The Caucasian., 1913-11-18
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kor CiolatoOn OF LaH at State S'sis.

days ogo that information naA been
filed Icy District Attorney Mabrg
against qa M. Ward on the complaint
of commissioner tullilose for booa-
Logging at the State Eair. The eau
casian was requested 90 not give
publicity to this fact until ahe &c
cused had been arrested.
On the Journal's issue of Monday
is the statement:
up to noon Monday deputies from
the office of Sheriff j. y. F'lournoy
had been unable to locate Ward, it
was stated, and Is consequence ,no
arrests had been made. st was an
nounced that Ward Was not Che
holder of the original concession for
the near beer stand, but that tae sub
leased it from another party.
Quoting from the Journal:
For the past two years the near
beer privilege at the State Fair mas
not been abused, but this year the
real stuff was 'rung in and the data
secured by the police was turned
over to the district attorneg,' said
commissioner 8. G. fullilove OF the
Department of Public Safety, when
asked about the truth of rumors
concerning the tiling % tie charges
against Ward.
s'Ihe iNformetions were alec and
warrants were ossueG and surned
oses 60 the sheriff several days ago,
sale district Attorney Mabrg. he
addeG that ~ understood the sher-
, ifs forces Mad been unable Go aocate
Ward ap to the present time.
sheriff Flournoy, when esXsd
about the ease, stated that wheN che
warrants Nere turned over to him
by the district attorney both OF
whom thought the man wanted was
Dave Ward, 9 brother Of ID N. or
Bud Ward, ana on that suppositlon
Deputy Sheriff Elournos, O son of
the sheriff, was sent to make the ar.
rest. He serSed the warrant on Dave
Ward and it was then discovered
that the brother was the one named
in the information. Bud Ware has
not been located"
This is singular. II the informa-
ton is against d. N. Ward, the fact
should be in evidence on the face OF
the warrant, and ~ it is, how could
I'D. M" be construed for eOase' or
'Bud"e
+! Who has been remiss in this case?
It is a fact which can not be dis
puted thst the real beer and not The
near beer was freely dispensed FOR
near beer from the bar in the re-
lfreshment department, which, 40 has
been stated authoritatively, was
leased by J. F. Cunningham O9 Che
brewery to b. N. Ward. The lease
held by Cunningham wac obtaineo
from the Fair Association last eeaT
and is limited specifically, and under
that lease no real beer or intoxicants
were sold at the State Fair in 1912
It is true there were visible during
the Fair individuals who apparently
had indulged too freely of intoxi-
cants, but there was no charge OF
violation of the law against the dis
pensers of refreshments, who SEEM
ingly did conform strictly to the law
| We may reliterate this was at tn
State Fair of 1912.
| During the progress OF the ly1'
Fair there were many individuals
4 about the grounds who were more
| or less influenced, but it would b'
| impossible to deter such men wht
could indulge freely from their bot
/ fle or flask, obtained from som'
bootlegger in Shreveport or at tn
Fair or elsewhere, or who coul'
have brought the intoxicants wit!
| them.
i It is no more possible to prohibi
| some men from indulging beyond ex
cess than to check the petty THE
from stealing.
/ The whole question abbreviated
simple. If D. M. Ward has violate'
the law he should be held to ac
count.
The Fair Association can not b
, held responsible for such disregar
of the law, and it were therefor
senseless for any one, as has bee
infimated. to suggest or to attemI
a suppression of the facts. The fal
: Association can not be made tn
I shield for any violation of the Law
To maintain its record of honorab
achievements the Fair Associate
must uphold the law.
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