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The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1922-12-01
SCIENCE CHALLENGES VALUABLE CLAIMS AS
To ALC0HOl'S STIMULATING PROPERTIES
Drug Stimulating; Stimulating" Theory
Untenable; Up-to-Datc Physicians Reject in
Boozers Arguments.

OF his Textbook of Pharmacology
and Therapeutics:
Dodge and Benedict" american
experimenters at the Carnegie lnstitu-
tom were unable to find any stage
OF accelerated nervous activity, and
conclude that alcohol only depresses
the brain. Most other psychological
experiments give similar results. No
unequivocal evidence of initial stimu-
liant action on the brain has yet been
adduced, for each new feature may be
interpreted as really due to the deprcs-
sion of controlling or inhibitory func-
tons"
These are but few OF the state
ments recently compiled by Mrs. f. L,
Transeau, research secretary of the
Scientific Temperance Federation,
from scientific statements OF the past
ten years.
DIR. {. w. Saleeby in an article late
ly published i'll England put the mat
ter iii his peculiarly terse, vivid
way:
From the slightest trace OF any
action until it lays its victims out
dead drunk, alcohol does nothing but
paralyze. But everyone has seen the
boisterous condition of the alcoholic;
how, then, can men of science call al
cohol narcotic?
THE answer is that we all live
under self-control OF body and mind
technically called inhibition. With
out it we should exhaust our reserves
and die like runaway horse on a
mountain .road. Alcohol paralyzes
self-control the highest thing in us.
This applies to behavior such as
speech, control of temper, the sex
instinct; and to the body as in the
case of the heart which normally
runs under the control OF pair OF
nerves. and the rate of which doubles
when they are cut or paralyzed.
ANY solitary drinker shows the
pure narcotic action of alcohol He
simply becomes fuddled. slow, stupid,
sleepy, unconscious. Alcohol is often
mixed with chloroform and ether as
an anesthetic in surgery. All three
drugs act the same way. The patient
is violent at frst-his 'inh;b. tion' is
paralyzed, the first to go. and soon he
Is unconscious.
alcohol dulls feelings OF effort and
fatigue and makes us feel stimulated
but when Our work is tested with and
without. it is found to be slower and
less accurate with alcohol, though
we thought the reverse"
If the wine and beer propagandists
are depending OH finding alcohol a
stimulant to get back these intoxicat-
ing beverages, their case is ap-
parently lost in advance.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1922-12-01
ILLINOIS WOMEN
Condemn All Attempts to Nullify the
Prohibition Law

On the final day of the convention
of the Illinois League of Women
Voters, the following resolution was
adopted by the large gathering which
women from all over the
state:
The United States government
through the department of internal
revenue in 1902, fixed the alco-
holic content of beverages free
from taxation at one-half of per
cent. This tax was paid without
protest for over Is years.
In the Volstead law, Congress
followed this precedent, as had
also 81 dry states before National
Prohibition was adopted.
Beer containing pa per cent
alcoholic content and so-called
light wine, being Intoxicating,
cannot be legalized under the
Constitution.
Repeal of the Volstead law
would leave the government with
out means of enforcing the provi-
sions of the Eighteenth Amend
ment.
Therefore, we, the women of
the Illinois League of Women
Voters, do hereby re-emphasize our
loyalty to the Constitution, and
thoroughly condemn all move
ments intended to nullify or bring
into contempt any article con-
tanned in the fundamental law of
our land.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1922-12-01
ARKANSAS, MAINE AND OHI0'S GOVERNORS
TELL DRY Law Effects IN THEIR States
Everything Appears of Prohibitions Pioneer DR.,
State of Maine Sees Policy Justified by Action
of Her Sister States.

Some months ago American Issue
published d number Of statements
from governors OF various states Civ
ing their estimates of the value OF Pro-
hibition in their respective communi-
ties. Since then additional statements
have been received These state
ments are in response to a question
naire submitted by the editor of Amer
lean Issue. The questions asked will
be found in the statement of Governor
McRea of Arkansas:
Governor McRea of Arkansas
How long has your state had Pro-
hibition? Since Dec. 81, 1915.
Would Prohibition carry in your
state by popular vote, if submitted to-
day? Positively, yes.
Is there any majority demand for
amendment OF the Nolstead law SO as
to permit the sale of wine and heer
No; only minority.
Is the law being enforced impartially
among all classes? 1t seems so.
Is organized labor, as you know it,
in favor of retaining the present Pro-
hibition policy? 1t is.
Is enforcement against bootleggers
better than it has been? Yes.
Can you justify report that Prohibit
ton has
a--increased the well-being of the
general masses? Yes.
b-increased savings among work
ers? Yes.
c-s m | a t e home ownership
Yes.
d--benehtted children in marked
degree? Yes.
e-reduced drunkenness? Yes.
reduced crime in general? Yes.
Have any jails or penal institutions
been closed as result of Prohibition
Several jails, from reports, have no in
mates.
Is there any idle property, due to
Prohibition, or have breweries, saloons
and wholesale warehouses been abb
sorbed for other purposes? The
SLACK" was long ago taken up in Ar
kansas.
Taking broad view, weighing diff
culties and disadvantages against posi-
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1922-12-01
HAS COME TO STAY
But Evangeline Booth Points Out
Danger to Prohibition

Evangelne Booth, National COM
mander of the Salvation Army, speak
ing before the recent convention at
the World w. c. T. L., declared it to
be her belief that Prohibition has
come to stay by warning that TIE
real danger at this time is the move
ment favoring modification of the
dry law permitting the sale of beer
and light wines.
Miss Booth declared it is not the
radical wet that Injuries the great dry
cause, as that class IS in hopeless
minority, but that it is a class OF
citizens undecided as to sweeping
dry regime and that 1t is this public
that the drys must reach and bring
to their way of thinking.
The Salvation Army leader cited a
number Of statistics to show that
Prohibition had not caused an in
crease in crime or intoxication, and
said that Investigations by the Saliva
ton Army and other organizations
demonstrate clearly that the laboring
classes were establishing homes and
buying automobiles as direct result
of the disappearance of the saloon.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1922-12-01
(Belated Statement
tCora Frances Stoddard)

1t is reported that the PROPOSE
ton has been seriously made to
legalize the sale of stimulating
alcoholic beverages. the idea being to
have scientific inquiry establish the
percentage of alcohol at which a liq-
uor ceases to be stimulating and be-
comes Intoxicating, everything OF
higher alcoholic percentage TO be pro-
hibited.
Such proposition shows either how
desperate or how far behind their day
are the sponsors for the proposition
and how uniformed the legislators
who will fall for it.
More than twenty years ago. Prof.
]. J. Abel of Johns Hopkins univer-
sity in report made for the commit
tee OF fifty, which was by no means
Prohibition body, said, alcohol in
small and moderate quantity does not
have any direct stimulating action on
the heart"
Three years ago the Journal OF the
American Medical Association almost
apolosized for even bringing up the
fact that alcohol is not stimulant
when the editor felt it necessary to
correct the statement i'll book by a
non-medical writer The Journal
said (Dec. u, 1919:
The popular idea that alcohol is a
true st;mulant has so often proved to
be untenable on the basis OF scientific
evidence that it seems almost super
fuous 10 repudiate the mistaken
notion anew"
The Scientific inquiry" so smooth
ly recommended as a preliminary to
letting stimulating" alcoholic drinks
go on sale has already been made.
The advisory committee of the British
central board OF control 0iquor traf-
hc) composed OF some OF the best
known medical authorities i'll Great
Britain, including DIR. Cushny former
ly of our own Michigan University,
said on this point
alcohol is narcotic rather than
stimulant in action. No scientific
ground has been discovered for any
claim on behalf of alcohol to practical
value as a direct stinluiant OF the heart
in cases OF threatened failure of the
beat. When it appears to promote
recovery from fainting. it probably
acts simply by virtue OF the irritant
action on the mucous membrance OF
the mouth and throat. The popular
idea that it is a stirnulant proves on
examination to be scientifically I'M
tenable."
DIR, Cushney of ,nis British COM
mittee himself says in the 1918 edition
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1922-12-01
BOOTLEGGER HIRES SUB"
TO SERVE HIS SENTENCE

1t has been called TO the attention
of the president that bootlegger of
Cleveland, Ohio, convicted and
sentenced to Jail, hired a substitute
to serve his thirty days sentence at
the rate OF ten dollars day. The
New York Herald Washington bureau
in recording the incident says that the
president believes it is not an uncom-
mon practice and that it savors of
collision on the part of officers of
the law.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1922-12-01
GkLLivhN, LOADED FOR
BEAR, LETS LOOSE
Assails Commissioner Hayes on
Appropriation For Dry Law
Enforcement.
SAME AMOUNT ASKED
Gallivan Considers Appropriation
Too Great For Successful
Bootlegging.

Congressman James A. Gallivan OF
Massachusetts, an aggressive wet, sub
jected Prohibition Commissioner
Haynes to hostile cross-examination
when the Commissioner appeared on
November Is before the house ap-
preparations committee to seek an APP
preparation OF nine million dollars for
enforcing the dry laws during the
coming year The sum asked is the
same as was received by the depart
ment last year.
Mr. Gallivan thinks it is too large
an appropriation. IN this lie is in
perfect accord with the outlawed liq-
uor interests. The publicity agents OF
these interests are filling columns OF
space in the newspapers telling how
Prohibition law is not being enforced
and how ii can't be enforced. and at
the same time these same interests
are doing their ut...ost to prevent
Congress making an adequate ap-
preparation to meet the expense of
hunting down and convicting those
who are attempting to trample the
Eighteenth amendment under foot.
The nullihcationists realize that
there are two ways to accomplish
their purpose of rendering the Eight
zenith amendment imperative One is
to cripple or repeal the Volstead law !;
the other is to prevent Congress from
making an appropriation to meet the
expense of enforcement.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1922-12-01
PENNA JAIL POPULATION
FALLS UNDER PROHIBITION

The annual report of the board Of
of the Northampton coun-
ty, Pa, jail, gives the average number
of prisoners per day in the county Jail
for the past nine years. The senti-
ment of the county is very wet and
the law but poorly enforced In face
of these facts the following average
of prisoners is highly significant.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1922-12-01

for the conditions that prevailed prior
to its enactment. With the continued
Improvement in enforcement as evil
denced so far, the public'c conviction
of the merit of Prohibition is bound to
strengthen constantly"
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1922-12-01

In an address November 10 before
the tenth annual session OF the Negro
Organization Society i'll Richmond,
Governor E. Lee TrinlSle of Virginia
declared that Prohibition is here to
stay because the law-abiding citizens
are not going to bow the knee to
the few law breakers.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1922-12-01

tive benefits, do you consider Prohibi-
ton to be worth while?
Individually. Everything appears on
the credit side of Prohibition in Arkan-
sas. In this connection it should al
ways be pointed out that program so
vital, change SO sudden and vast,
must be beset with diff culties commen-
surate with the end sought.
Governor Baxter of Maine
The state of Maine for sixty years
has stood loyalty for Prohibition. 1t
has endured the abuse and been
tempted by the gold of the liquor in
terests of the nation. The state, how
ever has remained mistaken in its
faith, and today stands before the
world justified by the action OF its sis
ter states in adopting national Prohi-
bition. Those within the state who in
the past sought to betray it, are now
discredited and are heard from no
more.
The men OF Maine remain true to
this great cause and the women give
to it their overwhelming approval.
believe the day is soon at hand when
our whole nation will be as firm in the
faith as is Maine, the pioneer Prohibi-
ton state"
Governor Davis of Ohio
81 seriously question whether there
are any considerably great numbers of
people in Ohio today, irrespective OF
their prior convictions, who would be
willing to deny that Prohibition has
been an economic and social benefit in
many ways. That general recogni-
ton of this exists, appears to me dem
onstrated clearly by recent protesta-
tons by proponents of light wine
and beer" policy, in presenting their
case to the public, that they are not adj
vocates of any plan that might have
for its purpose, return to pre-Prohibi-
ton conditions connected with the sa-
loon.
Il do not claim to be able to see into
the future, but on the strength of the
experience this state has had under
Prohibition, l am willing to assert that
our people would under no circum-
stances exchange Prohibition OF today
The Ocala evening star., 1922-11-24
BURBANK

Burbank, Nov. 23.-Mr. and Mrs.
w. C. Bogue, Mrs. M. A. Bogue and
little daughter and H. l. Turner motor
ed to Ocala Saturday.
Mr.. M. A. Bogue of Palatka spent
the weekend here with his parents
Mr.. and Mrs. w. C. Bogue. He re-
turned to Palatka Sunday, accom-
panied by his wife and daughter, who
have been here for the past week.
Messrs. H. E. Abbott and Fl. F. Mac
Manus were home from Ocala for the
weekend
Mrs. J. I. Tilghman and son, Jack
of Palatka, are spending the week
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. W. c
Bogue.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. M. Miller and Mrs
Eva L. Hitchcock attended the teach
ers' meeting at Anthony Saturday.
Mrs. G. Albritton is the guest oi
Mrs. V. H. Turner.
Mrs. Sarah Tourtellot left Monday
for Jacksonville, where she will attenc
the fair.
Mr.. George Rose of Unadilla, Neb.
arrived Tuesday and will spend the
winter with Mr.. B. A. Wise.
A meeting was held Monday at the
church and plans were made to begir
remodeling the church building next
week.
The Ocala evening star., 1922-11-24

The explosion in the Dolomite mine
in Alabama Wednesday and the ter
rlble loss of life was brought close to
home last night when Mr.. W. L. Scott,
the well-known engineer on the A. C.
L., received a telegram stating that
his brother, James Scott, was one of
those who lost their lives. Mr.. Scott
has been able to hear no further par
tlculars and left today on the noon
train for Birmingham. Mr.. Scott has
the sympathy of his friends in the
loss of his brother, man in the prime
Of life, just forty-seven years old.
The Ocala evening star., 1922-11-24
DUNNELLON

Dunnellon, Nov. 22.-The president
of the city council called a specia1
meeting of the council Nov. 18th al
S p. m. for the purpose of hearing the
question of a Woman's Club building
which the women wish to erect on the
town park site. A delegation of WON
en- met with the council and presented
their plea. The mayor and all mem.
bers OF the council were present, ex,
cept one councilman. The women
met with complete defeat, as the
and all councilmen, except one
were opposed to the club house being
placed on this lot. But while the
women were disappointed they were
not discouraged and expect in the near
future to secure a good location for
the club house.
The Ocala evening star., 1922-11-24

Mrs. T. M. Mclean received a tele-
gram yesterday stating that her lit
tie niece, eight years old, Bessie E
Thomas of Monroe, S. c., was terrib-
ly burned and scalded and that she
was not expected to live. The little
girl with her mother and sister visited
in Ocala last summer at the home OF
Mrs. Mclean and the friends she made
will regret to hear of her painful &C,
cident.
The Ocala evening star., 1922-11-24
Fair dates-Nov. 28th to Dec. 1st.

Miss Wynona Wetherbee spent a
few hours in Ocala Monday afternoon
Ell route from her home in Leesburg
to Atlanta, Ca, where she has ac-
cepted a position in one of the city
schools. Miss Wetherbee will be with
her cousins, Mr.. and Mrs. Courtland
Winn, in Atlanta, and expects to
spend the Christmas holidays with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. F. E.
Wetherbee, in Leesburg.
The Ocala evening star., 1922-11-24
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE OF SALE

Notice is hereby given that the un-
dersigned will on Monday, the 4th day
of December, 1922, at the west door Of
|ty, Florida, and during the legal hours
of sale, offer for sale at public sale and
Wll sell to the highest and best bidder
to the estate OF Nichalos Rizzo, de-
ceased, to-wit: Two trunks and con-
tents, consisting Of towels, books
music and other miscellaneous articles
as shown by inventory and appraise-
ment on file and OF record county
Judges office, at Ocala, Florida
S. c. NJ. THOMAS,
Ex-Officio Admr. Estate of Nicha1os
Rizzo. 22-a3-24-25-27-2s-30- -30-1-2
The Ocala evening star., 1922-11-24
NOTICE OF REMOVAL

I have moved my shoe repair shop
to Gold street, east of the Anthony
road. I am better prepared than
ever before to give. you, good service.
Those in need of my services will
please bring in their work and call
for same. H. H. SUMMERLIN,
1-3-m Boot and Shoe Repairer.
The Ocala evening star., 1922-11-24
Fair dates-Nov. 28th to Dec. 1st

Freddie Winer, of the Marion Hard
ware Company, has constructed an
other novel hunting display in the
north window of that big store. He
has three miniature ponds, consist
ing of tubs of water surrounded by
Spanish moss and in each may be
seen two life-life ducks, floating
around amid the hyacinths. A small
electric fan in one corner of the win
dow causes the ducks to move.
The Ocala evening star., 1922-11-24

Mrs. J. B. Brantly returned homo
yesterday from a ten-day visit in
Jacksonville. She was accompanied
home by Mrs. J F. Smelling, who will
be her guest while in Ocala.
The Ocala evening star., 1922-11-24

Mrs. Stirling Hooper, the good fairy
at the Gift Shop, has arranged most
attractive Thanksgiving window at
the Harrington corner that attracts
the attention of all passing that way.
The Ocala evening star., 1922-11-24

40, where did you get that lovely
hat, Mrs. Barnard?" At Fishel's. And,
my goodness! I never realized how
many dollars I could save until I start
ed buying there. I can get two hats
for the price formerly paid for one. St
The Ocala evening star., 1922-11-24

Albert's Plant Food is the thing for
making your flower garden and pot
plants bloom. 1t is odorless and is
sold in 25c. and 10c. packages and 50
sacks. Al the Court rnarmacy. If
The Ocala evening star., 1922-11-24
WOODMEN MEETING

Regular meeting Fort King Camp
No. IA, w. o. W., Friday night, Nov.
oath, Odd Fellows hall. All members
urged to be present.
C.. K. Sage, Clerk.
The Ocala evening star., 1922-11-24

Call 471-Blue for the best red oak
and pine strand wood. Four-foot
wood $3.50. E. Gibbons, North Os-
ceola street. 16----
The Ocala evening star., 1922-11-24

Mrs. Walter Marsh and Mrs. A. G.
Moree returned yesterday afternoon
from Jacksonville, where they spent
the first of the week visiting the fair.
The Ocala evening star., 1922-11-24

Machine hemstitching; artistic
handicraft; forenoons. Mrs. Luella M.
Grimbly, 701 Oklawaha avenue, Ocala.
Phone 400 15-tf
The Ocala evening star., 1922-11-24

W. K. Lane, M. D., physician and
surgeon. specialist eye, ear, nose and
throat. Office over S and 10 cent store
0cala. Fla. If
The Ocala evening star., 1922-11-24
OCALA TWENTY YEARS AGO
Evening Star Nov, "a, 1902

Evening Star Nov, "a, 1902
The Ocala Rifles, our crack military
company, returned this morning at
$3.50 from their trip to Jacksonville,
where they participated in the squad
and company drill at the competitive
contest for gala week prizes. Those
who went were Captain Nash, Lieuts.
Roberts and Graham, Sergeants Gary,
Dunn, Reardon and Ballard, Corpor-
ais Pender, Dorsey and Pittman and
Privates Sanders, Weihe, Stroman,
Duffy, Spencer, Hays, Pooser, Smoak,
Moreland, Carlton, Ingram and Miller.
At meeting at the city hall last
night subscriptions amounting to
$4,000 were raised to build the race
track at the fair grounds.
Mrs. Matte Culverhouse, who has
been visiting her grandmother, Mrs.
G. A. Carmichael, will return to her
home in Augusta, Ga, in few days,
Her little sister, Edna will accompany
1her.
Mr.. P. U. Milligan, one Of the en-
terprising merchants of Eureka, was
in the city today and made the print
ers twice glad. Mr.. Milligan says
trade is good in his section
Frank Lytle, the thorough-going
manager of the Suncrest grove at
Stanton, has shipped 700 crates OF
grapefruit from the grove and has
hardly made a beginning.
Yesterday Crawford Standley, the
three-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs. S
A. Standley, went up to his fathers
room and got some matches. In play
ing with them he ignited his clothes
His mother who was sitting on the
porch heard his screams and with
rare presence of mind enyeloped the
child in her dress and put out the
flames The little fellow was burned
from his ankles to the top of his head
his eyebrows and hair being burned
Ocala Ten Years Ago
(Evening Star Nov. "a, 1922
Judge Bell issued a marriage license
to Mr.. James G. Baker and Mrs. Flora
Perry.
DIR. H. C. Dozier returned last night
from Philadelphia, where he has been
adding to his professional knowledge
for several weeks. The doctor is look
ing and feeling well and has had a
pleasant and profitable vacation, but
both he and his patients are glad he
is home again.
Mr.. Sam Pyles, who has been with
McIver & MacKay several years, has
severed his connection with that firm
and is now with Theus & Zachary.
Mr.. o. M. Goodrich, who has been
in a Tampa hospital suffering from q
wound in his head, is almost vel
enough to return to his home at Greer
Springs. He is a member of Tululs
Lodge of this city and at its request
the Tampa lodge gave him assistance
The Ocala evening star., 1922-11-24

Mr.. and Mrs. C. c. Balkcom and
children, who have been staying in
Lakeland for the past month, return
ed home last night.
The Ocala evening star., 1922-11-24

The statement in the Star yesterday
that one of its employees killed twenty
two birds that morning was typo
graphical error. 1t was twelve.
The Ocala evening star., 1922-11-24

The more our customers see of our
methods of handling fresh meats, the
better we like it. Come to see US
Main Street Market. Phone 10s. II
The Ocala evening star., 1922-11-24

The weak and the strong enjoy eat
ing the best fresh meats obtainable.
That's the kind to be found at the
Main Street Market. Phone 10S. tt
The Ocala evening star., 1922-11-24
Advertise in the Evening Star.

A 25-cent package of Albert's Plant
Food will perform wonders with your
pot plants. Try it. Sold at the Court
Pharmacy. II
The Ocala evening star., 1922-11-24

DR.. C. l. Collins went to Jackson
vile yesterday for a short stay in
that city. While there he will visit
the State Fair.
The Ocala evening star., 1922-11-24

Fruit cake, layer, cake, pound cake
and raisin cake (Gardner's) at Main
Street Market. Phone 109. loft
The Ocala evening star., 1922-11-24

Orders for pies and cakes taken
Lemon and apple pies a speciality
Phone 135. 2O-6t
The Ocala evening star., 1922-11-24

Let US supply your groceries. Reas-
orable prices and prompt delivery our
slogan. Main Street Market. Phone
1O8. 1-f
The Ocala evening star., 1922-11-24

New crop Curtis and Van Deman
pecans at o. K. Teapot. 23-2t
The Ocala evening star., 1922-11-24

Delicious fruit cake. Orders takel
Phone 278. 21-6t
The Ocala evening star., 1922-11-24

We buy secondhand furniture. Ap-
ply at Farmers Supply Company, Ex-
position street. loft