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The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-07-30
FLOW OF GOLD SHUT OFF
BY COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Berks County Prison Inspectors Told
Reforms Must Be Instituted or APP
preparation Will Be Withheld

According to the Philadelphia
North American, taxpayers of Berks
county, Pa, are up in arms against
the alleged extravagant way in which
the Berks county prison is operated.
AS a result of the protest the county
commissioners have sent All ultima
tum to the prison inspectors inform
ing them that the $4,000 appropria-
ton asked for will be withheld until
they show a desire to inaugurate real
reforms and get rid of some surplus
employees.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-07-30
DIFFERENCES PLAIN

J. L. Stalker, attorney at law and
publisher of the Clayton Enterprise,
has written the Issue relative to the
effect OF Prohibition in his city. He
says;
"A blind man might easily observe
the. difference between the conditions
under the most favorable license adj
ininistration and Prohibition. God
4speed the day when all the world will
be dry.
II have fought for Prohibition all
my life and will continue until the
accursed stuff is wiped out"
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-07-30

loon in good business neighborhood
which remains open until HOO p. m,
selling all kinds of drinks"
Montreal has discovered that lcens-
ing beer and wine has let down the
barriers to the entire traffic.
The fact is, the liquor interests
would much prefer a so-called Prohi-
bition law that permits the manufac-
ture and sale of beer and wine, to an
unlimited license law. They would
rather have the Volstead Code
amended so as to permit the unre-
stricted manufacture OF beer and
wine as non-intoxicants than to have
the Eighteenth Amendment repealed.
Liquor selling stores would be estab-
lished in communities where they
never have existed under license and
as beer and wine stores they would
furnish excellent camouAage for the
sale OF all distilled liquors just as they
do in Montreal. This would relieve
the booze sellers of the necessity of
paying license fees for the privilege
of selling distilled liquors. Such an
amendment would restore 95 per cent
OF the liquor traffic and without IL
cense and without restriction as to its
sales. Such an amendment would not
limit whisky bootleggers to the beer
and wine sellers any more than it does
in Montreal. In other words, it
would let down the barriers COM
pletely to the entire traffic and offer
no added obstacle to the bootlegger.
Let the people OF America take warn
ing from Quebec and Montreal.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-07-30
TAFT STOPS HERE, POURS
OUT HOPES FOR DRY
THROATS

Former President Taft slipped into
town recently, remained long enough
to drop chip of cheer for the thirsty,
and slipped out again to make a lee
ture tour i'll Minnesota.
Mr.. Taft. although opinins there
would be neither wet nor dry plank III
the Democratic platform, expressed
the belief that reasonable and COM
mon sense" enforcement legislation,
probably permitting light wine and
beer, would in the near future make
the wet and dry fight quiet, orderly
and unobtrusive corpse
at is just as easy Tor Congress to
say : per cent or per cent or any
reasonable per cent as to say one-half
OF per cent" Mr.. Taft said. Con
gress should. and undoubtedly will, be
guided by reason, common sense, and
the wishes of the majority OF the peo-
pie. \ drastic, unreasonable law de-
feats its own purpose.
NO doubt there arc those who
would like to make the manufacture
or sale of whisky capital crime
Such law wouldn't be worth the
time it took to write it. The people
would rebel against it. And that is
true of any law bearing on the sub
ject. 1t must be sane, sensible, and in
harmony with the wishes OF the
people
After brief discourse OH the trials
OF plump person doomed To the pur-
suit OF trains. Mr.. TAFT shouldered the
league OF nations plank.
81 am for the league OF nations, and
| wish the Republican platform had
been more specific on that point" he
said. 81 would prefer the league
without multiplying reservations. But
first and foremost | want the treaty,
even with article X struck out am
for article X and ] believe the objec-
ton to it is not well founded---there
is much good in the treaty.
Mr.. Taft declared he had great con-
fdence in chances OF the Republicans
for victory.
"Yes-I may take the stump for the
Republicans in the fall. But l want
that rest first"
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-07-30
Mr.. TAFT ON THE DRY
LAW

Pointe All Pei, Quebec, July D.
editor of The Tribune).-I am in
receipt OF several letters commenting
on an interview with me said to be
reported i'll The Chicago Tribune in
which | am represented as approving
la modification OF the Nolstead law so
as to allow the manufacture and sale
of light wines and beer. have not
seen the interview \ reporter of
your paper met me at the Blackstone
hotel Just as | was leaving for an ex-
tended speaking trip in the Dakotas
i'll June last. lie rode to the train
with ne. In that conversation | eX-
pressed no opinion favorable to the
modification of the Nolstead Act. /
said | was in favor of its enforcement,
that | was d democrat spelled with
small and bowed to the will OF the
people expressed in a constitutional
way. Your reporter pressed me to
say whether under the Eighteenth
Amendment Congress had power to
define Intoxicating liquor in such a
way as to allow the making and sale
, Of light wines and beer with a greater
percentage OF alcohol than now pro-
vided in the Nolstead law. | an
swered that Congress had that power
within the limits OF good faith and
that the Supreme Court would be very
loath 10 attribute bad faith TO Com
gress, d coordinate branch of the
government, i'll such case. In re-
spect to the enforcement of Prohibit
ton, | yentured the opinion that it
could be better enforced by moderate
penalties and reasonable provisions
than by deaconian severity and that
harshly inquisitorial measures and
heavy penalties, sought by fanatics,
would obstruct rather than aid the
law and would stir protest and turn
the people against Prohibition.
As matter OF fact, | am not in
favor oil amending the Volstead Act
in respect TO the amount OF permissi-
bic alcohol in beverages. ! am not in
favor OF allowing light wines and beer
to be sold under the Eighteenth
Amendment. I believe it would de-
feat the purpose of the amendment
No such distinction as that between
wines aud beer on the one hand, and
spirituous liquor on the other, is prac-
tical Is police measure. | did not
favor National Prohibition when it
was an issue. 1t has been adopted UNI
der constitutional forms by the people
and It should be enforced in good
faith. Any such loopholc as light
wines and beer would make the
amendment a laughing stock. Kindly
publish this.
VIM. II. TAFT.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-07-30
ARRESTS DWlNDLING

VIM. +. Leath, editor of the Daily
Beacon, Paris, Illinois, writes as
follows:
"A careful search fails to reveal
any police records of old saloon days.
Paris has been dry since 1910, | am
told arrests averaged about 100 to $50
a week--a large majority growing
out of % saloons here. Arrests now
average 20 TO 80 month mostly
neighborhood 'quarrels and traffic law
violations"
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-07-30
PITTSBURGH DISTRICT
STAGES STAR BOOZE RAID

Twelve hotels and saloons of Home
stead. Pa, were raided on July IL in
what is said to have been the largest
roundup in pursuit OF Prohibition
violators ever made in the Pittsburgh
district. Two Pittsburgh agents led
the party, cooperating with a large
group of inspectors brought from
other territory. More than 800 gal
Ions of whisky were conhscated dur
inc the raid and were loaded on a
truck to be taken to the Office al the
Prohibition agent in charge OF the
Pittsburg district.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-07-30
LARGE CONSIGNMENT OF
JAMAICA WHISKY SEIZED

A large consignment of liquor
found on board a steamer bound for
New Orleans has been seized by the
customs authorities OF Kingston,
Jamaica, according TO press dispatch
of July 10. Periodical smuggling Of
liquor into the United States has been
going on for some time according to
the authorities. They accordingly
have kept strict watch on outgoing
vessels.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-07-30
COURT REFUSES TO PUT
BURDEN ON BARTENDER

Judge Chat6eid in the United
States court, Brooklyn, ON July 10,
announced that he would no longer
permit the bartender to assume the
burden of his employer in cases in
voiving illicit sale of liquors. Here
after when a bartender is arrested
on this charge the court said it would
be taken as presumptive evidence
that the proprietor OF the saloon
knew the law was being violated and
the proprietor would be summoned
also TO court.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-07-30
DO YOUR SHARE, TOO

THE Anti-Saloon League is
trying to keep Prohibition from
becoming an issue. 1t is up TO
us TO force it as an issue. Ii
we can do this and have wet
candidates nominated in every
county and congressional dis
trict in both the Democratic
and Republican primaries we
will have done our share of the
job that is national in scope"
So said ]. II. Buckridge, state
organizer of the New Jersey
Liquor Dealers Association, as
reported in the July 3rd Cham
pion of Fair Play.
If the drys do their share
they will help win a victory
more than nationwide in scope
by voting for Endorsed dry leg
islative and congressional cam
didates at the primary election
on September IS.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-07-30
ALCOHOL MAY BE USED IN
PREPARATION OF FOODS

Under a ruling of July II by Com
missioner of Internal Revenue Viii
liams, Intoxicating liquor may be used
in the manufacture OF food products,
provided such food is for sale and not
for consumption on the premises
where manufactured. Hotels and res
taurants will be allowed to use liquor
in the preparation OF food. Permits
are necessary to enable food manu-
facturers to use liquor.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-07-30
SALOONS OF MONTREAL LICENSED TO SELL
Beer AND WINE ONLY, Sell WHISKY OPENLY
Montreal Situation
sioner Kramer That We Might Well Not Restrict the
Traffic All if We Let Down Barriers to

The Richmond ya) Evening journal OF July 49, under Montreal
cowdng Montreal holding
Montreal partially 1t explained that
light under policy similar hno being advocated
the United States Sale whisky
prohibited by throughout the Quebec
regulations intended to be unusually drastic.
Inamuh beer and license for
interesting the following
Journal He
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-07-30
SURGEONS CONVENE IN
PARIS ALCOHOL SCORES

Premier Millerand welcomed the
International Surgical Society which
opened its fifth congress in Paris.
July 10, with many prominent sur
geons present including 20 Amer
leans. In the first technical paper.
the president, William Keene of
Philadelphia, dealt with the effect OF
alcohol on the human body which he
described as deleterious.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-07-30

Prohibition agents last week seized
POS cases OF whisky and arrested five
men in raid on Chicago store
building that was supposed to be I'M
occupied. The men had finished load
ing whisky onto truck and were
mailing up the door.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-07-30
TAFT And PROHIBITION--TW REPORTS

The articles parallel columns below appeared Chicago
Tribune about The first prominently
but the buried the "Nc department
Read both Illuminating standpoint
ion some newspaper
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-07-30

Vote for Endorsed dry Legislative
candidates at the Primary election on
September IS.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1920-04-23
SOME OTHER KIND OF BISCUIT
Mrs. PompIe Satisfied Cows Were Not
Fed on Anything That Was !.
Composed of MIX.

One after the other, customers had
come to the shop and complained
about the milk.
"What / want to know" said Mrs.
Pomple. who looked almost as thin as
the milk. "is what you feed your cows
onT'
Feed them on?' snapped the dairy
man. "Why. reckon we feeds them
better than a good many human be-
ings | know feeds themselves'-this
with chaIky stare at the thin Gus
toner NY cows are fed on the fai
of the land, and If their fodder ANT
up to the mark, we give 'em the finest
biscuits we can buy. And if we CAM
buy the biscuits. we make EN-.
stops at nothing when wish to please
i my customers
'I'm not denying It." declared Mrs
Pomple, shut / challenge you to con
tradict me when declare. that it aim
milk biscuits you feed EN- on."-Lon
don Tit-Bits.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1920-04-23
Free Tin Boxes.

There are countless. uses for tin
boxes
Most dealers IN cigarettes have on
hand boxes Of this kind, eleven inches
long. six inches wide and four inches
deep, which are thrown away. Some
dealers are glad to accommodate per
Sons who desire these tin receptacles
and will give them away without cost.
The following are some very good
ways in which the tin boxes can be
utilized:
Lunch boxes when out camping or
fishing, as they viii hold good sup
ply Of lunch.
Covered. with 4 white enamel and
used as cahe-box or bread-box.
Keeping food away from rats. mice
and other pests.
Painted and used as a flower box
Thrift Magazine.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1920-04-23
BLACK.,DRAUGHT
AS A PREVENTIVE
When You Begin Feeling Bad With
Feverishness, Headache, Cold,
or Constipation, Give Your
Liver a Tonic-Take
BIack-Draught.

Gambler, N. CT don't believe
there is a better medicine made than
BIack-Draught; 1 have used it and
my mothers folks used it for colds,
feverishness, headache and deranged
liver" This statement recently was
made by Mr.. C. B. Trull, well-known
farmer on Route 8, this place.
81 have, before now, begun feeling
dull, a headache would come on, and
I would feel all full of cold, and take
few doses of Black Draught and
get all right" adds Mr.. Trull.
LAST year my brother had measles,
flu and pneumonia. They wired US;
1 went to Camp Jackson to look him
up. Down there different ones wea
using preventatives. I stayed with
him. The only thing I used was
Black-Draught. 1t kept my system
fcleansed and kept well and strong"
By keeping your liver and stomach
In good order, you stand in little dam
ger of catching serious ills that
occasionally spread through town and
country.
Get a package of -Draught
and have it ready for the first symptom
Of q disordered liver.
Most druggist sell Black-Draught.
ADV.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1920-04-23

the doctor himself advised me to try DR..
Pierce's Favorite Prescription, and three
bottles restored me to perfect health. "
MRs. FANNIE CONS, 1907 Hays st. = s
Baton Rouge, La.:-"Dr. Piefce's
Favorite Prescription is absolutely re.
liable as woman medicine. took it TO
relieve me Of heat flashes and dizzy
spells and have only praise for what the
Prescription did for me. / am now
76 years Of ags and in remarkable health
for woman Of my years. 'Favorite Pre-
scription is Just as beneficial to the
young, for one of my granddaughter
caught heavy cold from getting her
feet wet and this caused suppression.
The Prescription brought her thru in q
perfectly normal condition" - Mrs.
NANCY Brown, 629 North st.
Baton Rouge, La. It is pleasure
to me to recommend DR.. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription. In my younger
years had considerable inward trouble,
irregularity and pains. don't believe l
would have reached my present age had
it not been for the Prescription. AS it
Is, | have lived twenty years OF health
without the slightest form Of inward
trouble. For women at various stages u
life, 'Favorite Prescription is unequalled
as tonic, but especially recommend II
for women at middle hfe..-- MRS.
MARroN SEAMAN, 242 18th st.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1920-04-23
&c hard.

A village minister in New England
was called upon to go several miles
into the country to ofiiciate at the flu
neral Of farmers wife. Arrived at
the house of grief, the minister spoke
the usual words Of sympathy and con-
dolence to the bereft husband:
'You have met with d great loss,
brother"
'sYaas, was the reply, san' it makes
good the old sayin' that misrortunes
never come sIngly. lost my best boss
four days ago, an now she's gone. ]
ell We I'm gettin' nit hard Harpera
Eeekl
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1920-04-23
WOMEN NEED SWAMP ROOT

Thousands of women have kidney and
bladder trouble and never suspect it.
Womens' complaints often prove to be
nothing else but kidney trouble, or the
result of kidney or bladder disease.
If the kidneys are not in healthy
condition, they may cause the other or
gans to become diseased.
Pain in the back, headache, loss of am
bition, nervousness, are often times symp-
toms of kidney trouble.
Don't delay starting treatment. DR..
Kilmer's swamp Root, q physicians pre-
scription, obtained at any drug store, may
be just the remedy needed to overcome
such conditions.
Get . medium or large size bottle I'M
mediately from any drug store.
However, if you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to DR..
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton. N. Y, for .
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper.-Adv.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1920-04-23
Emhraced onnortunitY.

They skated together, but little they
said, for they'd just been made known
to. each other. But he wished as
across the bright surface they sped
that through life they might thus go
together.
A crash! They were through!
"Oh, how awkward" cried she.
"'Tisn't deep. but has any one seen
us?"
Never mind. Let me tell you love
you" said he, 'since the ice is now
broken between uS."-Houston Post.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1920-04-23
An Going Smoothly.

The chaplain came plodding along
the road coming hack from the front
lines several hours after the infantry
had gone over the top.
How are things going up thereT'
inquired an artillery lieutenant.
"F'ine, finer said the chaplain.
"We're knocking them for a goal.
"T3aven't seen many prisoners said
the lieutenant, skeptieally.
mo, and / guess you won't" replied
me chaplain, @our machine guns
haven't iammed all morning. Home
Sector
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1920-04-23

With your fingers! You can lift on
any hard corn, soft corn, or corn be-
tween the toes, and the hard skin cal.
Iuses from bottom of feet.
A tiny bottle Of "Freezone" costs
little at any drug store; apply few
drops upon the corn or callous. In
stantly it stops hurting, then shortly
you lift that bothersome corn or cal
lous right off, root and all, without
one bit Of pain or soreness Truly |
No humbug ADV.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1920-04-23

For true blue, use Red Cross Ball
Blue. Snowy-white clothes will be
sure to result. Try it and you will al
Ways use it. All good grocers have it.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1920-04-23

Most musicians dispense music by
he measure, but the bass drummer
gets rid of his by the pound.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1920-04-23

English clergymen are forming
trade union to get better pay and
working conditions.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1920-04-23

the man who finds fault with his
ueighbors religion should spend d lit
lie time repairing his own.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1920-04-23

z q . e9AA n w ~@NR
bedfast part Of
the time. / was
so nervous / could
not sleep and
swhat little food I
could eat did not
nourish me. /
doctored and took
every medicine
my friends recoms
mended to me but
did not get any
better Finally.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1920-04-23
Suffered for Years
Miserable From Kidney Trouble
DOan'S Made Mr.. Barnett
Strong and Well.

'I suffered untold agony with my
kidneys for years." says John Barnett,
80 Virginia Place, Buffalo, n, Y.
Sometimes 1 felt that would burn
up with fever, but every now and then
..lo,,ld hnun a seyere chill Often my
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1920-04-23

Fine feathers may not make fine
srds, but they make fine showing on
f0ur wife's new bonnet.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1920-04-23

Latin ceased to be spoken as the
language of the people of Italy about
the year So.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1920-04-23

Most men are more prompt about
paying a grudge than a debt.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1920-04-23
Now Is the Time to Get Rid Of
These URIy Spots.

There's no longer the slightest need of
feeling ashamed of your freckles, as Othtne
double Strengths guaranteed to remove
these homely spots.
Simply get an ounce of othine-double
strength--frorn your druggist, and apply
little Of 1t night and morning and you
should soon see that even the worst freckles
have begun to disappear, while the Zig hter
ones have vanished entirely. It is seldom
that more than one ounce is needed to com
pletely clear the skin and gain beautiful
clear complexion.
Othine as this is sold under guarantee Of
money back If it fails to remove .frecklss.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1920-04-23
Lies Little Problems.

George, dearF' began the worried
woman.
Eyes. wotsit?" grunted George, with.
out looking up from his newspaper.
sWould you mind helping me with a
little bit of arithmeticY' she pleaded.
''Not at ALL"
swell. il we pay the new cook the
wages she wants will we have enough
money left to buy anything for her to
cook ::''--L0ndon Answers.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1920-04-23
A. B. RICHARDS MEDICINE CO., Sherman. Texas

We've All Heard That.
'Have you ever heard any table rap
ping?"
mo, but I've heard lot of knock
ing when a rieced-up supper was be-
Ing served"
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1920-04-23

W - $3.50
clothes were wiring
ing wet with per-
spiration. The kid
ney secretions were
unnatural in color
and dor a nd
burned terribly. At
night my S h o e 5
were so tight on
my fe e t that [
could hardly get
them off and my
hands swelled so |
couldn't hold a tea
cup. My back! Oh,
how If achedl 7
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1920-04-23

The first year of the new Austrian
republic closed with a deficit Of 49,
100000 crowns.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1920-04-23

Self-esfeem never let's up until II
reaches the jumping-off place.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1920-04-23
SOUTHERN WOMEN
TELL OF EXPERIENCES

San Antonio, Tex.:-"After becoming
another had displacement from getting
around too soon. / suffered for three
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1920-04-23

The Brute Again.
Darling / cooked dinner for you
all myself, and you've never said a
word about it,"
Il would have, dearest, but some
how hate to be always complaining"
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1920-04-23

walked with two canes and was all
bent over like an aged man. When the
terrible pains shot through my kidneys
my knees would give way, and many
times | had to be lifted to my feet by
people on the street. / didn't care
whether l lived 4eR died I was so mis-
cradle. / finally used DoGn'S Kidney
Pills and they cured me of all kidney
trouble. Dodn'S made me strong and
we'll"
StOorga to before me,
A. A. WILCOX, Com. of Deeds.
Get Deans at Any Store, soc q Boz
|DOAN'S K pIn NET
FosTER-MnBURN CO., BUFFALO. NY.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1920-02-16
Huelga Agricola.

La huelga contin1a Ell pie en-
este pueblo, no obstante la cele-
braci6n de varias conferencias en-
tire patronos y trabajadores, y pa
tronos mos con los otros. AL prin
cipio, la Central no accedia a las
peticiones de los huelguistas; pero
mas tarde firm0 un contrato con
los trabajadores, casi identico al
de la Central Vannina."
Solo Sc espera que los colonos
acepten tambien las proposicio-
nes que Sc les ha presentado; pues
todos, a exception de algunos, es-
tan dispuestos a no ceder, a pesar
Gle tener gran tantidad de cana
picada desde hace varios d1as.
La huelga contin1a pacifica, sin
que sc hayan registrados desor-
denes Y defenciones. Los huelguis
tas reciben ayuda de casi todo ell
pueblo.
FL Corresponsal.