The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1905-01-26
RALEIGH LETTER.
SOM T!i.,s Doing at Safe capit.i.

Som Thi.ss Doing at Safe capitol.
RALEIGH, " C., Jan. %.
One OF the most important measures
to receive the attention OF the present
General! Assembly will be taken up in the
Senate Tuesday. January 3lst. as the
succiai ort.er fUr that day. to-wlt-, the
bill of Senator Long, of Ifedell. designed
to prevent the manufacture or sale al
liauurs in towns with less than two hun
dr. inhabitants The discussion of this
measure promises 10 be an animated
one The measure W Ill he fought by some
Of the ablest senators but it is probable
that the bill may pass. This is not an
assured fact. however. although it has Il
favorable report.
During the pa It week the liqEo ques-
ton has eau d IN Re Iii c .-s'iu., Al the
Legsatu than any one thing else, aud
it looks like it is to be kept up for som,
time to come. OF and on.
The Watts-law stand patteTs are being
ridden over already, nj the giving OF IN
absolute prohibition Jaw to Richmond
county last Friday (by a practically
unanimous vote in the House.) was one
| OF the Instances. There will be Others
Anu-Ju5 .a~.
In the House on Thursday of this week
the bill providi " for the repeal OF tn,
| anti-jug law will come up as the special
order. 1t will he remembered that this
| law is upon the statue books lin its gen
| eral applicat ton except to a few counties
to which it was intended to apply by It's
author) because of the ruling of the Sti-.
preme Court. the mistake made in The
us. OF language in drafting the bill bel =
| al, &, Il
delivery is made the place of sale in all
counties.
RaIe sh as D.spensary
Town.
| To say that in Raleigh-a dispensary
| tOwn-liquor flows freely would perhaps
be- an exaggeration. There are no ''ope,
salo ms, (licensedD it is true but the boz
| |, establishments are as numerous as tn,
] leaves We're in NalamhrOsil-Or some 9th
er seaport.
! y gentleman walks in, hangs up his
| hat and has his bott.e set aside. he may
rrturn as often as the contents Of the la :
ter lasts and wet his whistle The GEL
tieman brought the bottle with his hat
| OF course.
But the municipality of Raleigh and the
county Of Wake are getting rich. So why
should any one care. indeed!
Iii II License the Cure?
Time was (and with some yeti whe..
the dispensary was thong hit to be the
biggest sort of success. Opinion seems
to be changing. A man well balanced an
! Observant citizen, said:
Il fear it has come to be a case of drinks
instead of drink. You've got to buy a
bottle to get a drink. Either the purch
aser of the original package, or some one
else takes the balance.
mo man questions the fact that liquor
drinking. especially to excess, is an evil
nor,will he deny that it is an evil which
it seems to be hard to suppress
''ProhbitiOn was tried in Raleigh some
years ago and was the worst kind o.
failure.
Suppose we try high license next time
Then this gentleman went on to make
what appeared to be Il strong argument
for the high-license proposition.
That is the way a number of peopl,
hereaboutS are talking of late Til
writer merely records it as matter O
news.
South Dakota Bond Suit
Senator Williams, of Davidson, has in
truduced a resolution for a commission
to study the status of outstanding bonds
of the class known as the South DakOti
bonds and report IL plan for settling tn,
South Dakota Judgment. 1t is under
stood that this resolution has been xelb
mitted to Gov. Glenn and met his appro
: baton. This commission is to consist o
two Senators. two Representatives ant
fifth member to be named by the Gov
| ernOr.
An attorney for the bondholders. Mr.
A. q. Ricard. is here, and it is said tina
he Is seeking compromise.
,ther Ma ter.
The proposition to establish a reform
atOry for youthful offenders against tn
} statute law, In order to prevent the bat
results OF contamination with hardened
criminals, is being strongly urged befor
this Legislature. A meeting of it's sup
porters was held Friday evening at TIN
Capitol, and men and women from al
parts of the State were present
a proposition that is causing some dis
cussion is that to establish an immigra
ton bureau, under the terms of bill tina
has been prepared. One of the ablest an(
best men in the Senate. Senator Eller q
Forsyth, is in charge of the measure.
similar bureau has recently been estab
lished i'll South Carolina and it is said tt
be working satisfactorily. OF cours
great care should be exercised to induce
and secure only the desirable classes o
''immgrants.' They need not necessa
rily be foreigners, but of course would b.
to some extent We do not need no
ought we to raise a hand to invite TIN
undesirable class OF foreign Immigrant
to this the most homogeneous State il
; the American Union to-day.
Rev DIR. J. {. Kilgo. the able and elo
; quent president of Trinity College. YES
terday delivered two particularly fin
sermons in Raleigh in Central Methodis
church. Dir. kilgn preached in this churcl
two years ago, and there was yesterda,
/. large number OF the members of TIL
.. General Assembly turned out to hea
him. Their comments were compliment
OF which any man might be honOred t
: elicit.
Speaking of home Industries. visitor
to Raleigh ought to call and see King
; business College while in the city. 1t i
one of the best institutions of it's kind il
; the South, and one that the entire StaF
Is proud to claim as one of its home pro
duets. No necessity of sending your boy
; or girls outside Of North Carolina whe
. there lis such fine business college her
, at home
.. LLEWXAM.