The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-07-11
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lair, or to get II from the drug Ssprc
on a prescripion--or without one "
you can--or to SEND outside ol ths
State for Il. In case OF bad year for
SNAKE s, IL they Nero biting freely. The
drug store trade might be pretty f1ir
With all OF the inspediments IN the
way Of the safe OF liquor Il may be
presumed that North carolirr is
rather dry State I; is not wholly sn
'rhe fellow Who IS determined 10 have
whiskey can get 1t II he can be depond-
ed on to say nothing about wherr K
came from. He cln get u by sending
to Richmond. which encourages the
North casoiina jig trade. 1r from any
point outside the stnte II may be snip
ped. All this bother Is too much zi,r
most men, so North Carolina dri1IH
water. and gets up In the morning With
n pretty decent taste In his mouth
Possibly Il Is pity to spoil su1af
story for tho mere sake OF fact B,tL
II Is the truth tnat the moonshiner
has always been much mere Of a FAC
tor in running the United STATES
Court than in supplying any consinel
able portion of tile whisiSey used y
the United States, recoIlerf rn<
session OF the East Tennessee udcr,1
Court at which something like a ihou
sand persons We're brought In from ihe
mountains as defendants or witnesses
In ,noonsLine whiskey cases. The sos5
eminent had gone over the rnral r..
gions with a drug net. and the rrsnI1
was that some of the offenders got 'c
winter in jail. They came out IN The
spring after u period Of comparative
ease and substantialfeed ready to plant
chtn for another croo OF whislxey. azl1
better Off financially for the .frr
board thin II they had stayez III homo
&c hustle for themselves.
AS TO the a,nount OF liquor tiscr
made, You can figure 1t up for your-
self. The distllery ;ha, has 10 hrrt
It's patronage by the roadside With a
jug. and at the san time dodrr =
revenue officer. or carry suu t.
shoot at him. Is not goinE TO flood ne
land with It's goods. II Is evident thar
moonsline whi,lsey could mol be inadc
in any section pop, lons enough "a
lpreyent secresy OF operation. Nellhsr
could a market be found ia sact a
thinly ettled community for any
enantIts Of the stun.
The whole South lie an emphatic ~
illustration OF the growth Of temper
ance. One day the South. like ms
North. took TO liquor ven haridlIy.
One thing that has had an infuurx
in making liquor a tabooed thing !.
its bad effect on the colpred man
Ttmp-rance Legislation ms i,can
prompted as much BY the desire &c
keep him from liquor as by anything:
and II is having wholesome eruA
on both races. The man who wants
wtiskey in this part OF the counfsx
has to go ont and nunt it. It does uufL
stand on the street corner hursinx
him. The chief trouble the YANKEES
finds IN the South so far as liqu<r IL
concerned is that on the day whrr hiz
tongue is sweiied up as big as huc
handle 1t is long distance ie WE
nington or TO the Raleigh bin,au
,sary.
Yet have seen the native Nprti
carolinian drink whsslsoy as brzrps>y
as any one. have a nelehhor VINO
can I'LL his tumbler to the brim rlE,'
raw corn whiskey and toss 1t dos,
mis- neck without even looking seuar<
the water bucket. He pickup xspAbif
knack while he was Sitting ON an army
blanket in the Peninsula on The mad
from Bull Run to Appropriations
BIoN II. BUTLER
Southern Pines. n. C. -Fr1pfcr