The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1870-02-24

-4ArOt o001e01AH kooean8 of.weAo~ Oo~
. dar county Temperance Council.
~pr@ ~H T febeuAry sth, 1870.
The Council met rursua,it 70 adjourn
and notice, in the Templar.' Hail in
Upton, aud was opened by prayer. G.
A. Pound w. C. c. announced L. L.
Sweet, J. F. Kennedy and Jesse James
as the committee on the good Of the
cause. After some appropriate remarks
from Sirs Pound, Elliott, Jackson,
James, Kennedy and others, the Coun-
Gil adjourned to meet In the evening ut
81 o'clock.
Tuesday evening, February ssh, is.u
Council met, when Thomas Shearer,
of Louden, WAS called to the chair aud
the meeting was opened with prayer by
DR.. Jackson. 24 IF 81 ' ..5.'.- +
The committee on the good Of the
cause reported programme for future
action, which aftsr being freely dis
cussed was adopted.
The programme contemplates the
formation of youths temperance organi-
zations and Bands Of Hope in every
neighborhood and school district In the
county to be auxiliary to the county
Council and to be represented in the
same by delegates In the rates ofone for
every 10 or fraction Of 10 members.
A Mass meeting and picnic is to be
held during the coming summer by all
the temperance organizations in the
county at some time and place to be
hereafter agreed upon.
The proper steps to be taken to carry
out the above arrangement was referred
tn the committee on the extension Of the
work, composed of VIM. Elliott, lessee
James aud J. F. Kennedy
(The report being in the hands of the
committee Is not here insertcd)
Council adjourned to meet al o'clock
Tomorrow morning. A.
sv~.y Wednesday, February 9TH, 1870.
, Council met pursuant to adjournment.
WIN. Elliott in the chair. y
The minutes were approved. On mo-
ton it was voted that e. A. Pound be
requested to prepare an address to the
public to arouse the people to action
aud that he cause 1t to be published in
the county papers previous to the next
session of the Council. A communica-
ton from J. DeWolf expressing his re.
greet ut not being able to be present
at the meeting, was read and placed on
file.
The following preamble and resolu.
ton was offered and after discussion
adopted: --szy -e.- rzvess .,r.szs,,.
WHEREAS, Believing that we should
first strike at the root ofthe tree that
bears only evil fruit, to be plucked by
the present and coming generation,
Therefore, be 1t
Resolved, That we request our present
members of the State Legislature to use
every honorable means for the enact
ment of a law prohibiting the manufac-
tnre or sale, as beverage of all pure or
adulterated alcohol, inciuding ale, lager
beer, or beer Of any kind, wine or cider,
and further declaring that said liquor
with the vessels In which it il contained
when found shall be declared a public
nuisance and be confiscated.
Resotred, That copies Of the above be
furnished to our Senator, Representa-
tives and State Legislature.
Aftera short session devoted to the |
discussion of the principles of the Tenn
perance movement and the means to be
adopted to best carry out those princi-
pies, the Council adjourned to meet
again ut Upton on the I'd Wednesday
of May next at 10 O'Clock a. m.
l.. l.. SWEET, Sec.