The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-12-23
LIQUOR ON THE JOB.

DeCduoe HldH WdHteu pay lOT
some syrup from a man who refused
to pay for 1t because, as he said, it
would not make ''Kennesaw" liquor,
he was shot to death in Rhine Satur-
day night and his assaliant is a fu-
gitive from justice. A widow and
five children are momentirily sor
row stricken and permanently sold
to slavery in toll for their future ex-
istence. A husband who provided for
them is gone,-killed by tiger OPP
orator who bought syrup to make
moonshine liquor from him and then
refused to pay for it if we must be-
lieve published accounts of the Incl
dent.
This is but one of the many live
instances of late showing that wills
key. is still on the job. What we
have is a thousand times meaner than
the kind we used to have and the
man wha lights up" with it is either
crazy and helpless or a dangerous
man with whom to deal.
We are only surmising, bat nine
chances to one, the man who did
the shooting in this case, was "lit."
His crime make it a thousand times
a shame that his mother ever gave
him birth and nurtured him at a
warm breat to maturity.
The man who used the gun in this
instance was a youth, 10 years of
after the latter had suggested that
the differences be talked over He
age. He shot his victim to death
thus put himself on the lowest level
Of the debased criminal. He. took n
towards advantage. He had been
an outlaw till for him there were
no bounds of law or conscience The
community might have looked for
just the crime he committed. He was
capable of nothing better. but how
deplorable that he was left to his
own freedom, to do as he pleased
What mistake the community made
to permit him to enjoy mans liber-
ties till he boldly defed all law and
conscience!
Rhine is not far away from Cor
dele, Within the bounds of Crisp
county, ara.livilg men. shltst IKE this
one Oh, what sorrow and shame is
heading their way. The moonshine
distilleries they are operating are
stalking murder through the night
as they spit out their poisons for
men to drink and make themselves
mad, They are bringing murder with
them into our peaceful communities
as they are set up and operated
around us.
1t Is going to take more than the
vigilance of the officers to get them.
1t is the heart and soul of the man
who dares to defy all law that must
be reached. Whoever engages in this
bushes is all out of Joint with mod
ern christian citizenship. He is ig.
nnrant. He never reads He goes
nowhere but to his hidden plant and
back home. He son becomes a Grim.
inii with no bounds to his operation.
Modern religion, no matter what
tie creed, claims missionary tend,
enry Here is business in the home
t''i CT vast import There is none
in Europe half so urgent. These out,
laws of today called for the good
school and the church in their DAYS
of youth, but they were not there.
We have them with us,-men who
would tell you they had no oppor,
tunity at a good school or good
church They are rearing their chill.
dren in the same manner
You who are responsible for the
schools and the churches can re,
move thousand other ills. The
church and the school drive out ig-
norance and crime as the sunlight re.
moves darkness. makeshift for
school or church will not bring
results, There must be good ones
and the boys and girls must be