Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-05-15
PROHIBITION Is
HERE To STAY IN
ALL Of GEORGIA

ATLANTA, Ca, May 15.-Prohibi-
ton of the pTesen- genuine variety.
which was ushered in the first of the
lrrent month, is an established insti-
tuition in Georgia, according to the
concensus of opinion among newspa-
pers, public officials and well informed
citizens in general.
Moreover, the strict enforcement of
the law against blind tigers. bootleg
gers and other yiolators is generally
accepted as foregone conclusion.
With hardly an exception the news
papers of the state have come ont
strongly in support of the laws Some
of them were openly opposed to the
enactment of statutes so drastic in
their provisions, and others gave more
or less aid and comfort to the enemies
~N~~ SAANAAAA~Ne
OF the laws, but now that the laws ara
written upon the statute books these
same newspapers, taking high ground.
have demanded that the laws be en-
forced. They have demanded it on the
general ground that all laws should
be enforced, regardless of honest diff
ferences of opinion prior to enactment,
and have demanded it on the particu-
lar ground that Georgia should en-
force her prohibition laws as an ans
swer to the charges of lawlessness
which have been spread abroad against
the state.
One after another the judges, solici-
tors, sheriffs and other officers have
placed themselves squarely on record
as opposed to violations of the prohi-
bition laws, and it is significant to
note that this has happened in COM
munities where previously the prohibit
tion law had little weight, as well as in
tie communities where previously the
prohibition laws had little weight, as
well as in the communities where the
old law was enforced as thoroughly as
ii was capable of enforcement.
Even the city of Savannah and Chat
ham county, which have their own
ideas concerning the right of a citizen
of voting age to slake his thirst, have
rallied to the support of Mayor w. J.
Pierpont, the fighting chief executive
CT Savannah, in his campaign to en-
force the prohibition laws, and the po-
lice department of the city, as well as
the county authorities, are making it
extremely uncomfortable for blind ti-
gers. Practically the same condition
prevails in Augusta, another city that
was not famous as a Sahara desert un-
der the old prohibition law.
So far as Atlanta is concerned, there
is absolutely no question, nor has there
been, as to the enforcement of the law.
Beginning with the police depart
ment and going all the way up to Judge
Ben H. Hill, of Elton Superior court,
the blind tigers have been served with
2otice that they cannot ply their trade,
and are being given daily doses Of
treatment for failure to heed the
warning, while the upper crust is
likewise warned in no uncertain terms
that any violations of the law COM
mitted by them will be visited with
heavy PENALTIES.
The clubs that were formed for the
sole purpose of selling liquor and were
bereft of their only means of support
when the prohibition laws went into ef-
feet, have gone out of business, and
in this category are included several
organizations that were patronized by
highly representative CLIENTELE OF
prominent bushes and professional
ment. The bona fide social clubs
which were in existence prior to the
enactment of the old prohibition law,
and which are not dependent upon IL
cuor profits for support, are still run
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