The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-03-30
State Commissioners of PFollibi-
ton Makes An Address in
a Local Theater
BEFORE A BID AUDIENCE.
Explains Yost Law and Gives
Departments interpretations
As Well As Intentions.

a very large audience IN the Robinson
Grand theater at 3 o'clock Sunday az
tGrnoon. He explained the state pro-
hibition laws and toldhis auditors I'M
terpretations of the same. by his de-
partment and how he expected to en-
force those laws. The address Was
presented in an interesting way. Mr..
Blue spoke as follows;
The present generation is witness
ing remarkable change respecting
intoxicating liquors. In many voca-
tions today, not only are men temper
ate in the use of strong liquors, hut
abstemious in contrast to the men of
the same vocations otpreceding gem
erations. To illustrate, take my pro-
fession, that OF law. The temperate
man formerly was the exception
rather than the rule. II is otherwise
now. A travelling salesman, IN my
boyhood days, as a general PROPOSE
ton, was a hale fellow well met, with
q stock of questionable stories and
something strong to drink. It lis
otherwise now These men, today, as
types, represent high degree of In
telligence and a force for moral up
lift, and to the religious Organization
of the latter we must give credit Tor
the presence of the Holy Bible In the
leading hotels of the state. And SO
W 4ulE1l pO4nk " AGAly CNS&1
ton to illustrate this marked change
in sentiment. Formerly the employer
was more or less Indifferent to the
habits of his employees, so far as So
briefly goes-now 1t is different. The
great transportation companies have
strict rules, not only forbidding their
employees to drink, but forbiddfng
them to frequent places where liquors
are sold. The remarkable change re-
ferred to has been brought about by
education and experience The peo-
pie of this state for a number or years
desired to express Themselves whether
the states organic law should be so
amended that the manufacture, sale
and keeping for sale oil Intoxicating
liquors in the state should cease.
After years of delay, the legislature
submitted the question, and speaking
from their education, a1dGfrCEn, their
experience, the people BY over $4,000
majority said that the sale OF liquQfB
in West Virginia should cease. Pur-
suant to such mandate the Legislatures
at the session Of 1913 ensctedFC Chapter
IS. of the Acts of that session, known
as the Yost bill. This enactment -
the prohibition law of the state, and
OF this law / shall speak this after
noon. Your patience shall not be
upon to go into all the de-
tails of the law, and Therefore l shall
only attempt to speak Of some OF its
main features. The first section OF
the law
Defines Liquors
to embrace all malt, vinous or sptr--
ituous liquors, wine, porter, ale, beer
or any other Intoxicating drink, mix
ture or preparation of like naeures
and all malt and brewed drinI1ss
Intoxicating or not, shall be
deemed liquors within the meaning
of this act; and all liquids, mixtures
or preparations, whether patented or
not, which shall produce ntoxfcations
and all beverages, containing so much
as one-haf of one per cent OF alcohol
by volume, shall be deemed spirltnous
liquors, and all shall be embraced in
the word liquors as hereinafter used
In this act"
The manufacture, sale, or keeping
for sale or offering or exposing for
sale of liquors is prohibited in the
state, except pure grain alcohol for
pharmaceutical, mechanical
and scientific purposes and wine for
purposes. The act for
bids and prohibits any liquors for
beverages and no sale, keeping nor
storing for sale of liquors can law
fully be done
In other states, where prohibition
have been adopted, one
Of the sources of evil has been the
Drug Store
The Yost law undertakes to do
away, and it is believed effectively
with this source of evil The great
of those engaged IN the drug
business is law-abiding, and the LEI
climate drug store, honesty and le-
gally conducted, is not the cause Of ;
but this Legitimate business
has been degraded by men who. under
The guise OF conducting such bust
ness, have been violators Of the law
elusive, hard to detect and dimcult
10 convict Manufacturers and whole
,alers of pure grain alcohol may sell
the same to druggists only and drug
yists may sell pure grain alcohol TO
! person Of temperate habits not adj
dicted to the use of narcotic drugs
mon the written prescription of
reputable physician, who has exam
med the patient and In detail sets
,orth in the prescription the reasons
,or prescribing such alcohol and it,
1se for external purposes, The form
IL prescription TO be used BY the ply
stefan and druggist has been pre-
,crfbed by the Commissioner Of Pro-
libition and approved by the West
state Boards of Health ana
pharmacy, and the State Medical and
0harmaceuticaI Associations Alcohol
nay also be sold by retail druggists
or mechanical, pharmaceutical and
,cfentiflc purposes, land no otherl !
lpon written afndayit OF . person
wenty-one years Of age or over, VINO
q OF temperate habits and not ad- :
iicted TO the use Of narcotic druea
ulch adadavit stating the purposes. for
which the alcohol is to be used, and
~ Naat4 Mol
,rescrtption or afidavit must be
NO veroHH has aiso heau pfeSc ed