The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-01

Virginia Booze Must Cease
Coming il1to Dry North
Carolna, State Anti-Saloon
League ultrnatum.
Resolutions Aimed at Virginia
Liquor Houses Adopted By
Executive Committee in SEES
at Raleigh-Will Prohibit
Delivery.

RALEIGH, ", c., Jan. 31.--"virginia
booze must cease coming to dry North
Carolina" declares r L. Davis super
intendent OF the North Carolina Anti
Saloon league, who has returned to his
home from Richmond, where he was
a speaker before the annual conven-
ton Of thf Virginia Antt-Saloon league.
and Norfolk. where he made an ad-
dress at league feld day exercises.
Superintendent Daxis today gate aa.
for publication resolutions adopted by
the executive committee of the North
Carolina Anti saloon league at Its
here this week. These reso-
buttons are aimed at the liquor bust
ness in Virginia. from which North
Carolina suffers in it's efforts to en-
force prohibition laws, and promises
the support Of the North Carolina
league to the Virginia league In the
fight for prohibition. The resolutions
follow:
vlrx1n1an Has No Right.
Whereas. we believe that a vir-
gilman has no more right to sell liquor
in North Carolina than a North Care
iinian, and that 1t viii help the State
wide prohibition nght In Virginia to
prohibit sales in this State by vir-
ginians. and.
whereas. We believe that 1t is the
duty Of tho State TO act as a guardian
for the children and mothers OF the
and that under this guardianship the
state ought 70 do Its utmost to stop
fathers from drinking: and.
Whereas, tho Baptist State conven
tion. the conferences of the Methodist
Episcopal church, South. and other
churches In the State have memorial
ICED the general assembly OF 1915 to
pass an act prohibiting the delivery of
liquor withiu the State: and.
Whereas. tls& repeFts coming to us
from the eight coufsties where such
prohibitory laws nowoperate are that
the law is 4 succeSss End.
sWhAseas, s&viANsscG comes to us TO
show that the blvd tigers and liquor
drinkers have 3cined hands to destroy
the effectiveness Of the search and
seizure law: and,
kegisiatfon Demanded.
Whereas. there Is great demand
from all over the State fer this legis
lation; now, therefore. be II
Resolved, by the executive commit
tee of the North Carolina Anu-Saloon
league:
First That we, in harmony with
the action OF the churches above re-
ferred to, declare ourselves In favor
of the passage OF an act by the next
general assembly to prohibit the de-
livery of liquor in our State for bey-
erage purposes. That we request the
citizens of the State in every voting
precinct to call upon their candidates
for the general assembly to declare
themselves on this question, and we
urge the Christian voters to see to It
that such members Of the general as
sembly are elected as will stand for
this measure.
perintendent to SO organize the State
counties as that we shall be assured
of the passage OF this measure by the
next general assembly.
Third. That we endorse the action
of the central committee. taken on De-
eenaAef 81 194a. calling for fund
of $4,000 per year for the next FIVE
years to carry on our prohibition
work"
The actions Of chuch conferences
buttons are made clear in the following
abstracts:
Law II Asked for.
Minutes O fthe Western North Caro-
lima Annual Conference-Report OF
committee on temperance, page 60.
paragraph 2.
I'VE believe the time has come for
North Carolina to prohibit the traffic
in intoxicating liquors for beverage
purposes. and since under the webb
bill the state has the authority to pro-
hibit any railroad company. express
company. or other public carrier trans
porting intoxicating liquors into the
state. We petition the next general
assembly to prohibit the same
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