Smyrna times., 1918-07-03
IIlRIY 80 SALOONS CLOSED
N LAW RURAL NEW CASTLE
ann, erowN CROWDED sATuR-
NV NIGHT BUT NO DISORDER

ucuT BUT NO DISORDER
o,.o,s Automatically Went Out of
A, u';os.s 'a and Nearest Wet District
msmyrna Now is at Wilmington
,rOber from Smyrna who have
i tbe habit of frequenting the
w., ~. bars at Middletown, made their
aO.', ,,;.it Saturday, for Saturday at
-, .s.;abt under the operations Of the
nS il..I ontiop law. all the saloons OF
~; y.sdlstown and rural New Castle
c.urtv simultaneously went out OF
.';ross In Smyrna where every
. .s;nr in Kent county has been dry
=, .'1 several years the closing of the
.'Ioons :. in rural New Castle is hailed
~;.h delight. No one may carry into
a,o territory more than one quart of
.5iskev or other distilled liquor nor
m,,s than one dozen bottles of beer,
"a liouor dealers cannot ship or de-
rro, intoxicants. transportation
lines have already given notice that
tbsv will not accept liquor shipments
q, noints in the county. Most people
a Middletown, Townsend and vicin-
i,ies are not sorry to see the hotel
b.,s close. This is not due as much
IA snv complaint as to the manner in
which they were conducted. but to the
crowds, particularly on Saturday
nights. for which they were a magnet.
Since Kent county went dry, with
Cecil county dry, and the bars at
Townsend. Kirkwood and The Buck
closed. Middletown was the mecca on
Saturday nights for hundreds of white
and cO!ored men from all the sur
uunding country. The colored people
PARTICULARLY were often boisterous and
disOrderly, and citizens of the town
will be glad to be rid of the objec-
tiOuable assemblages. No disturbance
attended the passing Of the saloons
in Middletown. There were the usual
large Saturday night crowds upon the
street but very few were in the bai
rooms. The main streets were
jsmmed with automobiles and car
fisges and hundreds of people throngeC
the way to see what was going on,
The people were mostly sightseers,
however, and caused nc trouble
Augustine Beach was almost deserted
as the people went to Middletowl
thinking it would be livelier. Tn,
saloons closed promptly at IL o'clock
Towns and Hotels Affected by Chang
The saloons and hotels which ar
affected by the no-license decree ar
/ follows: In New Castle-Jeffer
son House, John Fehl, proprietor
4 The Star Hotel, Andrew M. Gala
\ CHER, proprietor; Gilpin House. Jon
\ Iuitt, proprietor; Market Stree
Hotel, Mary NJ. Cannon, proprietor
United States Hotel, James B. Tt
man, proprietor; John Leonard
4 DObbinsville bother, and Edwar
Leonard, wholesale dealer. Angus
nne Park-Augustine Beach Lar
Il Company. Newark-Victor G. Willi
Il washington House; James A. Nj,
Il AelVey, Deer Park Hotel; Thomas
Cla'lnbold, wholesaler. Delawal
n Cy-Erederick Bender. Benjam
Il W Dunlap, James A. Mulligal
Joseph S. Graham. Middleto wn-
{ NATIONAL Hotel Charles DeVallinge
! ,alodletOwn, Hotel George Johnso
q newport James A. Manlove. Sta
d @n- Lewis Dickey. Christian
Il 10nGred-Patrick Dougherty Susl
a La"less. Christiana-Alva
j Cufrlnder. HOckessin- Michael
! walsh. odessa-Mrs. Cyrus
j years The Port Penn hotel is amo
q IOse Which will be continued witho
y ~ oar as the establishment of t
a %'k"ell Marlin loading plant W
d qufe all the housing accommoc
aOaS possible. This will also be tr
q " Ae three hotels at Delaware Cit
N H'aT Loss to the Hotel Owner.
n Inc closing of the Middleton
]o'sls as we'll as the hotels of Ne
Il A' New Castle and other plat
u means a heavy loss to property ov
II ~ The Middletown Hotel proper
III "usc by Geo. H. johnson is probaI
Ia nv, wi tne Oldest hotels not only
ID %afe %'s"afe but in the entire count1
III uOlel was built, according to
|# 'Is'stone still to be seen, in II
III ,1eCrge Witherspoon. Since IL
III as - 'een in the possession of ms
III rI. rsient owners including Cui
II ~ sspneott, Larry Davis, ArmstrC
Ill > uSparks, ManIove Brothers, j,
III oha. hn'yre, the present owner
4 81 0Nets. On Inro "a -,