The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-11-04
PROHIBITION VOTE
TO Be TAKEN SOON
Saloon Men Join With lem
perance People to Cut Out
Sale Of Liquor.
METHOD IN THEIR MADNESS
Th;rl- ,rh.4 "PI;,7d T;rersv WIFI
METHOD IN THEIR MADNESS
Think That Blind Tigers Will
Pave the Way to High License
and Saloons

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RALEIGH N. c., November 3.-An-
other p%ostponement has been allowed
by the Board of Aldermen of Raleigh
in the matter of the report OF the spe-
cial aldcrmaric committee having in
hand the Investigation sof the petition
asking for an election to be called on
the question OF prohibition or dis
pensary. with a View to seeing II a
necessary. number of the signers are
really qualified voters. The commits
tee asked the Aldermen last night for
further time, the Board granted
the request. with the STIMULATION that
the report shall not be made later than
| Wednesday OF the coming week. IL is
absolutely necessary for the order for
the elections to be made during the
coming week IL the vote is TO be had
during 1907. and II thissis not done
then the whole ground will have to be
gone over again. with entirely new
petitions for an election In 1905. Pro-
lhibttionists %proposett force the Alder
doubt that the election will be called
for some day during Christmas week.
The prospect is for the prohibition
Interest to receive the vote of both
the temperance and the saloon interest,
the saloon interest voting for prchibi-
ton on the ground that prohibition,
with its attendant .'blind tigers" will
pave the way for open saloons and
high license regulation more surely
enues.
tlhnrtcr Issued.
"A charter has been issued for the
denton Lumber Company, OF Ashboro,
having authority to do a general luIa-
Der business. IA mercantile business,
lcperate electric light and power plant,
water works and FIGURING mills. The
capital is s25,O0O authorized and $4,000
subscribed, by j. f. Cameron, Arthur
Ross, w. j.. Miller, C.lC. Haw II w. G.
Hammer.
There is to be a conference of coun-
sci for the State in the railway rate
Mitigation and the State officers on
Tuesday morning, November 9Th. with
the view to canvassing the whole sit
uation In the light of the results of the
conference OF the Governors of North
Carolina, Georgia and Alabama. now
III progress at Atlanta. The Governor
and all the State officers. including THE
Incorporation Commission, will partici-
pate.
The Board of Police Commissioners
/ iOi IAilelS III IACuSSu Ivy XII uSS VI 'HS
last Legislature, expects to hold an
election OF police officers. from the
chief down some evening this week,
this being the first election the com
mission as held. There are twenty
police, Including the chief and the cap,
tains. to be elected, and 1t is under
stood that there are nov sixty appli-
cations on file. These have not yet
been opened, and will not be until the
election is entered into. So 1T Is not
known how many applications there
are for the various positions. The com
mission is also engaged in the eNami-
nation of the police regulations Of
numerous cities OF the country, with
a view to formulating the best possible
regulations for the Raleigh depart
ment.
The one hundred and second annual
session Of the Raleigh Baptist Asso-
citation has just adjourned at Make
field, this county, after one of the most
successful sessions lin the history OF
the association. The contributions to
the various branches of Baptist church
work exceeded any previous year.
Il. Il. Middleton, OF Gary, was chosen
moderator for the ensuing year.