The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-03
Destruction Ceremony Con-
Quoted This Morning by
/ County Officials.
ON JACKSON Street
Sheriff Glover and Assistant
Prosecuting Attorney
Miller in Charge.

Pouring Day is on in Fairmont and
y. NJ. Glover sheriff of Marion coun-
ty. and Charles Miller, assistant pros
ecuting attorney, are busy directing
the work. The sheriff and his depu-
ties were on the job carrying the
$4,000 worth OF booze to the Jackson
street sewer. near the opera house,
where the contents of the barrels and
bottles were emptied. A barrel was
placed near the sewer in which the
empty bottles We're placed
That the OFFICERS were at work on
destroying the booze was in evidence.
for the many callers at the court
house smelled old familiar scents
which were waited from the booze
Iocm.' This room. which is located
IN tho cellar Of the building, IVES a
very interesting looking place tcday.
Among the coutraband material were
wine press. twenty-five boxes Of
currents, two barrels of wines. thou
sands OF quart and pint bottles Of
WhisEey, which were in package form,
in boxes, in suit cases and some mere
ly wrapped in newspapers. In feet.
every conceivable way of handling
booze could he observed in today's
account of stock" Among the big
pile of confscated goods were ten big
boxes of whlskey, which was caught
while being struggled across the
county in an automobiles .'~ =
The supply on hand was unusually
large today, because this was the first
pouring day in three months, and
then, too, the arrests for bootlegging
were greater in number during that
period and the goods taken was in
larger supply than usual.
In checking off the contraband to-
day the officers found that few new
brands OF fire water" had shown up
in this community. They were "Old
Tiger" THE Old Coon" and Lynch
burg Copper Distilled" All of the
old familiar brands, like "Old Brock
port" Golden Wedding" Tom
Moore" odd Emden Club" Sam
Thompson" and the last, and proba-
bly, the kind most sold in Point Mar
ion, Pa, the nearest stop in wet"
territory, "Old Fashion" Hundreds
and hundreds of bottles of this brand
could easily be recognized by the ia
miliar trade.mark-a star.
During the morning a number Of
p~:aons called at the room to view the
stock on hand and the suggestion was
made by number of them that per.
haps the United States Government
may be able to use some of the higher
grade brands, which are steep in
price at this time.
While many callers were at the
booze ROOM" no sampling was al
lowed. Not few mouths watered as
they took the last look ut the large
array of good stuff" as some termed
it. The same old discussion started
as to whether bootleggers had remov-
ed the higher grade whiskey and sub
stituted inferior stuff. This it is
claimed is done by the use OF an cleo
trio needle. By that means the bot
tom Of the bottle is removed and after
inferior whiskey Is put into the bottle
the bottom Is glued in place in some
manner. An examination of the TASKS
indicated that a ridge on the bottom
Of the bottle Is put there In manufac-
ture.
Hundreds OF people viewed the
pouring OF the booze into the sewer,
and to many it was very solemn &C.
casion, to some, almost as impressive
as n church dedication.