The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-01-30
Mr.. SpainhOur's Address.

ing officers of the State, was intro
duccd. His subject was LAY En-
forCement"
Contrasting himself unable to un-
derstand why the whiskey men
should object to the passage Of a
law that can't be enforced, he said
That when a sentiment became strong
enough to support q law perfectly,
there would be no need Of such q
law.
The difficulty Of law enforcement.
he said, lies In the county commits
sioners, the courts and solicitors.
The careless way in which juries
are allowed to be chosen, with crimi-
mails trying criminals, he thought re-
spOnsible for Outrages Of justice. The
Christian ministry, he declared. are
more at fault in that they do not unite
and thunder such a sentiment as will
Irake it impossible for men to sell
liquor. ship liquor or drink liquor lc-
Sally. He told how the ministers Of
Burke had done. They carried or g.
sort OF hit and run fight until all
united. They had a great rally of
the country people and the result of
h meeting was that no liquor SYM
pathizer got to the Legislature.
"And in u few days." continued ~.
Spainhour. both Democrats and
Republicans We're looking for the
driest mar in the county. And Burke
had prohibition two years before the
State had it,"
The ministers did it, h said. He
gave another illustration from Mitch
ell. An old Baptist preacher. Ste
phen Collins. went to work. n
Mitchell went dry. They could ave
had prohibition 80 years before they
did. if the preachers had done their
duty. And while Statesville was sell
ing liquor like water. Mitchell had
not a drop. Laughter.)
Il don't want to get ia 4 cont o.
versy with our new chairman. but
Tancey is the driest county on earth.
There only % votes were cast against
State prohibition In 1908. This is the
outgrOwth Of that agitation. In those
early days, the dockets were crowded
with murders. Of the 100 of those
prosecuted in my district, Is being in
Yancey. There was so much murder
w there that people feared to hear
the story Of it down here, lest a Yam
cey criminal come down and get
them.
but they went further. They go|
not support a man for r1Cce WIN
makes, sells or drinks whiskcy
(Great %applause.) And they elected
J. Bis Ray. q kinsman Of Judge
Pritchard. who had passed a Law
making it a felony to sell whiskcy
80 that now there Is no WhlSkey sole
in Yancey. and it is dry"
Mr.. %Spainhour believed the mora
evident. The ministers can make tn
sentiment so strong hat no man car
so in the face Of the ~ooral forces.
Mr.. Beckett Talks.
Acknowledgement Thomas W. Bick
cts serious sentence in opening hat
the humoristic attachments: When
man makes for himself a name TO
the oldness Of his fight for temper
ancc: when q United States Distric
Judge throws the weioht of his of
flee and his personality into tina
fight; when a man stands up in tn
United States CONGRESS n declare
for prohibition while those about hin
occupy the seats OF the scornful. it i
the duty Of the Acknowledgement t
confer the absolute right Of eminen
doUain."
The first sentence was n promis
not to speak. But the gentleman sal
q great deal more. He declared. i
great applause. that his department
has always been in sympathy wit
the enforcement Of the law. "W
have been sustained in every convic
ton. save one" he continued. IAN
that was the more or less notoriou
Colonial Club case from Charlotte
We have established the ownershi
Of a Federal license as pri,na fnci
evidence Of selling and all agree wit
us"
The acknowledgements declaratio
that the United States GovernmeI
has been a participant in the viols
ton Of the whiskey laws brought til
convention to one OF the most pr,
longed periods Of applause Of all. f
told of the numerous efforts at eli
convention and how those incline
to violation had tried to evade the la
by borrowing whiskey and promiSin
to repay in kind. 1.-The Suprea
Court held this was q SALE" the \
oOrney-General said,' and like IL
country pra,c :e~ who quoted Sail
Paul. he heartily agreed. with hin
W had q controversy with q gel
tleman from Salisbury, WHO wante