1913 November 10 Atlanta Constitution 12 Pages Georgia

1913 November 10 Atlanta Constitution 12 Pages Georgia

Author: Atlanta Constitution

Year: 1913

PDF PAGE 1, COLUMN 3 WAR IS DECLARED ON BEER SALOONS AND LOCKER CLUBS Committee Appointed to Take Up Matter of Law Enforcement With Police Chief and Grand Jury. LIQOUR BOTTLES SHOWN AT MEETING ON SUNDAY Audience Told They Were Purchased From Clubs by Non-Members—Near Beer Saloons Attacked. War to the knife was declared on the breweries, near beer saloons and locker clubs operating in Atlanta and the state of Georgia, and a committee of twenty-five representative clients was appointed to take up the matter of law enforcement with the police authorities and the grand jury at the mass meeting held Sunday afternoon in the Grand theater, which was called by the Georgia ‘Anti-Saloon league for the consideration of measures which will prohibit the sale of intoxicants in the state of Georgia. More than 1,000 prohibition leaders attended the meeting, which was marked by a degree of earnestness of purpose and directness seldom witnessed at any similar gathering. Whisky Shown at Meeting. A number of exhibits, in the form of unbroken pints and half-pints of whisky were shown at the meeting, and while the names of the clubs from which the liquor were purchased were withheld, it was declared by