Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1855-03-01
From the Palladium

Uln accordance with q call of The ladies oil
CentervilIe,a large concourse OF persons assem-
bled at the NJ. E. Church, on the evening oil
Friday, February 2, 1855.
Upon motion OF Mrs. Harriet Woods, Mrs,
Deborah X. Adams, was called 10 the Chair,
and Mrs. Jane H. McCord appointed Secretary.
BY request of the Chairman, Rev. F. G.
Black Offered prayer.
The chairman then announced the object Of
the meeting 10 be the hearing OF the report Of
a committee previously appointed 10 visit al
those in Cenlerville, who were engaged in
selling intoxicating liquors, and request then
to deSiSt from their business, uhereupon Mrs.
Sarah Williams offered the following
REPORT:
The committee appointed 10 draft a petition
and obtain the signatures of the ladies' of Cen.
%terville and vicinity, and to present the same
to the merchants, grocers and druggists, and ia
obtain their answers, would present the fol-
lowing report:
The committee met and agreed upon a petit
ton, which was circulated and 3l3 signatures
were obtained.
The following are the petition and names:
CENTERvLLE, January 81, 1856.
OliIuIUoloI CCo WHICH nave COI1DeIleu
US 10 appear before you are both extraordinary
and peculiar, while we feel a common inter-
est in maintaining and perpetuatine every le-
climate branch Of business in our community
we, al the same time declare our intention
and pledge our united services 10 the DIS
COURAGEMENT and DESTRUCTION Of
every branch Of business which, overlooking
the moral and social condition Of society,
seeks to intrench itself in the pavilion of its
own SelishneSs, regardless of the moral and
social interests of community. Such is the
character of your business so far as it has any
connection with The vending of intoxicating
drinks. We do therefore, as the wives moth
erS and sisters of this community, ask you,
respectively, 10 abandon at ONCE and FOR
EVER, the unholy business OF selling or Civ
ing to our husbands, sons, brothers, or the
wayfarlng man, anything that can intoxicate.
we wish, in fine, 10 say to you in unmis-
taxable terms, that we want you TO abandon
the liquor Traffic. We feel that we are suf-
ferers by your trade, and therefore have q
right to ask this redress. We ask il earnestly
sincerely and with determination, and we
will wait forty. eight hours for your answer.
[Signed by 1913 Iadies,l
I'VE regret our inability to insert the names.
We have not capital letters out ofuse TO do so.
To THIS petition we received the following
replies:
~CENTERvrLLE, Feb. list, 1855.
We, the undersigned merchants, grocers
druggists and citizens OF Centerville, do here
by agree and pledge our selves to the ladies' of
Centerville and vicinity, that we will not
keep, or sell, or give away any intoxicating
liquors 10 any Of our customers, friends, or
any individual whatever.
Henry Garthwai:, King & McMoechan,
VIM. Wilkinson, ]. Druley,
]. Co. Hays, VIM. G. Banta,
Jack d Baker. FL Snider & Co.,
Elmer q Jones, Elijah r. Harvey,
EmmerSon q M'Whinney, Isaac Burbank,
l.. Wolfler, Andrew Reed,
Thomas CASTOR, VIM. C.Harvey.
To the Temperance Committee Of Center
bile II agree to sell out all my stock of
intoxicating liquors to the said committee, if
they choose 10 buy the same, at cost and
carriage, and sign the pledge presented by
said committee, and abandon the traffic. And
as it is a matter of importance 10 me that |
maintain my family, and as ] have the shop
800 - wv W Vuy ~ iShhI L uCiS
fore solicit the patronage Of the committee
when | keep an establishment they can con-
S~islenIly patronize. All Of which is respect
fully submitted.
HENRY GARTuwATr.
February I'd, 1855.
We, the undersigned, Druggists OF Center
vile, do hereby pledge ourselves to the ladies
of CenterviIle and all others concerned, that
we will neither sell nor give away any intox-
icating liquors Of any kind, except for medi-
cinal purposes, and in ell cases we must be
well satisfied that such liquors, when sold,
will be used for such purposes only.
]. W. DoUGmRrY.
J. PRIcHET
To the committee and petitioners who called
on the proprietors Of business houses on the
evening of the 18th inst, requesting a dis
continuance of the traffic in spurious or in
fov;oafin0 l;ouox..