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ft Demorest Day Edition.” THE DEMORESTTIMES is the ONLY Paper Printed in
DEMOREST DAY
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AT THE NORTH-EAST GEOR¬
GIA CHAUTAUQUA.
Proceedings on Demorest Day—The
Speeches of Hob. W. J. Demo
rest and Wife—Biography of
Mr. Demorest.
DBSSOREST DAY——MONDAY, AUGUST
20, 1894.
Monday evening at 3 o’clock
Mayor Bangs welcomed Hon. W.
Jennings Demorest to the^city in a
very neat speech, to which Mr.
: Demorest made a'short reply.
After Mr. Demorest’s speech the
contest for what was to be a gold
-medal was begun. There not be¬
ing but five contestants it was im¬
possible to contest for the Demo
rest gold tgedal, as not less than
Six persons who have won the sil¬
ver medal can contest for the gold
medal.
Mr. Demorest gave the winner,
-Miss Lottie Safford, a memento
made of a gold dollar, to which
was added by citizens of town, a
silver dollar, and each other con¬
testant also received a dollar.
After the contest Mrs. Stain
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jbaugh gave horsmmitatioo of the
Mocking Bird, and was enthustus
encored.
In-the evening a grand concert
was f^tven, participated in by Mr.
.Hills, Miss Wurlz and Mrs. Wing¬
field. After the concert Hon. W.
Jennings Demorest gave one of the
- heist speeches that has been made
before the Chautauqua. Among
other strong points brought out was
tiiut the liquor traffice cost the peo-
3$ i ,000,000,000, a year, and to
ae.of its effegts a like amount
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that is, courts, jails, etc. This, if
divided among the people of the
United State would give each'fain¬
tly $160. If this amount of money
was turned into the legitimate
channels of trade we would have
such prosperity as the world has
never before known. '
4* A # speech an informal rc
j twu held at the Demorest Demorest and
Inn in honor of Mr.
wife, where they met and shook
Is with a great many people—
citizens and visitors, which
» pleasing affair to our people.
PROHIBITION CLUB.
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DEHOREST, HABERSHAH COUNTY-, QA ., SEPTEMBER 2i, 18$4‘
The voice of sublimest eloquence,
culling from the most complete
vocabulary upon language* would
vainly seek for words of depth
and bredth and warmth to fitly
wreath our heartfelt welcome.
“In taking the name,Demorest,to
confer upon this spot among the
green hills of Georgia, we were not
unmindful of the fact-that to de
serve that name and wear it worth
ily we must dig deep to lay our
foundation on the anamantine rock
of principle; that we must rear the
superstructure out of the firm,
strong timbers of truth and right;
that we*must roof the whole with
sheltering virtue, and paint purity
and nobleness on every crowning
minarefand. towering spire.
“Never forgetting these worthy
ambitions we have striven to honor
the name that had already been
won and dignified and enobied by
him whom we welcome here today.
“As his name has ever been a
synonym of progress, so have we
striven to be ever in the vanguard
of human advancement; us he has
ever been Christianity’s defender,
so we have pot the church in the
foreground of our work ; as he has
ever championed sobriety and good
government by the annihilation of
the dram-shop, so we added to
county prohibition, additional de¬
fence in municipal charter and
ordinances, and even in condition
of the tenure of this soil.
“Wc hail today as an honored
guest and chieftian, W. Jennings
Demorest.”
MR. DEMOREST S SPEECH.
Mr. Demorest said, referring to
Ihe soul stirring song just finished :
“I wish vc could now listen to the
death knell of the liquor traffic.
I am pleased, dear friends, to know
that you honor me for the cause
and principles I represent. I am
pleared and proud fo find such a
beautiful and promising city loca¬
ted in these healthful and fertile
mountains, which you have hon¬
ored me by naming ‘-‘Demorest.”
I therefore hope and trust there
will be no wavering or going back
on the principle of prohibition of
the infumous liquor traffic, upon
which you have so far builded. I
am proud of my name; I aria proud
my city, and of ray State; and
I am proud of Georgia, be¬
cause it is going so strongly 'for
prohibition and you are willing to
name this beautiful new city for
who will not under any cir¬
compromise principle
for party gain;—and I trust you
will never vacillate or compromise
on this question. I want to im¬
press upon your minds the nece#sity,
the personal duty you owe to your¬
your families, and your
country, to stand firmly for party
prohibition, as the only hope for
our country. Only by combination,
standing together as one, can
cause b#carried to final triumph.
I want these boys and young
whom I see before me, to realize
dignity there is in becoming
men of principle, standing for up¬
right, pure lives, that all men may
know where to find them in trying
rightand if you are
against the liquor traffic, honestly
earnestly, it will take you to
State and National Prohibition;
and you are then in the right way
to be with the only party that
stands between the hocused saloon
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force that makes the best govem
ment effective. The prohibitions
of the Decalogue, are everywhere
regulating the family, as well as
the world at large;—they prohibit
selfish greed that would injure an¬
other in purse or character,
No two nations .or even individ¬
uals in society could exist in har¬
mony with each other but for the
restrictions that this euphonious
word represents.
The evil we fight is the outcome
of a concentrated,mercenary, grasp
lu S f°r money and power, regard
less of the physical, mental w&
m <> ral bIi ght that follows its track,
therefore we must have Prohibition.
It is hard to understand how
real Christian men can vote with
either of the old parties—or how
can concientious men vote a Re¬
publican license ticket, or a Dem¬
ocratic license ticket,—or even a
Populist ticket, which ignores the
subject altogether. Do they not
church-anity, rather than
vital Christianity?
I want to impress upon your
minds the magnitude,—the im¬
mense cost of the liquor traffic in
the United States.
Can you conceive of Two Thous
and Million dollars?
I can’t. Yet, there are spent in
the United States, eacbuyear, over
One Thousand Million dollars for
strong drink;—and all admit that
it costs as much more to take care
of its awful consequences — which
include the courts, extra police,
jails, penitentiaries, lunatic asy
lums, and reformatories, &c., &c., |
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all country. T *” an
over our
tax this Two I
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Millions is upon the rest
the people. W hjr, fri
or even a pro]
was spent in the reg«:
trade,how-times woi
hard times icon Id not -
Could this Two. Thou 1
dollars be used where .Jjkj
for legitimate purj
rt»d», steamboats, a
oot f with present tac
to supply the demand 1 M
Stores would be c
people would soon
wotild get at
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increased consumption of beer
seventeen and a half times greater,
while the population has only dou¬
bled, and beer is worse than whis¬
key as it makes men most danger¬
ous ;we ask in all earnestness where
are we drifting ? At present we can
safely say, nothing can save us but
a revolution—moral and political,
from destruction, and all brought
about through this legalized curse
of liquor selling. ,
friends, the force ..
Do.you know,
of the obligation that rests upon
you, as to how you should vote, I
will tell you ;when the members of
the Christian Church refuse to go
to the ballot box with the same bal¬
lot as the beer and whiskey dealer,
then, and not till-then, wilt the
church stand true to her profession,
and the doom of the traffic will
have come.
We must stand and be counted
for the right even if we stand alone,
at first. We must be willing to be
pioneers in this great reform.
You will be asked to favor other
so called reform parties, but to
these you must give a decided neg¬
ative. We cannot, as Prohibition¬
ists, trust any other party, they
must come to our platform, inso¬
much as other questions from a
money point of view are insignifi¬
cant as compared with the liquor
traffio. For instance, the tariff rep
resents but Two Hundred Million
dollars income to the Government
as compared with the waste of Two
Millions. This is but a
small proportion of the tax on £fte
people for this awful curse of al-
poisoning.
We must stand true to our prin¬
to save ourselves, our homes,
our country from this desola
ig scourge.
I shall return to New York re¬
st I have had this oppor
of seeing you face to face.
am glad I came; and I appreciate
* in which you are engaged,
a model city. I am aston
d at what you have accomp
H in so short a time. Your
location and handsome
inkling, finely situated as
* * of itself be a great
&ch older town. I
for your Normal School
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Send or Can on THE TIMES,
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Some have promised to secure for us W
time, while the nanptimes are on us, What shall we do?
MIZE? But how economize? This is.one answer :
1st. Buy only what you need; ad. In buying pay more a"
quality than to quantity; 3d. Do not be deceived by the ci
“Largest stock,” “cheapest prices,” etc, This often mu,
goods to the purchaser. Be your own judge of goods awi
Investigate for yourself In your investigation do not fail to q
Safford & Dun i*sir
— —DEALERS IN-r
Dry Goods, Grocertes^^®t Hardware a
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We also bundle crockery, glassware, paints, oils, vnrnt "m
Call and see us. DEMOREST, 0
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The Bank of Dem
Capital, $25,000 txr:
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Doing a business under a special charter from , the state,
money on approved security. Pay interest on time deposits. 1
in domestic and foreign exchange. Transact* a gei
ness. CORRESPONDENTS:
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Chase National Bank, New York. Lowry Banking Co., 6«
Board of Directors: . r. ■
A. A. Safford G. W. Dunlap * J, M. Bou
W. H. Vanllise A. A. Campbell .A. Hamptt
^Officers:
A. HAMPTON, President. A. A. CAMPBELL, “J| 0
W. H. Van Hist*; Vice-President
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