Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-01-09
Liquor Advertising to Be
Barred from Maine Papers

Barred from Maine Papers
Carl c. Jones, Esq, of Waterville,
has drafted bill, likely to be intro
duced this week, which, if passed, will
go a long way toward shutting out Of
our State newspapers, magazines, ana
other publications carrying liquor ad-
vertising. The bill makes unlawful the
exposing for sale of any publication
which contains such specified advertis-
ing. This will reach train and news
stand sales of many out-of- State news
papers, but will not interfere with pa
pers mailed in separate wrappers to
regular subscribers from out-of-State
publishers to people in this State.
Mr. Jones, a young attorney of Wat
erville, became interested in this
phase of the open violation of the ,spir-
it Of Names prohibitory law, while he
D. c. There he met men from the
South who told him of the operation of
the Alabama law, and he drafted the
following:
AN ACT
To further promote temperance and
suppress the evils of intemperance;
to prevent the advertisement of or So
licitation of orders for, alcoholic, spir-
ituous, vinors or malt liquors, such as
brandy. Whiskey, wine, rum, gin, beer
and other Intoxicating liquors and
beverages, and other liquids. liquors and
beverages prohibited by the laws of
Maine to be manufactured, sold or 9th
erwise disposed of in this State; to
provide for the removal of such adj
VertisomentS in defined cases; to pre-
vent the circulation of price lists, order
blanks, or other matter for the purpose
of inducing or securing orders for said
liquors, bitters and drinks, or any of
them: and to provide for the prevention
of the continuation and repetition OF
the acts hereby made unlawful; and
to prescribe remedies, procedure pen
alties and punishment.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLF
OF THE STATE OF MAINE, as fol-
lows:
Section I. Whereas it is the public
policy of this state to discourage the
use and consumption of prohibited liq-
uors and beverages. and to secure the
strict enforcement of the law against
the manufacture, sale, keeping for sale
state; that is to say alcoholic, spirit1,-
Gus, vinous or malt liquors, such as
brandy, whiskey. rum. GIN beer. ale
and porter, and other intoxicating liq-
uors and beverages. and all other
liquors, liquids and beverages prohib-
tied by the laws Of Maine to be manu-
featured, sold or otherwise disposed of
in the state. Therefore il is hereby
made unlawful, % to advertise upon
any street car. railroad car or other
vehicle of transportation. or at any
public place or resort, or upon any
sign or bill board, or by circulars, post
ers, price lists, newspapers periodicals
or otherwise within this state, said
liquors and beverages, or any of them
or to advertise the manufacture, sale
keeping for sale or furnishing of anv
OF them, or the person from whom or
the firm or corporation from which or
the place where, or the price at which,
or the method by which the same or
any of them may be obtained: t2) to
circulate, publish, sell, offer for sale
or expose for sale any newspaper. peri
odlcal or other written or printed mat
ter in which any advertisement in this
section specified shall appear, or to
permit any sign, or bill board, contain
ing such advertisement to remain upon
ones premises: or to circulate any
price lists, order blanks or other mat
ter for the purpose of inducing or Sc
curing orders for such liquors. liquids
and beverages. or any of them, no mat
ter where located. Any sheriff. deputy
sheriff. constable or police officer is
authorized to remove any such adver-
tisemcnt from any sign, bill board, or
other public place when it comes to his
notice. and shall do so upon demand of
any citizen.
Section 2. That any advertisement
or notice containing the picture of a
brewery. distllery, bottle, key. barrel.
or box. or other receptacle represented
as containing any of said liquors or
beverages. or designed to serve as an
advertisement thereof shall be within
the inhibition of Section /.
Section 8. That where and when any
violation of any of the provisions of
Section l Of this act shall have oc-
CURED, the continuation or repetition OF
the unlawful act or any of like kind by
the OFFENDING person, firm or corpora
ton. may be prevented by a writ of
injunction issued out of a court of
equity upon a bill filed in the name of
the State of Maine by the State At
tornev General. or by any county at
torney in the county. or by any citizen
or citizens Of the county, in which the
offense has been committed; and all
rules OF evidence. practice and pro-
cedure that pertain to courts of equity
generally in this state may be invoked
and applied. as we'll as the rules and
practice prescribed for bills in equity
to abate liquor nuisances. as far as the
same are adaptable. All persons,
whether agents, servants or officers of
corporations, or agents or servants of
individuals aiding or abetting in the
commission Of the oftense, may be
made nartieS defendant to such a bill