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VMS**WWlIiss?WESTHaig * Johnnl King lt;White Old* CCharteGreenOld ~JoOanadiThreeParaltfApricoBacardGordoiOremoAbsintRenertiCremeCremeCreme Port 1 Sherry v.ermoChamriegger ha cargo ai many cai run, it is Much i Key Was ther nort The pr ed that to flood and a ck j on all fri I This h i the seizu Atlanta, being dil Meanw its forbi prices.Scene# In ''Bootleggers' Paradise” in Key West, ,Fla. Upper left, the court house in the shadow of which boot- i ledgers trade. At the right, the light house, guide to coast guard and rum runner alike. Below, Main Street In the “speakeasy” neighborhood.BY BOB DORMANKey West. Fla.. Noy, 21—Bos r,yo* Is sore cornin’ to a place wheredo only cheap thing is whisky, wasthe remark the porter made to m3as t neared Key West, Undo Sam’s Gibraltar.And I soon discoYered that my porter was right.The taxi driver that took mo to the hotel told me that he was prepared to fix me up with anything I might wantTo proTe ft -he handed me a card listing a group of names that 1 hadn't, beard, let alone seen, since the prohibition amendment went in to’'effectFrom beer' to champagne that card took in the whole list of drinks known to the pre-Yblstead era.And the prices weTe not so high—much , less than those in other cities furnishing liquor.But the taxi-drivers have no monopoly on the bootlegging trade. Soft [drink parolrs are to bo found frequently. And the only thing soft (about them is the brains of those customers who imagine that soda and pop is all they sell.There Is no necessity for identification. Just name your poison and it will be served you.Best Cuban beer— 50 cents a bottle; Bacardi rum—25 cents a • shot; Scotch whiskey—35 cents a drink; the list might go on indefinitely, but there is a limit to one's capacity in these dry days.\ You can even purchase sugar cane rum (pure alcohol) for 10 cents a glass if you haven't any regard foryour stomach.One drink emporium is located back of the county court house. From its door one looks out at the parked cars of the sheriff and other county officials.Others dot the town's main street on the side near the Western Union while another bids for patronage just across the way.Just around the corner is the headquarters of the coast guard. They, however, are helpless with the stuff ashore.i They are doing their best to stop it coming in. but. with the limited equipment and the hundreds of miles of coafet line here, they are practically helpless in view of a public sentiment that not only condones but aids bootlegging activities.Conviction by jury trial is almost hopeless here. The worst the boot-wiiiia(above) survivin army. Few pcat TeagiTex. TMllKSOItaly. T does sou
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Cumberland Evening Times
Cumberland, Maryland, US
Tue, Nov 25, 1924
Page 20
Full Page
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Beth S.
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