Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-03-25
1887 Assembly Remembered
For Its Stand Upon Liquor
County Option Law Enacte in Face of Demand by
Drvs for Statewide Refer endum Which They OPP
posed Two Years Ag o; to Divide Profits

The chairman of the State board to
be named by Governor Hoey will re-
ceive an annual salary of $4,000. The
board otherwise will be composed of
two governor-appointed members who
will receive compensation only on a
per diem basis.
Measures stipulating divisions of
profit from county stores between
counties and municipalities in the
event Of liquor legalization were in
PRODUCED by the score during the clos
ing days of the session and most units
will be prepared in that respect should
the voters approve the control plan.
Sale of beer. wine and other intoxi-
cants was prohibited in the entire
counties-Yancey and Mitchell-and
in numerous localities by legislation
during the session. The local laws do
not prohibit, however, the holding of
an election on county control should
sufficient percentage of the quail
fled voters petition for it.
Among the communities declared
dry" by the special laws were Black
Mountain, Swannanoa, Little Switzer-
land, and Lake Junaluska. Many
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hibiting sale of alcoholics near speci-
fled churches, schools and institutions.
Leaders in the fight for controlled
sale of alcoholic beverages were Rep
resentative Victor Victor Bryant of
Durham, chairman of the Ehringhaus
liquor study commission, and Sena-
tor w. B. Rodman of Beaufort, whose
county was among the II in which the
county option plan was approved in
1885. Senator L. A. Martin of David
son led the dry forces in the upper
branch in an unsuccessful struggle to
require a Statewide referendum, with
representatives B. G. Jones of Swain
at the helm of referendum supporters
in the House.
Also enacted by the legislature were
measures to encourage the making of
wine from North Carolina grapes and
other state-grown products, and to
clarity and define the laws governing
manufacture of beverages containing
alcoholic content of from five to "a
per cent.
Fortified wines are distinguished
from unfortified products in one OF
the measures and bottlers of vinous
beverages are placed in the same cate
CORY OF bottlerS of beer from taxing
purposes.
Sale, distribution and transportation
of wine will be under supervision of
the State ABC board, but its sale will
not be restricted to liquor stores
Hotels, restaurants and cafes will be
allowed to sell products if not more
than "A per cent alcoholic content I'M
der ION premises" license and 9th
er establishments may distribute on
he off premises" plan.
Control boards in counties voting
wet will be three-member commits
sions elected jointly by the county
boards of commissioners, education
and health.
Although elections have already
been called in some counties, most of
he units are reported to be biding
heir time
One representative, who asked tina.
ais name be withheld, explained the
situation in this manner:
THE control plan wouldn't have
chance in my county, until at least
one adjacent county voted wet and
gave my people the opportunity to see
how much money it was taking from
u.s."
, Another declared, I'm for contro,
but in my county there are $500 peo
pie directly in illegal LIQUOR traffic
and with the votes they can command
I'm afraid a liquor election woulo
never carry."