The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1914-06-26
ONLY TWO NAYS
TO GET LIQUOR
AFTERTUESDAY
Hon. Fred o. Blue
Commissioners ofPro
hibition Explains
Yost Law
(Bluefeld Daily Telegraph. }

The enforcement of the prohibition law
was the object of a great mass meeting
held at Bland Street Methodist church
on last Sunday afternoon. which was al
dressed by Fred o. Blue, commissioner
of prohibition.
The address was one of q series the
prohibition commissioner has been de-
livering in Q tour of the state.
The audience was composed of repre-
sentative citizens, . good many of the
men interested in the liquor business be-
ing among the crowd. s. p. Crummett,
OF The anti saloon league, made the first
address, and started fund by popular
subscription for law enforcement I'm Blue
field.
Following his address Commissioner
Blue was introduced. Mr. Blue express
ed confidence in the officials snd declar-
ed they would have the cordial support
OF bis Office which would, he declared.
exert all its powers to the end that the
fost act would be rendered effective.
Mr. Blue said in part:
The present generation is witnessing a
remarkable change respecting intoxicat-
ing liquors In many vocations today.
not only are men temperate in the use of
strong liquors, but abstemious in contrast
to the men OF the same yocations of pre-
ceding generations. To illustrate. take
my profession, that OF the law. The tenn
perate man formerly was the exception
rather than the rule. Itis otherwise now.
A travelling salesman, in my boyhood
days. ~ q general proposition. was hale
fellow well met, With . stock of question
able stories and something strong to
drink IL 10 otherwise now These men.
today, a. types, represent q high degree
OF intelligence and = force for moral up
lift, and to the religious organisation Of
the latter we must give credit for the
presence Of the Holy Bible in the leading
hotels OF the. state And % we might
point To nearly every vocation to illus
trate this marked change in sentiment,
After years Of delay the legisi ature sub
,mitted the question, and speaking from
their education, and from their expert
ence, the people, by over ninety thousand
majority, said that the sale of liquors in
West Virginia should cease Pursuant TO
such mandate the Legislature at the ses-
sion of 1918 enacted chapter I3 Of the acts
OF that session, known a. Yost bill. This
enactment Is the prohibition law of the
state, and of this law 1 shall speak this
afternoon. Your patience shall not be
imposed upon to go into all the details OF
the law, and therefore / shall only at
tempt to speak of some of its main fea-
tures. The first section OF the Law defines
liquors to embrace all malt, vinous or
spirituous liquors, wine, porter, ale. beer
or any other intoxicating drink, mixture
or preparation Of like nature; and all
malt and brewed drinks, whether intox
icating or not, shall be deemed Iiquors
within the meaning Of this act; and all
liquors, mixtures, or preparations, wheth-
er patented OF not, which shall produce
intoxicstion, and all beverages contain
ing % much a. one-half Of one per cent
OF alcohol by volume, shall be deemed
spirituous liquors, and all shall be en-
braced in the word ''liquors'' a. herein
after used in this act.
In otlIer states, where prohibition a.
mendments have been adopted one Of the
sources OF evil has been the drug store.
The lost law undertakes 10 do away. and
1t is believed effectively, with this source
OF evil. The great majority Of those en-
gagged in the drug business IS law abiding.
and the legitimate drug store, honestly
and legally conducted, u not the cause Of
trouble, but this legitimate bn-ine~- ha-
been degraded by men who, under the
guise Of conducting such business. have
been violators Of the law, elusive. hard
TO detect, and difficult To convict. Man
ufscturers and wholesalers % pure grain
alcohol may sell the same % drnzsi-t-
otslyf and druggists may sell pure zrsin
alcohol - person 81 temperate habit.
not addicted 10 the uss Of narcotic drugs.
upon the written prescription Of repu-
table physician, who has examined the
pstieDt and in detail sta forth in the
prescription the reason for prescribing
such slcotol and 10 use for external pur-
poees- The form of description b 10
u-ed BY the physician and druggist has
been prescribed BY the commissioner Of
prohibition, and approved BY the Wet
Virginia state boards Of health and phar-
macy, and the state meiicsi and phsr-
macesticsl s-sociations.
Anyone may msnufscture for his own
domestic consumption wine or cider.
Pies~e note that THE is for his own do
nestle consumption. One may also man
ufsctare vinegar or non-insoxiesfins e.
der Tor Ne or Tor sale from fruit Rrovn
sxclWvsay within this -. You VII