"Cobb was a deeply religious man and a leader in the Presbyterian church in Athens. His legal views reflected his puritanical religious beliefs and a desire for restraint and self-control. He supported prohibition of alcohol and prostitution, and he implemented Bible reading in area schools. Cobb advocated forced marriage for couples caught engaging in premarital sex."

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Colonel, do you suppose an officer apparently wound this tight might go a little beyond the norm in discipline? Stan