The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-24
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Shelton Convicted.

Shelton Convicted.
In this case Shelton was convicted
at Greencastle of violating the law,
and he appealed to the supreme
court If the judgment of the lower
court is sustained by the supreme
court it will mean lot of trouble for
the breweries.
During the last few weeks scores
of social clubs have been organized
in various dry co,1lties in the state,
and in every case the purpose of the
club is to enable its members to get
beer to drink. No secret is made of
this fact The saloon in the county is
but a number of thirsty men can get
together and organize club and in
corporate it, and then each member
can order from brewery a supply of
beer which will be shipped to him
for his own individual use. All of
the members do the same thing, and
all of the beer is placed in the rooms
of the club, where each owner can
get it when he wishes it. Usually
some ex-saloon keeper who has been
put out of business by the operation
bartender is the custodian of the club
and handles the beer for the men,
bers. Each member pays a certain
amount of dues each month to help
maintain the club. This, of course,
goes to help pay the rent and the
wages of the Keeper of the ice box"
Helped Form Clubs.
The breweries have been encourag-
ing this sort of thing and have been
helping in the formation of dozens of
these clubs. The breweries have been
shipping in the beer to the individual
consumers as ordered. but If the SUI
preme court upholds the lower court
in the Shelton case it will put a stop
to this business and kill the social
clubs. They would be shut off from
their supply.
In a county which has gone dry by
either the local option law or the re-
monstrance law the breweries cannot
ship beer to dealers. because there are
no dealers. under the law. The sell
ing of liquor in dry county is
crime. The only way the breweries
can now sell in dry counties is to ship
beer to the consumers direct. But If
the Shelton case is decided against
them the breweries will not be able to
ship beer even to the consumers in
dry counties. and the whole business
will be killed.
Club Cannot Buy.
The social club. as corporation,
cannot buy liquor and then either
sell or give it to it's members. To do
so would be a violation of the ~liQuor
laws, for, under the law it is a crime
to either sell or give away liquor in
ed by mail and shipped in from wet
territory to the consumer himself.
The Importance of the decision
which will follow in the Shelton case
cannot be over estimated in it's effect
on the liquor business in the state.
The social club has been the thorn in
the side of the Anti-Saloon league.
and 1t has feared all along that it
would not be able to find law that
would reach the social club and put it
out of business. The leagues lawyers
have hunted through and through the
law books for law on the subject but
have not been able to find one that
fit the case. 1t was declared that
there was no way to stop them. and
the league has set it's mind on getting
the next legislature to pass a law for
bidding strictly the shipment of liquor
from wet territory into dry territory.
In the meantime. however, the coun-
ties that have gone dry by remon-
STRANGE or election will continue to
have their social clubs and the men,