San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-12
Public Protection
A New Government Law Now
Operative.
Pure Liquor Guaranteed As 1t Is
Represented By The DiStillerS.
EigewOOi x PaxtOn'S Pri-
yate Stock Are Well
Secured.

Mr.. Silva Holman, vice president of
the great Edgewood Distillery COM
pany, of Kentucky, which brand Of
liquor is so much in favor in San An
tonic that it has during the past year
found many imitators and run afoul
Of many authorizations, was seen yes
terday by a Light reporter and ap-
peared to be in high feather over some
sort of pleasant anticipation. After
being questioned If he had recovered
from the dengue and If he enjoyed it,
he replied, mo, haven't had it, but
I've got something else. Uncle Sam
will give the people a chance now, to
buy pure whisky in bottles. One of
the last bills that President Grover
Cleveland signed before he relinquish-
ed the presidency was one allowing
distillers to bottle whisky in bond,
none to be bottled, however, which is
not four years old. Every case of such
bottled goods must have the govern
ment stamp upon it and each bottle
is stamped, the government stamp
stating the day, month and year it is
made in: also the name of the distiller
or distillers
at has been the custom of nearly
all wholesale liquor dealers to have
whisky made in their name and then
to go out and claim to the trade that
they were the actual distillers and
great many such houses put labels
of prominent brands of goods ON bot
Ins, ,I,nY, tl,A - 4,
only cheap 80 per cent whisky label
ed 'McBrayer'S ten years old or
some other leading brand. There are
plenty of goods put up as fine blends
which are, in fact nothing but fine
spirits favored.
1.-The public is now assured safety in
the consumption of whisky if they
buy goods with the government stamp
on for the U. s. government allows no
goods bottled at a distillery which
are younger than four years and the
proof must not be less than 100 per
cent.
"While some brands are worth
more than others, any whisky bottled
at distillery and stamped by the
United States collector. it is guaran-
tee that it is pure. Therefore Paxton
Bros. & Co., of Lincoln county, Ken
lucky, distillery No. &c, will comply
with the new law among the first ones
and will have some fine siX-year-old
Edgwood and Paxton's Private Stock
on the market, and in San Antonio in
every first class bar just as soon as
the government inspects their bOttling'
works at the distillery and finds ev-
erything according to the law. They
have already begun bottling and San
Antonio people will get the very first
shipment. All EdgewOod whisky will
hereafter have the signature of Pax
ton Bros. & Co. over the cork. When
ii is shipped direct from the distlllery,
will have the government stamp on 1t.
Any other kind Of goods offered the
public as EdgewOod is a fraud and
counterfeit. Mr.. Paxton, who manu-
features the Edgewood whisky, is
president of the Edgewood Distillery
company, which controls every barrel
and case of Edgewood or PaXton's
Private Stock sold to the trade. This
firm has such a large business that
they sell their goods direct to the sa-
loon trade and not through any job
bers"
Mr.. Holman stated that he intended
to call on the trade in and around San
Antonio within the next few weeks,
placing orders for the government
protected Edgewood and Paxton's Pri-
vate Stock, and then will start for the
Pacificcoast to introduce EdgewOOd
and Paxton's Private Stock to the
trade who are not already handling it
out there. His parting injunction to
the public through the medium of the
| Daily Light, before bidding the re-
porter good day." was. remember,
Edgewood and PaXtOn's Private Stock
can hereafter be found in any first
class bar in San Antonio. Try it, and
be convinced that it is one of the fin
est WHISTLES made in Kentucky.
1--WE court analysis of the EdgewOOd
and PaXtOns Private Sweetened
/ Stock
"All we ask is for the public OF try
them They are not 'sweetened or re
| duced in proof. We leave that for the
| consumer to do"