Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1880-06-04

Noei % VI amo ueosu romONeo inc OLu6r pOr
ton Of the residents and the younger at once
began q rapid descent down destruction'i
read, and squandered their patrimony ON every
hand. Some of them had died, others had
left the country in debt, and the whole CEN
munlty was scattered through the country
the church fell into neglect and decay and
finally disappeared altogether The grog
shops soon followed-tbey had performed
their mission Years later, the speaker said,
the Gross Roads began TO recover from II,
fell blow of the destroyer and to-day has, in Z
great measure, resumed'her fsrmer position
A voice-"But there are grOg-shops there
now."I Yes, there are two hell-holes Their,
now. He concluded by urging all TO vote for
local option.
The Committee having relurned presented
the following names as District Committees;
FIRST District. Allnutt, George W.
Mobley, E. Riggs, of s., A. G. Merriwether,
Remss 9. Dorsey.
Second District Rev. Jas. Henderson, Rev.
Randolph Murphy, G, j. Burdetl, yelling
ton WEIGH, Grafton Watkins.
Third District-Isaac Young, Upton Darby,
Samuel Darby, John W. Brown, Nathan ALI
mutt.
Fourth Dtstrict.-Dr. Julian Magruder
Thomas r. Suter, John I. DeSsllum, Will
liam Ward, Edward Viers.
Fifth Distriet-Asa N. Stabler, wm. H..
Phair, William F. Lazenby, John G. Wilson,
William Il. Manakee.
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Higgins, F. A. Tschiffely, Jno. II. Gassaway,
Nathaniel Clagett.
Seventh District. Rev. P. P. Flournoy,
Clayton Williams, Lewis Bohrer; NJ. l.. Ven
able, James Gillilan6.
Eighth District. B. h. Roberts, g. II
Brooke, DR.. VIM. Magruder, VIM. II. FAR
quhar, William Grady.
Mr.. William Farquhar offered the follow
ing which was adopted
ResOlUed, That we recommend that the col
ored people of the county shall form an Or
ganization similar to that which we have
adopted, with which we can cooperate for
the success OF the great cause of Local Option.
Mr. d. H. Bouic said Il was necessary for
the Committee and the friends Of temperance
to talk up and advocate local option anywhere
and everywhere, TO call meetings and collect
money for expenses Of the speakers who will
address the people of the county. He urged
the members of the District Committees TO
make out three lists of the qualified voters Of
their respective districts, headed For Local
Option, Against Local Option, and Doubtful,
and forward them to the Secretary Of the Ex-
ecutive Committee.
Henry G. England, Esq, was then loudly
called for, arose, and in substance said that be
was in the same condition as those who had
preceded him--un2repared to address the
meeting, and he supposed that the audience
after listening to the thunder of Senator
Young aud Judge Bouic would not care
10 listen TO my little tin horn. But being
called upon he would say that II was the duty
Of every man who has the welfare of bis fel-
low citizens at heart, to rise up in his might
and go from poll to poll and urge the cause
of temperance. The rum-sellers say we de-
privs them OF their rights by enactng the
local option law that we are injurng their
business, that we are breaking them up Did
THEY neUer break up any JodyS (Cheers,
Ehere are, it is said, Que million of our citi
zens now travelling down the broad road to
destruction. What fearful array ! Such Il
mass is more terrible than an army with baa.
ners. We are all interested in the rescue Of
these people and by the eternal God we mus
do it. Cheers | hate a rum-seller, dis
| like old maids but hate id broken down
politician worse. (Cheers and yells.)
! AT this point the speaker was interrupted
by Mr. Fawceit whs desired to sfier the fol-
lowing resolution which was adopted:
Resolved, That the ladies Of this county
who form vast majority of the sufferers iron
the evils of intemperance, he cordially invited
to use all their powerful influence in favor o
local option.
The meeting then adjourned to assenbl,
again at the court house on Saturday, July
10Th, at 10 O'Clock A. NJ.