The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-01-29

ever held that the State ought to have
an anti-jug law to prevent the ship
ling into the State of drink from
points in Virginia and other States.
He spoke of the arguments of the
saloon advocates as to financial con-
dltions existing in wet and dry towns.
He challenged them 10 prove that the
conditions in dry towns are
not better than in the saloon towns.
At the conclusion Of MIR. Scales ad-
dress Mr.. Jno. 4. Oates was called
upon to act as temporary secretary.
Then cafne the enrolment Of dele
gates. amt il WAS found that 12G were
present. y good umbc came in
later.
Mr.. j ". Bailey arose and intro
duced Dr.. j.. H. ker as a vet
e1an Of the temperance fight in North
Carolina. and ne was invited 70 a seat
on the rostrum. He was escorted to
Inc ros1run by Nj ". Bailey, amid
applause. Then Major H a. London
ana Hon. Joseph a. Brown we're in
t"duccd as leaders IN the modern
y fare. These were in large measure
responsible for the passage OF the
watts law. Mr.. BAILEY declared if it
had not been for them. that law would
not have passed. They were escorted 10
seats on the rostrunl.
Mr.. J%osephus Daniels. in terms Of
highest commentator, nominated So
! licitor Heriot Clarkson. Of Mecklen-
burg. for president OF the convention.
lie spoke Of the magnificent record
OF Mr.. C!arkson in his hght as solicitor
fer the enforcement of law. He was
heartily applaudcd.
On motion Of MI. ]. w. Bailey
Mr.. Clarkson was unanimously elected
by acclamation and he was then es-
cortcd 10 the chair by Mr.. y. y.
~Broughton and Mr.. Josephus Daniels.
in accepting the place Of president
Of the convention Mr.. ciarkson then
spoke briefly, but with eloquence and
power. first expressing his apprecla-
ton OF the honor conferred upon him
and of the magnitude of tho impor-
tancc Of the convention. MIR. Clark
son then said:
MI. Clai<son'S ADDRESS.
~ great American statesman once
said. IF there was a bio on the gar
ment of my country ! would do AL in
my power to wipe it out My coun-
%tryInen, the blot of the garment Of
our fair land is the saloon-lct US do
all we can to wipe 1t out. In our land
$1.548,70S,307 is spent each year for
alcoholic liquors. Us much as all the
gold that is III circulation in tn" United
StatcS. Yet our great parties take
their al on the financial question and
other minor qucstloas-tll"y pay
1.-THE Of mint and anisc and c1imlntn
ana nave bftllttt'l tI' Ntl9 ItlSI ildt
tcrS Of the law. Judgment and Mercy
Thi drink bill makes 500. 600 rauperS.
: ".,tgt, E.aI.S a.iG fit.s our jdiis ANA
penitentiarics. It is said that fully L.
ooO. 900 Dcopl" III this country are
slaves to alcohol. fully 100000 are
slaves to opium and rs many more 10
cocaine and even a greater number to
morphine and 100, 900 go down each
year to drunkard'S graves. IN North
Carolina it IS estimated that we spend
$4,000. o annually for alcoholic
liquor: five times more than is collect
ed to run The state government; What
shall we do about. it?
Progress Made.
Then in terms of e~loQuence he spoke
of the valiant fight of the temperance
forces through the years under the
leadership Of Mr.. j. w. Bailey, paying
It tribute to his work. Continuing, hC
said in part:
work has been done in North Carolina.
Under the Watts Law oven 500 listil-
lerics havc been put out Of existence.
The Watts law was passed in 1908,
and sincei its passage saloons have been
abolished in Charlotte, Greensboro,
G~oldsbOro. New Bern, Durham.
S~tatesvillc. Raleigh, Wilson, Greenville,
and many smaller places in North
Carolina. There are only about 200
saloons left in North Carolina and
HHo1 lAI'N - & ''bN -
about one-half of them: AZ counties in
North Carolina are under the opera
ton of the anti-jug law and several
townships in countlcS-that is. no
liquor can be shipped into these coun-
ties from another county in the state.
The Ward Law to protect tho rural
districts docs not allow WhiSkcy on
beer 10 be manufactured in any cities
or towns in North Carolina that docs
not have q population Of 1000 inhabi
| filfS. Brri over lhnTn 11n now ~
counties in North Carolina. No liquor
IS sold in 81. There are II counties
that have the dispcnsary II - coun-
ties that have the saloon.
For this splendid condition too
much praise cannot BE given the min
listers in North Carolina. and our be
loved Governor, r. r. Glenn, EN-GoV-
ernor G. L. Aycock, senator +. NJ. Sim
| mons, .f"Scphus Daniels, n. M. Scales.
w. g. Dowd, j. -. Mccall. Stephen
Mcintyre, j. II. Pou. Henry a. Page,
John A.. Oates, DR.. ~. j. Nickel
way, Archibald Johnson. II. \. Lon
don, n. r.. B~roughton. f. I. Canister,
p. NJ. Brown, the McNinches and a
host of others.
IF this convention decides to con
tinue the splendid local s~elf-govern-
mcnt work that it has so far fathered.
/ would suggest many things for your
consideration.
THE manufacture Of brandy should
We III oIIlDIltu III Tic iuI I'll dlSGi lCLS dtIu
the Ward law should include brandy.
a brandy diStiliarN is Il nuisance to a
rural community.
There should be q general State
law requiring all saloons to close at s
o'clock D.. M. and not open before 6
q. M. This would decrease night
drinking and lessen the number OF
persons going from dry counties after
night to saloons in Wet counties.
more stringent regulations in re
gard to physicians writing prescrip-
tons. Every county that has voted
on the question of liquor should be
taken out of the operation of the
Watts law.
"Great effort should be made to get
passed the Hepburn-Dolliver bill pend
ing in Congress. or some similar bill.
I would suggest that we try and get
our Senators and Representatives to
get the Hepburn-Doliver bill passed
only for North Carolina. Can't that be
done like the anti-jug law for
! tipS3 Petition should he made TO the