Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-01-22
MAKINGGEORGIA
FAR THE DRIEST
OF DRY STATES
Strict Enforcement of Three
Prohibition Laws Will Make
State Like Sahara Desert

ATLANTA, Ga.-Gov. Nat E. Harris
has signed the three prohibition Dllls
passed by the legislature at the re-
cent extra session. They are said TO
be the most drastic yet written into
the statutes of any state. They be-
come effective May /, 1916.
The governor used four pens In
signing the three bills, and presented
one of them to the Georgia Ant-Sa-
loon League, of which DR.. G. w. Eich.
elberger is superintendent; one 10
Representative n. w. Hopkins OF
Thomas county, floor leader OF the pro-
hibition forces in the house, and one
each to Senator Stovall, who intro
duced the bills in the senate. and Sen
ator Manghum, who took an active
part in their passage.
There were present in the COVER
nor's office when he signed the bills,
in addition to those named, w. >.
Whitman, Atlanta broker and prohibl-
ZIONIST: Thomas B. Fielder, an Atlanta
lawyer, who formerly represented the
LIQUOR interests in the state, but Is
now an ardent prohibitionist and
helped to draw the bills; Eugene c..
Galloway, member of the Atlanta
Business Mems Prohibition Commit
tee: Mrs. Mary L. McLendon OF At
lanta, head of the Georgia branch OF
the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union; Mrs. w. H. FELTON, of Carters-
vile, and Representative ]. H. Evans
of Screven county.
The consensus of opinion in the leg.
islature is, that Georgia now has the
most effective prohibition laws of any
in the United States. Taken togeth-
er, the three bills absolutely eliminate
locker clubs and near-beer saloons, to.
gether with breweries; will prohibit
the shipment of whiskey, wine and
beer into the state except in specified
small quantities for private use, and
will abolish the advertising OF whis.
key. wine and beer in any form,
whether the medium be newspaper,
magazine or other publication pub
lished iI Georgia or elsewhere, or
whether by billboard or street car
sign or in any other way.
Upon the fact that the laws are so
drastic the opposition base their hopes
of overthrowing them in the courts.
Members of the legislature who sup
ported the bills admit that the consti.
tuition was strained in order to get in
certain provisions of each Of the bills.
For instance, the omnibus bill pro-
hibits the manufacture or sale of any
malt drink, whether it contains alco-
hol or not and whether intoxicating
or not. Some lawyers in the legisla-
ture hold this to be unconstitutional
on the ground that such a drink could
not be Incorporate and therefore is
not within the puryiew of the states
organic law.
The Anti-Shipping bill undertakes to
limit the quantity of whiskey, wine
and beer which an individual may law.
fully keep on hand for. his private
use. Some members of the legisla.
ture declare this to be an infringe
ment upon personal liberty.
The Anti-Advertising bin applies, as
said, to publications published outside
the state, which some legislators con-
ceiye to be an attempt by the state
to regulate interstate commerce.
1t seems to be a question whether
or not these laws will prohibit the
OCl wing VI WtAO db COI1iIu uiOH ser
vices at churches. In discussing the
bill the house minority claimed that it.
would, and the prohibitionists never
satisfactorily refuted it. However,
several prohibitionists have since
come forward with a statement that
in their opinion the bills will not pro.
hibit wine in churches, as it will not
repeal the old prohibition law exempt.
ing churches.
In connection with the anti-shipping
provision of the law there was a gen.
eral belief throughout the state that
1t permitted the receipt monthly by
each individual of maximum of two
quarts Of whiskey, "and" four quarts
of wine and" 4S pints of beer-a
pretty respectable amount of drink.
ables for those Of ordinarily temperate
habits.