Smyrna times., 1868-03-25
Written for the "Times I"
Good TempIars.

cd "f,o, " last weeks Times. saw an article b,d
as wa do ana signed "Drunkari's Friend" Feelin
~ " o w d I'feiy interest in the cause Of Ter,,o ~
the article with and interest od we rea'
sii'S ; ana comments on the same Its autbo NJ - " e'
s,h u the order to which he makes reference aI y
/ uo r'"S'u 70 know what he was writing about "
~ ~'"'s' me Templars do not attemnt IN arroat. 4,
serves any superiority over the Sons f u them
e. CERTAIN members of the Good TsmnI.rsn - U "
Orir "pon our mind, have been inforr,od ~
o. ' tenpIars does profess to possess an od.
| q - 'iS ol temperance" in that the Good y -,
' pureN moral suaSion Order not rpo5II, '''liars
, 49,, ""'er OF torm while the "Sons of Tenpo.aH " any any
to,onoi "usht 10 grief by running into poltics ,d
namely 81 o great destroyer of the temperance car
ii'no'tory Laws live have been cnrroc,I, ts
e'' We are OF the opinion that the "tool i'oh-
-, ~ 'Ss ly superior to the "Sons of Tennaranc, =;
e' nave steared clear of the rock ,pon rb,h A.,
MS l Temper ance' have so oft en- been tS "eh inc
"e Drahhsrd Friend" says there arr. ,,,a' -.
u' Fl Ihls assertion has caused some , ' SHOPS IN
Eei'e'sI counting of noses. The writrr mo-, - =; :,
% Wn'cn we are not. The result of onr ins
il s,ri. W |" 'h' discovery of about twenty Tia n,,h
-; however to provide work enough IN L e' ,,
''' "uSy Ia feeding and clothing tb.i- ,i.i % =. 'ie
"T,: -, F'a III the county amShouse and aH
bo " say y certainly fair to presume that nova a,
bers of an I, % rented out for purpose by mon
:, ' 'H"ch oil the Christian Church in S,pvr,s % -
=" ia TO presume but if we have b.,,, t, II may
80 -, " Ho'r ol the Methodist Church does ,,.nt -. - "
yio,,to, -, i'lu"rS. The writer hints that sucb
'.oh OF law would be punished in tho Or1r 60 cn
nkp1 h.
1uch II 1t has really come to this if il = D D' 'he
" ,"'iah church are as Negligent as the vrit Is
iefrnd - u Hoiom and GomOrrah,
-, :, S'ee'a notice to some one who nir oha..
, - -i"Se' peculiar to Themselves do NOT c,,o, - ~
o NiGHr Sancalsscs >" OF course We do ma, -, =, ~
' "'l' Ok sApcncc that he kno VS. as ,o,cb t, , m
-, '0us"eS As any man in the town mn
" v are saws the writer, "a dead Christian oor,.
II as temperance activity is concerned" " Tii so
mum Us il the ooysh rhyme, What goes NJ n,,,s, - - re-
s'i' man taNe care of his crown" The writer has .h
I ~ - "il come down upon his own crown ar mo-, -
~ et Us examine his assertion. We haze cav G -
t m christians in Smyrna, and out of tho Ir
-, '4'E'"@ from what we have learned bv t,o; w
~ 'P'''' there are not twcnty-fr actiro -,
" temperance organizations, In view or +bo.o 10, |
= 80 '"c's' We are almost persuaded TO drink in tt
,o,. ~ :" question: and say, Shame en- Won, Tn. -. .
w " ~ 'iolS WRIT and saws "By their fruits va b,1 ,
- o"e'er much we may question him in M -. ~ | ,
~ acce pt this last thrust truth and u,l.r III
V' /" question will cut sorruwful feure--,s r ~
zee men and woman. as temper
~ DrunAards Friend, you on the pafl N r;o.o 4
'"u' present success may be small but there is -
" e" tue shades OF SodOm and Gomorrab" will rdo ;, a
ip"'ison' iheTe Is coming time when the neo,o r - -
shail rise up In Judgment with this generation . - "
nd nm it, oi' ana snail u
r' hultor examine at future time ,bo I,st r
" 'ie men ana women engaged in the run, t,do 49, | q
" 0"e '''AS "hat sort Of company they are in You're
A MAN ARorr T,u,,