The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-01-30
Prichard, Congress-
Attorney-G Genera!
Them---Prichard'S
d. -HartneSS Was
Record Yesterday

to establish a depository aud ship !
out from that place after :, ned been
shipped to him. He was somewhat
indignant, but we told him that he
had his appeal to Caesar.
And we have had nunbec!css re-
quests to know if a man might rot
manufacture whiskey for his OWE rso
from his own fruit. He particularly
accented the words for gain out we
held that this term applied to the
sale and not to the manufactures.
"A few days g l had a letter from
a gentleman in Mr.. Spainhour's coun-
ty. Burke. which he says is so dry.
Laughter.) That gentleman said he
was thinking of buying an autorno-
bile, but that the gasoline cost so
much, he had thought to make dena-
tured alcohol from his wasting
fruits, Caughter) and he wanted to
know If he could do it. The depart
ment held that the liquor made In
chemist could properly denaturc it.
! (Great laughter.)
but / cannot sit down without
telling you that your danger now Is
q lack Of ardor. I was a member of
the General Assembly Of 1907 and
of the special session Of 1908 which
submitted this prohibition law to q
vote Of the people. I have seen del
egatiOns from a single county larger
thar the attendance here. Just this
warning: while the good man slept,
an enemy came and SOWe1 tares In
his wheat"
The effect Of this speech was mag
niticent. 1t made men everywhere
nod their approval. They knew it was
true, and against that satisfied as.
surance that all goes we'll with pro-
: hibition they resolved to work.
Hon. j. c.. Pritchard.
The introduction of Judge Jeter c.
Pritchard caused the audience to rise
and give the chautauqua salute. He
was introduced by the chairman.
Judge Pritchard declared himself
interested in what the others had
said. They had gone to the bottom
Of things. 'Tn the mad rush for
money we have forgotten our boys
and girls" he declared. II have
been more impressed with our w
%culpability than with that Of the
preachers as Brother ~Spainhour has
: said. We have neglected our homes
and you and I and all OF us are
+ guilty"
The Judge mentioned n very sig
+ nifcant fact. He had sat on the Su-
! preme Court bench Of the District Of
, Columbia one year. "We a rep
r~esentatives from all nationalities,'
! he continued. but n and that the
= Jewish race. In my thirty odd years
!, of practice in the courts of Western
North Carolina, during which time
4 defended 81 men charged with I'LL
der. I have appeared in only three
, cases in which Jews were charged
- with crime. They love money, it i
= true, but they love their families
more and the Jew has the best fam
lily government Of all the races.
what we need now in North Car
d olina is a campaign for the ho1n'
a n fireside."
r Judge Pritchard here took up tn
: arguments that were advances
t against prohibition when it was frs
; sprung. You couldn't legislate NOR
+ ais into people, it would uin bust
e ness, and Asheville. his home. Won
3 be destroyed. The Ian Of the SIX
n would become a land Of desolatior
visitors would cease to como and tn
the argument was seriously made
The time. however, had como. Pro
90 hibition carried.
d The first showing was not all tina
n could be desired. The recorder ha
too many reasonable doubts. It wa
h almost impossible to convict. Judg
e Pritchard proposed to the leagu
g tnat tnere De paSSeu a search an
d seizure law. The leaguers almo:
IS had heart failure. but it wer
through. And the law CAV the rigf
to destroy and absolutely annihilat'
lie every gallon Of whiskey found i
n questionable places. The night befo1
it went into effect, all Of the team
in Asheville were put to work movin
NJ booze. They found 5000 gallons i
a. q hen house Later there was a cert
10 mony on the French Broad and tn
IT, river of booze was turned into thu
Ie stream of pure water and the fishe
r foully murdered. but the communit
I'd was saved.
W Judge Pritchard said that the bin
lg tigers had hired negroes to SELL it ft
lo them, go to the roads at q dollar
t. day and work out their terms. TT
he temperance people named j.. S. AZ
Mt ans police judge. He was On ant