The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-01-11
DODGES BLUE LAWS
Roanoke Dealer Gives Away
Cigars to Customers.
OTHER ENFORCEMENT STRICT
Numbers OF Street Cars and Trains
Taken by POIfce-Anti-seiling Law
Also Enforced in HamptOn-NOrth
Carolina Is DRY" as Sahara
Desert on Sunday. Also.

SPECIAL 70 ne Washington Herald
Roanoke. Va, jan 10.-3Iayoy Joel H
Cutchings threat to put the lid on"
Roanoke, was made good to-day, and the
cover fell with a clang that was felt all
over town
For the first time In The city's history
1t was impossible TO buy a cigar. q chew
OF tobacco. q cigarette, an apple. an
orange, a stick Of candy. toothbrush, or
any other toilet article.
Elmore D. Hams. owner Of the Roanoke
baseball team IN the Virginia League. and
proprietor Of the Lobby news and cigar
stand, gave away cigars 10 all who want
ed them and his generosity was accepted
by scores OF men
Police halted al milk wagons. drays,
street hacks. and ice cream wagons, and
took the names OF the drivers and Owl
ers OF the vehicles The number OF every
street car, together with the name OF the
motOrman and conductor. and the num-
Der Of al freight trains passing through
the city not hauling perishahle matter
were recorded by the police These mem
Oranda viii De turned in ar headQ quarters
and warrants may be issued.
Last night was moving night in the
undesirable district. and shortly after e
O'Clock over a half hundred women left
town on an eaSt-bound train.
Dry az Sahara in Carolina.
Raleigh. y C.. Jan. 15.-This Is the first
Sunday spent by North CaroIinians IN
der the edict Of Statewide prohibition.
and the State Is dry. Gov. Glenn and
other state and city officials looked after
this
The lid is down and down tight. This
IS the dryest Sunday spent in the Old
North State within the memory OF man.
- was always possible under the old
regime. If one knew the ropes. 10 get
much 'rc5eye"
Not so to-day. The usual blind tigers
and gr0ggeries are closed. not ostens5-
bly, but actually The statement Of Gov.
Glenn that II he remained f. Office an
other term he would enforce prohibition
a. the point O. q gun has taught the
liquor people 70 believe that ne means
what lie says. Reports from Greens
bo-o, High Point. Wiuston-Salem. Dur
every CITY. town. and hamlet in the State
are 70 the effect that Sahara IS not more
dry than is this state to-day
Oldest Town Dry for First Time.
Hampton. Va. Jan. 10-With the pro
hi5ition wave sweeping throughout this
section, Hampton, which claims the dis
tincti0a Of being the Oldest continuous
settlement Of English-speakinE people in
America. was today. for the first time
IN its long history, absolutely dry.
Not only is II impossible 20 get an in
toxicatins drink here. but 2 stranger in
the city found trouble in getting even
water, and al the soda water places are
closed tight as a drum. even the drug
stores having suspended
All this Is because Mayor Thornton 2
Jones order for q ''bIUe-I2w'7 SUNDAY
became effective today.
The closing was brought about BY the
Civic League, and IN order that the full
effects Of the situation might be felt. Il
was decided 10 60 10 extremes and give
the members Of the league q taste Of
genuine ''blUe-law-' reform.
Opponents Of the ''blue-law''. PROPOSE
ton say they viii Try 20 have trains
prevented from passing through the city
next Sunday, while the handling OF TIE
mails, they claim, IS clearly q week
time occupation and against the law
However. to-day Uncle Sam was allowed
10 break the law, while street cars and
trains are being run on schedule.