The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-07-17
PROHIBITION IN IOWA.
How the Saloon Men Tumble to
the New Law. ...

On MOLuay representative o
} the Herald made a professional
round Of the saloons, and interview
ed the proprietors on the pendin.
question, "What will you do afte
the 4th of July?' He was received
very courteously by each one visited
and answers were made cheerful,
and frankly. The first one visited
was
ALBERT MENDENHALL,
who keeps the "Downing House
Billiard Parlor and Sample room
On the sign board was the familiar
placard, What are you going to dc
after the 4th of July?" and pointing
to that the reporter suggested thai
was exactly the question we were
asking him, and he replied: II car
tell you that easily. l shall quit
selling on the night of July 3, and
stay quit. / have no desire to stand
against the State of Iowa. have
tired to keep a decent place, and
believe that the people will give me
credit for that at least. 1t is pretty
hard to be left with all these traps
on hand, but suppose it cannot be
helped. You may say that we turn
it off here on the night of July 3rd,
and it will stay turned" To the
credit of Mr.. Mendenhall it must be
said that his place has never given
any trouble. lie has insisted upon
an orderly way of doing things, and
it may be further said that If all
saloon keepers had been as careful
as he, there would not have been the
strong determination on the part OF
the public to put an end to the evil.
The miserable, low down fellows,
who have made it business to sell
to all-drunken men, and even
children-have heaped up the fagots
on the pile in which the open saloon
is now to ascend-or perhaps, take
the other direction. Our next call
was at
MCKAY's.
It's keeper has appeared 1.-the
District Court frequently for viola
tions of the law, and his license was
once revoked by ex- Mayor Phillips.
In answer to the quoted question,
Mckay said: 81 will run Temper
ance Billiard Hall, and none but
temperance men need a apply. |
will not chuck" the law. shall put
everything away, in compliance with
the law, Thursday night" That is
frank enough for anyone.
LOUIE LADYNSKI
was. next called on, who said: 81
will close and stay closed and ex-
pect the others to do the same"
HACK MEAD
was called on next. Hack had the
misfortune to get hold of the place
when a hard line Of custom had
been down there. He made it a
good deal better, and kept it very
much quieter, but the ordinary,
common American fool, with two
glasses of lager hid away beneath
his vest, is apt to make an ass Of
himself, and Hack had some of them
on his hands. But personally he
did all that he could to keep things
quiet. He said II shall comply
with the law. l will not close my
business, but will convert it into
temperance saloon and sell bottled
soda water and the like"
y -
THOMAS BARTON
rather regretfnlly but quite frankly
said; 81 expect we will have to
quit. I intend to stop selling intox.
cants of all kinds. / believe, one
test case will "bust' the penitentiary
part of the law at least, and the law
will finally be repealed" If Tom
will quit the business until that
time he will be showing good sense.
The law will not be ''busted' by the
courts, Tom, so do not rest any hope
on that. .. -, '-..
.- JACK McoUADE,
who keeps the "Quiet Place
which many times was something
else-said: 81 will quit. Have
no desire to tight,the State of Iowa.
Don't know whether test case will
destroy the law or not" r.
The next place of bibulous re-
freshment taken was that of
WILLIAM II. sCRIBNER.
His name has appeared frequently
in connection with litigation arising
out of his own acts in the infraction
of the old law, but he claims under
put-up-cases, etc. He was not in
when the inquiry was made. but Mr..
Young the bartender said II think
it is Mr.. Scribner's intention to
quit. He will keep on running the
billiard hall, but will sell nothing
of an intoxicating nature. We lock
forward with great interest to test
case. I Iexpect all the saloons of
Oskaloosa will quit but have my
doubts regarding those in many
parts of the State" We met Mr..
Scribner on the street. ! He says,
.what Mr.. Young told you Is true
I will quit Thursday evening. No
enc wills AFTER then get drop of
anything. Intoxicating. / have al
ways tried TO live up to Athe laws of
our State and always will. l have
beonsa resident of Mahaska coanty