The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-23


general taxation amounting to $95i3-
20. Thus you can see that the
treasury will be left with practically
no cash at the close of the present
year
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIS DAVIDSON, Auditor. =
Mr.. Davidson was at Lisbon Sum
day but his friends declared that
he was opposed to q continuance
of a "dry" town. Mayor Crawford's
friends said he was with the drys
This is his first administration as
mayor. 1t was hard to gain access
to records so | had to content my
self with observations.
inspected business alley that
is now known as "Bootleggers al
ley" couldn't find soul in 1t. 1
watched the mouth of the cannon
ron the public square for bootlegging
traffic. Knots Of men stood around
it all day. couldn't see any traffic.
going on, although / was informed
that it was done there Though
couldn't see 1t, knew there was
bootlegging and lots of it. for had
| not purchased six half pints of the
spirits? True, saw suspicious look.
ing packages-that is, they were sus-
picious looking to me-but | did not,
see a drunken man in town.
saw one bleary-eyed creature, but he
was suffering more from the lack Of
drink than from the effects or
drinking. He was poorly dressed
and probably had nok money.
The big potterles at East Liver
pool. or the most of them, are
closed down. Everywhere heard
the argument that times would get
better If the vets would carry the
county. The potteries close every
year.
To me there is n great question
of morals involved in this dry con-
dition. The many licensed saloons
have been put out OF commission.
but they are not 70 be compared
with the hell-holes that have sprung
up in their places These places
booze camps they Gag them--are not
located in the city OF East Liverpool
they are along the river. visited
seven of them and can speak the
truth. ! heard OF these places and
oh n1 In \ N
to Thomas Salman, who lives at
104 Boyce street, and Jack McDon-
ald, whose home Is at $40 Monroe
street. | gave them dollar apiece
to act as my guides. We boarded
car and went to the river. Descend
ing the big Hill, after alighting from
the car, we were soon lost in the
river valleys depth of trees and
shrubbery. Footworn paths could be
dscerned leading in every direction.
At first | felt somewhat nervous,
but 1t was too late to turn back.
My companions pointed out a big
tree. 1t was there, at booze
camp, now abandoned, they said
that Hi Scott, a black had been
murdered in August. We finally came
to the river and houseboat a short
distance from the shore. not far
from Line island.
Hello, jack, cried my compan
ions
! "FTello, Tom"
''IIello, Jack Mcdonald, you old
TOPPER
The last voice was that of a wo-
man. She was serving beer to the
boys on the boat. The proprietor
pushed small boat toward us and
stepping on a landing we got into
it, then the man on the houseboal
pulled us to him. Talk about your
barroom scenes. Here was something
new to me. None OF the men offered
me insults, for was with theil
friends, so my guides said For Z
quarter | got one of them to row
! us across the Ohio river which II
= lower now than 1t has been II
forty years. II was said. On thu
West Virginia side visited sever
!, beer camps. The house boat wa'
anchored in three states--ohio
West. Virginia and Pennsylvania
Jack Mcdonald, who said he hat
once been on the police force, ex
|, planned that 1t was an easy matte
TO escape the dry officers. Th
man who sold intoxicants TO tn
I people of East Liverpool in hous
boat had government license.
4 In the booze camps across tn
river the same disreputable crowd
: were In evidence They looked NOR
, like typical boozers than criminals
} Every beer camp proprietor held
) government license to sell beer, sal
. my two guides, whom I treated wit
: what they deemed princely fellow
ship. I saw no antitreating sign
anywhere hurried as rapidly a
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