Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-14
WEBSTER SAYS:

nv o. lH " - ~ N''a'HNF'
1--lntoxioatsdi inebriated;
overwhelmed or overpowered
by spirituous liquor; stupefied or in
famed BY the action of spirits on
the stomach and brain.
2. Dreuched or saturated with
moisture or liquor.
Drunk. n. One who is drunk.
When is a man drunk
High brow statesmen and officials
In Washington are wrestling with the
question. They have a new excise
law in the Capital City which re
quires the arrest of all DRINKS, and
they don't know how to interpret i.
The new law plainly states that all
DRINKS" must be locked up, and now
they are trying to find out what a
man has to do to be classed rs
drunk"
SideIghts on the problem obtained
from many quarters in Atlanta do not
solve the problem There are about
as many different definitions Of
drunk" as there are people In the
city. The consensus Of opinion, how
ever, is that a man who has merely
INDUCED enough 10 come under the
influence OF liquor to a certain extent
is not necessarily drunk.
LIQUOR affects the heads OF some
men and the feet of others. one man
may drink till he can drink no Longer
and be able to walk as though he
never saw a bottle, vet his speecl
will be thick and unintelliEible. An
other may dring the same amount
and converse with intelligence al.
even brilliance; yet he can not wall
with any great success.
Feet Are Guide in Atlanta.
Which is drunk?
Atlanta policemen declare they vii
arrest the man whose feet are at'
! fected by liquor before they will tn,
man whose head only is affected.
II the police in Washington uset
| the dictionary In making arrests uu'
/ der the new law, they would arres
| the men who were affected in tn,
| head as well as those whose menta
| faculties were Clouded by use of 10
uor for Webster gives this definition
/ Of drunk"
Under the influence Of intoNiCat
| ing liquor TO such an extent as q
have lost the normal control Of one
/ bodily and mental faculties. and. com
ly, to evinee a disposition to vito
lenCe, QLA...b duchess ana DeStlall
". inebriatou. intoxicated. tigurd
/ lively saturated and Stupetied.'
still there would be somewhat of
howl in Washington If every MAJ
who was drunk according to Wei
/ ster were arrested. For the dicuon
/ arv SAYS the word can be used in tn
/ predicate, as drunk with hattery.
He quotes owen Meredith. in "Th
/ Wanderer II was drunk with tn
! light of her wild blue eyes" Woul
such a man be subject to arrest2 |
/ young man proposed 10 a girl an,
/ became drunk with JOY" because sh
/ said yes. should he be pinched? h
would be drunk, surely, but the ques
| ton is would he be-drunk?
! Four Stages of Drunk.
| Chief of Police Beavers says Their
are different stages Of drunkenness
A man is drunk when he is 'besid
| himself and obnoxious" said tn
/ Chief Drunkenness Is funn,
! thing One man viii be drunk, an
/ other drunken and still anothe
/ drunkest I've seen men who were \
/ drunk as they could be and Vet the,
/ could walk a chalk line while 9th
\ erS would drink just a little and fal
down every time they tried to stan
1 up. To my mind there are four stage
1 of drunkenness almost drunk, half
drunk drunk and dead drunk Whel
! he gets dead drunk, the question j