Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1935-04-12
FROM OUR
EXCHANGES
WICOMICO HOTEL is
DENIED LIQUOR PRIVILEGE

A1<SOO4S A~A
When the General Assembly ad-
iourned, sine die, on Tuesday the bill
designed to license hotels OF specl-
fled type in Wicomico County to serve
liquor to guests ordering complete
meal died in committee.
introduced by Delegates Wheaton,
Boyce and Davis, but opposed by Dele
cate P. Elliott Burroughs, the meas
ure passed the House of Delegates
but had not been brought out OF COM
mittee by Senator o. Straughn Lloyd
up to last Saturday when the Board OF
Directors of the Wicomico Hotel an
nounced that it had requested that the
hill he withdrawn from further con-
sideration.
The directors, stating that they were
unwilling to inject the wet and ory
issue in the election of 1886, having
been informed an amendment asking
a referendum on the proposed meas
IRE would be attached in the Senate,
issued the following statement winch
was nv unanimous action of the board
which includes: :,
Graham Gunby, ST., president, Fred
P. Adkins, Ernest c. Turner, William
H Morton, Jr., I. L. Benjamin, Hoop
err S. Miles, Frank A. Mitchell, Pratt
D. Phillips, William S. Gordy, Jr.'
Paul E. Watson, ]. Waller Williams
and Otis G. Clements.
"The Directors of the Wicomico
Hotel Company who sponsored House
Bill No. 412 have instructed our legls-
tators to withdraw it from consldera-
tion. This action was taken when IL
was learned it would be amended IN
the Senate by attaching referendum.
.The Hotel directors have no lnten-
ton of injecting the wet and dry IS
sue in the election Of 1886.
"The Directors of the Wicomlco
Hotel Company who sponsored House
Bill No. 412 have instructed our legls-
lators to withdraw it from considera-
ton This action was taken when 1t
was learned it would be amended IN
the Senate by attaching referendum
'The Hotel directors have no inten-
ton of injecting the wet and dry issue
in the election of 1886.
"The Wicomico Hotel owned by
some six hundred Wicomico County
citizens has never paid dividend.
These people subscribed their money
that Salisbury might have Hotel in
keeping with cities of like size and to
give tourists and the travelling public
comforts and entertainment they ex-
pect from a progressive, hospitable
community.
"The development of the city and
county and the property values de-
pend largely on the bringing of out
side capital into the community The
impression of strangers as to the
temperament and hospitality of a com
munity is greatly influenced by the
management and service received in
its leading hotel.
Liquor is old in Salisbury. 1t is
purchased in carload quantities and
sold in quantities but no provision
for sale by single drink. To buy Ii
quor in Wicomico County legally you
must buy enough to get drunk. Our
Senator refuses our Hotel the privi-
lege of serving it's guests in smaller
quantities. Of course, they can get
a pint, a quart, or a gallon but we
cannot sell them a drink. To refuse
the temperate use of liquor and force
the purchase of quantity is, in the
opinion of the directors, contrary to
any conceivable logic.
"The Board of Directors of the Wi
comico Hotel are firmly convinced
that their request for license to sell
their guest liquor is proper and an
advanced step in moral improvement.
Guests can, with inconvenience,
buy their liquor in Salisbury but are
compelled to buy in larger quantities
than our proposal. We can see no de-
Tense in our Senator refusing to sup
port our application for license to sell
our guests liquor in smaller quantities