The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-02-24
LIQUOR CONTESTS
Spring Hope Dry and Vote
in Wilson.
Johnston County Towns to Vote
Against Dispensaries And No
Change in Dispensary at
Edward.

me invest All Eounu fneetiiiS VI tle
House Liquor Traffic Committee of the
session was held yesterday afternoon
i'm the hall of the House. -Four
liquor bills were acted on and each
of these provoked vigorous debate.
1t was a meeting of confusion for
at times the disorder in the hall by
parties waiting to be heard or visitors
was so great that Chairman Davis
nearly wore out his gavel. His call
for the Sergeant-atA was fire.
puent but that officer was not present
TO aid.
AS a result of four hours work the
committee reported favorably bills to
make Spring Hope dry. to allow a
vote in September in Wilson as to the
diSpenSary to be continued. and to al
low the towns in Johnston county
having diSpenSarieS 10 vote to keep or
get rid of these. The bill to repeal
the act establishing II dispensary at
Edward was acted on unfavorably.
From all of the sections Interested
there We're present delegates for and
against and the committee was be-
Iabored with many STYLES of oratOry
and a variety of statements that
claShed.
Surfing Hone Goes Dry.
The bill affecting Spring Hope was
first taken up. This is TO incorporate
the church and school house there for
two miles in every direction. the Dur-
pose being TO get rid Of five bar rooms
which were declared to be nuisances
i'm the town, the bill being advocated
by a majority of the voters.
Hon. f. 5. Spruiil. of Louisburg,
spoke for the petitioners some fifteen
or twenty of whom We're back of him
as he spoke. He said that in the cleo
ton the town had voted for saloons by
50 to 80. but that this majority of I
had since been lost by the change in
sentiment caused bv the evils of five
bar rooms, and that now sc voters
were against the bars to 25 for them.
these representir~ 10 per cent of the
voters and IS per cent of the prop
erty. Mr.. Spruill earnestly declared
that the vote. the Intelligence. the
morality. the good name OF the place,
it's property interests are all back OF
the bill 10 prohibit the sale of whis-
key. that the bank president. four OF
the aldermen. four out OF five or the
school trustees We're present TO say
this. He declared an election could
be carried. but that il would democrat
iZe and that the petitioners should be
heard i'm opposition TO the demoraiiz-
ing state OF affairs which kept chill
dren from school because of the evils
from the bars. This would not cause
an increase of tax, as the graded
school in Spring Hope only received
from S4.50fto Sc from the money ~
the bars and this would run tie
school about six minutes. that in no
event could there be an increase of
more than five cents on the hundred
dollars. He plead for peace and or
der against lawlesSnesS and disorder.
MI. II. y. p. Cooley spoke against
the bill. He declared he did not rep
resent the whiskey men, but that an
election having been held under the
Watts act. the bars ought not tc be
touched. AS 10 the names ON the pc
titi2ns he had one also and this show
cd bu; live names less than the other
as some men wrote to take their
names from the netition 10 'ncorror
ate the school Tie declared Spring
Hope is not the lawleSS place deScrib-
ed and it was the first time lie had
ever heard of immortality OF children
being kent froR school because Of
the bar-roomS He urged that at
the May election the question of liquor
could be settled in the town election
by electing dry board if those peo-
pie were in the majority. He told
OF charges being made tEat Mr.. Aus
I'm. the REPRESENTATIVE from Nash
had declared nc would stand on the
Watts law, and that he had SO said in
his speeches which the Dar men Went
To hear. Mr.. Cooley said that nell of
position and influence were in favor
Of the action he urged.
Mr.. Spruitl here arose to say that
the only following of Mr.. Cooley was
one man who lives in Spring Hope
and one ~ l<inston anI gave the
name Of the Spring Hore man who
sent 10 school at Nash Vile 10 pet
away from liquor at Soring zone.
Representative Austin explained his
position. He said he introduced the
bill by request and would ASK TO be
relieved from voting on it. During
the campaign ne mad told that he
stood sqCareiv on the Democratic
platform. and that lie wanted the
majority at Spring Hope to rule.
whether for whiskey or against it.
Tho petition against whiskey came
from q majority. and he would abide
b. the decision of the committee.
that nc believed an election iii Spring