Evening star., 1922-07-31
BIG REWARDS SPUR
!. ON DRY OFFICERS
Fees as High as $50 Are Of
. fered for Arrest of Some
VioIat0rS.
$40 FOR TAKING STILL
Heretofore Unknown Teeth" in
Enforcement Are Expected to
Make Virginia Desert.
Special Dispatch to The star

Special Dispatch to The star. {,
RICHMOND, Va, July S1.-There,
are more teeth in the new prohibi-
ton law than was at first accepted.
There are inducements for the officers
of the counties. cities, towns and the
state to work for the rigid enforce
ment of the various provisions of the
measure that have just been brought
to light. Among the features are
these:
Any arrest and conviction for in
fractions of the law carry fee of
$40 for the man making the arrest.
That is assessed as costs i'll every
case. When a still is taken there is
fee for such capture ranging from
$50 for other than a copper still
to $40 for a copper still When Off
. GERS capture persons working at
still, taking both still and operators,
they get $50 for the capture OF each
! man or men working, in addi ton to
the fee for the still.
The law applies to conStableS. game
wardens. magistrates, deputy sheriffs,
clerks of courts, notaries public, sur
NeyorS and all others who receive
fees. salaries or any sort of compen-
sation when they are paid by the
counties. cities, towns or the state.
All of these fees are assessed
against the persons arrested and con-
NiCted. and whatever property they
may have is subject to levy and at
tachmeut for the costs of such con-
'victions and stand for a number of
years and can be collected at any
time.
Whatever may be the cause, the
fact is that in the last few months
there have been more arrests than
at any time since the law became
effective, and the local officers are
giving information to the prohibi-
uon agents in every direction and
are receiving their part of the fees
Tor such information.
Convict Faces Theft Charge.
Herbert Parham. alias w. II. Pow
crS, now in the Mississippi state
prison, where he was sentenced for
five years for theft of an automobile,
will Soo1 be released on parole and
when he is released there will be an
officer from this city with warrant
and requISition papers for his re-
, moval To Richmond, where there is
an Indictment standing against him
for stealing a machine here. The
prisoner is a young man and is said
10 have operated here several years
ago.
Richmond is to have motor busses
for parts of the city. to be operated
in the sections in which there are
no caTs-mainly through residential
sections. The franchise has been
awarded by the council. requiring the
s250.oo0 and to operate a specified
number of the machines each day for
sixteen hours. There is to be a bond
Of $4,000 for each of the cars op-
Grated. There We're two franchises
befC"e the council, one being for the
trackless trolley. but that was de-
ftated and preference given to the
motor bus. Each bus is to have
seats for twenty-five passengers and
the fare is stipulated at s cents. 1t
is understood that the new busses
will be in operation within a short
time.
Preacher Allowed Appeal.
Rev. r. f. Broode of Bedford county
has been allowed a writ of error and
fupersedeas in the supreme court of
appeals. Mr.. Broode. who came to
Virginia from Pennsylvania. was at
tending a Baptist association and the
liquor question came up for discus
sion. Mr.. Broode said that the fact
that the judge of the county would
wv ere convicted was more than
could be expected and that the efforts
and protest of the state availed moth
ing and that the two sons of the
judge represented many of the per
sons charged with violations of the
liquor law. This magistrate was
Judge i. II. DillaTd. \ rule for con
tempt was issued and the governor
designated Judge r. Carter Scott of
This city to try the ease. He heard
The facts and imposed a fine of SIS
and costs.