The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-08-14
VIRGINIA @ELOQUENCE WON.
PURITINICiL WIS o FEiLLS CHURCH
BEATEN IN COURT.

Itsnn Northern Prohibition Settlement in
Old Orginia when the Soldiers Came
There Hal to Bc Hospitality, Regarded
of Town Lnws-Thc Jury, Was Human,
WAsHINGToN. Aug. Virginia has n puri.
tauicA village. 1t Is Falls Church. seven mixes
from Washington nndwithiu u short distance
Of Camp Algcr. recently abandoned byitliBovol,
untccr soliictyea ~ M tow NJ rrzulatiohSrar
ridlculed and fought. by Informative. hirRihthn,
and since the arrival vt the. troops in'th6 State
open war has been declared. \ violator OF the
blue laws appeals his case to,thc State authors
ties. secures n jury, and is sure Of aequittalb>
Falls Church Ia strictly n Nurthern settlement
and the Southerncr rcsents tho. New. England
ideas there. Prohibition is n hobby withuthe
villagers, and MS Camp Algcr was within a pro-
hibition jurisdiction the soldiers wore disap-
pointed in not being able 10 IE1Htake 1iborally Of
famous. Southern decoctions, Recently the
Town Council made 1t an offence FOR any one
to sell ice cream, candy and soda water on SUM
day. Fruit and all dclicacies were also prohib-
tied. The temptation to- violate tire law was
great. though. and the boys in blue sometimes
found mountain dew in tho woods and bee
hind stone fences. Arrests were numerous
and all offenders were promptly punished by
heavy fines imposed by the Prohibition Magiss
trate of Falls Church. ~ Sc. md: at7r Gct
Only ten miles from the village is the hiatpriO
county seat of Fairfax county. 1t ia, Fairfax
Court House. and Attorney A.A. Lipscombss0
typical Southerner, representing the. detend-
ants. appealed his case to the courts there
where he received a Jury trial. The jury was
composed Of native Virginians, and theirAants
mostly for the puritaniealt town was evident. -
The defendants did not even deny assisting
the soldiers to allay their thirst. In fact. they
admitted that they had prepared that seductive
drink, a mint julep, The lawyer hoped for
light fine in place of the one of 5000 and o iail
sentence imposed blythe Falls Church Justice
He depended upon his argument, -, ~ 1a'et !,
He began by saying: ..t.- 49,. .s.}
when God Almighty created man he created
man with q thirst" The jury smiled. The
courtroom was filed with the residents OF the
county and they listened atteHtiyely to the next
remark. The lawyer pictured, the German in
his beer garden and described the Frenehma1
I'm our own country We have the mountain
dew and some of our ltps have tasted IT." ll|
The fragrant mint springs from the eraSeaa
every true yirginian, and blended with the ,ess
Americas national drink" ~, ~ ,iirmTs'
MI The en SSo 1Rt tS9Gt vas ! al,l o6Aa VIII TIA applause a
%yirGinia's historic hospitalifS, is in ieor3
a ss9', % s%S s als s snfbmp St f6 oS EG5!hi sRns s6lll Ea e
Justice C%rockcr. Justice of the Peace by the
trict, Fairfax, county. to ompol us to repudiRt0
our time-honored and sacred traditions 2 Ishe
70 force US To dash aSlte the warm Welcol1e'Of
the Julep for the fctid. water OF Camp. Alger2
early training Talk about drinking. WANT
tippling soldier that pulled down at Santiago
the spanish ami hag and flung Oh Glory to the
to taboo our mint 1ulep. fried chicken. and corn
pone, and live. on Boston baked beans n" .z
ap %h a ne u fI"dff the 1u t4f SRSs solemn fS2 lilta f Fdta
nomnce that the defendants were, mot guilty"
Virginians. hut the villagers determined to get
even. They turned their attention to soft
nounced in the churches that the soldiers Who
Sabbath, A meeting of the Council was held.
w will prevent their coming to town." said
9 O'Clock, remarked another. If they cannot
buy anything. they won'tcome." added n third.
A fourth member produced an. old lazy that was
in force when the'town was organized. IL. had
enacted. His suggestion was adopted and type-
written notices appeared all over the village.
a meeting of the Town Council of Falls
Church. Va. held on Monday night. July rs.
the following ordinance was re-cnacted and Is
Sec. 23.-No person shall hereafter be ale
lowed TO sell soda water, ice cream; cigars or
other merchanhise on sunday within or one one
Church, Va. and all merchants shall be re-
CURED to keep their places of business closed
on Sunday, but medicines. provisions and
other articles of necessity. except soda water.
ice cream. candy, tobacco. &co may be sold in,
ing this ordinance shall be fined not less than
81, or more thar. 50 for each offence, and the
sale of each article shall constitute a separate
offence. the fines TO be imposed and collected
as in other like cases"
The first arrest was that of II man who sold
three cents worth of peanuts to n little BOY. An
other man sold. two bananas to u soldier from
the camp. and he. too. was taken in custody.
They have engaged counsel, AM. more amuSe-
ment is promised the people of Fairfax county.
when the cases come up for trlal.