Having served in the Spanish American War,
Captain of the first Tazewell Militia, Road Superintendent,
Owner/Operator of the first Power Plant in Tazewell and Businessman, my
grandfather decided that his calling was as a Prohibition Agent. Below
is the parts of the first of many of his diary's he kept through the
years.
Prohibition began on January 16, 1920, when
the Eighteenth Amendment went into effect. Federal Prohibition agents
(police) were given the task of enforcing the law. Principal impetus
for the accomplishment of Prohibition were members of the Republican
Party, the Democratic Party, and the Prohibition Party. It was truly a
cooperative effort with "progressives" making up a substantial portion
of both major political parties.
Genealogy of Drug Enforcement Agency
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