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Show B HALTED "DRY" MOVEMENT I I Gov. Malcolm It Patterson of Tennessee IJ'SSk commands a peculiar distinction In Hint he Ih ssB "l0 ,u"" wno "'"I'l'od headed off, bottled up l"'"1'"'!"011 movement In tho south. 'y ''ll0 "(lr's" had swept across Kentucky, . . . Alabama and Georgia with a force that was lr- IjH IH'Sw resistible. Tennessee was invaded In a small $$Mw w"y" lmt ,I0W " Iny 1,,vltll,f;1' l,,r"1'' '" cru- &$W saders as a fair Hold whitened for tho harvest. B?W'yfif Tll "'1' WKl,,' sentiment fiom the llluo Grass Wi'iI state on the north and from Georgia and Ala VW bauia on the south ovorllowed Into Tennesseo jdffitiB&Siiffiy "'l'1' powerful etfect. Tho light seemed ono- llwilnW, 0 SS Kx-Seuator K. W. Oartnack, a powerful lilMVAlMfflW stump orator, declared for state wide prohlbt- Hon and announced himself as a candidate for governor on that platform Patterson, asking a renomlnatlon as governor, took ' direct Issue on tho question of prohlbltloii, and engaged in a series of Joint debates with Ills opponent, vlsiitug all the Important communities. That do-hate do-hate turned out to be one of the most glngersome stunts the Tennessee Pem-ocracy Pem-ocracy had pulled oft since civil war times On numerous occasions (1st tights B- vvero narrowly nvorted. on the i latform ns well as in the audiences. The temperance cohorts piomptl.v lined up with ('armack and Gov. l'at-Bj l'at-Bj terson jvns made the target lor some hitter attacks. Ilo stood his ground HHE however, and his own porsou'al popularity pulled him through The prlrnnr) system Is In, vogue In Tennessee, and when the votes were counted, contrary to expectation, Patterson was found lolmu u sale majority. The prohlbltloii wuvu lia'd been checked, and Hie dcreat practically killed It In Hie south. MH It went no further. Patterson Is 47 years old. and resigned a seat In congress to take the ' IH governorship. He Is now training his guns on the Culled Stntes senntorshlp. |