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The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-09-23

the majority. Recently, we hear
much about the rights OF the min
ority, as if it had a special privi-
lege OF not obeying the law be
cause it is made by the majority.
Our constitutional fathers un-
dcrstood thoroughly the political
philosophy underlying the rela-
ton OF government to individuals
and to minor groups OF individ-
uals. There was nothing in the
doctrine of minorities in relation
to majorities that was not before
them for consideration. They
gave to the world its first solution
OF that problem in an instrument
which protects the rights OF min
critics, as far as they ought to be
protected, and, at the same time.
left the majority free to carry out
the sovereign will.
Duty of Minority to Obey Law
! The criticism OF our govern
ment, as contrasted with the par
liamentary system of government.
has heretofore been that by its
organization and structure il is
difficult for the majority will to
express itself freely, rather than
the criticism that the Constitution
was SO made that the majority
will could ride rough shod over
the minority. In view OF these
constitutional safeguards, there
can be no excuse for any person
within the domain OF this Repub-
lie to hold its laws in contempt :;
to disobey them himself or coun-
tenance others to acts OF disobe-
dience to them, on the ground
that the rights of the minority
have been disregarded. 1t is the
duty OF the minority as well as the
majority to obey the law. :. :.
If laws are obnoxious to the
people it is their province to re-
peal them, Until they are re-
pealed they must be observed and
enforced without fear or favor.
The government will endure
on the rock OF law enforcement j:
or it will perish i'll the quicksand
OF lawlessness.
Obey or Leave the Country
! Those who do not believe in
Our government and the enforce
ment of Our laws should go to a
country which gives them their
peculiar liberty.
ITO those who come to our
shores to take advantage of Amer
lean opportunities it is becoming
to wave the hands of welcome.
But it is our duty to warn them
| to stay away unless they intend
to observe Our customs and obey
our laws.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-09-23
ALL DOPED OUT
But This Detroit Congressman Is
Likely to Be Fooled


Likely to Be Fooled
Congressman Brennan, of Detroit,
has ii all doped out
In an address before post of the
American Legion. Mr.. Brennan ex-
planned that he favors from.3 to per
cent beer with tax on its production
the money thus derived to go TO pay a
bonus to World War veterans. Mr..
Brennan did not think little thing
like a Federal Constitution would
stand in the way of his plan. Like
every other beer booster, he protested
to be opposed to hard liquor and to
saloons.
What queer critters some districts
select to represent them in Congress
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-09-23

Lee Kidder, for about two years en-
iorcement group chief in the Peoria
district, has been succeeded by Al
Curry.
A summary of the work done by
Kidder during the period of January
/. 1920 to September |, 1921, shows
that 494 arrests were made and 400
persons recommended by him for
prosecution. The total amount of
taxes and penalties reported by him
for assessment was $ol5,707.0S.
More than $4,000 in fines was i'm
posed by federal court here during
this period.
Seventy-one convictions were OBJ
tanned on arrests made by kidder's
forces and actual court fines
amounted to $28,325.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-09-23
Hits Sale of Utensils

Concerning the activities of persons
supplying material and equipment for
the production OF liquor in the home
the statement quotes the Prohibition
law and says:
at is illegal to furnish stills, parts OF
stills. worms or coils, malt extract or
sirups. unfermcnted fruit juices. such
as grape, or any fermentable material,
recipes or formulas, for the manufac-
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-09-23
The Original Ruling

'On June 3,l920 Prohibition mime
ograph No. 81 was issued. authorize
ing persons to manufacture non-intox-
icating cider and other fruit juices ex-
clusively for use in the home without
permit, and providing that such nom
Intoxicating cider and fruit juices are
not necessarily limited 10 less than
one-half of l per cent OF alcohol by
volume, but must be Intoxicating in
fact to be in violation OF the national
Prohibition act.
Such notwithstanding fruit juices
may be made at home from home
grown fruit, or from fruit purchased
for the purpose. or one may take fruit
belonging to him to a commercial mill
TO have the juice expressed therefrom,
provided the juice is removed TO the
home of the owner before it contains
as much as one-half OF per cent OF
alcohol by volume.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-09-23
Minorities and Majorities

Another subject closely related
to the topic just discussed that
tends to undermine respect for
law, and which has been a mooted
question in every system of con-
stitutional government, is the
mistaken theories of the relation
and attitude of the minority to
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-09-23


essential fact OF our civilization.
i Without it life. liberty and prop
erty are insecure. Without it
civilization falls back to the chaos
and anarchy OF primitive times.
Under such conditions, each hui
man being is compelled to attend
primarily to his own safety and
to the protection of his own prop
erty, and has neither time nor
opportunity for the intellectual,
moral or spiritual development
The history of civilization has
been a continuous struggle for
law and order. Through all the
centuries men have striven for
that protection of life, liberty and
property that comes through. we'll
ordered government. Mankind
has paid allegiance to lords and
overlords who were able TO give
this protection.
Conditioned Upon Supremacy of
Law
'Paradoxical as it may seem,
all progress is conditioned on the
| principle of conservation. Con-
servation, or preservation as it is
usually termed, OF the wealth OF
the world, whether it be in the
realm of the material or spiritual,
is conditioned on the supremacy
OF the law. IT there is one fact
history teaches above another, it
is that the rights incident to
wealth and the rights furnishing
the opportunity to enjoy spiritual,
intellectual, moral and social
things are conditioned upon the
supremacy of the law. :.
Erroneous Theory of Personal
Liberty
Another subject that under
mines respect for law, especially
prominent at the present time. is
an erroneous theory of personal
liberty under our constitutional
system. This controversy is as
old as government itself. 1t has
been asserted with especial vigor
recently owing to the Eighteenth
Amendment to the Constitution
of the United States and to the
amendments i'll the various state
constitutions, and because OF leg
islation on the same subject by
Congress and the various state
Legislatures.
Only Onk Course: Obedience to
Law
THE question of the limitations
of personal liberty is, i'll the first
instance, a question OF political
philosophy and not OF law. The
advocates OF personal liberty have
ranged all the way from those
who favor the widest measure of
license to the individual to do as
he pleaseS, on the one hand, to
those who would restrict the in
dividual by the most puritanic
standards, on the other hand.
Everyone has right to adj
vocate any view he pleases on this
subject. However. when public
sentiment has crystallized into
law. there can be no question as
to the duty OF good citizens with
reference thereto. They NAV still
debate as to the wisdom OF the
law, but there is only one course
OF conduct, and that is obedience
to the law while it exists. :.
Means Nations Decay
Let me be not misunderstood.
| | do not mean to impute moral
turpitude to him who is opposed
to the Eighteenth Amendment or
similar amendment in our state
constitutions. or who is opposed
to the Nolstead Act or similar
legislation in our states. All
mean to say is that the argument
OF undue abridgment of personal
liberty advanced today has in the
past been advanced by every
champion of lawlessnes who has
| ennnL+ o., ed o,, o1.,,,ra - -,
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-09-23
Duty is Clear

my duty is clear. As long as
l am the responsible head of the
Department of Justice the law
will be enforced with all the
power possessed by the govern
ment' which | am at liberty to
call to my command"
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-09-23
Intoxicants Made at
Home Are Illegal
Revenue Department Outlets Rumor
of Home Brew Permits

On September 10 the Prohibition
unit of the Treasury Department is
uiacture OF beer and wine for home
use The statement was prompted b,
persistent rumors published in tht
newspapers to the effect that intoxi.
eating beer and wine to the amount OF
200 gallons a year could be legally
manufactured for home use. Non-in.
toxica,ing fruit juices only may be
manufactured in the home. The fol.
lowing arc held TO be illegal
/. The manufacture of any intoxi.
eating beer. wine or spirits in the
home, even for strictly private home
consumption.
,. The manufacture OF any beer or
wine OF any alcoholic content without
a permit, which permits are moi is
sued to home brewers and wine
makers.
3. The sale OF any hops or other
"makings' to person without a per-
NIT. which permits are not issued to
home brewers.
The treasury department statement
prepared to dispose of the persistent
report that home brew is not illegal
follows:
Misunderstanding fruit juice may be
made in the home. Intoxicating wine
home brew, and distilled spirits may
not be made.
1.-TWO hundred gallons of non-in-
toxicating fruit juice may be manu-
featured tax free by head OF family by
registering with collector OF interna
revenue.
This tax exemption provision ha:
been the source of confusion. The
effect OF this is not TO allow the man
ufacture of 200 gallons sol intoxicst-
ing wine free from restriction of ma.
tional Prohibition act, but merely tc
allow the manufacture of 200 gallons
OF Notwithstanding fruit juices free
OF tax.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-09-23
1t is the Law

1t is the Law
But, gentlemen, whatever be
our individual views as to the wis
dom of these constitutional pro-
visions and laws made Hereunder
in Our federal and state govern
ments restricting personal liberty,
the fact remains that they are on
the statute books. They have
been regularly enacted and are a
part of constitutional and statu-
tory law OF the land.
Our Safety and Happiness
From the standpoint OF the
government, the only sound view
is that OF law enforcement.
Whatever differences of opinion
exist in the views as to the wis
dom OF some of these laws can be
OF no concern to the agencies for
law enforcement. The executive
department cannot make the laws.
1t is equally true that it cannot
nullify laws. To refuse or to neg
lect to enforce a valid enactment
OF the legislative department of
| government, or to enforce ii me
chemically. or half-heartedly or to
wink at its violation. is without
justification on any sound theory
of government. Those who ask it
or expect it not only contribute
to lawlessness but DESTROY the
basis Upon which their own secur-
ity rests. Our safety and happi-
ness lies in obedience to law by
every man, woman and child
within the domain of our Repub-
lie, and no one can undermine re-
spect for law without being, TO
that extent, an enemy to law and
orderly government.
| Il am opposed to any system OF
government in which the rights
OF any individual or group OF in
dividuals depend upon the whim
or caprice or temperamental atti-
tude OF any public officials. i.
No Choice of Laws to be Obeyed
or Enforced
III any citizen dislikes the law
under which he is living. his re-
rlief is through the legislative de-
partment of government. and not
| through those who, under the
Constitution, have the sworn
duty OF enforcing the law. As a
citizen can not choose what laws
he will obey. SO. likewise, those
charged with law enforcement
can not choose what laws they
will enforce. The only sound po-
sition for those who favor respect
for law to take is that those
charged with law enforcement
must enforce all the laws, and all
good citizens must obey all the
laws; neither can exercise any
right of choice in this matter with
out placing themselves above the
law. 1t is the part OF faithful Of
hcials to enforce and the part OF
good citizens to obey them.
Minorities and Majorities
Another subject closely related
to the topic just discussed that
tends to undermine respect for
law, and which has been a mooted
! question in every system of con-
stitutional government, is the
mistaken theories of the relation
and attitude OF the minority to
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-09-23

Federal Judge Carpenter recently
issued temporary injunctions against
eight places in Chicago where liquor
is alleged to have been sold.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-09-23
ENFORCEMENT NOTES

Judge FitzHenry of the federal
court at Springfield on September II
fined Jim Bindo, coal miner OF Kin
cad, $500 and costs for trying to sell
three quarts OF booze at picnic.
His $1,000 automobile was also con-
hscated,
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-09-23

On September agents from the
Office OF Prohibition Commissioner
John HIGHLANDER arrested six soft
drink parlor" proprietors in Dundee.
Eventually they will appear before
Judge Lands.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-09-23

In an enforcement drive in Herrin,
violators were fined a total OF ST.
4oo.4l at a cost OF $4l5.59 leaving the
treasury OF the city more than $1,000
to the good.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-09-23
ATTORNEY GENERAL DAUCHERTY ON LAW ENFORCEMENT

o
81,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-11-21
TIE DAILY
short STORY
i.ost. straxed or stolen
BY Jessie Douglas

81 T was almost TOO much. Any one
would, have admitted tnat:
\ Janet Brown had made a .laFd
Nght NJ Ard this was the re-
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-11-21

do VIC know that those mischiev,
Gus gnomes didn't empty the gold
into the sea-"
THAT'S SO, Cap'n," declared Nick,
! "But how can we ever get 1t If it's
all melted in the water?"
"Humph!" grunted the fairyman.
"Gold doesn't melt in water. Go
and get a big coral sieve and strain
some sea.water through it. See
what you find. 1t won't hurt tc
And what do you think, my dears?
When the Twins had strained about
a riyorful OF saltwater, they got an
ounce Of pure gold. And when
they'd strained a lakeful. they got
two ounces. When they'd strained
IA bayiul. they got three ounces. and
by the time they had strained the
whole ocean through their sieve
didn't they have enough gold to III
a bag, Curly was right. The
gnoutes had emptied the FAIRY
Queens gold into the water. The
lTwipgfIsw off at once to her palace
no Be Continued,)
/. Copyright, 1921, n. E. A. Servlce.i
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-11-21

Nancy and Nick searched all
through the sea after the Fairy
Queens sack OF gold. Everybody
helped, from the little.neck clam to
the big whale. Mr.. Whale said that
he'd seen lovely lights up north at
! night and that perhaps 1t was an
! evening rainbow. II this children
would follow It. they might be able
10 find the gold. But Cap'H Penny
Wrinkle said it was of no use. tina:
the lovely flashes were only the
! Northern L;ghta, and they wouldn't
! know. The electric eel lent them
: his light and they hunted under al!
the rocks and in the dark sandy
caves and caverns. to say nothing
of the twilight groves OF tall sea.
| weed trees. But no haS OF gold
they find. Wherever the
gnomes had hidden it, It seemed
very likely that there 1t would stay.
! 1t was Curly, the little sen.horsc.
who had an idea and he told II 10
his fairy master. who confided 1t TO
the Twins. "CurIy says" cHid Cap'D
Pennywinkle. that the water these
days looks unusually golden. HOW
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-11-21
THE CONFESSIONS OF A
POPULAR MOVIE STAR

"CisBy, whnt's a frame-up?"
asked impulslvely, forgetting that
the poor boy was laying his heart
at my feet.
Nothing l could make you under
stand. What you've asked simply
proves you ought to marry me. Now
are you going to listen to me?
Marry me. Give me the tenderness
II need and l won't ask more. !
need you-and you certainly need
mo or a man az strong as /. No
body-no MANS fit for you dear!'
"But Cissy! I'm taking care OF
YOU now! Why can't l again, with
out marrying you?"
MAY Scott! Have you heard
what I'VE been saying? Oh-oh-
HECK! The studio crowd Is right
you do NOT know anything ahout
love! I'm sorry I annoyed you, dear.
But the words Just came. ! knew
hadn't a chance!"
His smile registered hopelessness'
| felt awfully sorry.
II loving hurts people so, why arc
they 30 anxious to fall in love? So
Il wondered.
AS soon as I reached home, I told
, Motherdear what Cissy had said.
I'm ashamed. M~otherdear! I'M
, ashamed to confess that I almost
giggled! And Cissy was SO much In
earnest"
"Hysteria!" Motherdear explain.
: ed. 1T afflicts many a girl when
first u man makes love"
at seemed to me that we were
, acting" I continued. II saw my
self. and Cissy, working on a set,
all the time he talked. But learned
from the experience"
"What?"
81 think never never can fall in
love with any mani" I ennounced
positively to a very astonished
MotherdeRr.
ITO Be Continued.)
! Copyright, 1921. n. E. a. Service.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-11-21
MRS. MARY WILHELM,
Pittsburgh, Pa.

mo matter what 1 should say
about Tanlac. it wouldn't be half
good enough" said Mrs. Mary VIII
helm, TIC Mint Way, South Side,
Pittsburgh, Pa.
II never dreamed it possible for
a medicine to restore me to the
splendid health I now enpoy. In
fact, 7 had almost resigned myself
to being an invalid, as I could e
Il was losing weight and strength
every day, and no relief was in
sight. For three years stomach
trouble, headaches and nervous
ness made my. life miserable.
1.-THE first bottle Of Tanlac acted
almost like magic and 1t wasn't
long until 1 was so well and strong
that I could hardly realize I had
ever known a sic1r day. I an like
a different person in every way
now, eating, sleeping, feeling and
looking bettOr than in years."
Tanlac is sold in Fairmont by
Cranes Drug Co. and druggist
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-11-21
SISTER MARY'S
KITCHEN
Copyright, 1921, N. E. Al

To make a desert small enough
for two persons is quite a prob.
lem. Few desserts are good the
second day and most are unfit to
use. Choose small pudding dishes
and pie pans. Include a small
dover beater with n small earthen
bowl for beating egg yolks in your
kitchen ASUfpment- This beaten
and bowl will DO Indispensable for
desserts OF all kinds and very con
venlnet for salad dressings.
cocoanut Taptoea Pudding For
Two
One third cup pearl tapioca, l
egg,. l 1-2 cup sugar, IS teaspoon
salt, IL teaspoon vanilla, . table
spoons grated cocoanut (Eresh or
dried), 9 more tablespoons sugar.
Soak tapioca in milk over night,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-11-21
Coats to Wear on Thanksgiving Day
All Reduced One-Fifth

A number of Coats-plain' and furtrimmed formerly $40 7E
marked up to $3.50 are included in this sale -. 80
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-11-21

.oTeuder little hands," Cissy muir
INJURED as l placed wet cotton on nls
bruised forehead. May. I've never
had much tenderness from a wom'
an"
your mother2" l reminded him.
..There are mothers-and moth
ers," Cissy sighed. mime wasn't
much like your Motherdear. MINIS
wasn't especially fond Of her Gnu
dren." ,a
not understand how any woman
with children could be unlike my
own sympathetic and self-sacriflc'
ing Motherdear.
Very suddenly Cissy grew senti'
mental:
Mnv, But girl. how l need you!
lCan't you see for yourself how '
come along since I've been acttnS
with you?" c,,,d
IL he that I was the girl who mao
reformed Cissy Sheldon?
erin SO glad If I've helped. Cy
The hoy never liked TO ha'V
line use MS
"Thcn keep OIL helping me! MAJ
Try mel" J.,
lactipC a part. ! stood outside the
frame and saw Cissy proposing 10
inc in a picture. I did not forgct
Imyself for Que second. And felt
affected and unreal.
But Cissy was serious enough 10
be convincing. ~.
They say, in the company. that
Won don't know what love is. May.
II wouldn't demand what yoi
couldn't give. little girl. That
sounds queer. l know. But Id Ike
the chance OF taking care Of you
MAY! You ought to have a hus'
band. I've been thinking about II
ever since that night you went on
Ito dinner with Rose.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-11-21

ILeonarG's small farmhouse, Janet
was still pondertus.
But she was the loudest in her
praise OF "the turkey"
Giles so tender end so fat she
explained dcligttedly. but now
hate TO eat my dear old Drum
stick"
When Tom Leonard's house
IkecDer had cleared away the din
iner and Auntie had gone to the
chamber to take her forty winks,
was left alone with her
nelEhbor.
"Never." said Janet gravely y
like you. brit q thief should
never :cel able to trust a man who
why. it Vas all a joke. YOU
darling little goose!" he begged,
reaching for her hand.
do you mean to say" Jeauet
lcrasped in pretended surprise,
"but not until see my own Drum
Istick can ! behave
"You mean. then, Janet. that II
r cnn find your turkey. you'll
Ivou'U think OF me?" he pleaded.
And Jeant with the demon OF
mischief cleaning in her ayes ans
wered "Think. perhaps For she
saw Tom Leonard on 2 wild nur-
suit of her wandering bird, through
fields and over fences. a goose
chase that would cure him forever
OF teasing.
"T'm afraid, dear" he said sud
denly, raising and catching her
hands. you've got to do more than
IthinK!" He turned her about and
there strutting vainly across hia
porch was Drumstick. the errant
the matchmaker to the life!
And looking up into his eyes
That had lost thotr teasing light
Janet knew she was going to do
more than "thTnk."
iCopyriEht 1921 by the Mcclure
Newspaper Svndicate)
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nc AnnPrs kITrENs

GARsTANG. Eng.--When the
mother Of a litter OF kittens died,
a dos attached to a farm near be.
came foster motlser to Pho O{C-
phans." The kittens have grown
considerably under the dogs care.