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PEOPLE’S FKIEKD
Rome, Ga., Saturday, June 21, 1873.
*• B - «• M “““> ) Associate
MRS. MARGIE P. MOSELEY, -
REV. L. R. GWALTNEY, ) - >•
Oommxiiiication from an Wert.
Van Wert, Ga., June 10, 1873.
Editors PeofSs Friend:
Bear Friend: —It may not be entire
ly without interest to some of the many I
readers of your friendly pages, to see
something relative to the cause of hu
manity in this part of the temperance ■
vinevard.
About ten months since, Providence !
or some other good friend of the tem
perance cause, diverted the steps of
our esteemed and honored brother, Dr.
Rosier into our midst with charter
and books and ail the etc., necessary
to organize a lodge of Good Templars.
At first the prospect seemed to be rath
er gloomy, but the strong faith of this
faithful soldier and apostle of Tem
perance seemed to inspire hope and
instill confidence in the hearts of his
more timid brethren, and we were will
ing to try and see what could be done.
So the banner of faith, hope and char
ity was flung to the breeze, and the
seige commenced with two of those
forcible and strongly argumentative '
lectures that he is always capable of
giving. So successful was he in di
recting his fire and in pouring hot shot
into the strong holds of the enemy
that their batteries were, for the time,
completely silenced. Not the sound
of a gun was heard or the appearance
of ascending smoke was seen above
their parapet. The result was that
Eureka Lodge was organized with
twenty members, about half of whom
were ladies. We were then with our mus
ter-roll of twenty regularly mustered
into service for the war, ami left to
skirmish with the enemy as best we |
could. As to the success we have met ■
with in these skirmishes it may be
seen in the number upwards of eighty ;
upon our roll as well as in other good t
results plainly visible in our commu- I
nitv.
The principal guns that have been fir
ed at us from the enemies lines since
the openingof the campaign have been
loaded with the desponding cry of fail- j
ure; saying that other temperance or
ganizations, have arisen and flourished
in this community for a time but have j
soon died out and left no permanently ,
good results. The little falsehood that i
this carries upon its face has to a con- .
siderable degree diluted its strength. ;
But true or false the continued upward
and onward march of Good Templar- ;
ism has about silenced that battery.
Another masked battery commenced ,
to play upon our lines not long since j
by telling our people that ours was ,
not strictly a white-man's order, Ac., .
Ac. This battery, however, soon ex- ;
ploded, and the recoil did more harm
to its supporters than the fire did to
the templar forces.
It was indeed a masked battery for .
it was fired from some dark ravine that
has not yet been fully explored. Had
it come out in open daylight and met
us in the open field the very first fire
from Art. 3dof our Constitution would
have demolished it.
A short time since it u as agreed that
we in connection with the Rock Mart
and Van Wert Sabi atii Schoo's would
have a celebration. Accordingly com
mittees of arrangements were appoint
ed by our lodge and the schools which
fixed upon the 31st of May a> the time
for this grand demonstration at which
t ime we expected no longer to be k i. >wn
as mere skirmishes in the great tem
perance army but be inarched to the
front under the gallant lead of our com
mander in chief. Judge Underwood,
who was selected as temperance orator
for the occasion. Failing in this we
endeavored to secure the services of
bis Secretary of war, Brother Robin
son Other engagements prevented
Ins coming of which we did ne t learn
until it was feared that we might p. s>i
bly be without a sjH-aker for the eec:>-
lom In time, however, to prevent
a failure. Rev. Mr. Brooks, of Floyd,
was seen by the committee, and he
consented to speak for us.
So on the day fixed at an earl;.' h »ur
a long proc ->ion of Sabbath > fiools
and Good Templars was formed and
with floating banners with appropri
ate mottoes took up the line of march
to the scene of action, a beautiful
grove near the young and thriving
city of Rock Mart.
To do justice to all the exercises of
the occasion is a task too great for my
feeble pen to attempt. It is sufficient
to say that all of the speakers acquit
ted themselves most nobly, while the
singing by the two schools was de
lightful, animating, and soul-stirring,
evincing the fact that among the many
good lessons taught the science of mu
sic had by no means been neglected.
One interesting and novel feature in
this department was the singing of
some songs by the Welch members of
the Van Wert Sabbath school in their
own native tongue, and though we
could not tell a single word they sang,
we felt that nothing but sacred and
appropriate words could be set to such
Heavenly music.
The speakers for the Sabbath
schools were AQ'. Ataway, of Rock
Mart and R v. Mr. Headen and Rev.
Mr. Millner, of Cartersville. Ga. Their
speeches were all delivered in a style
so captivating as to hold spell-bound
the large and appreciative audience
present to hear them. The speakers,
while saying a great many good things
in favor of Sabbath schools, did not
fail to put in a few heavy licks in favor
of temperance, by clasping it a co-work
er with them in the great work of
moral reform, and bysome happy allu
sions to the in jtto inscribed upon our
banner, which is, Pi ‘claim the fallen and
save andfr:>m falling.
The Sabbath school speeches, songs,
Ac., lasted until the hour for dinner,
when that very important part of the
programm was announce 1, an i all
were iiivi. d to tables 1 >aded with
those goof hings that tempt the ap
petite and satisfy the cravings of
the inner-mam ‘'All did eat and
were filled." or if they did notit was
their own fault for there was plenty
and to spare, and all fixed up in that
peculiar style which has given renown
to the noble women of this noble old
Euharlee '. alley.
Dinner being over, the congregation
was again invited to the stand for a
grand temperance rally, when after
singing that good old battle song of
the Good Templars, “we are gather
ing for the conflict,” our speaker was
introduced, and well and faithfully did
he perform his part. He placed the
temperance cause in its true light and
position while by appropriate anec
dotes he assigned drunkenness and
drunkard making to that position that
society, and the good of our race de
mands that it should occupy. At the
conclusion of this speech the list was
opened for recruits, to the temperance
army, when quite a number enlisted,
eleven of whom met at the lodge room
on the evening of the same day and
were regularly mustered into service.
Others have been initiated since, and
still others are awaiting our next reg
ular meeting, and we feel inspired
with a stronger hope for the cause
than ever before. We know that our
people need no other beverage than
that so bountifully supplied by
these sparkling springs and purling
rills that d ish their sparkling waters
from the sides of those grand old
mountains, that envizion us ri-zlit in
our midst, forming the ’< autiful Eu
harlee that winds its way like a silver
thread thr< ugh this lovely valley.
We feel that our people are and of
right, ought to be free from the reign
ing curse of Alchohol. And in the
name and right of humanity v.. maim,
ami with the smiles an 1 aid of lovely
women and the blessing of God, shall
hold this lovely laud as ours.
A T* Mrr.AR.
The last words of George Driver,
lately executed for murder, worn nrm
an excellent text fur a temperance
tract. S<l:ing the ropt and m-ldii fit
uu before those assembled t > him
executed, he said: “M hiskv has done
this for me. When any of ' >u take
drink hereafter, tifink of this I >pe
and remember me.
It is whisky that can—s : r-. crime
and mi-» ry than anything ei- .
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th it ill i k Om - f 1874.
Rome Hotel.
This hotel, which has been late
ly refitted, and repaired, is one of
the best stopping-places both for
transient and permanent boarders
that we have met with in our
travels through the State. Being
very convenient to the depot, in
j fact less than one hundred yards
t distant, it is the most desirable
• hotel in the city lor travelers, as
they are never in any danger of
being delayed in their journey.
Mr. J. A. Stansbury, the proprie
tor, is one of the most polite and
attentive gentlemen that it has
been our trend fortune to meet
with. In addition to this, the
rooms arc arranged to secure com
fort as well as convenience, and
this, together with the polite and
attentive servants, the nearness
’ io the business part of the city,
and above all the good cheer
which is set forth in the greatest
abundance “three times a day,”
attests to its worth as a boarding
house for the business men of the
city. We have never made a tour
of inspection through the house,
but one cannot but be struck with
the tasteful and even luxurious
finish and arrangement of the
parlor and dining-room, and we
infer from this that the remainder
of the house is finished in propor
tion. The outside arrangement
has not suffered on account of the
inside. The balcony in front with
the breezes from the river contin
ually playing upon it, is a fine
, place to sit and enjoy the beauti
i ul scenery down the Coosa,gilded
by the rays of the setting sun, etc.
Try the Home Hotel one time,
and if yon are not satisfied, all we
have to say is, you are hard to
satisfy. See Advertisement.
“Strawh; Suicides.” —We have been
iipc.il oibCL. to clirouiclu events
of a ciiutre.jsmg nature; but among the
mostpaimiui duties, which come within
the province of journalism, is to record
the commission of that fearful sin to
ward Him who has “set his canon
gainst self-slaughter.” We notice
from the Boston Globe a half column
of horrors under the caption of
“strange suicides,” among which were
five directly traceable to the use of ar
dent spirits, and one only seventeen
years of age. Do not these things call
loudly for reform and a suppression of
gambling and drinking hells?
We sincerely wish that tiie law
throughout the land would make it a
requisite to obtaining a license to sell
liquor, that the signatures of the
surviving relatives of all suicides in
the place be obtained, approving the
petition.
Sedalia, since ISGB, has had eleven
suicides and four attempts, and, with
a single exception, we fa.il to see any
thing “strange in them. Let us hope
i for b >tter things. O! that men should
' put into then mouths that which will
stc • 1 away their I>rains. — 7’ #;-•
Lot:.- vjt.ee, Ga., Jun' 10, 1-73
I DimTHER Mo .e.'.l:: —I initiated mght
persons la t night in our lodge; we ire
making giganl druggies.
Yom , in F. H. A C„
J. J. Keith.
| j Brother Keith’s letter containing
the cash for ten subscribers.. Who
else will send us the same.—Ed.
ROMS HOTEL,
(FORMERLY TENNESSEE HOUSE.)
_ J. A. STANSBURY, Proprietor.
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MERCANTILE LIBRARY ASSO'N.
OF THE CITY OF LEAVENWORTH KANSAS.
In accordance with the act of the Legislature, and
their Articles of Incorporation, the. Board of Directors
announce their first
Grand Gift Concert and Distribution by lot among the
ticket holder of
»<33'J,555 lIV CASH
at LAING’S HALL, Leavenworth, on the 25th day of
June. 1873,f0r rhe lx nefit of th') Library.
31,W33 Casti UiH* ain’tlug to $33*4,553
'I his enterprise is endorsed by the Governor. Secreta
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lustruct.on. Tr—isurer of State, Mayor and common
Council of Leavenworth, and ml lending business men
of the state, and the certainty of the distribution and
payment of gifts, as advertised, is fully guaranteed,
Tickets $2 each. 3 for $5. 6 foe $lO.
Memorandum of Cash Gifts t> be distributed June
25th,1873.
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Capitalist, H D }’u>!i Lumber, C R More
head Merchant, H W Gidet Merchant. J
Is Wever M D. G F Prescott Commercial,
J W English Lawyer. J B Kif hm Farm
er. C M di-r (.Abhier Ger. 88, E T Carr
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President, Geo. F Prescott Sec, C Moller
Treasurer.
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June 11, ftf.