The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-01-27
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.
The Great question of tr.o Day.
BOLIVAR, TEN, }

BOLIVAR, TEN, !
January p, 1881. {
Mn. EDIroE: win you not allow ,
mother a short space in your columns
to refer to a subject of the dcepes
interest to every fond, loving heart ii
this Community. / refer to tie
drinking habits Of so many of oul
young people; and in addition ]
should say the drinking habits Of sc
many Of our settled men.
What is 10 become of our families in
few years if whisky is permitted and
licensed to ruin our husbands and
SONS and beggar US. wives and daugh-
tiers. Oh, may the angel of mercy
stay the hand Of the destroyer and
save our homes.
Early in the morning and late at
night the saloons are open to entice
the slave Of drink and lead him deeper
into the mire of drunkenness. And
when the holy Sabbath comes, these
same loved ones Of ours go to the
drug stores, where by the bottle the
vile stuff can be had.
Those Christian gentlemen who
own these stores should shut them up
on Sunday, and thus not have them
become loafng places for the old and
young. The doctors keep medicine on
hand, and you need not say you keep
open to fill their prescriptions. Re-
port says YOU sell more tobacco, cigars
and whisky on Sunday than anything
else. The regularly licensed saloons
complain, hear, that you take trade
from them. But, gentlemen, stop
this Sunday business. God will curse
you for it. Your money thus gain d
viii cauker on your hands before you
die Don't be a stumbling block or
an occasion of ruin to the young men
Of our town.
We are all glad to see that a great
temperance movement is pressing our
Legislature to pass the local option
law. Yes, give us that law, and the
women of lIardeman county will drive
the whisky demon out Of the county.
produces more quarrels, bro
ken heads, broken hearts, broken es-
tates, destruction Of more business
men and families, more murders, and
more crime of all sorts and grades,
more rags and torture of mind and
body, and more of all the long list of
5orrows that affect humanity, than all
other causes combined. The whisky
guinness is the ''pestilence that walketh
n darkness, and the destruction that
Rasteth at MONDAY" God grant that
ne present Legislature may voice the
viii of the people in passing the local
option law. Mr.. Editor, you must
give woman the use Of your pen and
.ongue to help stay the ravages of this
great evil. We know your heart is
with us, and now go forth again as
TOu have done before, and unfurl the
temperance banner in every district
md section of our county. Woman's |
prayers and sympathy will sustain you |
n this noble work. Let all the wives
md mothers in the county unite their
to save their homes and |
hearts from the great determination Of
iesolation." A MOTHER.
The editor of the BULLETIN is in |
he deepest sympathy with "a
Mother" in all she says and feels about
whisky. He will cheerfully do all he
IAN to warn the rising generation of
he peril of the whisky mill, and as
oon as the winter is over will be glad |
o make his contribution to the tenn
oerance movement in the county. |
The monster will never be throttled |
until each family becomes a temper
nee family. Commence at home
ED.