The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-12-07

Mr. o. Jay Fleming, First National
Bank, Grafton.
We need less police, have fewer
accidents in the mills, have fewer
drunken men, no saloon haunting it
self in the face OF the public. tenipta-
tion to drink is largely removed
Mr.. b. NJ. Spur, president First Ma
tional Bank. Moundsville.
Prohibition Codsend.
AS a physician. as well as president
Of the pleasance County Bank, | will
say that industrial and economic con-
ditions have improved since the saloon
was banished. Prohibition Is a Cod
send to West Virginia. DIR. A. s.
Grimm, president Pieasance County
Bank.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. We are just across
from a wet town in Maryland. tnere
Is noticeable difference for good
since Statewide prohibition."-- NJ.
A. Patrick, president of the First Ma
tioral Bank, Piedmont
The merchants are doing just as
much business and the people are
materially benefited by prohibition.
Mr.. Il. Il. Parrish. cashier OF the
National Bank of Commerce, William
son.
las a business proposition there
can be no doubt that the legalizatioa
OF the sale Of wfiskey had bad eff
feet wherever allowed. In West vir-
ginia the influence of liquor in politics
/ is thing of the past. and that alone
was sufficient TO warrant the States
going dry."-Mr, ID. Fl. Rarger, Bank
of Metoka.
Since the State adopted prohibi-
ton there has been a vast change.
Business has taken on new life. "-Mr
f.. j. Taylor. president Citizens Ma
tions1 Bank. Pennsboro.
Economically and indust Ally con-
ditions have improved since the State
went dry. The moral effect is wonder
full. Mr.. W. r.. Floyd. president:
Mr. W. r.. Kyger. cashier. Central
Banking Company, Huntington
1T is the general opinion that pro-
hibition has been beneficial to bust
ness. Many coal operators tell me
their men work more steadily and are
getting along much better since the
State went dry."--Mr. p. NJ. Snyder.
Bank Of Mount Hope.
The dry law has been helpful.
There is no fear that West Virginia
will go hack to the sale of intoxi-
can.s. MIR. Amos Bright. president
OF the Home National Bank. Sutton.
West Virginia Is a great deal be.-
ter off economically. industrially.
financially. Arrests have been greatly
reduced. Practically all buildings
formerly occupied by saloons in Char
lesion are now occupied by other in
dustries. MIR. C. ]. Pearson, st.
Adams.
prohibition has a telling effect,
especially among the people of mod
crate circumstances. Mr.. w. Fl.
Vineyard, president Poca Valley Bank,
Walton.
Business conditions are very much
improved Mr.. H. -. Rowe, First
National Bank, Anderson.
West Virginia would go dry NOW
il the State voted again by as large or
larger ma1ority."--Mr. w. r. Reitz.
cashier of the Farmers and Pro-
ducers' National Bank. sisterville.
Prohibition has certainly been a
Gods blessing to the miners. They
are moving faithfully full time instead
of half time. Industrial conditions
are wonderfully improved" Mr..
James T. McCreery, president Ma
tional Bank of Summers, Hinton.
There has been a marked im-
conditions, Mr.. jeremiah Thomas.
president The Bruceton Bank.
Deposits are increasing all the
time. Our money is in demand be-
cause business Is better. Mfr. j. S.
Wickline, president of the Bank of
Renick.
prohibition has been helpful to
business. Savings accounts from our
working population are steadily in
creasing. There has been a marked
decrease in crime. MIR. John L.
Ruhl. of the CIarksburg Trust Com
pany, Clarksburg.
1T is the opinion OF the officials az
this bank that the prohibition amend
ment has made business conditions
materially and substantially better"
MFR, A. G. Mathews president of the
Bank OF Grantsvil!e.
story of City's Regeneration.
Parkersburg would not be a good
spot for one to try to prove that pro-
hibition means vacant store buildings.
AS far as an investigation could as
certain. there is not single room in
the city formerly occupied by a saloon
which is not now given over to legi-
innate business. Many OF these rooms
have been remodeled and hold SPLEEN
did. going business concerns. At
the corner OF Market and Fifth
Streets. formerly occupied by the
Phoenix saloon. there Is an up-to-
date jewelry establishment. The form
er "Hcfbrau." between Sixth and
/ Seventh on Market Street. is now a
bakery The famous johnson Cor
ner' tJulianna and Third s,as been
repaired and ren1odeled and will be
occupied by a dry goods store. Gar
rity's former saloon ON lower Anne
Street is now restaurant. Theodore
Hiehle now conducts prosperous
restaurant where he had saloon. The
former ma jestic"-Markct and
Seventies now an auction room. The
"Rlennerhassett" Is now restaurant
the old Garden" Ia now feed store,
tsie former Commercial bar Is now
the location OF a news stand. the
/ Chancellor Hotel bar Is now an ice
cream parlor. the former bar OF the
Hotel Monroe il a restaurant. The
old "DuQuesne" saloon is news
stand Buttermilk is now sold instead
If beer at Buehler's. There is II
style Center where Goetz e. Eyth
formerly dispensed beeze And the
Parkereburg sbrewery. which formerly
turned out beer, is now making ice
cream.
What the Figures show In CIarksburg.
Bearing the authorization not only
of Rev. G. p. Smith. Methodist pas
tor but of II. J.. Brooks. the chief Of
police. the following figures were
furnished ts,e Temperance Society in
regard to arrests in C7arksburg:
Appnata Fns nthAr