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. '' 10 TBE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1919. ALCOHOLIC NOSTRUM PEDDLED BY TIGERS WEST ASHEVIIXE MAN OBJECTS V TO OCX DIET. fclater Soems to Mlatake Slgnali for Orcetlnc Blalock Out Up Cut tin Vp Talk Expensive. A modern Carri Nation, in the be lief of Judg Bobort M. Walls, of Uie eitv oolica court, would not permit " ruat to gather on her hatohet by rea- aon of the abaence of aaloona here. Khe would wield the weapon with avidity and with a characteristic disregard of property rights In the patent medicine departments of the drug stores. It begins to look as housh the present day must pro IM a poet whoe; ! position la to replace "The Face on the Barroom Floor." As a title, "The Reflection in the Medicine Counter Mirror" la sug gested. The Judge of -the police court told attendants upon his tribunal yes terday that weeping wives and mls "erable mothers are visiting' hla office with regularity now -to beg that he do something to save their husbands and sons from the curse of strong drlAk. And the strong drink, it is irn!alned. is a-enerallv beef, iron and wine legitimately sold at local drug stores. , Ths druggists, however, it appears, are not solely responsible for the dis tribution of the intoxicating tonic. A patrolman gave the startling informa tlon that boot-leggers have added the medicinal jag Juice, -to their lines of goods. Hard drinkers, it is apparent, are getting their staggering gaits from cocktails whose Ingredients are principally moonshine corn distilled i in the mountatna and the nostrum from distant laboratories. Blind tiger with stocks equally divided, accord ing to the policeman, are not unoom : . mon now while many inebriates are found with beading corn on one hip and foaming beef, iron and wine on the other. The mixed imbibitions ax said to produce such a menagerie as Noah collected and such suffering as Job patiently endured. The wide distribution of the tonic has been oommented on by the court , on a number of occasions recently, .. but not until yesterday did Judge Wells tell of the complaints that have been made to him- by neglected and abused woman. His comments were. : made during the trial of A. O. Jones, charged with drunkenness. He re called taking a couple of drinks of whlakey, but he did not remember the stage reached when he began to flavor it with the medicinal prepara tion. He was arrested Sunday and wss docketed for trial Monday morn ing. At that time. however, he re- t ported, ths floor of- his room was mis ' treating him. Every Jlroe he got out of bed, the flooring reached up -and slapped him , back Jnto the bedding. He paid the Coats and agreed not to take any strong drink during the next . sis months. ,: Netfcrhhore in Trouble. . Roy Peterson and W. A. Roarers, West Aaheville, neighbors, are going to treat each other more oonalderately in ths future than they have in the past. They have not revised their opinlona of each other,; but they have discovered that tutors troubles be- 'tween them, are going to cost them $28 dclfboth being required to give peace boftda of that sum to guaran tee they wtlk' not nut into effect threats they have 'made against -each other. : The neighborhood warfare that has waged between them for the past several weeks- seems to have reached a 'climax when Peterson put a blockade .on his neighbor's food Upply.-:- .-.': .-.-...- Rogers said he, acquired the prop erty on which , Peterson '' lives, when ha learned the latter Intended o give it up. He went to plow it for the planting of Onions and potatoes, but he found Peterson torpedoing his stocks of .comestibles with demands that he dear off the premises. Hs was said to have emphasised the de'- mands with a rock which he fondled In a friendly way and concerning whose power of flight he delivered a most deadly dissertation. Ha was sworn to have expressed his intention of collecting Rogers' eyeballs and ex amining hla brain without the aid of an X-ray. Ha was sworn to have told Rogers perhaps in a considerate spirit that ha peed not be alarmed about his family's future, however. Even after he lost his eyeballs and parted with his brain, Peterson was quoted as saying, his wife and babjes would not suffer. They would not be capable of doing so he gave assur ances, according to ths testimony, the eyeball hunter and brain analyzer having arranged to put them without the sphere of material hardships. j-oterson denied such dire tnreata, contending that hla worst prediction waa that Rogers would find hla dlges tlon ruined by a gun diet, if he brought his rifle Into play. He said Rogers announced his intention, of getting the weapon to practice marka manshlp acroaa the property line whereupon he was told that if he brousht it out. ha would have to mas tlcate rather than manipulate It. The owner did not seem to relish the proa. pect of aubatltuting the gun for the oniony nd potatoes of which he was deprived, Peterson said, leaving It in the house when he became convinced that its exhibition would be followed by its devourment. Signals Are Ignored Robert Btaley. driver- of the auto mobile of the post exchange at Oteen, has acted in a manner indicating he considered traffic policemen exchang ing greetings with frlnnds when they were waving their hands at street corners. And being convinced that he haa no friends on the police force, It looka as though he has given no heed to their greetings. - Several traffic policemen said it has been his con aiatent policy to Ignore 'their signals and otherwise run his automobile ac cording to his own Ideas of how it should be operated. Ha paid the coats for disregarding an officers' commands after atrenuoualy denying he had Ignored the gesticulations, questioning policemen's veracity in a manner that drew no less than three reprimands from tbo Judge. fltaley'e troubles, the ludire told Phlm, are due principally to his inex perience as it driver and his unfa mlllarltx. with the traffic lawa. He has not been behind a steering wheel very long, he admitted. He will find It handy, he was informed, to watch the officers' hands if he wants to avoid the hand of the law. If he de sires to be a good hand at driving, he must get his directions first hand 'ant fnr hla own hand, ha was ad vised to work hand tn glave with the traffic squad. Otherwise, he was to)d,4 Charles H. Honeas offices oa Patton up Tuesday night,' pushing bis right flat through the window pan of the ha will find hla car out of hand and himself on hand at future court sear slona. While he was assured that the policemen have no desire to take an underhand advantage ot. him, the members of the trafflo squad are working hand in hand to enforce the trafflo laws. Hs agrees to handle his car in ths future so as not to handle cap othor people on the streets. . Returning to the city after an ab- sence of five years, Jack Blalock toldj the cpurt he was home to take the cure, hla health having "failed him during the time .spent away from here, without tickling his chest with a stethoscopa or giving him a ther mometer to nibble. Judge Wells told him he knew enough abOut his case to point out to him the superiority of sanitarium osone over ths mephitlc atmosphere of the citv Jail. And he ffelt qualified, without laying himself liable to criticism for prescribing for a sick man without a physician's license to recommend the adoption of a better balanced meal than the menu which composes prison fare. Blalock waa in court for the aeoond time this week on an inebriation charge, and he paid the ooste on both occasions. In addition, yesterday he cave bond of $200 to guarantee that for six months his attitude toward whiskey will be that of a man who believes there Is leprosy in every look, acurvy in every amell and deafli in every drink. He wanted the'pledge to run 20 yeara. but that Is a lonr time. Judge Wells felt Blalock .was cut up while cutting avenue with disastrous results lo ths glass and serious injury to tm nst. He la to replace ths glass without ex pens to the tenant or the owner of ths building. ' On his previous de bauch a local stick-up man tested the resllence of a black-jack on Blalock's left arm and relieved the inebriate ot most of his money while he waa taking a nap following the adminis tering of ths soporific. When he woke up he found himself unable to recall the incidents leading up to the snooze, but his arm is ample evidence that the black-jack had no giving qualities. With all his misfortune, Blalock should not be downcast. He's a lucky man. Anyone with a rattle in his chest who can go through what hs has cone through this week and live to tell the tale Isn't as sick as he thought he wss, regardless of his for mer belief concerning his condition. Bud Dooley, an Ethiopian hobble dehoy who converses with hla motor cycle so that ha won't be Ibnesora while delivering drugs far a Charlotte street pharmacy, found yesterday there's no truth In the statement, that talk la rhnin. .Ha told a nlaln clothea man he ran with his cut-out open be-4 cause helked to hear the chatter or his machine. Judge Wells hopes the mechanical remarks ars tips for mak ing money. Otherwise, Dooley ia go ing to find that he can't afford to 1 la- ten. For hla first lecture from -the muffler, he paid the coats. He will do well to take someone along with him in the, future if talk is essential to his happiness. 1 PURCHASE TOOLS FOB REFORMATORY BOYS All Boys at Home Are in Training Class. Manna A committee from the Juvenile pro tective association, composed of Hugh Sowers and J. J. Worsley, yesterday purchased $60 worth of assorted, car penter tools which will be ' carried to the county reformatory today and given to - the boys for their us In the manual training department. R, JU Fltzpf trick, a member of the controlling board of the reformatory; O. F. Btradley, commissioner of nub ile institutions and the members of the committee from fh Juvenile pro tective association will carry the tools out and present them to the boya today. All of the boya at the home are being taught manual training, and this branch of the work is being given especial attention. Thea new toola will make possible the more thorough work in learning cabinet making and general carpenter work. Asle J. Gronna, senior United States senator from Nortn Dakota, born at Elkador; Iowa. 1' yeara ago today. TODAY'S EVENTS Semi-centennial of the Wyoming woman suffrage act the first in Ameslca. The provincial legislature of Queheo has been called to assemble today. The annual convention of the Amer ican Red Crgas will meet in Wash- -lngton, D. C, today. ( Chairman Haya haa called the ro- 1 publican national committee to meet in Washington today to tlx the time and place for holding the next na tional convention. iniimi TiiiT nm n bntbMJlfll IrULJJ RIGHT 111 Dr. King's New Discovery ,haa relieved colds .and coughs for fifty years I: T was an unusually high aualltv cold, cough, grippe.: and croup remedy when introduced half a century ago. Not once in nil , the yeara since then has the Quality been allowed to deteriorate. : Its effective ness, in combating oqlds and coughs haa been proved thousands of times in thousands of families. Taken by grown-ups and given to the, little ones for the safe, sure treatment of colda and grippe, coughs and croup, it leaves absolutely no disagreeable aft' er-ettect. uet a ottle at your drug- Bowels Act Human function gontly but firmly without tne violence of purgatives when you treat them with Dr. King's New Life pills. A smooth-acting laxative thatj gets right down to business and gratl-1 tying results. All druggists Z6c a bottle. Adv. -4. I PRINCESS THEATRE ' TODAY 3:30 THE END OF THE ROAD v Educational film shown by the United States Public Health Service and State Board of Health. ADMISSION FREE TO WOMEN AND GIRLS OVER 14. Theatre by courtesy of Lynch Enterprises. UNITED STATES RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION Director General of Railroads. SOUTHtRN RAILROAD. At information to the traveling public, owing to fuel conditions it has been found necessary to discontinue certain sleeping car lines from the South to points East ' of Washington in connection with the Pennsylvania Railroad, and effective today the through Pullman rdi- " .- ''.' ' "". narily operated between' Asheville and New YotIc, ' has ; ( " ' i ''i been changed for the time being to become an-Ashevtlle- ' . '. ' ' -if ' . .. y .' ." . -:' '"-i'1 Washington sleeping car. -,T Passengers holding through Pullman tickets 4o points Cast of Washington should present same o Con- solidated Ticket Office, Asheville. or Depot Ticket Of- I I i fice, Asheville, and these tickets will be redeemed and ( passengers, will be furnished the sajne sleeping car ac- I commodations to Washington. D. Q I For further information consult . 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