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' iilnbeR 6f ^ 1941 Norft Ciiw
AaernWy are ^tting set foi^
r .tefis^tive battle over ttie
prijMon. Tliis is to be ex
pected, tte what to do with liquor
is the iK^test questi(Mi before .the
pcoide %H|For. The life, happiness;
SBod skfeiy of the people of North
GaroUna is effected by liquor as by
few otter things in. t^ State.
For dte year ending June 30. 1840,
the jwpple of Noiih Carolina drank
97^972,893.88 worth of Bquor and
94^,000 gallons beer and
enpioxiiiidtely .' 5004)00 gallons of
wine, to ^ noAhid of die amount
ot bootlegg^ liquor , stili consumed.
Over ^,000 drivv^* licenses have
been revised iii. North Carolina for
driving drunk since liquor was legr
alized. The second rule of the;
twelve rules for safe driving
issued by the Highway Safety Divis
ion of North Carolina-is, “Do not
rfaive when drinking.” Statistics are
ihore afid more revealing intoxicating
liquors as a major cause of auto ac
cidents.
.liquor we should seek to promote
temperance xadier. than'''to. coUtect
Revenue. It is bad enou^ to have a
[siller tak on bread, but'wheh'a sfOe
tax is pla^ on liqupr.-a poisondUs,
habit-fOTtn^ drug,—the p^n^ iure
bein^ robbed and enslaved, is
not one element of temperaiwe p^
motion about toe present l^uor s^
tern, it is a wholesale |iquor busing,
advertised and boostod. tdig the s^e
of revimue -for toe cotintiea: iii which
, What should be done now? In toe
flhst place, toe democratic thing
should be done. The people of the
State should be allowed to My by
their vote whether they want liquor
legalized in Nprth C^ima. The
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1^ three Legislatures have refused
them this'privilege. A vote of the
1935 Assembly at 3:02 in the morning
of the ^ day opened the door for
legal liquor to go from 17 ABC
counties all over North Carolina. By
a vote 2,807 in Nash, county .^ne 6,
1935,- under the PasquotanlcTAct of
the 1935 Legislature, liquor was leg
alized in the State of 600,000 voters.
;^d, in “dictator” fashion, the 1937
^gislature by special act slipped
liquor stores in Moore and Bertie
equities without even a vote of toe
people hi these two counties. The
1939 Legislature uitoeld the county
option law, granting any county liq-
uor ^t would vote for iVand grantr
^ ST counties the privilege of mU-
tog liquor to toe citizens of the 73
but toe
1939 legislature would not grant toe
people of toe 73 dry counties the priv-
*Ie^ of joining toe people of the 27
wet counties in a democratic atate-
wi^ refwendum to determine a dem-
^ttc, statewide liquor poUey for
State. Win the. 1941 Legislature
ite teito to tite (toMDhngttotob;
by totting the people ^ the
whole state express their desito to'
mtiddiii? It toil
Sf H uctttVto in 4^toia(ato3L.
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it operates and for a profit lor the few
that direct it It begdin wito 3 per
cent beer, then liquor, then 5 per cent
beer, and later .)24 per ctot wihe.
Sales, oh all to^ are npy) on
incretoe. -in toe. State, ytor
there was in North Caroltoa'.89 liquor
sto^ 1,222 places selling totne, and
41990. sluing beto, all legali^ by
toe state. Undto the old days of toe
open bar room theke were not more
places of sale. Has legalization
arought temperance in North Caro
lina? It is not eiveii headed that way!
pie temperance workers are urg
ing toe Legislature to let the people
of the whole state vote in a refer
endum on the lijqubr question. If a
niajority votes against legalization,
legp sale will be stop^^; if toe ma
jority vote for iC then it will continue.
If you want to help keep liquor
stores out of Hoke county and to
promote temperance throughout toe
State, sign the blank below and mail
to the writer or Cale K. Burgess,
Baleigh, N. C. Don’t be fooled about
the revenue idea. To raise $1,576,711
in revenue on liquor last year the
State sent $5,081,951 out of the State
to pay for liquors. It sent about 80c
out of toe state to get 20c revenue
for the State. The present liquor sys
tem in North Carolina doesn’t pro--
mote good government, good morals,
or good business.
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By p, . Sc6tt Poole
Tbb church at Jacksop Stotogs was
qiganitod in I8l9, We totobrafed
its dhe hundredth xnnivCntoy at a
meeting of FayqttevlUe’l^esbytoto in
April^ 1919. The choir of toat tourch
sang . that Presbyterian I^almodist
anthem: “totoaaloni> M3 Happy
Home,” whlto is, I thiiik, one of the
finest of musical compositions.
Legislature Were paid $4 k tiay anc
20 cents a mile ope way. Tlie first
6 Hoke county mentoto itoeived
$240, plus 9.18-80; or I did. Some
may hatFe vhad mbre mileage-
It is more than prptohto that toe
present General Assembly will not
allow enforced the Cpnstitutiona]
amendment adopted by popnlar vote
of toe people several years ago, ex-
emiJting $1,000 personal property
from" taxation. Never in the history
of North Carolina has so large de
mand been made for increasto tex
ation as the Budget Commission hand
ed out.
Frank: “When you proposed to her
I supose she said: ‘This is so sudden?”
Jack: “No, she was honest, and
said: ‘The suspense has been ter
rible.”
The present change in the law re
quiring enlisting for taxation in Jan
uary, instead of April, was .intended
to get more taxes from farmers, who
pay their own .taxes and everybody
else’s. If you are intelligent you may
see here why farm produce is so low
priced.
bxslave master said to his fav
orite B^ram, seviml years aitter
freedom: “Eph,, if fou die before
do, I want yOu to to' coining back
now and then to let mO .know how it
is over there.”
“Alright, Boss, but ifeh you goes
fust, be sure to come back in de day
time.’?
There is nO necessity fbr these
four-month. legislature terms. Mem
bers waste more than h^lf their time
during a term. During the first for^
days of a legislative term, a few
local bills are passed, an^ some state
wide bills that leaders do not want
members to think much on.
A teacher asked a boy to write
sentence using the words “analyze
and anatomy,” so this is what a boy
wrote:
“My analyze over the ocean,
. My analyze over the sea,
Oh who will go over the ocean,
And bring back my ana-to-my.”
No, it is not the “world” that has
increased in size—it is our vision tokt
has enlarged- However, "lot another
man praise Thee.”
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UA Al^ TANK ^ lio -job fto^softies”! Clad ih a
jWld xadto Jiaadphones daniped Ws ears;
toe wldiefjtod’driv^a bopnees around on a nM-hot. engitee
a» to .inapirty^ hii trytoitoortR’eaa over rocla and'iamneiL ttoongh
atMam .ahd^ldteto, 4t.>i|,iipeed bf 86 in.p.h. ItooM atOodr'inen
to • deafened:^ the noise of their machine and gnidOd
**l?*y. coPtom”^®- How the. Tank Cotps and other utote
TO" U vividly shown m-.toe latest Harito
of Tlmk iiltoj. Amui and the Men — U.S.A.,” which presents the
nr^f aeteen wary st the nation’s current defense program. '
While a member of tiie legislature,
I read every statewide bill toat came
to my desk. For that reason, I spent
my evenings in my room reading
proposed legislation, and I needed no
explanation of any bill that came up.
I did not read the Revenue nor Ap
propriation bills, for those were al
ways taken up seriatim;
Don’t ^ €9rele8$
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JHEY CANT
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I was a candidate for' Sergeant-at-
arms of the House, extra session of
1936. My representative, Hon. E. B.
McNeill, was sick and riot in toe
caucus the night beteire .tto session
open^, I was not noiriiriated. A.
man- named Brown was .elected, f
told him he was elected 'ori my votes.
He said he was. It was special ses
sion, December, 1936. He told me to
coYne bacli; January 6, 1937, he had
a job for .ype. I went to Raleigh on
J^uqry Sth, told him I was there
accordito to protoise.: He said he
promise. “Thar I wuz.”
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I am indebted to Dr. A. C. Be-
thune for the name of toe discoverer
of Jackson Springs. I had heard his
version of the matter, and also that
a man named Ray had shot and kill
ed Sa dear near the springs,' and after
cutting the deer’s, throat he stepped
on the edge of a rode to wash his
bloody hands and saw the watertoub-
bling up in the nidis in the rock.
La^ Customer: "Flease weigh this
package for me,”
Butcher: “It weighs just three aM
a half pounds, madam.’’
Lady Customer: "Thank you. These
are the bones from that roast you
sent me yesttorday.”
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.NblU
an airing?’?^
Fatoer: ‘No. I ani taking my heir
but for a auuoing.?’
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Mtototo ^ Noiih
petition the (^ere^ Asseriibily ;df itol to enact iaw^ to prbhtoit
fteC-mamitecture, sple, tnirisportetibii,of intoxicating liquors. /
Ateembly to unwilling to pirilaw the liquor traj^,’ I urge
the State toe ptiyilege of votiito to a Sfate-
. hr agaih^ legalizing-^0 fttehufacture ah^ sale ii^
Itetiiiafttgllqtota. V , - -''V- ;■-'f -'- -
agree to abstain.flhfti driiiking sletoakto1^0rages.
Mentoers of: hott p^toical paito»
ola caucMjtes toe pj|glfftoetoto V
lative[.[ body • meeite tte^
parly, to itomln|tevtite ^
sisteht aiyd deriggl heto gfMe bodf.
The Senate ari;dl thp iHoqp MHtore-
aentattees tote
Thqy eltoit a 8pibto>-er, 'iteridtog
sergeant^t-artflis,, 1p|rk, e^;
8ro#l^c!0rl^ ete. . havSfe,
® ot etop^^ ^3 naa^
y, with toe aipihte^ of toi|
MAYSE
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Monty Witlioul
advertising-
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An ‘^epidemic” of accidents in
-which persons have been killed as a
result of fallirig off of or out of mov
ing automobiles or trucks on North
Carolina streets and' highways has
been noted in recent weeks, the High
way Safety Division reported this
week.
Five .such fatalities; were recorded
in December, and two more during
the Rrst two weeks of January.
Heading of the accident reports
gives some idea of how these acci
dents happened. One report said:
‘Two negroes were riding between
truck and- trailer. A ‘hog ran out
into rear wheels of truck, causing
truck to bounce up, throwing negro
from truck and trailer and under
wheels of trailer.' Killed instantly.
. Another report simply said: “De
ceased fell out of car when right door
came open as car was roimding
curve.”
.'Such accidents can be eliminated
if fevef3 driver in North Carolina will
refuse to carry any passengers for
'Whom toe3 caimot find k seat' in
side,” said R^ld Hocqtt, director
ot tovisibn... “Further
more^. all- Itoysi^ns who ,ti(^. to P*'
CX)-OPS
Farmer co-ops, with a membership
of more than 3,000,000 ‘ producers,/
handled a 99)000;00d,000 business
during, the 1939-40 marketing season; v
says tod Farm Credit Administra-"'
tioh.
vehicles as passengers should learh
that it if dangerous to lean on door
handles.’?
I SET.!,
The News and
Observer
The Charlotte
Observer
Curtis Publications
—Ani>-
Stark Bros. Niirsm
Fjriiit Tri^ and
dfontgoinexF and Mbore conn-
^ prehardiste. testify they
vaTtt not missed a cn»H
trait since their Stark tiees
began bearing.
b. SCOTT POOLE
Baeford, N. C.
ncers.
BlliS
O0owrt
(Mail to United Dry Forces. Ralei^ N; C.)
Heing toiown, two Sedtohmen ditoi
ed together at a cqfe, and after dtorl
ner they- hbto sat^and-talked'tottS
*et an4 smbipBd:
in two; hQ^irSy ttdn omik'
and ealtod hia wife.
wait up any. long^.fiBr me.
looks mightly like a deadk^” *
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iof Representatives and 80 senato^
in a North Carolhto Legt«^t»TO.
there are more “hi^p” to a Lq
tore , than toere toih toatohers;
legislature of 1905 cost jjtout ;r«v,-
■pOO; ^t of 1911* 980,000; 980b,0f)0J
Is budgeted foq,titoi term, '
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.A rude boy got^told bf A g#ftoto ..
[ministers Bible, nflibed out ‘toee,” I
put “hori».’r. ifyiid ps thh mtott-ll
ter read “And ^ toicked spt ^
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himself like a
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testing. ; w hiipttii get. eduS-
CtjaamltfeR., alloVr ihemi>
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day. Add a bonus the terto 'Is
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