The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-06-15
DAVIS GOES AFTER
CIDER MERCHANTS
Says Intoxicating Drink Is being
Freely Brought Into the
State and Sold.

State and Sold.
Raleigh, ~ c.. June 14.-Cbargins
that the town attorney Of Enfield has
advised the board of commissioners
revoking licenses Issued to merchants
permitting the sale of cider, Super.
intendent r. l.. Davis, of the North
Carolina Anti-Saloon League, yester-
day Issued statement in which he
charges certain Enfield merchants
with selling a beverage analysed by
State Food Chemist Allen and found
to he intoxicating. Mr.. Davis gays
further that the sale of this beverage
is general throughout North Carolina;
that he has several letters from re-
sponsible citizens setting forth its evil
work, and that the Anti Saloon League
stands ready to cooperate in any
movement looking toward relieving
the condition brought about by this
violation of the prohibition law of
the State.
His statement, In part. is as fol-
lows:
when I Investigated the cider sit
uation at Enfield two weeks ago and
took the matter up with citizens, the
chief of police. and the deputy sher-
if, / expected that they would pro-
coed at once to stop It's sale. Sam
Piles were furnished me and ! have
had them analysed by Mr.. W. M.
Allen, State food chemist. One of
these samples. according to Mr.. AL
lens analysis. had five and eight one
hundredths per cent alcohol. The
other sample, procured at the same
time. showed eight and f1fty-fve ONE
hundredths per cent and each was
pronounced by the chemist intoxicat-
ing. This, according to the decision
Of the Supreme Court of North Caro-
lima, IL classified as spirituous liquors
and under the act regulating the
shipment and receipt of liquors, 1915.
not more than one quart OF this cider
can be legally delivered by the public
carrier or received by a citizen of
this State. and not one drop of II can
he legally delivered by the public
carrier to any dealer.
II find on my desk to-day two let
ters complaining of the sale of cider
one from a lumber manufacturer near
Spring Hope says. I am having a lot
of trouble with my hands getting
drunk by drinking something sold out
near my mill. It ia a kind OF cider
you will see II II can be stopped or
tell me what to do Another from a
merchant OF Rowan County says: I
would like to know II the cider traf1o
can be stopped here throughout the
rural district where there is no po-
lice prntection-It has become to be
great curse and drawback to the
county We have one man that re-
ceives from one to three barrels every
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gallon kegs every two or three months
other letters Of this kind. indicate that
this cider In being shipped into many
parts OF the State and sold by deal
ers. and the surprise Is that the off,
GERS even do not appreciate the fact
that II Is sold in violation OF the law.
The law of oarsState. ratified oath
day of February, ls1l. known as the
Anti Beer Act. reads as follows:
Section l. That 1t shall be unlaw-
ful for any person or persons, Arm or
corporation to sell or dispose OF for
gain. near-oeer. beerine or other sptr-
ituous, vtnous or malt liquors or mix
lures OF any kind and under whatso-
ever name called, that shall contain
alcohol or cocaine, or morphine or
other opium deprivative, except as
herein provided
THE only provision in this act IL
that the manufacturer may sell the
cider he makes from his own fruits.
but no dealer in this State can buy
cider from a manufacturer and then
sell It. Under this act. the sale Of 1t
Is prohibited: under the 1918 act, the
receipt OF more than one quart for
personal use or anything else. Is pro-
hibIted;- and under the Webb Kenyon
Law. In conjunction with the 1915
act. the transportation and delivery
of any of 1t by a common carrier to
a dealer Is prohibited and the delivery
OF more than one quart In fifteen days
to any person. for any other purpose.
is unlawful. The Anu-Saloon League
stands ready to cooperate with every
section in this State troubled with
this liquor subterfuge. and railroads
and citizens that are violating the act
will have to stand the consequences"