The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-28
COOPER, WRIGHT
CLASH AT LIQUOR
ELECTION HEARING
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been told by preacher a S I
night that Cooper had offered
such a plan.
Whereupon the Rev. R. H. Sat-
terfield, seated on the floor OF the
house chamber, scene Of the hear
ing, rose and declared he had been
present at the ministerial meeting
at which he heard" Cooper make
the alleged vice district proposal.
Bedlam reigned n the jammed
galleries of the chamber as the
drys, greatly outnumbering tn e
vets attending the session, shout
ing their approval of Satterfield
assertion, clamoring loudly for 80
seconds before Chairman Quinn OF
Duplin was able to restore order.
The hearing was recessed until
Tuesday afternoon when tired COM
mittee members decided there was
not time left to hear opponents OF
the measure, headed by j. O. Cobb
of the Durham county alcoholic
board of control.
Dry Forces
Among the dry forces at the
hearing were delegations of boys
and girls from Edwards Military
institute and Piueland college,
Baptist institutions at Salemburg,
Heading the delegation were the
Rev. and Mrs. w. J. Jones, CO.
presidents of the schools. Mrs.
Jones told the committee she
could not express my contempt
for woman who will take drink
of liquor. think woman of that
type is open to any proposition -
Leaders in presentation of the
dry case. generated by Gale K.
Burgess, head of the state United
Dry Forces, were men and women
prominent in educational and re-
igious circles. They included
President Emeritus S. B. Turren-
tine of Greensboro college, Presi-
dent Luther Gobble of the college
and C. S. Wallace of Morehead
City. member of the college board
of trustees; r. N. Simms of Ra-
leigh, former president of the state
Baptist convention, and the con-
vention's president, DR.. William H.
Williamson of Charlotte; DR.. M.
T. Plyler of Durham and Green's
boro, editor of the Christian Ad-
vocate; DR.. John c. Slemp of Ra-
leigh, editor of the Biblical Re-
corder; Zeno G. Spence, un-
successful Townsend plan candi-
date for congress in the third dis
trict in the 1910 primary; Mrs.
Raymond Benford Of Guilford col
lege, speaking for the Quaker"
and Mrs. Stanley Wohl of Green's
boro, legislative chairman of the
state Women's Christian Temper
ance union.
Lyons Speaks
W. H. Lyons of Smithfield, john
ston county which banned liquor
stores in a vote last November,
told the committee:
Liquor is all right in it's place
and its place is in hell
During the course of the hear
ing kilograms favoring t h e dry
stand came from several persons
prominent in state life, m
them former Governor and Sem
ator Cameron Morrison and Judge
E. H. Webb of Shelby.
THE whole question at issue is
whether you. members of the COM
mittee, car trust the people"
Simms declared. adding:
And they can be trusted, else
how did you get here?"
K. R. Hole of Sanford declared
the issue reverted to the matter
of protection for dry counties from
the "evil'' of whiskey imported
from the 26 wet counties.
The MCGOWAN measure calls for
a no-comprcmise referendum on
the manufacture and sale Of all
liquors, wines and beers. The Pen
der representative also introduced
a measure to prohibit the trans
portation of alcoholic beverages
within the state. The bill would
outlaw the possession or transpor-
tation of any alcoholic beverage
containing more than one-haf Of
one per cent alcohol
Only the referendum bill was be-
fore the committee TODAY.