The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-02
MAY NOT
/ HANDLE LIQUORS
BUT INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS MAY
KEEP SUPPLY on HAxDsIN
THEIR Personal
LOCKER.
NEW CAROLINA MEASURE
WET" MEMBER FROM NEW HANo-
YER REsrsTs PASSAGE or LAW
DISCUSSION CHARACTER
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NEW CAROLINA MEASURE

Especial to The Richmond virginian.)
RALEIGH. n. c., March 2.--The
House spent from to nearly IL
o'clock Tuesday night In thrashing
out amending and finally passing on
all readings the bill by Representa-
tive Latham to prohibit the sale or
handling or Intoxicating liquors by
any club or association, amendments
being adopted that eliminated the
clause that would prohibit members
of clubs having liquors in their per-
sonai lockers and specify that this
act shall not interfere with any To-
cal law regulating the control Of the
keeping OF liquors.
The greatest opposition was to the
feature that interfered with lockers
In clubs and Devin, of Granville, Of
fered an amendment striking out the
words or where members allowed
to keep Intoxicating liquors In lockers
or in storage devices OF any kind"
shall be guilty OF a misdemeanor.
This was adopted SIS to 80, and on the
final vote for the passage of the bill
the vote was 50 TO Is.
The bill as it passed follows:
Section /. That any corporation,
club. association or person who shall
directly or indirectly keep or main
| tain by Itself or himself or by assoc
citation with others. or who shall in
any manner aid. assist or abet in
keeping or maintaining elubroom
or place where intoxicating liquors
are received or kept to be drunk or
for barter or sale or distribution, or
for division or use among the men,
bers OF any club or association by
| any means whatever shall be guilty
of misdemeanor; provided. that
! nothing in this act shall be construed
10 prohibit hospitals, drug stores and
dispensaries and asylums from keep
| ing Intoxicating liquors for medical
purposes. And provided further. that
nothing In this act shall be con-
strued as preventing any person from
| keeping liquors on his own premises
And provided further, that nothing
| In this act shall be construed as re-
| pealing or modifying any local laws
regulating these matters.
! Section 2. This act shall be in force
from and after July /. 1911
The discussion of the bill was spir-
! tied and characterized BY cross-fir-
ing until the Devin amendment was
/ proposed and passed and then the
| support OF the bin was very general.
Representative Battle OF Wake, ola.
est member OF the House, voiced the
! opposition when he declared that to
invade the right of club member
70 have liquors In his personal locker
would be too great an invasion Of
personal liberty ard endanger the
general cause Of prohibition. How
ever. personally he was opposed to
the use OF liquors even for medicat
purposes. believing Ii had no place
In the human system. Forever some
men live at their clubs. and II they
| want to keen personal supplies thera
their right TO do SO should not be
questioned.
RepreseDtat.,ig Sellum, of New
Hanover. regTsT~a his unqualified
protest aga.I " cray phase of the
pending legi tssl9r as undemocratic
and oversteppinF enc intention of the
| people when .l.oy voted prohibition.
which his people didn't want, and be-
lieved to be demoraiizing far beyond
any harm that could come from a
regulated handling OF liquors.