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About The Henry County weekly. (McDonough, GA.) 18??-1934 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 24, 1917)
Temperance Reform In the Days of My Memory, As Pertains to the Use of Alcoholic Liquors As a Beverage. 1 am in my eighty fifth \ ear, born in the Rocky Creek commun ity of Jasper county, Georgia, May 8, 1833. I have more than seventy-five years of comprehen sive memory, in the things of which I here write. In the days of my earliest mem ory, father was an active worker in the the interest of a temperance reform movement in which the champions and friends of the movement signed a pledge in which they promsied to wholly abstain from the use of alcoholic liquors as a beverage. At the early age, I learned by listening to my father and his associates, that they depended on moral sua sion, and as a result a better citi zenship for the success of the movement. There was then no laws in Georgia to prevent the manufacture, and sale, of intoxi cating liquors, except on the Sab bath day. or at places of public worship, or to minors or slaves. The people were much addicted to the use of intoxicating liquors, many drank to great excess. I suppose at that time like condi tions prevailed throughout the United States. There was strong opposition to this temperance movement, cham pioned by prominent people. ; Some ministers of the gospel were outspoken in their puloits against it. The outcome was, the people heard the claims of the total ab stainers, contrasted with that of the opposition, and saw the evi dent good fruits of total abstin ance, this was a golden lesson for j them. In my twelfth year, my father | moved to near Island Shoals, in Henry county, Georgia, and two years later died, leaving me in my fourteenth year, the oldest of eight children, mother much af flicted, and we were quite limited in means. A small log house i seryed the community of Island j Shoals asboth a church and school building. Within five miles of that church, located at different points, were four distilleries. One of them owned by a promin ent member of the church. These distilleries consumed large amounts of both grain and fruit. Also within five miles of that church, located at different points, were four retail liquor stores. Two of them connected with general mer chandise. These two each gave a free treat to the purchaser, his or her company and friends, that bought as much as five dollars worth of goods at one purchase. Later, a secret order, called The Sons of Temperance, published an appointment for one of their State Lecturers at Island Shoals church. A large audience, many of them opposed to the order met him. One lawyer that later drank him self to death, challenged him for a discussion and made a speech against the order. This lecturer left a second appointment. At that appointment he called for ex pressions from the people. After waiting without one word of re sponse, until silence became mo notonous. To the surprise of all present, I arose, an illiterate boy in my sixteenth year, but duly alive to the cause of total abstin ence, I made the best argument I ctlild for its success. I feel sure I butchered the King’s English worse than Billy Sunday ever did, but I got a ringing applause. Then followed several short but earnest speeches in favor of Tem perance. We had gained a victo ry in that audie.ice. At the next meeting they called upon us for another speech, to which call I responded, for I had been study ing the subject with much interest. A neighbor that had been kind : and good to us, was a member of ■ the church, and for that day and time was a good citizen, but had both grain and fruit distilled, kept liquors in his home, drank his morning dram, treated others and drank their treats, harshly criti cised the propriety of calling me to the rostrum. He said to expose my ignorance, also said it had made a fool of me, and if I got in I his path he would spank my jaws. At the next meeting they called upon me for another speech. Ad i dressing the chairman, 1 said: “Our neighbor is here, he has been kind and good to us. We love him. He says you temper ance people have made a fool of me, calling me to the rostrum on occasions like this, to expose my ignorance, and if I get in his path he will spank my jaws. Ido not wish to provoke a thing like that,” and sat down. After a period of silence and some whispering among ieaders and friends, they called for me so unanimously, that I arose again and said : ”On sec ond thought it might be safe for me to say what 1 would have said, for our threatening neigh bbur’s path leads to the still and I am not going to get in it. Following this remark the. ap plause was loud and long. I then made the strongest argument I could make against the use of al coholic liquors as a beyerage. Now other communities com menced calling for me. I respond ed to their calls and soon became an accredited apostle of the tem perance reform movement as per tained to the the use of alcoholic liquors as a,beverage. I have now been sixty-nine years on the rostrum as such apostle, wearing the badges, marching under the banners responding to the calls for service under the various titles the temperance reform movement has assumed, in its prolonged en counter with King Alcohol, until my native State, Georgia, and my adopted State, Alabama, have been enrolled among the bone dry states of our great nation. I am by profession an M. D. t having commenced the practice of medicine in Carroll county, Geor gia, in 1850, entered the pulpit of of the Methodist church the same year. My Alma Mater. Bowdoin College, Georgia, conferred the degree of D. D. upon me in 1892. I was a Surgeon in the Confeder ate army, fifteen months on the field, later had charge of a hos pital. I have lived in Georgia, Alabama and Philadelphia, Pa. Traveled, lectured and preached in sixteen states of our great na tion. I am rejoicing in the prospect of living to see nation wide and world wide prohibition, crowned the monarch of sobriety, good de corum and exalted citizenship in all the earth, conferring its benign benedictions upon all the human race. “So mote it be, amen.” I believe myself to be the senior living aDOstle of the temperance reform movement, now' denomi nated prohibition. If there is one that can show a longer service of devotion to the worthy cause than I have here shown, publish your claims and I will rejoice to place the laurel in your crown. Joseph R. Hood. 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Brown’s estate: This is therefore to cite all persons con cerned. kindred and creditors, to show cause, if anv they can, why said adminis trator should not be discharged from his administration, and receive letters of dis mission on the first Monday in Septem ber, 1917. A. G. HARRIS' Ordinary. For Dismission. GEORGIA —Henry County. Whereas, W A Smith, surviving Adm’r of Sam’l Davis, represents to the Court in his petition, duly filed and entered on record, that he has fully administered Sam'l Davis’s estate, This is, there fore. to cite all persons concerned, kindred and creditors, to show cause if any they can. why said Administrator should not be discharged from his admin istration, and receive Letters of Dismis sion on the first Mondav in September, 1917. A. G. HARRIS, Ordinary. For Sale. 75 acre farm 3 miles from Mc- Donough with 2 good dwelling houses and plenty of outhouses, with some fruit. Also one 50 acre farm 1 mile from Locust Grove with 4 room house. 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