Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-05-27
An EPISODE IN THE GREENENIILE
CRUSADE
How the Ladies' were Locked in.

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The papers of late have had very little
to say about the Greeneville crusaders, and
some may suppose that they have become
discouraged, that Betsy Ann Ward has
come out victorious and is dispensing her
Democratic whisky straights,' and her
more aristocratic mixed drinks with no
one to modest her with songs or make her
afraid with prayers and entreaties. But this
Is not the case. The Greeneville ladies are
as persevering as the aforesaid Betsy Ann,
and each day finds them on hand in their
snug cabins, hard by the bar room door,
doing duty with apparently the same de-
termination and zeal which moved them
to commence their operations more than
three months ago.
OF course, many interesting incidents
have grown out of their crusade-some of
them serious, Others calculated to provoke
smile. OF this latter character was an
episode which TRANSFERRED in their opera
tions few days ago, and which has not
been made public.
A pprty of them whose turn il was to be
on duty that day, repaired to one of the
bar rooms early IN the morning and went
inside without waiting for an invitation.
The keeper didn't feel very amiable that
particular morning and grufly ordered
them to leave. They didn't mind him
worth a cent, and gave him to understand
| that that was not what they came for. He
demonstrated. They sang and PRAYED.
He told them he didn't want them to keep
up such howl around him. They re-
piled with song aud prayer. He
quietly walked to his back door,
which he locked. He then closed his
| front door and locked ii with the ladies
| inside. Thus imprisoned he left them.
He went away and got his gun, saying he
| was going to the country on a hunting eX-
| cursion, and would leave them in charge
of his establishment during the day, and
that he would leave the door locked and
would carry the key with him. This was
| not very cheering, but nothing daunted they
kept up religious services. In about All
hour the bar-keeper relented and returning
released his fair prisoners. He probably
thought that this hour in bar-room will
\ the doors locked would abate their ardoi
in the temperance cause, but 1t had ne
such effect They have been just as per
| sistent and jealous as ever, but whether
they have gone inside and given him al
opportunity of locking the door again We
are not informed
Decoration Ceremonies. May SOth, 1874.
The procession will form at 1880 o'clocl
T.. NJ, on Main street in front of the Cour
Houso-the hight on Gay street.
ORDER or MARCH.
Chief Marshal and Assistants mounted
| Knoxville Band. Fire Department.
| Flower Wagons. Misses Car. ...
Speakers in Carriages. Ladies Decora
ton Committee in Carriages.
FIX officers and Soldiers on foot. Cit
zens on foot.
officers and Soldiers mounted.
| Citizens mounted.
Citizens in Carriages. ..
LINE or MARCH.
II Down Gay street, to Union, thence
Walnut, thence to Asylum, corner of Broa,
: thence to Rallnvnp. thence to Iackshnr
; rlKe, thence to National Cemetery.
The pro Tamme of exercises at the Cen
etery will be announced before the day.
: ADRIAN TERRY, President.
7 SPENCER MUNsoN, Chief Marshal.