July 13, 1935
TH E STATE
Page Seven
16 Counties Vote for Liquor
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first "legal liquor
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North Carolina opened up in
Wilson last week.
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on this page give you
•onie idea of how it looks. Neither the
otitoido view or the inside view is
particularly impressive. It's just
another store, that's all.
Evidently that's the way the people
<«f Wilson County felt about it. because
the formal opening was conspicuous for
lack of interest on the part of the
general public. About $1,000 worth of
liquor was sold the first day, and the
average since then has been around that
figure.
No Special Excitement
No big crowds, no drunkenness on
the street», no excitement of any kind.
You might get the idea — from the
interior view of the store— that there
was a big rush of customers, hut such
was not the case. Most of those folks
shown in the picture were “just look¬
ing around.'*
In the meantime, other counties are
making preparations for opening their
liquor stores, and the chances are that
even liefnre you rend this, two or three
additional establishments will have
opened up.
Heavy Majorities in Most Counties
Sixteen out of .seventeen counties
voted for liquor control by heavy ma¬
jorities. Hockinghaiu County Tuesday
voted against liquor control by around
300 majority.
li is apparent that a decided change
in sentiment has taken place with respect
In legalized sale of liquor ill the state
and there are a whole Ini of |Hiople who
believe that if a state-wide referendum
were to !*• held, a majority of the voter-
would vote wet. However, that’s
largely a matter of opinion.
Here’s a list of the counties that will
have their own system of liquor con¬
trol: Pasquotank, Martin, Pitt, Nash.
Lenoir, Halifax, Carteret, Onslow,
Warren. Wilson, Edgecombe. Vance,
Beaufort. New Hanover. Craven and
Greene. Southern Pines, in Moore
County, has assured itself of a liquor
store as the result of a petition circu¬
lated among the qualified voters recent¬
ly. The same action will be taken at
I’inehurst later in the summer.
After all is said and done, however,
the most striking thing about the whole
liquor situation i« the fact that there
ha- been such little interest in the open¬
ing of the More at Wilson. The chances
are that the same status will prevail
when other countie- open up their
stores.
Most of the liquor has been told in
Wilson, by the way, is of the cheaper
quality. However, they've got some
high-grade stutf there too. It takes
some little time, though, to get folks
accustomed to paying $2.50 for n pint
of whiskey, after they have been buy¬
ing it for $1.50 per gallon.
Views of Opening ]of Liquor Store at Wilson]
