Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-04-21
DispenSarles May Sell Liquor on
Physicians Prescriptions.
TREAsuRER's DEcIsIOI
Important Ruling on Defective Inv
High Ink OLE All baseball Games
to Which Admiration is Chnrgcs-
Changes iu College OF Agriculture
ana Mcchanic Arts - Crawford
6nins vosos.

Raleigh. y. c.. April 20.-"No liquor
can be sold from n dispensary except
the party holds prescription from
practiclng physician"
This is the ruling Of State Treasurer
Worth made yesterday in answer to
letter OF inquiry from Mr.. Meade A.
Kelsey. OF High Point. The letter in
full is as follows:
Yours Of the 18th, saying that you
had seen that some provision restricting
the sale or liquor at dispensaries to
those holding physicians prescription.
and asking Information on this point is
received. In reply. will quote you an
extract from the law. which says that
this section shall apply to all dispen-
sarics. That is the last clause of sec
ton Il. Revenue Act. Laws 1899. Pre-
ccdinS this clause is the following pro-
vision: THAT this act shall not au-
thoriZc any druggist to sell sprituouS
Nihous or malt liquors except uron the
prescription of a practicng physician
aa now allowed by law | hold. there
fore, that no liquor can be sold from n
uIsnenS3.y except the party holds pre-
Scription from practicng physician.
Tho law is very plain and explicit on
sarrrs in The state
TAN on BASEBALL GAMES.
The Attorney General has decided
That tax of So for the state and 81
!0r ia" county must he paid on each
&.tr'c IF baseball to which admission is
charged. He says that thcy arc liable
10 TINS TAX under section IL. Schedule Il
Al ihc Act of 1889. As Il matter Of fact.
Secjion 10? of Schedule s. NJ the Act
"i iS''. IS identical in every respect with
section ii. Schedule s, of the Act of
If tho tax oueh. to be imposed on
baseball games To which m admission
Is charged under the 1899 act. why
haven't the Attorney General State
Treasurer and other Fusion officials
heer collecting under the same identical
words as Were contained in the 1897
act? Why didn't they find it out soon
CT and collect it?
THE y. AND NJ. COLLEGE.
The Committee on Examination nnd
DISCRIMINATION Of the North Carolina
College Of Agriculture and Mechanic
Arts. were in session again all day yes
terdaY and until 10 o'clock last night
NJ tho conclusion Of last nights SEES
Son Mr. ". :. Primrose. chairman,
gave ont the following Official state
ncnt of the result of The meeting:
1--WE agreed ;his afternoon to make
tAc following rccommc ndltions to thc
Rlavd ol Trustees at It's annual meet
ing in June:
Il. To declare The position Of Pro-
f'fsor Of Agriculture to the College and
NSrcCitur0l!st 10 tho Experiment Sta
ton vacant.
IThis position is now held by Mr..
EmeY.l
'': 70 abolish what is called the
Station Council.
IA different method for the manage
'n"nt of The station will be deviscdI
j. r. abolish the position of as
S!s;an, Professor of English and I:ursar
ut III college.
iTh Sc places are now held by Mr..
Dui!sr.l
~ r. abolish the positions OF biolo-
~. ana Veterinarian.
lFhcse positions are now held by Or.
turtjce.l
- TO declare vacant the position Of
H"t assistant Instructor of Mathc,
males.
\ place now held by MIR. Wright
ne committee has adjourned to
I meet again ON May I'd. when further
recommendations viii be made to COM
p.c," the organization of the colla:,r
ana put ii on Il basis of still ..rcat.r
usefulness.
THE Executive Committee will meet
to-m0rrOW.'
CRAWFORD GAINS VOTES.
}. II. Green. Esq. has Just finished n
la9oriouS task in Mitchell county. He
has been engaged for the past ten DAYS
taking. as commissioner dispositions in
the contest of Pearson VS.. Crawford
The DISPOSITIONS We're taken for the con
teetee. and Senator w. l.. Lambert con
Quoted the examination for Crawford
He was familiar with the facts. and
ever and anon. elected evidence thai
chagrnod and dismayed the Duke
Pearson cross examined the witnesses
in his own behalf and by adroitncss
tried TO confound and dscredit the VIII
nesses. but his ingenuity availed him
nothing for Mr.. Lambert. in the re =.
direct examinations dispelled all myth
ana emphasized the material and dam
aging facts against RichmOnds cause
j. l.. Bird Esq. of Marion. is over
IN Mitchell this week. as commissioner
Tor Pearson. taking. dispositions in re-
hnt!al. The investigation will show
tAAt Crawford is entitled 20 at least lao
more votes than was given him by the
returns from Mitchell. The fact is.
PEARSON is digging his political grave
deeper. lie seems to seek the ignomin-
i9u" burial given suicides under our CID
English law