Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1911-11-16

The result that many family tragedies
lave taken place; young men just
coming Of age have been trained to
Ignore the law the ranks Of the chain
gangs have swollen, and political chaos
has resulted in many sections of the
South. In North Carolina, especially,
negroes have become addicted to the
use Of cocaine since their supply OF
liquor has been cut Off in the small
towns. Many capital crimes have been
the direct result of cocaine taking on
the part Of the negroes, whose regula-
ton the whites have long had great
difficulty in handling successfully In
all the large centers Of poulation the
dad" negroes, the ones from whom
it was hoped statewide prohibition
would deprive liquor, get as much now
from the "blind tigers" as they for
merly did from licensed saloons. Now,
however, the alcoholic connections
these bad" negroes get is much worse
than that which they used to get and
fire their minds with thoughts of Grim
inal violence. Some of these bad
negroes" have turned "bootleggers,
selling spirits to darkies and charging
for it mighty high prices.
Quenching Thirsts.
In all the large cities in the state
wide prohibition states, social clubs,
in many Instances, have become thor
oughly social affairs. In Atlanta, doz-
ems of men, who have furnished funds
to start clubs, are now getting from
10 per cent to rs per cent a month on
their investments. Cards to these
clubs are easy to obtain, any respect
able white man coming to the city for
few days being able to get these
liquor-privilege cards through the me
dunn of hotel clerks. Commercial trav
elers coming to Atlanta are furnished
these cards by their customers, so that
to them the city of Atlanta is not
dry" as far as the getting of liquor
is concerned. These clubs also do ar
extensive bottle business, their thou
sands of members obtaining theil
home supplies Of liquors from these
men from the saloon to the club
which, as things now are going II
nothing more than an exalted saloon
restricted as 10 patronage. In the tol
rooms Of business blocks, in the Gel
lars Of small stores, and in shacks il
the negro and mill districts the "blint
; tigers" keep their stocks of liquors
"Boot-leggers" drum up trade on tn
D outside for these "bllnd tigers" whicI
+ handle much of the green moonshin
b whisky smuggled into the city. If
. man, a stranger, stands Is or 20 mir
y utes on a corner in the business ser
? ton of Peachtree street, 1t is not ur
!. usual for him to be approached by
i "boot-legger" who volunteers to tel
2 him where he can obtain a supply @
q whisky. These men approach one da
$ and night.
!. OF course, the state and govern
. ment officials are on the track of tn
/. "boot-leggers" and the mconshiner!
e However they make little impresslo
|. on the ranks Of these unlawful dealer
s ard manufacturers, for they outnun
d Der the officers more than 200 to on,
3 The boss of one Of the chain gang
e said to me:
IS I'VE have quite number Of whit
n men or the chain gangs building roat
Y. in this state Most Of them have bee
( arrasted and sentenced for selllr
II liquor unlawfully. AS things go, 1t
e all right to sell liquor in Savannah
e but all wrong to sell liquor in Atlant,
l. |, myself, like drink of whisky no
C and then, but object to being classe
e as a criminal If take drop of todd
Is This law can't stand. 1t was made b
"a legislators showed bodily into Office b
s women. If these women only unde
8, stood how generally the law is vi
e lated, how the selling of vile, UNI
p. censed liquors to bad negroes e
ID dangers the safety of women in tn
H. state, they would not insist upon luz
n, bering up the statute books with sue
y, absurd pieces of legislation as the u
e, enforcible statewide prohibition la
'e Beer drinking here is making the n
n, groes lazy and impudent. They w
" hang around a saloon all day in ord
/. to get drunk on beer They'll g
drunk, however, If they have to sper
al all day and all night in the be
u places. What is gained In tho er
es thenT
oI Stronn Public Sentiment