The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1906-02-08
RALEIGH Letter.
GoRMAN News BUREAU, |
Raleigh, N. C., Feb. 5, 1906. J

of the law in those counties where It
has been specifically and persistently
charged that the county authorities
have done nothing and persist in do
ing nothing towards the enforce
ment of the Watts and Ward anti
liquor laws.
The sheriffs OF those counties, as
we'll as those of all other counties oil
the State, have received within the
last few days a very positive letter
on the subject from Governor Glenn,
which ought to wake them up to a
fuller realization of their duty in the
premises and cause them to speedily
become active in seeing that these
anti-liquor laws are enforced. II the
governors letter does not have this
effect some of the sheriffs OF this State
will soon find themselves figuring as
defendants in the courts; for the Gov
ernor has also within the last week
publicly invited the people and the
newspapers of the State to report all
cases coming under their knowledge
where the liquor laws are violated
and he promises to see to it that the
solicitors of the districts shall Wig
orously prosecute the officers OF the
counties in which these laws are not
enforced.
The United States Commissioner
Ex-Congressman John Nichols, is
authority for the statement that
Uncle Sans agents receive absolute.
~ no assistance from the county au'
thorities when they 60 after illegally
operated distilleries or blind tigers
that this has always been SO, and
that the passage of the State laws
referred to above, whereby it is now
as much the duty of the county and
State officers to suppress these VIC
lations OF the State laws as it is for
the revenue agents OF the Govern
ment to destroy them because they
violate the Federal statutes,
has not made a particle OF diff
ference in the attitude OF the sheriffs
and their deputies OF the moonshine
counties. This commissioner has
violators OF the liquor laws before
him almost constantly, not few OF
them arrested here in Wake county,
in the very shadow OF the legislative
halls at the capitol where the Ward
and Watts laws were recently enact
ed. But who knows of a single ille-
gal distiller in this entire State that
has been arrested and punished by
the county authorities? 1t certainly
is a very pertinent letter, to say the
least of it. that the Governor has
lust mailed to these sheriffs and it is
to be hoped that it will have a salu-
tary effect. Ii not, then by all means
let's have the prosecutions of the
worse than inefficient otficials-or
else repeal the Watts and Ward
laws.
The Wake country branch of the
North Carolina Division OF the
Southern Cotton Growers Associa-
ton held in Raleigh last Saturday
was one OF the most interesting and
largely attended of farmers meet
ings held here in many years. Adj
dresses were made by the president
of the association, C.. C. Moore,
chairman of the new directorate
(which has been so energetic and
successfully H. C. Dockery, Governor
Glenn and Prof. j. B. Carlisle, and
resolutions were adopted as follows:
"To reduce the cotton acreage of
1905 ten per cent. this year; author
izing the township organizations to
impose q tax of ten cents on each
bale grown by every member OF the
association for the support OF the
organization; authorizing the presi-
dent of the county association to
employ a county organizer; endors-
ing the bill of Senator Overman now
pending in Congress.
During the course OF his speech Col.
Dockery referred to the attempts
that have been and are being made
to induce immigration to North Car
DINA. Addressing himself directly
to Governor Glenn, Col. Dockery de-
clared that he believed the best way
to solve the problem OF additional
farm labor was for all farmers to
redouble their efforts to grow larger
families and depend upon home labor.
Secretary Connor of the North
Carolina Teachers Association an
nounced yesterday that the execu-
tive committee Of that association
has decided to hold the annual meet
ing this year in Raleigh, and that
June Twelfth to fifteenth has been de-
cided on as the time. Raleigh will
try to make the occasion this year
the most pleasant and successful
meeting the association ever held.
Rev. DR.. John E. White, a Wake
county boy, and now one of the
most eloquent and learned and noted
preachers in the Southern Baptist
church, at the present time holding
the passionate OF the First Baptist
church in Atlanta, will deliver the
George Washington Birthday adj
dress this year at Trinity College,
in Craven Memorial Hall, and the
public will be invited to share the
treat with the students. 1t is Gus
tomary at Trinity to observe each
anniversary OF the birthday Of Wash
ington as holiday and to hold civic
celebration in the evening, the object
being to cultivete a better citizen
ship and more patriotic ideas of gov
eminent. The Y. NJ. c. A. OF the
college also holds a series OF relig-
ious services once each year under
the auspices of that organization
and yesterday President kilgo
preached the first sermon of a series
which he will deliver during this
meeting, he having been requested
to conduct the meetings. The facul-
ty OF Trinity have arranged the fol.
lowing additional lectures to be de-
livered during the spring term: The
New South and its relation to the
old South, by President Kilgo; Chief
Justice Marshall, by Prof. A. e. Nc.
Intosh; James Anthony Froude, by
Prof. j. S. Bassett; Bacteria and
their Activities. by Prof. j. J. Wolfe;