Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1907-09-06

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end this morning at $40 and by 10 20
the jugs will be coming back here. Every
place OF business has whiskey, not for
sale, but for its friends; Then there are
the fellows who are in it for a living.
Townsend, Delaware, is only ten miles
off and the roads are good. There is as
/ much, if not more, whiskey drunk here
| than ever before. The speakeasy gang
and each one has, at least, dozen hang
ers.On, voted for no license each time
and, OF course carried the election. 1t
pays them. The county pays for their
trials, and no revenue comes to the
county. This district voted against pro-
hibition, but were overwhelmed by the
river men down below. Men engaged in
selling illicit whiskey used their money
and all their patrons to help the white
ribboners" carry the county. / rarely
take a drink but when l want it ! can
get it for nothing in almost every busi-
ness place in the Eastern side of the
county"
DR.. Gownan. of Millington, near the
Delaware line. on the south side Of this
county facetiously observed: You see
this is prohibition and therefore we
drink more whiskey than if We had
license"
Hon. Isaac Gibbs, farmer of Massey,
who employs Is hands, said that he had
to hurry home; that one of his men had
been on a continuous spree, over at
Townsend, during his absence at James
town. and that there was much work to
do. He added: | saw 5000 persons at
jamestown and not a single drunken
person in three days. Every third house
on the main street of Norfolk is a drink
ing house. l actually saw one house
staked out as a drinking place for ladies;
but saw no one drunk in Norfolk.
"On Saturday nights this prohibition
town gets as drunk as hell. | do not
see that prohibition hurts business, for
the reason that no one needs to hesitate
to come here on the liquor score. He
can get liquor free, if he does business.
That suggests another thing. / have
several business friends in this part OF
the county, who having gotten into the
habit Of keeping whiskey privately for
their customers, are now learning to drink
too often from the secret bottle, always
handy
''The negroes don't bother us here. It
is the white help that comes here and
gets drunk every Saturday night. The
railroad station and 90 away to their
homes to drink it. ! don't think that a
mint of whiskev is sold here. There are
no speakeasies in Massey; but the drink
ers get TO Townsend from this point, or
receive their liquor from Wilmington by
express. However, it comes, it is always
here, plenty of it, very bad, and II you
don't believe it remain over here until
Sunday"
Adam S. Huey, the most extensive
dealer in agricultural machinery and car
riages in Kent county, declared himself
emphatically for liceuse.
you cannot have business progress IN
a prohibition town." he said mo man
remains here longer than he must even If
he does not drink He wants to get
away as soon as he can, and, OF course,
prohibition does not prohibit Every
BODY drinks that wants to. Lots OF
money is sent out Of this place to Town
send and Wilmington.
II believe in one licensed hotel for each
little town, where the stranger or travel
ing man can find reasonable comfort
The unlicensed public house cannot afford
to give proper accommodations"
Henry J. Gray, farmer residing near
Galena, Kent county, and leading cltl-
zen of that community, buntly declared
himself for whiskey sold under proper
license.
Business is dead in this village" he
said 81 doubt if it does half Of the busl-
ness it did thirty years ago. No one
comes here unless he can arrange to get
away again that day. Drummers never
stop over night at Galena
ION the moral side that is all fudge.
There is more whiskey drunk IN this
here than before this law
was enacted. Everybody sends to Balti
more for the stuff. The boats bring it to
the landings along the Sassafras and as the
the drinking is done out OF Jug, 1t Is
easy to see that great deal more isdrunk |
than if we had the privilege OF going to
decent bar.
Hon. Garrett Foxwell, eX-cOunty treas I
urer, and at present State Senator, VINO
resides near Blacks, on one of the finest
farms in Kent county, was most cordial. /
Prohibition" he exclaimed, as the ques- F.
ton was put to him, "is the biggest farce
in Kent county. 1t is a fraud and pre-
tense A drag on the taxpayers and
to the boys and the week
men. Our court expenses have been
and one-half of them 90 for the
trial Of violators of the liquor law, and
without results. You can convict but
very few men. have been on many
iuries, grand and petit and | know
81 think the people are getting tired OF |
the farce and believe that high license
will carry at the next hitch. | am ready |
for the contest. l have eight men here. |
If four of them put 80 cents each INTO the |
pot, they can get a gallon of whiskey |
from Baltimore or Wilmington. and gal |
lon of that whiskey means a big drunk. |
On Monday morning they are still drunk
"Men and boys get drunk. a child OF [
ten or twelve years can get a drink at |
Speak Easy. Five boys with five cents /
each can each buy a bottle of the stuff /
and 90 behind the barn and drink it.
This is often done at Chestertown but
here are no convictions. Boys and men
will tell any lie to shield the seller OF this
Ehiskey.
Financially and morally the system is
failure. With high license this county
,ould readily collect $4,000 year from
lecent men, the proceeds of a business