The Brookhaven leader., 1885-10-15
PROHIBITION AND LOCAL
OPTION.
A Lively Day Spent ct Young's
Mil.

The Prohibition picnic at Young
Mil, ON the Brookhsven and Mead.
Vile road near tbe Franklin county
line, winch vas previously annouuc
ed in these columns, came a last
Friday agreeable to appointment,
and vas all that the managers could
have desired.
or the speakers invited Revs. J.
II. Gambrell and J. K. Parish and
IDr. C. II. Galloway were promptly
on hand, which at oace gave sssur-
snce that there would be no disap-
poiutment as TO addresses. A
capacious speakers stand bad been
constructed on the shady banks OF
Hurricane Creek" confronted by .
sufficient number OF seats, and
about ii o'clock, after tue crowd
had gathered, the speaking began.
nR GAnBRELL
as the FIRST speaker, and led of in
his usual earnest, sledgr hammer
81, lie, explaining clearly the mean
ing OF Prohibition and the nature Of
the Local Option Law advocated by
Prohibitionists.
Here came in somewhat OF diver
sion.
| HON. v. n. WATTS
candidate for reelection ss Repre-
sentative, being on the ground,
asked for an opportunity to explain
his Re cord. The committee &C.
corded him this privilege, and he
the-eupon began this difficult task.
He commenced by declaring that he
WAS not TO be longer classed with
those astride the fence on the liquor
question-that he was an "anti.
Prohibltionist on principle" Here
q voice was heard saying Eyes, but
didn't / vote for you two years age
as q Prohibitionist Flows that ;
Before any answer came another
voice, eyes, and / did the same
thing, and you told me then you
were Prohibitionist. There was
no denial of these soft reproaches
but the Hon. V. D. went on to de
clare that be would not commi,
himself before hand to vote for any
Local Option bill" He then under
took TO show that he was NOS in any
way responsible for the defeat o
the Lincoln county Prohibition bill
which he introduced at the last SEES
sion of the Legislatures omethin!
in which he bY no means succeeded
: and read certificates Of characte
from two or three members OF tn
Legislature, as though man shoul
, need such things from strangers t
/ maintain a creditable standing wit
: his home people. He also under
took to prove by volume of tn
House Journal that he voted TO
the Local Option bill at the las
t. session, and that DR.. Applewhit
did not. but on calling upon d.
Galloway to look at the printe'
page and witness, DR.. G. couldn'
read it that way, and he thought b
understood the English languag
pretty, we'll too. He charged tina
the ProhibitIonists of this count.
had beat the woods in every direc
ton Tor q candidate, and at last ha,
, brought out DR.. Bennett, an old Re
. publican, to catch the niggers, WHOM
certain Prohibition Democrats ha,
offended, but it wss no 60. Now
with Applewhite and Bennett bot
in the field, he didn't know wha
they would do. He next waile,
and lamented because the Prohibi
tionists-the town Prohibitiouists
mind you, not the good. clever
souled Prohibitiouists who live il
the country--never thought of any
thing but their favorite hobby
while the poor, poor farmers ar
ground down by the deed and trus
system in the hands of thieving mer
chants who weigh on dishones
scales, charge outrageous prices, AM
take all their poor victims make
He talked about his great bill t.
prevent the sacrifice of property IN
der deed and trust. which ha
created such a Bsrnum chow sort o
q sensation now at two sessions @
the Legislature, and just wants t.
get back once more to insure it
passage and revolutionlze the coun
try. He also sailed into the Rail
road Supervision bill. and said tina