The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-08-27
FoR TEMPERANCE DEPARFxFSTl
Laws Regulating the Sale of Whis
key.

Because so many are not posted on tht
laws regulating the sale Of whiskey,
pen the following: The law requires the
petitioner to secure a majority of the
registered legal rotefs in the incorporation
or supervisors district, who shall sign a
certificate that the petitioner is a man of
good moral character, Of sober habits and
| good reputation, and suitable man to
sell this vile compound to them, their
children, their neighbors and neighbors'
children, said petition to be filed with
the clerk for thirty days, it then becomes
public property. Those names must be
published to the world for three conseeu-
tive weeks, so all persons reading the
paper can see who wants this msn to
corrupt the com :ty, destroy the
peace and happihy 2f families and
make wrecks of theifi children. Now a
legal signer must be registered legal
voter 1t is very important that all
good people should be registered, as it
will make it more difficult for the whis-
key man to secure his majority. On
careful examination of the list it will be
found many of them are non-residents,
some appear two or three times, under
different names, and Others know moth
ing about their names being on the petit
tion. The poll-book must be the guide,
and it should be carefully revised.
Sho aid you be so unfortunate as to live
in a community where a majority of the
registered voters favor whiskey or
haven't the moral courage to refuse to
sign a whiskey petition, start counter
petition addressed to same board, pray
ing that no license be granted any one
for the next twelve months. If you can
get a majority to sign your petition
land the clerk is not careless enough to
let it get misplaced) you have it dead
for one year. All signers to the whiskey |
petition signing yours is counted off the
Whiskey and on yours. Should you fail
to get majority petition you can get
enough of his signers to sign counter
petition to reduce the whiskey mans to
minority and file it before thirty days
from the filing of the whiskey petition
expire.
The last Legislature amended the gal
Ion law, making the provisions of Sec
ton lI03 and 1104 Revised Code of 1880,
wherein majority Petition is required
before license can be granted, apply to
it. Formerly the reason given by some
good men for refusing to sign
a contemplation, that if you defeat the
saloon we will have gallon houses and
they will sell it in any quantity or they
will get gallon and make more people
drunk thon regular bar-room, but hav-
ing to get up petition to sell by the
gallon gives some chance to defeat it.
Which makes it much easier to run whis-
key ont.
The whiskey men charge the eolored
race with all being in favor of whiskey,
and that they can bribe any of them
with drink, or at most with bottle of
whiskey, but such has not been my ex-
perience. They have gone with the bet !
ter class of whites; where their preach
ars are right the membership are prohi !
Ditionists. Another important thing to
oOk after, is, the town council and board
Of supervisors. The Temperance people
should see to it that good men are
elected to all offices of trust and honor,
put these are very important.
Now when the law is all in favor of
The people, with all these restrictions
thrown in the way of the whiskey ven {
Ter, the good people in any community
ire responsible for whiskey being sold 9
n their midst They only need some c
one to start the ball in motion. Reader, |
will you not be the one?
w. Fl. PATTON. |
Shubuta, August 4, 1884