Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-23
FRIDAY, JANUARY q, l910.
Look Well TO Your Conduct.

Look Well 20 Your tonduct.
notwithstanding the continuance Of
resistance 70 the Eighteenth Amendment
and the Enforcement act pa ssed IN pur-
suance thereof, the fact remains that
constitutional prohibition IS now in full
force n this country backed by a very
stringent law of Congress designed es-
peciaIlv and specifically for its enforce
ment. All citizens viii be required TO
conp'v with the provisions of these
fundamental and statutory laws All
good citizens will do SO, freely and volun-
tariiy, because they are good citizens,
who have a regard for law and no desire
TO transgress its requirements. Those
who are not good citizens vii invite
severe reprisals # they presume to be
iawlcss.
But good citizens very often transgress
the law. unwitt ngIy or in ignorance Of
its provisions and arc apt e suffer ID
consequence, as there j. a wcll-known
axiom that Ignorance Of the law excuses
no ono" II is important. therefore for
all good citizens TO endcavor to keep
themselves informed az to all avs affect
ing their personal conduct or actions, and
especially so st this time IN respect 81
the law enacted for the enforcement q
the Eighteenth Enactment. This 'aw
Is very drastic in some Of its provisions.
and severe in its ncnaltlcs 1t s, there
fore. incumbent upon MI interested to
become familiar with the restrictions IT
imposes.
A careful analysis Of the law submitted
~ a correspondent Of the Philadelphia
Record IS as follows:
1t Is unlawful 10 mako or sell lntou-
eating liquor without permit from the
commissioner az Internal Revenue; 70
carry LIQUOR with you, ''on thc mp
or in any other way; 70 tell anyone where
he can get a drink; ID sell or own any
apparatus for making any beverage con-
tanning more than one-haH Of one Per
cent Of alcohol; to make hard cl6er from
sweet cider, or by any means g Put
kick into grape iuice. to tell anyone
how he can make any beverage contain
ing more than onc-half Of one per cent
alcohol: to distribute any tablet or sun
stance 10 be used IN making liquor; 10
possess any liquor except IN Your own
home, in q United States bonded ware
house on an authorized physician
prescription, OF FOR sacramental purposes;
10 sell sweet cider or fruit Juices except TO
persons with licenses to make vinegar;
n advertise liquor for sale IN : newspaper,
periodical, by street signs or in any other
manner: To advertise or sell formulas or
recipes whereby LIQUOR can be manu-
factured to give llquor TO anyone except !
Tor consumption pr your own home |
Immediately after the gift 10 exchange |
anything for liquor especially money!, /
or to exchange onc kind Of liquor FOR an /
other kind; 10 transport liquor from yolT /
home TO another building or vice versa,
without a permit from the commissioner /
of Internal Revenue; 10 import or export I
liquor: 10 take liquor N packages to hotels /
or restaurants to be consumed in public |
dining rooms: 70 carry liquor about with
one, III bottles in q suitcase or grip.
The manufacture or sale Of any bever-
age containing more than one-haI Of |
enc per cent Of alcohol i declared M
lawful
Places where liquor Is sold IN violation
of the law viii be declared common
unisaDces and abatable as such
Prohibition enforcement officers are
gwen full powers Of search and seizure /
under the provisions Of this act.
All liquor seized viii be DESTROYED. |
Vehicles used for legal transportation |
Of liquor viii be sold and the proceeds |
paid into the Fedora treasury
'Forewarned is forearmed. An who |
read this or other informing summaries |
OF the Enforcement law will become aware |
at least Of what they should not do.
Certain 1t Is that transgI essors Of tins |
law, even those who err through ignorance. |
will invite trouble The enactment of |
this measure was an extraordinary step
in the direction Of enforcing an amendment |
to the Federal Constitution no other |
amendment IS 50 butressed. not even |
the Fifteenth Amendment, which Was
passed in order to cnfranchise lie Negroes
Of the country. iii some States that I
amendment has long been. and still Is,
dead letter But it is different il |
respect Of the Eighteenth Amendment. |
As u ignorance Of the law, It Has been |
said that tho most law-abiding citizen.
50 far as intent goes, would find It iru-
possible to make tour across tile CONT
nent without jgnorantly violating solae /
statute every day included in nc journey /
and 50, many unvitting violations of Ibis 4
law, through ignorance and not from /
deliberate intent, nlay be expected /
Therefore. let all good citizens make