The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-30
PUT STRENGTH IN
PROHIBITION LAW
NORTH CAROLINA TIGHTENING
SCREWS ON "TIGERr AGENTS
OF THE SHIPPERS.
SEARCH AND SEIZURE
NEW ACT WILL NOT AFFECT BONA
FIDE SHIPMENTS, BUT Is
DESIGNED TO GET
DISTRIBUTORS

/ Special to The Richmond Virginian.)
RALEIGH, N. c.. Jan. 2sl--If Con-
gresham Yates Webb. OF the Ninth
North Carolina district, one of the
| authors and promoters of the Webb
Kenyon Shepherd anti-liquor ship
ment bill does not secure the passage
| of that measure, 1t will not be the
| fault of the North Carolina legislators,
who are largely busying themselves
| to that end.
Would Dam the Liquor Current
Notwithstanding the doubtful eff
| fectiveness of such an act. even II
| passed by congress, especially in Its
relation to the more recent rulings of
| the Supreme court of the United
States along that line, and its applica-
| ton to the provisions of the consti-
tuition. the rights of carriers and ship
pers in other States to transport In
terstate consignments, there is earnest
activity among the legislators and
people generally of North Carolina,
who are anxious to dam the infiowing
tide of spirituous and malt and wines
liquors of every description that
comes here, and unto practically ev-
cry county and town in the State-its
principal source being In Richmond
and other Virginia points, where the
distiliers and wholesalers and iobbers
fill orders" from Tarheel "consum-
ers."
Anti-Liqour Memorial TO Congress.
The senate last evening passed the
joint resolution. originating in the
house, memoriafizing congress to pass
the Webb-kenyon-S Shepherd antrim
terstate liquor shipment measure.
Owing to the fact that the senate
saw fit to strike out Objectionable
phraseology in the resolution, Ii ne
cessary went back to the house for
concurrence in the amendment. But
it will be enrolled and ratified before
the close of the present week, The
] Objectionable words stricken out In
Guided these, Whereas. the United
States is an alley of the liquor GRIM
inals in this State" etc.
Aimed at the "Bootlegs."
A good lawyer in the State senate.
Senator Wimocks. OF Cumberland, who
is actively interested in the subject.
in discussing the subject today with
The Virginian correspondent, express
ed the belief that the Webb Kenyon
Shepherd bill would prove effective. at
least largely So in reaching the class
of 'bootlegs" at both ends of the lines
of interstate shipments--that 1t was
the principal aim of the promoters OF
detecting and arresting the blind
tiger" operators within the State as
we'll as their hackers who supply them
with the contraband goods In VIZ
ginia. rather than to attempt to stop
the present legal method of ordering
liquors by individual cosumers in linn
tied quantities in their own names.
The laws of North Carolina now
required the consignees of liquors to
y ~
! packages OF liquor receipts.
New Search and Seizure Law.
| The present Legislature is reason
ably certain to enact a State search
and seizure" amendment to the pres
ent prohibition law, for there is an in
sistent demand for 1t. and that de-
+ mand is being accentuated by daily
petitions to the general assembly on
the subject, many OF them signed by
and emanating from the police au-
I thorities of various cities and towns
and from county officers also.
With the seach and seizure State
/ law In effect. supplying the municipal
I and county officers with authority
which they claim the lack of now pre-
vents them from properly reaching
( blind tigers" when the officers are
/ convinced of their character. the
/ screws will unquestionably be drawn
I much tighter on these violators of the
! prohibition law.
Bona Eide Shipments VS.. Centraband.
1 Then, If the Webb Kenyon -Shep-
herd bill should be enacted by con-
gress the packers Of these thousands
of blind tiger agents" who ship the
/ goods into North Carolina to the IL
/ legal retailers or distributors there
/ of (the price of the liquors so ship
/ ped generally being paid for after the
/ blind tigers have disposed of them by
retail within this State) could in the
opinion of Senator Nimocks be reach
ed through United States government
officers.
Bona fide consignments of such
goods to citizens Of North Carolina, for
the individual and family consump-
| ton of the latter. in limited quanti-
ties. and receipted for at this end by
the buyers in their real names LAS
required now by law), will not be in
terfered with by the search or seizure
law. But the AGENTS" who get vast
quantities of bottled goods, ready for
retailing, will be very severely in