The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-05-26

NOTE-i nItF Siisr tA2tA INK 49,
MEcBAsIc will give each week q reasonable he-
vies OF the Progress of the Can paisn in al parts
OF the state. our conscientious belief, and earn
est syn psthies, are in favor % Total Absts-
nence: but We shall none the less endeavor II
fairly report the views and movements OF the
lar.e number OF intelligent and respectable eth
zens WHO dc 10 iaNorit-I
-CaharruS hiss organized for Pro
hihitipn. G.. q Montgomery. and A.
s. Richardson WI, appointed TO can
vas the county.
The commissioners ofthc following
c~ouatic> have fefI,ci Ia issue l~iecn>es
to retail liquor: Mecklenburg. Rowan.
Harnctt. Halifax. Bladon, tartcret
Robson. Cumberland, Duplin, Gull
ford, Chatham. Moore AID Durham.
The cold ate campaign has got
ten the polite ans into precious hot
water. aud the pot scarcely started
a boiIingl But il is a good thing.
When the ship az State i >torm-tu>Sed
il is orly the Drawer aud better sailors
WAC dare wax the decks.
The Liquor Dealers Of Charlotte
have turned Prohibi,iouists.' They
have obtained an injunction from Judge
Ship Geturuable before Judge Eur,
in Polk county yesterday prohibiting
the Board Of Aldermen from refusing
them license.
The Messenger says the Liquor
Dealers of Wayne have organized Mr.
A. Lehman was made president, and
Mr.. John w. Edwards, secretary
Erastus Edwards, J. T. Dobson, W. B..
Bowden, j ID. Aaron, \. A. MOODY
Josiah Watson and Calvin Bailey, wer,
elected delegates to represent the as>o
citation at the anti-Prohlbition State
Convention to be held in Raleigh the
st of June.
The Charlotte board of aldermen
are in the pains Of a deadlock SA
vets aud six drys, with the mayor hold
ing the casting vote. On Monday, the
Charlotte OJserrer says the "drys
held a caucus, and the ''wets' took
alarm, understanding that it had been
determined to revoke all existing
licenses. They therefore retired H.
good order and thus prevented :
quorum.
Mr.. John Spelman is about to s,art
a new weekly Journal in this city. II,
is a good editor, and will make thing
lively, as 1t IS his purpose to ii Int Pro
hibition and its Chief Priests from tn,
word Col" Those who remenlbrl
his vigorous fight for Gov. Jarvis, ana
the Present Incumbents" last fan car
readily forsee hat he vii use no cold
water on the cold water men.
1t is Il little curious cur prohibi-
ton friends have SO generally overlook
ed the card published by Marshall Bax
ter, The day befo,e he was hanged al
Charlotte for mu:der. Il am about t,
die an infamous death, he wrote
cursed by liquor! | was d~ccentiy
raised until | began to drink. | leay,
my solemn warning-Let Liquor
alone !" This, as nearly as we re-
member it, was his farewell card, print
ed III the Charlotte papers.
A Prohibition convention of the Cit
zens OF johnson county me in Smith
field on Saturday, May 18th, which was
largely attended. Several good speeches
were made. E. W. Pou, Esq, was
made president Of the convention, and
j. d. Finlayson and E. S. Moore az
secretaries. An executive committee
for tie was chosen as follows: Clayton
township. J. NJ. White and Quint Mills
tcol. Pleasant Grove. DR.. j. T. Leach.
Elevation, r. \. Johnson. Meadow,
Fl. johnson. B~entonsville, John liar
per. Ingrams, G.. l.. Eason. Prince
ton, VIM. A. Smith. Beulah, William
Edgelton. O'Neils, Haywood Creech.
Wilder, ID. l.. Barnes. Selma, f. S.
Moore and Allen Wall. Smithtield, +.
A. Wel!ons and VIM. Brown (col.) VII
Mills, O.. t. Uzzell.
The Anti Prohibitionist held sew
eral meetings in Wake last week. One
at MiIburnic, and one ia St. Matthews
Township. AT the latter the follow
ing resolutions, Introduced by Mr.. j.
\. Temple, were unanimously adop
ted:
whereas, The General Assembl,
Of North Carolina did enact s law pro
hibitlng the manufacture, sale and
purchase Of spilituous liquors. under
heavy penalties, and whereas we look
upon the enactment Of such a law az
fanatical-one step towards the
uniting of church and Stute, an event
to be deplored by all parties, driving
out EN- grafton and capital, GRIPPING
revenue and increasing taxation aud lit
lgation, perhaps beyond endurance.
And whereas we deem the ratification
Of such u law to be one link of our
long cherished liberties broken and
gone forever. Therefore be it.
"Resotred, That, for The reasons
stated, we will, God helping US, 90 10
he polls on the lst Monday in August.
1881, and vote solIdly, and in good
talth against lis ratification.
ReSOlreI, That we hereafter. will
vote for no man Of any party, if We
1t, who favors the enactment OF
such a law. That we guard well our
by making a strong bulwark
of our ballots, thrown around US on the
lst Monday in August next and for
yer thereafter
The meeting was addressed by sew
raj gentlemen, IN favor Of anti pro
libitiun.
DALLAS UPcHURCH, s. II. RoGERs,
Secretaries.
For the FApHru .Or,