Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-18
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Seaborn Wright. OF Floyd County.
the father Of prohibition in Geor-
gia," and go forth and so on, is to
beard the lion in his den tonight, or
the Demon Rum In his favorite lair,
or whatever II is-anyway, he is
scheduled for trash moving" over
flow OF oratory in Savannah this ev-
ening. and The ultimate object OF his
visit to that burg is the closing Of
all the booze" shops!
1t was rumored rather Industrious
ly at one time that Mr.. Wright was
TO be one Of the prime factors In
launching the movement to put the
esteemed "li% on tight In Atlanta.
but for some reason or other he didn't
lend his presence to the recent open
ing-gu meeting In the Gate City.
Whether the noted Rome orator
was not willing then to let go any
OF his surplus energy on Atlanta, or
anywhere else. with a Savannah en-
gagement ahead. Is not known-all
that is known, or stated. at least, is
that he was at first booked to open
UP on Atlanta and that he didn't!
Mr.. Wright started his tour OF
shutting EN- up in Rome-which. Of
course, was proceeding Immediately
along the line of least resistanCe-but
few people had any idea he would
reach for Savannah until the very
| last!
The question now agitating the
minds Of many of the Romans ad-
mirers is whether 1t Is his purpose
! to work from the top down, or from
the bottom up.
Incidentally he dropped in on Ma
con one day not long ago and shut
up that metropolis (which was
rather in the nature OF making sure
OF NE halfway station, as IT were.
! n goes without saying that the eyes
| OF an interested Commonwealth VIII
| be glued uron Savannah for a week
or so following Mr.. Wright's visit
| there If he shuts up Savannah, a
| lot Of harps thereafter likely will
decorate the weeping willow tree!
Savannah is. perhaps. at once both
! the most engaging and the most
| doubtful proposition Mr.. Wright yet
| has tackled VIII he get away with
It? Time alone will tell.
In the list OF those mot voting"
as disclosed by the yea nd-nay roll
calls in that delightful, venerable and
venerated publication. The Congress
sional Record, appears from day to
| day about the entire Georgia delega-
ton. Indeed, were It not for the fact
| that ''IIDcla Tim" Mann OF Illinois
insists upon an yea and-nay call OF
some sort every day. thus getting
certain pestiferous things in The
Record, one would not be able TO tell
| even through n sort OF negative pro-
cess OF reasoning, whether the Geor-
| eia Congressional delegation Is on Its
! job In Washington nowadays.
| However, there is nothing much "a
do in the House nowadays-and the
Georgia delegation is doing that very
well Most OF the members are al
homo mixing with the folks.
The good women OF Quitman. de-
spairing of relief upon original mo-
ton OF the men OF the town. have
grimly determined to get the gay and
festive cows off the streets Of that
Brooks County metropolis or know
the reason why!
Getting the cows off the streets OF
Quitman Is by no means as simple a
matter as some people may imagine
however. Since few can remember
when, tho cows have roamed the
streets of Quitman ad lib--they have
acquired a sort of title by prescrip-
ton. as 1t were. TO many cuts across
lots, and so forth, around and about