The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-31
THE LIQUOR BILL
ON NEXT TUESDAY
House Committee Will Dis
cuss it Then.
THEIARBORO DISPEkSARf
s r..~ eFs;an's 81 W. BE- 4soxts5 % Ire
HOuss Si.hou. Pr iu5ics--Tss Wilkes
Qsssioa Pos.po1ed ua,il

he watts Liquor BILL cozdnlug diS1i.i-
eries TO Incorporated towns. wiI he dis
cussea b TIE House committee on Prop
OsIiiOus z1d Grievances next Tuesday AZ
tsTEoon-
That ~as decided upon yesterday after
uOon. Al = meeting of the committee il
TIE Attorney Generals Office.
The T2rboro Dsspeaz2ry question
cane ~ zgaIn before ne committee
Senator Don Gillian. Eho introduced tbs
bIu calling for Il eleetio1 G. the sue
Sect. which vas passed - TIE Senate
THURSDAY. said that this vas the Dis
psrszry established twO years ago There
was 10 difference os opinion among lie
reopla g Tzrboro - 10 The question o.
having zn election Of E0z- TIE only diff
ferCncs was as 10 whether i should r
determined II : majority 81 the Quali4a1
voters OF TIE tcwu- o. b. : majority -
the. votes cast
There we're present fro1 TzrboCO for
the bin MeSSrS Lishtenstei1. Arrhsim
ant J W B Battle. who Is the county
treasurer az6 Chairman % the Democratic
Executive Committee
Mr.. DzuShsrE6ge stated that h thought
The other side ought 70 - heard from.
ant suggested 70 postpozs The matter IN
III ther could Re notified
Mr. Battle said thar the opro1s1ts g:
The bill had had as much opportunity
= they had TO come before the com
nIsiee. ami Il saw 10 reason why 5hes
should nor - heard a. Ozce- The hill
h thought asked for something that
was entirely Democratic. the giving C.
twenty DAYS notice before the election
70 es decided by all the votes east
Finally. after p consultation between
Senator Gillian ana MeSSr<- Dzushtrs5se
and Shslso.. il Eas decided 10 20 ahead
and hear the delegation
Then MsssrS- I-ich1e-sIen and Arr
kCzu made 1-se< statements asking t0z
: favorable reort On The bill
Mr. Battle then called over many % the
nest prominent De1 IN Ta-Aoro. zb3
had Slgzei the petition. There we're -
names o. th2t petition. and he said
twenty mere eo1ld have been gotten
NoE that The 65Srensary had been estah-
hS1e1 twO years. they thought IL was
Caly fair now that ali The voters shouli
express their opinion
The election OF this subject two years
ago W2s carried b. intimidation and
threats
Senator Gillian explained the ci-eam-
Stances under which the election w4s
held TWO years ago Il was movement.
Started BY the ministers and Others in
favor of reto-1- At first Il had hem
hoped that some sort O agreement coa.d
b reached between the two parties. Int
unfortunately II had not been- Accord
ilsly the election was practically held
y TIE party fzvo-l1g TIE 5is2ensary. and
the result was so unsatisfactory that il
was the CONSENSUS Of opinion now On XII
sides that the people should vote on the
question Tie only question was whecA-
- e should be 4 vote OF the QuaIIsea
voters OF Township No- /. o. a vote OF
ali the people
i had beer hoPei that there would
b no need 10 bring the matter bsfo-e
the Legislature az all. hut that this SEQ
ol3 election c0uld be called and Arranged
for b. Ire representatives and himself.
But the Dispeas1ry advocates then
selves favored holding tie election -
legislative enactment thinking that i;
would thus command more respect
Senator Gillian spoke strongVv for sha
electien By all the votes cast. saving xh.t
~sS the method prescribed in ali ne
statutes calling for elections.
he said there we're many men who
had signed his petition that would vote
for D-sPensa-y. ard there were r1es
who had not signed II Who woal5 vo.e
against IL
Er- Daughtr:tge said there we're .wo