Evening journal., 1907-08-26
erai merchant OF Elllton. said:

eral merchant Of Elkton, said:
Il am for license. and never took a
drink in my life. There is no prohibit
tion in this county Probably a small
class of men who rarely drank now
drink less. but the old drinkers drink
a great deal more Having the drunk
enness anyhow, I think we ought TO
have the benefit Of the license money"
w ID. Summers. well known farmer
declared that he never took a drink,
but believed in the license system. our
farm hands, he said. "go TO Delaware,
TO Glasgow and even TO Middletown,
and bring the stum back. and IL Is al
ways the worst they can get. With H.
cense my men would come here (Elk-
tom, take a few drinks and return
home; but they buy by the bottle. as
they always do when they have miles
70 go and get IL; they drink until It is
all gone and until they are drunk"
leading professional man OF Elk
tin who declined TO have his name used,
said that whisky was sold openly every
day in Paradise Alley. and there is at
least one cutting ARRAY each week. lie
also knew Of "a dozen men who went
to Newark the day before Christmas.
last year. and left over $1,000 at Traz-
ers store.
He knew fellow at Chosapeoke city.
notorlouslv without visible means OF
support, who paid d little bill OF 500
recently IN i1lkton, taking the money
from the biggest roll OF tons and
'twentles' that we ever saw up here
He sells whisky. OF course"
He added "rho last prohibition vic
tory won hero IN i90C was undoubtedly
won by a combination OF temperance men.
speakeasy fellows. the negroes ana the
hard drinkers among the whites. They
don't want any regulation knowing they
can get what they want cheaper and in
places they prefer 70 our public houses"
Fred. H. Lefner, the town treasurer Of
Elkton looks upon prohibition as mere
cover TO do Illegally ana indscsntly a
business that "a bound to thrive In one
form or another
Mr.. Oliver O. Gllos tho lad ng green
grocer OF Elkton and teetotaler de-
clared;
Prohibition is the biggest humbug IN
Maryland. Il has put business on the
bum. while the drinking men drink as
much as ever Between 1880 ana 1890 hard
cider was sold everywhere ana drunken-
ness was general We had a good icense
system here between 1898 and 1902 and
times wore never botter, nor the people
better behaved why / know fifty custom.
ers Of mine, from the paper mills and the
farms north Of this town, who came here
every saturday night ana left hundreds Of
dollars here m Elktun. Now they 20 10
Newark or Wilmington or oxford. Pa.
Elkton has lost an their trade"
Mr. Emore Deibert, a well-known boat
and barge builder on the Big ELK creek
who employs about fifty men, had nc
hesitation in declaring that there was NO
prohibition IN Cecil county. He added
THE system works lnjuriously. The men
drink as much as ever. but they go awiy
and stay for days We pay off every two
weeks and that means two sprees a mon b
for every drinking man in our employ. !
have known men to be gone five days al
a time It is 70 big loss TO me- II they could
get a drink here in proper and decent way
most Of these men would BE- here the Mon.
day after pay day"
This sort of testimony could be extended
Indefinitely There is no doubt that min,
out Of ten responsible citizens Of Elltcr
are opposed to the farce Of prohibition aut
would like to have the license system re
established.
In the column OF totals ia the table FOL
lowing are the annual expenses for tn
criminal proceedings OF the circuit Cour
Of Cecil county. year by year. from IS
TO 1907. The unusual costs for 1900 an,
1904 are explained by remarks one wal
a wet and the other dry" year.
CRIMINAL, COURT FXprNsrs