Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1915-02-03
LID ON At MEMPHIS
GOOD AND TIGHT
IS CLAIMED
At Least That Is the Order Of Mayor
Crump, Sheriff Shelby County and
City Commissioners
and Foe Treated Alike.

andFo Treated Alike
AS a result of the passage of the
Custer bill IN the legislature last week
lit is claimed that Memphis will bt
made veritabIe Sahara SO far as the
sale of lntoxicants goes. 1t is claimec
that there will be no discrimination
and that friend aud foe will be treat
ed alike The ukase of the powers
that be in Memphis applies equally tc
gambling as we'll as selling intoxi.
|cants.
This Custer law is in substance just
what Governor Ben W. Hooper tried
so hard to have passed at the two SEES
sions of the legislature that he presided
over as governor. but the regular
democrats would not permit such bill
to pass. The following from the Nash
vile Tenessean gives the situation
without mincing words:
Commissioner Utley has demanded
that every federal license now held by
liquor dealers in Memphis be immedi-
ately surrendered to the chief of police.
When one representative of the police
department is making an inspection Of
the federal license lists on file at the
customhouse here. another will make
similar inspection in the internal
revenue Office in NashyilA. IL oder
that complete check may be had OH
those holding such licenses.
Policemen on day duty were in
structed by Chief Hayes to remain on
duty until 10 o'clock Saturday night.
in order to see that instructions from
the department as to a ''dry" Mem
phis are carried out. The order in
cluded patrolmen and all mounted
officers.
Mayor Edward H. Crump and Sher-
if J. r. Rlechman. in their orders is
sued on Saturday after the conference,
made it plain that violations of the law
would be prosecuted to the fullest ex-
tent. and the instructions to clamp
down the cid" were most rigid.
1.-The conference. held in the office of
Mayor Crump, followed passage of
the Elkins custer bill by the legisla-
ture, which became a law Friday night
on the signature of Governor Rye. No
favoritism of any character is to be
displayed, the officials declared, and
the prohibition law will be enforced to
the very letter. instructions have
been issued to the police through the
chief, that each patrolman and detec-
tive will be expected to see that no !
places for the sale of liquor are allowed
to be open. Sheriff hickman says he |
will redouble his efforts in the country
and will also give special in
structions to his deputies.
"Ir was stated Saturday that there
would be no discrimination whatever
and that, although it was a well-known
fact that many places had been in
steady operation since March l, there
would be none hereafter. The rule
applies to friend and foe alike was
declared, and under the orders Of the
city and county officials. the lid ques-
lion is going to be absolutely square
jeal.
There were present at the confer
,nce Saturday morning Mayor Crump,
Sheriff Reichman, Commissioners
Jtley, Douglass, Love and Dies, Chief
# Police Hayes and City Attorney
3ryan. The meeting was brief, and
he unanimous opinion was that the
ulster law made il imperative that the :
laws must be enforced to
he very letter."
During our stay IN Nashville last
week, the editor of the Chronicle found
UGH conditions as he never saw be-
ore. During four days we were there
1e did not see single person who {
eemed to be under the influence of in q
oxicants. We do not think that the
own was so Sahara like that not q d
rop of beer. or other intoxicants could