Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-04-25
Liquor Laws
Go In Effect
MondayWeek
They Are Most Drastic Ever
Written and Will Make Pres
ent Prohibition Resemble
Tropical Rainy Season

! ceorSia,s new prohibition laws. the
most drastic ever written VIII go IN
effect next Monday. May ].
Tba drc..-,t that Is commonly sup
.ose5 "a have prevailed in Georgia since
/ the present prohibition law went IN
effect on January /, 1907, mas OeeIl
I like the rainy season in the tropics
compared TO the drought that Is 0oih-
/ ing. -, -.
bibition laws. and, If enforced. they are
going to make this state as dry as the
Sahara desert when il comes to whiskey'
wine and beer.
Thev are written with the intention
and for the purpose Of abolishing aoso-
luteIy the use of intoxicants except oy
private individuals in their own homes,
and they go further and unoertake 70
/ limit the quantity to be consumed oy
the Individual on his private premises
Going into minute detail, the laws
wrap themselves around the whole sub
ject of the sale and use OF whiskey,
vine and beer, like the yarn is wrapped
around the core Of a baseball. They
leave nothing TO be decided by infer
ence or discretion. but on the contrary
they specify, with the utmost particu-
larity. everything that shall be done
and that snail not be done, so far as the
lawmakers could possibly anticipate. Not
only are the laws the most complete
ever written from the pnohibitory stand
point but they are the most elaborate
ever written from the standpoint of
mandatory provisions applying to Of
ficers charged with the duty of law en-
forcement-
PROHIBITION THAT PROHIBITS.
Proceeding on the theory that the
people of Georgia want prohibition that
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them; and the new laws will AFFORD the
people an opportunity to determine to
what extent they are willing to prac-
tice temperance. If the people want
temperance OF the total abstinence va
riety, the laws will give IL to them-or
come as near giving il to them as any
laws can.
The laws are three i'm number, to-wit:
First, the omnibus law.
Second, the shipping law.
Third, the advertising law.
The omnibus law prohibits the sale,
exchange in trade, giving away to in
duce trade, or serving in any public
place. of whiskey. wine and beer, and
OF any drink containing more than one
half Of 1 per cent OF alcohol. With ref
erence to beer. the omnibus law applies
to any malt beverage, whether it con-
tains any alcohol or not. Furthermore,
the omnibus bill establishes elaborate
and mandatory machinery for the pur-
pose of compelling officers to enforce
its provisions. Also, the omnibus bill
prohibits the sale or serving or keeping
on hand. by clubs, of any prohibited
liquor on or adjacent to their premises
The shipping bill limits the quantity
OF intoxicants to be received and kept
on hand by the individual. 1t allows
person to receive. from cut of the
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two quarts of whisky, or four quarts
OF wine. or forty-eight pints of beer. A
person can receive either one of these
three items he may choose, but he can
not receive more than one item within
the specified thirty days. That is to
say. If ne orders two quarts of whisky
he cannot have wine or beer, and so
on. The shipping bill, furthermore, re-
quires a person receiving a shipment
TO make an affidavit to the carrier that
the shipment he is about to receive will
not place him over the limit allowed
within thirty days, and If r deviates
from the truth in this affidavit he is
guilty Of false swearing.
MUST IDENTIFY CONSIGNED
The law prohibits a carrier from
delivering a shipment to any person
other than the person to whom the
shipment is consigned, and requires the
Carrier 70 secure a positive identifica-
ton of the consignee before delivering
a shipment. Failure to secure iden-
LITIGATION makes the carrier liable to
prosecution. Moreover, the shipping bill
requires the carrier to keep a record
Of the names of persons to whom chip
ments have been delivered, with the
amounts. and certified copies of this
record must be furnished by the car
rier to the local county ordinary at
stated intervals.
The advertising bill prohibits the adj
vertising of any prohibited liquor in any
newspaper. magazine. billboard, street
car sign. bill poster, handful, or in any
other shape, form or fashion.
The new laws will take out of the
state treasury of Georgia an annual
revenue, based upon 1915, of S225, 80,
derived from the sale of licenses 10
locker clubs, breweries, wholesale near
beer dealers and near-beer saloons.
In 1915 there were forty-one locker
clubs in the state, paying an annual
license Of $3.50 each, or S1S,607.5O into
the state treasury.
In 1915 the oreweries, wholesale near
beer dealers and near-beer saloonists
paid into the state treasury the sum of
s207. O9s.SO.
The laws will take out of the city
treasury of Atlanta an annual revenue,
based upon 1915, of 1885 derived
from the sale Of licenses to twenty-one
locker clubs at $500 per year each, and
the sale of licenses to 10 near-beer
saloons at $500 per year each.
The laws will take large sums out
Of the city treasures of other cities
and towns over the state, which have
sold annual licenses to locker clubs and
near-beer saloons at various prices.
So far as the locker clubs are con-
cerned, some will be forced out of bust
ness and others will continue in opera
tiOn as purely social clubs minus their
locker feature
Practically all the clubs in Atlanta
that were in existence previous to the
enactment Of the present prohibition
law will continue in operation. Among
these are the Capital City club, the At
lanta Athletic club, the Atlanta Turn
, Verein. the Druid Hills Golf club, the
Piedmont Driving club, the Elks club
the Eagles club and the Standard club
The clubs that will close, according
to statements by their officers, are the
| Atlanta club. the Central club, the
/ Metropolitan club. the Transportation
club. the Theatrical club and the T. NJ
A club.
So far as the issuance of United
/ States internal revenue licenses is con-
cerned. this will not be affected by the
new Georgia laws, as the national gov