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INDEPENDENCE IN; ALL THINGS.
VOL. VIII.
COLUMBUS, N. C, THURSDAY MARCH 5, 1903.
NO. 47.
WATTS UQUOR BILL
Provisions of i
the New
V.
Passed,
Measure
as
MANY NEW ! FEATURES IN IT.
The Traffic and manufacture Confined
, ! .
to Incorporated Towns- Other Pro-
vteions Qlven.
Tit following is the text of the
Watis bilk ,! ' ;
Sf tion 1. That it shall be unlawr
ful fw any person or persons, firm or
corporation to j manufacture, sell or
otherwise dispose of for gain any spir
ituous, vinous or malt liquors or intox
icaUug bitters ! within the J 'State of
North ' Carolina, :' except in incorporated
-cftiet and towns wherein the sale or
manufacture ot liquor is not or may
ndt hereafter be prohibited! by law or
regulated by special statute: Provided,
thte act &hall not be construed to forbid
the sale, of such spirituous, vinous or
malf liquorsbiy druggists for sickness
upor. the written prescription of ..a le
gal! j qualified physician having such
sick person under his charge; ; Provided
furtter. that this act shall not be con-
trud as to apply to wine or -cider
manufactured! from grapesj berries oi
fruits raised on the lands of, the person
so manufacturing, or purchased by the
manufacturer from the growers there
of ; Provided further, that this act shall
not be construed to applyj to brandy
raarifaetured! from fruit crj grapes and
sole in original packages of not less
than five gallons. ' j
. Stion 2. That it shall be -unlawful
for any person, persons, firm or cor
poration to manufacture, sell or other
wise, dispose of for gain any spirituous,
vinous or malt liquors or intoxicating
Hitters, except as hereinbefore provid
ed, in incorporated city or town,' with
out fcrst obtaining, as provided by law,
a license therefor both from the board
of commissioners of the county in
wbfch said town" or city , is situated,
and from the board of aldermen or
city councilmen, or the governing au
thorities, by whatever name called, of
said city or town. j
Section 3. That any person violat
ing the provisions of this act vith ref
erence to the sale' or disposition for
gain of spirituous, vinous or malt
liquors or intoxicating bitter3, shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon
conviction, shall be imprisoned not ex
ceeding six months or fined not exceed
ing $200, orboth, in the .discretion of
the court. !
.Section 4. That any person violating
the provisions of this act! with refer
ncV to the j manufacture of spirituous,
vinous or malt liquors or (intoxicating
"bitters shall be guilty of a misdemea
nor, and shall, upon conviction, be im
prisoned not less than four months
nor more than two years; and upon a
-second conviction of a similar offense
the person shall be deemed guilty of
a felony, and shall be imprisoned not
less than one nor more than three
.years, and fined not less than one hun
dred dollars nor more -than one thou
sand dollars, or both, at the discretion
of the court. I
Section 51 That any physician who
-shall make
the case of
any prescription, except in
sickness, for the purpose of
aiding or abetting any person or per
sons who are not bona fide under his
charge,' to Ipurchase any j intoxicating
liquors contrary to the -provisions of
this act, and any druggist who shall
duplicate the prescription 'or a physi
cian for intoxicating liquors for any
person or persons not bona fide under
his charge, without the written direc
tion of the physician who gave the
same, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,
-and, upon jconviction,- shall be fined or
imprisoned, or both, in the discretion
of the court, for each and every of
fence: and all druggists selling intoxir
eating liquors by prescription as afore
rsaid shall keep a record thereof, which
-shall bear the true dates .61 'the sales,
and be subject at all times to the in--gpection
of the solicitor of the district
-and of the mayor and police officers
'of the city or town in which said drug
gist's business is located,! and all other
persons ; . and any such druggist failing
te keen the record aforesaid, or refus
ing to permit examination of such record-by
the officers namedi and all other
persons, shall be guilty of a misemea-
itor. and fined or imprisoned, or both,
in the discretion of the court. r
Section
6.
It shall be unlawful for
'-any person to sell wine -manufactured
it 6m fruit or grapes grown by himseii
In quantities less- than one gallon,- and
-ssid wine i shall not J be drunk upon the
premises where sold. Any person vio
lating the provisions of this . section,
-cither by selling- in quantities of less
than one gallon or by . drinking wine
on the nremises where sold, shall be
Ksilty oi a misdeameanor, and punish
.acle at the discretion of the court;
Provided. J that -the -provision- of section
6 shall not apply to churches-Wishing
to procure wine for communion service.
Section 7.. That it shall be the duty
of the governing body of any city or
town, upon the petition of one-third
(3-3) of the registered voters therfcin,
who were registered for the preceding
municipal election; to order: an election
to be held, after thirty days' notice, in
any year in which the petition may be
filed, except within ninety days of any
city, county or general election, in time
for the notice to be given as above re
quired, to detemine: 1, Whether intox
icating liquors shallbe manufactured in
said city . or town. 2, Whether bar
rooms or saloons shall .be established
in said-city or town. 3.' Whether, dis
pensaries shall be' established in said
city or town. And any such election
may be ordered to determine any one
or two! or all of said questions, as the
petitioners may designate in, tnerr pe
tition;! Provided, that such election
shall not be held oftenerthan once in
two years.
Section 8. Whenever such election
shall be held, the same shall be con
ducted and held under the same rules
and regulations provided by the laws
of North Carolina regulating municipal
'lections.
Section 9. That whenever the gov
erning body of any such city or town
shall order any such election, ; they
shall provide oue box to detemine the
question of manufacture of liquors, if
such question is to be voted upon; one
box to ..determine the sale by saloons.
if such -question is to be voted upon:
and one-tiox to determine the sale by
dispensaries, if such question is to be
voted Upon. Any person entitled to vote
for members of the. General. Assembly
shall have the right to vote at such
elections in all the boxes provided, and
every such voter who is in favor of the
manufacture . of intoxicating liquor
shall vote a ticket on which shall be
written or printed the words, "For Dis
tilleries," and. all opposed to the manu
facture of intoxicating liquors shall
vote a ticket on which shall be written
or printed the words, "Against Distil
leries;' 'and every such voter who is in
f hnr-rooma or saloons shall
Tote a ticket on which shall bo writ;,
ten or printed the words,' ""For"' Sa
loons' 'and all opposed to them shall
vote a ticket on which shall be written
or printed the words, "Against Sa
loons;" and every such voter who is in
favor of dispensaries shall vote a tick
et on which shall be written or printed
the words, "For Dispensaries,' 'and all
opposed to them shall vote a ticket on
which shall be written or printed the
words. "Against Dispensaries." Such
tickets shall be of white paper and
without device.
Section 10. That if a majority of
the votes cast in any such election shall
be "Against Distilleries." when that
question is voted upon, then it shall be
unlawful for any such person, firm or
corporation to manufacture any intox
icating liquors in such city or town
until another election But if a major
ity of the votes cast in any such elec
tion in any city or town shall be "For
Distilleries," then it shall be lawful to
manufacture and sell at wholesale in
toxicating liquors in such city Or town:
Provided, that this section shalLnot be
construed to authorize the manufac
ture of intoxicating liquors in any such
town except upon a full compliance
with the: conditions and requirements
which may now or . hereafter be im
posed by law. v
Section 11. That if a majority of tne
votes in any such election in any city
or town shall be "Against Saloons"
then it shall be unlawful for the coun
ty commissioners of any! such county, .
or the governing body of any such
town, to grant license' for the sale of
any intoxicating liquors, and any per
son engaging in the sale of any such
liquors shall be guilty, of a .misde
meanor, and shall be punished at the
discretion of the court. V
Section 12. That if a majority of the
votes cast at any such election shall be
"Against Dispensaries," then it shall
be unlawful to establish any dispensary
in such city or town until another elec
tion shall be held reversing such elec
tion. But if a majority of the votes cast
at any such election be "For Dispen
saries," then the board of commission
ers of such city or town shall establish
a dispensary therein. j
... Section 13. .That whenever it shall be
come lawful under the provision of this
act to establish a dispensary,1 in any
city ortown, the governing body of
said city or town shall appoint three
commissioners from) the' Voters of said
city or town, who in the election voted
for said dispensary, whose duty it
shall be to conduct such dispensary
under such rules andregulations; and
with such officers and? employes as may
be prescribed and albw.edby the gov
erning body of saidcitv or town, who
shall fix the compensation of said com
missioners and thir .officers and .dm-;
ployes. ' f v '-''Y'-v -" - - v
Section 14. No liquor: of any kind
shall4 be sold in said dispensary on
Sunday or election days, and said dis
pensary shall nfever be open or liquor
sold therein bVuore sunrise or after
sunset on-any flay. The prices at which
said-liquor shH pe sold. shall be fixed
i... !j .is ( irv vn?!Tf1 Provided, all
- j mf
sale-, shun hd or cash and at a profit
not to exceed 80 per centum of the cost
thereof. No liquor shall be sold in said
dispensary except in,, unbroken pack
ages or bottles; which shall contain
not less than ? one-half, pint and not
more than one quart; and it shall be
unlawful for said manager or other
person to open any such package K?r
bottle in the premises; and the said
manager shall not allow loafing, loiter
ing or drinking on the premises and
any person refusing or failing to leave
said premises afterbeing ordered to do
so by said manager shall be guilty of
A misdemeanor, ?and fined not. more
than fifty dollars or imprisoned . not
more than thirty . days. -It shall be the
duty of the manager to keep a register,
on which shall be kept a record of the
names of persons to whom any liquor
vIs sold, the quantity sold, price paid.
ana dates of sale; Provided : further,
that said register shall be open only to
the inspection of the dispensary board
and its employes, and "the contents
thereof, shall not be published. No in
toxicating liquors shall be sold to any
minors, and the dispensary board shall
make such rules and regulations not
inconsistent with this act as may be
proper for the management of the dis
pensary. If the manager or clerk shall
procure any intoxicating liquors from
any person other than those that the
dispensary board shall direct, and offer
the same for-sale, or shall! adulterate
or cause to be adulterated any intoxi
cating, spirituous, vinous or malt li
quors by mixing with coloring matter
or any drug, or ingredient whatever, or
shall mix the same with water or with
liquor or different kind of quality, or
shall make a false entry in any book
of returns required by this act, he shall
be guilty; of a misdemeanor.
Section 15. That in any town in
which- 'a - dispensary is established
under the provisions of this act it shall
be unlawful for any person, firm ; or
corporation tosell or otherwise dis
pose of for gain any intoxicating li
quors other than in the" mainner pro
vided for sale in- the dispensary as
aforesaid. Any person violating this
section shall be guilty of a misde
meanor, and fined or imprisoned, or
both, in the discretion of the court.
- SectJ on 1 ThaT ; sa id " di sp eh sar y
commissioners shall make quarterly
settlements with the governing body of
said city or town, and that said gov
erning body shall, within ten days
after such settlement, pay one-half of
the net profits of said dispensary into
the treasury; of the county in which
said city or town is located, for the
benefit of the public schools of said
county.
Section 17. That any officer or em
ploye of a dispensary established under
the provisions of this act who shall
violate any of the rules and regulations
prescribed by the governing body of
the city or town- in which vsaid dis
pensary is'located, or by the dispensary
commissioners as herein provided for.
which said rules and regulations are
hereby declared to be -ordinances of
said city or town, shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor, and. shall, upon convic
tion, be fined or imprisoned, or both,
in the discretion of the court.
Section 18. That the governing body
of any city or town, in which a dispen- v
sary sha.ll.be established under the pro
visions of this act, shall have power to
fix the terms of office of the dispensary
commissioners provided for-herein, and
determine the amount of bonds requir
ed from said commissioners. and-officers,
and shall (have) the jpower to re
move any or all of such commissioners
and any officers or employes appoint
ed by- such commissioners, for good
cause shown. k
. Section 19. .That nothing in this act -shall
be; construed to repeal alter or
amend any special act prohibiting or
regulating the manufacture and sale of
liquors in any locality, townsnip,
countv or incorporated city or town
Section 20. That this act shall be in
fdrce from and after July, 1, 1503.
Suit Azainst Vande'rbilt.
' Asheville, 1. C, Special. Complaint
in the case of M. C. - Graham against
G. W. jvanderbjilt was -filed in the
clerk's office of the Superior Court.
Mrs. Graham is suing the owner of
Biltmore House for $20,000 because of
the death of her husband in October,
1900, while in the employ of Vandsr
bilt. Graham was crossing the Fr-ench
Broad river in a
boat, ; which, it
claimed, was defective. The boat was
attached by a sort of trolley to an
'siirevhoflfl rable and owing to the s.wol-
Llen condition of , the river the boat be
came unmahagea Die anu.. nuea
water and Graham was1' drowned
with
Would Like a Guarantee.
"I wish,' said the rabbit who found
himself in the boa constrictor's cage,
"that the Monroe doctrine prevailed
in this menagerie." "What do you
mean?" inquired his snakeship. "I
wouldn't mind ; getting a good scare
how and then if I could I only be guar
anteed against being swallowed alive."
WOES OF FILIPINOS.
Misfortunes cf the People of the
Island Enumerated
SUBJECT OF A MESSAGE TO SENATE
' " . : " lv; '
Congress Urged to Giva Immediate
. Attention to the Matter and Grant
the Relief Prayed For.
Washington, Special. The President
late has sent the following message to
the Senate: . :
"I have just received ai canle from
Governor Taf t which runs as follows:
Necessity for passage of the House
tariff bill is most urgent; The condi
tions of productive industry and busi
ness, are considerably worse than in
November, the1 date of last report,: and
are growing worse each month. There
is some revival in sugar j and tobacco
prices due to expectation Of' tariff law.
The interests of Filipinos hn sugar and
tobacco is extensive and the failure of
the bill will be a blow in face of those
interests. A number of tobacco' fac
tfories will have to close,! and many
sugar haciendas will be put up for
sale at a sacrifice if the bill does not
pass. Customs receipts haye fallen off
this month one-third, showing a de
crease of purchasing power of the isl
ands. General; business is stagnant. All
political parties including labor un
ions are most strenuous in petition for
the tariff, bill. The effect ;6t its failure
would be very discouraging." "
The President endorsed! all that Gov
ernor Taf t has said, and! j hopes for a
substantial reduction in the Jariff levi
ed against Philippines goods coming
into the United States. !
"I very earnestly as1: tj??t this mat
ter receive the immediate attention of
Congress and that the relief prayed for
be granted," he says. "As Congress
knows, a series of calamities, have be
fallen the Philippine people Just as
they were emerging fronl years of a
devastating war, with the accompany
ing destruction of property and break
ing up of tne bonds of social order and
the habits of peaceful industry, there
occurred an epidemic of rinderpest
which destroyed 90 per cent, of the
Caracus, the Filipino cattle, leaving
the people without draft animals to till
the lands, or to aid in ; the ordinary
work-on the farm. At the same time a
peculiar Oriental horse disease became
epidemic fin'ther crippling transporta
tion. The rice crop, already; reduced by
various causes to but aj fourth of its
ordinary size, has been damaged by lo
custs, so that the price of rice has
nearly doubled. ,
"Under these circumstances, there is
imminent danger of famine in the isl-.
ands. Congress is in course of gener
ously appropriating $3,000,000 to meet
the ' immediate needs ; but - the indus
pensable and pre-eminent need is the
resurrection of productive industry
from the prostration into which it has
been thrown by the causes above en
umerated. I ask action in the tariff
matter, not merely from the standpoint
of wise governmental policy, but as a
measure of humanity in ' response to an
appeal to which this i great people
should not close its ears! We have as
sumed responsibility towards the Phil
ippine Islands which we are in honor
bound to fulfill. We have the specific
duty of taking every measure in our
power to see, to their prosperity.
The calamities which have befallen
them-as above enumerated could haVe
been averted by no human wisdom.
They cannot be completely repaired;
but the suffering can be greatly alevi
ated nd a permanent basis of ftiture
prosperity assured If tlie economic re
lations of tli e islands with the United
States are put upon ? Ja satisfactory
basis.':- "
(Signed). : !
"THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
"White House, Feb. 27, 1903."
Officers Southern Ice Exchange. -
Atlanta, Special. The Southern Ice
Exchange, in convention here Friday,
elected the following officers for the
ensuing term: President W. H. Howe,
of Nashville, Tenn.; vice president, C.
D. Mayfield, of Richmond, Va.; secre
tary and treasurer, W. E. Worth, of .1
Wilmington,: N. C. J; ; - -
Accused of Killing Three Wives.
Indianapolis, Special. ; Albert A.
Knapp, formerly of Hamilton, O., was
taken by the police from the home of
his bride on a charge of murder. The
police say that the wife at whose hous3
Knapp was arrested and whose maiden
. name ,was Anna mav bamuie, xs
Knapp s fourth wire, . and, tnat . tne
others have disappeared in a manner
which warrants investigation; Knapp
later confessed. J .
A SUNDAY SESSION.
the Sabbath Day."
The House held a four-hour session
Sunday and put the District of Colum
bia bill through its last parliamentary,
stage, in the face of the Democratic
filibuster: The previous question; on
the conference report on-the Alaskan
homestead bill was ordered and ,tho
vote on its adoption will be ..taken
when the House reconvenes at .11'
o'clock tomorrow morning. That was
the net result of the Sunday session,.
Although it was Sunday by the cat
endar, it was still Thursday, Febru
ary 26th, according to parliamentary
fiction. The Democrats nut a block in X
the legislative wheel at . every oppor
tunity and it required six roll-calls- to
accomplish what was done. Large
crowds watched the proceedings from
the galleries. r
When Speaker Henderson dropped?
the gavel at 'noon,-"Mr. Richardson, tha
minority leader, was on his feet. He
announced that there was evidently
no quorum present and that the House
could do no business on Sunday with
out a quorum. Thereupon, on motion
of Mr. Payne, the majority leader, a
call of the House was ordered. The
doors were closed and the sergeant-at-arms
was instructed to bring in absen
tees. At the conclusion of the call , 41
members had, appeared, more than, a
quorum, and Mr. McCleary, of Min
nesota, called up. the conference : re-
port on, the, District of Columbia ap
propriation bill. Mr. Underwood, of
Alabama, undertook to interpose the
point of order that the bill had not
been completed, but the speaker ruled
that a quorum having appeared, busk
ness would proceed The doors which,
meantime had been opened, however,
were again closed by the direction of
the speaker on Mr. Underwood's point
or order that further proceedings un
der the call had not been dispensed.,
with by the action of the House. After
"a. brief explanation of the ; report,
against the protests of Various Demo
crats : who desired to be heard, it was
adopted, 144 to 59. There was another
roll-call on . ordering the previous
question on the Alaskan homestead
bill, which was presented to Mr.
Lacey, Republican, of Iowa. A half
dozen points of order raised by tho
Democrats were ruled out and the
chair declined to entertain all ap
peals on the ground that they were
diiatory. At 3 : 55 p. 'm the House re
cessed until 11 o'clock tomorrow, with
the motion to adopt the conference re
port on the Alaskan bill.
The House committee on banking
and currency by a strict party vote,
authorized a favorable report on the
currency bill introduced by. Represent
tative Fowler, chairman .of the com
mittee.. In reporting the bill the com
mittee says: "In addition to provid
ing for the issue'and circulation of na
tional, bank notes the object of thin
measuro is to immediately put back
into circulation any money the govern
ment may collect through its custom3
receipts as well as through its collec
tion from internal revenue. The avail
able cash balance now in the Treas
ury is $622,667,882. To thisx amount
there is how in national bank de
positaries $47,755,300, leaving a net .
balance in the Treasury of $71,994,
454. If we deduct $50,000,000 as a
necessar3r working balance for the
Treasury, we shall have only ' $21,
994,454 to meet the demand on the"
Treasury growing out of the Panama
transaction, which will call for $50,
000,000. It is evident that the' govern
ment . will not have any additional:
money to deposit with national banks
for the next six or eight months. The-,
effect of this will be to release -flue
total amount of bonds now deposited
to secure government deposits, via: -$125,000,000
of government bonds and
$22,000,000 of State . and other bonds,
now held by the' Treasury in addition
thereto, as security for such deposits.
The bonds so released may then be
used by the banks lor further increas
ing their bond-secured circulation
which will undoubtedly be much
needed during the coming fall
months." ' r
The Senate spent three hours Sun
day in eulogies of four deceased mem
bers of the House. Messrs. Martin, of
Virginia; Gallinger, of New Hamp
shire; Perkins of, California; Clay, of
Georgia, and. Daniel, of Virginia,
sr)oke of the late Peter J. Otey, of Vir
ginia. Messrs. Pritchard, of North
Carolina, and Mallcry, of Florida,
spoke of the . late James Moody, of
North Carolina, uthers spoke of the
late James Tongue, of Oregon. At the
conclusion 'of the addresses the several
resolutions of regret were ' adopted.,
and as a further mark of respect, th&
morrow at 11 o'clock.
The man who always wants tn
rno3t for hif "jaorey should never pro
pose to a- woman who jars the scales
at less thaa- 200 pounds. Chicaner
Kews.