Milford chronicle., 1907-11-01
LICENSE COMMITTEE.
10 the Editor.

Sir;-I am constantly appealed to by
frie' DIS at Milford and other towns in
Delaware for my opinion of prohibitions
as ~ works here Ia Wicomico county and
in St bury So am led to write you
lthi, e.tvf and tel item all at once
] .. tie fret '.iace prohibition is sup
p0-r' 10 improve the morals of a com
n.lrjj,. Tng morals Of this town, which
wet 'v scout lour years ago, in the
ris.de crtdou, is better, but in the out
lyl"- l'-tticts OF the town they are de-
c.d 49,. Norse.
lcw young men here who are drink
'ug NOW, both whiskey and beer, who
III not drink three or four years ago.
They lever entered saloon nor took
d~uk Vi intoxicants until alter the speak
et,v csme here and secret drinking was
inuugurated,
/ The most dangerous institution ior a
pare0' fear, in my opinion ia the IN
! licensed saloon or speas.easy for there
is no closing hour nor opening hour to
these places. They do a perpetual bust.
ness, night and day, Sundays and work
days. They know no Sunday, and re-
spect neither age, youth or sex. They
sell to every person that has the money.
! have reason to believe that there are
four or five speak-easies in Salisbury.
There is one, / have been told, within
500 yards Of the Court House. But in
addition TO these secret places there are
many boats that come here, which allow
both drinking and gambling upon them.
The whiskey comes to this town from
Baltimore, Wilmington, Philadelphia and
even from Kentucky, Ohio and other
states. Beer comes too. 1 have seen S.
cases Of beer at a single freight station in
this town, at one delivery; and we have
three frei ght stations and boat landing
here.
There is. however, very little beer do J
livered here compared with the whiskev
sent for and sold. There is not enough
profit in beer for these fellows to handle
1t. Besides it is too bulky aud they can
sot adulterate it as they do the whiskev.
They prefer to handle the whiskey for
several reasons, and thus men, who, in a
licensed town, would con fine themselves {
o the mild and harmless beer, here take +
o whiskey, and in its worst form. a
Recently two arrests were made in this t
own for selling liquor illegally. One of y
hem has served three months in the n
ounty Jail. The other will be tried at o
be next term Of court. He Is a promin- t.
mt merchant and an ex-member of the n
lily Council. ia
Prohibition has a direct tendancy to K
eep rural custom from the ''dry" town. Il
know men, several Of them, who have W
.rge interests in this county, employing az
lany men, who always came here to do st
ieir buying, and also brought their at
lnds here, on Saturday afternoon and w
icy too did their buying, here but they an
me no more. Since our bars have been en-
1sed one rarely sees them. If you ask nc
81" why thew do not come here oitener no
-"d to do, they will invaria- cer
buy nearly as well %
Berlin or Snow Hill
heir hands prefer to ell
n get a drink if they act
tn,
IS more Whiskey drunk mr.,
fore the law was chang P'
g drank in moderation. MI
liquor between the hours an,
morning and eleven at fro
icy can get it by the gallon ,,b
= the gallon
our police officers to-day. tina
y three while we bad five in.
looms Before then we had exs
places and only two officers. -.
as many as three officers 90 Vi
ethissummer leading drunken Wei
m each arm to the lookup.
en- will club together and Law
Y of whiskev for Saturday and -
and as l said before they get it
llon and drink it by the gallon. II
Yours very truly, u
FRED. A. GRIER.
ry, Nd, Oct. %, 1907. a.