Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1920-01-15
18TH AMENDMENT IN
EFFECT TOMORROW;
GOODBYE LIQUOR
No Wines, Cider Or Home
made Beverages BreWed.

the constitution OF the United
States goes into effect Friday
since the bars have been closed
in Martinsburg for some time there
will be no noticeable effect OF the
law here for quite period.
The first pinch of the law on
citizens will come with summer,
the season when housewives are
accustomed TO making homemade
wine from dandelion blossoms and
the various berries and fruits
which have been in the past con-
verified into mild drinks for the
winter months.
Under the new law this may not
be done next summer. 1t Ia forbid
den that any homemade wines or
brandies be made containing more
than one-half OF one per cent OF al.
cohol, and since any wine will run
from seven to twenty per cent be-
fore it is fit to drink the plain
edict of the law Is that no wines
can be made.
The second phase Of the statute
which will hit home" with a
knockout blow is that next fall
there will be no cider. considerable
source of revenue will be lost to
farmers in this respect and new
use will have to be found for the
small and windfalll apples which
cannot be marketed for eating pur-
poses.
No More Cider
The internal revenue department
has warned that the manufacture of
cider after January 16 for bever-
age purposes will be Illegal. Cider
begins to ferment as soon as it
comes from the press and, inside of
"a hours has more than one per-
cent OF alcohol In It. The farmer or
cider manufacturer cannot evade
the law by selling his cider when
It is first made and letting the
"kick" accumulate afterward. The
theory that ut is not the farmers
fault If cider gets bard; he can't
help It," will have no weight with
Uncle Sam or the agents of prohib-
itlon who will watch for lawbreak.
ers.
Cider cannot even be made for
vinegar purposes, unless the mali
or files bond with the govern,
ment that the product IL to be CON
rerted into vinegar and not used
for any other purpose.
Therefore the day of taking the
jug or keg TO the cider mill to be
filled and taken home and treat
cd is gone FOREVER as Is also the
homemade wine period. or at leaat
il is gone until the law ID changed.
il that time ever comes.
Clubs viii Be Dry
Members of Martinsburg clubs
who put III supply for their indi-
yidual uses before the country
went dry last July must have the
bottles out OF tEeir lockers before
February /, The government allows
from January 16 TO February l as
moving days" Neither is a club
permitted 10 have supply Of IL
quor Of any sort as an institutional
holding. II here is club in Mar
tinsburg where members have
sleeping and eating quarters, they
will be permitted TO retain their
liquors.
The new l;-G permits physicians
to ISSUE prescriptions for whiskey
Tor medici4sl purposes. 1t limits
the amount to any one patient in
certain number Of days and he'd
yes both the physicians and the
druggist who fills the prescription
with such restrictions that there is
little hope for the man who seeks
liquor from this source.
But few druggists here will car
~ liquor. The license is so high
and the restrictions so intricate
there would be no profit in the
business.
For those who are determined
to secure liquid consolation the
door has been entirely closed for
the consumption Of Daregoric, gin
ger and lemon extracts, and few
other such connections, but it will
be mighty hard sleddins7 along
this line, for the druggists are not
going 10 be liberal in dispensing
them and it Is expected the pr0hib-
ition department viii soon bass
regulations which will MAKE even
extracts hard 10 get for cooking
purposes.
A long dry period is ahead Of
the United states How long and
now dry IS a question for the peo-
pie themselves 10 settle after they
have Piyen the eiderless Wineiess