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Ed. G. Roberts
Teacher and Druggist.
Charlie Roberts, Eddy Roberts...
Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.
The Normal.
The County Normal Institute opened Monday with about sixty-five teachers in attendance. Prof. Davis, of the State Normal School, acts as Conductor, and Profs. Gridley and Trimble as instructors. The work starts off nicely and promises a most prosperous session. The following is a list of those in attendance at present and their grades.
GRADE C.
Carrie B. Andrews, Hattie E. Andrews, Mary E. Curfman, Emma Darling, Lydia E. Gardner, Meddie Hamilton, Lucy F. Hite, Rose E. B. Hooker, Lyda Howard, Ella Kempton, Maggie Kenney, Ida Kuhn, Mary E. Miller, Clara B. Page, Ella Pierce, Laura Phelps, Carrie Plunkett, Caddie Ridgeway, Claudius Rinker, Charlie Roberts, Eddy Roberts, Anna Robertson, Nettie Stewart, Minnie Stewart, James Stockdale, Minnie Sumpter, Eliza Taylor, Louella Wilson, Lillie Wilson, Kate Wimer, Etta King, Ida Grove, Ora Irvin, Emma McKee, Hannah Gilbert, Lizzie Gilbert, Mary Berkey, C. A. Daugherty, Mary Rice, Elfreida White.
Ella Roberts, Charles Roberts, Eddy Roberts...
Arkansas City Traveler, Wednesday, July 4, 1883.
The Normal.
The County Normal Institute opened last week with about sixty-five teachers in attendance. Prof. Davis, of the State Normal school, acts as conductor, and Profs. Gridley and Trimble as instructors. The work starts off nicely and promises a most prosperous session. The following is a list of those in attendance at present and their grades.
Grade B. Annie Barnes, C. B. Bradshaw, May Christopher, Clara Davenport, Oliver Fuller, Anna Foults, Leota Gary, Zella Hutchison, Maggie Herpich, Bertha Hempy, Anna Kuhn, Lewis King, Lizzie Lawson, May Rief, Etta Robinson, Ella Roberts, Maggie Seabridge, Lou Strong, Lizzie Burden, May Carlisle, Geo. Crawford, Estella Crank, Fannie Gramman, Ida Hamilton, James Hutchinson, Clara Pierce, Chas. Wing, Horace Norton.
Grade C. Carrie B. Andrews, Hattie E. Andrews, Mary E. Curfman, Emma Darling, Lydia E. Gardner, Meddie Hamilton, Lucy F. Hite, Rose E. B. Hooker, Lyda Howard, Ella Kempton, Maggie Kenney, Ida Kuhn, Mary E. Miller, Clara B. Page, Ella Pierce, Laura Phelps, Carrie Plunkett, Caddie Ridgeway, Claudius Rinker, Charles Roberts, Eddy Roberts, Anna Robertson, Nettie Stewart, Minnie Stewart, James Stockdale, Minnie Sumpter, Eliza Taylor, Louella Wilson, Lillie Wilson, Kate Wimer, Ella King, Ida Grove, Ora Irvin, Emma McKee, Hannah Gilbert, Lizzie Gilbert, Mary Berkey, C. A. Daugherty, Mary Rice, Elfreida White.
Mr. Ed. G. Roberts...
[NEW SALEM CORRESPONDENT: “OLIVIA.”]
Winfield Courier, September 20, 1883.
Teachers are engaged for the Salem schools. At the new schoolhouse Mr. Wm. Lucas will be principal and Miss Davenport, assistant; while at the Old Salem schoolhouse Mr. Roberts will instruct the young ideas and keep them in proper bounds.
[NEW SALEM CORRESPONDENT: “OLIVIA.”]
Winfield Courier, January 3, 1884.
Mr. Roberts has a vacation of two weeks and has gone to visit friends in this state. He treated his pupils to some nice candy before he left, and “Olivia” was remembered, for a nice little package was sent to her quiet home. Many thanks for the same, Mr. Roberts.
Winfield Courier, January 10, 1884.
Teachers of Cowley County.
We present below a list of the teachers of Cowley, their post office addresses, and the amount they are receiving per month for their services. This list will be valuable to teachers, school officers, and the public generally. It is taken from the records, through the courtesy of Supt. Limerick.
NEW SALEM.
39 D. W. Ramage 40.00
52 Ed. G. Roberts 35.00
55 W. H. Lucas 45.00
Clara Davenport 39.00 [District No. not given.]
Ed. G. Roberts...
[NEW SALEM CORRESPONDENT: “OLIVIA.”]
Winfield Courier, March 13, 1884.
The school in old Salem has closed for this term. Mr. Roberts awarded prizes to the deserving ones, and treated all the pupils and his numerous guests to candy. It seems I was lucky enough to get treated to all the goodies, as I just returned from my visit in time for the exercises at school.
Ed. G. Roberts. [Also: Chas. W. Roberts.]...
[COUNTY NORMAL INSTITUTE.]
Winfield Courier, June 19, 1884.
The County Normal Institute opened Monday with flattering prospects for a successful session. The enrollment is unusually large, and a real, live interest manifested in the work. It is conducted by Prof. B. T. Davis of the State Normal School, one of the best educators of the State, ably assisted by Prof. A. Gridley and County Superintendent Limerick. The Model Department, under the management of Miss Stretch, is a very attractive feature of this session. The arrangement of the work was for a session of eight weeks, but should the weather become hot, and the teachers wearied, the work may close at the end of the sixth week. Following are the names of those in attendance.
GRADE B: Jennie Brengle, Lucy E. Cairns, Antony B. Carroll, Amy Chapin, Clara Davenport, Lida Howard, Emma Howland, Ora Irvin, Jennie Kempton, Ella Kempton, Ella R. King, Anna Kuhn, Lizzie Lawson, Angie McCartney, Erma La McKee, Mary E. Miller, Josie Pixley, Anna Robertson, Quincy A. Robertson, Chas. W. Roberts, Ed. G. Roberts, Cora Robins, Maggie Seabridge, Hattie Wiley.
Arkansas City Republican, June 21, 1884.
County Normal Institute.
The County Normal Institute opened Monday with flattering prospects for a successful season. The enrollment is unusually large, and a real live interest is manifested in the work. It is conducted by Prof. B. T. Davis of the State Normal school, one of the best educators of the state, ably assisted by Prof. A. Gridley and County Superintendent Limerick. The Model Department, under the management of Miss Stretch, is a very attractive feature of this session. The arrangement of the work was for a session of eight weeks, but should the weather become hot, and the teachers wearied, the work may close at the end of the sixth week.
Following are the names of those in attendance.
GRADE B.
Jennie Brengle, Antony B. Carroll, Clara Davenport, Emma Howland, Jennie Kempton, Ella R. King, Lizzie Lawson, Erma La McKee, Josie Pixley, Quincy Robertson, Ed. G. Roberts, Maggie Seabridge, Lucy E. Cairns, Amy Chapin, Lida Howard, Ora Irvin, Ella Kempton, Anna Kuhn, Angie McCartney, Mary E. Miller, Anna Robertson, Chas. W. Roberts, Cora Robins, Hattie Wiley.
Ed. G. Roberts...
Winfield Courier, September 25, 1884.
OUR EDUCATIONAL CORPS.
Where the Teachers of Cowley Teach this Winter.
Their Names and the Salaries They Get.
Crooked Elm, Tisdale Township, Ed G. Roberts, $37.
Ed. G. Roberts...
Winfield Courier, December 11, 1884.
School Report.
Report of School District No. 97, for the month ending December 5, 1884: Number of pupils enrolled during month, 4. Total number enrolled: 26. Average attendance: 21. Names of pupils who were present each day during month: Geo. Thomas, Martin Firebaugh, James Vandewark, Emma Vandewark, Albert Miller, Nettie Black, Courtney Saunders, Maggie Martin, Alvie Firebough [?1st time Firebaugh??], Hattie Miller.
Names of pupils who were not tardy during month: Geo. Thomas, Emma Vandewark, Albert Miller, Nettie Black, Courtney Sanders, Maggie Martin, Hettie Miller. Courtney Saunders and Maggie Martin have not been tardy during term. Ed. G. ROBERTS, Teacher.
Excerpt: Roberts, druggist, Udall...
COWLEY’S INVALIDS.
How Much “Medicine” It Takes to Keep Their Interior Department Status Quo.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, July 9, 1885.
Druggist at Udall: Roberts.
E. G. Roberts, Udall...
Winfield Courier, Thursday, July 16, 1885.
E. G. Roberts was down from Udall Monday.
COWLEY’S “MEDICINE” RECORD.
Another Medical Analysis of our Invalids.
Only Four Barrels of Whiskey and 1,300 Bottles of Beer “Prescribed” in July.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, August 6, 1885.
[Note: Did not give the breakdown shown by paper. Druggists mentioned in Winfield: Williams, Glass, Harter, Brown. Druggists mentioned in Arkansas City: Steinberger, Fairclo, Mowry & Co., Eddy, Kellogg & Co. Druggists mentioned in other towns: Avery, Grand Summit; Woolsey, Burden; Roberts, Udall; Rule, Cambridge; and Phelps, Dexter.]
Arkansas City Republican, Saturday, August 8, 1885.
The Liquor Traffic.
The liquor trade of the county for July seems to have been an exceptionally good one; in fact, the best since the inauguration of free whiskey. The total number of statements filed for last month is 3,079, against 3,052 for May and 2,607 for June.
Compared with last month Arkansas City has dropped a little—very little—in number of statements while Winfield has pulled up a notch or two. The former phenomena may be accounted for by the burning out of brother Grimes, who had latterly stood well to the front in amount of whiskey disposed of.
These 3,079 statements are divided among the various towns and dealers as follows.
Winfield: Harter, 122; Glass, 132; Brown & Son, 259; Williams, 208. Total: 711.
Arkansas City: Steinberger, 536; Fairclo, 208; Eddy, 208; Mowry & Sollitt, 236; Kellogg & Coombs, 290. Total: 1,584.
[NOTE: FIGURE OF 1,584 IS WRONG! I FOUND TOTAL TO BE 1,478.]
[1,548 - 1,478 = 70 less than paper shows!]
Burden: Woolsey, 355.
Grand Summit: Avery, 155.
Dexter: Phelps, 182.
Cambridge: Rule, 20.
Udall: Martin, 69; Roberts, 103.
These statements represent a nice little harvest to the probate judge for this month of $159.95. Winfield Telegram.
[POSSIBLY THE MISSING 70 WERE PURCHASES AT GRIMES BEFORE FIRE!]
In justice to our druggists and the name of our city, the REPUBLICAN announces that it is informed by Judge Gans that fully one-half of the statements filed by our druggists are for parties residing in the Territory. While the Winfield men claim we drink so much, the fact is we do not consume as much liquor as the inhabitants of the Hub. Our Territory trade is all filed from Arkansas City.
Edward Roberts, druggist at Udall...
Winfield Courier, Thursday, September 17, 1885.
Capt. H. H. Siverd brought in Edward Roberts, a druggist of Udall, Saturday, charged with violating the liquor law. Roberts gave bond of $300 for his appearance next Thursday for trial before Judge Snow.
Edward G. Roberts, druggist, Udall...
TOO MUCH LIQUID.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, September 17, 1885.
Capt. H. H. Siverd was up to Udall on Monday and Tuesday, subpoenaing about twenty-five witnesses in the Edward G. Roberts whiskey case. Edward quit teaching school some time ago to go into the drug business, and has run against the cold arm of the law. Captain Siverd took an invoice of the whiskey found in the drug store, over a hundred gallons. It is a very plain case, and Edward is in a very tight place. Mr. Amon, who was on Roberts’ bond with the latter’s father, withdrew his name yesterday, and Roberts is now in the county bastille. His trial comes off before Judge Snow Thursday.
A DRUGGIST’S WOES.
The Trial of E. G. Roberts, Udall’s Druggist, for Violating the Liquor Law.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, September 24, 1885.
The trial by jury of Ed G. Roberts, a druggist of Udall, for violating the liquor law, was commenced before Judge Snow Thursday. Roberts is a young man of about twenty-one, who quit teaching school to get wealth and fame in the drug business. The case has elicited deep interest, and a big attendance of Udallites, some thirty of whom are witnesses, this number about “’alf and ’alf” for the defense and prosecution. W. G. Webster, of Udall, and Jos. O’Hare, of this city, are attorneys for the defense, and Senator Hackney, acting County Attorney, for the prosecution. One illegal sale has already been proven and others are being crowded. The invoice of Roberts’s liquors on hand showed over a hundred gallons. Five witnesses of the prosecution swore they never saw or knew of Roberts selling any liquor illegally. Hackney said they lied. He at once made out warrants and had Noah Douglass, Clarence Boots, Peter Kelly, W. A. Cox, and Peter McCush arrested for plain drunks. The first arrest was knocked by the statutory limit of thirty days in which to file complaint. M. G. Troup, attorney for the plain drunks, brought up this point. This morning Hackney re-arrested the whole five on charges of more recent date.
Edward G. Roberts, druggist, Udall...
Winfield Courier, Thursday, September 24, 1885.
The trial of Noah Douglass, Clarence Boots, Peter Kelly, W. A. Cox, and Peter McCush, arrested during the Roberts’ trial for plain drunks, is set for Tuesday next, the 22nd. Two of them have skipped and the others will likely plead guilty.
E. G. Roberts, the Udall Druggist, Convicted On One Count.
$100 and 30 Days.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, September 24, 1885.
The case of the State against E. G. Roberts, the Young druggist of Udall, went to the jury at five o’clock Friday, having been grinding a day and a half before Judge Snow. The jury was out an hour and brought in a verdict of guilty on the last count, recommending the defendant, owing to his youth, to the mercy of the court. The sentence was one hundred dollars and costs, about two hundred and fifty dollars in the aggregate, with thirty days in jail. He was tried on two counts, one charging that J. N. Reed got liquor without a statement on August 2nd and the other that one Shelton had done the same on August 27th. Roberts tried to prove an alibi for the latter, bringing witnesses to prove that his girl, Miss Sherrard, who stood by him through the trial, was his hostess that whole blessed Sunday, from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., with only thirty minutes for refreshments. But this didn’t work. There were about twenty-five witnesses on both sides. Roberts is an innocent appearing fellow of twenty-one years of age, and left the idea shooting business to enter drugs. He hasn’t much wealth and can illy afford this drain. But violations of law, in this country, has its briars every time, and a man don’t want to run against them too promiscuously. The jail sentence is imperative under the late law. A motion for a new trial was overruled. Roberts appealed to the District Court, giving an appearance bond, and was released from jail, awaiting the result of his appeal.
Edward G. Roberts, Udall druggist, marries Emma J. Gerard...
PROBATE PROBINGS.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, October 8, 1885.
Edward G. Roberts and Emma J. Gerard, Edward L. Kingsbury and Ella M. Barnett, were granted certificates of unalloyed bliss by Judge Gans today. Roberts is the Udall druggist who was in the toils a few weeks ago. His affianced then exhibited a determination to swing to him till the last armed foe expired, and he seemed to be of a ditto determination.
Owing to the vast labor attached to culling out the druggists’ record, we are a little late in presenting it this month. It will appear tomorrow, with suitable comments.
A LIQUID RECORD.
Cowley’s Invalids Gradually Convalescing.
The Smallest Record Since the New Laws Inception.
Only Four Barrels of Whiskey and 434 Bottles of Beer Necessary to Kill October’s Ills.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, November 12, 1885.
Again have the druggists of the county made their monthly filings with the Probate Judge, the seventh since the new liquor law went into effect. This filing is the smallest yet made. It is a grand showing for prohibition in Cowley County. It is an established fact that about the only alternative to get the argent that makes “full” and g-a-l-o-r-i-o-u-s, or that cures all the ills, pains, and vicissitudes the human family is heir to, is a doctor’s prescription or druggist’s statement. Very little is expressed in—it’s too expensive and must come in too large doses. The druggists of the county are drawing the lines very closely, as is plainly indicated by the record for October. “But they don’t file statements for all their sales,” you say. Perhaps some of them don’t, but the outward proof—the general good order of our citizens—indicates that little liquor is sold without a statement properly taken and properly filed. And many a man who applies fails to convince the druggist that the ardent is a sure panacea for any one of four thousand afflictions, even a seared conscience, and is refused. And again, the man who calls for the medicated corn juice, with cinnamon oil or clove oil, is at once recognized and known by the conscious and discrete druggist to be a toper and wants the ardent for no other purpose than a beverage to fill the aching void of a depraved and thirsty appetite, and he refuses to sell to him. The number of bottles of bitters have decreased during the month more than one-half, very good proof that men are fast coming to their senses and beginning to realize what consummate fools they have been making of themselves. Below is the record for October as taken from Probate.
RECAP ONLY GIVEN.
Druggists at Winfield: Williams, Glass, Harter, Brown.
Druggists at Arkansas City: Steinberger, Fairclo, Mowry & Co., Eddy, Kellogg & Co., Brown, Balyeat & Co.
Druggists at other towns: Avery, Grand Summit; Woolsey, Burden; Roberts, Udall; Martin, Udall; Rule, Cambridge; Phelps, Dexter; Phelps, Burden; Hooker, Burden.
On the first of November the druggists of the county filed with the Probate Judge 3,148 statements, representing 1,708 pints of whiskey—a decrease of nearly 200 statements and a small decrease in the number of pints of corn juice for last month, September. Again Winfield comes to the front with a decrease of almost a hundred statements during the last month, representing a decrease in the same ratio of whiskey, brandy, wine, ale, and gin, with not a bottle of beer shown on the records. Arkansas City shows a decrease of statements for October, but their record also shows an increase in several of the liquids—their whiskey record being much larger than for September, presumably on account of the approaching cold weather and the prevailing belief among A. C.’s citizens that the inner man must be kept warm at all hazzards. A. C.’s beer record is very creditable, showing 105 bottles less for October than for September. Steinberger is the lion of the Canal City for the past month, having filed 84 more statements than any of his competitors, but 57 less statements than he filed for September, and he also comes up with a number of bottles of beer. Mowry & Co., since our touch of last month, have called a halt on the statement rackets and came up for October with 57 less statements, but with an increase of liquor to a decrease of statements. There seems to be something rotten in Denmark. The other towns outside of Winfield and A. C. show a pretty fair decrease in all intoxicants. Taking all in all, the records for October show a tendency on the part of the people and druggists as well, to abide by and assist in the enforcement of the law. When this is a little more fully understood to be the best for the country, it will not be difficult to show the successful working of one of the best laws ever placed upon the statutes of Kansas.
Roberts at Udall...
ALIMENTARY OIL.
A Resume of the Stuff Dispensed For the Past Month.
The County Hospital Record, as Shown by the Druggists’ Filings
With the Probate Judge.
5 Barrels of Whiskey and 367 Bottles of Beer.—Other Drinks.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, December 10, 1885.
November has come and gone and with the approaching cold weather we find a slight increase in the sale of intoxicants by comparing notes of the sales in the county. This fact can be easily explained when we take into consideration the amount of transient travel through our county and city, and the rapid increase in our population. It is beginning to dawn upon the minds of rational people—people who care for and appreciate a good thing when it becomes known to them, that the forty rod whiskey usually obtained in this country is not a sure panacea for all the ailments the human body is heir too—are becoming aware that there are thousands of other things that fill the void with much better results to both health and mind than whiskey. There are some, however, that would guzzle anything they can get, if it will only muddle the brain regardless of the consequences to character or bodily injury. This class of citizens will continue to booze up every opportunity they get, and it is useless to attempt to educate them to any higher degree of civilization. The sooner they are encased in their wooden coats and planted, the better it will be for the community in general. The comparison of whiskey for October and November shows an increase of 470 pints for the past month over October, with Arkansas City far in the lead as usual. Steinberger continues to be the lion of the Terminus, recording the sale of several gallons more than any of his competitors, in his own town and every other town as well. His sales amount to six pints less for November than for October, taking all the rope he can safely, and we presume conscientiously to himself; but in behalf of Mr. Steinberger and for the benefit of our readers, we will state that his drug trade is very large—much larger than his competitors, and his whiskey business could be done on the same scale and still be legitimate and not over the bounds of the law. His beer record for the last month is creditable—remarkably so, having dropped from 35 bottles to nothing—in fact, everything but whiskey seems to be out of his line. He does not propose to be lionized by anyone on this beverage. November shows a decrease of 51 pints of alcohol under that of October—a good showing in the right direction. The brandy record is a bad one—an increase of 135 bottles over October. Phelps, of Burden, is the beer lion of the county, by nearly half more than any other druggist, and also the whiskey lion of his own town. Beer is not the beverage usually called for by persons with female ailments and the most of the sales in the county were undoubtedly made to parties for nothing short of a beverage, and we have a measly idea that this fact is known by the most of the sellers. The devil should be given his dues. The most of the druggists have certainly overstepped the bounds of what is meant by the prohibition law. The wine record is 28 pints shorter than for October and ale also was not so much sought after as in October, or was not so liberally dispensed at any rate. The alimentary canals of those who use beverages seemed to require more gin during November than in October, increasing 33 pints in the past thirty days over the month preceding them. The reason for this we hardly understand and will not attempt to explain. Taylor, of Floral, is a new victim, and he is certainly trying to do an honest business or has not been long in the field. Below we give the official record for November, as taken from the Probate filings.
Note: Skipped the detailed record, as it is next to impossible to work it up.
Recap: Winfield had the following druggists: Williams, Glass, Harter, and Brown.
Arkansas City had the following druggists: Steinberger, Fairclo, Mowry & Co., Eddy, Kellogg & Co., and Brown, Balyeat & Co.
Other towns: Avery at Grand Summit; Woolsey at Burden; Roberts at Udall; Martin at Udall; Rule at Cambridge; Phelps at Dexter; Phelps at Burden; Hooker at Burden; and Taylor at Floral.
The statements show 15 bottles of bitters, and 7 of stout sold in the county during the month.
It will be seen by this table that Winfield’s record is remarkably good in everything but whiskey—a large decrease from October in alcohol, brandy, wine, ale, and gin, and no beer this month to mar the record. It will also be seen by this table that Arkansas City holds her own with former months—Methodist measure and running over. Other towns combined, come down with equally as good, if not better, measure than Arkansas City. The record for bitters shows an increase of 11 bottles over October and a decrease of 2 bottles of stout.
Ed. G. Roberts: case thrown out...
UDALL SENTINEL.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, December 31, 1885.
In the state case against Ed. Roberts, which was called last week, the case was thrown out of court and Ed. is again a free man and the sole possessor of a bad cold, which the city of Winfield, with its noted generosity, has thrust upon him.
A nice looking gentleman stopped his buggy on the street, handed the lines to his wife, and ran into a drug store. After going behind the prescription case a few minutes, he came out with a cigar and stepped into the buggy and drove on, blowing the smoke into his wife’s face. He didn’t get her anything, not even a stick of candy. I thought it was real selfish, and wondered why he didn’t give the cigar to his wife, and let her blow the smoke into his face.
Ed. G. Roberts...
LIQUID REFRESHMENTS.
How Cowley’s Alimentary Canals Flourished in December.
The Druggists Liquid Filings.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, January 14, 1886.
The late frigidity shows its effects on the druggists as much as other people—in the lateness of their liquid filings. Here it is twelve days after the first of the month and not till yesterday did the last batch of liquid refreshment files roll into the Probate Judge. With the filings complete, we are again prepared to examine the spiritus frumenti condition of the county. To those interested in the effect of prohibition, this record never grows stale. Every month it contains information of statistical verity. Ever since the first publication of this record, after the adoption of this law, last winter, the record has been gradually diminishing. Every month THE COURIER has noted changes evidencing the regard with which the law is observed in this county. The argument that some of the druggists don’t file half the statements has little weight in the face of the outward evidence. Where there is much fire, there must be some smoke. Drunk men in Cowley County are getting as scarce as angel’s visits and the opportunity for getting liquid refreshments as barren as the ceiling of an old hen’s mouth. The facts are the prohibitory law has become commonly accepted as too dangerous a thing to buck. The few men who have tried to violate it find that, in the hands of officials to whom the “standing in” business is unknown and to whom duty is paramount, it kicks with a wickedness eclipsing a mule and never lets up till it has kicked the stuffing out of their “wad” and lands them in the bastille. This is as regards general violators. The record, as here given, and the outward guarantees in the sour-visaged individuals who mosey disappointedly out of the drug stores with vengeance instead of “rot-gut” on their lips, proves that the druggists of Cowley County are doing as nearly the square thing as possible. It is no easy thing for a druggist to keep from violating the law. He has to refuse daily, some of his best friends—use caution that is likely to make enemies out good general customers. But the sensible man—the man who understands the iron-clad conditions of the law as regards the “beverage” business, only thinks the more of a druggist for refusing, if it is a cold morning and his constitution cries for fire, regardless of the effect on his by-laws. The record for December is remarkably good.
[Skipped breakdown as given.]
Druggists mentioned: Williams, Glass, Harter, and Brown at Winfield; Steinberger, Fairclo, Mowry & Co., Eddy, Kellogg & Co., Brown, Balyeat & Co. at Arkansas City. Other towns: Woolsey, Burden; Roberts, Udall; Martin, Udall; Rule, Cambridge; Phelps, Dexter; Phelps, Burden; Hooker, Burden; Taylor, Floral.
The statements show 4 bottles bitters, and 49 of stout; 2 of porter, and 1 of champagne sold the county during the month.
In November there were filed 3416 statements, representing 1907 pints of whiskey, 307 pints alcohol, 149 pints brandy, 367 bottles beer, and 153 pints “other drinks.” The record for December, as noted above, shows but 3152 statements, a decrease of 264, representing only 1541 pints of whiskey, a decrease of 366 pints; 412 pints alcohol, an increase of 105 pints; 106 pints brandy, a decrease of 43 pints; 289 bottles beer, a decrease of 76 bottles; 180 pints other drinks, a slight increase. So it will be seen that the sales of all liquids most used as beverages or “medicine,” are gradually declining. People are rapidly concluding, through sad necessity, that whiskey and beer are not the only sure panacea for every ill and pain and vicissitude of life—even a guilty conscience. Arkansas City leads the van in the medicine business, as usual, showing a handsome decrease of 258 statements. The miasma of the canal seems to be slightly dissipated by the blasts of winter. Winfield’s record in statements shows an increase of one, with decrease of 130 pints of whiskey. Our druggists have gone clear back on beer. The other towns show a good record, a decrease of 3 statements, representing a decrease of 100 pints of whiskey. Their beer record is remarkably good, showing only 18 bottles against 231 in November. Steinberger still keeps the lead at Arkansas City, with Balyeat & Co. and W. D. Mowry very close seconds. It is darkly hinted that one or two “blind tigers” at the Terminus are gobbling all the beverage business. Our officials will knock the wadding out them very shortly, if this is the case. Considering the cold weather and big demand, the record for December is remarkably good—can’t be equaled by any county in the State. It is a record to be proud of—one whose veracity is fully backed up by the good order, prosperity, and happiness that marks our people. Compare this record with old saloon rule, when ten times as much “stuff” was sold in a single day, with drunk men visible at any hour, and you have the wonderful effect of prohibition in Cowley County.
Ed. G. Roberts...
NOTES BY THE WAY.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, January 21, 1886.
We arrived at Udall last Friday and at once began looking for COURIER subscribers. Our efforts were well rewarded.
Noah Douglass and Miss May Hammond were married by Rev. John McCallister at the home of Ed. G. Roberts last Saturday evening. They have gone to keeping house at once instead of going on a tour and boarding with their friends until spring. We have smoked to their happiness.
Ed. G. Roberts...
Winfield Courier, Thursday, February 11, 1886.
Ed. G. Roberts, the Udall druggist who has figured so conspicuously in the courts in the past year, has had his liquor permit revoked at his own request. He says he won’t sell any more of the “blasted stuff.”
SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR.
Four Barrels of Forty Rod, 138 Bottles Beer, and 580 Pints Other Alimentary
Oil Necessary in January to the Status Quo of Cowley’s Interior Department.
The Druggists’ Monthly Record.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, February 11, 1886.
January, with its blizzards and general frigidity, has gone, accompanied by the usual showing of vanished spiritus frumenti. The subject of alimentary oil never grows stale—is always spirited. To the prohibitionists it has interest for the sobering up and elevation of humanity; to many individuals, apparently afflicted with all the ills with which a frowning Providence has beset mankind, it is the panacea for every ache and pain. But the county’s invalids are convalescing. Gradually, from month to month, has the record been decreasing until now the hospital appears to be almost vacated—or the individuals have found some better cure than this, as Sam Jones calls it, “liquid hell.” A struggle at first, Cowley County has stood by the prohibitory law until it has become a commonly accepted fact. Violators have learned that its kicking propensities, in the hands of officials to whom duty is paramount, are greater than Mr. Balaam’s famous animal. Bucking it is too expensive and humiliating a luxury to be cherished—big fines and the bastille inevitable. None but cranks, who preach in opposition to self-evident truths, can longer be found yowling about there being more liquor drunk in Cowley County than under saloon rule. The regard with which the law is observed, the almost entire absence of drunkenness, has driven most of those blatant mouth-kickers into their little holes. To every stranger the temperance proclivities of our county and city are surprising. The record for January is the best THE COURIER has yet published. It is proof that the druggists are doing about the square thing. As we have remarked before, it is no easy matter for a druggist to avoid violating the law. The drugstores are now about the only recourse for liquid refreshments. The express racket is too expensive: the “stuff” must come in too large quantities and takes too long. Our expressmen have shut down on the old lightning express that used to fill your Kansas City order in ten minutes. The iron-clad provisions of the late law side-tracked this lightning express and now nothing but the four-day express is available, at a cost likely to produce deathly pains, instead of bottles, in the ordinary pocket. “Statements” proclaiming various ills for which “benzine” is declared to be the only remedy are looked upon with increasing caution by our druggists, and the number of disgruntled individuals who disappointedly meander out of the drugstores daily, is growing. The druggist with the backbone to refuse even some of his best friends, places himself higher in the esteem of the best people, and the liquid hunter, if he has sense enough to understand the vice-like provisions of the law, secretly thinks the more of a druggist for refusing. Here is the January record.
Skipped the breakdown given for the following druggists.
Winfield: Williams, Glass, Harter, Brown.
Arkansas City: Steinberger, Fairclo, Mowry & Co., Eddy, Kellogg & Co., Brown, Balyeat & Co.
Other Towns: Woolsey, Burden; Roberts, Udall; Martin, Udall; Rule, Cambridge; Phelps, Dexter; Phelps, Burden; Hooker, Burden; Taylor, Floral; Brown, Atlanta.
The statements show 7 bottles bitters, 11 lemon ginger, 4 champagne, and 2 of stout sold by all the druggists.
Mr. Rule has failed, so far, to materialize with his January filing.
And right here we will remark that a small amount of this is accounted for twice—sold at wholesale by the druggists of Winfield or Arkansas City, to the druggists of surrounding towns, who again file statements for its retail. The decrease in statements from the December record is 38; the increase in whiskey 143 pints; the decrease in beer 124 bottles; and in other “medicine” 124 pints. Beer is taking a back seat as a panacea. This is the least number of bottles, by half, recorded since the late law went into effect. Winfield shows a decrease from December of 27 statements; an increase of 200 pints of whiskey, with a decrease of two pints in “other drinks.” Arkansas City comes up with a decrease of 232 statements, 150 pints whiskey, 122 bottles beer, 48 pints other drinks. This is a record very creditable indeed compared to their previous showings. The frigidity of January seems to have about banished the malaria arising from the canal. Steinberger and Mowry explain their lionship by claiming that their general business is double that of any other druggist down there. The other towns also make decreases: 109 in statements, 2 bottles in beer, and 74 pints in various drinks, with an increase of 83 pints of whiskey. Of course there are numerous individuals who will declare that half the statements taken by these druggists are never filed. But these wiseacres have little weight in the face of the outward evidences. The veracity of this remarkable record is fully backed up by the sobriety, good order, and prosperity of our people. No other county in Kansas can show as good a record. No other county can show equal progress and prosperity. Morality, good government, and happiness and prosperity go hand in hand. The wonderful effect of prohibition in Cowley is the glory of every citizen and the pride of the state.
