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'AMWWlIililrOTMBETOANDTUESDAY; NOV. 25,191KEY WEST PRICE LISTYOU’LL GET IT IN KEY WESTQuartCaseHaig Haig. .$6.00$50.00Jolmnie Walker . •.. 6.0050.00King George ----.. 6.0050.00White Horse ....50.00Old ‘ Crow ........ 6.0050 00Chartered Oak .... 5.0040.00VGreen River ...... 5.0040.00fOld ~Jordan ........ 5.0040.00Canadian Club .... 4.GO37.00Three StarHonnessy 6,0055.00Paralta Brandy .... 3.503Q.00Apricot, Brandy ... . 6.00.50.00Bacardi.ltum ...... 5.0050.0'1Gordon Dry Gin ... 4.5037.50Creme de Menthe. S.oi)50.00Absinthe .. ...... 6.0055.00Benedictine . -.. 6.0050.00Creme de Cacao .... 6.0050.00Creme de Violet ... 6.0050.00Creme de Roses ... 6.0050.00Port Wine ....... . 4.00ISherry Wine ..... 4.00Vermouth........ 6.00-Champagne...... 12.00r RATfMlegger has to fear is the loss of Ills cargo and his craft, but with the many cannels into which he may run, it is a hard job to find them.Much of the liquor brought into Key West is shipped to points farther north by the railroad.The prohibition agents are convinced that there is a huge conspiracy to flood the north with illicit liquor and a close watch is now being kept j on all freight shipments.This has already brought fruit in the seizure of a carload of liquor at Atlanta. Other suspected cars are being diligently soughLMeanwhile’J'Key. West still enjoys its forbidden fruits at reasonable prices.Fairmont tug lye, ra scraps are made in t disclosures federal pn county.Not' onlj but the w of manure and benea tectlon an csttary for Moonslii sell and m . in dii in the ma: nothing ui lye, the k and in stlt; nixed thrlt;CAN YOU TELL THEM.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.. Nov, 21—Bos r,yo* la sure cornin’ to a place wheredo only cheap thing is whisky,” wasthe remark the porter made to m3as t neared Key West, Uncle Sam’s Gibraltar.And I soon discovered 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 softj 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 1 for TO 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-William F and James 11. Doyle (above) are believed to be the last | surviving twins of the Confederate i army. Could yon tell them apart: Few people can. William K. lives at Teague and James H. at. Granburg. Tex. They arc 78.Mussolini is kicking up a racket in . Italy. He’s a statesman even if he does sound more like a wrestler.
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Cumberland Evening Times
Cumberland, Maryland, US
Tue, Nov 25, 1924
Page 20
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Beth S.
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