Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-17
BATH COUNTY OFFICIALS
DENY BOOTLECC|NC
Charges Laid Before State Officers
Said to BE Without Founda-
ton I'm Fact.
GOES INTO WEST VIRGINIA
Citizens From That state Come In
Automobiles to Hot Springs and
Other Stations In Virginia to Get
Packages From Express Offices.

''ath County has three licensed
Faces Tor the sale L. liquor, and.
therefore. no need of bootlcccers.
says communication received here
Eest"r'la" from Hot Springs confirm
''''' TIE denial mace by Common
"eai'h attorney BYRD of published
reports based uron the complaint of
citi%ens oil that count: against the al
legged Illegal sale Of liquor i'm tho Hot
springs neiEhborhood Hot Springs has
one OF the licensed bars.
according TO the complaint. the
lileSal liquor traffic is carried on over
me border. West VIII ginia automobiles,
was reported, are seen every day
running through tho mountains on tho
NrSihia side carrying liquor. but no
virginia license tag. The original
complaint stated that In the country
around Hot Springs $4,000 was spent
t"r liquor on the Fourth OF July
CITIZENS PROTEST. AGAINST
BAD NAME GIVEN COUNTY
The communication beaMn. upon the
situation received here yesterday is
signed by J. I. McAIister. Il lawyer:
w: r. Challender and w Howard Nc
ohntlc justices of the peace at Hot
springs: j. w Harper. cashier OF the
Gath County National Bank, and l. f.
i-owman. the Hot Springs postmaster.
IheE explain that mo whisky can
DC brought in West Virginia. ana II is
impossible for bootleggers To use the
railroad station In that State to secure
supplies"
The communication continues: our
vigorous Common wealth's attorney is
the chief force for temperance i'm this
section The guests at Hot Springs
nave no need to buy from bootleggcrs
and spcakcases. as the hotels have
mi tt,,r,
further relates. explaining the move
mcnt OF liquor between Virginia and
west Virginia in automobiles:
WEST VIRGINIANS COME OVER
LINE FOR EXPRESS PACKAGES
This article grows out of state
OF affairs for which Bath County is in
no wise responsible West Virginia
Is dry State. and has been so since
July !. 1914. No liquor can be bought
in that State legally. None can be
shipped into IL except under most rigid
conditions.
The result is that West Virginia
people. finding Hot Springs, which is
only eighteen miles from the State
line. convenient point to which they
can have liquor shipped. have II shipped
to them here and come here In auto
mobiles. get 1t from the express Office
and haul it back into West Virginia
There are, AS stated above three Ii
censed places here. People who wish
To buy IN such quantities as can be
legally sold here come here and buy
from these dealers. Host frequently
these purchasers come in cars. and
doubtless carry jugs and TASKS or
whatever other receptaclcs as is allow
able. These they carry in their cars
over the state line into West Virginia.
What becomes OF 1t there is thing with
which the Bath County Off Gals or the
Virginia officials are not concerned
hsF hnN. hnn -. ~.
they operate speakeasies or not Is un-
known here. There Is nothing in this
which violates our Virginia law and
nothing. SO long as these men behave
I'm Virginia. which warrants our Nr-
Sina officers in interfering with them.
pie. al. .ct SO yre- qnigS oh nhY
ONLY THREE CONVICTIONS
IN PAST FIVE YEARS
80 far as illegal sales in Rath are
concerned. the most vigorous invcsti-
cations conducted by the Common
wealth's attorney, who AS above stated
is most ardent temperance advocate.
have disclosed there have in the last
five years been but three persons who
have made illegal sales One was "A
dIstiller in the extreme eastern part
Of the county He was indicted in sew
cral cases. heavily fined. and driven
out OF the county.
Another was man from Kentucky,
who made one or two small sales. He
Was indicted and hed from the state.
one was a negro woman, who was
convicted at the last term of court
eff there have been other viola tons
the authorities would gladly welcome
any proof or traces leading to proof.
They. as we'll as all of our people. are
opposed to any violation OF liquor or
other laws"
state officials have furnished Com
monwcalth's Attorney Byrd. OF Bath
County, the names and addresses OF
the original compliments in order that
he may make his own Investigations.