The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-03-03
The IA Is \ Members y Clahs
navlss Privale Lsekers
discussion WIS SPIRITED
RsprtssntsiIvc KeIlun Was Against
Eyery Phase u the Legislation The
Re,enue Acts We're Considered
Last Night and Passed second Read.
Ing.

Raleigh. March 2.-House spent
from 8 TO nearly II o'clock last night
tseshIns out. amending and finally
passing on all readings the bill by
Latham 10 prohibit the sale or hand
ling Of intoxicating liquors by any
club OF association. amendments be-
Ing adopted that eliminated the clause
that would prohibit members OF clubs
having liquors Ia their personal lock-
ers and specifying that this act shall
not interfere with any local Law regu-
lsting the control Of the keeping OF
liquors.
The greatest opposition was 20 the
feature that inierfered with lockers
IN clubs. and DesIn. 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 misdemeanor.
This was adopted es 10 %, and on the
final vote for the passage OF the bill
the vote was So 10 IS.
The bill. as Il passed. follows:
Section |. That any corporation.
club. association or person who shall,
directly or indirectly. keep or main
tain b. Itself or himself, or By associ-
alton with others. or who shall In
any manner aid. assist or abet In
keeping or maintaining ciubFoon
or place where intoxicating liquors
are received or kept - be drunk or
tor barter or sale or dIa,ribetien. or
for disisl y or use among the mem
bers Of any club or association. BY
any means whatever. shall be guilty
Of a misdemeanor; provided. that
nothing IN this oct shall be construed
TO prohibit hospitals. drug stores and
dispensarles and asylums from Keep
Ing Intoxicating liquors for medical
purposes. And provided. further. that
nothing In this act shall be construed
as preventing any person from keep
Ing liquors on BIS oxn premises; and
provided further. that nothing IN this
act shall be construed as repeating o.
modifying any local laws regulating
these matters.
Sec. .. This act shall be In force
from and sf,er July !. 1911.
The discussion OF the bill was
spirited and characterized BY cross
f'ring until the Devln amendment wal
proposed and passed. and then III
support OF the bin was very general
Representative Battle, Of Wake. oldes
member Of the house. voiced the op
position when be declared that 10 in
wade The right OF club member 4
have liquors IN bis persoIiai locke
would be too great an Invasion OF per
sonai liberty and endangcr the gen
eral cause OF prohibition. However
personally he was opposed 70 the US
of liquors even for medical purposes
believing Il had no place In the hu
man syssem. However some met
live at their clubs. and II they wan
TO keep personal supplies there fhei
right to do 50 should not be quef
toned.
Representative keilum. OF Ne'
Hanover. registered his unquallfie
protest against every phase OF n
pending legislation as undeInocrati
and osersteppinx The intention Of u
people when they voted prohibition
which his people didn't want and b
ileyed to be demorallzing far beyon
any harm that could come from
regulated handling q liquors.
Considered Revenue Act.
The senate went Into a commltts
OF the whole last night With Senate
Armstrong In the chair, and consI'
cred the revenue act, agreeing on u
first thirty.four sections Few chang
were made IN the measure as II can
from the house. The school tax vi
raised from eighteen cents TO twen
cents, and a proylso was added TO u
inheritance tax subsection 20 dete
mine the rate ny the relationship
the tssthlor Of the cessui que trust.
Section 20. relating " incomes. VI
adopted With an amendment OF Sc
afor fharf prorihifinr pubhshink
comes and prescribing iine not e
cccdIng nifty dollars for violation.
Section az. relating 10 thcaters. "
adopted aud the house amsndme
cutting the taxes In half rejected.
Section rs. relating to the tax
travelling theatrical companies pla
ing under tents. reduced TO Eve dolla
day instead OF fiye dollars for ca
performance.
Section 81, relating 10 practicI
lawyers. physicians. dentists. oculis
photographers, opticians, osieopa,
or any praciIcing art Of healing "
voked prolonged discussion. no i
than half dozen amendments bel
offered and no less than ten tin
this number Of speeches being ma
Finally Senator Darham's snbetit'
10 leavc the section unchanged exc'
(ContInno1 y paeo Three.