The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-05-12
THE DAVIS BILL
IS STRINGENT
HARD FIGHT ANTICIPATED IN
THE HOUSE


Forfeiture of License One of the Pen
aIties-No Credit and No Selling
to HabituaI Drunkards e
Mr.. Felkel writes as follows con-
corning the Davis semi-dispensary
bill:
Although the wholesale liqour deal
ers of this state will probably like to
see passed and approved the sweep
ing bill by Senator Davis relating to
the sale of liquor, about which so
much has been said, and the passage
by the senate of which caused such a.
sensation at Tallahassee, there will
probably be made a hard fight on it
in the house.
If that bill passes both houses and
becomes law, and if the measure by
Senator Sloan, prohibiting the ship
ment of liquor from a wet into a dry
county also carries, it will mean that
practically all of the now dry counties
of the state will become wet, or rath-
er as wet as the Davis law allows any
section of the state to be. 1t will be
almost like a dispensary system, and
the now prohibition counties will
adopt it in lieu of their present blind
tigers. So it is natural that the whole
sale dealers approve of the Davis
law, which has many good features,
and was no doubt drawn up by Sena-
tor Davis of his own volition and
without outside assistance
Its Provisions
The law provides that no intoxicat-
ing liquors, wines or beers be sold
in counties where the same is allow
ed by law in less quantities than one
fourth of a pint and no one shall sell
. any liquors, wines or beers that are
not contained in securely sealed pack
ages. No person shall sell liquors or
beers in any quantity to an habitual
drunkard of whose Incorporate hab-
its the dealer has been notified in
written protest by the wife, mother,
brother, father or sister of such
drunkard. Under this law no person
shall sell any quantity of liquor I'd a
minor, female or other person who is
at the time intoxicated or drunk. No
minors nor females will be permitted
to be employed in any of these places
where liquors are sold.
Must Close at Eeight
The bill provides that saloons must
be closed from eight at night until six
in the morning and all day long on
Sundays and election days. Neither
the keeper of the bar (if such it could
be termed) nor any person in it will
be allowed to take a drink on the
premises, but must go next door or in
the street behind some tree and drink
his fourth of pint. But the chances
are that he will buy quart or more,
and with his friends in the alley kill
it all before going home
Section 8 says that no gates doors,
windows or openings of any kind shall
connect the place of business of any
dealer in intoxicating liquors, wines
or beer with any adjacent house or
lot, so as to permit ingress or egress
out of such house or lot from or into
such place of business; that no blinds
or screens, chairs, settees, benches
or tables shall be set up or used in
such place of business; that no must
cal, vaudeville or other attractions
shall be permitted in such place of
business; that no game or games
shall be permitted to be carried on in
such place of business, nor shall any
lettering be allowed therein; that no
obscene or sensuous picture or stau-
airy shall be displayed in any such
night a light or lighths shall be Kept
burning in such place of business, and
no doors, blinds, curtains, shades,
screens or othehr things shall be al
lowed to prevent persons on the out
side of such place of business seeing
inside thereof, and it shall be the duty
of the proprietor of such place of bus
mess to see that this section is COM
piled with"
A violator shall forfeit his license
and he shall be fined not more than a
thousand dollars or sent to Jail for
not more than year. If this act is
passed it will take effect at midnight
of the night of September Goth. A. D.,
1911.
The bill also provides that no credit
shall be given by the proprietor to
purchasers of these little one-fourth
pint bottles.
MANY CANDIDATES