Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-12-24
HOT LIQUOR ELECTION
0Ispsnsary Fight At RaIsl'h Ends h
HhlrIWlad and TO|iag Of Bills
GOV. GLENN ANO WOMEN LEAD II
Day After Christmas Ma Sc Real Bat
tie for Prohibition In city-citlzens
Willing to Pay Higher Tssea to
Wipe Out Resorts.

the emu OF WnlriWind campaign
the prohibition forces of this town
declare that the dispensary will be
swept out OF existence on Thursday
by vote of two to one. Along with
this claim comes the statement OF
the liquor element that there has
been reaction within the past few
days. and that the battle Ia uncer-
tain. The more conservative opinion,
however, is that the dispensary may
lost by u narrow margin.
There was something spectacular
and sensational In fixing the day ar
Ter Christmas as the time to vote.
Drinking men will be ready To swear
ION then. The effects OF strong drink
VIII be noted everywhere. and the
holiday debnuchery will Le used as
q strong argument against the reten-
ton OF an institution which Ia not
diiterent from an ordinary saloon
TWO points are being considered by
those who are doubtful the Increase
In taxation when SSlelgh Is dry, ana
the other. does prohibition prohibit.
me local dispensary was opcned
three years and ten months ago. Fig
ures made public today show that In
mat time tho sum of SS54,35S.l4 was
taken In over the counters. Last
christmas, or rather on December %
ana 24 the sales amounted to nearly
1000. Some people have never
forgotten the shameless rush the
scenes of disorder ana the mad cry
for drink. Ten thousand dollars in
two days-from sun to sun-gnye
some evidence of the popular de
mand. Part of this money goes to
the schools and part to the country
roads. The city receives its share.
ana taxpayers occupied rather
unique position because the school,
and roads were supported and bull
NY thousands who came here from
airy counties nearby to Ticker up
Glenn and Women Lead.
Led by Governor eileen and TIE
women. the campaign has about
reached Its climax. and OH Thursday
when the polls open the church bells
VIII begin TO toll; prayer services
VIII be conducted in all of tho
churches; marching bands of wonicr
and children will sweep the streets
and there will be an exhibition. the
like OF which was never seen here
before. Mayor Johnson Is one of ,ha
strong workers for prohibition. The
Anti Saloon League has taken al ac-
tive part in the fight. The mornins
newspaper has championed the cause
ton OF the temperance forces, and from
day to day has been exposing the
iniquities of n rum shop, which has
caused more harm than all of the sl-
looms which flourished here before its
day. In the face OF the attack froni
all sides 1t is difficult to understand
how the liquor people hope to win.
May Go After Salisbury Next.
A big victory was won recently in
Asheville, when the saloons were yo.-
ed out. Two years ago Ashevilre had
an election, and the lnrs won. Ashc-
Vile Is strictly resort town. The
argument was rampant that II the he,
tells lost the bar privilege Il would
keep thousands of visitors awiy-vis-
itors who spent thousands ana thou
sands OF dollars. But somehow gem
timent changed. AMI the saloons we've
driven out. The next attack may be
made in Wilmington and Salisbury
In the latter town they make liu,lnr
by the wholesale. 1t is the oasis In
this dry Tarheel desert. Millions Of
gallons have been shipped from Sal
isbury. 1t cannot be shipped
to other North Carolina towns, so
Salisbury supplied South Carolina.
Richmond and Norfolk filled the jugs
and decanters in nearly 100 counties
of this State.
Service Shops On Side.
Under the law the dispensary closes
at sunset. 1t is fankeI. However. by
two service shops. A man, for In
stance. can buy quart before sunset
and place 1t in 4 service shop locker,
these places remaining orcn until LONG
after midnight. When he goes in To
drink he can have a higlibal ,r a
cocktail, for which he payg two and
one-half cents per drink for rho privl:
lege of resting his Weary feet on the
rail- These shops make more than
the dispensary itself. The rate CT
service Is the same for beer. AMI the
proprietor keeps tho bottles. In ihe
end he makes money by selling them
in bulk. In the summer the min:
flourishes; a julep Is popular then. and
today fourth rate eggnOg can he