The Brookhaven leader., 1885-09-10
LAST FRIDAYS BARBECUE,
A LARGE GATHERING. A SUPERB
DINNER, AND TELLING
SPEECHES.
Another Ten Strike for the Prohibi-
tlonIsts.

! tIOnlStS.
! According to announcement, the grand
Prohibition Barbecue ana public speak
! ing came of mt Old Brook last Friday,
and was as complete success in every
detail.as the most ardent friend of the
cause could have wished. The showery
aspect of the weather perhaps kept some
| from attending who would otherwise
have done so, but this was the only ad
verse circumstance.
DR.. J. Ii. Ganbrell, editor Of the Baptist
Record, II pioneer Prohibitionist, and one
OF its most earnest advocates, was present
by invitation and delivered the leading
address. 1t is impossible in the limited
space allotted us to give any idea of his
mastery argument. Among other things
he held that the liquor business was the
on earth, besides brn. the most dcstruc-
tive to life, prosperity and morals am
that man could never become too de-
based to be u fit sui ject to engage in the
luOSl Vi tue men Ill IL are Dct-
ter than their business, not even except
ing the large number of eX-convicts ell
gagged as barkcrpers in New York and
elsewhere, His speech as whole was
pronounced by competent iudgos to have
been one of the finest efforts to which our
people have ever listened. Dr. {. B. Gal
loway, ever eloquent and ready to speak
III behalf of the great question of moral
and economic reform, though unwell and
not expecting 10 speak, was called upon
and responded in his usual forcihle style.
He cited the fact that while Prohibitions
lists are trying to keep the question out Of
party politics, the liquor men are trying
TO make it Il party issue, as undeniably
witnessed by their resolutions presented
to the recent Democratic State Convcu.
tlon. He cited the rapid growth of the
Prohibition movement, and said that no
man now running for Office dared openly
declare himself as the whisky mems can
didatr: if so he wanted him to stand up
as curiosity. Nobody STOOD though
several candidates were present.
Dinner came on after DIR. G.'s speech
and such palatable, substantial and
bountifnl dinner we have seldom seen.
The noble ladies of the W. c. T. u. had |
responded promptly to the call upon them
for assistance, and had their baskets on
hand filled with all kinds OF tempting
viands. The barbecued meats, which
were served by Messrs. Mat. Smith, Elihu |
May, jeff ChrisnIan Warren Magee and |
Albert Stewart, colorrd. were the best We
ever tasted, and this was tae universal
verdict.
After dinner the large audience of sew
cral hundred people were entertained by |
II pithy and amusing speech by Rev. J. II.
Parish, and one of argument and force by
Rev. J. II. Gambrcll, State Lecturer, in
which ho presented some convincing Ger
tifcates from leading business men of
Crystal Springs and Hazlehurst, as t.
how Prohibition works in Copah. The
ants, whom We were glad 10 see present |
in considerable numbers, were offered |
opportunity for rcjoindcr, but none re
spOnded to the invitation. The following
resolution was adopted by an overwhclm-
ing rising vote:
Res0lred, That we, the citizens of Lin
coin county, i'll mass meeting assembled, /
endorse the principles of Prohibition
which aim at the legal and constitutional
suppression of the liquor traffic, and ex-
press our gratitude at the rapid growth
of the movement in oTr county and in
the entire State of Mississippi
At the close Nathan Jackson, colored,
was called upon, rs he said, "as monkey
to cut didoes," but his speech, addressed
principally to those of his own color, who
were present in goodly numbers,
was sensible and full of sharp points.
On motion, the meeting then adjourned,
all feeling that the day was one long to
be remembered.