Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-05-15
SAMPLE ROOMS.

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SAMPLE ROOMS.
Samples of wine and samples of beer,
Samples Of all kinds of liquor kept here.
Samples Of whisky, samples Of gin,
Samples Of all kinds Of "biiiers;" step in.
Samples OF aleand porter and brandy,
/ Samples of lager as you please and quite
handy.
Besides these samples within, you know,
There. are samples without of what they
can do.
Samples Of headache, samples Of govt,
Samplessof COATS with their elbows oup
Samples Of boots without heels or Toes,
Samples Of men with a broken nose,
Samples Of men in The gutter lying,
Samples Of IHen with delnium dying,
Samples Of men cursing and swearing,
/ Samples Of men all evil daring,
samples of old neil worn in tie strife,
Samples Of young men tired of life,
Samples of ruined hopes and lives,
Samples of ,3esolate homes and wives;
Oil! all We hiIpers to sorrow and crime,
Who deal opt death for a single dime,
Know We that the Lord though he may de-
I lay,
Has in reserve for the last day.
The terrible ''syoe" OF whose solemn weight
No mortal can know till the pearly gate
Is closed, and all with one accord
Acknowledge the justice Of their reward.
Virginia j. Kent.
The charters of the following,
named towns were. repealed by
the last Legislature: Maryville,
" o odbury, Elizabethtown,
Gainsboro, Greenville, Maynard
Vile, Savannah, Bethel Springs,
Cookeville, cambridge, Jones'
boro, Memphis, Coal Greek, Cleye-
land, Carthage, Rogersville, Gar
der, SaltilIo,J ohnson City, Jasper,
jacksonville, Brownsville, Taze-
Vile, New Port, Pikeville, New
Middleton, Purdy, Chapel Hill.
All of these towns, with the ex-
eeption of Memphis and Browns
vile, had their charters repealed
that they might take advantage
tf the law prohibiting the sale
# liquors within four miles of an
Institution of learning. Does
not that show the sentiment of
at least a large portion Of our
people to the liquor traffic?
Many other places also would be
glad to rid themselves Of the
yoke. / do not think many
more years will pass until the
people Of Tennessee will be al
lowed to say whether or not man
shall come in their midst armed
with a license from the laws of
the country to deal out death
and destruction to his neighbors.
One of the first principles in our
constitution is that the voice of
the majority shall rule. And
vet in a matter concerning the
happiness of a large portion of
our country, it is said to be I'M
constitutional to allow a MAORI
ty Of the people in each COM
munity to decide by ballot if a
man shall be allowed to come in
their midst and make drunkards
and brutes Of their sons. Tenn
perance principles are fast gain
| ing ground in almost every state
in the United States. The House
of Representatives in the State
of Missouri has voted SO to "a
for submitting to the people an
amendment to the constitution
prohibiting the manufacture and
sale Of intoxicating liquors. 1t
is now in the Senate and we
earnestly hope that it may pass
by large majority. The State
of California called a convention
which sat IN March, ] think, and
submitted a constitution to the
people for adoption on the 18th
Of May. The constitution is
said to contain the following:
I"Any county, city,town or town
ship, may make and enforce
within the limits all such police
and sanitary laws and other reg
ulations not in conflict with gen
el.al laws" It is the opinion of
some of the ablest legal gentle
men in the State that the local
option principle is allowed and
recognized in this constitution.
The liquor dealers all over the
State have taken the alarm, and
are armed in desperation to de-
feat this constitution, because it
gives liberty to the people to
suppress nuisances. People cry
out against prohibitory laws,
saying they do no good. But
the case Of towns and villages
where by arrangements of their
founders no liquors or intoxicat-
ing drinks have ever been allow
ed to be sold, furnish strong
evidence to the contrary. "Vine-
land, N. j., with its 10000 peo-
pie, without grog shop, with a
police force of one constable,
who is also oyerseer of the poor,
with a salary for both Offices of
SIS, reports in some years a
single crime, and poor rate
swelling to the aggregate of 81
a year. Greedy, in Colorado, is