The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1915-12-03
PROHIBITION
PROHIBIT?
1t Does Net, Never Has,
and Meter Wll--Tax-
payers Bear Double
Burden

(By Zone Who Encws.",
Does Prohibison Prohibits? That :
shs question in Wess Virginia today. On
shs hrss Of July. 1914. Wet virrinis
dropped into the column Of prohibition
stasss- The seass vas vet before then.
The State hss been vet. In . diirrsns
form sancs then and The State y not 70
ing 10 DO dry - long - The spitise Of
man calls for sn0ssning 10 drink. fhis
be- oesn veil essesd h other ssasss end
he ssme:thins hsppeusd there thascars
happening here. Thas b 70 ssy they
ssopped the manufscsass and saIs Of
LIQUOR under:psnslsy al ansonndshmpris-
onment. at the o6sndsr, they cut on he
revenue a The lisisinso ssIs Of alcohol.
they raised the saxes Of tie land owner.
70 csrrv On The expspss At he sovsrn-
msnt. thsy sot tie o6spdss. pot them
IN jail ~ the sxpsoss % The tn payers,
and tn druuks and The illicis selIsrs sei,I
vent on; that b what be- happened in
Yves Virginia dnce The ssass sdope,d
ProhioSsson and thas = what Vim 70 On
= long - men have . thizss ior liquor.
Ies roe 70 show::fhsa he sssss en- n.
lsWs 70 rsgulsss The sseieas Of man 70
word man, The sPeed d trains or Of en-
TO-. The Law Of p&ts wehs - vslls, Of
The probate Of wills and TIE regulssioa OF
Iesss bold. bot no man, sAo b. ever
Grscsd the lsaislasive halls. hss TN VIZ.
enough 20 pess . law 20 rsxulaes Ia spe-
nss OF man. and - long - nan he that
spetite be = going 10 have d saHiussd.
prohibition OF no prohsbition- M ous,-
ton comes. what CA - doss 70 make
prohibition slSiYl Ths ans-ss i,
train . comma - Aas thsy viii MOT
have the shise I'D have . coumu.
nifty where ons wosfd NOS pay Q Ierisi.
mate license 10 run . saloon, and . con
munits where bootleersr would refrain
from invading IL srrisory. Il y claim
ed that this csnnOs % done. Ths vri>.r
elaine thst thia - = J. % met d.
essisr and witE nor. "A g. than is can
b forced ths esr ~sy. You can train
N American ~ a',rc.. anytime or
condition. bus whsns ssr ne sris, % taks
from N Amsriesa the s,xot that bslons,
10 him, - IN American. b has undsr.
taken . Hureeiean Tux. Undsr tn
present Law honGna - who bav, A.
tempted 10 conVlR - the lsv hsv,
been pus in jaiA = - and had tl.sir
moD~y taken fpf ~ because tbey hsd
complied With 49,. Yhs writer know,
Of honsss hard $3.50 men who hsd
the sptiss Tor iapus Go went 70 Km-
lucky. OF Pocaksn&ka Va. and cam
hack With t.ei- pseksap properly lsbe,-
Cd according 70 - hw and Who had IN
every rsspeos eonpIsst with The Law.
were taken Oh DO tsin and Dot /.
jail to serve 49, sixsy days and
-sy 6ns Of - - sheriff ess. 81
cent? pr day. q ~ ~ month for he
bnard OF such pxiss6v, which comes ous
OF the tazpsyers pnessl The prosscus-
inG attorney es<s $40 fse each conviction.
20 you can susss whsrs thss comes from.
Say thss there hsye bssa - many - 500
innocent wadiaG lrsons convicted
dnce the prohtieon spsndment went
into elect (an< se tkina that = putting
Is vsry mild. Asss ksss been sai-u cot
Of he pockss o. - suapaysr, SIS oo
Sos board for thsss iansosns nsn and
and 5000 in - Tor DIR psr,.cssoo
In thsss 6gg1s ~ d noe s.ks into
c,nsidsrssioa d1anAs lisioo o6Bo<n Who
ss psid sayvA ~ go N $50 pr
month MI { olA shs burden upo.
he saxpsysn. xossd sh.s Grim.
be- bsn rssnesk : Tie prohibis;op
snsndnsoS ossiS - The ssks q ~.
eumsns shss n b -. I'D ~ have our
doubs shout ~ bs4 ~ ssy shss mar.
DR. hss ben rs1ns.1 - crius o. rob
bins nss q - - their liberty
and thsir propeRV vishsus dus prooss
Il isw - - tssssassu tn fold bv
'hs prohibisiou encsn. and thas TOO a
shs sxpssss u - sanpsysss.
Seq .s~ vaR1a = cold plain i.e..
sr; LsQees hight and sold In
wsss virsiniss { 49, = LOSING sbs
rsvenus end ~ ~ snd msipesinI..
The drunks - dstlo1oupos price b ~.
sszpsys"- wA~ 5LUE men and
he BEE nm slu1Ds18 sll over The sssss.
md twenty 1870 - sesss milisis
in he sorshssa 90 s.ss. The bsy.
'os ana ss''ine 80 rhss he quss-
, t., oos-' DtnstzoarBIrroN Pro
0srru ~ $1,000