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THE HERALD,
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thursday. jjtjnk 16 1881.
one of them say that they lavor temper
ance but can't vote for this bill because
it don't prohibit, watch them, they are
- j trying t0 pureuade themselves and oth
ers that there la no stability in the act
because they dopt w flint it enforced.'
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k.'Mea Drink.
Mr. Leodl English writer, puts
the foliowhk language in the mouths
of those wtirilit the rum-seller's den i
, There1! aV faonev eive me drfnk 1
' There's the cBihine. food, and fire of
Tbs fo'.lowiotr geU-men com- . Did.it oyer occur to you my friend?; ay wife atdcildren give me drink !
po2e the .Prohibition organization j that eUce liquor has heeu prohibited There's education .of the family
; oij election days and on Sunday that j at! the pfesce bf the house --give me
, comparatively speaking, no quarrels drink ! Ttfere Vths rept Thave robbed
and .fights and frtlier disgraceful dera - J from the fciioolm aster, and innumera
j onstratio's ere indulged in on thoac. i ble articl
oas. lnnk ot o,ur -old lasluon dec- shoji kee
tiou days when whiskey could be had-; me out dr
at everyt precinct and of the number! for iCTh
for Cabarrus county
Dr W H Lilly, President.
Ctias F Walter, Secretary .
,G C Bluuie, Ttca&uter.
Q (j Montgomery and .A S Kch
'UrdEun, County; Canvassers.
Chairmen of TownshibExecuti ' W?nd difficulties you witnessed, peacof x
Committees as follows:
At an election now such a thing as al as a man
Have robbed from the
r give, me drink! Pour
;K. for more I wuTyet pay
s my health, of body, and
iid there! smy; 'Character
md mviWQiemon as a
Towubhip No 1, Ciceto Alexander. I'difficulty is not known except by Cbrjtetain-4i give up $pive me
Township No 2, D S Cal dwell. f some, one who prepared his jug the ' drink yet I have,-, to . give!
towneinp io .-s, Mwam btire.walt. ; day before and jtt drunk to show 'Thereby heavenly inheritance and
his manhood ! So if prohibition helps thcetenai friendship of the Redeem
ing; cd these!
it help if put in force all the time?
matters on those days, why wouldn't j cd thfce i3 all hope of salvation! I
This is an argument familiar to all . (Ad ! 1
and we ask in all 'candor if
Township No 4, F S Goodman.
. Township' No 5, Cyrus Alexander.
Towuebip No 6, J M F(aggart.
Township No 7, J ILMoose.
Township No 8, L G'(UeUig:
Township No 9, A 11 Smith"
TowDBhip 'No 10, Jonah Hartscll. i convining ?
Township No 11 Joseph R White, I T
Townnhip No 12, Will 11 Odnll. j The ladies' prohibition, dub met at
.. ,..... . . -T-- j the Mhpdit church on last Monday
The Stale Journal dubs the prbhK j evening. All tlie officers . present. 1 Af-
" bition law the "mean" liquor law.
We hardly expected such a lefF hand
ed blow as this against the cause he
so stubbornly supports. Mean . liquor
is truly the c:mse of this grat .pop
ular upheave!, and mean liquor, is at
the bo' torn of all the trouble we have 1 man's power ta prevent it.
with each other. Perhaps the Jour-
lifil mcinn tLnt tlie law, is mean, but
.he certainly leaves it open for the
construction we have placed upon it.
i give up .Savior ! . I give up my
n all AIL that is
it is not ' and glorijj4 ip the universe. I resign
forever ,tUci may be drank..
grfat
ter receiving a huiTiher of new mem
bers and transacting bucir.e- of a gen"
eral nature, Mayor W. (I. Moa: s , was
called for and responded iu a tirring
and beautiiully worded spet-ow 0f -about
25. minutes. His subject was "The so-
cial right of man to get drunk ani wo-
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prominent colored. Uishops in North 1 to deliver.the a.cJdre8.3(for the occasion,
Hrgjuja, and one wjto wieius an in
fluency fijr goorl and whoso leashing?
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For the HeriLd. ll
Mr. Editor: I w;ah to ask why 8p,ma
ny of the eecular papers of the 8: are
either neutral or opposing the p!hi
bition movement? Are they, or arjy ot
them, subsidued? Some of the editor
attended the liquor convention. . :V.
that the proper place for the ptfpie'e
watchmen to be, whose duty it 1:3 to
warn them of danger, and to cry kioud.
against all exis'iog evils? Arethe! net
the lights of the land, through vbofti
the people may steer safely inter he
desired haven of peace and prosprit$t
Verily instead of that they appearrto be
either like dumb idols that have mouths
but epak not, eyes bu see. notf ears
but hear Dot. Or like the false prhets
that strengthen the hands of evil cjpers,
and say to the makers and selerol in
toxicating drinks, ye ehall have je?ce-
no evil shal) come upon you. (Jrahey
are like the. blind leading the blih,il;un
til they bGh.foll.into the ditch leral
ly into the.djtch where other animaiH
ometinio" wrI pw, pr
From etiieh fa'se teacheri and
Lliud dt gtn.'Vl Lord, deliver Us and
Cat. VippfRf Chvlctie
remarked gentleman on our streets
on last Moipay, 'in reply tohota is
prohibition uiog 'on! in Charlotte?
That the plpehad liieially nothing
to do norv ana put in a ge'atijjeal of their
The folipwing card, . wii qk ap
peared in the Ijeuoir Topic it' last
iect was thoroughly and feelingly di.
cussed and rpet with a warm response jheads from the Billy, i aX a-wed by
wek, nhowR the right spirit:
Editor Topic:In the 'proceed
ings of an anti prohibition mating,
held in B onp on the 27rh (ftMay,
time fishing ind.lomiginj? about. Does 1881, and published in the jfepic
this "mead that prohibition is doinst no j am named at a tnetnber the
good? Ooly g ,eh;rt time ago every j
mornings "Ohservei" had more or les.s
cases of drunk x and 40w and s-jre
ood. one of the
from hiat Jiearers'. It was decided to
hold a mass meeting in the Methodist
church on next Thursday evening at 8
moat) o'clock and Rev. Thorn well was invited
The galleries of the church were set
.dunk itnse facts are neF enough
horte for us all to see and kt)ow for
ourselves. Prohibition will do good
and is oVing good in every place where
liquor is 'not sold. Look at our own
Town is it as drunken as it was .whn
rwiir-hip executive commute . tot
B owing RlocU.lownibip.
As I -vva$ not present
!ncetinii. my name .was . thufW used
without ray knowledge or .consent
at paid
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am n t a total abstainer, neither do I
ike the pnJribifion biU passeiijy the
lute Legislature, therefore Lu! ; have
it?.;
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apart for our colored friend and all, ' V'e open en r Answer um-i ' 1:1,:, iVif m.,
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lift I
ic Star of Zion, pro
welb-attended . and much enthusiasm
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I and intefest is manifested by the mem
bers of the club.- They seem much en-
the action of that re. couraced in thft work and avrv a Ho.
Vest" s oly of politicians whiih termination to use every means in their
power to prosecute it vigilantly to the
end. Tptthis cluo of ladies n?uch praise
niarR ;n RIr.ih snme Vlnva nrrn.
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B8eicar4 fullv the Hishoo's ttnrd
ou will see at once the ring of
true metal. .
'Can't; vote tor prohir. 1 ion be-
c.R'de it allowe drug stores only to
elllv ie often heard on the streets.
It ia admitted that skillful drug
giatfi alone should sell poison and if
whiskey is really p;sonous, as is
proven in many cac.es, it looks (ike
he legislature acted wisely in
throwing tbeae rettrict inns aronod
it.. ' ..
If any man opposes the temperv
is due and our success so far is due in
a great measure to their .untiring ener
gy and promptness in thq full discharge
of any duty imposed upon them,
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'We can't see how any man. that
desires to., see our fair lend prosper
and the young rqep encouraged in all
that tends to their peaceand happiness,
and the , ladies assisted in their efforts
to make, hpme happy and , cheerful,
who desires improvement generally,
can yote against prohibition. We
cannot reconcile cur feelings to the
fact that a man can aid morals and
virtue, temperance and religion, and
crease, and but for a few isolated.
Chronic cases a stranger wou'd imagine
that not a drop could be had iu Town,
Some . men will drink no matter what
it costs even their souta- but you. can
nay that if the temptations are removed
that intemperance, if not totally ban
ished, will in a great measure decrease
and finally 'disappear only to be.. used,
as it should be for medicine.
F r tbe Her all.
Satan's Bait for Souls.
The Witness says: One of eatuns 'chief
agencies for filling the earth with mis
ery and dragging souls to hell, in the
use of intoxicating drinks. And who
are its chief defenders and abettors.
1. The vast army of distillers, brew
ers, and wholesale, and retail' liquor
sellers. These men mass great wealth,
by their .nefarious business, which they
employ freely to protect their interests
bition not lor myown gdjiit for i
the benefit of the young srenration. !
lour,'! respect Tolly J.;U.
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Biowing R ick, Watauga po.tN. C
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Every colored nepper . in-North
Cirolina save one, and that one l ueu
trrtl, favors prohibition. Ib not ttis aig-
nifi,'an.? Raleigh Banner.
' ntice ruovetnent j'lst bocansa.Bomeipis or her influence in favor of raeas
one whom ho does not like person
'ally advocates it, h : is not williDg
tp show his faith by hiood works
erid dorn jhimsttlt and his family a
great wrtjng.
' lion D (i K8ellut W-iuni.ngton
wriiep that he will apeak in Uyor
of" prohibition, at several placeerin
North Carolina this snmtner.
at the 8are time refrain from lending from the attacks of religion and tem-
In hii rech last Mnd iy, th1 coT
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ored oratur iVice, insisted thaf!t there
was ho politics involved in throhiv
bition movement. Th repblin ex
ecutive committee hnd endeavohred to
force it into piditios, but it wan tro go.
II said that it waa a moral qution,
and tthould be settled as such. Krapfr'
liu Timen. 1
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I4or evory inan that died of 60'akr
bite for want of whiskey, how
many men to your knowledge died,
hv a too free ueo of whit-k?y ?
ures that will bring about these results.,
The above is clipped from the Banner
a live paper of this city, published by
Mr. Jno- H. Williamson, colored, in
the interest of the colored. State Fair.
The Banner is not only a . credit to the
race it represents, but is doing credit
to the State as a bold, undaunted advo
cate . of sobriety and virtue. Let it and
the cauHe it advocates . be sustained.
State Prohibition Organ.
Wliat Dr. Satchwell Said.
'A, thousand diseases follow in the
trail'' And, are concomitants of the use
of intoxicating drink. So
deadly is this. demon liquor, that the
legislature which orders skull and cross
If prohibition don't, prohibit why is tQ u ?aped oq every bottle of
it that the liquor dealers are so bitterly
opposed to it!8
The great argument ned by the li
quor men is that prohibition will not
prohibit. If that is so why do theso li
quor dealers fiht the bill so perfistont
y ! They know as well as
can be that, this law will' be en
forced and that-the trattic will cease to
b reamneratire' Whenever you hear
poison might well order the same em
blem to be placed upon every Jottle or
barrel of liquor. As
president of the State Board of Health
it is my duty to warn the people of this
Sta'e of the awful dangers of drink
bodily and mentally." Tucker H,!l
Address, April i?7. 1S8.
perance, and to extend jiheir traffij as
fast and as far as possible..
2. Bf those who have acquired a
liking for intoxicating drinks and ha
bitually ut-e them, or. occasionally go
on a spree. These., to be consistent,
must defend , the practice si drinking
and the traffic in liquor.!
3 Next come the expounders and
dispensers of medicine, who prescribe
intoxicating liquors for many kinds of
ailment, and weakly persons, and
sometimes for persons not so wal .
The habit of drunkenness is thus grad
uallj formed, and satan gains hia end.
Are such doctors, in any sense, cold
blooded murderers!
4. Those clerical gentleman who
speak of alcoholics as 'good creatures of
God' to be used in moderation, and to
be received with thanksgiving. Theee
ministers preach the gospel, which of
fers salyation to all, and yet they en
couragt a habit that lead directlj to
the loss of the soul, and renders great
aid t the enemy and adversary of the
hum r rce ; J S. H.
Tartu s wishing to purchaee t&wing I
Machines, or anything in. .the' wirie of
Sewing Machines, - will do wel see
Mr N. F. YoRKK.- at Canno'tos &
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Fetzer's ;
He has (10) Ten different makes of
m.ichines and will sell them jrt the
ribt jiriees. lie has them fromsix
teen to t hirtv dollars. , if
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