The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-02-06
PROHIBITION IN RALEIGH.

that prohibition is a fallurc.
First those Of them h are not
law abiding gre doing all they can TO
make the law a failure in the nope
that they can make enough sehtf-
ment TO get good men TO join them III
a fight for its repeal. That class Of
good citizens, who do not Deiit'e
that prohibition is the best methoo,
are not at all in sympathy with this
spirit M they are ready TO upholo
the hands OF the officers in enforcing
the law. 1t is only the lawless or IN
thinking element that is trying 70
make the Law a failure. But the better
men are quietly going about the reg
ular discharge of their business, with
no public duty in the matter, bat are
not heard from while those who nave
a purpose to destroy the law, are very
much in evidence.
Second: They are using the ie-
mands Of the law abiding citizens OF
the community for a ull enforcement
OF the law is evidence that %"prohibi-
ton in Raleigh is a failure rs q
matter Of fact the officers and people
in Raleigh ave been asleep, and in
this case, as IN every case SINCE II
was written in the Bible that while
the good man Of n house slept
the enemy sowcd tares. The tares
have grown up while we slept and
the crop has become noisome and
p~estilential SO that it is visible to the
visitors as we'll as the ObserEant citi-
zens. AS the elimination OF the Tenn
perance Convention, the Superintend-
ent Of the Anti-SaloOn League showed
that liquor could be easily purchased
in Raleigh at certain places, produc-
ing the liquor and giving names OF
h places at which it was purchased.
AS a result Of this evidence and OF
the powerful address Of MI. Hobson,
one OF the biggest blind tigers in
Raleigh, a man Of means, wrote out
a full confession to. the Police Jus
tice and paid the fine imposed and
gave bond that he would not engage
again in this laWless business. Fol
lowing that, the people OF Raleigh
NN~AfC ar" IN q p
Of a few citizens and they have de-
ternlined that the reproach OF being
4 city that is thinking ouly Of build
ing and money, while forgetting the
morals Of Its young people and per
hitting them to be ~dehauched by g
; lawless element is not true. They
, have enlisted for the war" and this
! r,.L utl1 o~~o-;yo -,t1;%o-4 bo1x
, Of earnest citizens who will remove
> this stigma-the only one that rests
I upon The Capital City Of North Caro-
:, lima. They understand that 10 city
} can be built pom an enduring found
ation if It's laws can be violated with
i%rnDunity. and if men. who despise thu
Z law. q ride ~roughshod over the laws
OF the commonwealth. At present
( the blind tigers, big and little, are
said to be very quiet and to be on
of business with nothing doing
but they say among themselves. I'VE
: will haul In our sails until The wine
: blows over and are quietly sayine
{ that this tempest Will subside in a few
3 weeks INC they then will go on Will
tIic!1 law less business as heretofore
We warn them that the people O
Raleigh, While slow to be aroused
when aroused will not submit t,
anarchy and lawleSsncss. and bin,
tigers, whether called clubs or res
is t%aurants or pool rooms or what not
will not be tolerated in this city an,
II that men running them, who do no
Wish TO be put to work on the roads
e would do we'll to follow the exampl
IS OF Mr.. Matthews and quit the bust
ness before they are given pick axe
. and made to improve the roads Of tn
county. Men who are behind thi
movement are not cutters and the
have enlisted for the war. Benin,
them is the eternal truth that LAY
8 is stronger than anything else 4
II. America and hat the God in III