The Washington times., 1916-10-31
VIRGINIA WILL co
Dry AT MIDNIGHT
UNDER maps LAW
All Common Carriers Have to
Get Rid Of Liquor in Next
; Twenty.four Hours.

n any railroad, street car. taxicab,
or tug in Virginia has any liquor on
board twenty-four hours after mid
night dire things will happen to It.
The new Maps prohibition law,
which goes into effect at the stroke Of
IL tonight, provides that any liquor
found In the possession OF n common
carrier after twenty-four hours there
after will be subject to coniscation.
They can carry all they want to up to
that time, but Prohibition Commissioner
Peters says they simply mustn't have
II after that.
The State will become officially a
Sahara in respect to alcoholic bever-
ages. There will be no kindly GASES to
draw the traveller from his beaten
path. Virginia will be dry as a bone,
the officials charged with prohibition
enforcement contend.
Has Several Deputies.
Commissioner Peters. who is armed
with the powers of a sheriff and then
some. has several deputies to aid him
in getting "bootleggers." and Is under
stood to be jealous In his determination
to see that not a single unsullied drop
IL sold there.
Hotels can use it-but only in their
cooking. Clubs and fraternities are I'M
der the ban. Drug stores. under heavy
bond. can dispense alcoholic liquor for
medicinal and scientific purposes only.
1t will be unlawful for any person
In the State to manufacture. trans
port, sell. advertise. give away. dis
pense. or solicit orders for ardent
spirits. which are defined as alcohol.
ale, beer. all malt liquors, absinthe.
and all the compounds OF any OF these
with vegetables or other substances,
that VIII produce intoxication.
are placed in the same category.
Can Still Drink Cider.
But Virginians can still drink cider!
That is. II the cider contains not more
than 1 per cent of alcohol.
Virginia's large apple crop, Is par
ticularly, effective In cider. II is
claimed.
Other fruit alcohols and pure grain
alcohols and pure whisky and brandy
are at the drug stores. One must have
q prescription to get 1t. though.
People In their own homes can make
clder-for their own use. They can
also gets quart of whisky a month
after a state stamp revenue tax has
been AFFIXED to the package. Five
million of these stamps have been
printed and given to Commissio r
Peters, who Will sell them and give
the proceeds to the State treasury.
Every adult male ca 4 get q quart a
month. OF red liquor" and a gallon
OF wine. or three gallons OF beer.
Every woman. who Is the head OF a
household. has the same privilege.
But not more than a single gallon
one time.
Liquor for Kitchen.
A hotel can keep a supply of LIQUOR for
use In the kitchen for culinary purposes.
and for use in massage in the baths.
but that Is all.
In all cases where whisky is sold. a
kreat deal Of red tape must be gone
through with. and enough bookkeeping
Wholesale house. The dispensers niJsl
first procure licenses that will .hrow
a million different safeguards about the
No LIQUOR advertising OF any sort may
be carried in any Virginia newspaper
They cannot even mention demon rum IL
their advertising columns.
Out-of-State papers may carry ll1uo!
advertisements, but cannot be delivered
By carriers. they must be mailed, IL such
Advertisements appear.
The express companies bringing thu
lonesome quart a month must keep sew
eral sets of books to comply with tn,
new law.
What Punishments Are.
The first violation OF the law q
to be punished as misdemeanor. will
a fine from $50 to $500. and a Jail sen
tence of not less than one and not NOR,
than six months.
II the second offense is not construed
as felony. 1t carries fine OF from
$500 to 5000. and Jail sentence of from
six months to a year; II n felony. !
means incarceration in the State peni
Tertiary for from one to five years. or
by discretion of the jury. confinement
In the county Jail from one to twelv,
months.
The enforcement Of the law is pu
in the hands OF an independent execu
tive, the prohibition commissioner.
The salary of this important officia
is $500 per year.
The commissioner Is the Rev. ]
sydney Peters. He has a large stat
Of assistants already.
His attorneys are Thomas Whitehead
jr., Of Amherst. and Guy T. Horner, o
Qo,ith amptOn,