The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1861-11-07
PROCEEDINGS OF A TEMPERANCE
MEETING.

ICED by appointing James NJ. Tuthill
chairman, and G. p. Ingman secretary
The committee appointed at previous
meeting for the purpose of drafting a
constitution for county temperance So
ciety, reported. The report was accept.
Cd and adopted. The following is a brief
synopsis:
This society shall be called the Cedar
County Temperance Society.
Its objects shall be to promote the
cause of temperance in every practical
way.
The officers of this society shall be a
President, Vice President, Secretary and
Treasurer, who shall be elected every
three months, and whose duties shall be
such as their several titles indicate.
This society shall meet regularly on
the evening Of the first Tuesday Of each
month.
The organization of the Society was
completed by the election of the follow
ing officers:
President-Jamcs NJ. Tu,hill.
Vice President-S n Fellows.
iSecrefary-R. Carothers.
Treasurer-G. p. Ingman.
The committee appointed at previous
meeting to visit all the places in Upton
where intoxicating drinks may be obtain.
ed, and to use earnest and decided efforts
to persuade those engaged in the sale
thereof to cease from the same, made the
following report, which was approved,
and the committee continued:
To the Cedar Co. temperance Society:
The undersigned committee would
make the following Report of their do
ings, as required of them by former
meeting, held at the NJ. f. Church on
Friday eve, Oct. 18th, 1861. Your
committee prepared the following peti-
tion and presented the same to the own.
ers aud keepers of all places where ntox
icatins liquors are reported to be kept
for sale in Tipton-which said petition
or request was as follows, viz:
We the undersigned having bceu ap-
pointed u committee, at a meeting of the
friends of temperance and sobricty which
was held in the NJ. +. Church on Friday,
eve, Oct 18th, 1861, to visit all places
in Upton where intoxicating liquors are
reported to be kept for sale, for the pur-
pose Of requesting those engaged in the
disposal of Beer to dcsist from dealing in
it in any manner whatever; and that all
disposing of other intoxicating liquors
are mos. earnestly and respectfully en-.
treated and requested, by the friends Of
temperance and liberty in Upton and vi.
cinity, to be very cautious not to dispose
Of any Intoxicating liquors only as allow
cd by the laws of the State of Iowa
Believing the use of intox icating
drinks to be cnrse to the community in
which we live, causing blight, mildew,
and even death to those who are alicted
to its use We, therefore, as good citi
z"ns, bc.icvin: it to be our duty to do
whatever lies IN our power towards sub
verting the evils of intempcrancc do
most respectfully entrcat the observance
Of the foregoing requests.
JAS. w BAGLEY,
S p DANIELS,
Mrs. + CnILps,
Miss VI VI RUMSEY,
Committee.
The first saloon we visited, the keeper
thereof, by some Il cans knowing of our
coming, met US at the door with n smile
upon his face, and soon promised to de
sit from the sale Of ".ike, (which he
insisted was not Intoxicating liquor
provided all others who were engaged in
the sale of liquors in Upton would also
desis,, as requested by the aforesaid pcti
ton. With all our cntreatics, both written
and oral, he still insisted that the ale ht
spId ,rouid not intoricote, bit the beer sold
by otAer salmon keepers and druggists 'cas
I"to1icuttny Hquor AS We left the sa.
loon, the keeper, to show his good ma
turc, (wheather real or not. proposed to
"treat' one of the ladies of your com
mttee to glass of his pure, unadultera-
ted liquor.
From thence VIC proceeded to drug
store, and presented our petition to one
Of the druggists, who after reading the
same assured US that the beer he sold
would not intoxicate, and therefore was
doing no harm, and before he would give
US an answer he wished to consult his
partner and as for the selling of other
liquors, Of late he thought the communi
ty ought not to complain, as they were
no,c selling only as oloped by lac.
From thence We proceeded to the sec
ond saloon and presented the subject to
the keeper thereof. He insisted that the
beer he sold would not intox catc, and if
the drug stores would stop selling their
liquors, and the saloon first visited by
your committee was "dried up For
he assured us that the GALE" sold there
was part whiskey, and claimed the drunk
enness came from the saloon selling ale,
and the drug stores
And 80 the various excuses were made
for dealing out the poison which is make
ing drunkards and maniacs in our midst
and invariably the vendors plead "Not
guilty"
All of which is respectfully submitted.
J. W. BAGLEY,
Chairman of Committee.
The officers of the society were consti
tuted a committee to procure suitable
persons for holding meetings and deliv.
ering temperance addresses in the differ
ent school districts in the county