Evening journal. [volume], May 27, 1913, Page 9, Image 9

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RUSH TO MARYLAND ON "RUM SPECIAL
SINCE HAZEL LAW WENT INTO EFFECT
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May 2B.—
"Wet" days in lower Delaware may be
» thing of the past, but they are still
very "damp." Persona with a "thirst"
In Kent and Sussex counties—the
Biate's local option territory—are
having trouble In getting liquor, but
they are getting It; perhaps not In
such quantities as a few months ago.
when express company receipts quad
rupled and piled up fancy dividends
but the point the llquor-cr&vers em
phasize is that thev are getting ado
quate drinkables. Their assertion Is
undented, -
Maryland's anthem. "Maryland, My
Maryland." has been appropriated by
the Delawareans as a pean of Jubila
tlon over the neighboring States's con
venlently situated railroad station, on
er near the border line, where Jug« of
whisky and crates of beer may be con
signed, received and then • slipped"
over the boundary'.
In nearly every town In the two
countles Saturday night lawlessness,
rampant In the past, has abated appre
ciably. The drinkers who Journey to
Maryland and return unmolested with
stores of "wet goods." are too much
imbued In singing their thanks to the
proxlmltv of Maryland to turn their
minds to fighting
Carroll s valor was lustily chorused
In song Saturday night In Sussex
county, which seems to be a promised
laud for "bootleggers." The last repo
titlon of the air did not die out until
Shortly before tolling church bells
summoned congregations to worship
thls morning. And for all the liquor
that was "run over" the line yesterday
no offenses were reported to Sheriff
Dukes, who lives In the county jail
A staff correspondent, of the Phila
delphia Ledger, writing from George
town. gives the following observations
of conditions in Sussex following the
enactment of the Hazel law prohibit
ing the shipment of liquors into Kent
and Sussex;
GEORGETOWN, Del,
It is true that a Score of colored
men staged a "Wild West" show, be
ginning at 10 o'clock last night, and
fired 100 rounds of blank cartridges
from revolvers, enough volleys and
noise to cause salesmen and a few
guests at the solitary hotel to dive be
neath their beds tn alarm. But it was
just another way of celebrating, Sher
iff Dukes says, for when he started
after the men to slop what he sup
posed was a feud, the fusllade had
ceased and he was greeted by a rol
licking chorus of "Maryland, My Mary
land."
"! have been mixed up in Saturday
Right shooting scraps and drunks as
an officer for some time," the sheriff
■ but this 'Maryland, My
continued.
Maryland" Is getting on my nerves.
there are adequate grounds
I'm going to
I
suppose
for the singing soon.
V/rite to Maryland's governor."
There are prospects that the neigh
boring State's hymn will be speedily
dropped for a dirge. Federal authori
ties have been appealed to for the en
forcement of the Webh-Kenyon act, a
national law, which prohibit* Inter
state traffic. Anti-liquor and church
forces have been notified that an In
vestigation will be made.
Boast of Liquor Traffickers,
And this message, carried on the
»1res, has
The traf
■underground political"
reached the "bootleggers." ■■
Ackers In liquor believe they will have
a respite of enough drinkables before
tne end of the coming fortnight to
quench innumerable thirsts, If the
laws are enforced to the letter, which
they have no Idea will be done.
The liquor cohorts, who first laugh
ed at the two counties voting for local
option four years ago. meeting Utile
difficulty In having shipments sent to
them from Philadelphia, Baltimore and
Wilmington, were confused by the
passage of the Federal law. After
et eking lawyers to Interpret It for
them, they found a loophole by dealing
with Wilmington firms
Then came the introduction In the
General Assembly of the Hazel act.
This measure forbids Inter
state traffic, and was aimed
to present
catering to
of the dry counties,
county, third of Delaware's small ter
ritorv. is "wet" in spots. Wilmington
supported saloons in the special elec
tion. but most of rural New Castle fol
lowed the example of the lower coun
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WRmingtonlane from
the wants of residents
New Castle
The Hazel law, therefore, paralyzed
the drinkers, for It permits each Indl
virtual the privilege of taking only
one gallon of "liquor" to his home.
A surplus is liable to confiscation.
There Is no restriction as to beer, and
Indulgerr of that beverage ridicule
the Idea of any one carrying from s
••wet" city a package of one gallon of
Ler I Consequently, possessors of sut
ficlent funds turn to whiskey. The
liquor people, who are vigorously com
hatting their enemies, make the point
that there are more consumers of
whlskv in southern Delaware at the
time than when the saloons
ties
present
flourished.
The laws, which a contingent hesi
tate to break or have not funds • u ®
clent to carrÿ on the "bootlegging."
popularize nostrums as last resort
' "jag producers." A
tisns, whose resourcefulness, dating
berk to the former political days of
the voter's assistant and when Addlcks
was trying to wrest the senatorial s
laurels, cannot be questioned, once
more come to the fore.
A new- and ingenious means of ex
hilaration has been invented, but the
recipe is considerably guarded. In
thoge days of scarcity of the real ar
t'cle promoters of substitutes guard
But the secret has
William F.
And Sussex coun
th**m zealously,
leaked through Senator
Blackstone, druggist of this city, who
led the fight In the Senate against the
Hazel law.
It follows:
"Grate enough Irish potatoes (un
cooked) to fill a quart measure, and
then deposit the shreds in a tub
boiling water Carefully insert b
feet into the liquid, and cuddle the
petato gratings with the toes. Also
recline in the chair and close the eyes.
Try to dream, If possible."
"It sounds foolish, but Mr. Black
alone avows It* efficacy.
"I have never tried It. of, course,
having no desire for such pleasure,"
explained the druggist, "but I know
that Georgetown men have. Their an
tics have convinced me that this recipe
v in result in intoxication The men
•acre plumb drunk, and they awoke
the next morning with the usual head
ache and also an Inconceivably darn
brown taste. 1 don't know how >t
does If, but Ill pledge my word it
«Orks out satisfactorily."
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Senator Blackstone says that deny
ing Sussex county men liquor has had
Three colored men have paid with
their Uvea the toll of drinking shellac,
and Kent county authorities say an
equal number of this race has died ln|
Dover as the result of imbibing wood
[alcohol and "dope" whiskey.
Because of the convenience of the
Maryland railroad towns, Delawareans
practically have abandoned having
shipments of Ijquor made to their own
stations. Also they have passed Into
the discard scores of ruses, highly sue
ctssful In the past, such as hiding)
halt-pint flasks In kits of mackerel,
and larger sized bottles In stoves, con-,
signraents of furniture and boxes and!
barrels stenciled "groceries."
These practices were routed by State
Detective Thomas, of Dagsboro He
has made a number of arrests.
Residents of Seaford still cling to
one form, although some residents
now invade Federalsburg, Md. Their
most popular plan Is to order liquor
shipped by boat from Baltimore, and
then line the shore of the Nanttcoke
river, Just over the Delaware boun
dory, to await the coming of the craft,
Three blasts of the boat's siren,
echoing from behind a bend In the
stream, notify the watchers that their
expectations are to be realized. The
steamer does not reduce Its speed, or
make ready for a landing. Deckhands
throw overboard casks, which float on
the white-crested waves, left behind
by the paddle wheels. When the boat
passes out of eight the consignees put
out in rowboats and balleaux. On
each keg is a waterproof card, on
which, In Indelible ink, are the names,
"I've got your stuff," shouts a boal
man. who hooks up a receptacles
"Here's yours, Bill," answers an
other.
It takes about an hour for the vari
ous kegs to be sorted, but these odds
are easily surmountable—quite will
ingly, too, argue the boatmen. From
the line there Is a procession of men
wheeling loaded barrows to Seaford.
Wagons are used also, but the recip
ients prefer the alleys, which will not
permit passage of vehicles.
That territory extending from
Georgetown to the boundary on the
line of the Delaware, Maryland and
Viiglnla railroad, has Its haven in
Bishop. This hamlet Is situated three
quarters of a mile In Maryland. It
consists of a depot, two houses and
two storage houses The last census
gave the population Is 20.
Train Known as "Hum Special."
Big and little earthen Jugs and
crates of beer accumulate there during
thX week. Saturday Is the day for
tlulr,-distribution. The Delaware.
Maryl-and and Virginia train that
leaves Georgetown shortly before noon
Is known to natives as the "Hum Spe
cial."
Boisterous greetings are acclaimed
as men clamber Into the smoking
coach at Georgetown, the number be
ing regularly Increased as Btokley,
Mlllsboro, Dagsboro, Frankford aud
Selbyvllle are reached.
"Going to Bishop?" Inquires a wit.
"Well, you must be a miud-teader. '
Is the retort. "1 have a relative sick
there."
harmful effects on many. Those lack
Ing money, he slates, are driven to es
sence of lemon, nostrums that contain)
alcohol, bay rum and hair tonics.
A man about 60 years old, who
gazed In dismay at potato fields on
either side of the onspeedlng train
and sighed plaintively that there will
be the worst crop of "round potatoes"
for years, and that money for these
trips to Bishop will be scarce next
full.
explained the system.
"They call me a runner, and I am,'*
h.* said to a companion In the seat.
"I order five gallons or so In my name
and Georgetown men order more. The
whiskey Is always there, for the deal
ers never forget an order. I can get
my stuff on demand, but I generally
get orders for the other Jugs. If I
don't get a written order, then I wink
lit the agent. Sometimes It works and
sometimes It don't. We have to take
our chances In this business."
Another "runner" was a colored
He has been tried three times
man.
^ court, but not convicted. This man
i i8 a Democrat. The Democrats are lu
control of the county. Moreover, ho Is
one of the few colored Democrats In
lower Delaware.
"Why.
asked John H. Layton, of Franktord.
a brother of ex-Secretary of State
Caleb H. Layton, in mock surprise.
"Well, my w-ifo has a Job picking
strawberries down there, and It has
been raining so hard I couldn't work,
i0 j thought I would go and see Ler,"
va9 the grave answer.
The colored Democrat's wife was
no t visible. He made the twentieth
man to go to Bishop on Saturday
The "Rum Special" has a schedule
which fits the upbound train. Those
vno go to Bishop on the errands have
but a lay-over of a half-hour. The
return trip Is gay. and the "runners"
congregate In the "Jim Crow" car.
race distinction, decreed by Maryland
i a w, expiring as soon as the coach
enters Delaware ground.
A 14-mlle trip to Cape May and re
turn doesn't daunt I>ewes men They
sot out for the New Jersey resort In
motor boats.
Hickman, a railroad station on the
Queen Annes. Is keeping people mys
tified. The station has been shifting
its moorings. It formerly was In
Delaware by a margin of a hundred
yards until the passage of the Hazel,
iaw. Then Hickman. Del., became'
Hickman. Md. But the station had not
been carried far enough, surveyors!
learned after conferring about State
boundary etiquette. Another shift was
, where are you going?"
bowels, which he gave to his patients
for years.
olive Tablets, the substitute for
calomt 'heir action, yel
always effective. They bring about
that exuberance of spirit, that natu
ra i buoyancy which should be en
joyed by everyone, by toning up the
jjv®r and clearing the »vstein of
harmful imnnrlttes
kt *ni 25c per box.
The Olive Tablet Co.. Columbus, 0.
fv?ry Liltle
Olive Tablet Has
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All Ils Own
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Your doctor will tell you ninety per
cent, of all sickness comes from inac
tlve bowels and liver. Dr. Kdwards. a
well known physician In Ohio, per-1
fected a vegetable compound mixed
with olive oil. to act on the liver and
[made, and now antl-ltquor people say
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More wealthy "black-leggers" em
ploy automobiles, running over the
line after dusk, handkerchiefs conceal
Ing their features, and visiting a chain
0 - town s The machine Is hacked into
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a badly illuminated thoroughfare. In
terseetlng the Inevitable main street
of Delaware towns. Word of the pres
ence of the dealers Is quickly passed.
A quart of whiskey, contents un
guaranteed, brings $2. it Is custo
mary for men to "chip In." In George
town they tell a Joke about one man
who says a half-dollar was too much
to contribute for no more plenteous
supply than a single quart. ,
The "wets" proudly Invite an Inves- 1
ligation of the cells of the county |
prison to corroborate their contention '
that the drinking of liquor does not)
result In wholesale violations
in the Jail there Is a solitary pris
oner, a carpenter, who was sentenced
that this point is highly favored by
liquor dealers.
Some I'se Molar far*.
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to ninety days' imprisonment on a
charge of entering a house while In
toxicated. The carpenter pleaded
guilty and repented of drinking. The
prisoner is permitted the freedom of
the jailyard, and one of Georgetown's
wonders is that he Is engaged In build
ing the hull of a motorboat for the
sheriff.
Controverting the contention of the
liquor forces, the antis declare that
ouly tear of prosecution curtails of
fenses. They say that there were so
many liquor cases al the first term of
court following local option that the
total expenses amounted to approxi
mately $ 8 ( 100 , ATd the antia retort
that many of the prosecution!) were
made on trivial charges, that the ex- i
orbitant expenses bankrupt the county
and that an equilibrium of finances has
not been attained yet.
Dover, the State capital and county
seat of Kent, has a mystery on Us
hands. It Is In the identity of the
consignee of a large trunk. A hag
gage master thoughtlessly permitted
It to drop from a car door to the »U
tlon platform. One end caved in, after
a tinkling of glass and a pungent odor
attracted attention. Reddish fluid
streaking the concrete walk provoked
awed countenances. The content was
whiskey. The trunk has been held in
the station fo»- three weeks. No claim
ants appear.
Senator Blackstone believes the laws
work an Injustice to the poor man.
Wealthy citizens, ho explains, may
order liquor from a Philadelphia firm
end have it consigned with groceries
The other class, he adds, faces Impris- 1
onmen t upon seeking a supply of clr
ourastancea which Its pocketbaok will
permit.
The senator-druggist also declares
that business tn towns has been affect
ed, but hs criticises moving picture
houses as taking away other trade.
The beneficiaries of local opUon and
the national and State laws he de
clares, are the crossroads stores. For
merly country folk came to the towns
Saturday nights, ho explained, but
now, facing ho attraction, remain at
heme and patronize their storekeepers.
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the week when you want it; in this way we can give you bet
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Last Saturday wc were so rushed with alterations that we
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ceeding Saturday we'll he busier, so if possible pick out your
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An interesting recital will he given
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evening, June 3.
The program includes' an extreme
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Our Nation's Flag," with the history |
of our national emblem portrayed In
«one and story, by a group of Wll
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Rhode Island, Anna McCJettlgan;
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Connecticut, Grace Barnett; Georgia
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MIDDLETOWN, Del, May 27.—Ed
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sold the Mrs. Agnes Brice farm, near
Sassafras, Md.. containing 200 acres,
to Anthony H. Johnson, for $12.000.
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