Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-09-07
Franklin's Reaction

An appraisal of the result OF
Franklin county'S ABC election ;
week ago is contained in this week.
issue OF The Franklin Times OF
LOuisbUrg. The Times cXplanatIo
of the result lists Il number of rea-
sons. The paper also refers to the
manner il has heard an Abe store
is operated in a town CLOSE around. -
Franklin is surrounded by counties
which operate liquor stores. and the
retail outlet in question was NOT
specified.
In its editorial. the Times said:
The results of the ABC election
Saturday has several very interest
ing facts. The total vote in the Sat
urday election and the vote in the
1871 election are SO close together
that one voter said exactly tn 1,
same people voted the same way at
both times" In the last election the
ABC advocates gained IS votes while
the Anti .ABC stores gained 22 votes
The total vote for stores Saturday
was 1871 while that of the Ants
was 1910, as compared with For
Stores 1895 and Against Stores 1888
in 1871.
Quite large number of reasons
for the success of the Ants and fail
ure of the Stores have been adj
vanced since the result was known.
The most reasonable OF these We're
the persistent and intensive CAM
paign OF the Ants and the lack OF
confidence il the present operation
OF the many ABC sct-ups close
around. IN the first place it repres-
en;ed an education and persuasion.
which If the same interest was
placed behind temperance there
would be little need of control. IL
would come voluntarily. In the sec
ond place the large majority of peo-
pie. mostly rural have become salts
fled. that the Stores tina. now exist
are not giving the public a squaI c
deal. y man from the rural section
Of Franklin County told the editor
of neIghbor who visited a town
that had an ABC Store. on business
entirely unrelated TO whiskey, bu5
while there he saw a big truck I'M
load big cargo of whiskey in which
he counted 25 or 30 cases of good
whiskey. Seeing this he decided 10
get quart to take home. Going in
several hours later and calling for
some was told they had none. He
asked what become of the 25 or 80
cases unloaded here several hours
ago. He was told this had not beer
marked up and put on sale. Thi:
party returned home with the deter
mination that if he couldn't get some
of the better liquor he would not
vote SO any one else could. Thi.
spirit we understand is becomin.
general throughout not only Frank.
lin County but those adjoining. A 4.
other man stated to the editor tina
he went to one of these towns to &c
some whiskey and was told they ha,
none Of the better class. He went {
q friend in the town and made
complaint telling what had happen
ed. The friend told him to wait
few minutes and he brought him
quart of good whiskey. Another cas-,
lady in Louisburg told the edito
Tuesday that prominent man in
rearby town brought full case q
good whiskey to Louisburg last weel
and divided il between three Louis
burg citizens.
"If these things are true no on
can be surprised at the feelings exist
ing. Ano should it continue for
short while longer it will spell tn
doom Of all ABC Stores.
After all. in consideration OF tn
lack Of interest in the enforcement
OF the laws by both the ABC an
Anti ABC System, it may be tn
Western North Carolina method
best. There is too much me frs
spirit involved"