Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-01-08
ORYS IN LEAD FOR
DRUNKEN DRIVING
Few License Revelations
In Wet Counties, Analy-
sis of List Shows.
Daily Dispatch Isureau.
IN .he Sir Walter hOted,
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Raleigh. Jan. 8-The "dryS' have IL
when it comes to having the most
convictions for drunken driving ana
the most rcvOcatiOnS of drivers IL
censes for driving while drunk. ac-
cording to the latest list of 272 per-
sons whose driving permits have gust
been revoked by the Department OF
Revenue For out of this list OF 2IZ
persons who have lost their drivers
permits for a period of one year, ohly
80 are from towns and counties Wherc
liquor is legally sold, the remaining
234 being from counties and towns
where the sale of liquor is prompted
by state laws.
The dry" city of Charlotte in the
"dry" county of Mecklenburg leads
the list with the largest number OF
convictions for drunken driving, with
90 license reVOcatiOns. while the dry
city of Greensboro, in the equally
arid county of Guilford, takes second
place with IS license revOcatlonS Tor
attempted stewed steering. In third
place for the most license revocatiOns
for drunken driving is the supposedly
arid city of Salisbury in the dry
county of Rowan. while the equally
arid Towel City" of KannapOlis
comes next with ten revocationS. The
city of Clinton. in the dry and Re-
publican county of Sampson. also has
ten residents in this latest batch
whose licenses were revoked for
drunken driving.
Yet the wet" city of Wilmington
had only -four residents whose licenses
were revoked in this last batch, while
the "wct" cities of Wilson, Kinston
and Henderson had only four revoca-
tons for drunken driving on this list,
with only one for Rocky Mount.
which has two legal liquor stores.
In this particular batch of reVoca-
tions, not single one was from
WinstOn-Salem, likewise none from
Asheville, these being the only two of
the larger cities in the State, not re-
presented Only four residents of
Durham were in this batch and only
three from Raleigh. Most Durham
people who use legal liquor buy it
from the Vance county store in Hen
derSOn, Al miles distant while Ra-
leigh people patroniZe the Nash coun-
ty store in Middlesex, 80 miles from
Raleigh. In fact, this store has he
come generally known as the Ra-
leigh liquor store in Middlesex' be-
cause of the heavy patronage it re-
eeives from capital residents. There
are some five or six liquor stores
right here in Raleigh, however. OPP
Grated by boOtleSgers, from which
nit bnr
paid liquor or home-distilled corn or
rye bootleg liquor may be purchased
or ordered by Telephone. The prices
for the bottled, tax-paid government
liquor are only slightly higher than
the prices in the county liquor stores.
while the standard price for the home
made "blockadc' liquor still remains
81 for a twO-quart jar.
According to residents Of "drv"
and counties who are familiar with
conditions, liquor. either government
bottled CT domestic bootleg, can be
obtained in most of them with more
ease and at a1out the same prices as
III the cities and towns which have
regal liquor stores. Residents of Char
lotte, Asheville. Greensboro, Winston
Salem, Durham and other supposedly
dry" cities in dry" counties have
told this correspondent that it is lust
as easy TO buy liquor there as in Ra-
leigh. since it can be ordered by tele-
phone, with quick delivery service to
any address or hotel room. In the
cities and counties having legal liquor
stores, it is necessary for the buyers
TO go to the stores in persons and
make their purchases. In Johnston
county Just outside Of Smithfield, the
Flowers brothers operate a liquor
store in which they are reported to
carry all the standard brands of bot
tied liquor, in addition to homemade
bootleg" and to sell the bottled Ii
quor at lower prices than are charged
for the same brands in the liquor
stores in neighboring counties These