The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-07-18
Jack CutFeT F1ued 81, 600.

Telegram in its service Of the 14th OF
June, 1919:
Cincinnati, O., June 14.-John
Cutrer. said to be q prominent at
torney and politician of Clarksdale,
Miss. was fined ST. 900 in Federal
Court here yesterday for violating
the Reed amendment
| Cutrer was accused of attempting
to send a trunk filled with liquor
from this city to his home in Mis-
sissippi.
What Cutrer could have wanted
with a trunk of whiskey in these
prohibition times. when all good
citizens, especially lawyers. who are
officers of the court. and are sup
posed to aid in the enforcement in
stead of the violation OF the law, +,
will be a mystery to the good peo-
pie of the state. who delight in the
fact that the country is soon to be
rid OF the curse of liquor.
1t is currently reported that Mr..
Cutrer. Oscar JohnstOn's law part
ner. and Governor Brewer are
among the largest contributors to
JOhnston's campaign fund and are
standing sponsor for him in his race
for governor. We wonder if Cut
rer thought, when he undertook
said smuggling act. that he would
need this extra large supply of
booze to keep up his courage
and stimulate his hopes for the
success of his candidate. Or did
he plau that it would take more
than an ordinary amount OF fire
water" to drown the sorrow of de-
feat OF himself and the rest OF the
gang after the August primary.
But being q prominent attorney
and politician from Clarksdale, it
wae to have been expected that he
was too willy to have allowed him
self to be caught in this manner
with the goods. In this connection
it might be interesting to the public
to know just how Mr.. Cutrer's said
candidate for governor has voted on
the various prohibition questions
that have come before the Legisla-
ture during his twelve years as a
member thereof. Will some of his
friends please advise the public on
that point?
We say Cutters candidate" be-
cause it is well known that Earl and
Jack never split. and before making
his announcement Mr.. Johnston
publicly stated that if he should be-
come a candidate for governor his
friend Brewer would not, but would
retire from the race and support
him, and subsequent events have
proven that he spoke by the record.
The Tunica Times. published in
an adjoining county to Coahoma.
which has been represented in the
Legislature by Mr.. Johnston during
the past twelve years, in a recent is
sue called on that gentleman to
state how he stood on prohibition,
and as no reply thereto has been
made, 40 far as we have seen or
heard, the Tribune called on Rev.
T. J. Bailey, of this city. president
of the State Anti Saloon League,
for s.such information as he could
give us on the subject. and has been
informed by that gentleman that the
Legislative records for the past
twelve wears show that Lieutenant
Johnston has never voted for any of
the prohibition measures coming be-
fore that body for action during
that period.
The above is from the Mississippi
Tribune, sprightly little weekly
published at Jackson. which has es.
poused the cause of Ex-Governor
Longino. It's pretty good reading.
and it is well for the people that the
truth is coming to the surface. But
while considering all of these juicy
things said about Oscar, Jack and
Earle. the fact must not be over
looked that in the recent campaign
in the State of Mississippi Earl and
Jack. Oscar and Longino have all
used the same quill. and slept in
the same bed-bitten by the same
heas. They have caucused and
schemed. maligned and misrepre-
eented, bulldozed and bought. and |
divided, share and share alike. the |
illgotten political goods obtained |
under false pretenses and by rob-
berry.
The white voters of Mississippi
will not forget that the big Four"