The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-25
ASHEV|LLE GETS
HOT IN CAMP A|GN
The Liquor Men Guilty Of
Perjury.
MORALISTS WILL WIN
J. W. Bailey, who delivered the Mosl
Telling Address Of The Campaign,
Gives an interview on the
Temperance Battle and
Predicts a Triumph

One of the most desperate and heat
ed temperance battles ever waged i'm
North Carolina is that now in progress
at Asheville, the issue of which will
determine whether or not the saloons
of that city shall be abolished, and
dispensary established.
Mr.. j. w. Bailey. chairman of the
State Anti-Saloon League. yesterday
returned from ASheville. where he
spoke to enormous audiences and de-
hvered the most telling address of the
campaign. Mr.. Bailey summed up the
question thus: Shall the perjured
barkeepers of Asheville control the
sale of drink in the interest of money
or shall the people of AsheVilie control
il in the interest of humanity"
His prediction that the dispensary
will be established by large majority
vote will be greeted with gladness ana
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT by hundreds of people
who are deeply interested in the re-
suit of the fight.
The following interview was given
out by Mr. Bailey:
''Our forces at ASheville are warm
i'm their appreciation of the sympa-
thetic attitude of the News and OBJ
server. They requested me to say so
to you. The conflict there is as siren
uous as we have ever had. The stu
alton is at the boiling point twenty
four hours in the day. The other
side has frequent public meetings and
is making a desperate stand. But our
forces are well organized and ably
led. They are, moreover. thoroughly
enthusiastic.
yes. 1 believe we will win. The
movement is all our way. Messrs
irwin. Lusk. Craige, Tucker. Murphy
Webb. Kerr and Britt are men VINO
have the full confidence of the people
of Asheville, and with the ministers
to second their efforts. | look for
a decided majority for the dispensary
April 6. The leading citizen aud
business man of Asheville, Mr.. j. r.
Rankin. was announced on our side
last week.
''Mr. Locke Craige made powerful
speech the night | was there. l have
seldom heard such candor He proved
beyond all denying that the barkeep-
ers of Asheville are guilty of perjury.
If / recollect Alright, in listing their
taxes they swore that their purchases
last year were only S14 600. One of
the biggest barrocms there listed only
$500 as purchases. 1t is almost Grim
inal to put the power of the liquor
business i'm the hands of such men.
1.-The Anti-Saloon Advocate. the
daily paper conducted by Mr.. Kerr. is
doing heroic service.
yes. I feel that our cause at Ashe-
Vile is in good hands. The situation
is somewhat complicated. but every
day brings us nearer TO victor-s
"Dr. Moment of this city. will speak
for us next Monday night.
''In nv Judgment the question IN 4
nutshell is the question of control.
Shall the perjured barkeepers OF Ashe-
Vile control the sale of drink IN the
interest of money. or shall the people
of Asheville control it in the interest
of humanity"
Raleigh Prospecting.
In his speech at Asheville Mr..
Bailey referred to the successful oper-
aticn of the Raleigh dispensary, and
spoke of the prosperous condition OF
this city since the dispensary was IN
augurated.
The following paragraphs are taken
from mis- speech, relative to the condl-
tons here
"And then let us reason from an
alogy. There is Raleigh. / am from
Raleigh today and l declare most of
the town was there when | left. |
left last night at IL O'Clock. There Is
Raleigh. Do you know what is IN
our banks today? Why, we started
a new savings bank last month. sort
of i'm honor of the first anniversary 81
the dispensary. (Applause.)
There is Raleigh with $1OO,OpO
more in the savings banks of that town
tonight than was in there when the
saloons were there There is Raj
eigh. with her bank statement in the
News and Observer last week-read
it if you want to. $350,0G0 more III
the banks of Raleigh last week than
were there a year ago! (Applausc.t
''Ruin-now 1 am going to give YOU
some names and addresses. and
want this man to take them down;
YOU Just go to him and get the names
nit IA y Il EIlinotnn of the
Raleigh Real Estate & Trust Com
pany, the biggest real estate company
i'm Raleigh, and Mr.. Ellington voted
against the dispenSary and he said 1t
was the mistake Of his life, that after
a years trial-and he is man that
collects rents from two and four and
up TO eighteen and twenty-five dol
lars a month, and has charge of a
great deal of property. And Mr.
Frank Ellington, if you Will write 10
him. will tell you that the poor pay
their rents more promptly than they
did i'm the time of the bar rooms that
real estate is selling higher in Raleigh
than it ever did in the history of the
city. (ApplauSe.)
The other real estate firm in Raj
eigh is Broughtoa & Moseley; been
running there 20 years. and has
been running there almost as long as
I have been running there and q good
deal longer than the bar rooms have
been running out Write to Mr..
Broughton. write to Mr.. Moseey. They
are men who voted for the dispensary
They viii tell you that the collection
of rents and the sale of property is bet
ter in the capital city of North Caro-
lima than it was in all the DAYS of
the bar rooms. (Applause.)
Ruin. / should like that sort of
ruin. You may send US that sort OF
ruin with a check for $780, 600 just