Smyrna times., 1871-12-06
.WfSc eI/un e0us
lfer the Smyrna Times."I
Drunk,

cnlidreu Once he was doing w"I, Iu4AS .
promised to be one of the first men in o,,, @ ano
Inrn I1. lie was social, great-bearted tai
NV ,"" IllS hrSt glass was a social glass Ha J;d
boJ ,1'I " Oecome drunkard, not he h.
1o'I ra%u nlore respect tor himself and family III
m"o Crol ~ AnG" stlngy, close fsted. penurion.
aa u " Spenu much money tor rum. or m h.,-
come drunkard? No. Great drInk arJo &c, ou,
n'aue out0t greatnatures- these magnan;no''s o. :
"noIel lSouied men, these are the men tbat
@4; orc leu INTO rum by the Socialisms of Rum A
oti"S!, ihaIl-hearted man, is always ;, ,,,I,lo.
ofe drlnker. He spends his monyv r' ".o..el-
tnouerately, as he does for everything elSa anI
drinks. 'pO"H'ng most OF his
Drunhi Who is he? One of our smartest
3oong men-a promising iellow-the SON ot
Uuo VI our E pest citizens; the child of widowed
Tina No Inc Iather Was good man, but hi,
I'ne was so occupied in the business viii
t tne farms that he hadn't time to educate M" ~
10y in Vemperance principles. His mother and
go, pGg MIN to stay in at nights. But he
"a" y nc wants to 90 somewhere" A.,
- yD"trtg' GOlng where r. Go;oo ~
LHh I:a and the community says, bv thrSr ;n' :"
difference, " Let him 90. y '"'i' in-
Dr4"H no Is he? The son of nrof,ss-
lug CHRISTIANS How came he drunk '.Whv
s',Id '":nel slgneu the llcensc Of the man that
~ u Nun rum Ills father rented his house
,,ora auu'seIler .i because he gets few dollars
ulUre mouth tLr II as a gloggery than fnr 49,
o'her business Ambition for nonnl.r t,l %'S
III hls father heart, aud a few dollar. mn,e
to liell. "1o ScuulhS his boy
D D'""k Who made him drupkp IT..
.'u'i'seler; But the rumseller has a l4y,l r;,,,
% make hun drunk. VINO rivr. L,,,, ~ t1i
= s"V' me state, through her Lrp,>l,tnra
: .L Nen tne Legislators made him drunk In,
~" 'h sl'!a'ors are not >elt-consituted, lhey arr
,"o a'e; I'edIuleS 0i some body. Who make uur I
IT. ~, why the cltlzens-thc voter,
! ! neh IN voters made him drunk Tb,. mon
-hat taM temperance, but never rate ,,.,,II'-n
Ance' Have We got them all in arm tbnr.
any others that made him drunk Ya.r Tm,,',,
!'o'neis anu daughters that use domestic vim,
~ So0lr'y sake, that have no DOSitiy, mimi;
p4cS ol temperance. Those women wIn...
!, olces ana influence are not dra set a,,a;n.t
nun ana all is belongings. Who tLrn m''I'
iIuI ~ ~ uhA those women who would rather
. 'av.'noe r human being than to give up their
D' Tsonai tastes and social honor.
no made hlm drunk? Those men who
lever think OF temperance at the LaIl1t hov
nose men who sign the licenses of rnnsaTorI
. ,; De popular, and get favor in return
no made him drunk? Tn. Lnoi.I,,or.
nat make the license laws to give t6,. rn,n.
eller the right to do so. e''' '"e 'u'u-
Who made him drunk? Last bnt No, loos.
he rumseIler He it is that opens the fooJ.
'ates OF Vice, Licentiousness and Rnin tHat
'our their black tide right through the beart
G1 our community. How shall We ston him
FIRST Enforce our present license law law"
'hlch declares that any person or pnrsons
making application for cense to sell ln;r;t"'
u.s. vlnoqs or malt liquors in am n,a~ncr n5@t
reT shall be required to make oath or af;rma.
Ion that the citizens (24 in number) signing
Is, her or their application are freeL9IIers J
M TeStae"tS Of the hundre{ or ward in when 5
ne application is made" Let TEMPERANCE ,nsn t
'e good lawyer to see to the execution Of th;s
oud be closed. 0u' s'oH'Shop' |
second Let every good citizen petition the t
legislature OF the State to grant us the nr;yi- :
ge OF a Local Optien Law, which viii g;ve a
le citizens Of Smyrna the power to decidss nv f
ote whether or not rum shall be sold in onr G
ldSt, to the ruin and damnation of ali that is o
9od' pure and beautiful This work will taks a
me- acorf and money. Who will give them
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