The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-11-25
HIS crock AND RYE"
Man Who Wants it i'm Prohibition Ter
ritory After December 1. Must
Get " Prescription.
tspecial to News and Observer

(Special to News and Observer
Washington ID. c.. Nov. 24.-Aftar
the first of December those persons in
prohibition towns, who have been tak-
ing their todd: in the shape of rock
and rye" procured over the courier
of any dug store they happened 10
strike will be up against it," accord
ing 10 Commissioner Yerkes, who ras
issued instructions today that where
q druggist makes a compound of rock
candy, glycerine and Whiskey and puts
il up in bottles and other receptacles.
and keeps it ia stock for sale, and
sells il to any and all customers an"
call for it, ana evidence is obtained
by the local Internal revenue Officers
that these customers. or any of them.
are using this compound as a beVe@-
age, and the circumstances are such as
show that the druggist either knew
this fact or with proper inquiry co"'d
have become aware of it, the fac ;
will be reported to the Bureau of N
ternal Revenue for sesSment of spe-
CiaI tax and penalty against him as Il
retail liquor dealer. and will also be
reported by the collector to the Uni
ted States District Attorney for IN
stitution of criminal prosecution
against such druggist. unless he, at the
time of making sales of the compound
TO these customers. holds the requisite
special tax stamp as Il retail liquor
dealer.
There is. however, a loophole for
the man who must have his drink, NJ
matter what the cost, for he can so
TO any physician and get a prescription
for rock and rye, which druggist
may fill, under the commissioner rul-
ing. without having to pay any special
liquor tax.
Doctrines tarc have haan appoiDfad for
the following North Carolina towns:
William p. Robertson at Brock. era
ham county; Noah +. Moore at
Brushy Mountain, Wilkes county:
Haywood b. Grain, at Grandy Curri-
tuck county.
Route No. /. Rural Free Delivery
Service, has been ordered by the
Postmaster General to begin February
/, 1906, at Bryson City, Swain county,
North Carolina. also route No. / 10
begin on same date at Ennice, Allie
ghany county.
The first Of these routes has been
established as the result of the eff
fort of Hon. I. NJ. Gudger while the
second route is in Hon. f. Spencer
Blackburn's district.
VIM. H. Cheek and r. c. NJ. Cheek
have been appointed carriers on rural
free delivery route No. | at Mar
Ter. y. c..
The United States Patent Office has
recently granted patents TO North Car
DINA inventors. as follows: Thomas
O. Sharp, RoXboro, for a banker to
Walter A. Douglas, Pilot Mountain, for
ii combination stove and fireplace; to
VIM. F.. Beasley. Plymouth, two pat
ents on improvements in a resilient
tire; to James Ct. Gilreath. Wilkes
boro, for a railway switch; to Olmedo
G. Wysong. Greensboro. for an abra-
sive apparatus
The following North Carolina peo-
pie are registered here: F. w. Hoyt
and wife p. NJ. Brown and wife, Char
lotte.
A case from the Supreme Court of
New York involving the Willard law,
enacted by the North Carolina Legis-
| lature Of 1899, is before the Supreme
Court. where a motion has been made
| to dismiss. The case is that of the
Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Com
pany Us. Henry c. Birch. The Willard
act provided that no foreign insur-
ance company should be authorized to
| do business in North Carolina until,
| by a duly executed instrument filed in
| his office ii should appoint the insur-
ance commissioner. or his successor.
! its attorney uDon whom process in any
action against it might be served. and
! therein should agree that any lawful
| process so served should be of the
| same force and validity as if served on
| the company, and that the authority
thereof should continue in force ire
vocably so long as any liability of the
| company remained outstanding in
| North Carolina. The North Carolina
| Supreme Court passed upon this case
and rendered judgments against the
insurance company in seven cases The
| judgments were assigned TO Birch
! who brought action in the New York
! State Courts to recover. The decision
was i'm favor of the legality of the Will
lard law The insurance company APP
pealed 10 the Supreme Court of the
| United States on a writ of error and a
motion has been made to dismiss.