibition driving the noun
talneers anew to moonshining, killings
may be the order of the day in the fu-
lure when revenue officers and Illicit
olhullerles clash Since statewide
prohibition has gone into effect in
these Southern states, scores upon
scores of small farmers, thousands of
them, have taken to converting corn
they grow into spirits. Much Of this
Is extremely crude, but sales are found
Tor all that is produced, most Of tho
farmers keeping but little to age prop
erly. Farmers sell the stuff in the
1.20O cotton and wooden mill towns
and get good prices for the fiery
liquor.
Peoples Mayor.
There Is an interesting rnayOralty
n oiy
Tenn. Mayor Howse, who has been in
Office Tor two years, is running for re-
election. Under him the town has
been "'wide-open" Saloons do bust
ness without any attempt at conceal
ment-. The mayors enemies say there
are 20 gambling houses and innumer-
able houses Of low character doing
business uninterruptedly. The mayors
enemies also say he is costing the city
about $25O,O00 year by not enforcing
the near beer licenses. The mayor
himself does not deny he has not en-
forced the liquor laws. In his cam
paign two years ago, he pledged him
self to enforce the laws. He says in
MS present campaign: Shortly after
was elected two years ago, I found
that public sentiment was wholly
against the rigid enforcement Of the
liquor laws. l could not act against
public sentiment, for majority rule ia
the rule OF the people, and 1 am the
peoples mayor" In refernce to state
wide prohibition, the mayor says:
Governor Challenged.
This Is my stand on the statewide
prohibition theory.
GOV. Hooper went all over the state
OF Tennessee telling what he would do
TO the violators Of this statewide pro-
hibition law. He told thousands upon
thousands OF listeners how he would
neno nGnc~ law violators to the rock
pile, ;etc., but have yet to hear OF a
single conviction under his administra-
Gion, and he has been in office nearly q
year The governor says I ought to
enforce the law in Nashville. / want
10 say to the governor, that I sent
man to Newport, his home town, and
he came back and said he could stand
on the steps OF Gov. Hooper's law Of
flee and take q yarn ball and throw It
bnto three saloons He brought whisky
and beer IN these places, and here
they are" The mayor displayed the
bottles and said they were not pur-
chased for the purpose of sending any
body to work on the rock pile. II
wouldn't do a trick like that" he said
III procured bottle OF whisky with
&hat end in view, I'd feel like serving
She sentence for the man myself, il he
were convicted" AS campaign
classic, / consider the following re-
mark OF the mayor Of Nashville to the
governor Of Tennessee one of the
best:
i want to say to Maj. Stahlman and
the governor that, before they seek to
clean up Nashville, they should clean
up their home town. Newport has
only 5000 inhabitants, and it would be
an easy matter to enforce the state.
wide law there. Start in Newport, gov.
ernor, for have got the goods on
you'll"
Bigger Than Governor.
Mayor Howse, of Nashville, who
claims to have two clergymen and as
many women as the opposition has
with him, is making no bones about
rot enforcing the liquor laws in Nash.