Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1882-02-11
From Columbia tennessee.

distribution of WHISTLES and Iiq-
uors" as produced in the statistics
read by DIR. Savage, and thought a
few items from this garden spot
of the world" might not be entirely
uninteresting to your readers.
If you read the locals of the Col
umhia Herald last week you saw it
recorded that only four places in
this county tolerate saloons, and
that one of those was taking steps
to surrender its charter. | had the
pleasure of visiting that place and
lecturing the last Sunday night in
January. | learn that the saloon
men there have given up the traffic
in advance of the law. / believe
that the time is not far distant
when Maury county will purge her.
self entirely of this Infamous traffic.
There is one thing in our way in
putting it down i'm Tennessee, it is
the power and influence of good
society-falsely so-called. 1t obtains
somehow, that first class society
use intoxicants at there tables and
public social entertainments. This
is mistake. No first class man
will put the bottle to his neighbours
mouth TO make him drunk. He
may have first class bank ac-
count, and ride in a first class ''turn
OUT" and wear first class clothes,
and get first class notice of his
second class entertainment from We
editors, but, write down, all these
combined do not make a first class
man.
Just here let me say, you news
paper men-proverbially kind to
me-must permit a word of warning
and eXhortatiOn. A great many of
our newspapers, and where the shoe
fits it must be worn, have run wild
on the matter of compliments. If
an entertainment is given, at which
half the young men who attend are
made SO drunk they can hardly
find their way back home, it is pro-
nounced "a most elegant affair.""
tone of the most brilliant of the
season." and all such nonsense.
Then if board of Mayor and AL
dermen, jubilant over their election
to places of honor and trust, where
the integrity and sobriety of the
people should be promoted by their
precept and example, should get "a
little off," it is made matter of
pleasant paragraph because, for
soOth, an exposure might interfere
with their church relations or give
some personal offense. What we
want in this temperance work is
things called 6y their right names.
Maury county, with a great popu-
lation, is in agony on this question,
and but few counties have better
use of and received greater blessing
from the four mile law. One of the
most heated contests known here
was for sheriff two years ago. 1t
was regarded as test election on
the whiskey question, and the tenn
perance candidate was elected. He
afterward appointed a deputy who
owned two saloons, and yet he Of
fers for sheriff again. What his
platform will be this canvass | can
not tell. One thing is certain, if we
do not keep whiskey heads and
friends to the traffic out of public
Office, and make it disgraceful for
candidate to use liquor, directly or
indirectly, in canvass, we cannot
put the evil out of existence.
I am glad to see the Reverend
spread himself out over
his glebe and pasturate, and throw
forward his porcupine quilts. He
me of Cullom and GOodloe.
You know they were always nail
ing up "No trespassing on these
and keep us smaller fry
in terror for fear that we would get
over the dead line. / believe they
are not so bad about it now. Tell
them through the CHRONICLE that
this preacher and his "black eyes"
were suited in elegant style last
week by "the people called Meth
odists" in Columbia.
/ have watched and read with
profound interest, the testimonials
to DR.. Hargrove's acceptability and
on the GAINESVILLE dis
trict. | am not surprised at it, for l
have sustained a relation to his for
mer work for two years, that justi-
fies in saying that he is a man,
scholar, Christian, preacher and
u presiding elder, Private letters
from the most reliable and intelli-
gent sources i'll the GAINESVILLE dis
trict, assure me that he is success.
society will be as proud
Of his family as the district is of
him.
This is q long letter for a man to
write who has been confined to his |
room for nine days with fiux, but L
am better now.
T. J. DUNCAN.
Columbia, Tenn, Feb. 6, 1892.