Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1903-08-08
FIRE. FIRE. FIRE.
Go to j H WARD
& Insure your wheat
in the stack against
loss by fire or light
ming, j II WARD,
AGENT,

The Drug stores of this county
made their returns of afidavits
signed to obtain liquor during the
month of july. They show
ApDleDaugh Hays 10 books.
Kohl 4" 10 g
Farley +" Z
Brubaker Ellis 10 {"
KibbeY 3 {"
Each Of these books has hun
dred affidavits, over Four thou
sand Ave hundred sales affidavits,
over three thousand sales as q bev
eroge, therefore purjeries.
And every one is not LESS
than one BOTTLE of beer or one
half pint of whiskey, and ran up
to 10 bottles, most of them 2 &
8 bottles, and up to a gallon,
most of them for a pint
But that statement is not near
as startling as their sworn to state
ment that during one month, July
they sold
FareY sold gallons liquor
Kohl sold % gallons of liquor
Applebaugh sold Is gallon and
2 cases of liquor.
Farley sold $40 bottles of beer.
Kohl sold 1850 bottles of beer.
Applebaugh 1920 bottles of beer.
Total 10.250
TEN Thousand, tsc0 hundred and
fifty bottles of e9y beer z@
g 100 GALLONS of Liquor
sold in Hays city alone in July
and nearly ever sale as a beverage
therefore illegal,
Druggist Kohl swears he receiy
ed a BARREL of Whiskey on
July Oath aud Aug. 1st, just eight
DA rs, swears he has 2 gallon on
hand. And the republican COun
ty, Attorney and the assured may
or OF this would be school town 90
IN the Probate Judges, and on 3
written inquiry of the Probate
judge our reporter found these of
ficers camc in and looked at the
papers few moments and LETT.
And Druggist Kohl feels secure
from their interference and is hav-
ing the afidavlts printed by the
thousands for his own use, altho'
the LAW reads -s'The County
Clerk shall furnish the blanks.
And one law reads:
-ssAny person who shall fur
nish any intoxicating liquors OBJ
tanned by hlm a. drug store on
his affidavit TO others as a beve
rage or shall use the same as bev
erage, shall be deemed guilty OF
q misdemeanor, punishable by not
less than 800 AND by lmprison
ment not less than 80 daYs,'1
Last year the JOINTS ran. people
went there and took a drink, no
perjury. and the city got $500 oI
revenue, streets improved, weeds
cut and little drunkenness.
THIS Year only Drug stores
can sell, men parade the streets Cal
rving liquor, little boys stand on
the streets with cork screws to rent
to these drinkers, more drunkenness
on our streets than ever seen ir
our town, not dollar of revenue
revenue to the city, not street
crossing laid, weeds along street;
higher than yoHr head.
No wonder people are dIsgusted
ashamed, and doing some real louC
thinking.
Our officers gave the Norma
school people strong assurances
our people want the Normal schoo
and the children to come here anC
peOble to move here. and have ;
reason to be ashamed.
Down at Topeka, when the Co
Attorney sees that drug store il
selling as a beverage he cites then
before the Probate Judge and can
GELS their permit, and has cancelle.
several this summer, aud that city
of $4,000 has only 5 drug store
and they report July sales 280 t,
430. Here we have q town O
5000 with 8 drug stores who sol,
over 10, 900 bottles of beer & 15'
gallon of whiskeT in July. Il j
no wonder law abiding citizens ar
talking,