Semi-weekly herald., 1913-05-12
DETAILS OF APPLE JACK
DAY AT HARRINGTON

There was excitement a-plenty in this
town last Saturday afternoon when
two barrels of apple jack were sold
at public auction under an execution
out of the justice court by Constable
E. X. Hill. The execution was is
sued to satisfy judgment against
on of Farmington's citizens.
Some protest was made against the
sale of such goods, it being argued
that such sale conflicted with the town
ordinance prohibiting the sale of in
toxicants. Marshal McJunkin inform
ed the constable that he would be ar
rested if the brandy was sold. As
the constable was acting under the
orders Of the justice court, he could
do nothing but follow out his instruc-
tion.
Immediately upon the sale of the
first package of liquor the marshal
placed the constable under arrest. He
asked permission to sell the remain
ing package, which request was grant
ed. He was then brought before the
justice court, where Judge Davis held
that he had no jurisdiction in the case,
and promptly dismissed it. However,
Mr.. Davis will submit to the district
court transcript of the case, which
will put the matter where it will be
decided upon.
All during the sale and the trial a
large crowd was present, not among
the least conspicuous being the men,
bers of the Woman's Christian Tenn
perance union, who took an active in
terest in the proceedings. They were
greatly disappointed to learn that they
could hope for nothing at the hands
of the justice court, but quickly de-
cided upon somewhat strenuous
though effective scheme to put
through their plan of stopping the
traffic.
They swooped down in body upon
the barrels with the intention of emp
tying the contents out upon the
ground. The constable, still being in
charge of one of the barrels, made
very heroic efforts to save the con-
tents of the package, but the women
were determined and would not be so
easily frustrated in their designs, so
they pitched into the constable in
much the same way they do into a
washtub, and soon had the suds fly
ing, and managed to take possession
of the liquor by the sheer force of
arms. During the short scuffle one
of the crusaders of the white ribbon
had thumb badly dislocated, that
apparently being the only hold the
embattled constable seemed able to
secure; and the defender of John Bar
leycorn himself received cut on the
hand from hatchet welded by one
of the erstwhile Carrie Nations.
As soon as the women routed the
enemy who so valiently strived to
guard the barrel, they poured the con-
tents out upon the ground. While the
disgraceful end, the ladies sang tenn
perance songs, to sort of make the
funeral service more impressive.
After they had finished their task
they gave their names to the con-
stable, and then stood around waiting
to be arrested, but as no action was
taken that afternoon, they spent q
portion of their time investigating
the drug stores, but found therein
nothing to further incite further de-
structive tendencies.
They have raised the purchase price
of the liquor and have reimbursed the
buyer in financial way, their pleas
ure costing them about $50.
England may have her militant suf-
fragettes, but Pennington most GER
tainly has a goodly number of mill
tant prohibitionists.