Legislature Fought
Hard Over Liqi'*'
And Beer Laws
Raleigh, April 25.—The 1949
Geawml Assembly was no exception
when it came to arguing
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The debate ranged from arguments
whether 3.2 per cent ibeer
is Intoxicating to discussing of
the merits of corn whisky compared
with legal hooch.
Action Included killing blllB
calling for a state-wide referendum,
passage of compromise legislation
allowing some 18 cities
and towns to Vote on A. B. C.
stores if their counties do not call
an election within 60 days, and
tightening of beer and wine
controls.
The call for a state-wide liquor
yotei—sounded by the dryB
and endorsed by Governor Scott
—met the fate generally predicted
for it before the session began.
But it succeeded in getting the
first record vote on the subject
in some time. The house voted
54-51 to withdraw a state-wide
liquor vote bill—introduced by
Representative L. A*. Martin of
Davidson—from the unfavorable
calendar, but the vote failed because
a two-thirds majority was
needed.
Martin's bill was one of two
introduced and called for a ballot
on either keeping the present
A. B. C. system for liquor sales
or abolishing it.
Senator George Penny of Guilford
fathered the other measure,
which called for either a bonedry
state or an all-wet one—including
the manufacture of wine,
liquor and beer.
Public hearings on the referendum
bills brought two of the
largest crowds of the session.
The drys had the edge in numbers,
with some 2,300 showing
up and urging the legislators to
allow a state-wide vote.
The A. B. C. advocates ran
the prohibitionists a close second
as to numbers, with some 2,000
appearing to defend the present
system of county option.
It was the first time that A. B.
C. backers had turned out in
such crowds to publicly support
the current system.
After the referendum fight
was over, the. legislators were hit
by a barrage of hills calling for
city elections on legalizing A. B.
0. liquor stores.
The main storm was in the
house, where Dry Leader Martin
preached on the evils of whisky
and prayed for divine guidance
as he sought to kill the measures.
He and other opponents of the
bills said that the county was
the smallest unit that should be
allowed to vote on the liquor
question.
Proponents of the bills said the
pattern had been set by the 1947
Legislature, which allowed Ashetrille.
Hickory, Louisburg and
FYankllnton to "hold ~ town and
city ^elections on the question.
" ADMINISTRATOR'S "NOTICE
North Carolina, Wilkes County.
Having qualified as administrator
of the estate of Mrs. D. E.
Glass, late of Wilkes County, N.
C., this is to notify all persona
having claims against estate ef
the deceased to exhibit them to
the undersigned, whose address is
Statesville, N. C., route 3, on or
before the 7th day of February,
1960, or this notice will be plead
in bar of their right to reeorer.
All persons indebted to said estate
will please make immediate settlement.
This the 7th day of February,
1948.
SHIRLEY JOHNSON,
Administrator of the estate of
Mrs. D. E. Glass, deceased.
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Led 1)7 Representative Cavenesa
of Guilford, the backers said any.
governmental unit that could
levy taxes on itself was large
enough to vote on liquor.
Compromise Plan
After nearly two weeks of debate
.and maneuvering — with
some bills failing passage by one
and two vote margins and others
passing by similar counts—a
compromise was worked out. It
allowed cities to vote if a countywide
A. B. C. election was not
called within 80 days.
Under this agreement, bills
were passed for some 18 cities
and towns, including WinstonSalem,
Wallace, ^Warsaw, Kenansville,
Mooresville, Walnut Cove,
Paison, Dunn, Whitevllle, Tabor
City, Pair Bluff, Chadbourn,
Hertford, Clinton, Salisbury, Eas.t
Spencer, "Spencer, and Newton.
A similar bill for Greensboro
passed the house but was killed
in the senate because of objection
from Penny, a dry leader.'
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South Carolina farmers are j
now showing greater Interest in
permanent pastures than at any
other time in the history of he
State.
269 fiallou Liquor
Seized With Trick
Elkin, April 23.—An early
morning excursion hy police officers
one mile northeast of
Zephyr, Surry county, today netted
269 gallons of bonded liquor
en route from Baltimore, Md., to
Wllkesboro.
The haul was being made by
Elbert Whlttington, 86, negro of
Wllkesboro. A 1949 two-ton
truck was confiscated in the arrest.
" Deputy Sheriff Robert Thomp
son, State Patrolmen D. J. Caudle
and CorpOral Sam McKinney reported
that the load was overtaken
at 2:30 this morning. The
driver presented a bill of lading
to the officers which listed the
load as 12,000 pounds of nails
and roofing eqiflpment supposedly
intended for transportation to
Johnson City, Tenn. " \ *
Whittlngton is in the Bl^in
Jail. The liquor' and the truck are
being held.
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Nearly 527,000,000 bushels of
grain and grain products were
exported from the United States
in the nine-months period from
'July, 194 8', through March, 1949.
Dr. J. H. SOWDER
Optometrist
Care Of Vision Glasses Fitted
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Hours 8:30-5:00 Phone 899
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