Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1910-02-24
NO DRINKING WHERE
WHISKEY is SOLD
Senator Halsey Introduces Measure
Authorizing Establishment OF Dis
pensaries-Abolish All sAlosas-
RICHMOND. VA. -

senator Don +. Halsey. OF Lynch
urg. has offered a bill which VIII.
IL is adopted. abolish every saloon
ma tippliug place ia the State Of
'irginia-
The bin provides for the closing Of
II saloons and installing in their stead
he dispensary method or handling Ii
uor. except that ia lieu OF the dis
there will be private par
les IN control. the operators TO pay
he privilege
There viii be no drinking IL any
place where LIQUOR is sold. there VIII
be no treating. and only sealed PACK
sges OF liquors are TO be dispensed
Senator Halsey. IN presenting the
bill. declared that IL was intendsn TO
be nothing more nor less than tenn
perance measure lie has not con-
suited extremists OF either faction or
the cOntcuding parties 70 the existing
controversy He declares that the evil
OF the drink habit is due TO the saloon
and the custom OF treating. many per
sons going 10 saloons ana getting .
drink and meeting compo Mons and
there engaging I'm the treating or eX-
changing or drinks. 10 the dotriment
OF their families
The bin provides that no place
shall hc opened before q O'Clock
ia the morning and shall he
t.io-.ri al : o'tlotlS nf night.
There are tO he NO entrances
cN,cnt that on thC principal
street or road. and al screens
distractions. boxes AMI swinging
door are tO De removed ana the
places kept LIGHTED at night 80
that officer aud Others may have
au uupb-trn, tetf view al ai hours
of the ni-ht-
Violations Of tllc law are 20 he
made mi-dcmcanor. punish
ahlc with "a EmC. Jail sentence and
a revocation OF license ia the dir
erection OF the court
The bin was sent to the n
nance Committee OF the SENATE
for consideration. and senator
HalScy will prc-s for hearing
az the very earliest momenA
Patrons StatcmeRt-
The measure IS designed 80 pro
mote temperance. and 20 provide .
4 method OF regulating the liquor traf-
&c. which will reduce It's evils 10
I minimum. without rcsortiRE 20 pro
hibition which. admittedly. does ne
prohibit" in those sections where II 4
not hacked BY strong public sent
r,ert have offered Il without con
I sultafion with the extremists OF
either side OF the great Temperance
I question. but after fun reelection, ans
. conference with others IN nos
Judgment I have confidence. and wn
! / believe like myself. that truth IN M
. matter. as in an other great questions
81 lies not az either extreme. but De
tween them. believe intcm psranc
. 90 bee one OF the greatest eFAs OF On
, dav. and that the crusade against
Is iustiuable on every mora. 500
, LEGAL and political ground. II is nc
"a mere matter OF sentiment IL caI
f for calm. Intelligent a-o tnougnu'
consideration and ac..on. Lhe -
= loon as be- exists now is an lnoel rs
Il. nle institution. and is HuDouhCcol
If. doomed 60 go. The agitation again
10 viii never cease as Ions as Jus coo
-wiug open sra constant temp 'aio
.- aud Incentive go drink.
Many men. especially OF the wcri
% Irg classes. when they are PAID lne
be- wares. never get nearer nome Una
b. tbe nearest saloon before taelr mon'
"a is gone. ana their wives ana chiiuI.
.I are thereby made Go suner Tor y
& necessities of lic. The uetAns eFi
IL is another abuse connected with q
open saloon Alien go III 10 .@Nc "
,r drink. meet with friends. ana 1aNe
IhaIf-do1eu instead. This hlil, ~
acted. uiH do away with sa4sons,
drinking places. oltosether-
Dont like Dispensaries
j do not believe ia dispensaries
Two reasons. First. they are pate
II naIstic and second, the publc. WI
I'D is interested in their pronts. "a CIV
an incentive 20 see that liquor Is so
|as the more liquor sold. ths more II
enue The q lspeusary method OF 81
he ing. however. j believe 90 DC y
improvement over bar room fnetao
from the temperance stlndpol
Therefore. this ban should receive
support OF dispeusary advocates, q.
provides for the dlspeLsary nethou
~.rIrr ID should r SO receive the 81
port OF all opposed 20 the saloon
DIT cause Do aboashes at once every
ls loon in the Commonwealth. IL sho
ns also receive the support OF the no
ion interests because u permits liquor
am be sold though ia Ginerenl
re- than at present. and they had be
accept This additional regulator
at a worse thing happen 20 the.'-
ne thermurc. DO viii do away Win or 70
der euu-Ss and disorder around TIE pa
iss- where IqGor is sold and mus rel
.ye. Id, La lar-r extent tnc dealer aliN
enc about the forfeiture OF has license
.-...lrt 90 accepting e.sordcr4y III
.tee An important provision ot the
.ts- is that recurring the name
pr. 'prooff OF ..utents OK packages q
,.n- mainly state, .n the label I'M
ID intended 30 D. rut 4OuttrE y
SAY Quurs from bcius nn-cf tne
o. OF purity. PolsOno-s .ul.- ants
ler- fused 10 color ana app4
al strength Co liquors r. are
sIfy| more injurious than the tQ
a. themselves. IL is said th.. Nn
o.rI Indifferent viii give real Tre.-l
,.-,- aulct thc proof of u.e lig iur la su
-- nv the hylrometer. ~ tHe pros
e of mar he- On tne fi-eN, -. ',..,,..-,
81 and consequently DO VIII uot oe
. dulzed ln. and the o~e -tire Of "a
|.n. barrel of pure uuor -uo SD
~ r.ratne 10 as 90 make ta.tc or
49, barrels OF inferior and - sonols
by VIII DC !. 80. q, f,,..,-i..,i.,,,-
b by - f.- 49, ..lT .,-.s..r'