New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-22
= GLIMPSE OF THE SOUTH,

uy sANisHED LIQUOR FROM THE DISTRICT |
wpAr COURAGEOUS WOMEN AND oNw IITTLE
n.gxvY BOY ACCOMPLISHED DURING THE WAR
"A TRIP TO ONE OF THE Observation-Disclosures
IN DISGUISED METHODIST sHEPHERD's WAN
pgR.NG SHEEP.
s~,ov AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT THE rRRuNE.l
n.H,oNEsA Ga, July 2O-"Th is Auraria."
.aid the dominic, as group OF low, weather-stained
landings facing each other across the stony road
came into sight
And where is the hotel ~ ] asked. looking in
vain for my idea of the Southern country hotel-a
two-story frame house, with upper and lower pi-
azzas big trees in front gate rather infrm as TO
hinges. perhaps and haky walls gradually drop
ming coat of white paint. Ihad seen such but
saw nothing Of the kind now.
Here it isl answered the dominic. as the accus-
toned horse swerved gently to the left and stopped
before lew flame house, whose front piazza was
entered from the street by flight Of wooden steps
which served both gate and path, the picket
fence stretching away on each side, and closely
hemming the piazza in. Vines grew the top
OF the door and along the piazza rails, beng rooted
in boxes set up the floor out of the way of pred
atory fowls scratching below. pro wiling pigs
whose erunting rose from beneath our feet as we
entered. shall never forget the great pink blooms
of the hydrangea by the door, Towering superbly
and rioting in ats beauty il overlooked the
box it rooted in it was the one stainless piece
of loneliness to be seen in that rough place.
AS | sat there in the parlor. which entered
directly from the porch, the chatter of hoofs in the
street drew my eyes froE, the cbromos on the
walls, and couple of men rode by, in flannel
shirts with trousers stuffed into their boots their
heads close cropped and covered with straw hats.
They were miners, and they came from the North
knew that before was told /; they had none of
tba mr. If fha utrt-rn IF
hair alone could have settled that matter
Auraria is six miles from Dahonega both names
are Indian, Dahlonega meaning gold fields" The
white mans for Auraria is simply
"Knucklesville," euphonious title earned for
the settlement by its records of war. Thar
amt a stone in that thar read you kin pick mp
that amt bin used IN n fight the Squire said,
looking meditativey down upon the street below.
as we all sat the piazza after supper "fes,
ma'am this was the town fur fghtin'-knuckles-
VILE exactly. An not only with fists and knuckles
That's the reason thar amt no liquor sold III
Aurara now"
q Is none sold here -
The SQUIRE tipped his chair back and let il rest
against the house. The SGuire is the leading man
of the neghborhood he has been sent 10 the Leglsa
ture lac keeps the post-ofce now, amt this is has
Hotel" where one sleeps under quilts made by
his wife and daughters. and after premonItory
shifts of frying bacon have long RECALLED his nos
trils eats at a long table on one side of the big
kitchen in which the meal has been prepared. The
Squire is a solid man, man of property and intel
lgtnce his blue eyes look out upon you with Wis
dom tempered by genial spark of fun; his hair
and beard are gray he pair of gray jeans
trousers and homespun cotton shirt buttoncd-
alas at the throat Only-wth a good china but
tom believe he never goes barefoot, as some of
the neighbOrs do his boots are heavy. and have
seen service. He talks slowly. but you rely upon
what he says with just confidence i'll his sincerity.
Thar amt drop y liquor licensed TO he sold
in the deestrict You see Dahlonegy shut up all the
liquor shops thar, and none couldn't be sold within
three miles O. the town; and DansOnville, ii
wouldn't ha' license neither. an that druv the
whole driukin' population clear 10 Auraria fur
their houor: an il was more n could stand
Why thar was fghtin' an cursn' an ycllin' gon'
On here day an night. Thar want lady nor Il
child TO be ssen the streets ever an SO we Just
had to close the bars in self defence. Every man
IN the deestrict signed the petition dra we'd 1t MP
for 'em. The biggest drinkiu' man about mere
signed his name. / sign NY name SAYS he, be-
cause if kin git il. I'm boun' to have it but if
can't gIt It, thar ! am. An want TO put 1t out o
reach fur sake o MISSY an the chldrun
Mlissy's his wilc's name
And has il worked well p
swell kin Just tell yen 'bout that nan. He
usetor Acycr leave town with money IN his pocket
now he carries home all lie makes. lie gifts drunk
solnetlmcs-not often. He can't git ut 1t often
When he amt drunk he's good husband an
father. An even if he gifts liquor-as it's brought
in sometimes the sy-he nor no other man rs
gits drunk darea to whooD around an let folks
know about il. You see they Kin be hauled up an
made to tell whar they got the liquor or else nc
imprisoned and the one who sells it is prosecuted
fill a e. don't
rows here now, nor draw all the despcrt
eharsC tcr, from ten miles round
~Woud they really come So far that for their
liquor ="
"Thcy wou,d that
aHow do people do that want it for medicine 2"
ADO without! And that's dom better.
So YOU are teetotaller yourself, Squire y
ain sclf-defence, yes. | am. | don't believe in
aowin' no fool to have whisRey that don't Know
whar to stop: nor no half-grown boys to he taught
u drink themselves into beasts | have seen the
day here when pure corn wLiskcy was as plenty as
water an 1t don't seem TO me as folks used to cit
drunk 50 much. Thar still on every hill
side; all a man had TO do was to carry his bushei
o corn to the still an bring away It's value IN
wh'skey an at every corn-hus&in an log-rollm
IN the country whiskey was on hand. never got
drunk IN my life 1ly wife II tell you she's advised
Dc to drink whiskeJ for my health when l was
poorly an | wouldn't take it-not a tablespoonful
sday An yet I've been here ever sencc 1910, or
before, an the whskey used to dow like that
about me- an | never blamed no man for drinkin
what be could carry
An OLD SETTLERS DESCRIPTION OF HIS NElGhBoRs.
You are one of the old settlers then r querled
We come here a. the Indians was moved
out" the Squres wlfe said. standing at the door
way. broom in hand. The Indians used to be
oil about here. | remember seem many II
one We used to live the other side OF the Chestylee
this side was the Indians until gold was discoY-