Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-03-24
TEMPERANCE DEPARTMENT
THE TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT.

y reporter of the Atlanta Ddiiv Herald
recently called on Col. J. j. HIcAman. tn.
eloquent Temperance lecturer and Chrf
Templar of the world. and received from
him the follow ng items of public in rr,..t =.
was Initiated IN South Carrolton. Ey
IN May, 1865 | had never in m, liz
! drank cup o. coffee, tea, or milk bad
| never smoked cigar. or taken n chew Z
I tobacco. had never tasted a drop of in
! trNICatiUC liquors. As soon A. .utar .,
/ the service, | commenced lrc'uring. sine.
then l have delivered nearly three tnnu.r,,I
/ Zee uTes. l have spoken to near h If
Z million Of people. | have initiated int, tl.,.
order with my own hands, over 4, 90 new
! uI.W hers 90 '
" What was the largest number Won over
| took IN ai one tImrY'
AT Palmettr, Ga, on the frs. Of Nav.
last year, when the prohibition law went
INTO eff ct, obligated 2G7 penrl.. In Car
tersyllie took in 2i2, ard IN several 9th
or occasions, II trfa over 200 / have
i'equ My .ec'ured four orfiye times a d,y.
and hurried of after my lecture leaving
others to do the organizing, etc"
suppose you have teen engaged in 8,
great many heated contests during your
service2'
" You would think so. The village and
town and city fight over the We. ami dr.,
tickets, and Away make it hot for the
lecturers. Local questions and pers,naI
pTeluIres enter mt the cleo ions, and tx
Gitement rises TO fever heat. In Kentucky. !
lH'i year local option law WAS passed |
and went before the people with otIr |
principles. We submitted the due.ti,g of
liquor or no liquor in 2}3 towns IN Ken
lucky, and were victorious in 2O- We |
Jailed only in thirty two We made the |
fight in louisville, and after a ten davs |
canvass with the German. lid AGAINST IL. |
and l,jO( bar'room' in fu hla.t We p Hell !
o'uDJ ant Incense votes. In that canvas |
"oull address dozen crowds dty. The
prob bit,9n always works we'll H. Hart
county, by n 1863, prohibition was nut /
on by irgt-ioIvr &C. TIE people wrr. |
very mu- opposed 20 IL at the time AMI |
yet last YEAR, when the local op.lrn bill /
gave Them an opportunity To- vOt. FIR it. I
they refused by mrj rily If COO votes h. /
allow hqu'r t. enter The county again"
ii"' tH" wet and drS' contest made /
Hu D. 81 % STIR IN Georgia Yet p
M very much. We ARE just getting .
ready tHr ~ ! Tiads ny fret fght III /
stone H"uutHlu. We whipped liquor out /
az the town by ,iandsumr majority. IrI
Was predicted that the town would d.y /
Up "hen "e osrd up the groceries, tu /
IL ma, improved ever since. There Ner-
seven NJ" stores put up last year. and 10, /
Town b. growing happier better, aud bigger
Er'i f'pia'y' We next whipped the
ugIor men out Of Palmetto. Duat "
his hSht and u giofi"u, victory, The Isw |
went '",o en- Ct I.s May 1900 Templar,
were OUT "' org J'iihcaton. In Carte S.
'Iiir we "hippec the wet ticket by 81 maj |
~ y "hu I'd Ac""fln by four vote. Al
nam I-''' 10" "t""r GAY, W" whipped tine
uft'' "su uN 30 '"le,' one Of me bar- Keep
e.' .-n'-h Foi'is "''u H.. MELON ugh, I
-...g' ',"' ~ Wy {'h county ha' thrown
I' .'' "," % y"trler because o. guaranteed /
d., ny gf..'hk unurf
H 49,, ,I.., 'ni' rlEH, Was Lost :
''r C""I ''I wa, lh own az. 10
~ az .,-. , FIT Ihri stfuGgl-' W" had
Ina, - "a ..,s 80. at.e, men De-
al ,,.r - ~ 80 80 ~ ~ tne WI Nei.
"a g'-'' Ja,IacaS hiSH' ana sunday I"
rI.arr,. ,..bi,'af ~, nav never been
s,r1lg.r eyaLg IT, r. ,,',le anu We gel
bundled .p.cisI Eth. bef.rs" III " I one
,,'-, ,, r. III III. oi.Ia oeI.rs we L'g fla