The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-07-12
Big ROW IN STATE
PROHIBITION RANKS
JONES QUITS AS CHAIRMAN.
AND FIELDER RESIGNS AS
ATTORNEY. FUSS GROWS.

ATLANTA.-Diffe which
have been brewing for some time
have resulted in split between the
headquarters committee of the Geor-
gia Anti-Saloon League and the
leagues law enforcement committee.
The headquarters committee has
passed resolutions discharging the
! law enforcement committee which it
had previously created, and the law
enforcement committee is now act
/ ing in a capacity Independent of the
league.
Rev. Charles 0. Jones has resign
ed as chairman of the headquarters
committee and Thomas B. Fielder has
resigned as attorney for the league.
Mr.. Fielder, however, is continuing
as member of the law enforcement
committee and is now acting in the
capacity of its attorney.
No election has yet been held to
select a successor to DIR. Jones, who
resigned as chairman of the head
quarters committee. w. A. Noel
reath has been elected to succeed Mr..
Fielder.
Committee Members.
Members of the headquarters COM
mittee are: DR.. G. W. Eichelberger,
superintendent of the state league;
E. C. Galloway, Rev. A. R. Holderby,
| w. H. Preston, Rev. Jere Moore,
Rev. C. V. Weathers, DIR. P. A. Todd,
w. S. Witham, DR.. E. c.. CARTRIDGE,
DR.. Lyman Hood, all of Atlanta, and
Judge j. z. Foster of Marietta.
The members of the law enforce
ment committee, which is now act
ing in an Independent capacity, are
W. Woods White, E. C. Galloway,
W. S. Witham and T. B. Fielder.
Mr. Fielder, it is understood, assign
ed no reasons for his resignation,
but it is reported that some officials
of the staet organization were find
ing fault with Mr.. Fielder for having
entered, as they allege, into some
| kind of an understanding with the
| brewers of the state which would per-
NIT them to manufacture certain soft
drinks without being prosecuted by
| the league.
At least such complaints had been
urged against Mr.. Fielder, and it is
said that some of the league officials
were insisting that he be discharged
as its attorney. Mr.. Fielder resigned
Wednesday.
Dislike Papers Policy.
IT is also said that DIR. Jones. Mr..
Fielder, Mr.. White and Mr.. Witham
were not satisfied with the editorial
policy of the Georgia Commonwealth,
| publication owned by stock COM
pany, edited and managed by DR..
Eichelberger and published as the
official organ of the league.
These gentlemen, it is understood,
objected to editorials which were in
| terpreted as being of boosting
character for DIR. L. G. Hardman and
Jos. E. Pottle, candidates for gov
ernor. They felt that the paper
should give its undivided support to
Governor Harris, who called an extra
session of the legislature to pass the
prohibition bills.
On the other hand, DR.. Eichelberger
is said to have taken the position
that the laws of the National Anti
Saloon League forbid the giving OF
the leagues support to one prohib1-
ton candidate for Office when there
are other prohibitionists also candi-
dates. In such a case, he is said to
have contended, it should be left to
the individual voter to choose be-
! tween them.
Money EicheIberger's Object.
Members of the law enforcement
committee charge that the real cause
of their split with DR.. Eichelberger
was his propensity for securing mon
ey from various sources, under the
pretense that the funds were to go
to the law enforcement committee.
One member of the committee is
quoted as saying:
"Dr. Eichelberger would go to
some town, or make some speech,
and during its course he would make
an appeal for funds. He would refer
to the great dry laws passed by the
assembly, and would tell of the work
done by the law enforcement com
mittee. giving the impression to ms
hearers that this money was needed
nv the committee in the furtherance
of its work. The result would be
that he would be given liberal finan-
cial support. ,n
"Some time later, perhaps, Mr..
Fielder would appear in that town,
and while there he would make pro-