The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-06

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the law, So as to enable an applicant to
obtain license 5s " i5 8liia 5 .s,
n q Thlrd, THAT IT is to the interest. the best
70 nd highest interest \ Of the community
4 to have this law enforced. The VI ritter
does not beheve that the bill ls going 20
be SUCCESS. Is does not belle mat u
win advance the cause Of TEN perance,
\ but at the same time he IS aware th AZ
many n other good men differ With him
ana he Is not only willing, but would be
8slad 4 to see the experiment fairly and
honestly tested. Again. the best way 70
kill q bad law. Is to enforce IT. rake me
Sillustrattor Of the town OF Holland.
liquor Is to DO sold there, then that COM
munity viii be pecunia Interested &c I, ~ /!
not having It sold at other places aWitn1h
the county, and the very fact that they
have 4. license obtained against the law
n Az cause that community to sldesiW1tn In
the friends OF tho bill in2the future, ana
would also cause hon est temperance men
Din other parts Of tho county to Unite VIII WIN
tho saloon people in an effort 70 corre ss
tho wrong. isi {$4S y. y. is. !, ~, J.
sIE Unless this law is to be morocco. the
AGITATION o. this subject Is TO be k I, p
IN from year to year. It may be IN t
ana and That Il
tsrest :ot soriS people to keep up the agl-ss
Stauon Ind ehnitey, but no rlsn
man who broad yiew q : me ]. s,aua
9tion can see any gooo IN Inc IN cn,,rt
tend to stir up, strife in the u community
ana accomplish no good purpose except
II get the views OF a artlcular - man ma
So: Tar, no definite prlncip es nave Deell
laid down by any courts py. VIII nlch any
In wyer can intelligently advise 2 client
- : l1ather he can obtain license or
not IN sorne counties for o year or Two
thes md re will take one view OF the liquor
saIisstion, and after a. while the . same
e1nire will take another view, DIFFERENT
county Judges will hold thee most con- &c
Sficting views. sE It was supposed y ina t
w ~ This Mann bill was passed that the
&i1dEes would grant liquor Licences IN me
fnwna and at other places men Toned IN
tha Hill. and that outside OF those places
where the bill applies in full forge &c tnas
no license would be granted tn " y ~ ~
3i,,dee would lay himself liable to have It
of lin, that st was n question rs
10 whether the Judge or tho LIQUOR Was
9doctored most 4. 5. ~
= rhe writer Is not unfamiliar nth prior
attn tutes on this subject and VII w rs l6 y,
dcnsions OF our highest court on TINS
subject, ana he cannot sec how any 1udge
Z suo country. place can enter Of record
FRAT he is fully satisfied that the april
amt has measured up to the ia ". Tnere
nan be no question about tho "a CT tnhs
the object OF the law was TO Sreauce the
number Of saloons IN tne 5late; !a = t,s
h tMI Is that il was not plainly drawn.
y ~ should read that no license should DO
granted ii outside Of certsin places named Y, e .
IN the bill that being the plain !. ms r. I'M,
~ a. It Is true that the advocate ot tem-
neranca under this new law IS forced to,
admit that its methods are indirect and
~, OF tho higheat manly chara oter, and
il may be for this very reason some ON 1ndte
~ ,,iconse THE gwriterisaa firm believer
IN tho proposition shat nen. cannot pc
made morally better by law" II. how
ever ever tho Legislature Of Virginia !: y.
,,is,,u a, the matter and enact n law, tho
f,s ae Of which is to promote tho morais
~ the community. then Il is earnestly
urged that It will be best to give the lay
a fair trial ny n aNergyb s eoA' ~
ss''ots II Al &, COUNTY MAN
Sussex comfy. Va, X, Sss