The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-03
THIS CLUB UNIQUE.
Rules of Drinking Organization in
CI1icopee.

/
VIII Montgomery, assistant attorney
general in charge of the law enforce
ment crusade in Crawford county, came
up to Topeka today to report to Attor-
ney General Dawson on progress made
/ IN this persistently wet portion of the
state. Mr.. Montgomery is Of the opin-
| ion that the militia is not needed in
! Crawford county. Conditions there are
not perfect by any means, he says, out
| they have improved over anything IN
recent years. Cherokee county is worse
than Crawford, according to the assist
ant attorney general
| Mr.. Montgomery has 115 cases pend
| ing in the courts against viola tors OF
convictions in a majority of the cases
The italian element is much exercised
over the situation and threatens the
| lives of the officials every day in the
week. Montgomery and fear are strang-
| ers, and the special prosecutor goes
about his duties as cheerfully and en-
ergetically as though the Black Hand
was a myth.
Mr.. Montgomery brought to Topeka
with him copy of the rules and reg
ulations found in an italian club room
| in ChicOpee that had been ralded by
Sheriff E. J. Brazil, of Crawford coun-
| ty. They were in both Italian and
English. 1t is about the most unique
by the keeper of any club in the world
and reads as follows:
Equality Economical club. Chico
| pee, Kansas, bylaws:
1.-THE 18th day of July. 1909, in
| Chicopee, Kansas, club was founded
to be known as the Equality Econom-
ical club.
"OBJECT AND NATURE.
article 1. The object of this CLUB
/ is to drink beer at the lowest price
possible, between its members.
| 'sArticle II. Said club shall be man
aged by one president, one vice presi-
dent one secretary, one vice secretary,
two verif1ers of the reckonings' two
| article III. Everyone who wishes
| to belong to the club shall pay an
| initiation fee of so cents and shall buy
| the key.
article ". No boy under 6 years
/ of age shall be admitted unless accom-
panied by his parents or relatives. No
member shall introduce a friend or
anyone resident in the field, but he
will be entitled to introduce some ac-
acquaintance resident out OF the field
limits.
s'Article V. The beer shall be sold
| inside of the club and it shall not be
taken out in pots. However, it will be
permitted to take out bottles of beer
| in the dark hours.
Article VI. The beer shall be sold
by checks. Twelve checks shall cost
Is cents and one check shall be good
for ounce glass of beer and two
checks for one 6 ounce glass. The
small bottles shall cost checks each
and the big onces checks each.
"Article VII. Whisky shall be 2
checks a small glass, Fernet 8 checks,
and cigars and pops 2 checks each.
"Article VIII. All gambling and
noisy games are positively forbidden.
Any member who, with ugly words or
outrages, shall hurt the bartender or
other member, shall be driven away
from the club; and the next day he
shall be judge and if found guilty, be
erased from the rolls without the
benefit of the restitution of the so
cents paid.
DUTIES OF BARTENDER.
"Article TX. The bartender shall
be obliged to wash the local and
pumps twice week; he shall take the
beer proper and respect all members;
he shall serve the glasses full. with no
shall not be obliged to serve beer out
of the hall. but all members shall go
inside to be served.
"Article x. The bowl players shall
be obliged to take the bowls inside
when they cease to play. So shall the
| card players.
article XII All expenses shall be
charged to the club.
"Article XII. The bartender shall be
obliged to keep his accounts posted
and exhibit them to the verifiers of the
required He shall do nothing with
out the consent of the administration.
"Article XIII. The bartender shall
consign to the club SIS for every half
keg of beer sold: 81 for every case of
small bottles: IS for every case of big
bottles, and 81 for every case of pop.
THE COMMITTEE.