Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-02-14
HAS A DlSPENSARY.
HOW LIQUOR Is SOLD IN wAyNEs-
VILE, NORTH CAROLINA.
The Experiment succeSs-No
Screens and No secrecy-Butier
Favors sfbIey-A Fight on Pritch-
ard-Othcr North state News.

RALEIGH. N. c., February l3.-(Spe-
cIal.)-One town in this State has dis
pensary. II is WaynesviIie, and the dis
pensary is modelled on one at Athens,
Ga. 1t has been In operation one year.
and the net profit Is 5000. OF this half
goes 70 the town and the remainder TO
the county OF Haywood. IL Is contended
that the experiment is a success. The
dispensary closes at sunset during the
week, and Is not open on Sunday. There
is no screen and no secrecy. 1t Is simply
a store where liquor Is sold. There is a
manager with 500 year salary, and the
affair is in charge OF three commission
ers, each with 800 a year. The people OF
the town OF Hickory had an opportunity
to vote whether a dispensary should be
established there, ami their vote was
against the dispensary. In the case OF
Waynesville the matter was not submit
ted to the popular vote, the act being a
direct one by the Legislature.
There Is no sort Of doubt, II assertions
made by Senator Buffers friends here are
true, that he favors Sibley for President
as the candidate Of the silver party.
IL was intimated several days ago that
several Of the United States commission
ers IN this distact would resign. ID. W.
Whitaker, the one at Durham. has al
ready taken that step. His resignation
bears date two weeks ago.
GOOD PAY.
The emoluments of the United States
Marshal in this district are up to $500
he
ney receives the same sum. Years ago
the nay OF the attorney was 1850, but
Charles A. Cook, the last Republican IN
cumbent, brought it up to 5000, and so IL
has been maintained by Mr.. Aycock.
There will be 1000 looms in the Proximi-
tv cotton-mill at Greensboro. The build
ing is completed.
President Samuel Spencer, Of the South
ern railway. is now in Cuilford county,
shooting cartridges. He has leased lO,O.O
acres Of land there for the shooting prlVi-
leges. In various parts OF this state tne
land taxes on hundreds Of farms are PAID
by sportsmen. who are maze ehtHeS "1
home by the farmers
Your correspondent Is positively as
sured that Congressman Settle stands but
slight chance, as matters now LOOK OF
obtaining a denomination in his district.
the With. He is a re1-hOt Tom keed
man, while the rank and file OF the Ike
publicans are Wild for Mckinley. IL Is
asserted that s. b. Adams, OF Casweli.
can defeat Settle for the nomination. III
is also alleged that in the Fifth DISTRICT
the Popuiists are now more Republicans
than 'Populists.
AGAINST PRITcHARD.
Senator Butler and his forces are put
ting up a strong fight against senator
Pritchard. The truth Is, the Repuohcahs
represented by Pritchard think they can
force the Populists into measures. They
are saying that last year the Populists
were given all the good picking, and that
II is high time the Republicans are look
ing out for number one. Senator But
ler's supporters swear they are In their
silver fight for principle, viii not De
bulldozed, and will stay in ranks. They
say further that the row between them
and the Pritchard people is the genuine
thing, and no sham.
Mr.. l. c. Ennis, one OF the clerks
I'm the State Agricultural Department,
whose leg was broken last month, was
at his desk to-day for the first time since
his injury.
A large addition TO the towel-mill at
Salisbury Is under way. and the rope
factory there Is run day and night, 70
keep up with orders.
A final dividend is soon TO be paid
depositors Of the defunct Peoples Ma
tional bank, at Fayetteville. by General
w. G. LeDuc, the receiver.
The pupils Of the white public schools
here this evening gave the operetta
Golden Hair and the Three Bears" at
Metropolitan Hall.
large revival IS in progress at the
Baptist tabernacle in this city Rev.
Mr.. Hines, OF Richmond. IS assisting
the pastor Rev. Dr. Slmms, In conduct
ing II.