The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-22
HALS SAY
 aNE INNOCENT. Handled Cider Under a
 Guarantee. CERTIFIED BY GOVERNMENT
Members of Selma Firm Make
 Statement.
Had Ne Knswlesse That Drink Ccn- tained Aicohol--Preslaea ef ProAisissen League Infi-
 mates Trick.

Selma, Jsn., 2I--lspeciaD- D---The ar- rest of Law Lamar, and Ernest Lamar last night upon indictments which had been returned by the grand jury Of the City Court of selma for e violation of the Carmichael bill, caused quite a sensation when 1t. became generally known.
 Ernest Lamar. of the firm, for several years has been one of the most consistent and hard-working advocates of prohibition in Central Alabama and the finding of ag indictment against him by the grand jury proved one Of the greatest surprises in the history of the county. sS s It Is understood that the firm of L. and F. Lamar bought cider. which they were indicted for selling. from q well known Louisville house and. that on each keg, there was a label from . United States internal revenue of- ficer which stamped 1t as being nom alcoholic. The finding of the indictment against the Messrs. Lamar by the grand jury and the newspaper story of the same in The Selma Times today was the, cause of the Messrs. Lamar issuing the cards today addressed to the editor of that paper.
 E. Lamar Not To BIame. The first statement is as follows: "I notice in this mornings issue of The Selma Morning Times. there is printed in black letters in very large type President of Anti-saloon League Indicted with Near-Beer men.
 T beg to teM you and through you the public at large. that Mir. Ernest lamar. rersonally, knew nothing what ever about the purchase and sale of the cider called .Ssnoj, I have exclusive charge of buying and selling every thing for the firm of L. and E. Lamar, except fertilizers.
 'If there has been any sin committed by the firm of l.. and F. Lamar in buy ing and selling the cider mentioned. then Mir. Ernest Lamar is entirely in- uocent of 1t. and the responsibility rests upon my shoulders alone
 "l am conscious of having done no wrong. This 'senoP was purchased under guarantee from a r~ able house that it was not pr~' and that the sale of 1t wc not iV violation of any '~ l. aYe
 
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