“Enforcing the Cigarette Law,” an editorial from The Lexington
Dispatch, October, 1914
The Dispatch has called attention several times to the fact
that minors are buying cigarettes in Lexington and it is gratifying to note
that the officers are making an effort to find out who is doing the selling.
Wednesday a small boy was brought into court and efforts were made to induce
him to tell who sold him the cigarettes. He refused to tell and was sentenced
to jail. To save the boy from jail, an appeal was taken in his case and he was
released on bond. It is not only against the law to sell cigarettes to persons
under 18 years of age, but it is against the law to give cigarettes to such
persons, and every good citizen should do all he can to help the officers
locate the guilty person who is carrying on the illegal traffic.
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