The Cedarville Herald, Volume 33, Numbers 27-52

f jnwiwfw**1*r*ww»r ij .jwwr yjwyww K * * 8 O u r S e c o n d Semi- Annua 8 Is now causing a stir among the Buying Public, No other sale ever held in Dayton has ever been so full of | S t 4 4 4 * * * w r ______ t . ___ j to _ _ i t v r ____ n . ____ r i . . . . . ' _____ f . 9 8 I remarkable bargains in Women's and Men’s Ready✓ to/Wear Garments, Furnishings, Muslin Under/* wear, Shoes, Carpets, RugsandDraperies/ Ifyou are awake to your own interestsyou’llattend the sale Dayton, 8 8 a ■ T H E F A I R $ i t t KANY, THE TAILOR There is no use for you to go and buy your Spring Suit, ready-made, when we will take your measure and make you a Suit to , Order for the same money W e want you to give us a call and be convinced. KANY, TheLeadingTailor. 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CROUSE • S i S S k i j ^ i D m P & M ’SHjfgiltlf LAWENFORCEMENT I SPRINGFIELD: Wo reproduce the following edi­ torial from the Springfield Sun which deals with the policy of the officials on law enforcement in th a t city, ' ‘ The article is stronr throughout and should, result m stirring the. law enforcement element in tha t city to their duty. As the situation in Springfield is identical .witu this place we lieve no hesitancyin using the article a t this time. “How much longer is the blind tiger, the speakeasy and the boot­ legger to he permitted to flourish, in Springfield without an honest effort, on the pa rt of those officials whose sworn duty i t is, to bring these vio­ lators of law to justice and to close their places ot business, not for a day or a weekv but for the period of time during which the Rose law is operative in this county. The conditions incident to the enforcement, or rather the lack of enforcement ot this lav/ in Spriug- fletd have become so outrageous tha t no group of law abiding and order loving citizen may ^assemble with out this matter ttitmi&tely becoming the principal subject of discussion The men and women of the city who have made an investigation of the conditions are firmly convinced that no time since the law became operative has a eomuafcent effort been mad* to enferee It and the mote carefully the matter is con­ sidered the firmer is this belief. A t the present time it is easy to satisfy the appetite for malt or BpiritoUs beverages as it was when Springfield was an open saloon town. The only difference is th a t today the rear door is used instead of the front entrance, an upper room has taken the place of tho old floor department, or admittance is gamed only after the identity of the applicant for admission has been established and ho is known as a safe customer. Once inside there is no attempt a t concealing the object of entering nor the use to which th e place is put One seeks a drink and a man behind tho counter or in charge of the room has ifc'to sell. The bar­ gain is quickly struck. That this condition exists in a hundred or more places about the city is appar­ ent to anyone who has eyes with which to see. In fact the keepers of these places, unemharassed by the liability for a heavy license, are so brazen in their violation of the law, are so secure in th e ir belief th a t they will not bo prosecuted and fined so frequently tha t all their profits will be diverted to tho city or county treasury, tliat they allow their customers to drink until they have descended to the level of beasts and ih this condition turn them into the street to become staggering ad­ vertisements of the man,who catered to their appetite for alcohol, Nor are these blind tigers native to any jiarticular section of the city. They are to be found in every dis­ trict tha t afforded a saloon in the olden days. They floiuish In the East End, in tho West End, ato to be found on the South and North Sides, and ato located in sufficient number In the haarC of the city to eater to the thirsty ones who spend most of their time in tha t section of Springfield. They ato found in for­ mer saloon rooms, in private houses, in rooms formorly used for more le­ gitimate purposes. 1n tact tho keep­ ers of those places have usurped every point of vantage, yet thay are notable to keep their location hid­ den from tho authorities sinco tho mon and women and often the child­ ren m tneir vicinity know of their whereabouts. I t is perfectly safe to assume, then that tho authorities know* of these violations and where law violators hold forth. But to in­ terrupt tho keeper of tho blind tiger in tho exception rather than the ru le .' ' 1'fp to the present time, the Rose law has boon operative in Hpring- lloid and (-Sark counts' about four­ teen monthts and tho city police who work, in the last analysis under tho orders of tho mayor of the city, j have done comparatively nothing to | fenforce tho law. Instead of seeking !to anforv". it- tho violation is winked fa t and continues under tho very no- s-' s of individual members ot the force. They are net in ignorance, of it. Why, then, do they not; m a k t an effort, to close thews places. Are they inactive because of orders from higher up or because this happens to be tho inclination of both subordi­ nate and superior.- The police have shown a degree of activity in raiding places located in .such sections of the city as Shipman’# alley. They have In the last few months, developed a great Interest In the morals of this section and when time hangs heavy on their hands they make a foray, coming out with several arrests to their credit,. Rut they make no fo­ rays in the heart of the city nor in tbcfse sections removed from the business district which are held more respectable than the alley but which happens to be the locations where blind tigers flourish. WJhyV While the city police have done practically nothing in tho way of enforcing th is law the county au­ thorities have done little better, Sheriff Lawrence, however is not ah improvement, His inactivity has been as marked as th a t of the city officials, yet he might be all power­ ful. I t is in his province to appoint deputies in almost any number who might, if they were so instructed, go through the city and county, from one end to the other and back again and bring these violators to justice, Yet he has done nothing. Again the people who are interested in making Springfield a law abiding city ask, “Why"? The county prosenfifa)’’, aided by a special officer provided for m leg­ islation gotten through the Ohio as­ sembly by the “ dry” element in th a t body has made an effectual ef­ fort, and one recently regarded as none mo aggressive, to copewith the situation.. I t la tm a th a t bo has instructed his special officer to raid certain places and th a t the keepers of these places have been, brought into court, convicted and fined. Yet they have continued to do: business, The prosecution has no t boon con­ sistent and active enough to drive them out of business, yet this might- bo done. No keeper of a blind tiger In Springfield could stand tho finan­ cial drain of constant obnvictiona and fines. He would be compolled by very necessity to close hia place and keep it eloscd. The people know tiffs, tha keepers of those pla­ ces know it and there Is no reason why the prosecutor should not know it. Since ho has nut shown this ac­ tivity the honesty of his purpose, has been questioned and* we believe In all fairness, with much reason, On various/iceasions tho prosecu­ tor has pleaded pressure of other hhsineseor the fact th a t ids special officer has not been able to work. Yet these excuses, however* valid they may seem to the prosecutor, do not appeal to the great majority of order loving ciUsens. Tho fact remains tha t when too much other business has b*«i* the pica th a t tho “ dry” organisation has offered tho services of an assistant and th a t this offer has been turned down with little ceremony. Neither should tho enforcement of ths law be depen­ dent on the health or illness of an official occupying a subordinate po­ sition, and especially when this official Is appointive and not elective A close scanniug of what has! been done and of the result# compels the opinion tii»fc the prosecutions made by the county officials have been of little real value bsside increasing tho county income. They have not resulted m curbing the keepers of these places. Yet consistent prose­ cution would hare this effect. Why then, has this not been made? So far wo have, confined ourselves to tho officials m their relations to tho retailers of intoxicants. But what about the effort to bring tho breweries under control? ' Has any been made? The consensus of opin­ ion is th a t nothing lias been done. I t is true that the officials of one brewery were brought into court but this action was not taken until after a countryman had sworn in probate court tha t he bought a keg of beer from tills htewery and had, in fact, made a number of purchases. No other attempt ha# been made to curb tho activities nf the breweries though they are making their pro* dncMnost ail the Hme and it is street talk Ih a t a man may place an order for a case or keg of local beer while down town and th a t delivery wagon will beat him home. Usually tho best way In which to rb-ae anybody of corruption . whether it he tha t of a human or s*>me part of the body politic, i* to f„ the, fountain head. In t Ids particular c*#e the bn-works must bn looked on aa the fountain. If tins fountain were closed a long; stop would bo taken toward scour ing an enforcement of this particu­ lar law. But there is no indication tha t more effort will be exerted In the future than in the past. Again the people wonder why. This, then, is the Condition that obtains in Springfield today, The breweries and the blind tigers are operating in open defiance of the law and no consistent effort Is being made by any official or, set of offi­ cials to curb them. As a result they; grow bolder day by day. This is a most unfortunate condition. I t is a condition tha t has got beyond the personal stage, womatter whether a man's sympathies be with the “wet” or “ dry” element. I t is a condition so outrageous tha t every citizen de'- eerying the name should, rebel against it. The enforcement of law is Uio very keynote of stable govern­ ment. Lack of enforcement breeds butene thing—anarcby. / Such a condition as obtains in Spi Ingfleld today can do bu t one tiling, breed a disrespect for law in men, women and children and a lack of confidence in tho men chosen to enforce th e law. In the name of good government and for the bene 'fit of ail citizens it is essential that a greater activity be shown and that the law he enforced. I f is not an impossibility nor is it the province of any officer to say what; laws he ehall or h o , shall not enforce. The duty of each is plain arid no one of them can plead ignorance. ” H . N. GAGEL , Bee Supplies Seeds, - Implements » Hardware 2 1 2 E a s t T h i r d S t r e e t , D A Y T O N - « « . . . . OH IO * This month7s Butterick Patterns 10c and ISc—none higher* Earth’* Most Desolate Spot, Not only are human inhabitants un­ known south of Cape Horn, more than 2,500 miles from the south pole, but, except sea forma, within that space animal fife and vegetable Ufa are prao# finally absent aave a few low forms of hardy lichens and mosses. CASTOR IA Tor Infants and Children. Tfie Kind You Have Always Bought Rears the Signature of Straw Hats A full and eomplete line of Straws and Milans now on display. Also Panamas in all the latest shapes. , . # ’ * * Prices on Straws, - 25c to $3.50 Panamas, , $2.00 to $12.00 Sullivan, The Hatter, . . • • ■. i ’ r ■. • * . 2 1 S . L im es ton e S t , S p r in g fie ld , 0 . AUTO T IR E S R E P A IR E D Retreading a Specialty i f Send us your tires and tubes. Will advise cost of repair by return mail, a tire is not worth repairing we tell you so. We have in charge of our Repair department, Mr. L. M. Borer whose eight years experience in the largest repair shop of Cleveland, makes him an excellent workman. Orders promptly filed. 3 7 West Main Street, E . H . HUNT , Xenia, Ohio. m p I? V t r

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