Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-10-20
DEXTER.
Alleged Liquor Dealers
Given Notice 10 Quit.
Order Is Result OF Conference
OF Citizens and Sheriff.
All Must Dispose Of Lieu Stock
BY Saturday Night.

| Dexter, Me, Oct. 19.-tSpeciaD.-Af-
| Ter nearly year OF practically open
rum selling in this town Sheriff T.
! Herbert White of Bangor has ordered
the dealers to quit the business. This
order came after the seleetmen of the
town succeeded in getting the Ugh
sherin to come here and attend COR
terence of citizens who We're disgust
I'd with local conditions and desired a
| change. Sheriff White has promised
the selectmen that he means business
and ne asks those who wish TO see the
law enforced To stand behind him and
his deputies
This, IL is said, they are willing to
| do providing tie sheriff shows that he
really means to put the liquor deal
ers out of commission here. The first
lmoTe was made last week when
| Chairman Sturtevant of the board of
| selectmen wrote Governor PIaisted
making an appeal to him. asking If
he could not influence the sheriff 10
provide enforcement in this town. Not
receiving a reply from the Governor
| Chairman Sturtevant wr9ts Sheriff
|
| this letter, he paid visit t Bangor
and caught the sheriff in his office.
eXacting from him promise to come
to Dexter and meet the citizens
Sheriff White attended the meeting
| of business men and citizens who
demand something better and he was
evidently impressed with the fact that
| they do not care to see any more open
|
| town for a couple of days and person
ally notified the dealers, warning
| them that he meant business and Civ
ling them until Saturday night to dis
pose of their stock. DRINKS about
| town this week indicate that they are
carrying out his orders that is, dis
posing of their stock Three men went
to Bangor jail Monday, two went
| down Wednesday, two We're taken
town today and two others were in
the lookup this afternoon awaiting
| trial.
| In the meanwhile the law abiding
citizens of this town are wondering
just what will happen when the sher-
! if starts in to enforce the law here.
| The sheriff has limited that he will
ask every person who signed the en-
| tofcement petition to sign a complaint
! against some rum seller in this town.
Many of the signers, it is said. have
made up their minds to sign their
names To complaints if they believe
| that liquor is still being sold in the
various suspected places in Dexter
| This feature, they say, does not fright
| en- them in the least. They are in
| fact. ready to assist in most any way.
providing the sheriff will make any
kind of an honest attempt to enforce
the prohibitory law
Conditions here during the past few
months have been about as lad as
could be imagined. About every eve
ming would see intoxicated persons
about town. while on Saturday after
moons and evenings a reign of drunk
enness has been customary, The mu-
nieipal court has been busy very fire.
quently on cases of intoxcation The
result has been that people have be-
ccme convinced that conditions are
| intolerabe and they have demanded
something better.
Deputy Sheriff Levenseller says that
| he means business and that everyone
| high and low. will be used alike The
drug stores will receive the same
treatment as the dives, and they have
to refrain from selling in the fut re-
The lid will go on Saturday night and
everyone is hoping for a change.
change fer the letter and on that
will be lasting.