The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-03

state giving a large majority for pro-
h1bition, their own Legislature accept
ing the ver,iict of the people OF this
state, the congress of the United States
accepting the verdict of the people
and giving US national prohibition be-
ginning July. 1920. and our own presi-
dent so imhued with the necessity of
Keeping afc0ho1 away from our sot-l
diers. has given us national prohibit
ton six months ahead of the time pro-
vided by tn" eighteenth amendment
should convince the Times Dispatch
1t is time to change its policy.
Reminds Him of German Trick.
The Times dispatch reminds me or
the tales that are told Of some of the
German soldiers who. apparently
falling dead before our advance.
would rise i'll cur rear and stab and
shoot our men in their blacksmith
this difference: the T. ID. is so full of
the cause 1t represents 4. eannat re-
frain from raising A foot or moving
a hand, it Is so anxious to do the
work ii has been apparently called
upon to perform.
With the first signs OF wavering in
the prohibition ranks. my opinion is
that they as paid guards of the enc
| my stand ready to make their on
slaught And from the mutterings
of some of our people. because II is
harder to get whiskey than they ex
pected. that paper is getting en-
couragemeHt.
II whiskey is the absolute necessity
in cases OF emergency that a few
people think ii is, ii is unfortunate
II it cannot he remedied in some safe
way, but If it cannot it is better that
one should suffer than a thousand.
! 1t is better that a chap should have
L. Il
eating green apples without whiskey.
i than that the children of a drunkard
I should suffer for the necessities OF
/ life. not to say anything of the suf-
ferings of the drunkard after his
drunk is wearing off--or the victim
of drunken rage who has been
done to daath-by -sefae~iatesieated- or
partly intoxicated man who clothed
in his rigl' mind would shun the
thought of murder az he would con-
tact with a rattlesnake.
Violating Law no Joke.
Now some OF our people are dis
posed to take as a joke the making
and selling OF IL drink that is known
| as Old Hen. II does sound som ewhat !
funny ! understand the name comes
! from the fact that il takes the same
length of time to make the brew as
it does the setting hen to incubate.
named, II | could draw picture OF
something thoroughly disa greeahle, /
quarrelsomc, II might be that OF an
| old hen.
But it is no joke, this violation OF
the national and state laws. as has
heen recently discovered by a white
! family livir., rear Fork Union and
| by two or three colored people who
have been engaged in this nefarious
( h1tS no 1n
Gently visited by United States revenue
! officers. when their liquor was poured
t on the ground, and am informed
/ they Will hav" to appear before the
United states court at Lynchburg.
/ Now some people seem 20 think it is
not a violation of the law TO make
| drinks of this kind, but let this he a
| warning to YOU.
"Old Hem Kills Chickens.
| And another warning: In one in
stance where this liquor was poured
/ on the ground. so l am informed.
the maker in the excitment Of hav-
| ing four United States revenue officers
performing their duty forgot what
had been put in the liquor and failed
to confne the poultry, and 1t wasn't
long before some OF them were called
hence Now let us raise howl about
revenue officers poisoning chickens,
IASiiiius NV VI thc HoWt 6otHs up
about prohibition officers shooting
bootleggers Resisting arrest--men who
were willing to take the chance of
swa piping their lives to make the boot |
legger's profit.
No. It Is no joke 10 me-. this viola
ton Of the laws OF the state and ma
ton, for II Is teaching our young
people to ignore the law and it is
tending to make drunxards Of the
young men of the land. to keep this
temptation from whom many OF us
have struggled hard and made sacri-
fees. and some of us have even lost