The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-05-23
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Suit Gases TO Circus
In a MARYLAND Gify


the Cumberland papers reported II as
| the besr business day IN their history.
Was il Memorial day, or the Fourcn o.
July orscamp meeting or any paIao1ac
Tor fraternaI or religious occasion
Nay. nay, Pauline: II was beer, booze.
| and bring home day. The new prohi-
bttion laws compel everyone wanting
a drink of, liquor, bottle Of beer or
teyen some alcohol or whisky for me-
dicinaI purposes to go clear out OF
the state and get il and bring 1t nome
In person and publish 10 all the world
what they have and how much. so that
ne who runs can read It for himself;
This is the era OF the suit case ana
Publicity Is the slogan
Prohibition Quarantine.
In all that large crowd Of people
IN Cumberland out at show grounds
iand in all he saloons and bars, we
did not see drunken man or single
arerst by the police. The only drunk
en- men on the whole trip were from
this section, coming back on the
train thar night and after we got back
to EIktns. These poor fellows had
been in prohibition quarantine so tonS
and only getting a chance once N a
while Ike the camel crossing the des-
ert, they were trying to carry enough
to last ITEM SOME Lille. &A@S0L <19
hour before train time we made the
rounds of the saloons. hotel bars and
wholesale cuuees, to see the e1cur-
-sionists packing their suit cases for
their reutrn to the West Virginia des-
ert. Every place was a scene OF bust
ling activity and the proprietors We're
having the busiest day Of their career.
Every suit case was packed to burst
ing and properly labeled with card
reading: This conIainer contains
quarts OF sp:rttuous liquors for per
sonal use" The liquor dealers were
putting these tags on themselves with
out waiting to be asked, to keep their
customers from getting into trouble
A conservative estimate placed the
sale OF liquor at 1000 quarts and
from the labeled containers. being
carried by un1abeled but self evident
containers who were seen rushing for
trains Saturday evening it looked as
If enough Of the product for which
Cumberland is famous were taken IN
TO West Virginia by the boys who
came TO the circus to keep the state
floating until the circus comes again
The Trip Home.
Coming home Saturday night was
a long ride back to E1kins and It was
about 2:30 when the conductor and
brakeman were shouting: .A1l out for
Elkinsf- and having to wake up and
shake and almost drag out some OF
the .all in" bunch It was the best
behaved crowd We ever saw, consid-
ering the amount OF booze on hand.
We saw no drinking on the train and
no fighting or quarre1ing to amount
to anything The crowd had gotten
out early and had strenuous day
1t had been warm and they were Well
soaked and very tired and all dropped
into a seat and were dead to the
world. Only few had enough en-
ergy and fighting whisky enough to
start any trouble They drank mostly
beer while in Cumberland and brought
mostly liquor home with them 1t
was too far to carry beer and they
much good, except a few italians who
mad small trunks with them for tney
must have their beer Coming back
was a tedious trip as it took much
LONGER to unload, when every fellow
had from one to four suit cases. that
he had to handle very carefully and
some of them trunks 1t was g. truly
wonderful sight for the west Virgin
ia Dry disciples to see here over
hundred miles in the interior. when
the excursion train pulled into FL
kinS. and three-fourGhS OF the croEo
scattered of in every direction carry
ing heavy suit cases, some in each
hand and many on their shoulder. We
only wished We could have had
snapshot of it to send to Fred Blue.
Didn't Want to See Circus
Many of the crowd never got to the;
circus at all. They could not afford
to waste time at the show on such
a hot day and with their tickets only
good for return to the Great Desert
that day. It was like Christmas and
Fourth of July that only comes once
d wear and never lasts half long
enough. OF course the snake season
IS on hand now and no man knows
the day or hour that he may get snake
bitten and with the old time rem
edy hundred miles away. PRAYER and
no41ok