The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-02
NEW PROHIBITION LAWS

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the periodicals and newspapers COM
ing into the State to have the liquor
advertisements cut out Of them To
meet this situation. local newsdealers
are prepared to use their clippers UNI
I'll the publishing houses make pre-
paration for getting out Georgia edi-
tions OF their papers, which will
bear blanks where liquor advertise
ments appear in other editions
Allowed Two Quarts a Month.
To make sure that no loophole,,
should be left through which the
liquor Dealer might crawl. the last
General Assembly of Georgia passed
four stringent bills. They provide that
no beverage containing more than
one-half of ] per cent of alcohol may
be sold; that one person may not re-
ceivs, or have on hand in the course Of
thirty days, more than two quarts OF
whiskey or forty eight pints of beer or
one gallon of wine: that no liquor ad-
vertise mcnt shall appear in any news
paper in Georgia, or any paper com
ing into the State, and the abolition Of
locker clubs.
The people of Georgia. prohibition
lists and liquor men alike, have come
TO accept the advent OF complete pro-
hibition psychologically They have
believed 1t was coming. and prepared
To meet IL.
MANY of them stocked up their
homes with liquors and wines prepar-
ing for the drought. but the news was
given out that under the terms Of the
new law. a man cannot keep A stock
Of malt or alcoholic liquors on hand.
Evading this, many OF those who had
purchased stocks. gave dinner parties :
on hand.
Difficult to Get Booze,
The express companies have issued
A lengthy set Of rules and regulations
to their officials. giving detailed in +.
formation as to how liquor shipments
shall he made No deliveries VIII be
made before O'Clock IN the morn I
ing and none Will be made after 5 !
o'clock In the afternoon.
The purchase and subsequent ship |
ment of whiskey will not be easy for
the consixnee. as the transportation
companies are held responsible for the
receipt Of the vhiskey. attached to
which is legal blank, and the de-
livery OF this receipt to the ordinary
Of the county No fee can he charged
for attesting one Of these receipts.
Acknowledgement clifford Walker has
held. but each emplove Of the ex
press company is given the power OF
notary for this purpose.
Complete systcm of Prohibition.
Governor Nat. f. Harris, in procls
nation putting into effect the new
prohibition laws outlines the four
acts briefly As follows.
l. The act providing for stricter,
wider and more certain prohibition
OF the sale or manufacture Of intoSi
Giants in the State
:. The anti-shipping act, prohibit
ing the shipment OF liquors across the
state line or from place to place with
in the state ana prescribing rules for
shipments for individual use.
4 The i-advertising act. SUP
pressing All, advertising ana soliciting
or orders for intoxicating liquors
4 The repeal OF the near beer. and
locker club licenses within the State
Continuing the proclamation SAYS.
These laws anbodv a complete ays-
TEN Of prohibition against the keep
ing selling or manufacturing Of in
toxicating liquors and apply TO every
possible phase OF the subject and ev-
erv known method Of evasion devel-
oped within the last quarter Of
century.
Epoch In states History
The going into operation OF these
laws constitutes an ep0th N tEE fnfs=
tory of this State. and. inasmuch as
the laws themselves contain time
limitation on their operation, 7 have
thought it advisable to call the at
tention Of the people OF the state to
the subject. so that they may bear
in mind the changes which are ex-
pected from the operation OF these
laws
The Legislature has done Its duty |
10 The public as 1t understood it In /
enacting these laws, but II remains
FOR the people to enforce them.