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PARKERSBURG, W. YA„ WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY
VOLUME 1.
it
NUMBER 1.
WEST VIRGIN IAFREEMAX.
News Cullings.
A T»ill is pending in the Missouri
Legislature providing for rim voce
voting.
Congressmen have had more wa
ter than whisky, in Washington
for a spell.
I.udlow street jail has in it pris
oners for debt, one of whom has been
there five years.
Alex. IT. Stephen’s body servant
Henry, died recently,at Crawford
ville Ga., worth $20,000.
O ver five hundred thickly settled
■squares were submerged by the re
visit floods, in New Orleans.
The entire town of Pass Manchas,
La., was swept away by a storm of
wind and rain on the 9th inst.
The Grand Jury of New Castle
< minty. Delaware, have been after
IL (t. Ingersoll for blasphemy.
A recently passed law in New
Jersey allows a wife to testify at the
trial of her husband charged with
manslaughter.
A constitutional amendment is
pending in Missouri, prohibiting
the manufacture of alcoholic liquors
in the State.
Seats in the New York Stock
Board sell as high as thirty thou
sand dollars. Big price, for a
scat, a seat on a heard, at that.
Three men were killed on the loth
inst.. at New York, by the falling
"fan old mast, which, was being
hoisted out of the 'Swecdish ship
< 'leopatra.
1 he fight between Tammany and
anti-Tammany in Xew York, con
tinues and is likely to result in the
election of a Republican as against
two Democrats, to■succeed Fernan
do Wood.
1 ho celebrated Long Bridge
across the Potomae was partly car
ried away by the recent ice floods.
Pennsylvania Avenue was turned
into a canal and navigated by all
kinds of small water-craft.
A (ialveston widow, about to
many her fifth husband, being re
buked by her pastor for contemplat
ing matrimony so soon again, re
torted with a widow’s spirit ‘‘1 just
" ant you to understand, that if the
i.ord keeps taking them I will
too.”
file \\ heeling Register says the
hepublicans, when in power, took
*«0,U00 from the school fund. The
intelligencer says, that up to last
> ear the Democrats took from the
-chool fund 8127,511.48. Come, gen
tlemen, tote even. But then, the
Ikmoerats have been keeping house
'longer—Does that explain it?
-—--—
^r- Spencer Cockran, a young
'ark ninety-two years of age, was
recently married in Patrick county,
' a-> to a spry old maid of forty,
Miss Bethany Hubbard. We are
not advised whether she is a daugh
ter of Old Mother Hubbard” who
manifested such tenderness and zeal
,n efforts to supply the poor dog
"ith a bone. If she is and has no
batter luck when she goes to the
cupboard, than had the old lady, it
"di be rather rough for young
Spencer, The grand-daughter and j
great grand-daughter of the groom j
waited on the couple, and hi.* son ,
married them.
A bar-room for women has been j
opened on one of the high-toned ;
thoroughfares of New York. Let
us have one on Market street. The
ladies should not be deprived of the
patriotic pleasures of adding some
thing to the enterprise and busi
ness of the city.
The Trustees of the l’eabody Fund
held tlieirannual meeting at Wash
ington D. (’.., Feb. 2nd 1881, at
which meeting they were addressed
by Hon. Robert C'. Winthrop.
Glowing tributes were paid to the
memory of the late Dr. Sears, whose
unequaled services, lias secured
such magnificent results from the
munificent gift of the great philan
thropist.
Tne Amendment in the Senate,
Consideration of the Prohibitory
Amendment having been made the
special order for Wednesday Febu
ary 16, in the Senate the greater part
j of that day and the following
was spent in discussing the matter.
Both Wheeling Dailies iiadaccounts
of the proceedings. We give the
substance of the Intelligencer's re
port.
! The resolution provides: “That tin* manu
facture and sale of intoxicating drinks arc
forever prohibited i11 this Stute except for
medicinal, mechanical, and sclent fie purpo
ses, and that the Legislature shall enforce t he
same by appropriate legislation.” After the
reading of the resolution by the Clerk seve
ral Senators serambled to their feet for rec
I ognitiou, ami J udge Brown being the success
ful one asked Mr. Faulkner if he would not
agree to a further postponement of tin- reso
lution. Mr. Faulkner replied that he did not
think that a further postponement would ac
complish any good. TheHeimtehad nothing
of special importance to consider at present,
but it would he rushed with work lateron;
and the question might as well be decided now
one way or the other.
Judge Brown asked that the resolution he
postponed for one week, at least. lie said
there was a very important hill awaiting the
action of the Senate—The hill reg
ulating tlx* Justices of tlie several counties—
and until the hill was passed the people were
virtually without laws for their government.
He hoped, therefore, it would be the pleasure
of t he Senate to agree to his motion to post
Mr. Wood said the question must he raer
sometime during the session, and he knew of
no better time than the present to meet the
issue, and, therefore, he would move that
the resolution be indefinitely postponed.
Judge Brown resisted the morion to indefi
nitely postpone, and warned the Senate if it
was postponed now there would coine an
hour when there would he no postponement ;
of the question. The people have petitioned
for the privilege of voting on this question .
and we have no right to refuse them. The
petitions contain the names of as many re- j
spectable ond wealthy people as ever appear- j
ed on a paper ever presented to this Legisla
ture. Let us not, therefore, shirk our duty in
this matter. As for myself I am with the
people in this measure, and will stay with
them if the consideration of it sinks every
political party in the State.
Mr. Dennis said he freely confessed that he :
was a temperance man, and regretted the ■
evils of drunkenness as much as any Senator !
on the floor, but he didn’t propose to shirk
his d uty—
Judge Brown, interrupting: “I wish to cor- j
rect t-lie impression of the gentlemen, I did ;
not insinuate that any Senator would refuse ,
to do his duty. What I did say, was: ‘Let us
not shirk our duty.’
Mr. Dennis continuing spoke in favor of
the motion to indefinitely postpone. “1 take j
it that every Senator’s mind is made up as to !
how he wilf vote, and the prolongation of
the discussion on the measure is useless.”
Mr. Smith said he objected to the indefl- |
nite postponement, because it cut oft'amend
ments to the resolution. He thought it could
be so amended as to suit the friends of the
measure and meet with the approbation of
the Senate.
Mr. Faulkner, the leader of the opposition
to the resolution, then took the floor and
made a long and exhaustive argument in fa
vor of indefinite postponement. He assert
ed that one-half of the petitioners did not
know that the Constitution already provides
for the enactment of laws suppressing the
liquor traffic. The ladies signed the peti
tions because they objected to the saloons.
I Thera are already laws on our Statute books
1 regulating these places, hut I doubt if they
were aware of tlie inct when they signed the
petitions. The Legislature is already au
thorized to pass laws suppressing the manu
I future and sale of intoxicating drinks, why,
therefore, submit this question to the peo
Mr. Faulkner then referred to Maine as an
example of the workings of a prohibition
law He said Maine, was ahead of all the
New England States in the number of di
vorces granted. Now the temperance people
claim that drunkenness is the cause of most
of the domestic wretchedness in the land.
Let us see bow is it in Maine. In 1X78 there was
one divorce to evary 1,357 inhabitants; in
Massachusetts one to every 2,800, and in liq
uor selling West Virginia I don’t think the
proportion would quite be one to 5,000. Now
If you can prove to me that the passage of
this amendment will benefit the people
make the men stronger and the women
healthcir, and the State more prosperous,
then I will favor the adoption of the amend
mSow does prohibition work in Maine? A
prominent temperance
instated that in
„„„ r-nno inhannant* that thete are
forty places where liquor is sold In violation
of the law. Further, there are more epeelal
bus written a letter to a genii
floor of this House In which I t li
one town of 7,000 Inhabitant*
United States licenses taken out in Maine
than in whisky selling West Virginia.
M.r; ?liulkVor the question resolved
itself into three propositions; Prohibition.
Local Option and License. lie uiu»teii Sena
tor rhurman,of Ohio, in support of his asser
tion that local option in Ohio was a failure
also the remarks* of a man named Duftield
in relation to Michigan.
Now, in my county there is a distillery that
turns out 2,'240gallons a dav, hut not five cents
worth of it is sold in West Virginia. The
product is shipped to Baltimore and Phila
delphia. Yet this amendment would abolish
th in industry. With what effect ? Why,
another could be started up just aeross the
lim in Maryland. If suppressed in this
State it would throw 200 men nut of employ
ment. If I w as to go back to the days of the
Pilgrim Fathers; to leave my land for a new
country 1 would make such laws as are pro
posed by this amendment. But you must
take things as they are and not attempt such
radical measures as is proposed by this reso
lution. This State receives #*5,575,511 from li
censes, one-sixteenth of tin* expenses for
running the State. How would you provide
for this deficit? The only way left open to
you will 1m to increase tin* tax on real and
personal property.
Judge Brown was very happy in Ids reply
to Mr. Faulkner. He said the question before
lhe Senate was not one of individual prefer
ence, hut it was t he right of the people to pass
upon the merit.softhe measure. According
to the Senator from Berkeley the Barons
didn't know wlmt they were asking for when
they presented the Magna Charta to King
John; the ladies did not know what they
were signing when they put their names to
the petitions that are before this body asking
for the passage of this amendment.' I don’t
consider that reflection very complimentary
to my constituents. If the gentleman Imd
lived in the time of the signing of tin* Dec
laration of Independence, he would have
said that the signers did not know what they
did.
In my Senatorial district there 1* nbt one
j distillery. Ami 1 thank (iod for it. Only
! one village In the county has license. Where
j license is withheld the effect is magical. It
1 used to he that court could not be held in our
! county for tin* uproar created by quarreling
, and fighting. Now that no license is granted
the order is the very best. The Senator from
; Berkeley quoted Senator Thurman ns author
| ity on local option. I haveheard thulThurman
was the best Judge of whisky in Ohio, and
also the best drinker. J ask you, Senators,
to give the petitions of the people a respect -
; fill hearing. We have no right to withhold
from the people to vote on this measure, and
! assume that we know what Is hotter for them
I than they themselves do.
Mr. Smith followed Judge Brown in reply to
Mr. Faulkner. Mr. Smith was very eloquent
j »>i Ids remarks presenting Ids plea for tem
perance. Continuing, Mr. Smith replied to
Mr. Faulkner categorically. He said he ob
: jeeted to the indefinite postponement for the
reason that it cut off all amendments. 1 hud
intended, said Mr. Smith, to prepare an
: amendment that would except beer and wine
and prohibit the manufacture and sale of
I alcoholic liquors, and to prevent their im
1 portation into the State. My proposition is
to submit both measures to the people. 1
1 would ask the Senator from Ohio county
therefore, to withdraw his motion to indefl
j nitely postpone.
j Mr. M oods refusing to comply the debate
I was continued at some length, when the
Senate adjourned without coming to a vote
on the question before the House.
I he Senate having adjourned fill
Thursday the report of the
second days discussion continues:
The prohibitory liquor amendment coniine
up under the beuri of unfinished business of
yesterday, Mr. McGregor obtained the lloor
and spoke in favor of t lie measure. He de
nied the points made by Senator Kauikner,
yesterday In regard to the failure of prolilbi
I ion in Maine,and quoted extensively from
statistics to support the, position betook.
He referred to the deerease of the liquor hill
of that State from ?18,(Kill,00(1 annually to S‘i00,
000, and quoted the report of the sheriff of
( itiuberland county, the county in which the
city of Portland is situated, which officer as
serted that the poor house had been emptied
of paupers,and the death rate had decreased
front one out of .Vito 1 out of 300, all of which
resulted from tlie abolition of the manufac
ture and sale of intoxicating liquors. Mr.
McGregor also fortified his position hv read
ink the testimony of Senators Blaine ami
Hamlin in regard to Hie henonis resulting
from prohibition. Citing our own State, Mr.
McGregor maintained that the crime pre
vailing could he traced to the use of liquor,
and read from tile Auditor's report as to the
percentage of criminals sent to the Peniten
tiary from the counties in which no license
was granted in comparison with the number
sent from lhe counties in which liquor was
sold—Hie comparison being largely In favor
of the anti-license counties. In conclusion
Mr. McGregor asserted Unit, the State was
responsible to a certain degree for murders
committed in this State of which liquor was
proven to be the elementary cause.
Mr. Dennis obtained the floor at the eon
elusion of Mr. McGregor’s speech, and spoke
for half an hour In favor of the indefinite
postponement of the resolution. The Sena
tor said what, lie most desired to do was to
present the real issue Involved in thisques
tion—the true question the Senate was call
ed on to decide. He didn’t propose to discuss
Hie temperance question, as 11 didn't enter
Into Hie matter at all. He admitted that ail
that was said of the evils of intemperance
was literally true; that wretchedness and
crime were prevalent and that whisky in
the main was the cause. Mr. Dennis then ar
gued tin* futility of the amendment even if it
became a part of the fundamental law. The
resolution seeks to prohibit the manufac- j
ture and sale of intoxicating drinks. The
great question, said the Senator, v.-ith the
temperance people was to find a remedy for
drunkenness, lint does thlsdo It? No; he
didn’t think it did. The manufacture of li
quor in this State does not amount to any
thing, as hardly any of the liquordrank was
manufactured In the State. If the sale of in
toxicating liquor was prohibited then some
good might he accomplished. Mr. Dennis
referred to Mr. Smith's proposition made
yesterday to forbid the importation of liquor
Into the State in addition to prohibiting the
manufacture and sale, claiming It to be un
constitutional, as it, was delegated to Con
gress to regulate the commerce between the
States. Mr. Dennis claimed that ills sympa
thies were ns great for temperance as any
man, hilt he did not think the passage of the
imendmont proposed would work the bene
1t« and good claimed, and he would therefore
cote for the Indefinite postponement of the
measure.
Mr.Bro'.vn thought it was about time to
nquirc wliat question was before the Senate.
[t was not whether flic Senate thought the
neasure proper and right, but whether the
•equest of the 20,000 people who petitioned
or the privilege of voting on it would be
[ranted. The Senator from Greenbrier has
tated that there is already r provision in the
Constitution providing for the enactment of
aws regulating the sale of liquors, and if the
.eglslature would pass the laws asked for
vhat need the people bother about it. But,
ontlnued Mr. Brown, If this Legislature
would pass a law of tilts kind the nm Leg
islature could repeal tt. The people w ,nt the
matter fixed for all time.
Pending further debate the Senate took a
recess until 2 o’clock.
AKTKK HM'KSS.
1 he Senate reassembled at 2 o'clock prompt,
when Senator Dawson obtained the floor to
speak against the indefinite ixistiNincmcnt.
hew people were In (he lobby at the opening
ot tbe session, but before Mr. Dawson had
concluded ail the visitor’s seats were oocu»
Pied and many were standing.
Mr. Dawson said that there were three
modes of dealing with the \shiskv question :
license, local option and prohibition. lie
bad his opinion as to which was the best, viz.:
local option. Hut he would not sav that his
opinion was better than some thirty thou
sand petitioners. He was willing for the
questt >n to go to the people, and to let them,
after thorough, discussion, decide which was
the best mode. What harm can come by al
lowing the people to vote on the question?
lhe Senator from Greenbrier, (Mr. Dennis]
had asked: ('an you convert a man by act
of the Legislature? ('an you make women
virtuous by act of the Legislature? Hut the
answer to these questions proved too much;
for as you cannot make women virtuous nor
nien moral by law, then the logical sequence
<»f the Senator’s quest ions would be, pass no
act to prohibit or regulate houses of ill-fame,
gambling-dens, etc.
The Senator then rend from the Declaration
<»f Independence and the Constitution of the
state and of the Tinted States, to show the
sacred ness >f the right of petition, and then
passed to an exposition of the results and
workings’of the Maine prohibitory law, and
'trow tlie conclusion that It lint! Itt en a ivits
tmnlili1 RUcecKs, us prohibitionists did not
claim that their measure would transform
earth to Kden. Touching the argument of
tlie other side, that If the amendment should
be adopted, it would result in a loss of reve
nue to the Stall-, the Senator said the revenue
from whisky IIcenses was 985,000 per year, the
state paid at tlie same time for criminal ex
penses in felony eases alone, SM.OOO, (to say
nothing of the enormous expenses paid by
the several counties for misdemeanor trials,)
t hree-fourths of which it is admit ted by ant i
prohibitionists, were caused by whisky. He
argued that tin* number of the petitioners
was sufficient to make It imperative on t lie
Legislature to submit the amendment to tin*
people, as it had been asked for by one
twentieth of the people of the State. One
fortieth of the voters of J’roslon
county could compel the County Court to sub
mit to t he \ oterx of that county theluwfor
the protection of sheep; why ought not the
petition of one-twentieth of the people of the
State he sutlielent to justify the Legislature
to submit this measure for the protection of
humanity ? Arc sheep better than men?
Mr. Newman followed Mr. Dawson, argu
ing in favor of the indefinite postponement
ot the resolution. He was opposed to the
proposed amendment, because he thought it
would mu he efficacious In remedying the
evil It sought to do. claiming that prohibition
in Maine was a failure and that It would
meet with no better success in this State if
adopted.
M r. Woods of ()hlo county,made the closing
speet h on th - measure, speakingat consider
able length in support of Ills motion to in
I definitely postpone the resolution. He said
j the effect of the motion to postpone was to
! bring It squarely before the Senate oil Its
merits. Because, said the Senator, these pe
: titlons conic to us from the people, it is no
reason they should be granted. The Legisla
ture has the right to use Its discretion In the
| matter as to what shall be doneand what not
j done. The Senator asserted that if adopted
the amendment would not work the good
j intended, contending that the harder an
.object was to obtain the more eagerly would
{ it be sought for, and that “stolen fruits were
i the sweetest.” The Senator then referred to
| the workings of prohibitory laws in Maine,
Kansas and Ohio, and quoted from a letter
i written by Mr. Mur<h,of Maine, to substnn
j tiate his ^assertion that prohibition was a
failure In that State. Mr Woods said he was
opposed to tlie amendment because it. was
inconsistent with the Idea of local self-gov
I eminent. This, said lie, is a democratic idea
| and extends down to minute affairs of life.
I He was also opposed to 11 because it would
deprive a number of citizens of property
i without making any provision for compen
sation for their loss. Mr. Woods tookoeca
| sion in closing his speech, to resent the re
mark of Senator Brown, “who wondered at
the brazen-faced impudence of men who
thrust themselves in the way of Senators in
lobbying for tin* d of cat of the measure.”
Mr. Woods said the other side was lobbying
as much as his side, and he knew of one man
who ha<l been threatened with political dam
j nation if he voted against it. I don’t deny
j the right of any man, added Mr. Woods, t<>
i Work for either side of a measure hut i think
j the Senator from Jackson was unjust and
unkind in his strictures.
I Mr. Brown—How are you going to stop it?
| I am responsible for what I say, a;id If an v
! person feels aggrieved at what I have said he
knows who I am and where I live.
Mr. Woods replied that there were certain
Considerations which ought to impress the
Senator in this matter.
! This ended the debate, and the question
being on tin* indefinite* postponement of the
resolution, tin* yeas and nays were demanded
and the demand being sustained, tin* vote i
[ resulted as follows:
Yeas—Davison, Dennis, Donelmo, Kwin,
Faulkner, Maxwell, McNeel, Newman, Rob
erts, Shelton. Stollings, Stout, Van Meter,
Williams and Woods—15.
Nays—Barbee, Brown, Dawson, Farns
worth, McGrow, Samples, McGregor, Smith,
and Summers, (President)—0.
When the result was announced Mr. New
man moved to reconsider the vote and then
moved to lay the motion on the table, which
prevailed, thus virtually killing the measure
so far as the Senate Is concerned Jn the mat
ter.
If the House should pass the bill
it will goto the Senate again.
Ex-Gov. Furnas, in an address
before the Nebraska State Horti
cultural Society at is.recent session,
quoted from official reports showing
that during the year 1880 there
were planted in Nebraska 53,092,046
forest trees, 2.440.288 fruit trees, and
464,420 grape vines. He claimed
that his State was peculiarly adap
ted to successful fruit growing.
Eight Court officers dug the grave
of the late favorite wife of the Sul
tan of Morocco. She was laid in it,
wrapped in a priceless shawl, and
all her costly clothing was buried
with her, her jewels being broken
up at the grave and distributed
there among the poor.
A Temperance ('minty.
j From “A Plea fpr Prohibition,” by Pros. A.
j (3. linvgood, D. 1>.
i No county in Georgia had more still-houses
; ami bar-rooms to the number of inhabitants
than ('arroll, twenty years ago. Prinking
places were not only to 1m' found In the little
towns: hut also at the cross-roads and country
I place** throughout the county. No more un
j favorable place for the success of prohibit Ion
! could have been selected than this county.
It was settled by a class of citizens who re
garded plenty of corn whisky and peach
brandy essential to good living. Liquor was
sold without scruple and drank wit hunt st in I.
Many of the people spent all their means, be
yond a bare Us ing, for strong drink. I\f\»
cation and churches were neglected. Ignor
ance and vice prevailed to such an alarming
extent that the very name of the county be
came a by won! and reproach in the state.
It was called the “Free state of (’arroll.” The
better citizens,going from the count), worn
ashamed to acknowledge where they were
from. The County of ('arroll was once syno
nymous with still-houses, clfickcn-llghting,
horse-swapping, pony clubs, one-ox carts,
poverty, piney woods, and ignorance.
Tin* first move toward prohibition in thft
county was made at Howdon. In the very
act by which the town was incorporated
a clause prohibiting the sale of whisky in so
many miles of the place.
In IHtt'U). \V. \Y. Fitts moved to Carrollton,
the county seat, ami began at once the abol
ishing of the whisky t rathe l>y law. He stood
well nigh alone for several years. With an
energy that never tired and a determination
[that never faltered, lie worked on. He was
foiled frequently by the liquor men; but he
never gave up the struggle. (Mlier men moved
into the town, and united their Influence
with Ids. They managed the prohibition
movement with great prudence and tact.
They did not organize for one election or nun
year. After an election, at which they we e
defeated by the liquor men, they did not
abandon their hopes; but began again (<»
work for another election. Ity keeping or
ganized all tin* lime, they conserved their
forces; and, though t hey did not succeed for
several years, they were all the lime (summ
ing public opinion. Thus they prepared to
hold the field when they won it.
I n ('arroll fori til A temperance men worked
twelve years without success. In 1H75 a bill
was passed by tin* legislature prohibiting the
sale of liquor In the town.
In spite of all Opposition and abuse, the
temperance men succeeded, and with results
that are marvelous.
1. The trade of tlu* town has been moretnun
doubled, before the liquor trufllc wusabolisb
ed the trade of the place was about $200,000 a.
year; now if is $000,000 a year. There are
thlrt.v stores in town, and I do not know of a
single merchant among them who would not
vote against 1 he liquor t rafiic, on purely ims
incss grounds. Mr. .John \V. Hie wart, who
bus made a fortune here, says, as u business
man, that lie would not have liquor buck for
any consideration. Home of our leading
merchants were opposed to prohibition at
first, because they feared it would Injure their
trade. They are unanimously in favor of W
now. The ?•'#),UOO that was spent here for
whisky prior to 1X7."» Is now spent in building
houses, improving stock,draining hinds,and
paying taxes. The farmers are nearly all
out of debt. Many of the men who were
spending all their noney for whisky have
quit drinking and are making a support for
their families.
2. The argument that men would drink
anyhow does not hold good but with few.
Perhaps there are in every town some few
men who have drunk so long that they arc
slaves to tin* habit. Hindi men wool ’ end
off and get whisky* and drink anyhow. But
we have learned that, with nearly all the peo
ple, whisky is like watermelons—the supply
creates the demand. J)o away with the sup
ply, and t here will be no demand, as a gert
j eral thing. By prohibiting the sale of whisky
! in the towns of Georgia we will soon have
! a generation of young men who will have no
desire for it whatever.
We have two drug stores here: but not a
particle of whisky is sold in either one of
♦K-ui. Tin* leading druggist here told me
that he kept alcohol in the store; hut housed
it only for tinctures. An attempt was made
by one of the druggists to sell hitters; hut the
grand Jury soon found so many true hills
against him that he promised the people of
the town if they v/ould ask the judge to be
as merciful as possible, he* would never sell
another bottle of bitters ora drop of whis
ky.
i. In amoral point of view, the results of
this movement in our town are perfectly re
markable. The solicitor of this judicial cir
cuit says there is less crime in this county
than in any other in fids circuit. Most of
tiie iwople have joined the church. Profan
ity is almost unknown. On the train that
comes into Carrollton notan officer or train
hand on It ever swears an oath.
The soberness and quiet which prevails
here, even on election days and court weeks,
strike visitors as being wonderful. At a bar
becue here last year, though there were to
gether four thousand people, Col. Thomas
Hardeman, who spoke on the occassion, sai l
that he never saw a drunken man. He re
garded it as something almost new under the
sun. A committee of gdod men revised the
hury-box, leaving the name* of those out who
habitually drank whisky. The county has
been electing, for the past twel ve years, Dr. T).
H. Juban, ordinary, who will not grant li
cense to sell liquor in the county, for love, or
threats, or money He has done a grand
work for the county, and so could every or
dinary, If he would.
The prohibition movement in this county
is a grand success. Three-fourths of the
white people in Carrollton are opposed to the
sale of whisky, and nearly the same portion
in thecounty.