The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-06-15
RALEIGH Sees
BETTER LIQUOR
LAWS AS need
Only More Effective Con-
troll Will Stop Increased
Flow, Is Said
THINK PARTY CHIEFS
TO SIDESTEP ISSUE
The 'rines-News Bureau
Sir Waiter Hotel

The Times-News Bureau
Sir Waiter Hotel
RALEIGH. June 15.-An eff
fective liquor control law, SIM
liar to that in effect in Vir-
ginia, is needed in North Caro-
lima and would be much prefer
able to the present almost wide
open bootleg system prevalent
throughout most of North Caro-
lima, without taking into con-
sideration the revenue which the
state might derive from state
control and sale of liquor. more
and more observers here are con-
WINGED. But they agree that
there is virtually no hope that
the 1885 general assembly will
consider either revision or repeal
of the burlington Act, the states
prohibition law, for political rea-
sons. For more of the Democra-
tic leaders would rather let this
law stay on the books, to keep
the "dry" Democrats satisfied
and make them think they have
prohibition. than stir up an in
tra-parsy fight over prohibition
that might send some dry
Democrats into the Republican
party. which is now posing as
the "dry" party in the state
most observers here agree.
"Under the present law the
"drys" think they have prohibit
ton and are satisfied, while the
others know they can get liquor
almost anywhere and whenever
they want it and without paying
any federal or state taxes, SC
every one is satisfied--so why
stir up partisan fight over
something we already have"
one commentator said here to-
day.
Yet drunken driving and drink
ing are increasing steadily in
North Carolina. as we'll as boot
logging, according to those who
are in position to know. They
believe that it is going to IN
crease until the state take the
proper steps to enact some effec'
tive LIQUOR control law.
Drunken driving and boot
logging is increasing steadily in
North Carolina under the present
law" Captain Charles B. Farmer
of the state highway patrol said
TODAY. "Our patrolman report
not only an increase in the num-
her of drunken drivers, but in
drunkenness on the highway;
ad in the transportation Of bq'
uor. For while patrolmen can
not make arrests for the trans
portation of liquor, but only fol
violations of the highway laws
they can see the hundreds OF
| cars and trucks loaded with hq,
luor that travel from one end OF
the state to the other every day
An increasing amount of govern
ment bottled-in-bond liquor is
also being brought into the state
every day by the truck load. Not
even the sheriffs or police Off
GERS can bother any Of these il
they have a bill of lading TO,
some other state where liquor
can be legally sold-and almost
all of them have these. ever
though the LIQUOR is generally fol
sale and and consumption here
| in North Carolina"
Right here in Raleigh there are
two or three liquor stores
which not only sell North Caro-
llina-made liquor. but also bot
tIed-in-bond "legal' liquor a
prices ranging from $3.50 t,
$3.50 per pint, according t
those who are ain the know"
"These out-of-the-state boot
lleggers who are hauling bottled
in-bond government liquor int
the state and selling it are Civ
ing US more trouble now thai
the home bootleggers.' Commits
! sion of ublic Safety J. H. Brow
of Raleigh said here today. "Fo
lif they have bills of lading show
ling the liquor they are haulin
is in interstate transit, there i
| nothing we can do about it un
LESS we actually catch them un
loading it-and that is hard t.
do. We could use police fore
twice the size we have just try
ing to keep up with the bootleg
gers"
| One man was called on her
during the last few days by.
salesman for a large bootleggln,
organization selling only IN
gallons lots at SIS a gallon
When asked if they had any trou
bic making deliveries, the sales
man replied.
every little. We shipped 30
gallons of liquor through Ia
leigh last night from our plan
in the eastern part OF the stat,
to Asheville and ship that mucl
Through about once a week.