W. C. T. U. DEPARTMENT
Mn. J. J. Vance. Press Supt.
MOW GEORGIA W. C. T. U.
THWARTED THE LIQUORITES
Reunion of the United Confederate
Veterant and Sona of Veterana
Furnishes Object Lesson.
Mrs. T. B. Patterson . ITok
Oeorpia W. C. TV.
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The Model Mcetisp loiMni ti 1 1
said, "If we ran only hold a 'mwrl
beer' saloon In Georgia as a Mind
to aell everything olw, until we
ran brine the drunkards up to ap
proximately what th-.v er- under1
ttie license system, and tlMB go be-'
fore the Georgia legislature barked
n million dollars, nothing In the world
ran defeat us"; and they had honed
tha the United Ctonferierate Veter
an's reunion, held at Mncon, May 7-9
Inclusive, would nid them greatly In
the consummation of these plan.
They had their plan well laid for b
high liquor carnival and had hoptd
to dispense their wares free and un
molested; In fact, they had been as
sured toy the city officials that they
wvjruld have n loose rein.
These violators of the law became
ho insolent and audacious that they
began to advertise in the local pa
pers; Cook's beer agent even vwui
so far as to have bin letter ordering
a solid tratnload of forty car of
t'ook's beer appear in the paper In a
two-color advertisement, and t.hlw
train was placarded at Bvansvllle,
In!., In great glaring letters, "Cook's
Beer, For the Reunion nt Macon.
Georgia", nnd as It trailed, like a
mighty serpent, across tlriM continent,
it tried to advertise to the world.
"'Prohibition won't prohibit."
But there were other forces behind
the scenes the forces of righteous
ness. There were letters and ' !-
grnms pouring Into the hands of the
Vfcernor from all the W, C, T. U.
official lioards of all the southern
'es To these lie replied with a
uriiicate let lei . saying he had no
I" r to help in this matter, not with
standing the fact that he had stated
time and again chining hi- campaign
that if elected he would ee that
n only Hie prohibit ion law, hut ev
ery law, was enforced.
Just at the time that the local
W C. T. U. was most active, Dr
Crafts, in providence of (Jod. visited
Macon in the interest of the hills
la nding In congress. In cooperation
with the local union, he called 41
meeting of tlte law and Order
Ijeague, "rolled up liih bleeve and
fearlessly pitched in"--he paid the
sheriff a visit. Did. that gent el man
lowe his self control? He certainly
lid and acted in such a way that
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those present thought he was n crn
7. man The result? In a t days
the sheriff. In a statement In the
i;t.- is, de lareil for the enion . in lit
of the prohibition law and offered s
reward of $2f for every arrest with
evidence to GOBI lc t !
Mrs S U Merrltt, the moving
spirit of the effort to ket ; pre hihi
Hon from being dlscredh'ed, then np
pealed to the mayor and touticil.
usual. the pleaded 'lack of evidence
to convict ", graciously promising Mrs
Merrltt. however, if the V. C. T I'
would produce the evidence that they
uould see that the offenders were
brought to Justice Tims the may
or and council "reckoned without
their Iwwt." The good woman took
them at their word, wen! out and
thru a small boy and her laundress
se ured the evidence, reappeared be
fore the grand Jury, made her charge
produced the evidence, Hlid her wit
nesses, and waited while the sheriff,
armed with inforniaion furnished by
these parties, made the raid, pro
cured seventy five pints of whisky
ami returned to the court room The
party was convicted and given a
M0 fine
Tlits put the city officials on
their mettle A Joint meeting of the
W (' T 1'. and the haw and Order
league was arranged, and the state
president or the W ('. T. t' who
had been in constant conimunlcai ion
with the local union ami the minister
ial association, v. a Invited to be
present. In the afternoon Mrs. Pat
terson Htld Mrs. Merrltt visited the
solicitor and consulted him in regard
to some laws not generally under
stood in regard to "near beer sa
loons" All these points were
brought out In the evening met ting
and are calculated to revolutionize
the husi M In .Macon.
On May X, I visited Macon with
no other object In view except to
see how the prohibition law would
he enforced during the United Con
federate Veterans' Reunion. Ac
companied by Mrs. Florence K. At
kins of Nashville, Tennessee. I went
all over the city, around the railroad
stations, out to the parks, the camps,
up nnd down the streets, stood on
the street corners, and In every pos
sible way In and out of hte hotels,
observed the crowds. I have never
seen a more orderly throng hi all
B life. Though there were thous
ands of people, covering the face of
the earth like locusts, everything
was decent, orderly. ; 1 1 1 everybody
seemed happy I saw only one man
who wa.s 1 in- least under the influ
e n ( e of whiskey. :unl he was not
drunk. One veteran was heard to
aay that he had not drunk as much
water since he WM a child.
The Macon N ws tuu ih following
to say "Fifty thousand visitors In
attendance upon the reunion: 5t.MiO
inhabitants of Macon all drinking
heavy y, but of water not lntoxi
cants. Since Monday (the second
ia of the reunion! !) .000.000 gallons
of water have been consumed."
It is said that 10,000 gallons of
icp water were drunk on the last day
of the reunion that being the gov
ernor's day, an unusually large
crowd was present. Only about one
dozen arrests were reported during
the reunion
At Monticello. where we were
I t Ming a V. C T. I'. Institute. 1
asked for expressions from men and
women who had at tended the r -union,
and tlnir testimony is practical
ly 1I1 a sain as that given above. We
feel gratified, for had the liquor
crowd been permitted to carry out,
plena, it wi ulel have disc ret.fi ed pro
hibition in the eye of Hie world
The president of the Uiv and Or
der L4MPM of Macon, a mom other
things, has the following to sa of
conditions during the reunion "l'i
regard to the blind tiger situation
here during the recent reunion, I
take pleasure in saying, thnt at no
time sni e the prohibition law went
Into effect was whiskey go bard to
buy. Tills is not hearsay, for four
men and I tried at least thirty pla
ce on different occosions and found
only one where M was possible to
make a purchase. This was nomi
nally a club room -onducted up
stairs, and Its Influence for evil was
comparatively small."
In a letter from Mrs. S. B. M. r
rltt she says, "Well, it's all a thing
of the past now, and our cause lias
N en wonderfully, marvelously sav.i.
To iod he all the glory! It lias been
the talk of the town and a lesson
to everybody. It has been a great
example of law enforcement to the
ic( pie of Georgia. They see now
Iran 1 lie law can be enforced."
A TEACHER TO HIS HOMESTEAD
Lines, on Leaving "The Claim" to
Attend Alliance Junior Normal
LEGAL NOTICE
in the District Court of the United
States, for the District of
Nebrasi'i.
la the matter of Tlllett fc Mark and
Charles W. Tlllett and louls K.
Mark, bankrupts lease no. 10):
In Bankruptcy. Voluntary Petition.
On this 16th day of May. A It.
HIS, on filing and reading the peti
tion of above named bankrupt for
his disc harge herein, ii Is '
ORDSRBD, that the 1Mb day of
June A. D. 150 2, be and the same
Is hereby fixed as the date on or
before which all creditors of, and all
other persons interested in said es
tate and in t he matter of the dls
chari;e in hankrupicy of the said
bankrupt shall, if they desire to op
pose the same, file in my said office
at Norfolk, Nebraska, in said dis
trict, their appearance in writing in
Opposition to the granting of said dis
charge-, ainl also, within ten days
tliereafter file in my said office speci
fications of the grounds of said oppo
sition. Witness my hand hereto, at my of
fice in Norfolk. Nebraska, the day
and date herein first above written.
K. P. WKATHKKUY,
Referee in Bankruptcy.
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Far w ell, old homestead! 4ot eight
weeks from now
I go to cultivate the lofty brow,
And revel in an Intelle: tual feast. -Farewell,
old shanty; for a line
at least
Farewell! thou realm, wherein, o'er
fowl and brute.
I hold my lonesome reign without
dispute.
Farewell! thou solitude, where I am
foci
On man-made biscuit or on baker's
bread !
I leave thee, and I seek a livelier
clime.
Where there is something doing
all the time!
Where youth and beauty sit at wis
crtom's feet.
And burning zeal and wise instruc
tion meet
Wiiere wit and music mac- th' as
sembly hall.
Fair-play and merry, strife the
games of ball.
W "here, like a book from off a dusty
shelf
I find in use a larger happier self.
And springs of life, a rich and good
ly store.
Whose bare existence was unfelt
before.
Call me not false or fickle, tho' 'tis
true
I cherish no regrets at leaving you.
Somewhere within my heart there is
a spot
For tender recollection - doubt It
not! .
But man can't live on tender recol
lection Attaching to a dry-land quarter-section!
So, though I leave some memories
behind.
Farewell! I go. to mingle with
my kind!
I,, ii. BAU..
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