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LIFE OF GEN. NEAL DOW. HE LED MAINE INTO PEOHIBITION. ' Tho Beginning of His Career as a Prohibitionist. HIS LIFE THREATENED AT -, WELDON. Richmond Times. Neal Dow was the originator of the Maine law, and the pioneer prohibi tionist in this country. He lived in a large, spacious, old-time brick house In the very heart of Portland, surround ed by a large, well-kept lawn. He built this house 02 years ago. From the front windows, across the street, you look over to the house of his son, Col onel Fred N. Dow, the house th which he was born. Here in this pleasant home, the old temperance nero passed to the. distant home, "where ah is made right that so puzzles us here." A leonine face, crowned with profusion ol snowy white hair, a warm grasp of the band, and you are .welcome to his house, eyen now in his last sickness, provided you leave your cigar behind you. In this dying hour he illustrated tne philosophy that carried him through life, and made him the central figure of a remarkable reform. General Dow came of good old stock, being a descendant of his father's side in the seventh generation, from Henry Dow, who came to this country from Norfolk, England, in 1637, and on his mother's side from Christopher Hall, who came from England in 1645. His extensive reading and talking with men everywhere refined and polished his style, and gave him a command of English quite unusual either upon or off the platform. His pronunciation was clear and distinct. He was a successful business man, dealing in real estate, was a tanner be fore the war, and has been connected with1 many business enterprises. At the age of 75 he met with misfortune that would have crushed most men. Rev. D. B. Peck got himself elected treasurer of the State, and then began to play with the cash and finally de limited to the extent of $100,000. Gen eral Dow, who was on Peck's bond, had to make up the amount. Next Cash ier Gould, a favorite, followed id Peck's footsteps with $20,000, which the Gen eral had to make up. He honorably stood up under these losses. A Whig, while that party lasted, he helped to organize the Republican par ty and was elected' mayor of Portland. He has twice represented the city in the State Legislature. Much discus sion has ensued as to the origin of the Maine law. General James Appleton, as far back as 1832, urged the restrict ion of the traffic of intoxicating drinks, and in 1836 he made a report covering the whole subject. But the lact re mains that until Neal Dow framed the Maine law, there was no similar enact ment on the statute books of any na- .tion or State. Only a few weeks ago, then feeble irom infirmity and age, he described to a newspaper man, while sitting com fortably in his new library, his "den," as he called it, the origin of this re markable law. . i "It was a good many years ago, and I TY;is sitting in this same house quite late one evening. In answering a knock at the door I found a lady whom I knew very well as the wife of a gov ernment official in this city. He was a periodical drunkard, and on this very night was down town on a spree. His wife wished me to get him home quiet ly because if he was drunk next day he might lose his position. I started out and found him in the back room of one of the down town saloons. I said to the keeper in a quiet way : wish you would sell no more liquor to Mr. Blank.' 'Why Mr. Dow.' he said, 'this is my business,. I must supply my cus tomers.' 'That all may be,' I replied, 'but here is this gentleman' with a large family depending upon him for support. If he goes to his office to morrow drunk, he will lose his place, I wish you would sell him no more.' He became somewhat angry, and told me that he, too, had a family to support and said that he had a license to sell liquor to whomsoever he pleased. 'So you have a license, have you? and you , support your family by destroying that man's? We'll see about this.' I went home thoroughly determined to devote my life to suppressing the liquor traffic in the best way possible. The Maine law originated in that rum shop." In 1846 the Legislature of. the State enacted a law, but it did'not" carry with it the means of enforcement Still un- discouraged, Neal Dow roused the forces of emperance, and together in 1S50 they went before the people with their proposition of total prohibition. The election showed the defeat of near ly every member of the Legislature who had voted atchinst prohibition. The new Legislature was enlightened by the discussion that too place and which was led by Neal Dow. It was a crucial moment. But- it was passed through all its stages in one day tne last day of the session to be enacted, and upon its prompt approval by Got. Hubbard took effect from that mo ment. . The Maine law " reversed the policy of license and substituted the policy of absolute prohibition of the manufacture and sale of alcoholic h- quors except for medicinal and mechan ical purposes and the arts.. Thus came to pass on of the most remarkable laws ever put upon the statute book and one that has affected the legislation of the world. There was a struggle over this, and the traffic, hiding from the light of day slunk away in cellars and back al leys. So high had feeling run that in June, 1855, what was known as the "Rum Riot" took place in Portland. The Maine law provides for agencies, one in each city and town, to sell for medicinal and mechanical purposes. General Dow said : "I was mayor and chairman of a committee of the board of managers and aldermen to purchase necessary li quors for the city agency. This the committee did and the liquors were de posited in the cellar of the city hall, under the apartment on the ground floor, which had been assigned for the agency. The rummies swore if they couldn't sell no body should, and so they made complaint that the liquors so purchased and deposited were the mayor's intended for sale on his ac count and swore to it. 'The mob, encouraged by the politi cal bosses of that time, made an assault on that place todestroy the liquors. The police force was small and unequal to cope with the rascals, ana the mayor called out a military company, and af ter long suffering from the mob's throwing of stones, I ordered the men to be taken into the apartment and to defend it at any cost. In doing this one of the mob, the leader, was killed several wounded and the mob dispersed. The bosses organized a second in quest and tried to have me indicted for murder, but failed. 'It vyas a year before that when my house was assaulted, and two years be foreTPhen I was hung in effigy, and five or six years before when I was as saulted in the streets by a hired bully." At the outbreak of the war General Dow at the request of Governor Wash burn, began to recruit a regiment. He was commissioned colonel of the Fif teenth Maine Volunteers, and sailed in Butler's expedition for New Orleans, but was wrecked on the way. The storm was so high that it seemed very evident that the ships must go to the bottom. A lot was drawn from head less matches, and the captains of the regiments were required to draw to see who should go from the overloaded ship to the Mt. Vernon. Five Maine companies were drawn to go to the larger ship. Butler said : , "Col. Dow, you had better go with these men on board the Mt. Vernon; they will be safer there." "And leave you here, general ?" "Oh, yes, I must stay here." "Unless you order it I snail do no such thing. I shall stay with the ma jority of my regiment, and stand by you," and Butler adds'that he did. He was afterwards with Butler when he ran the forts. . . He was commissioned a general by Abraham Lincoln, and at the seige of Vicfesburg, in 1863, was taken prisoner by 4Gen. T. L. Mitchell, of Rome, Ga., who was ordered to take him to Rich mond. Capt. Mitchell adds : "Dow had been in command of a brigade of negro troops, and was attached to Gen eral Butler's division. All the name less outrages of thieyes, guerillas and vagabonds, were directly charged upon Butler and Dow, with a childishness born jf ignorance and prompted by malice." When Mitchell reached Sel ma, Ala., there was a large number of refugees from New Orleans there. Some body telegraphed tov Selma that Mitch ell was on the way there with Dow in custody. Mitchell's coolness and bra very narrowly saved him from death at the hands of a mob. At Weldon N. C, his life was again threatened. Hg was put in Libby prison, and there delivered almost daily temper ance lectures. Dow's temperance mat inees were very popular, and the "boys" would cheer him to the echo. They would crowd around, and sign his Dledges conditionally, "till this cruel war is over," or "till we get out of this," or "till we get where whisky, is cheap." One day in looking out of the prison window at the risk of his life, he saw a nearly barefoot Yankee prisoner be ing led along by two Confederates. Dow called to him from the window and thrfcw down his own shoes and stockings. r Nine months in Libby, and he was exchanged for General Fitzhugh Lee, and returned to his old home, amid the congratulations of thousands of friends. Since then, he had been very active in temperance meetings, in lec tures, and meetings on both sides of the Atlantic, and in 1888, he was nom inated for President oi the United States, by the prohibition party. General Dow was born on the 20th of March, 1804, and was in his ninety fourth vear. Some Pertinent Questions. , If you had chills, arid a druggist of fered you'a medicine to cure, or money refunded, would you try it? I Do you think he would make such an offer if he did not confident-believe it would cure you ? Could he afford to refund' the money for a quack medicine? . Very well : now to the point. The proprietors of Dr. David's Chill Tonic have instructed all druggists handling tneir Chill Cure to refund the money in case of failure to cure. (If not at vour drueeist's write the nmnriAtim Owens fc Minor Drug Co., Richmond, Va.) They Bead Ads. Southern Publisher i ' One of the largest advertisers in Lon don says : "We once hit upon a novel expedient for ascertaining over what area our advertisements were read. We published a couple of half-column 'ads,' in which we purposely mis-stated half a dozen historical facts. In less than a week we received between 300 and 400 letters from all parts of the country, from people wishing to know why on earth we kept such a consummate idiot, who knew so little about English his tory. The letters kept pouring in for three or four weeks. "It was one of the best-paying 'ads.' we ever printed, but we did not repeat our experiment, be cause the one I refer to served its pur pose. Our letters came from school boys, girls, professors, clergymen, school teachers, and, in two instances, from eminent men who have a world-wide reputation. I was more impressed with the value of advertising from these two advertisements than I should have been by volumes of theories." TAILOR MADE CLOTHING -0aO-Would you be well dressed? If fo we can help you. We lead where others dare not tread. 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Good Brick on Hand all the time. . D.x A. LZ ADITS', 1-10-95-ly Scotland NeckN. C. MENTKUT THIS PAPER. mwm 131 Atlantic coast Line. W. & W. R. R. AND BRANCHES. CONDENSED SCHEDULE. TRAINS GOING SOUTH. Dated Sept No. 23. No. 6i. no- 28, '97. Daily. Dally. AJaiiy. A. M. P M. A. M. Lv. Weldon 11 50 9 44 Ar. Rocky Mt.12 52 10 Ar.Tarboro, Lv.Tarboro, 12 12 Lv. Rocky Mt. 1 00 10 39 5 45 Lv Wilson 2 05 xi xo Lv Selma 2 50 LvFayetteville4 15 107 Ar Florence O oO - No 47. Daily. Lv Wilson 2 13 7 do LvGoldsboro 3 10 9 35 Lv Magnolia 4 16 8 29 Ar Wilming'n 5 45 10 00 p M AM TRAINS GOING NORTH. No 78 No 32 Daily Daily Lv Florence 8 45 8 35 Fayetteyille 12 20 10 33 LvSalma 100 Ar Wilson 142 12 22 am" f m Daily Daily Lv Wilmington 9 35 7 00 Lv Magnolia 10 02 5U Lv Selma 12 01 9 36 Ar Wilson 12 05 9-55 am P M No 78 No 32 No 40 Daily Daiiy Daily P M P M P M Lv Wilson 120 113ft 10 23 ArMnnkvMfc 2 17 12 11 11 05 Ar Tarboro Lv Tarboro 2 23 12 12 Lv RockyMt 2 17 Ar Weldon 3 32 12 11 101 A M Train rm Scotland Neck Branch road loaves Wfildon 4.10 d m.. Halifax 4.28 p m, arrives Scotland Neck at 5.20 p m Greenville 6.57 p m, Kmston .oo p m. Returninsr leaves Kinston 7.50 am, Greenville 8.52 a m. Arriving Halifax at 11.20 a m., Weldon 11.4U a m, dnilv excent Sundav. Trains on Washington Branch leave Washington o.zu a m, .arrives at rar melA 8 fiO n. m. retnrniner leaves Panne le 9.50 a m., arrives Washington 11.25 a m.-Dailv except Sunday. Connecw with trains on Albemarle and Raleigh Railroad and Scotland Neck Branch. Train Ipnvfis Tnrhoro. via Albemarle & Raleigh road Daily except Sunday, 5.30p m, Sunday 3.00 p m, arrive Wil liam'ston. 7.18 n m.. 4.20 p. in., Fly month 7.35 n m. 5.20 d m. Returning leaves Plymouth, Daily except Sunday, 7.30, a. m. Williamston 7.30 a m., 9.58 a m. Arrive Tarboro y.ol) a m 11 20 n. m. Trains on Southern Division, Wilson and Fayetteville Branch leave Fayette ville Branch leave Fayetteville 0.30 p m. arrive Rowland 7.11 a m. Return- insr leave Rowland 7.35 a in, arrive at Fayetteville 9.19 a m. Daily except Sunday. Train on Midland, N. C, Branch leaves Goldsboro, daily except Sunday Returning leaves Smithfield 8.00 a m nrrivfi Gnldshnr 9.30 a. m. Train on Nashville Branch leaves Rocky Mount at 6.20 p m. arrives Nash 7.15 p m., Spring Hope ;7.40 p m Returning leaves Spring nope o.UU m., Nashville 8.35 a m. Rocky Mount 9.15 a m., daily, except Sunday. , Train on Clinton branch leaves War saw for Clinton daily except Sunday at 6.20 p m., and 11.15 a m. Return ing leaves Clinton at 8.20 a m., and 3 10 p m connecting at Warsaw for Clin ton, daily, except Sunday at 6.20 p m, and 11.15 a m. Returning leaves Clin ton at 8.20 a m., and 3.10 p m., con- at Warsaw with Nos. 41, 40, 23 and 78. Trains No. 57 South bound and 14 North will stop oaly at Rocky Mt, vv llson, Goldsboro and Magnolia. Train No. 8 makes close connection at Weldon for all points North daily. All rail via Richmond,and daily except Sunday via Bay Line, also except Sun day, with Norfolk and all pomte norlh via .Norfolk. JOHN F. DIVINE, J. R. KENLY, General Sup't Sup't Trans. T. M. EMERSON, Genl Pas. Agt, NORFOLK & CAROLINA R. R. . CONDENSED SCHEDULE. Dated May 16, 1897. Daily ex. San. South Bound Trains. Daily ex. Sun. North Bound Trains. Stations. No. 103 No. 49 P. M. A. M. No. 48 No. 102. P. M. A. 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