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THE WEEKLY CONSTrfOTION'. ATLANTA. GA.. TUESDAY DECEMBER 1 1885.
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HIGH AND DRY.
The Prohibitionists Vic-
toriousiWednesday.
AN IMIVIEN ???: VOTE POLLED.
And the Majority in the Countv
Reaches 228.
LIQUOR GETS A BLACK EYE.
full l)e<kih From (hr Entire County, irltli
Itorrlptlou.s of tlio Oonlrsts.
Tin* KirctIon Etc.
ECENE8 IN TUB CITY THE NIGHT REVOKE THE
GREAT STRUGGLE.
Trying weather for the prohibition voter who
wore his overcoat on the outside. Trying
weather also for tho anti-prohibition man who,
If he wore any overcoat on the inside at all,
was without it Wednesday.
Clear and cold, with a whistling wind that at
4 o???clock Wednesday morning, ns this was
Written,seemed sharp enough to thin the crowd
of sight-scers around the polling places, keep
the workers busy, and freezo all laggards.
Some of the liquor men claimed that the sudden
snap of cold weather was favorable to their
cause, as a man will be more apt to vote against
whisky on a balmy spring day tlum whou aero
is bunting for the bottom of the tube.
FOR A QUIET RUT ACTIVE ELECTION*.
Both sides wcit* confident. There was no doubt
about this. The most sincere and earnest men
claimed that their respective sides would win,
ana tho curious feature was that the most con*
*enative on either side reached a decisive and
ovenvliclming majority. It was almost impossi
ble to get an estimate of less than a thousand,
while many men who ought to know better
insisted that the minority would be over two
thousand, no matter which way it went.
Some explanation may by found for this in
the fact that the negro vote was the undeter
mined clement. There were thirty-six hundred
negroes registered in the county. It was proba
ble that thirty-four hundred would vote. It
was impossible to say how they would vote. The
J irohibitionists declared that they were good
br a majority, and some of them claimed two-
thirds of the negro vote.
At the Tent Tuesday Night,
BISHOP TURNER MAKES A CHARACTERISTIC
SPEECH AT THK GOSPEL TENT.
. Order was finally- restored, and Rev. E. R.
Carter rapped the crowd to order. Tho exer
cises were opened by ???Nearer My God to Thee/'
played by the colored At hens band.
After prayer by Elder Graham, pastor of Big
Bethel church, Bishop II. M. Turner was
then introduced. Ho was received with hearty
cheers. Ho said he was very hoarse and would
not attempt any set discussion of the question
He said: ???Vrevcr wanted to speak so in my
life. 1 would give $1,000 if I lind my voice to
night. [Choem.J Not long ago our vcuerablo
BishopCampbell was hero, and in referring to
his address to the (teoplc in this tent a corre
spondent used some very insulting terras rela
tive to him. Bishop Campbell is one of the ablest
preachers in this country, llo Is a man
who is respected and honoref
known, lie is a man of mruus ??uu uuvuk-.
and this correspondent, who abused him,would
be proud to sit at his table and enjoy his hos
pitality. [Cheers aud laughter.] Bishop Tur
ner raid that tho negroes had more
st stake in this contest than any other class of
people. Tho negroes of Atlanta are on trial
before tho country, to see whether they Will
vote as honest, sober men or whether their
shouts. As this club came up the ward clubs
gave It a grand salute. A few minutes before
eight o'clock four wagons with largo trans
parcnclef arrived, and then the line began to
form. While the line was formiug the first
ward prohibition colored club ]
Marietta street As the prohibitionists went
by the antis guyed them largely. The air was
full of such yells as
???Oh, you Georgia slaves.???
???Oh, you???ve sold your right.???
???Sec dat gang o??? con view???
???Pats Green Dodd and Jiiu Anderson'
crowd."
At eight o'clock tho procession started ???
large two-horse wagou in which a dozen antis,
were seated followed immediately behind the
Sergeant Ale
votes ran be purchased with money and mean
liquor. [Cheers and cries of No! No???
He * ' *
_.b pictured the wearers of tho red b ulges In
Atlanta as tho lower class of negroes, and Slid
he had never seen since he came hero half a
dozen decently ???dressed negroes with that
badge on. [Cheers and laughter.] If I was a
liquor man in Atlanta and could not get up a
better crowd that that I would quit. [Cheers.]
In South Carolina before the war the politicians
used to take the |>oor. low down white men for
n month or so before the election aud put them
In wlmt they called a ???bull pen.???
There they would ply them with liquor and
let them tight and riot until tho day of the
election when they would march them to tho
polls and vote them like rattle, and then tell
them to go to hades, [laughter]. Now they
arc trying to disgrace and degrade the negroes
of Atlanta in just such a way
as that. I learn that they have a ???bull pen???
where they are going to pick away their col
ored voters tintil tomorrow. [Cries of ???Yes
they have!???]
Hen* one old darkey rose and shouted, ???An
they done carried six barrels of whisky dir.
I need ???em when they done it!???
This was greeted with loud and continued
cheers.
Bishop Turner l. , -
act on the day of election that if Abraham Lin
coln looked down from heaven he would not
he ashamed of the people whom he set freo,
[Great cheering.]
After Bishop Turner concluded Elder Gaines
addressed the crowd ami advised the negroes
not to ta fooled by any device that might bo
need to deceive them. Their tirkets should
read ???against tho sale,??? and no other way. Ho
asked the negroes to repeat those words. Tho
crowd repeated the words time and time again
in a great, loud chorus, which caused another
buret of cliccre*
Tli?? Procession.
The headquarters of tho Young Mon???s Pro
hibition club pn-ricnMl a busy scene nil day
Jong. By dark it was crowded with white and
colored voters. The committees were shut oil*
from the general .crowd in their private rooms
attending to business relative to the work of
today.
At six o???clock the lines for a general proces
sion lagan to form in Broad street. That
atrect was soon full and the wings pressed
around on Marietta and Forsyth streets. There
were four brass lands to inspire the voters with
their martial strains. Cheer after cheer arose
from the crowds as they formed into one long
line and began a march through the principal
streets. On both aides of every street
there stood great crowds, in which
the adherents of the prohibitionists heartily
cheered their marching allies. It was an im
mense procession, extending over block after
demonstration ever seen iu Atlanta on the
of an election. All along the line were carried
tanners mid transparencies. On the latter
were inscriptions referring to the campaign
and to prominent anti-prohibition leaders.
The I???tncesaioti, after a march through the
central portions of the city, proceeded to the
tent where a crowd awaited them. As the line
filed Jii and filled the tent, cheer after cheer
rose/ It required fifteen or twenty minutes for
the procession to pass in and get scats, and
duiing that time the cheering was almost in
cessant.
THE ANTI** PROCESSION.
The anti???s procession Tuesday night was gener
ally conceded to l*e the largest proccwum of
the campaign. The line was long, close aud
two, three and four deep.
The streetsalong which the procession moved
were ablaze with the torches aud trausparcu-
ci<a, and the air was full of yells and music.
The march r-tnrtcd at the postoffice. About7
o???clock the first ward club marched to the post-
office and came to a rest on Forsyth street. In
a short while the third ward delegation cam??
up. Then the fifth ward arrived, and then the
third. K-cond and sixth came. The four streets
atant the portoffice were packed with men
Wearing the red trudge aud carrying torches.
Transparencies waved and dotted
about and brass bands and small
boys were in their element About half past
seven the young men???s anti-prohibition club
arrived and then the air was full of yells and
the night was as bright as day almost, so nu
merous were the torches. Nearly every
was supplied with a torch, and as they
waved through the air the effect was weird
and strange. ITuudrods of transparencies were
borne by men; all imaginable mottoes were
them. The large transparencies were good
design aud execution and attracted
general attention. They were made by Bu??>!ie,
the !>aiiitcr, and were good. One represented
a sick child on n dying bed. Tho doctor was
sitting taside the child, his hands were on tho
bed tied with a large rope. Tho mother was
standing near the foot of the bed weeping.
The doctor was represented as saying:
???A drop of brandy will save your child.???
And to this the mother answered:
???Alas, doctor, 1 have no jug.???
Another represented mechanics leaving At
lanta; another the jugwumps feast; another the
public schools closed, and another, stores for
rent.
The Night In the Depot,
A scene never-to-be-forgotten was witnessed
at tho W??
It was
anti-prohibitionists reached that building, and
???* Idlers stunning a fort they spraug upon
f lntform with exultant shouts and
into the great warehouse. As tho
crowd inside grew denser and denser tho
shouts were renewed until the music of tlio
band was drowned. The buildiug was unable
to hold the vast crowd that composed tho pro
cession. Inside men were so thick that it was
almost impossible to squeezo through. Hun
dreds went up bidders and sat on tho joists
overhead or perched on projectiu *
this dense and noisy ci
the building completely hundreds
crowded about the long platform
cutshle until the building was enveloped by,
the throng. In an office were a dozen or so of'
men, who at once set about dishing out some
thing to eat, and there was a perfect jain about
that place. Great chunks of baked meats, pork,
mutton, beef etc., accompanied by hunks of
bread, were dealt out rapidly, and soon hun
dreds of mouths were at work, and amid
loud jests and smothered shouts the
feast went on. Away up on a pile of boxes
would lie seen a ragged colored man, with a
loaf of bread in one hand find a big piece of
boiled pork in the other, eating with all his
might and oblivious to everything else.
???I got or whole sheep!??? would exclaim
???tammo git ter dot vittlcs!??? would shout
another.
???Hand out dot grub!??? would be heard on
other side.
And thus the great crowd of hungry blacks
with auitek number of poor white men pro
corded with the banquet.
Gradually they got warm and the chill of
the biting winter wind was forgotten. Their
hunger was satisfied and they got in a
mor and felt good. Then began a i
prank playings, boxing, pushing, singing, etc.
One fellow sang a melancholy song with words
like this, being assisted by two brethron who
???jined in the chorus:???
* ???I ???ro???er???goln ??????where???niggers???1 i ro???e-c-aiy!
Ob!???Lord!???Baby???oh, Lord!
I???talieve???ter???my???soul???Pm???cr???minor!
Oh!???Lord! Baby???Oh, Lord!
Don???t you???Rec-mcmbor???last December?
It was co-o-o-ld!
^oo???i*gi1iii#iEPPffikir JsM November!
Sleet???
And???
Snow!
Well fed and warmed, some of tho colored
brothers went to sleep sitting around almost
anywhere. It was a queer spectacle with
many weird features. In the gloom of tho
rafters could lie seen perched, like great birds
At the Colored Churches.
r night after the meeting at tli
isjiersed. The negro voters went to
several churches where .refreshments awaited
them.
At Wheat street Baptist church tho fourth
ward prohibition club met, ubout 300 strong.
They were liberally supplied with supper.
Beef, ham and mutt':i were served iu various
stylnt, and there was soino ???possum??? which w.ia
pronounced unrsuallv fine. Coffee and eggs
were also serv< I. A dozen colored women
were in charge of the supplies and distributed
them among the men. Onre in a whilusomo
colored brother would exclaim ???Good-bye.
Tanglefoot!??? or something like that, and would
receive a round of cheers from his comrades.
At the Butler street Baptist church the sixth
ward prohibition club met at 11 o???clock, one
hundred strong. They partook of coffee, sand
wiches and other refreshments and went homo
before 12 o???clock, agreeing to moot at 7 o???clock
for a general march to the jaills.
The election love feast at Friendship church
Inst night from 10 o???clock till 2 this morning
was attended by a largo crowd of colored peo-
!>Je, composed of men, women aud children, the
utter predominating.
After the parade last night, which
Rev. E. R. Carter, pastor of Friendship church,
raid was 210 votes stroug, they repaired to tlio
church, where oyster stows anil coffee were
M-rvcd in ithunduiice, without charge and with
out grace. Big, little, old and young, male and
' male, were filled clear unto tho Adam's apple.
IIcud???s hand, of this city, furnished music
both for tho parade and the church
rvircs. One of the churchmen said
that Howard Horton, the noted ???possum ven
der, hud prtqtared over a hundred 'possums for
the feast, but it got rumored that sumo of tho
???poa&umswere cats and this scared up the sable
voters and they dispatched a messenger to him
that he need not serve the 'possnms.
???How is it, wet or drv???? asked The Consti
tution man of a well-fed, old ???mammy??? with
a red bandanna on her head as the bivalves
went galloping down her throat.
???God bless yer soul, chile. I hopes do pro???bl-
tion ticket will get derc,??? she answered os she
handed over her plate to be refilled.
???You do????
???Deed 1 docs. Don???t you????
???Ob, yes, certainly.???
???Bless, yer. young master. Ef de nigger
sticks to de white folks dey is all right. Dis
ole church it gwinc ter do its duty, fer sure.???
???That???s good.???
???An??? I???ll tell yer desc oysters do go along
ways on such Visions.???
???Like ???possums, aunty????
???Not on such Visions *a dis.???
Among the banners in the church the re
porter noted;
??? Buy us? Too Utterly Too Too,??? ???Where
Will Bill Drink When Domini Closes???? ???Bob
Badger, Bill Pledger, R. B. Bullock, Mose
Bentlc-v, Julius L. Brown, George McKinney,
A lex. Mattison! What a team???? ???We Ain???t
Able, Julius, to Drink Foreign Wines.???
At two o???clock the crowd dispersed, and at
five o'clock the voters, together with a number
of women, reassembled at the church, whereat
the hour of going to press, they were ready to
march to the polls.
TO DO THK BLOWING.
There were a half dozen or more brass binds
in the city to do the blowing.
The prohibitionists bad the following bands :
Davis???s band, Athens; Baud from Macon;
hand from Marietta; Head's band. Atlanta.
The antis were a little off on music. They had
several bands engaged, but they failed to get
here Tuesday night. They bad one tend from
Maeou and two from this place.
THE TICKETS.
The prohibition ticket wasahont as big as a
total note and had an engraved lawk, printed
bine, with the words, in white, ???against the
sale.??? On the other side was an engraving,sho\ir
in his hnndwafi about to spring into smoke and
flame. An angel with outstretched arms
sweeps down to his rescue. In the foreground
a woman, surrounded by her children, was
kneeling in prayer. Across the
face of the precipice was printed the words:
???Against the rale.???
The nuti-profiibition ticket had printed on it
???For the rale,??? and these three words were all
that should be on any ticket. Any alteration
of tlie words or the substitution or addition of
any others, would vitiate the ballots. Most of
the anti tickets were engraved and had around
the words ???For the rale??? a scroll, and were cut
with a die that could not bo counterfeited, and
leaving the ticket large in the middle and di-
mini.-hing in curved lines towards either end,
A prohibitionist asked a negro Tuesday how
lie would vote. ???I???m wet.??? was tho response.
???Dou't you know that w hisky fills tho convict
gangs with negroes???? asked tlio white man
???Bora, dat???sjist wliaryer mistaken. You know
de main trouble wdd er nigger is stealing.
Now when er nigger gits drunk lie feels too
rich ter steal. When 1 gits drunk I feels as
rich ns Mr. Billy Low : e, an??? I don't want tor
steal no man???s things. De mo' niggers gits
drunk de less stealing doy'll lie.???
High and Dry.
ATLANTA FITS ON THE PLAINS OF PROHUUTION
At six o???clock Wednesday evening tho most
remarkable cumpaigu ever waged in Atlanta
was closed.
Persons living out of the city cannot appre
ciate the pitch to which tho cxcitcincut wan
carried. It was literally a craze on both
sides and the era vest apprehensions were en
tertained of disorders at the polls. As will bo
seen from our rejKirts printed below, Atlanta???s
usual good sense prevailed and tho eloction
was orderly to a degree. Praiso is
due tho leaders of both sides, and to a vast
majority of tlio voters for this res
orderly inclinations, or violent ini,
the part of tho votaries of either sic .
properly managed, would havo resulted in dis
asters. There was, however, general good hu
mor prevailing, aud tho ml and blue, san-
ivichcd in the lino, voted with nothing more
than pleasant chatting here and there.
THE DETERMINED EFFORT OF THE VOTERS.
A notable point was the determination of
tho voters. A man would tako his placo In a
line, perhaps one hundred ranis from tho bal
lot box, and likely sandwiched between two
negroes. He would hold his place in spite of
the chilling wind for an hour, moving toward
the poll at a snail's pace. Nothing could dis
lodge him from his place. While three Hues
were across tho street at tlio courthouso tho
fire alarm rang and tho cngiucs. lioso roels, aud
trucks enmo dashing down tlio street at a
lightning like speed. It actually looked for a
while as if the lino would not
break, but Just as the flying
horses were on them, a reluctant gap was
opened, Just wido enough for tho engiuos to
pass through, and closed with uuflincliing reg
ularity tho iustant they were gone. There
was almost no clianging of tho votes at all.
Nino voters out of every ten in tho Hues had
red or blue badges,, and it was accepted as in
evitable that they would vote as thoy wore la
beled. After various ineffectual dashes at tho
Hues, tho workers seemed to recognize this,
mid tho long lino sot out distinctly, the work
ers being huddled in tho auglcs between
???olid lino of red badges led by Mr. Beerrasnn
took possession of that ballot aud voted fifty
straight votes without a break. Mr. Johnson
K vc way at box No. 2 to a solid line of rod
Ages, aud at box No. 3 Mr. Frank Potts cast
tho second vote followed by about 100 red
voters. The fight was then fairly opened.
The Constitution reporter for tho day
reached the courthouse at quarter to five
o'clock. There was no one present except tho
night reporter whom he relieved. After eat
ing ubout seven bushels of wind, thickeuod
with drifting flakes of snow,
retired to an adjacent restaurant
and thawed out with coffee. Ho returned to
the poll at nliont half past flvo o'clock. Two
men were sccu through the gloom holding tlio
fort. They were Mr. J. D. Carter and Mr. E.
M. Roberts, both prohibitionists. In a few
minutes the slender form of Chief Conuolly
approached with Captain Crim. As he camo
up he Mowed into his fingers to warm them,
and looked arouud. Ho elevated hb
fingers to his mouth again and
appeared to Mow Ills whole
soul through them. He then turned to tho
three voters who were watching hint and said:
???Pretty cold, gentlemen.??? The voters smiled
a frozen smile, and agreed with him. Ho re
tired, leaving Captain Crim iu charge.
Recorder James A. Anderson then appeared
on the scene, having the undoubted air of a
man who had not been homo till morning for
two or three nights. It developed that lie did
not sleep a wink the night before, and was on
deck, tireless, ami active and impatient for tho
fray. Aliout five minutes to six tho
BI.ARK OF MUSIC WAS HEARD,
and n hand was seen coming up thostrect p
ing very appropriately ???Wo won't go homo
morning.??? In front of the tend cauie Captain
Moses Bentley in truly gorgeous array, with
f ilumcsin his hat, and a baton in his lmud, with
B ???
covered the loss they started with
house, and up to eleven o???clock held tho ad-
antago they started with at the engino house,
???hey were tauynpt and had tho hurrah up to
al out noon. Tho anti's then appeared to be
getting in their work and reports from2.tho
country districts were discouraging to the pro
hibitionists. They fought a gamo but losing
fight until tho close of tho engiuo house polls
at 3 o???clock, when they revived things fsomo-
??? parade of perhaps 600 bluo
badges in line to the court houscwliero there
was still three hours of work to do.
The country precincts were not heard from
reliably until about 4 o???clock. The prohibition
ists counterion 400 country minority, but were
alarmed.over reports from Cook???s, where it was
raid Alien) was sure to bo 600 anti'majority
When North Peachtree came in with 116 ma
jority and West find With 313, they felt tat-
cr. They lost Buckhcud by abont what they
expected, and when it was reported officially
'* ' ~ ok'shail only given 216 anti majority
covered their buoyancy and again
the out-of-town precincts by over 503.
Adnnisville was nearly balanced by Oak Grove,
ami Collins gave Its small majority. To this
was addl'd 263 from South Bend at a lato hour,
hich ubout justified their claims and brought
them into the city with a clean 600 votes to
the fore.
In the mcantimo there was a prevailing Im
pression that the engine house would add 230
to the out of town prohibition majority, which
wild send them to the courthouse with about
tO votes to spare. It was conceded that tlio
antis had carried tho courtlioiiso precinct, tho
ijority being variously estimated from 300 to
l). Tlio voting in tlio last two hours at this
ireeinct wus^largcly in favor of tlio antis, anil
Jlookcd os if tlio prohibitionists were beaten,
unless they enmo to tho courthouse door ^with
sharply over 600 mujority.
The count at tho engino house was watched
through every window, anil though communi
cation with the inside force was Impossible, tho
crowd guessed at the drift of things. It was
vidcntly a close voto and tho prohiliiliouists
lid not appear likely to get tho 250 they
claimed. A minor stole out from a broken
pane tlmt there was not fifty votes difference
either way. Tills was followed by tlio report
that the antis had actually carried tho poll.
The antis were buoyant over this nows, and
Inimed confidently that they could wipe out
the country majority if tho engino houso was
only ?? ht and-off. At 6:13 exactly tho engino
* (.use count was finished, and it was announced
..iutthe prohibitionists hud carried tlio pre
cinct by five votes. This carried them to tho
courthouso with 637 majority, where the polls
had closed aud the count was rapidly progress
ing.
Interest then centered In tho courthouso.
The immense building was crowded. Iu spito
of tho nipping wind Ihostono pavement about
the building was thronged with an anxious
crowd. ???Would
overcome the 637
prohibitionists had challenged
the question that 6,000 men were asking each
other. The anti???s stoutly held that it would,
rd to back their ,*
money. The prohibition!
discouraged at the outcome of tho cnginchouse
. oil, and were fearful of the result. Tho most
extraordinary effort# were made to get in
formation. The closed windows were besieged
by frantic iuquirers. Tho managers yield-
' to 'the public by announcing, when
,000 votes had been counted, that
the antis had only 78 majority. This
result Was a genuine surprise, and indicated a
clear prohibition victory. An hour later it was
announced that with two boxes counted, pre
sumably two-thirds of tho votes, tho anti ma-
. ority was only 220. This left the prohibition*
sts over 300 ahead, with less than 1,000 votes to
count. Tho excitement now began to range
high. It was conceded that the prohibitionists
had won the fight. While the prohibition
leaden seemed to appreciate the responsibility
that had come with their victory, they were
exhilarated over the expected result.
It was 10:13 o???clock when the last vote had
counted. The doors of tho manager*???
were then thrown open and Mr. Frank
Meyer walked out and announced that tho
iti-prohlbition majority at the (toll was 320.
This left the prohibit ion 1st* a net majority
???tes. By that margin Fulton county
had declared for prohibition. There were rous
ing shouts and songs as the figures were called.
The crowd then rapidly dispersed, The pro-
itiunist* formed a procession that seemed
udlcrs and marched to ihclr headquarter*
ilh thunders of applause, And the unex
ampled prohibition campaign was over.
Scenes at the Tolls.
AT THK COURTHOUSE.
Mr. James D. Carter, of James A. Anderson
o., cast the firet vote in the election,
voted an ??pen prohibition ticket. As his
fit fell into the Pryor street box, Mr. J. C.
Johnson dropped a prohibition vote into box
An Irish voter, whose name was not
ned, dropped a wet vote%Mo box So. 3.
Mr. Carter as he stepped aside, was followed
two prohibitionists who cost open volet. A
as mnitigcu mill mo nuxiim-i
1 the anti majority at that poll,
537 majority with which tho
iad challenged it???? That was
imjiortiint aud cloqucut gesture. HutTs baud,
with fifteen or twenty pieces, followed. Be
hind the tend game George Yarborough, tho
well knowu colored barber, with a broad red
sash and a red feather in his list, leading the
long line of negroes, who were marching bo
twos.
???that is the bull-pen crowd,
said Recorder Andersou as they marched up,
cheering as they came. The Constitution
man counted them and thoy were 326 in lino,
*ing to his count. "
They were well
military precision. They were divided into
companies, snd the officers of each company or
platoon had cpulctes,and red sashes around
their waists, snd rod badges with tho word
???Liberty??? engraved thereon. As tho liuo
reached the frout of the courthouse it deployed
into three detachments. One of these, directed
by Mr. Bccrmann, took position in front of
voting box No. 1. Tho next detachment,
under tlio direction of Mr. Frank Potts, took
position in front of No. 3. Tho third detach
ment, in charge of Mr. Micklehorry, filed iu
front of box No. 2. Just as thoy formed Mr.
Green Dodd appeared on tho secuo, wearing a
blue badge, and was received
with shouts of laughter and applause
by his opponcnts,whogood-naturedly reminded
him that they were on deck and were all wool
and a yard wide. Mr. Dodd blushed, tucked
his head over his right shoulder and blankly
answered the salutations of tho opposition. By
this time tho prohibitionists were gathering in
considcraMe strength. Dr. Rankin, Mr. J. W.
English, Mayor HiUyor, Henry Hitlycr, W. A.
II ay good and others formed au interesting
O of workers. Messrs. Paul Jones,
Gholstiin, Henry Knowles and other
autl-prohibitiouists of prominence, were on
hand,
a little hitch at the polls.
jAt exactly 7 o???clock there was a simultaneous
HBm mado for every ballot box. The police
pushed tho crowd back, but tho munugera
would not open until the space in front of the
???ntonncca were cleared for fully 20 foot. Tho
cffffwd took the rebuffs good-humoredly, and in
tnree minutci tho space was all clear. Tho
covers of the windows then (lew back, and tho
election bad begun. The clerks were a little
awkward at first, and about two votes to tho
minute was all all that was polled for tho first
???rof an hour.
???xaotly ten niinntosjiast seven music was
down the street, and another 'tend
moved in sight. Its politics was proclaimed
by its tune, which was at onco recognized as,
???wo won???t set drank any more.??? It whs tho
Macon bana bin d by the prohibitionists, lead
ing the Third want colored club, which
marched fifty-two strong with Jim Goodlitt
decked in blue iu command. They divided
into detachments without confusion, amt in
three companies, supplemented the lines of tho
red voters which were already being slowly
eaten lip at the polls.
They were* received with cheers liy the pro
hibition fenders who were standing near, and
whose hopes were* evidently revived.
This club had scarcely got into position
when ut 7:30 the colored club from Friendship
Baptist church, headed by Rev. Mr. Carter,
tlio famous colored prohibition preach
er, came marching up Pryor
street without music, but with
handsome bluo silk tanners engraved with tho
mark of tlio church, ???Down with Liquor.??? As
they filed past it was discovered tlmt there*
were ninety-five men in line. They deploy#
rapidly into detachments, aud tailed tho lines
which hail already been augmented by casual
voters who droiqad in. At 7:45 a lino of ataut
forty-five carriages fill'd out of Redd A Cox???s
stable, labeled with red signs flying the
word ???Liberty,??? and carne Into position
for orelera, being in the. employ of the anti-pro
hibition element. They were loudly cheered
red in
another band.was heard marching down Pryor
street, and great interest was felt as it pfooeed-
cd. It was discovered that It was a holi-tailed
band witii nothing taliind it. It had
evidently got lost. Nobody . knew who
it belonged to, and It was non-committal, oven
in the tune it played, grinding out the most
impartial music, ami giving forth such strains
only us could not lie connected with the cam
paign. At eight o???clock Itev.
Polling was now active, and the rate had In
creased to atmut four to the minute at each
tax. The best estimate was, that out of tlio
first 600 votes, the anti???s were thought to havo
350, having run in their bull pen voters first
thing. Tho prohibition ticket showed up tat
ter from H until 11 o???clock, and during that
lime it was estimated that it gained what hail
tan lost the first hour. Mr. John E. Bryant
cam?? up utaut half-past eight o???clock, ami
made a dash into Mr??? Pott???s lino of vote, fait
after trying h/>ro and there along tho line, and
meeting each time with what appeared to bo
failure, he retired. Ataut eleven o'clock an
old negro named Hainucls, who lives on Con
nolly street, appeared at the polls alone, and
nimmiiieed that lie wanted sotnclHMly to voto
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