Prohibition In Atlanta

The followlnjj lelter to the editor of Ail ïian Times, is ia connection with the article on the first pase of last week's Coukieu headed "Problbltion in Atlanta," and is n reply to a letter of inquiry respecting that article. We respectfully comtuend it to onr readers: My Dear Frierul : I return tbe newgi:imt cllpplng you sent to me. I have read it caiefully, and am very certaln Lhat I have seen and conversed with the writer within an hour. Wbat he says concerning prohibition in Atlanta, every observant resident knows to be ) rut h, and iny etranger who comes here will soon leurn its correctness. If you reprint the clipping you sent me, cali especially the attentio of your readers to the three last paragraphj of the letter. Tliat is the imniiiiL' up - tbere is the cream. the kernel of the whole matter. Personally, I voled and worked lor prohibition, and I rejoiced when it carrifd. I am uot sorry I diil so, and am not sorry prohibition was can ied, for now the experiment bas been tried, trled and found to bea failure. Seriously, and between ourselves, a large numbei' ot' the wliite advocates of prohibition, advocateil it, not for themselves, hut for their brethren. I think, peihap", th ris'netions put around t ie tralie ht v ; preTBUted soinecolored men trom gi-tlin;: all tliry wanted to drink. Hut 1 say to you, co itidently, there has never been a riay noran hour, since prohibition went into effect in Atlanta, when a respejtable white man needed to go witbout a drink of liquor if he wanted one. The r tuin noi is ")tg" trade has been a shame and disgrace to the city of Atlanta, and it still contiuues. Ju-i now we have no really open saloons, luit the disguises are easily penetrated, and iiogreatsecrecy is maintained. The ultra prohibitionists now are urging extraordinary means to enforce tüe lav. These efforts are, in my judifnient, the last despairing struggles. Thcy will tail, and then, rnark the predicción, you will In. ir no more of prohibition in Atlanía, not for a decade at least. Truly yours, J. H. If. We ask for thia letter and the Atlanta corresponde nee referred to, the caretul considerution of our readers. At the elei'tion in April the voters of Michigan li.ivt: a viry important duty to perforin. Tbeyoagbt to have all the light obtainnble on the subject, and wilh thls idea we printed the correspondence.