Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-08-24
AN OPEN lETTER
\ To the Temperance People and Law-Abid.
ing Citizens Of Springfield.


| To the Temperance People and Law-Abid-
ing Citizens Of Springfield.
To the Editor of the Globe Republic:
This is fair week. There Is law on the
statute books of Ohio to the effect that who
ever sells intoxicating liquor within two
miles of the place where an agricultural
fair is being held is liable to be punished by
fne and Imprisonment, and, on conviction,
his place OF business ''shall be shut up" etc
The w. c. T. u. of the state. assisted by
those in favor of having the laws enforced,
are making an united effort to put this law
| into effect in all the counties. Already they
are meeting with success. The saloon
keeper of jamestown, Greene county, sold
during the fair held at that place last week.
On Friday Judge Cooper fined one of them
SIS and ordered his place of business shut
up and abated as nuisance.
In some places this law was enforced last
year This was the case in CHAMPAIGN
and Miami counties. The saloon keepers
of Urbana were afraid TO give Judge War
mock chance TO shut them up permanent
| ly, and so they shut up themselves during
and closed the Troy saloons.
| Here, then, are three cases where the law
has been enforced in adjoining counties
| Why should it not be in Clark county dur
| ing this week? The law itself is plain
enough. Here it is:
! Sec. 6946. Whoever sells intoxicating
| liquor at or within twelve hundred yards of
| the administration or main central building
| of the Columbus asylum for the insane or
| of the Institution for feeble-minded youths,
or of the Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Orphans
home or within two miles of the Ohio Re
| form farm, south of Lancaster Fairfield
county, or within two miles of the place
where any agricultural fair is being held,
! shall be fined not more than one hundI Ell or
less than twenty-five dollars. or imprisoned
not more than thirty days. or both; and. on
conviction of the owner or keeper thereof,
the place wherein such intoxicating liquors
are sold shall. by order of cOnTt, be shut up
and abated as a nuisance. Passed April
10. 1874. Amended May ,, 1855.
Ii is true that an effort was made two
years ago 10 enforce the law in Springfield.
which resulted in Furnishing only the keep
ers of temporary booths set up near the en-
trance to the grounds. the judge deciding
that the law did not mean the selling in
regular saloons. 1t is also true that our
present common pleas Judge holds about
the same opinion. But this need not dis
courage any one. There will, in all prOba-
bility. soon be decision from superior
court which will doubtless sustain the law. /
Then our judge will do likewise. Evidence
that a salOOnkeeper has violated the law need |
not be taken before the first grand jury, but !
the second, or even thiTd one, for that mat !
ter. By that time there will be decision /
that will settle the question.
And now, the thing 10 be done is this /: (
Let every one who will do so keep his eyes /
open during Wednesday, Thursday and |
Friday, from a. IN. to o p. m.. and watch |
for those who are violating the law. If !
through the window or door of saloon Ire
should see man selling, or one drinking,
let him make a memorandum Of the facts.
When the name of the keeper is unknown,
put down the number of the place. Note
down names, time of day and all circum-
stances. When known note the name of
every person seen going into or coming out
of saloon.
After the fair is over send or hand all
such data to some member of the w. c. n.
u. When desired, the name Of fne