The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-02-17

taste Of it. they said. tia il good ana
We want some more We wa-t the aats
jug Law. Give that laH 20 ali tac coun-
ties and they will keep it
Nr. Brown spoke next. lie sad T.
had not meant TO reflect upon aay g.
ths members Of the ~nm4t Hhcn T.
said that the bin would dc3gs tav issue.
bEt that i would NOT most The 1otuaad
to make The temperance policy a stat,
policy. aud in hat sers- would dodsy
tn issue. The Na~rea eil r41rs
to no county arythinv mat t.ey Fave
not now. They can nos ret II without
j. gislstion. lie said h wanted = tu
that would meet the demand OF tho
best people of North Carolina. II. rofa-
lated the idea that only fanatics wo
mon and preachers were IL favor q the
London TN lie said il was endorsed
by preachers and the host men ~ tha
State and ~ hundreds OF bankers and
business men tie mad received letters
from all over the state urging tho pass
age OF the biz, He believed .t was
wise TO keep a little in advance Of pom
lar sentiment and to Be an advance cuarl
and the people would come up As rs
Iclitical effect he said. IL YOU want 70
sec our party succeed. get behind you
tie solid business men % North Caro-
lima. Who wish temperance reform md
the party need baye no fear. 10 rail-
read or business man would cmvloy 4
irunkard. They stand fer temperance.
senator Yam then loft the chair and
made a brief address. lie said chat he
did not wish 70 dodge airy issue al
that no other man On the committee
IG1 ~. .Ff F. ..,4
and that of NJ. Warren against any men
III the senate. Mr. Warren was a Ira-
h%ibitionist and had done great SERVE.
Tor temperance. In 1882. he himself, WAS
one OF - men to vote for prohibition in
his township. when the great mass o.
people voted against it. He believed that
the submission OF the question in 1852
set back the question OF temperance re
form ten years. That tho worst enemies
of temperance were sometimes its adj
| vocates, because they wished TO 20 too
fast. If We go too far it VIII hurt tin
cause. The Warrcn-Nann bill is ve-g
good. 1t asks that the people vote IN
| those counties that have no prohibition.
| He said he was in favor or a stock law,
hut would not Esk to have it put upon
the People unless it was submitted to
them. He believed in letting each Il
ty have what it wants ii q majority OF
the people of his county wished prohibit
ton he would be glad CT it, but would
not put it on them You cannot enforce
a law unless there is public sentiment
behind it. If you progress gradually
temperance Will grow ard Will prevail
in North Carolina. The cause is grow
ing. Like everything else temperance is
a matter Of growth. You cannot force
! - Va, coppOt u =, Il. dou1a tho fhroaI -
| Of the people who &C not want it. Ono
half loaf is better than no bread. Ou.
measure is a conservative one, that vii!
show the tone and tcraper Of the Legs
lature, and will do more good than a
more radical measure.
Mr.. Marshall, the Senator from stoke
and Surry. offered an amendment that
the bill shall apply to the towns and
cities as we'll as to the country. lie said
that so far it imposed upon tho country
people that it would make absolute grc-
hibition everywhere, but, he added, DO
rot understand that ! am opposed to the
Bill" and subsequently he voted for il
His amendment was not adopted.
The following is the Vann-Warron bill
which Will be offered in the Senate a3 a
substitute for the London bill which
will be favo2ably reported.
Bill to be Entitled an Act to Rogu-
late the Manufacture and Sale of In
toxicating Liquors:
The General Assembly Of North Caroline
do enact:
Section l. That it shall be unlawful
for any person, company, firm or cor
poration to manufacture or barter or sci
any s~pirituous, vinous. malt, fermcnteC
or other intoxicating liquors, outside q
the corporate limits of incorporated
cities or towns.
Sec. 2. That it shall be unlawful 70,
any person, company, firm or corpora
ton to manufacture spirituous, vinous
malt, fcrmcnted or Other Intoxicating II
quors in any city or town having a po.l-
lation Of less than see inhabitants Within
it's corporate limits.
Sec. 3. That it shall lie unlawful fci
any person, company, firm, or corpora.
ton to sell or barter any spirituorS
malt, vinous, fcrmentcd, or other in
tcxicating liquors, in any city or towf
having a population Of less than three
hundred inhabitants.
Sec. j. THAI it shall be unlawful fol
any person, firm or corporation Il
manufacture, sell, barter or otherwis'
dispose of, for gain, amy spirituous
vinous. or malt liquors or intoXicatin:
bitters, without first obtaining as To
quired by the laws of this State, nov
existing or hereafter enacted, a hcons'
therefor, both from the Board of Con,
Imissioners of the county ard the govern
ing body of the city or town IN which tn
same is proposed to be manufacture 0
sold.
Sec. 5. That any person, firm or cor
poratiOn violating the provisions OF TN
act prohibiting the manufacture Of Sue
liquors, shall he guilty Of a felony an
upon conviction shall be imprisoned 10
less than four months, nor more than tW'
wears. or fined not less than 5000 nor nor
than 81 1000. or both, in the discretion @
the court. And any person, firm or cor
poration violating the provisions Of TIN
act relating to tho sale, or barter, @
other disposition for gain, Of any sac
LIQUORS. shall be guilty Of a misdemean
or, and upon conviction shall be flnc1
not more than $500 or imprisoned NJ
moro than four months. or both in til
discretion of tho court.
Section 6. That all liquors or nix