The Sentinel=record., 1911-12-02
LAUGHING AT LAWS.

Atlanta, tia.- Prohibition of the liq- lor traffic has failed utterly in the Southern states which have in the past few years adopted state wide pro. hibition. Atlanta has. the past two gcars, developed into the greatest beer drinking city in she South Savannah ard Macon, in this state, make no pre- tense whatsoever in obeying the law which forbds the sale of intoxicating peers and liquors. In North Carolina. Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi
 he same disregard of the statewide prohibition laws may he found in
 greater or less degree. In Memphis saloons are running openely In At i anta beer saloons are making addi- i ional fortunes for the brewers of Mil i wanSee, Cincinnati and St Louis. \The making of moonshine whisky has in- ,reascd over 800 per cent in the states which are supposed to De dry" and I m inadequate force of revenue officers i 8 totally unable to keep pace with the i makers of ilicit whisky The surplus )f Georgias great peech crop has been |, turned into peach braaay The Gov Il srnment seized ,000 gallons of this ierss liquor a few days ago Some of he smaller cities of this state have become disgasted with the miserable aear beer, and the authorities have in- Iimated 10 the saloonkeepers not to sell the stuff any longer, but to give their patrons real beer So great is the demand in the cities of Georgia for real beer that the outside ,brewers Hood the cities with green brews. highly bilious connections, which are far from being as palatabe as prop erly aged beer Of course. blind tigers" do a thriving business in sell. Ing liquors, and the liquors they han 1le are as green as the beer the brew CTS send in from other states While, therefore, there is practical license 10 sell in Georgia, the people. the con 5umers, are getting for their money the worst possible beers and liquors.
 Few Dry Spots.
 In order to drive few additional spikes into the beer drinkers of At lanta, most of the bars run strong ales on dranght, and a mixture of half beer and half ale is fayorite drink of those who desire rather speedy alec. holic exhilaIation 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 NC" In Savannah liuuors 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 slsted upon Georgia, In Atlanta, outside of the clubs, the liquor traffic is handled by blind tigers or "bootleegefs. Large X quantities of it are handled for de tectives have found that great auanti ties ot the stuff come into the city [ regularly to persons other than the managers Of the clubs. which cases are permitted 70 keep the liquor for their members Tn the white and col. pred bars in the Atlanta 'tenderloin. I \ the saioonkecpcrs have on hand nicely. ! wrapped packages Of bottled haar which may be taken ont to shady places by customers, although this is against the near beer law In Mem phts, Tenn, the liquor business is thriving, places for the sale of ali sorts of alcoholic beverages keeplng open all night. if the proprietors find \ 1t pays never to close their booze
 
 emporiums- The same may be said Of Chattanooga which once had all excellent excise law. and Nashville. which for 8 few months tried to obe, the prohibition law bat which now has it's wide,open saloons
 Defy the Laws.
 | In two years, therefore, large cen ters Of population in five southern staies and wide stretches of sparselt iapuiated country hage. with one ac cord, grown denant Of the law as fl