The Little River news., 1916-05-24

 IS ENFORCED
The Statewide Truly Prohibits tine Sale Of Whiskcy in Arkansas.
 But Few BOOtleggers.

Ii tie Rock, May 24-(Special.)- The StateWide Prohibition law is Dc- ing enforced It has been demon- stratcd that it truly prohibits, notwith- standing the doubts that had bee: eXpre sed by it's opponents.
 Liquor is still being dunk in tEc state. but it is shipped in ty freight and express in large quantities. The law does not appear to reach that par ticujar condition, but it is predicted that among the laws first 10 De intro- duced will De measures tc regulate tlie shipment and delivery of intoX:- cantS into the state.
 Little Rock and few other places are con nsidering the question of placing a tax upon liquor shipments, foiiow- ing the example set by Birmingham 1t is predicted that it would produce a very considerable revenue, that would in treasure offset the loss due to the withdrawal of the saloon licenses. Up to tae present time however, this has been only speculative, and no city has i undertaken to pass an ordinance. An outstanding feature of the Pro- hibition law, however, is the fact that it is being enforced. The Legislature has clearly declared that it is a felony to sell or give away liquor, and the Supreme Court has held that the law means just what it says. There have i been numerous convictions of LCot- logging iii Garland Craighead, Jeffer sOr, Greene Miller Pike and other counties. and the sentence is oEe year in each ease The court has 20 dis ! CT etion unless it is to assess lon ger term. The law makes one year the minimum. At JCnesbOrO nine men were sentenced to a year in the penl- tentiary at one time, and some prom inenl club men have EGen given the i liruit at Hcf Springs. There have ! been a number of indictments in Put aski and other counties. and it is eX- peeted that the business of bootleggins will be made so unpopular that fewer will engage in it.
 Record at Penitentiary.
 The records at the state penitentiary show that about seventy conFicts have l been received already, each with one-year sentence for the illegal sale of liquor. Nearly fifty of these have been received during the last thirty days Fully three-fourths of them are negroes.
 Circuit judges everywhere are in .tructing juries to see that the law is i rigidly enforced and it has become as dangerous to sell whiskey or beer surrCp cautiously, in violation Of the i statc law. as it has been for several years to violate the federal law by scllaS without government license,
 I"e Supreme Court fin's that ,Gt s..te- wide law repeals all previous laws providing for the punishment of liquor selling as misdemeanOr. It is also ruled that the former laws pro- viding fines for soliciting liquor or ders, &ds cruising liquors in certain counties and similar acts, are not re- peaied by the new law and the penalt ies prescribed by the old laws still obtain. In other words, all the pro nibitory laws are to be construed as cumulative, which the heaviest penal ties, that they may be made the most drastic possible.
 N" Talk ci Repeating Act.
 There is no more agitation Of the question of repeating the state wide act For some time, it seemed proba- ble that repeal masure would be init iated but that seems to have subsided. It was receiving little popular sup port.