Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-12-17
LID MUST Be kept
ON GOOD AND TIGHT
No One Can But Land in Cuzco,
indiana, Without Taking
The Pledge.
TEMPERANCE QUESTION SOLVED
The Owner OF the place is i Foe of
Drlnk-He is Distant Relative Of
the Author Of Nicholson Law,
Which is in Force in That
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NCLCO, lND., Dec. lh.--N0 mayor
O: governor need trouble himself
about putting on the lid" ct Cu2co,
Gor the reason that CuZco vii! never
need any such restriction.
The little community is strictly
'tt!nners nee town." and tic inhic.,-
tons are that it will remain such,
Scr its founder, w. II. NiInolsnH, hrs
caused to be placed in eveiy deco
% Cnico property an ironclat, proyi.
sicn that prohibits the sale Of any
intoxicating liquors on any OF the
land. Fir. Nicholson purposes that
nc rlacc which he has founirI sha;l
never be tainted by the curse Of
drink and his slogan is:
If cannat have q town without
t sal,on, l don't want one at all"
Name Most Peculiar.
The fame OF the new town aad its
founder has gone abroad ard With at
ient;on thus attracted 10 il has come
wonGel rs TO the oddly Of the name
of the village. Behind this there is
= s'oIy. When the question OF names
arose People suggested Union VA
ley as an appropriate cogn ,neE fcI
their postonlcc, owing 10 the fact
iEat ley hal formed themselves into
n shich to see that tbs laws were
oeeyed and the community Rnpt free
from Gsrepute. But the authorities
ct Washington informed the citizens
that there WAS already ons Union
Ftilcy in Indiana.
1t vas then that the village schco,
master took III the question and pre-
sented it TO lis pupils. They had
the woId Cuzco in their soailing ies.
sen on the day in question, and tho
oddly of il led to inSaicv. which
Thought out the story of the f3uiilir e
OF nc city OF Cuzco In South Amcri.
CT by Marcc Capac. chrd OF TIC
SIN
This waa the name for the Town
Were Mir. Nicholson hoped tc estab.
lish IN eppue Of tempera :e that
wftild spTtnd ever the Un,.ei Stn;ts.
1l,rtc was no other name IL In,,.n.;l
like this.
Rather Small as Yet.
AS town, 1t is hardly large
enough 10 be listed in the "gazet-
GERS" but it is growing and is soon
TO have a railroad. Its citizens have
caught the spirit of its perculiar
features.
Mr. Nicolson is about 10 years
old, widower and the father OF
'wo daughters, one of whom Is mar
r!ed. Hc is the son of Joseph II.
and Elizabeth Nicholson and dis
tant relative of the author of the
Nicholson liquor law, which has
worked wonders in Indiana. His firm
Jaw. open countenance and determ-
ined expression all bespealt the
straightforward and answering char.
acter of the man.
Mr.. Nicholson IS bitterly oppose
20 the liquor traffic. It is this bitter.
ness that led hl.n III put into every
deed executed hy him what is be.
l!eved to one CT the strongest bar.
ricfs against the liquor traffic ever
written into a deed in the State. II
reads:
Deeds Forbid Liquor.
"The grantee aero.u takes this red.
estate subject to tx following limita.
ton, which the grantc- and grantee
have mutually agreed upon, to.wlt
That no Intoxicating liquors arc
to be sold on real estate hereby con
reped, or given sway thereon Cor
the purpose OF gain, between this
date and Jan. ], 1915, and sad
sIantee herein agrees to embody this
limitation in any deco ut conveyance
he may make for said renl estata
OF any part thsfao:.
1T Is further understood and
agreed that any violation Of this lin.
itation by the grantee herein or
those claiming under or through him
shall render this conveyance void
and the land herein conveyed shall
revert to the grantor, his heirs Or
assigns. The grantee by acceptance
to all of the above conditions"
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