The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-09-11
Law CMces OF


Richmond, Va. Sept TO-
Law Ofices OF
r. w. GARLAND,
FIRST National Bank Building
Gastonia, N. c.
September 5. 1914.
Mr.. c. NJ. Chichester,
Richmond, Va.
MY Dear Chichost Please par
don my delSy IN. replying 10 your let
ter Of August 26. but we have just
finished term of our Superior court
here which has prevented my atten-
tion to correspondence.
Regarding tho matter you wrote
me about, / will say that the drys car
rsed this State for prohibition coon
after my location here. When ! first
came to Gastef1.s. wA,ch was IN 1903,
the nearest saloon was at Salisbury.
u distance o. come ffts mites or more
from hare; all thi. action. Including
Charlotte, having previously voted dry
BY local optsen elections. IN fact, no
liquor has ever been Sold In the city
Of Csstonsa through Licensed saloons.
by reason OF these facts, the State
w4Ge election has had very little eff
fest upon tbs particular LEGALITY.
Esxar since | have lived here the pTo-
hhltive laws have been Enormously
eMfcrced. due In q great measure. 10
the universal public sentiment against
the sale Of liquors. ur6er any and all
circumstances Some fifteen. twenty or
mere yesrx ssgo, arm told tf1at tsfs
coanf.' was spr mikes witi. 3elyark
az dsseilrrIes, which wss the princi-
pal industry. perhaps. To-day she has
about sixty cotton factories and more
tSxn any ether county IN the South
There has been no incrEarc IN the tax
rate. which is exceedingly lew az
.ccfrpared With other tcwps and cities
Scr Ia. there been an increase
.thTouxhcut the ~tats ~ gsssn5tsoa Oh
c}ated tee amount of revenues IN any
.rpreeiabie extent. On the osiHcn
sisnd. II has produced n moral auI
Industrial scsssnstruCt1on tlIrougs43tE
enc State. The growth aud progress
at this entire Community (Which /
shirk Is iy7seat cf ihr ~ta{ci has ueeB
netting less than Rssrsctat,s, ants
winch epe oonid sf'arccty aasiteeiete
nrksss he had been here 10 cave sxFE-
nes-cd 1t. Within the pas twenty
fsve ye-Ts Cassenia las Sprung fFou q
railroad station 40 cry cf 2,G01
tnf1s fissrts: sixteen large euffoa faC~
s1<sr- s-hicil gave tgnpses nlcsst 10
thcrssnds h.1c been established; n
1e~ sss.e0o federal building IL In the
oourre OF construction; the moral
standard % s1 classes f. unusually
good and all have the very best cd
ncl ssonel and religions advantages
nse.t Of wsaici, w0g,la have. in nay
eG,.rior, heen practically impossible i.
Inc cvs.fswnnftv had Lccn subject to
traffic IN lisxor.
Il great deal ot li7uor Is rhipped
into Nevsh Carolina frFra Firg MIA
believe prohibition IN that State VIII
~ert North Carolina to the extent
p. the amount Of money expended
wheYe II that State were dry. 1t
would. OF course, Ne a m,rai stimulus
TO the whole country.
Until few years ago. / have been
told. that North Carolina WAS the sec-
ond lowest State in the union eduea-
tionaliy: today she has one % the
very best public school systems and
has advanced very rap'flv within thu
past few years in has respect Every
year since / have been in the State,
gnd for sosyse time previous thereto
North Carolina has made continued
Progress and advancement in every
nArficulAr.- .iIa--i-l-.-----l<4 -e.=-44t-~--S-r
srch. l believe if there uere ANOTHER
rrrhtbttfon election here that there
would. he ten times ms many votes
for IL as there were In 1se lest cleo
ron. and ttfF fs~ She reasoss that coTs-
6ftsors In this state are fer superior
10 what they were when Hquor was
made ana sold here. DO not be-
tteve that If Won we're to take a cen
r,s If Ga-ton.a and Charlotte man Tor
man that you would find single tn
teiliEent man who would wish to see
Il sold here again. Even the man who
drinks does not. and that class Of
men Is RI pidfy disappearing The man
IN this country who drinks or has
snything no 10 with aienor has no