The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-01-31
Regulating the Manufac.
ture of Liquor.
AMENDS WATTS LAW
Bill Was Agreed Upon BY Senators
Ward and Long Of lredeIl. and
Substitutes Both Their Form
er Bills.

The Senate Committee on PROPOSE
lions and Grievances at its meeting
yesterday afternoon reported favor
ably the Ward Liquor Bin, being 9
substitute to his own former liquor
bill and the Long, of Iredell, liquoi
bill. The vote TO report it favorably
would have been unanimous except
for the one vote cast against il by Mr.
Taylor. Republican.
Mr. Long. of Tredeil, spoke in favor
of the bill. He said that this bill
was Il substitute te The former bill OF
Mr.. Ward and also TO the one he
Mr.. Long, himself had drawn. and
was an agreed bill between the two
The difference between the two billS
is, that MI. Longs bill restricted the
Manufacture and sale of liquors in all
towns having less than 200 qualified
voters excepting dispens2ry towns
ana Mr. Wards bill provides that
no liquor shall be manufactured on
rectified i'm towns or cities not hav-
ing 800 inhabitants, and further pro-
vides that in ali towns and cities where
liquors are sold that Il city government
shah be maintained. having ut least
two policemen. whose duty II shall
be TO visit the places where liquors
ere sold and see that ii is sold as pro-
Nided by law. and shall report WeekiV
TO the mayor aud town authorities
and the reports are TO be placed IN
The hands of the solicitors.
The Ward bill is virtually an
amendment TO the Watts Law. extend
ing the principles of the Watts law
10 towns and cities not having I"oe
inhabitants. not changing the letter
of the Waits law. not repeating 4 line
of It, The Watts law restricts the man
Ifacture OF liquor 10 incorporated
towns and the Ward bill restricts the
manufacture and rectification of liquor
to towns having f.50U inhabitants. The
Watts law says nothing regarding po-
lice protection, but the Ward bill pro-
vidcS for this, which is in keeping
with the declarations OF the Democrat
&c party ~ its convention in Green's
Doro.
The Ward hill will affect n large
majority of the little so-called towns,
Incorporated by the last General As
senibly. after the enactment of the
Watts law. Milton, i'm Caswell county,
and Shore and Williams. in Yadkin
county. are notorious examples of
small towns manufa curing Whiskey
which viii be affected by the Ward
bill
The Ward bill as agreed upon by
will accomplish the main purposes of
The Long bin, and for that reason, Mr..
Long stated that he would give it his
unqualified support.
Chairman Duls explained at length
the provisions of the bill,
Mr. Taylor, Republican, said he was
against the bill all over. and de-
clared even the dispensaries of the
State to be "a highway cussedness.
The seriousness of the bill and its
great Importance. being a general law,
was well felt by the members OF the
committee. and their decision was not
attained bVa hasty ami careless oohsid-
Grafton. but it consumed more time
than all the other bins acted upon
and was reported favorably only after
long deliberation, and with the at
tachment of a slight amendment.
The amendment adds after the
words Board of Aldermen. the
words "or thfr governing authority.
being in regard to the reports OF in
Vestigations by the police.
The Ward substitute bill is as fol-
lows:
THAT section one. chapter 233 OF
the Public Laws Of 1903 be amended
by striking out the word 'manufac-
ture.' in line TWO thereof and that said
chapter and section be further amend
ed by striking out the words or man