The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1914-07-03
w. Virginia Law in Effect

effective Tuesday midnight. 1t
brings the total number of states in
the prohibition column up to nine.
With West Virginia added, the
list will be: Georgia, Kansas, Maine,
Mississippi, North Carolina, North
Dakota, Oklahoma, Tennessee,
West Virginia. These nine states
of total prohibition territory, plus
the local Lo-license area, make up
2,132,726 square miles in which
46,029, $50 persons or nearly fifty
per cent of the country's population
live. according to the latest figures
OF the prohibition leaders.
The $1,000 majority with which
the people of West Virginia accepted
the dry proposition was relatively
the largest ever given by any state
1t was approximately 2 to 1 for
state wide suppression of the LIQUOR
business. 1t was a surprise even to
the prohibition forces, who were in
debted largely to the determined
stand which many of the large en-
ployers took in favor of their cause.
The state has a population of 1921
119 by the census of 1910.
The mandate of the legislature,
embodied in the Yost bill, for the
enforcement of the new law. begin
ming July 1st, departs in MANY re-
spects from the methods hitherto
tried along this line. The chief
features center about the creation OF
commissioner of prohibition,
whose particular business it will be
to see that by next Tuesday mid
night some 1900 liquor selling places
in the state have disposed of their
stocks and that thereafter all persons
shall bs punished by law if they
keep liquor for sale
The new office of commissioner OF
prohibition automatically falls to
State Tax Commissioner Fred 0.
Blue, who has been spending sew
eral months in preparation forsstrict
enforcement of theinew law.
To save the state the time and ex-
pense of taking violations before
state courts, he has been urging
municipal ordinances governing the
violations, thus permitting the cases
to be brought before the local courts.
Commissioners Statement
In an effort to instruct the people
as to the provisions of the new law,
Commissioner Blue has also been
lecturing throughout the state.
In other states, says Mr.. Blue,
where prohibition has been adopt
ed, one of the forces that has had
to be contended with has been the
drug store. The Yost law will regu-
late this feature. Druggists may
sell alcohol only to persons not ad'
dicted to its use on prescription Of
a reputable physician, who has ex'
amined the person and in detail set
forth in the prescription the persons
for the use of alcohol. The govern
ing bodies of druggists have approx.
ed of this plan. For scientific or
mechanical purposes alcohol will be
sold only after affidavit as to its
intended uses, and uniform records
of all such sales will be kept, to be
inspected periodically by those in
charge of the enforcement of the
law. No druggist, however. can
sell in any form whiskey, brandy,
ale of any beverage of an intoxicat-
ing nature.
Drinking Clubs.
"The Yost law also undertakes to
do away with the drinking clubs,
which have been the sources of so
much trouble in other states," he
said. 1T provides that any person
directly or indirectly associated in
keeping such a club house or other
place where liquor is kept for gift
barter or sale, shall be punishable
upon conviction by a fine of from
500 to $500 and by imprisonment
from one to six months.