The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-10-08
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order. said Blair Boiling. the next Wit
ness. that his job as marshal had been
abolished a. useless. on his advice He
had never seen better behavior any
where.
DasorAerly Yoang People.
NJ A. Chambers. director Of the as
ISOLATION. found that drunkenness on
the grounds was sharply less by com
parison than in the city. He, win
many other witnesses. commented on
the use Of whips and rubber balls IN
former years as creating all the 0is-
order they had noticed. These were ID
the hands of girls and boys
Samuel H. Marshall. who saw last
years fair, said the order was better
than at a fair. he had seen in Wiscon-
sin, where no liquor was allowed 10 DC
sold. Also. one year he hao seen
LIQUOR sold at the Wisconsin fair. ana
the order was better than at the sans
place when the sale was prohibited.
I. O. Miller had found the order ex-
cellent on the grounds.
The spring track meet had fur-
nished more disorder on the GROUNDS
than at any fair. In the opinion O!
samuel Cohen. The keeper had picked
up 1.2 barrels Of bottles the next
morning. although no liquor was legal.
Iy solA or given away on the GROUNDS
ON that occasion For the good order.
he gave the credit to the people OK
VIRGINS. who" he said. ARE not n
bad an some people try to make "
believe" Mr.. Diggs fastened to In
dorse this sentiment As . rule. No
asked the question OF the witnesses
If the good order was due to the sale
Of liquor or to policing OF the grounos.
Leigh r. Page testified that barrooms
on the grounds had been placed out OF
the way Of the general run OF the
crowds. -Four had been scattered
about. Many churches had booths on
the property. Three years ago. he
said, DR.. Ashury Christian. who had
been in court earlier in the day. had
been given an oficer as attendant.
and orders had been issued to arrest
any person whom DR.. Christian found
violating the law. Mr.. Page said he
had heard nothing further from this
incident
This ended the evidence. Hill Car
ter, briefly opening the argument. re-
viewed the law points He said 1t had
been clearly shown that 500 people
live Within Q half-mile Of the grounds;
that the association kept them well
policed. and that good order had been
demonstrated II would be crime
against temperance. he concluded. TO
grant the intemperate request Of Mr..
Digs.
The Fair Grounds are not contiguous
to the city OF Richmond within the
law. argued Mr.. Diggs In reply. The
association, he said, should not b per-
United to sell liquor in four places on
one license, and then come into court
and claim that In computing the neces-
sary population, the radius should Be
from all around the Fair Grounds. The
measurement. he contended, should b
from the exact point OF sale
HsA ReauDeA LSeenses
On one occasion. said n. Digs. the
Supreme Court had refused . liquor
license because It was at place
where or -wds gathered. In Charles City
County. Judge Henley had refused
license at Roxbury because women and
children came there 70 take tra1ns
Since the death Of Judge VIII Judge
Wells has refused license at Eighth and
Broad StsL. because people gather there
to see plays. Judge Clopton once re-
fused 1t 1T Seventh and Broad No
place, he concluded, - suitable where
women and children congregate-
Mr.. Carter. making the nnai srgs-
ment, said that the issue could not
be settled on the opinions Of people
who do not believe that any 10 . suit
able place, because they do not approve
Of the Law ~ IL stands. a tsmpsrance
lecture. he said. 10 out Of place In
court Of justice He called ATTENTION
to the Law, which provides that the
county, and not the community, must
be contiguous to the city.
Judge Scott then rendered an oral
opinion, directing the clerk 20 issue
the license on payment 81 the Tee
Incidentally, while delivering his
opinion. Judge Scott said there were
more policemen on the Fair GROUNDS
than he hsd seen In scnce place. and
that when ne visits the scene he won
dcrs how the city Of Richmcnd 10 set
ting along without her entire police
force
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