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THE DAWSON JOURNAL.
BY U. L. WESTON & CO.
THE INAUGURATION AND
RESULT
Of the Temperance Movement
: ~in Putnam.
EaronToN, Deec. 9th, 1882.
A. A. MurrHEY, Esq., Barnes
ville, Ga,:
DEAr Slr—ln reply to your ingui
ry about the temperancs move
ment in Putnam county, permit
me to offer the following brief his
tory of its inauguration, and the
results growing out of it:
About two years ago, a petition,
signed by over five hundred of the
best eitizens of the county, was
submitted to the commissiorers of
Roads and Revenues of the chunty,
it whom is vested the authority t 6
license the sale of spirituous
Liquors, ‘praying that the license
fee be fixed at five thousand dol
lars. After ccnsidering the peti
tion, the board was in doubt ab .ut
the advisability of such action, but
concluded to give it a trial at
$3,000 and accordingly passed an
order, that after the 27th May of
September, 1881, no license should
be granted in the county, save for
that amount There had been,
and was at that time, five bar
rooms in Eatonton selling annual
ly $20,000 worth of whiskey.
On the 27th day of September,
1881, all of the formerlicense
having expired, - one of the saloon
keepers applied for, and received
a license, paying into the treasury
of the county $3,000. Last May
this man proposed to the courts to
give up his license and quit sell
ing, if they would refund to him
one thousand dollars, which was
done, and the board immediately
revoked their former order, and
raised the fee to $5,000, as first
prayed for. Since then Putnam
has been strictly a temperance
county, no whiskey being sold
within her boundaries.
As to the results of this action
no favorable comment can be
too strongly uttered. A practi
cal demonstation has proven con
clusively, that confining the sale
of spirituous liquors %o one house
in & community where formerly
five saloons flourished, reduces
drunkenness ot a low estimate at
least fifty per cent; crime and
immorality to a like extent, be
sides saving as in our case, at least
$lO,OOO to consumers, which went
into more legitimate channels,
with better profit to the buyer.
Since the total abolition of its
cale here, the revolution has been,
of course, greater. No successful
argument can be found against the
present state of affairs. The tem
perance movement has not hurt
the trade of Eatonton. On the
contrary our merchants will all
testify that their business has in
creased, instead of 'diminishing.
They are every day drawing from
surrounding counties, in which
whiskey is freely sold, more trade
than they ever had before. Madi
son, Monticello, Clinton and
Milledgeville each week furnish
customers for Eatonton merchants.
And the facts in the case show
conclusively why this is true.
Twenty thousand dollars saved in
a community, and spent for articles
of use to the buyer, on which the
geller makes a fair profit, is enough
to give a new impetus to business.
Neither has prohibition injured
the labor of the county, as was
predicted by the whiskey men. On
the. contrary our labor is more
easily controlled, better satisfied,
and more reliable in all respects
than formerly. The well-dressed,
contented appearance of our col
ored people will at once strike the
eye of a stranger in our midst.
Many poor negroes who formerly
spent their hard-earned wages for
‘whiskey will next year commence
life wit{l a little money laid by.
The records of the Superior and
i Counnty Courts will show a decrease
of crime at least seventy-five per
‘cent, and the mayor's court, for
the violators of town ordinances,
| has been practically closed, not a
| Ease having been docketed since
this system went into effect, attvi
butable directly or indirectly to
whiskey. Were it not to collect
taxes and work streets, the office
of marshal could well be abolish
ed. From a moral standpoint,
after having given you some of
the financial facts, this abolition
of whiskey has been a great bless
ing. I have seen buttwo drunken
men upon the streets of Eatonton
in five months, and one of these
got drunk in Milledgeville, and
came to Eatonton on the cars.
One year ago, it was no unusual
sight to see a dozeén or more in
one day. Morality is on a higher
plane in Putnam than was ever
known in her history. We have
no chronic loafers, no chronic
drunkards, no young men with
the temptation at every hand to
become so. The man who drank
habitually, now drinks no more;
‘the man who occasionally got on a
spree, now goes to a happier home,
and meets his wife and children
with a clear conscience and a light
heart.
Of course I do not mean to say
that no whiskey is brought or
drank here. On the contrary,
every express brings one or more
jugs. I have only drawn (from
facts and not imagination) the
picture as it was, and is. Some
men drink, and habitually, but
even they do it at home, and in a
‘ decent manner.
- Happy homes, happier wives
and mothers, and successful busi
ness men, since the yoke that op
pressed them so grievously has
been thrown off. If the question,
whiskey or no whiskey, was left
to a popular vote to-morrow, I am
sure a large majority of all classes
and conditions in Putnam county
would vote no whirkey.
Yours very truly,
Jos. 8. TurYER.
2 » |
Snuff-Dipping.
The quantity of snuff used in this
district. dealers say, is on the increase.
Larkin, Merril & Co., Byfield, sell
twelve tons of snuff annually, in
Massechasetts. Female snuff takers
are the principle consumers of the
article, and they are largely the op
peratives in various manufacturing
establishments. A very common
way of using it is to wef some cotton
waste, dip it into the snuff anl place
in one side of the mouth, after the
manner of a tobacco chewer in chew
ing his “cud.” These “dips” are
renewed as fast as the strength is ex
hausted. Sometimes the snuff is per
fumed before it is nsed. Droggists
say that they have snuff-buying cus
tomers who want it strongly per
fumed with oil of chickerberry.
These revelations in regard to the
manuafacture, wale and use of snuff,
are so unexpected and remarkable,
that ooly reliable authority prevents
doubts of their correctness. In ad
diiton to the cotton waste dipping
practice, another eustom much in
vogue among mill operatives is to
moisten the end of a stick of licorice
until it is soft, and then using it af
ter it has been dipped in the snuff.
This custom has been brought here
from the South, and has been spread
almost beyond belief. The Catholic
Archbishop of this State made an at
tempt to root vut this practice about
a year ago, and for a time the habit
was somew fiat curtailed, bu, it s uow
in full operation again—New Ing
land @roecer. '
A Wild Duck Story.
Now is the time for storiez about
wild ducks and geese, and the Denver
Republican heads the list with this one
told by ita St. Louis correspondent :
As the Steamer Emma 0. Eiliott was
coming up the river last night, the cab
in passengers and crew were startled
by a singular whistling sound in the
air about the boat. Capt. Postal went
to the electrical machine and turned on
a light of 800 2andle power. Ia & we
ment the whole fogey river was floodel
with light. It was scen that the noise
preceeded from an innumerable colony
of wild ducks on their. way southward.
The blinding glare stastled the fowls,
and rising in great crowds, they began
flying straight at the lamp. = For twen
ty minutes the buat was literaly full of
ducks. Some of thémi would hit heavi
ly against the glass around the light
and fall stunned to the deck. Others
fell into the faces of men and were
‘knocked down with canes. In all sover
hundrel were secured: Thirty-six
were found consealed iu different parts
of the eabin in the moining when the
boat came into St. Leuis. - Others were
aboutthe boilers and in the engine
Toom, and & great many were killed by
the wheels. When the light was turn
ed on they seemed to be crazed with
fear,
“Mania,” said: little . Johuny, I
wonder if the schoolmaster's rod
8 a piece of the board of eduta
on?”
Dawson, Ga., Thursday, January 4, 1883.
A Dooly County Boy as a Circus
Rider. 4
An old Methodist preacher in Dooly
county, Ga., has ason whom we will
designate as Rankins. This old man
would never let his boys go toa cireus,
no matter how much they longed to go.
Rankins was the oldest son, and he
always said he was going to the “first
circus that come along after ho got
grown.” :
Well, Rankins is grown now, and
and the circus came along the other
week, and he went. He saw it all, too
from the ring-tail monkey ia the me
nagerie, to the last act of the clown in
the circus. Hhe was completely sar
ried away with every aet; but more
especially was he taken with the cir
cus riders. He said that evening af
ter the show, that if ho could “jes’ stick
to a horse like them fellows, he would
not begrudge a hundred dellars.”
The wonderful feats of the circus
riders preyed upon his mind that week.
He spent all his spare time in salking
tohin younger brothers, ‘telling them
how the monkev acted, what the elown
did, and firing their youthful imagina
tions with ideas of circus life in gener
al.
His father had an old mare, with
which the boys plowed and hauled, and
every day when they were going to
and from the field, Rankins used to
practice on this old animsal. He
would ride on his all-fours, or on his
back, and could even ride a little stand
ing up, ifthe old mare would walk
slowly.
Well, Sunday rolled around finally,
and with it the family atrolled off to
church, leaving Rankins and two of the
younger boys to take care of the house.
Now was Rankin’s time. The coast
was clear, and he determined to take
bis brothers down to the horse lot and
play circus. He was going to fix up
things in style, too. So he looked up
and old suit of red flannel underelothes
which bis father had cast aside, for
they had become too holy even for that
reverend old gentleman. He carried
them down to the lot,and put them in
to the horse-trough until he could “fix
up the old mare,” as he said.
He got anold saddle, which he had
added up until it was even on top,
and strapped it on tothe old mare. He
then plaited up her maine and tail,
and tied some small t'n boxes contain
ing shot to the saddle. (These boxes
were to answer in the place :f the lit
tle bells he had seen on the circus hor
ses.) Ile then went into the stable, and
haviug pulled off his clothes, donned
his circus suit, and when he again
made bis appearance, he was frightfnl
to behold : for his suit was glaringly
red, and terribly ragged, especially the
seat of his breeches, which needed half
soling badly.
The first trick he intended to per
form was to stap himself on the back
of the old mare, aud keep up a barrel
with his feet, while the boys led the
mare around the lot, but he took care
to come np behind her, so that she
couldn’t see him untii he mounted.
lle got up and lay down on his back,
and told Bill to hold the mare while
Joe buckled him on. As soon as he
was fastened on tight by the arms and
waist—leaving nothing at play but his
legs, he told bill to lead ber off. But
it suddenly occurred to the old mare
to look around and see what sort of a
load she had on.
“Look out!—hold to her,” gaid
Rankins as the oid mare snorted. But
it was too late. The old animal had
lived along time, but she never had
seen such a sight as 'hat, and to have
suvh a thing on her back, was too much
{or ber dignity. She flirted her head
around, and threw Bill agaist the sta
ble, and backed up and down, and
wheeled around toshake off her load
all of which time Ranking was shout
ing :
“Woa! woa! Ketca hoid of her,
Bi1l! ketch her !-—stop ver boys !”
But the old mare didn’t intend to be
stopped. She scemed to be possessed
of some of her youthful vigor, and,
making for the fence, she cleard it
i with such & bound that it nearly jolted
‘Rankin’s head off As soon as they
} reached the middle-of the road, the old
mare commeunced to shake again. She
plunged and reared and wheeled and
Licked and switched her tail and stir.
red up wore dust than a regiment ot
calvary.
“Oh, Lord! exclamed Rankins, as
the idea popped into his head that the
old mare might start down the road to
‘ward the churcl ; and sure enough she
did.
“Run here, boys! head her! for the
Tiord’s sake stop her!”
~ But the old mare wastoo fast; and
a 8 she plunged past the house, the dog
started after her, and with his barking
and ihe tin boxes rattling, and the
old mare’s snorting, there was more
racket in that road that bright Sab
bath morning than was ever known
befora.
As they disappeared down the
road Rankin’s legs were describing
curves like the patent rakes in a new
fashioned threshing machine, and he
was still erying out :
Woa! Lord have mercy on—Woa!
woa, I say! Confound™ your old--
Woa!
But the old mare became more
stubborn, and the dog became more
noisy. As they turned the corner,
Rankins saw a negro man on the
side of the road.
*Say,” said Rankins, If you'll stop
this mare I'll give you—"
But lhe negro dici’n’t. stop to trade.
Heran againw the fence, E:nockad it
down,and tore off down thfough
thecorn-field as if Tam O’Shanter’s
devils were after him.
Rankins now concluded to try coazy
ing:
“Bva! Sally he exclaimed, gen
tly, “Hoa! gal woa-a!” But it
wouldn’t answer, and, as they ap
proached the charch, he became des
perate.
“Woa! asay! Blast’your old soul,
I'll bust your durned old—Woa!
Sal.”
They were now within a hundred
yards of the church, and the people
were just beginning to come ocut.
One old brother, hearing the rack
et, looked up the road and exclaimed :
“Good Lord! what is that coming
down the road?”
All eyes were now turned on Ran
kins ard the mare, as they came dash
ing right into the crowd. The wo
men screamed, and the men began to
back out of the way; but the old
mare stopped when she got into the
crowd,(the very place Rankins didn't
want her to stop.) and stood trembl
ing, for she was well-nigh broken
down. -
Rankins rolled his eyes round to a
by.standeér, and said :
“Cut this strap.”
“What is the matter ?” said one.
“Cut me luose, if you please.”
“Why, it's Rankins,"said the old
reacher, coming up.
g “Why in th:%—ll don’t you un
buckle the strap?” said Rankins, be
coming desperale, =
Some one unfastened him, and he
rolled off on the ground.
“What in the world are you doing
here in that plight?” asked the old
man ; but Rankios had started off up
the road in 2 doy trot, amidst the
laughter and jests of the boys.
“Look at him,” said one ; “he looks
like & painted scare-crow.”
“Cail your dog, Rankins,” and an
other.
“Where ars you going to show at
next time ?”’ asked a third_
But these jests only served to make
Rankins trot faster.
He keeps close at home now, but
Ihappened to. meet him the other
evening as, he was sueaking down
the road. jon gl goem
b ins,” sai aughing, “what
pos{:?.kt;é;i you to fasten yourself on
that horse in that ridiculous plight,
the other day?”
*“You go to h—I11,” said he.
“You might bave known,” said I,
“that the mare—’
“You'd better dry up now,” said
Rankins.
Idried up. I saw that Rankins
was waxing hot, and the least I said
to him the better. And my opinion
is ow, that the man who says any
thing to Rankins about a eircus is
fi)ing'to get a fiiht on his hands.—
ontezuma Weekly.
Liquor Trafic.
It has been argued by some that
the sale of liquor is a right guarante
ed by the constitution of the United
States, aud, therefore, it would be
wrong to prohibit its sale. To put
this matter at rest, however, we
publish below something bearing
directly upon this subject: The
Supreme Court of the United States,
at Washington,is the highest legal
authority -in 'this country. Chief
Justice Taney, of that court, said:
“If any state deems the retail and
internal traffic in ardent spirits in
jurious to its citizens, and ealculated
to produceidleness, vice or debauche
ry, L see nothing in the constitution
of the United States to prevent it
from regulaiing or restraining the
traffic, or from prohibiting it alto,
ether, if it thinks proper.”—s
%oward, 577. Justice MclLean, also
of that court, said: “No one can
claim a license to retail spirits as a
matter of right.”"—s Howard, 597.
Justice Greer, of the same court,
said: “Ibis not necessary to array
the appalling statistics of misery,
pauperism and elaita® which have
their origin in the use and abuse of
ardent spirits. The police power,
which is exclusively in the state, is
competent to the correction of these
great evils,and all measures of re
straint or prohibition necessary to
effect that purpose, are within the
scope of that authority ; and if a loss
of revenue should accrue to the
United States from a diminished
consuwption of ardent spirits, she
will be a gainer by a thousand fold,
in the health, wealth, and happiness
of the people.”—lbid, 532. The
‘question of “iights” is setiled by the
highest court in the nation. The
retail of liquor is no right—it is all
wrong, :mg the world is fast finding
it out,”
VOL. 17—NO. 45.
Hew Prombition Works in
Houston County,
Below we give a certificate which
speaks for itself . The law which is to
be voted on in Terrell county is in all
respects the same as the one which is
now in force in Houston. The cortificate
which we give below speaks for itself:
How It Works in Houston.
We take pleasure in oertifying to
the following facts as the results of the
operation of the law to prohibit the
sale of liquor in Houston county:
Ist. The opposition to the law which
existed at the election held under it,
and immediately thereaficr has been
almost completely extingnished, and
an election held now would show an al
most unanimous vote in favor of pro
hibition,
. 2d. This change of sentiment has
been brought about by the evident
good effects of the operation of the
law, upon all classes and interest.
Intemperance and crime has decreas
ed—labor has become more satisfaets
ry and reliable, and farmers especially
kave been benefitted in the effects of
the law upon their colored labor ; whils
the colored people themselves, in whom
the chief opposition to the law existed
at the election, are more economical,
comfortable and happy ; and a majori
ty of this class now favor prohibition.
In testimony whereof, we have each
of us set our official signatures and
seals, this September 28d. 1882, A.
8. Giles, ordivary ; D. H. Culler, clerk
Superior Court; -W. D, Nottingbam,]
Judge county Court ;: B. N. Holtzolaw,
Mayor of Perry; 4. R. Duncan, sher
iff; John H, Houser, tax raceiver ;B.
H. Sasnett, pastor M. E. cln.:roh, south;
B. F. Tharp, pastor Baptist church ;
Edwin Martin, ex representative Geeor
gia legislature ; W. M. Havis, M. D;
Hon. C. C. Duncan, A. L. Miller, B.
M. Davis, lawyers; 'W. T. Swift, Robt.
J. Smith, J. R. Parnell, S. B. Burr,
J. A. Swith, F. A. Jobson, F. M. Hou
ser, J M. Lamar, citizens; B. F. 1
Avant, G. W. Killen, Day & Gordot,
J. W. Mann, W. Brunson, M. Kenneyl
C. H. Moore, B. Phillips, W. D. Mar
tin, N. J. Moores, Geo Paul, T. T,
Martin, Lewis Pieard, T. J. Carter &
R 2 Grand Jury Says.
We publish below an extract from
the presentments of the Houston coun
ty grand jury fall term:
We do not think it amiss to incor
porate with our presentments the re
sult of our observations and inquiry as
to the workings of prohibiiion in our
county; not only that it affects direct
ly the interest, pecuniary and moral,
of our own people, but becavse this
watter is now commanding so large a
share of public consideration, that in
formation coneerning it is largely
sought, in order to apply it if practica
ble, to the conservation of public mor
als and economy.
We think it safe to say most if not
all, the woney hitherto consumed here
by alcoholic beverages, is now nsed in
the improvement of homes, the procur
ing of comforts for the family, and the
education of the children, and could
furnish many instances to prove the
truth of the arsertion, if a proper re
gard forthe sensibilities of men per
mitted. How extensive this good is
will appear when we state that in Pes
ty alone the traffic in spiritous liquors
exceeds $15,000 per anum, which we
estimaie to be about one-third of the
amount g 0 expended in the county.
In municipal government, taxes
have been rednced one-half, salaries of
officers two-thirds, and trials of misde
meanor in the mayor's court are almost
unknown. In the eountry planters re
port their labor better, difficulties with
the labor far less freqaent, peace and
good order more prevalent among thew
and. of course, the business of the
courts is proportionately diminished
So manifest and so great aro its bene
fits, that in seotions of our county
where, at first, opposition to prohibi
tion was greatest, it has now entirely
tisappeared, and men who so opposed
it are loud in its praise.
What.its benefits to our boys will be
whom it frees from the temptations of
the drinking salcons, we will not speak
except to say, that our hearts never
swell with purer joy nor glow with
brighter hope than when we contem
plate them. :
To our representatives in the Gener
al Assembly, we commend its care.
Let them watch and defeat every attack
upon it, counting bim from whem jt
comes the worst enemy of themselves
and their constit..ents, :
J R Wimberly, Foreman; E S
Wellons, J W Hodge, T H Rentz, W
L Carr, J W Clark, David R Kersh,
J W Taylor, C. H. Moore, J. . Eilis,
J Q Ellis, J M Simmons, ¢ N Round
tree, B J Swith, W, F Kilien, I 8
Tounsley, J H Houser, J H Hodges,
‘J F Warren, T &' Murph.
'HE ROMAN CARNdEE 00,
SRR YOO
ORKEDON -
e
up lemon about as big as a prane,
and told him he was a iermév%
is the matter with your eye winkers
and your hair? They seem to be
burned off.’ - W
‘Ob, thunder, didn’t pa tell you
about the comet exploding and burn- -
ingus all? that was the worst thing
since the flood, when Noar run the
‘excursion boat from Kalamazoo to
Mo'nt Ararat. You see we had been -
reading about the comet, which is
visible at 4 o'clock in the morning,
and I heard pa tell the hired girl to
wake him and ma up, when she got
up to set the pancakes and go to
early mass, so they could seo the
critter. Tae hired girl is a catholic
and she don't make no fuss about it,
but she has got more good square .
religion thap a dozen like pa’ It
makes & good deal of deffzrence how
religion affects folks, don’t it? Now
wants to kick my pants and pull my
hair, but the hired girl's religian
makes her want to hug me, if [am
abused; 25d she puts anarchy on my
braises and gives me pie. Pa would
not gef up at 4o'clock in the morn.
ing to go to early mass, unless he
could take a fish pole along and .
sowe angle worms. The hired girl
prays when no one sees ker Lut God,
but pa wants to get a church full of
sisterins, and pray loud, as though—
he was an aactioneer selling tin ra- _
Zers.
‘Well, when I heard pa tell tfip
iire © girl to wake him and ma wp,
wad thea T got my chum to stay with
we, and we made a comet to play on
pa. You see my room is right over
pas roo n, and I got two lengths of
stove pipes and covered tham all
over with phosphorus, so they looked
just as brightas a commei. Then we
got two rowan candles and a big sky
rocket, and we were going to touch
off the Roman candles and the sky
rocket, just as ma and pa got to
looking at the comat. I didn’t know
that a sky rocket would kick back,
did you? Well, you'd & died to seen
that comet. We tied a pieee of white
rubber garden hose to the stove pipe
for a tail, and then went to bed, and
hen the hired girl woke us we lay
for ma and pa.
‘Pretty soon we heard pa's win
dow open, and then I looked out and
ma and pa had their heards and half
ther bodies out of their window.
They had their night shirts on and
looked just like the pictures of Mill
erites waiting for the world to come
toan end Pa looked up and seed
the stove pipe, and he said, ‘Hanner
for God sake look up there. That’s
the d——dst comet I ever seed. It is
as bright as day. See the tail of it.
Now that is worth getting ap to
see.’
‘Just then ;my chum touched off
the two Roman candles and I touch
ed off the rocket, and there's where
my eye-winkers went. The rocket
busted the joints of the stove pipe,
and they fell down on pa, but ma
got her head inside before the comet
struck, and wasn’t hurt, but one end
of the stoveflpipe struck pa endwaye
on the neck and almost ent a biscuit
out of him, and the firs and the
sparks just poured down on him and
burned Lis hair and night shirt. Pa
was scant, He must have thought
the world was coming to an end, and "’
the window came down on his back
and he begun to sing :
Earth is but a desert Jrear,
Heaven is my home.
I seed he was caught in the win=
dow, and I went down to put out the
tive ou his uight shirt, and pat ap
the window -to let him in, and he
said :My boy your ma and me are
going to heaven, but I fear yon will
go to the bad place, and I tuld him
I would take my chances, and that
he had better put on his pauts j
was going anywhere, that a
would be liabie to be ladies present,
and when he got his head ma told him
that the world wes not coming to an
end, but somebody had been setting
off fire works, and she said she
gussed it was their dear little boy,
and when I saw pa feeling under
the bed for a bed slat, I got up stairs
pretty previous now, and don't you
forget it, and ma put cold cream on
where the sparks burnt pa’s ghirt,
and pa said another day would not
pass over my head before hflnd
nte in the reform school.
‘Well, if Igo the reform sch b
somebody's got to pay a’.wutioxg
can bet you liver.—A boy can’t have
any fun these days without o&~
‘body thinks he’s a heathen.
hurt did it do 10 play comet? Im
‘wean father that wont standia litgle
scorchin”in the interest of science.
l‘l‘be b:y weixf out, sn.n;.cb'ing the
ace where hig win *
gud then the gro m(:y'-w}eu?d m
it was that ca ised zie dre engiuvs s
he qut arounl at 4 veloek 1 the
norping looking for » Am%w
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