Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-08-22

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writing, whether the present prohibit
tory law is the best that could be Gnac-
ted, or whether Qay law upon the
st4tut e books Is the best that cOuld be
enacted. but it is whether or not proper
respect should be shown for the law,
and whether or not it is for the best
interests of state to enforce her laws.
We have no right, noi have you my
friends, to single out any particular
law and set up our ipse Dirt against it
winking at its violations and claiming
that it should not be enforced. 1t is
orr duty as citizens, to lend our infiu-
ence in the support Of all the laws up
on the salute books, so long as they
remain laws. We must deal with facts
as we find them, and permit no indi-
Vidual whims to interfere with our duty
in showing to the world that the glory
Of state is the supreme faith of her
people in the majesty of her laws.
loyalty of a people to their govern
ment, is a just criterion of good citizen
ship. Believing this to be a sound
proposition, we shall proceed to dis
cuss some OF the applications, of the
present prOhibitOry law to different
classes Of persons.
Did you ever think, young man,
when yon enter a drug store, with hat
cooked on one side, a cigar elevated in
the loft corner Of your mouth, and give
your imperial order for malt juice, with
a code of winks and blinks to which
the druggist responds with similar
mysterious signs Of recognition, at the
same time signing your name to a
statement that the half dozen bottles
of beer are needed by you for kidney
trouble, did you ever think, we re-
peat, that there is clause between
the sheep-skin covers of the statute
which applies to yOuP
Every person whose statement so made for the
purpose o. obtaining intox eating H0uora sHA
BE FALSE N ANY MArERIA Al MA CT FR or who s6s]I
sell or furnish any OF the LIQUORS thereon obtsi cd
tO others as beverage, shall be deemed guilty OF
a misd :meanor, and upon conviction thereof shall
De punished by fine of not less than one hundred
dollars nor more than five hundred dollars and Inv
imprisonment in the bounty jill not less than
thirty days nor more than ninety days.
This statute means what It says, and
several convictions have already been
had under. it. There is virtue in it.
and We would advise individuals whose
outlets compel them to have a severe
attack of ''Fan Tod" at distressinglv
frequent intervals, to monkey very
tsnderly with the buzz saw, or some
tine morning you will wake up i'm
pressed with the fact that the tension
OF the bed-springs is very strong. You
will also notice that some one has taken
the carpet from the floor, and that the
window screens are evidently intended
for larger game than mosquitoes. The
nightmare spectre Of a false estate
ment'' will appear before you, and YOU
will begin to realize that the ''Fan Tod
was after all a mistake. And as you are
shut out from the warm sunshine and
Vernal landscape for at least thirty days,
you will then know fora certainty that,
after ali there is a wonderful power in
that great giant the law, which holds
you in his relentless grasp.
Druggists who are authorized to sell
intOxiOants, must exercise good care
Rnd judgement in so doing. Although
the applicant may have presented a
Wrltten statement as required by law,
yet the druggist must before he sells
the liquor to such person. acertain that
he is legally entitled 10 the same. The
law governing liquors may be found in
Section Chap, 149 Laws Of 1885, and
reads as follows:
Every person having permit To sell f,tovics-
sing liquors. or 70 manufacture a-d sell intOrlrs
ting nJ1Ors under the provisions OF this act who
AnAi esiI OF oArler bucn liquors In any other man
ner OF Tor any other purpose than in this act Dro
Eideai or VINO shs-l barrier or sell the same TO any
person hheL nc mas reason 70 believe that the |
person purchasing inc liquor is obtaining III. same
tor any other than E6e excepted purposes though
statement herein provided; or Who shall sell Ia /
any person under the influence OF LIQUOR or who
ls N the AaplJ OF oe-Omeing intoxicated; or who
shall allow liquor sold a medicine or otherwise /
10 be drank on bis premises; who shall Violate
any oil the provisions OF this act shall be deemed
guilty OF . misdemeauOr, aud upon copvictio0 /
thereof shall be dned la any sum not less IMAM /
one hundred dollars nor more thau fiye bnnJra5 4
dollars, and be Imprisoned in the county iaii not
and shall forfeit his permit issued under ne &
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his right 70 obtain a permit;
From reading this section It will be I
seen that a druggist sells to a person
under the influence OF liquor, or a per-
son who is in the habit Of becoming /
Intoxicated at his peril, for If an action .
IS brought against him for a violation I
OF this section, it viii be no defence
that be did not know that such person
was under the influence of liquor, or
that be did not know he was in the
habit Of becoming intoxicated. In the
oass Of the State Of Kansas
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