Milford chronicle., 1907-09-27
A MARYL AND COUNTY
IN LEADING STRINGS.
Hedged in as to Trade, Wide Open to Drunken
ness---Business Goes to Baltimore and Wet
Towns in Delaware Sunday DRINKS Common.
WICOMICO COUNTY.

| right along, ana we nave Ahah@s0N ~ -
cur business back to where II was ,I DeloIe
prohibition was forced upon u.s. we can
ID business here without license, but we
would he doing a great deal more if we
/ had license, We have a great deal oil
Saturday night and Sunday drunkenness
The stuff is brought here from Baltimore
and Philadelphia in jugs and the drink
ers drink as usual, only they get drunk |
oftener. ,,.YL..a |
a bricklayer saw the other day, that there
were only two Jobs in town. Yes, nave
no doubt that we have lost three-iourths
If our down county trade, and ! wish 70
reDeat that with all our prosperity we
conld do a great deal more business Il We
had one or two licensed and we'll regula-
Patrick Doody, senior member OF the
wholesale grocery firm Of Doody Bros
/ who do a big business, said that prOnlol'
tion undoubtedly hurt Salisbury and IN
no degree reduced drunkenness or lm'
proved the morals of the community
He said
rOnr Eastern and Northern trade has
mostly gone to Delmar or Berlin, wheIe
linuor is sod. Most OF our river trs1e
which extends 40 miles southwest 70 the
Chesapeak Bay, has gone to BaliinoIe.
That is the hardest blow OF all. sallsOur!
as YOU can see, is good town ana must
/ do business There is good ueal OF
money here and the town has oeeI grow
ing ever since the big ire OF ~ year, ago,
There is, however, very little ouliuine
this year.
oTben we had several licensed hotels
three right in this neighborhoou' lor
many years, while the surrounding loWhs
, in the county we're 'dry." / voted for
t license and will do so again. we nSFg
, been in business here for l3 years ana 1
,,'os ,,e,,er summoned as witness for any
! row or trouble, although three OF the four
. licensed houses were right around us
, was not calle6 upon in all those years 10
, mt a drunken man out Of this store ana
! We do heavy Saturday night trade
"There is Just as much drinking here as
G ever The Sunday morning drunkenness
is something new. / never saw 1t IN the
r davs of license. A jug means drunk.
n ONLY a few Sundays ago man and woman
/ 0ot drunk in a car on that switch ana De-
4 Raved scandalously. 1t was the worst
thing I ever saw in Salisbury. l am Tor
4 license. 1t brings business, and It brings
. MANY of the best people. when otherwise
= they would go to some wet place anu
e deal.
It ooh the election was bought, All
It sorts Of fellows were rounded up aud pald
Q well to vote for prohibition. Some OIL
these toners who used to get quart OF
4 whiskey for so cents sold their vote, ana
4 are now paving 81 25 a quart for the same
4 kind of stuff sent from Baltimore one
fact. bear in mind Prohibition mas ho'
n reformed a single drunkard. The same
o old fellows still hang around here orunA
as often, if not oftener than ever, :,
{ Hon. Charles F. Holland, the well
v known iurist of the Eastern Shore oeach,
n who resides at Salisbury, was ent!ey
v frank in his brief opinion on pTohlOllloli
IF Judge Holland was born IN Dela"aIe 9 f.n,
~ takes warm interest in that state. Aitel
at explaining that the local option election
II was held 1pon an order from the CiTcul
N Cont. based upon a petition from me
,t voters of the district, process dlIecteO
S nv general statute Of the State, ne re
id piled to the usual question
t. ..No. it does not prohibit. 1t may re
" strain but never prohibit. There L
as much whiskev drunk here. understand
n that it is not difficult matter to get
It's drink of whiskey. There is such thII
I'd as walking barrOOm,' you know. lh'
~ election on this question appears to haV'
n taken the handling of intoxlcants OUT
as the hands of responsible men, restrained
hit nv law. and placed it in the hands OF lrres
1. D0nsible persons Drunken scrapes oitel
If 6ccur. The murder committed mere lar
nc Saturday night was the result OF the pre-
ID sent traffic in liquor.
a. Il think a city the size OF Salsnur
it should have well qualified ana licenst
n hotel if for no other reason than the con
n tort and convenience of the strangers VIII
nd come here" ILL.,. an.
If. host. known citizens of Salisbury wa
70, asked If any whiskey came to town tines
nd days. Smiling at the question, ne lore
ed bIv said "Watch the train schedule'
tv telephone an hour ahead OF the arrive
les of anv one of them and you can get
le- onart Of wbiskev either from Berlin or II
lc- comoke Citv. Send your order TINS are
noon either to Wilmington, Phllaueiphl
MS or Baltimore. and in "a hours your SUI
St will be here. There is more uTlnhln
ties here than there was four or nVe yea
lst ago when we had license. Prohloltloh
lid a farce and a hnmbug. ,n..-.
bv Harold G. Fitch, an Ocullst OF the to"l
who formerly resides in Delaware, regard
Drobibition as an obstacle to business an
- an incentive to intempeTance. de kne
nor man, friend of his, who USED 70 gen
Sc, to the local IlO'eis III so,ds Tor less tina
are beer. NOW ne never &c 800 80. 90 often ,
Yep two dozen anu seus st;nn,,letes nriyat
W. drinking and was making drunkar'
XII RIGHT along was his judgement.
,Jo Samuel Loewenthal, dry goods me
iii chant. told his story as follows
Ai'' III / lived in Delaware and was =,
business as am here, l would vote Il
or or license everytime. They claim that
alEiy license does not hurt business, put
tn know better. There is lots Of trade tn
CO. is going to other places, chiefly Balt ii
lex which used to come here before llcen
5 was voted out. Here is our whole nv
Us district that used to bring me tne oe
IS part of s., 900 during the month oil Ma
ose buving for the summer, that have loi