The Petal paper., 1959-11-26

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One would think that after having been condemned official
" by the Brain Department Qegisatu OF the State ofsslss
p would have learned their lesson Not SO With tasfon
King Of The Chronicle Star Of Pascagoua Miss King keeps mess
ina around tempting ae exercising Judgement ldesf e
dence of his reckessness the following from his col
Umn "Over The Editors Desk"
More retail liquor stamps sold in Mississippi only dry
state left in the nato than in onerd the other AZ
states, dispatches tell US.
During the federal fiscal year which ended June &c. total
Of 1908 Of $50 permit stamps sold dealers in the sfafe
the internal revenue service said last week. That more than was
sold in II we states and represents 37a increase over the
previous year, the federal agency said.
In proportion to population that figures out to one baoom
for each 1000 men, and children in our state Add the
pocke dealers who operate in north and central MISSISSIPPI and
we would probably high percentage mark along this line
as any state in the Union
The states tax take on this illegal operation reflects the in
crease reported by the internal service For me 'a
monthly period it was $21068 $06280 from special sales
tax collected by the tax commission and $03869 from the 1919
black market tax collected by the feepaid tax collector
And this the Mississippi where voters baloted three
to-one against local option in the last referendum
Looks like we play ostrich in ways than one.
Nno would see one Of those unfortunate souls who is
neither Baptist snopes, pocre and in The Magnolia Jungle
that amt so good
One additional note on this farce called prohibition in the
state has TO do with case of recent date which man sold
oor TO minor The chd parents undertook to bring charges
against the booegge as we'll they should But there was rub
since under the law Of the state liquor didn't exist, such
CHARGE could not made So you see under the present seu IN
Mississippi any year old buy liquor as he peases lis
prooress And onward marches the cawfsh onward to goy
As for nv personal thoughts the matter OF liquor its mis-
use etc. herewith are two editorials from the paper the trs
dated January 90 1855 and the second dated September ~ 1883
County Of Forrest there an enormous noe
in the know its exact location but the
logic of the reasoning conclusion nfalp
unmpeachabe source has been gwen U.S.
stating that in County during the OF 1854 IN ex
cess of a million dollars worth of whskey was sod
We and looked at the on the
Couny held August g. 1852 and learned there
were 1896 3460 "drys in the county at that time
Therefore those 3460 "drys helping pro-
ct the 1896 by buying whskey and pouring it into hole
somewhere certainly would take big hole to take
of much BOOZE -
The size of take of something like 5OOOO
Gallons thing five railroad tank cars
~ n Won care to take the August Of 1852
it would something like 8 gallons per year for those
who voted . only LIT of gallon per week
per person, or 2A drinks per day
And that's hole in this county
And assuredly happened because we could
believe County of Forrest there would be 5So6
little holes into all that whisey poured - Never
Surely there be at least Is 80 persons N the entire
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