Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-17

Seaborn Wright, of Floyd County,
the father of prohibition in Geor-
gla," and so forth and SO on, Is to
beard the lion in his den tonight, or
the Demon Rum in his favorite lair,
or whatever it 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 lid" on tight in Atlanta,
but for some rea son or other he didn't
lend his presence to the recent open
ing gun 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
I'M on Atlanta, and that he didn't!
Mr.. Wright started his tour of
shutting 'em 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 it 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
I'D that metropolis-which WAS
rather in the nature of making sure
Of the halfway station, as it were.
1t goes without saying that the eyes
of an interested Eommonwealt VIII
be glued upon Savannah for a week
or so following Mr.. Wright's' visit
there. If he shuts up Savannah d
/ lot of harps thereafter likely will
decorate the weeping willow tree!
Savannah is, perhaps, at once botf
| the most engaging and the mos
doubtful proposition Mr.. Wright yet
| It? Time alone will tell
In the list of those mot voting,
as disclosed by the yea-and may rol
calls in that delightful. venerable and
venerated publication. The Congress
sional Record, appears from day tc
day about the entire Georgia delega-
ton. Indeed, were it not for the fac
that Uncle Jim" Mann, of Illinois
| insists upon an yea -and-nay call Of
some sort every day thus getting
| certain pestiferous things in Tht
Record, one would not be able TO tell
even through a sort OF negative pro-
cess Of reasoning, whether the Geor-
gia Congressional delegation is on 1T
| job in Washington nowadays.
However, there is nothing much t.
do in the House nowadays-and the
Georgia delegation Is doing that very
well. Most of the members are a.
home 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 ant
festive cows off the streets of thai
Brooks County metropolis or know
the reason why!
Getting the cows off the streets Of
Quitman is by no means as simple {
matter as some people may imagine
however. Since few can remember
when, the cows have roamed the
streets Of Qutman ad lib--they have
acquired a sort of title by prescrip
ton, as it were, to many cuts across
lots, and so forth, around and abou
that vicinity, and it is going to be {
difficult undertaking to get them loos'
therefrom.
The women have started two peti.
lions to the City Council, both o.
which are designed to produce results
One petition is for the voters to sign
and the other is for the women. Boil
are filling up rapidly-the latter pc
tition already carries the name o
practically every woman in town, anC
the voters list is nearing a majority
of the enfranchised citizens.
The object of the women of Quit.
man eventually is a city beautiful, O
course. They have a COMPREHENSIVE,
plan of street improvement marked
out, 1t includes. among other things
tree planting, paving, parking ant
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