Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-12
prohibition In the Soutb.
Signs of Tremendous Reform Throughout the States
Conditions in North Carolina

durham ana the others mentioned above.
On the contrary, man can buy all the
whisky other kind of liquors he wants
In Raleigh, but only by the measure not
less than half pint nor more than one
quart at time, and he cannot take a
drink of II under any circumstances at the
place where he Is compelled to make the
purchase. He must take 1t and himself of
the premises of the dispensary before he
can indulge his appetite.
There are several cafes in the immedi-
ate neighborhood of the dispensary two
of them adjoining II on either side into
which he can go II he so chooses and get
service" GLASSES and water and sugar
and little mint etc. for the cost OF
nickel.
The municipal liquor dspensaries which
were legalized by an act OF the legislature
a few years ago have proved to be q
great success as revenue raisers in nearly.
every town where they have been tried.
and number of towns where attempts to
vote absolute prohibition have failed have
ADOPTED the dispensary method of settling
the saloon evil problem
II has also been demonstrated that public
drunkenness decreases wherever the dis
pensaries are substituted for the licensed
sa!oois This fact will be testified to by the
ponce authorities of all the towns which
operate the dispensares. 1t is also claimed
that the moral effect is better especially
on the young men of a Community he
cause the aliurements and temptations of
the g1lded saloons" are eliminated and
the somber and prosy and quietly con-
quoted dispensaries do not attract young
men who have not yet developed a whisky
thirst and who are tempted into the saloons
chiehy for the good time" they expect 70
have there.
These dspensaries are controlled and con-
Quoted entirely by the municipal authori-
Ties, and all the profits Of their Operation
are covered into the general fund Of the
Guy treasury or. as is the case in Raleigh,
NOT drop Of liquor can be bought at
one OF them after nightfall They are
opened for business at sunrise and close
- sunse. the year round, the hours being
Inc average receipts Of the dispensary at
naieleh' city with population of twenty
enousand amount to $1,000 each day 1t IL
open da aor business. It is closed from sunset
Gay succeeding all elections and Marty
p[imaries' and Is also closed on all public
. nonoays The annual receipts are, there
Io.e, approximately 100000 per annum.-
After paying all expenses there ia a ciear
pIOnt Ieft to the city and county Of about
$iV,OO0 per year, there being no tax excenf
me me United states revenue license. Owing to
the revenue thus derived the rate of municf-
pal taxation has been reduced during The
Iast Two years. a fact which has added
much 10 the popularity of the dispensary,
i Sma the, sne institution bids fair to have a
long lease on life in this city.
a.S - AA ,rt.
But In large majority of the counties Of
the state absolute prohibition is more pop-
uiar than either license or the dispensary.
ana the dispensaries obtain only In the
towns where the sentiment is against prohi-
bition.- t.. $50 u.s.. -. - -
More than two-thirds of the total AREA NJ
the entire state Of North Carolina IL TO-DAY
unoer absolute prohibition laws local on.
uon prohibition voted by the people afYeCf
co which the proh6itionists herea bouta
VIII tell you b the only kind of prohibitjon
mat is enectfve. as distinguished by state
pronlpdtion under which many counties and
towns are forced against the win of the
majority to live under prohibition laws that
are not supported by local sentiment or To-
cal oncers. and which are. therefore. NOT
enforced In such counties and towns
Inc territory in which the licensed saloon
ana distillery still exist Is growing more
limited and smaller every year and n Ia
generally believed that In q few Yea rs thera
VIII not be a licensed saloon or a distiIIerv
In any town In North Carolina.
Under the new laws enacted by the demo-
crauc legislatures four and two years aso
the country saloon and distillery was an.
treiy eliminated, and now there IL a strin.
gent state law which forbids the lcensine
OF distillery or saloon anywhere outsrde
OF an incorporated town with police pro-