The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-07-04
|II[ER THE TARGET
0F LAW ENF0RcERS
At GAINESVILLE
,-Ns PLACE THE CIRCUIT
JUDGE ON THE WARM
DEFENSIVE.
MASS MEETING IS HELD
,..,ous resolutions Are Passed by
Gathering and Judge Gholson Com
ants Rather Critically on Judge
1vler's| Position.

.,orv section of Montgomery county,
.ssombled at the tent in front OF the
.o.toAice to consider plans for the
hotter enforcement Of the liquor laws.
The meeting was called to order
hv Iudge A R. Gholson and upon mo-
linn D. T. Fouts was elected chair
man and the press representatives
socretaries. Upon taking the chair
Mr. Foust read the published call of
the meeting and then invited Attor-
nov General John Bowman to address
the meeting.
Mr. Bowman said that since his in
duction into the Office of attorney
general he had always endeavored to
comply with his oath of Office by en-
forcing, so fara he was able. all laws
m the statute books and expect 20 do
Hon, A. M. Leach, who had been
appointed chairman of the commit
tee appointed tc wait upon Judge Ty-
Ter and Mayor Wood, made a report.
in which he stated that Judge Tyler
had refused to make any promises
and no definite satisfaction was CIV
en-, In regard to the mayor he stat
ed that he had told the committee
he was acting as he saw best and
would promise no changes.
Hon. Matt G Lyle was then called
and reiterated the statement made
by him last Monday relative to his
efforts to enforce the law against LID
nor dealers and persons who
had rented houses to them also,
AT this point Robert Daniel arose and
stated that he had house rented fol-
harness shop and he had heard
whisky was sold there and wished tc
know if he was liable to the law. tc
which Mr.. Lyle replied aff1rmatively
Judge Gholson, chairman OF the
committee on resolutions, reported
resolutions which referred to the
fact that GAINESVILLE had overwhelm
ingly voted our saloons. Money from
liouor til1s was declared to be faint
ed. Attorney General Bowman ant
his assistant, Matt G. Lyle, wer'
complimented:
A demand was made on Judge Ty
Ter that he send to the chain-gang tn
eight men sentence dto three months
imprisonment for selling liquor ur
lawfully. The resolutions closed a
follows
BE it therefore resolved, That
is the sense Of this meeting that eN
cry law abiding citizen of the count!
regardless of politics, should stan
Tor the enforcement of the law an
oppose it's open violation and to len
every aid possible to it's enforcement
We, each and all of us, pledge on
selves to aid the officials of this cou
ty in the enforcement OF the law. "
cannot believe until it has been tho
oughly demonstrated that 1t Is II
purpose of the judge of the Grimm
court not to enforce the law. "
call upon the good people all over tt
county to continue this fight again
lawlessness until we are SUGGEST
and until the open saloon Is forev
banished from our midst"
The motion to adopt the resolution
was carried by an unanimous To,
the large audience all rising wi
only a few exceptions, but no o.
arose on the negative vote.
A statement was made to the cha
man that Judge Tyler was willing
attend the meeting and make a sta
ment If it desired and thereupon A
Randle was requested to go after Ill
When Judge Tyler appeared
stated that he would deal square
with them and he then proceeded
deal with the law violations and
attitude in the premises. He refer
TO that portion of the resolution j.
adopted and shown him by Mr.. Oh
son, and said that he cared not hi
many petitioned him or what t
meeting did, he intended to act as
saw pest and when the law demand
men to pay state and county lican
to Sell whisky, he was not ready
say he would prosecute them as Il
violators, and as to placing the eie
men under suspended sentence on
lchain-gang, he would lose his self
Spect if he did such thing a. Il
time. He admitted he had stat
ne would do sc IL they were cN
guilty again, but not after lapse
nine months, and they had spent s;
Tor a quarters license. The jud
spoke at some length, but never
hlfied any willingness to do anythi
nut to act as each case was prese