The Yanceyville Whiskey Fight: 1905
The Democrat says that petitions are being circulated in Yanceyville against the establishment of the dispensary, and that the ladies generally are signing it. The report of Chairman Bailey, which was adopted by the temperance convention last week, only favors dispensaries in towns of 4,000 or more, and then as a step to prohibition. He says:
"It is timely to make a declaration relative to the dispensary. I am sure of your applause when I say that we should declare that our aim is prohibition and nothing short of it. I have a higher aim, however, and that is the permanent cure of the drink evil. I believe in prohibition as the best remedy in rural districts and small towns. But I must believe in the dispensary or some other restraining and regulating substitute as a temporary step in towns of 4,000 population or more. And I have been forced to this belief by the history of prohibition in the United States. In a word, I advocate the dispensary as a step towards prohibition when experience has indicated that the step from high license to prohibition cannot be satisfactorily taken."
When the Yanceyville dispensary fight is carried down to Raleigh it may be that the Anti-Saloon League will take a hand against its establishment. Certainly it will if it is consistent with the report and views of Chairman Bailey, for Yanceyville is already a prohibition town, and with a population of probably less than 200.
The Reidsville Review (Reidsville, NC), 24 January 1905.
No comments:
Post a Comment