The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-12-08
SPECIAL GRAND JURY
BEFORE HOLIDAYS
GOV. HASKELL pETITlONEO 70
SEND SPECIAL OFFICER TO
CARTER COUNTY.

o.. the tate will bo requested 10 send
Co special man here to aid iu the pro-.
,cutIun of wmskoy cases \ petition
to the governor 8. being c.rculltud
today p,Iliouing him e. send a spg.
ciu officer here and wlcn that pa-
ton is emit special request VIII DE
made that % clean man be- sent. Shcr.
ln Akurs says hc would like to have .
help. that it private funds are gather. .
cd To- dcrray the expense mat ne Will
give as much as any other person.
Deputy Landrm says he would Ike TO
sec "a mll Investigation and would Ike
to have matters put ON a basis in
this town whereby the whlskey .rU
can absolutely be controlled.
The city has passed an ordinance
against the sale. barter or giving
away of whiskoy and an arrest &,.
been made The case will be tried
before Judge Gait mex. Monday at.
ir 70 conviction results the case viii
be- appealed and the matter OF .la
,i,y's power To enforce this sttut"
viii be- tested. II the city is given
power by the c1ur, decision to pros,
cute aud fine yiolators Of this law
there viii Doe double team work
against the fellows that engage IL
the business of selling liquor.
It is very probable that the special
grand jury will be convened before .h,
holidays Mr. Byrd in speaking %
the matter says he believes tn ,orn-
" attorney has done everything h'
can do, that ne has been flJhtI la
AN prosecutions and he does not be.
licyc there viii be Wholesale oust"r
proceedings here as there have hecn
In other counties.
Another feature of the work will
bee the application Of the law whore
It makes 1t an offcnse for the ovu'g
of "a building to lease it to % p',sCI
selling whiskcy. There are many Ia.
stances whore the purchaser %, %
drink buys it from negro or from,
"a stranger and cannot positively ideu.
tlty the person but he can state posi-.
lively what building he bought the
drink in and this feature Of the ."
is more easily enforced.
The board OF county commission
crs have been appealed to for fiuan-
ciul aid The request has not been
formally acted upon but Mr. Sciyally
has assured Mr. Byrd that he Is In
hearty sympathy with law enforce
mcnt and that he Is willing to do
whatever he can in the bounds of the
law to render aid for effective work.
The commissioners have had their
feet burnt a time or two In hiring
men to drink and carouse with the
Joint men and then turn them In
Jurors failed to take the evidence
of such men and acquittals resulted
by the wholesale and the county had
"A big expense account and matters OF
law enforcement were rendered worse
instead OF u'AN'l' Nv ''''H''''''"
crs are willing to pay for work that
produces results and in this they have
the sympathy OF the president Of the
law and order league.
Deputy Landrum makes the state
meut that car of whiskey was a
few days since uuloaded here and
tt, In
and says If the members of the good
government club viii guarantee 10
him that he will he imune from finln-
cial loss he will enter the depot ana
counscate the liquor. The matter ia
being considered by the law and or
der people ana whether they will as
sumo the responsibility is not known.
If the law and order people win
stick To their text and ccutralze
their efforts toward this one evil they
will have the support of the cntu,
town Men who drink complain that
the VU.skcy people place good brands
upon the mclnost quality OF whiskey,
lNAl CONSUMERS III Wy A'lAlA'ls CT
forced to pay a high price for a grade
Of goods that is cNertmely hurttul
and this class of citizens would like
to see the traffic put down. 80
approaching holidays and the memory
of the crimes committed year ago
are stirring the citizens 10 activity.
There is sucn thing as a dry town
and these people are determined that
Ardmorc shall be in that class
II men are not willing to swear
To Information that will result IN ar.
rests they Will be summoned before
special grand jury and in secret
will testify To the things they know.
There are very few men who are not
in sympathy with law enforcement
but they are not in sympathy with
urnrL 1,n. in snuna a har pnupf a. =