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

gave him standing and ,nsdo his
word strong. is the liquor ,r,!n-
safe for the people? he asked as he
gave the Latin proverbs after each
story telling how the business world
REGARDED it.
There was a young mon wound
ed and t2kcn 70 .ac hpen.tll. Vii,
The loss OF this limb Kill rl"" he
asked the physician. And the .1'r.Ct
said il would not. but ~. beer mi-ht-
And it did. "hcrc was . cr>.t stall
wart young ma STRICKEN with rnru-
moria II he died. reHri. maxwell
ed at II. 10 had been :. r.n:er.
When Life and Death struggle drinN
stabs Life III the back. Whcn health
and disease take up the tug nf var.
drink takes inc graveyard side cf tic
argument.
Judge HritcharI declared hat there
are two ways Of getting at him by his
Nhiskey enemies. The first one Is to
! pretend that they &c not know hin,
and the other is to begin by attack
ing Governor Glenn and then him
self. There are Il few who come right
! out and talk issue with him but he
didn't mind these. He could talk
tack
Judge Iritchard told how the pro-
hlbition LAW had worked III I3nccv
History writes it on Rurnsyille Hill
there is not 4 rock that has not
kinncG "at least sixteen heads. In
fericr courts were necessary TO try
such trivial cases as biting off ones
cars or beating his wife. There was
& crowded docket all the time. With
+! the abolition OF whiskey, it soon re-
Guccf The crimes and now the crimi-
! nal docket can generally be cleared by
Tuesday night Of the first week OF
! court
Judge Pritchard admitted that pro-
hIbition has hurt some business It
has destroyed the Kelley annex y
one institution and reduced III sun
Ccinbe the chain-ganE TO one half its
normal force. IT had caused the cap
tain Of one squad to lose his job be-
cause there was no work for him ["
do. It also hurt the Jail and It few
other places of incidental business.
"Will it prohibit? Judge Pritchard
asked. Yes it will. Wiley Black used
to say it wouldn't until they gave hin,
two years ~on the Dads. Write to him
and ask him about it. Address your
letter in care Of tho sheriff. And 2
few days ago / saw a fellow VINO had
, just returned from the roads for q
year. Judge, she shorely will pro-
hibit,' he said"
Judge Pritchard said that he could
understand how the threats Of fit
teen barrOOm men could create greater
CONSERVATION than a thousand OF the
righteous. The fifteen are organized.
They believe in the same things and
4 agree. The temperance forces arc
%disunited. They have high license,
personal liberty monomaniacs, and
all the rest. If all people against
LIQUOR would agree, it wouldn't b SAT.
to strike q match out here tonight
!. il would be So dry ne said.
/ - ~ J,,1r, Torit.Iard rnnnlnGAH =
telegram from T.. 6. Dinwiddie was
read. 1t raised Il big cheer. The
message told how the vets were OF
t the run ana how they had been de
= feated IN the ~postponement OF Tho
committee hearing. Great credit wa,
f.. given Mr.. Webb. And he was Intro
! duced at this, very juncture.
Congressman Webb's Speech.
The salute was given as Mr.. Webt
: came on the rostTum. He Was glaf
: to hear OF Dry Yancey. The county
: i, In his district.
But dc not claim the credit giver
| me for any part Of it," he said. .
= occupy the position of the negro sol
: der returning from the Spanish War
He was heard with q feeling Of aw.
as he -r%ecounted his great deeds. Tn
negro told how he took his sword an
I. clipped off the feet OF Spaniards.
+. Why didn't you chop off thei
headS" the spokesman Skct.
Nov niger, what you done gOn
. an axed me dat fur? Somebody els
o done cut off dey haids.'' The appl!
u cation was ~convulsing. h convcn
) ton had the point.
G MIR. Webb's speech isn't going TO b
: reported at the length ii deserves
And this is no fulfiilmcnt of q pronlis
to him to boil it to the bone in orde
4 to let the Congressional Record 5000
. The News and Observer. He declare'
that he means to make the argumen
on the foor Of the House. 1t wa
such a speech as will make any con
etituencv think more Of him. With
out q particle OF foolish boasting h
" dacla~-1 that TO ~ns = :" :
Il committee and before the House
thou advocacy OF this law "ha
II caused me to be punished by bein
kept off important committees
It It was largely technical. In tn
= - ;n~c if nod To hn Eyor