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SHES CRIME;
DIMINI ’
ECREASES DRUNKENNESS.
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SUPBE!E COURT JUSTICE COBB”
yIEWS OF THE DISPENSARY.
gays It Is preferabie to Prohibition. A
§treng Presentation of the Question
by an Able Georgian.
gupreme Court Justice Cobb, in dis
camsing the recent withdrawal of fellow
ship from the Athens Baptist church
py the association to which it belonged,
pecause 3 member of that church is en
ployed as manager of the dispensary io
that city, contributes to the Christian
Jndex an article that is a strong argu
gent in favor of the dispensay over pio
jibition. After explainiog the position
of the JAtbeus church in the mutter
Tastice Cobb tells why, after a trial of
prohibition in Clark county for seyeral
;eam, a dispensary was established there.
Hesays:
The next question to be considered is
why such a plan for the sale ot liquors
was established in Atbeus. Years ago,
o the early history of the county, the
power L 0 license persons to epgage in
the retail sale of liquors was vested in
ibe corporate and county authorities.
Under this power barrooms were li
cepsed. They increased in number
from year to year until there were a
Jarge number of places in which liquor
was sold, the greater number being
where sales by retail were had. I can
myself recall the time when almost ev
ory road leading into the town had oniu
a licensed barroom, and two or more
minor streets of tke city connecting
more important streets were entirely
given over to this business. Such was
the extent of the traffic that on every
day of the week it was unsafe for ladies
to walk upon these streets, and on Sat
ardays and other days when crowds
were upon the streets a lady was de
barred from going into certain parts of
the town, and men even who were not
frequenters of such places were accus
tomed to go upon such streets only
when imperatively required to do so.
This condition of affairs became intsl
erable, and in 1884 an act was passed
submitting to the qualified voters of the
county the question of ‘‘Prohibition’’ or
*No Prohibition.” It was therejn pro
vided that if the result of the election
should be for prohibition the sale of
loquors within the county should be un
lawful, but the provisious of the act did
not ‘‘prevent practicing physicians from
fnrpishing liquors themse!ves to their
patients under treament by them.”
The vote resulted in favor of prohibition
byalarge majority. The result of this
election abolishing altogzether the lawful
sale of liquor within the county was
that the condition of affairs was very
greatly changed from that above de
scribed, and 1t vas expected by those
who had been Instrumental in working
this change that the better condition of
iffairs which had begun to prevail
would continue and be permanent. In
a short time, however, persens were
found who were willing to disregard the
law and take the chances ot conyiction.
Proprietors of drug stores pretending t
act under the color of the section above
quoted engaged in such practices as
were palpable evasions, if not direct vio
lapons, of the law, Liquor could be ob
tained almost as easily as it was former
'y obtained under the license system,
Drunkenness and crime began to increase
again and the courts, both state and wu
picipal, were beginning to have, toa
great extent, the same accumulation of
business brought about by intemper
ince as had been the case before the
"doption of prohibition. The law be
%ame 80 unpopular that it was almost
‘mpossible to conmvict any one four
"8 violation. Ia 1890 a bill was intro
duced into the general assembly to re
peal the law, but the same failed to pass.
Under the provisions of the law a 4 uew
election could be had upon a petition
tigned by ga majority of the qualified
Yoters of the county. In 1891 such pe-
Ution wag filed and a new election was
ordered, It wi]) be seen at once that
the friends of prohibition were thus con-~
fronted with the fact that a majority of
;‘?” qualified voters of the county were
]alssmnfled with the operativus of the
tb" The friends of prohibition saw
at there wag no hope of obtaining a
ma_;om.y of the qualified voters for the
:!_lllnumance of the existing prohibi
"i‘;“ law. The question then to be con
. ered was Low could tke re-establish
':l“: of barrooms be prevented and
<l? blan could be devised for the sale
: quors which would be im further
10e of temperance and at the same time
'ec‘:fi” the approval of those persons in
3:0 'bition as it existed but who were
®icommunity who wore opposed to
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Doctors’Say;
Biliousand Intermittent Fevers
Which prevail in miasmatic dis
tricts are invariably accompan
led by derangements of the
Stomach Liver and Bowels.
The Secret of Health.
The liver is the great " driving
Wheel” in the mechanism of
Man, and when itis out oforder,
the whole system becomes de
fanged and disease js the result.
Tutt's Liver Pills
- Cure all Liver Troubles.
Baking Powder
Made from pure
cream of tartar,
Safeguards the food
agamst alum,
equally opposed to the return of the
barroom system to the community. The
dispensary plan above outlined was
agreed upon by the prohibitionists of
Clark county, within whose numbers
are embraced as earnest, zealous and
consistent prohibitionists as exist any
where in this country. The people were
assured that if they would vote for pro
hibition that at the next session of the
general assembly a dispensaiy would be
established upon the plan abuve out
lined, and with this statement, made 1n
public by men who had the confidence
of the community prohibition prevailed
by the narr w majority of eleven votes.
‘ But for this actiyn of the friends cf tem
perance in the community barrooms
would bave been re-establisued in Athe
ens and would exist there today. Every
minister of the gospel in the city and
nearly all of the church members of the
various churches voted in favor of the
‘establishment of this dispensary. Its
‘establishment was fought bitterly and
strongly by the enemies of prohibition
\and temperance. * * ¥ [t had been
established by the triends of temperance,
It was believed by them to be in fur
therance of the cause of temperance and
a step looking to the perfect regulation
of the sale of liquor and finally 10 its
abolition, * * * The dispensary has
been on trial for seven years. Drunken
ness has decreased in the community.
Crime has diminished. Courts of crimi
nal juarisdiction hold shorter sessions
than have ever been known in the his
tory of the nounty, Peace, good order
aud sobriety prevail, N. street in the
town ot Athens is blockaded now by
drunken or disreputable characters; an
uvattended female may walk with per
tect safety any street of Athens at any
time, night or day. It is believed that
the dispensary has been instrumental
in bringing about this condition of af
fairs. We believed that we were doing
right as advocates of temuerance when
we consented t) the establishment of
the dispensary as an experiment. Time
has demonstrated that we were right.
We are nos advocating the establish
ment of dispensaries in other places.
I'his is a matter for each community to
seitle for itseit, What we do say, how
ever, is that if probibition in any com
munity is what it was in Athens, then
in fartherance of temperance the dis
pensary is to b 2 preferred to prohibition.
That one was an active participant in
the events which have brought about
the improved ¢ ndition of affairs in the
the city of Athems, and thus promot
ing peace, good order and sobriety, does
not seem to us a sufficient cause to dis
qualify a person for church member
ship.”
Many a housebold is saddened by
death because of the failure to keep on
hand a safe and absolutely certain cure
for croup such as One minute Cough
Cure. See that your hittle ones are pro
rected against emergency. Sale-Davis
Lirug Co,
FAST DIMINISHING.
Cotton Crop Nearly All Picked and Many
Debts Are Unpaid.
The cotton crop is fast diminishing.
Only a few more weeks and all of the
cotton will be picked and nearly all
of it sold. The farmers have been
bringing in the staple very fast, judging
from the receipts at all the United States
ports for the past ten days. The price
at present is very low and there appears
to be no probability of a rise.
Many of the farmers have been unable
to meet their obligatious in full this fall,
but the merchants have been very lenient
with them. The coliections at the
banks have been very good, but the
merchants have had some difficulty io
securing the paymeut of notes.
The corn crop this year is exceedingly
good and it will prove to be of great as
sistance to the country people.
It is thought that owing to the low
price of cotton this year that the farmers
will cut down the acreage next year and
that the crop will be several million bales
short. The farmers of this section are
in favor of aoing this, and a majority of
them will do so.
The crop this year has been as large
as heretofore, the Texas crop making up
for the shortage in George and Alabama.
The Best Plaster,
A piece of flaanel dampened with
Chamberlain’s Pain Balm and bound on
to the affected parts is superior to any
plaster. When troubled with -pain in
the chest or side, or a lame back, give it
a trial, You are certain to be more
than pleased with the prompt relief
which it affords., Pain Balm is alsoa
certain cure for rbeumatism. For, sale
by Farrar & Harris.
Constipation prevents the body from
ridding itself of waste matter. DeWitt’s
Little Early Risers will remove the
trouble and cure sick headache, bilious
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‘THE ARMOUR INCUBATOR BABY,
, L S
%Ph“ln D. Armounr’'s Grandchild. Now
‘ Two Yeara Old.
. Lolita Armour, granddaughter of
i Philip D.Armour,just two years old,al
; though an incubator baby, is one of the
| Sturdiest girls of her age in Chicago.
;‘She is as pretty, weighs as much, and
!is as full of life to-day asa two-year
' old baby ought to be.
| _She is the child of Mr. and Mrs, J,
Ogden Armour of Michigan avenue.
' When she came into the world she
weighed barely three ponnds, and her
doting grandtather was told that by
*he merest chance she might be saved
in an incubator.
' All dainty baby frocks and frills
were put aside aand the millionaire’s
| granddaughter rolled 1n a bit of linen
land cotton was laid in the new-fangled
| life-saving machine. For a good many
| days the fate of the baby in the tin
box was problematical. No one watch
ed the incubator with more interest
Ithan the grandfather, and when 1t
‘became evident that the child would
live the grandfather, considerable of a
'fighter himeelf, showed his admira
| tion of the fight for life this grand
| child had made by settling an even half
! millio® on her.
Please Don’t,
We rise to remark that s far as we
are concerned we don’t like tue idca of
getting up big military parades in Au
gusta, as suggested by the Herald of that
city, and having the governor down for
a grand review, All such band-box
shows in Georgia, it was thought, had
been ended with the reign of Wm. Yates.
Governor Candler is a plain, practical
man and quit all such brass button ex
hibits after Appomatox. He is trying
to work Georgia out of the deficit left
by his predecessor and would like to be
left alone, we know, from expensive
junketings. And also we would ask, in
the name of common sense and the love
of peace, aren’t you tired of this military
business and nonsense?—Waynesboro
True Citizen.
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A Sure Sign of Croup.
Hoarseness in a child that is subj-ct
to croup is a sure indication of the ap
proach of the disease. If Chamberlain’s
Cough Remedy is given as soon as the
icold becomes hoarse, or even after the
chrupy cough has appeared, it will pre
vent the attack. Mauy mothers who
have croupy children always keep this
remedy at hand and find that it saves
them much trouble and worry. It cau
always be depended upon and is pleas.-
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ris.
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Congratulates the Circuit,
The Democrat congratulates the good
people of the Pataula circuit upon the
re-election of the Hon. Henry C. Shef
field for another term upoa the bench of
that circuit, Georgia has had few better
or abler judges, and it affords us pleas
ure to say so, and the fact 18 evident,
from the fact of his having been re
elected without opposition.—Bainbridge
Democrat.
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The sooner a cough or c¢old is cured
without harm to the suiferer the better,
Lingering colds are dangerous. Hack
ng cough is distressing. One Minute
Cough Cure quickly cures it. Why sutf
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‘Maes,” ‘Ethylles; and ‘Harryettes
what do you think of this? Here’s one
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A Soldier’s Widow
WHAT CARING FOR A DEFENDER OF
THE COUNTRY ENTAIL®D.
The Horoic Devotion of a Woman to Her “amily Which
Brought on Long §‘!ff!"“€f“°' Relief Came.
We have genunine heroines right st our
doors. A potable example is a neighhor,
a devoted wife who for tive loug years
nursed an invalid hushand and supported a
family of children until at length her health
gave way and she was a physical wreck.
We refer to Mrs. Marinda C. White, of
Mason, W. Va. Her husband was a soidier,
serving his country in the 174th Q. V. I,
and her son, Everett White has recently
shouldered his musket, being a member of
Co. L, 17th O. N. G.
A few days ago a Leader reporter visited
Mrs. White, when she told the following
vemarkable story :
* Fourteen years ago, while living at Syra
ruge, my hushand was atricken with paralysis.
tor five years hie lay helpless. We had four
shildren. 1 was at a Joss te know how |
could live and keep the family together, but !
it length [ obtained work making trousers.
I made a dozen pairs every week, besides car- {
g all alone for my husband, and kucpiug‘
tae children in school. |
* Finally, after two yenrs of effort, my
Anshand was granted a pension. This re.
fieved me somewhat, hut money could not
rure him. For five years [ watched night
ind day by his bed. In July of 1889 my
sidest daughier run a crochet needle two
vichaes into her heel. This thirew another
natient on my hands. Bload.poison set in
ind she lingered hetween lide and death, no
me knowing which would die first, she or
wr father. Al lasi she recovered, hut her
Sither died in Navemher.
“In_ Febrnary tollowing my husband’s
wath I suffered u stroke of naralvsis, after
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around. The next year | had anothet siroke,
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** My wind and nerves were almost w lok od,
For tour yeurs [ was unable to use my handy
to comb my hair. 1 could not chimb s Hight
of stairs except by the most painful Isho!’.,
I was under the care of seven difterent
doctors.
‘At last, in 1893, 1 read in the uewapaper
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cided to try them and bought a box. Betore
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