Smyrna times., 1907-09-11

"There are no speakeasies in the
town. 1 don't believe there ever was
one. 1 never heard Oft. A speakeasy
would hardly get start here, before it
would be driven out. That is how our
people feel about it.
Business is excellent. We have
two fourishing banks"
"And handsome ones they are, L |
said. $50 are your stores, and your
new Opera House is the finest one |
ever saw outside of city.
Exactly" he said, and all these
improvements have come about under
local option. Go among the laboring
men, and you will find their condition
vastly improved, and their homes
brighter. L am in favor of no license'
because it is beneficial in every way,
but principally because it is protest
against helping and assisting men
along the road of moral depravity.
"Centreville is perfectly satisfied
with it, and 1 think more than 80 per
cent of the people of Queen Anne's
County wonld say so, at any day, at
the polls"
A Casual Remark From Citizen.
Twas sitting in front of the hotel,
where a number of guests we're scat
tered about, when a gentleman re-
marked to me:
"This hotel is doing business.
''It seems to be-" replied.
'I believe they are going to make
some improvement in it soon-modern'
ize it, and bring it up-to-date, " he said.
''That is not surprising" I said,
''The spirit of improvement is evi.
IDENTIFY here"
4 remember this old hotel years age
when liquor was sold here. It was ar
every day spectacle to behold the bal
room crowded with 'drunks,' sitting
around the tables, playing cards, ill
. clad, ill-fed. rum-soaked loafers, VIII
squandered every cent they could ge
hold of, over the bar, and whose fami
! lies suffered in consequence of il
I Every now and then a drunken ROY
would be started, and they woul
7 tumble .pell NELL out in the street
I fight it out, and then return again t
J. the bottle. have seen just sue
!. sights many and many time here.
v Observe how quiet and orderly it
J. now. With the going of the bar, wei
the noisy loafer, with his disgustin
appearance. Local Option certainl
if reformed this town."
J. Talk With An Ex-State's Attorney.
I called at the Office of one of Ce
treville's most prominent lawyers, wi
. once had been States Attorney.
% Said he, "Centreville has every re
son for being glad that the saloon
y eliminated. Drunkenness is nolong
'' feature here, immoral conduct
" largely done away with, and breach
90 of the peace are very rare, indeed.
"Our courts are no longer litter
es with disgraceful and expensive cas-
uu growing out of indulgence in stro
'ss drink. Our financial institutions
A' sound, our merchants prosperous, {
'A' farmers thrifty, and the people gen
ally are in good condition.
"a eve are annoyed, more or less,
IVY purchasing agents-that is, men W
n- take orders for whiskey, go to Ba
"o more, and return here with the ord
0re filled. In that way the private boi
'ur is sometime supplied. But not to
great extent. However, we are go
ing to put a stop to that. We will hav
're' law passed before long which will N
that case"
hat
What Charles H. KentOn Says.
o, L Charles H. Kenton is the lead
lich grocer of CentreviIle. He is an
cen, telligent, energetic man, who
un- huIIt nm large business. which is %