The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-02-03

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tations and restrictions that could b
thrown around the saloon. 1t was merely
. question OF police regulation.
Senator Lamb asked whether or not the
refusal Of the county commissioners To
grant license would prevent the estsb-
lishment of country distilleries.
Nr. Mewborne said it would not. tha;
was true, but it would prevent liquor
from being sold at these distilleries.
Some one had said that it was per-
fectly right for the burden CT proof to
le put on the liquor dealers. But was
i rot enough that they had to get the
Endorsement as to business integrity and
character Of the citizens.
Mr.. Charles 0. McNichael. of Rock
ingham, said he was not one Of tho
holier than thou. although he was the
paid representative of certain interests
II North Carolina, and Notwithstanding
q douhle-faced editorial in one Of the
papers, which he said was ~traducing the
entire legal profession, he would say he
was likewise heartily in favor Of the
London bill. with the exception of three
or four provisions.
He referred to the beautiful speeches
hat had been made, and to Mrs. Woody's
remark that she represented the Oldest
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he considered the great Democratic party
protected the homo and the w-omanhood
Of the State.
You hear that there is a great move
ment on foot. When did you hear it?
Dld you hear it whom you were going
up and down the State under the leader
ship of Furnifold Simmons. when you
were asking the help Of the saloon
keepers keeping away negro domination
You did not have the manhood to tell
them that you were going to turn or
them and treat them as awful monsters
sucking away your life-blooG, as was SC
~eloquontly said by the leader of this
movement.
Il want to reply to some things said by
the gentleman from Charlotte. | mean
the one who spoke today, not the gentle
man who yesterday RECALLED US with a
lot of personal "reminiscences. They
were mighty fine, but there is very little
Of the big | about me-"
Mr.. Tillett had declared that it was
perfectly legal to put the burden of proof
on the liquor dealers. lie had studied
law somewhat himself, and he would
stake his reputation on the statement
that it was unprecedented Did any one
here today ever hear of any reform that
was started in which the reformers were
not put on the refencive?
As to the petitions expressing the SEN
timcnt Of the people, he would saw thew
did not. Many people signed petitions i'll
advisedly.
Mr.. Curtis said the liquor man were
presenting petitions, and he had better
look after them. Gaughter).
Mr.. Tillett had expressed pride in rem
rescnting the Methodist church, of which
he was proud to say he himself was a
humble member. but there was one ter
rible evil upon which that church was
silent.
That was a thing they "did not dare to
speak of because they have taken old
man Dukes money"
Kisses from all over the hall greeted
this statement.
Liquor vent on Mr.. McNichaoI
lets a man get grown, and then erhaps
ruins him and his family, but cigarettes
kill off the boys before they get a chance
to grow up"
Rev. S. B.. Turrentine thereupon spoke
VI. and said the Western North Carolina
Conference of the Methodist church had
passed as strong resolutions in regard to
cigarettes as in regard to the liquor cues
ton.
And Dew. D. F. Swindell said that the
North Carolina Conference had done the
same.
Mr.. McMichael: Consistency thou
art a jewel. Then why did they not
send You up here to ask for legislation
on this cigarette question:"
Mr.. McMichael then declared that it
was undemocratic to say that you could
not sell liquor in a town of 499 people.
but that you could in a town of sol peo-
pie.
Mr.. Hinton, of the committee, asked
what the distinction was, viewed from a
Democratic standpoint, between selling
liquor in the country and selling it in the
town.
Mr.. McMichael said he did not believe
in putting limitations upon any class of
towns.
Mr.. D. NJ. Reece, of Yadkin, said he had
been the chairman of the Democratic
executive committee of Yadkin for twelve
years. He held in his hand a petition
from a large numbo of the Democratic
citizens Of Yadlin asking that neither
the Watts nor the London bill be passed
unless the matter be put to the vote of
the people Of Yadkin.
There was a temperance movement or
ItOt, IHtl was III OUD U tlldI, Out the
true principles of the Democratic party
must not be departed from.
The people of Yadkin had more corn
than they could use, and they manufac-
tured it into whiskey for importation.
Yadkin Cid not have a single incor-
porated town that came within the pro
visions of the bill.
Mr.. Watts asked if they did not have
a couple of Incorporated towns in Yad-
kin.
Mr.. Reece said they had, but none of
them had as many as 500 people.
Mr.. Watts called his attention to the
fact that one Of the bill did not speci-
fy as to the size OF the towns.
Mr.. Reece said there was no place for
a distillery in the towns, because it was
too close to the schools.
He went on to speak of the amount of
money sent out of Yadkin every year to
buy meat, although the distillery Stops
made such excellent food for swine. But
the distillerieS were almost the only
source of money in the county.
Mr.. Curtis: Don't you think that if