The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-10-13
"Dry" State Fills Cellar
and SwearS Cff
Georgia Lays IN Large
Supply Before
Enforcing Law
Washi1gtos %. C.l Herald

Georgia went dry the other day
with more liquor IN the possession of
the people than hes ever been known
IN the history Of the state. Such is
the paradoxieal news from Atlanta
That the state has gone dry may not
be news. 1t Is % recorded every year.
The people of Georgia adopted state
wide prohibition nearly ten years ago
and the Legislature has been amending
the law ever sir. trying to make it
effective. The p bitionists.have ad-
mitted that the brand of prohibition
IN Georgia did not prohibit. The
more rigid the provisions OF the law,
the more Indifferent have been the
people to the law. The Indifference to
the prohibition liw has developed an
indifference to al law, until some re-
spectacle authorities in Georgia have
called the state lawless.
The last legislature in trying to
make prohibition prohibit, followed
the example Of the farmer with the
balky horse; when he couldn't make
the horse pull, he kicked an innocent
cow. The legislature amended the
law so as to permit each citizen to i'm
port two quarts Of whiskey or twenty
four Quarts of beer each month, and
then prohibited the newspapers of the
state from printing liquor advertise
ments- It must be admitted that the
law has more prohibition In it now
than it had before, but it is not
against the sale or use of liquor. It
harks back to a time when Georgia
placed restrictions on reading upon
certain parts of tie population. The
Georgians may make liquor without
taxation If they can dcdga the federal
revenue agents; they may use liquor
and import it, but they must not be
allowed to read about it.
The principal agitation ard prepar-
alton for thS new law has been In coz
nest;on with the prohibition enc
"sttfII'g y nfooTs- The cope f1re'
assumed that the law cou.d not be re-
troactive Ind AFFECT liquors stored be.
fore tie law beceEle Elective. They
have therefore been enc" ~ed IA s5ar-
ing liquors ever slrce The law L1as
passed, and it is repo t. t. .berc
IS ret family in the - Gle stflb.>
without supply of diffel 1t E'nd7 a.
liquors stored to meet ar 'ore,2ncy
The prohibitionists are So l.. ave
become as cautious IS TIC poole oz.a
Go not believe n and prac,ioe pcoli
bition. Their e.-c'.sa is nat they c.
not neglcct the neaciuo cioset = a
time When the wan weather - briH~-
ing oct the snakes, ard wter ~re
things eatcn too heartily ma PROD
collie. They are not satisfied @ita =
allowance of two qu1~,s &C wAiel.45
or twenty-four quarts Of b-er
month, because thy my be too -
to go to the express Office, o. y. ~ Z
advertisements, t. y may not ,snes.
where to place their order IL t.e
future. So all tie people of Georgia
have taken time by tie foreloek ard
stored liquors against emergencies.
The moonshiners of GEORGIA appear
to be the only PEOPLE IN the state wao
want the law 10 be retrcactise. Ta~v
are opposed to storing when tsef age
IN a position to supply tl,e d>.uaa1
from day TO day. The economies o.
the Internal Revenue Bureau have
compelled reduction of the revenue
agents In Georgia and the cutting OF
of the pay of informers who last wear
. enabled the federal government to
seize and destroy about 500 moon
shine stills in that state With the
curtailment of the efforts OF The fed
eral revenue officers and the sympath-
of local prohibition officers, the moon
sinners feel that it was q miscarriaoe
of justice to allow the people to i'm
port and store large quantities of
liquor before the law went into effect.
They will make an effort to have the
law against storing declared retro
active.
-Bsshi1s'on { .. C.)Hcreld Way 6. 1910
Published ~ hc Indiana