The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-01-14

ie,its while greatly redueed usader
truhi5itiea. S~il oecsir With aiarn1!nw
I fra4Enn@y and arc due IL th&taain ~
s,its4 it,a{tsf.st III s. l,islt@y an The
drivers OF the ears Prohibition tavs
J il sass sity have lcen rightly en-
snsrsd, bst ti1e s'Jprsssion Of boot!asst
,-sssss must come from SUPPRESSION BIZ
/ a1nsis apSitieh ara Ire iaH o. their
ilrT issent Patrons Complete pnb,
'irttN VIII greatly ala ~ this. i'bis
plsSss seeis,a 90 haAe 40 respect fof Sl~
or re Eai-st fer 3iuplau tits. as Is aa7r'H
, the tasns or Wool alcohol pers"h-
f'g renortra fro,n al cgCr tn as n
try. this .de,.sly dose bring chiei in
Fnofcnt palm@d ri as corn vhjsbev
I Chief Beavers expressed his thorough
WmpafhT with the campaign Of. the
'aw enforcement end vorl.' nrohrti-
ION movement, and it should receive
snv htaruestt support o al ,ns ~
as he said he fully realized the
msne OF prohibition laws through the
sinister propaganda OF the liquor in
tercsts',
virginia: Richmond-"R eve nue.
Agent -Brame's report for November
SHOWS That activities OF moonshiners
IN the state have been greatly re-
'uoed, there being a large decrease. in
the number of stills captured. number
or arrests made and the total value az
cofstisrated property. Thirty-twts
moonshiners were captured, and afty-
three stills destroyed. The total value
OF conhscated property was 50. sos.
panvile; curb quotations on Christ
mas liquor Indicate this form of en-
joyment will cost $40 per quart. There
viii be no variety, the unstamped
liquor on the market being made in
cast iron stills which produce q
deadly liquid. Petersburg-..Seven
members of the police force have
been taken in Custody on charger
made by the grand jury. of fragrant
violation OF the prohibition laws and
acceptance of brides. The last arrest
was that of Defective w. E. Wiker-
son. who was bafled in the sum OF
$4,000. Five others are still being
sought BY the city sergeant
FEDERAL PRISONERS
Alabama, Anniston--"TweIve rug
ged mountain folk who made moon
shine. flied into Jail here to begin
serving sentences as federal prison,
ers. The thirteenth man sent word
he would come az soon AS he finished
killing hogs. The men had all been
convicted at last term OF federal
~
Waiter l. Grubb TO thirty and sixty
days in jail here. They were allowed
to go home and finish saving their
crops. each man giving his word of
honor. to be on hand today IL harvest
could be completed"
South Carolina, Cofumbia--'Ther
is almost actual war on in Cha rleston
between the so-calIed moral forces
and the city administration, charges
of winking at lawlessnass being
openly and publicly filed before the
city board of alderman yesterday,
Rev Melton Clark being especially
bold melting a long string of counts
in the indictment against Mayor
Grace and his administration, and de-
ciaring ii was disgrace to decent
civilization much less to Christian
community Excellent results have
been reported from the organiza ton
of citizens, men and women in York
county. to break up blockading and
bootieggers traffic. Yorkviiie the CEN
ter and sufferer from the Former trait
&c, is now said to be free from the
evil. owing to citizens at the source
of local supply banding together.
thus getting strong enough to run OUT
the iaWleSS element by wholesale de-
lection by officials" !,
West Virginia, Chariestown--''S
hundred pints of red liquor valued at
prevailing bootieggers prices at 81, o0Q
were stolen from the state Capitol
here last ~night No clue was found
authorities said"
New York, Dec. 13--"Tweipe per-
sons are known to have been killed
in New York within the past week
from drinking whiskey made princi-
pally of wood alcohol. I'm issuing
thfs statement the chief city medical