The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-10-07

head, we may expect to see shoe
polish put out of business so that a
return to the olu-rime 'Mason's Chal-
Iense Backing and the old bristle
brush, or perhaps the "tallOw" OF our
great grand sires may be all that will
be left the man who cares to have
MS feet look right.
Then, too, is there TO be no chance
for lemon pie because the lemon eN-
tract which we use must be thrown
into the cutters because some fellow
takes a drop too much? Must bay
rum be driven from miladys table be
cause 4 man attracted by the latter
part OF its name fills himself up and
breathes balmy nothings into the face
Of the first prohi apostle he meets?
Why should bald heads be deprived
OF dope because some man has taken
a fancy to the taste OF "Growem' Hair
Grower" If perchance this perYi-
sion of taste demands hair on the
tongue" ii is after all but natural,
perhaps. since it was acquired through
long years OF the might before the
morning AFTER" and natures demand
in this respect might, after long US
age, be respected.
However, the Attorney General OF
the Palmetto State, State which has
tried liquor in all possible ways and
camoufages, is OF the opinion that
even the common people--those not
bedecked with the white ribbon Of
prohibition purity-have some rights.
He declares that lemon pie shall be
made safe as well as the demOcTa-
cies OF the world, that milady has the
right to her toilet preparations, that
the youth III the first stages of Dung
love, shall have his bay yum, that
every man Who is above the dust"
OF the earth shall polish his Shoes
when he pleases, that Legitimate med
icines are a, italy needed by those
who are lawfully and pailtuily i'll;
therefore, it is interfering with in
alienable, pr some other. rights OF
the people to declare all these to be
hellish and u.1er the ban OF good
repute, and q only for spectacular
gutter-pouring while the seller is
dragged to the dungeon there TO eX-
plate his foul crime.
In reply to a letter from Senator
Durant OF Manning, Attorney Gen
eral Claud N. Sapp, writes:
Il am thoroughly convinced that
the words OF our statute on the sub
ject of prohibition mean exactly what
proper construction by a discrimi-
mating court would construe them to
mean Upon question Of tact deter
mined by an intelligent jury, but my
opinion is Tor what it is worth, that
it was not i'll contemplation of the
Legislature, in passing the prohibit
ton act, 70 entirely disregard the
rights and welfare Of the households
of this State III the matter OF 5ec,!r-
ing bona fide medicines, preparations
or cul.raiy articles, and do not be-
lioye that any inteiIiaen, jury in this
State would declare medicines or cuI
mary preparations, which are pri-
marily for use as such ana 50 rec
ognized by standard authorities, 10
be Intoxicating liquors and thereby
fall within the inhibited class as pre-
scribCd by the statute, because per
chance some SGT or glutton might be
able to drink enough Of such prcpara-
tions to become intoxicated in rare
Incidents; in other words, because OF
Ike fact that occasionally some ner-
son would SO crave the effects of al
cohol to such an extent as to drink
camphor lemon extract or shoe moi
ISL (Which last named article I am
informed that a certain party recent
y hauled up before the recorder Of
Column bia OF the charge of being in
toTicated claimed was the intoxicat-
ing liquor responsible Tor his condi
tom, do not believe that these rec
ognized, necessary household articles,
which can not be denied to be nee
a7sary and beneficial to the citizens
of this state, should be outlawed in
a prohibition crusade against tho
evils Of intemperance, nor do l be
lieYo that any Intelligent jury in
South Carolina would SO outlaw these
and many other legitimate prepare
tions which contain alcohol, for the
sole reason that it might be possible
that some individual could become in.
toXicated from their USE
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