The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-23
ALL DRUG STORES
MAY SELL LIQUOR
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neighbors being arrested last cour
day for selling liquor
senator for Dtspcnsnry.

neighbors being arrested last court
day for selling liquor.
senator for Dispcn.nry.
II am he saii. "thc Oldest man in
the General Assembly OF Virginia. I
have been travelling for fifty years
over that road between South Boston
and Houston. Some one has figured
| out that I have travelled enough over
that road to have gone around the
world three times. believe there
are as many drunKs there now as when
| there were saloons.
| Going over the pct itions. he said the
lmajority OF the wealth and the taH-
lpaying interests had asked Tor tic
aispensa,y sle sS om nnong AZ
| torney Wood Bouidin. These men. he
said. We're for the cause OF real TEN
perance as against present conditions.
| Judge Earksdale, he admitted, op-
Judge Barksdale is the most .prntni.
nent man in the county except Gov
crnor' r. S. Barbour The latter had
said when the matter was up In the
Senate that he would witndraw eppo o.
Ipostpone the election until December
next But Mr. Barbour. he said. has
changed his position since the Anti
Saloon League got after hlM
about twenty people in the. county
jail now. something which has no:
happened before in many. many, years.
We shall have to enlarge the 5aii
Hosa s dr keeps s ap were paSp now asking ae
for the ,lispensary. Mayor Benjamin
i Watkins Leigh's name was on the petit
ton, with most OF the members of the
Council. But" he said. pathetically.
s,t n{H volt hnr n
Ike ike Ephra ali Joined to their Idols: the
best thing is to let them alone"
Schools Arc Broke.
He understood that the sch ools In
the district are out of money and can't
ipay the teachers. The bankers had
asked for the dispensary. Mr.. Easley
said 1t was a matter OF dollars and
cents with them.
When the committee went to work
on this in the afternoon 1t was de-
termined to pass the Question by in
definitely. although these are Senate
bills.
his bill requiring that all profits re-
sulting from the operation of dispen-
Isaries should be paid into the Treasury
of the State. He made a model speech
which could be followed BIZ others who
appear before Legislative committees.
His entire remarks We're: This Is q
bill aimed at dispcnsaries. If the. profits
go to the State there won't be any
more dispensares.' Whether or not
committee is unknown. but at all
events the bill was passed UP. and
liz numbered with the laws that might
have been but are aot.
Dir. Cannon addressed the committee
or the. Sydnor bill. making the county
the unit in liquor elections. FIs said tina
unfortunately the issue is often drawr
between the country and the small
1,sS
or to make Improvements, allows "A.
looms or establishes a dispensary. aht
the surrounding country is helpless
The bill would give the county. the
eompuisory. This measure vent tn.
way Of the l1 hyfa Sill
Judge Williams's bill next came up
supervisors Of dry counties to pas
laws prohibiting the bringing in o
liquors by common carriers. Thu
would, of course, apply to intrastat
this was a clean-cut local option meas
ure. ."If local option as right, thu
bill is right He argued that tn
further removed community is from
! the source of liquor supply the fewc
the shipments into 1t.
The bin went over until to-morrov
, to hear from the patron, who was de
. tanned on another committee.
No particular public argument wa
had on the Jennings bill or. as 1t
patron calls it. the Addison bill, blu
it was reported with no recommends
ton either way. This is taken to in
dicate q tie vote. This would limi
iltuuor licenses to the community. II
other words. no State liquor deale
would be allowed to ship his wares.
,-hc pns'c CITY people asked for a,
amendment to the charter OF the tow
So as 20 give ii control over the sal
of cider. They got 1t.
Mr. Jordan's bill allowing boards 0
Supervisors to appropriate money t