The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1886-06-18

Mr.. \. IN the town of G-l" Il
wlthirld the names for good reason
The reply was 81 have not. What about ia
! know Mr.. Y. IS a prohbitionist Of the
'straitcst sect, and ! hope they gave him
heavy lick while they were about it,"
The facts are that Mr.. T. went into
the hotel and Messrs. X were talk
ing prohibition. The older one said that
no man could claim to be a good Demo
ocrat who voted for prohibition. Mr. \.
replied if he had to endorse whiskey he
was no Democrat. Old Mr. X then
applied an offensive remark to Mr. Y
who desiring not to have Il row and pre-
| cpitate his town into what would have
been a big fight, SAID Il can afford to take
that from you." Young Mr.. X hen ran
/ ur a.c: Knocked Mr.. !. down Mr.
J W. F., prohibltioust, was present
/ and remarked that the assault WAS un-
| Jnatitiaflc. Young Mr.. \. struck him and
| Mr.. ". f. Waa proceeding 10 clinch
with him, when otd Mr.. X caught him
and was trying TO hold him while the
! young man beat him. At this uncturc
/ other parties interfered and stopped the
! night. The gentleman went on to say
| that the Indignation in the town was very
| general and ,ucn who We're before doubt
| ful are coming over and Indifferent prohi-
bitionsts are becoming ardent.
81 am glad Mr.. \. got a blow. | wish
Mr.. y. bust ed h., blasted head open. lie
! is one Of those q d fanatics who goes
around abusing wLiskey men, and the
| time has come when such men should have
! their mauths broken. am determined to
whip the first scoundrel who makes any
remarks rejecting upon my business
But" said the gentleman, Mr. Y.
| has the endorsement of a large ma jOrity
| of the best element III the community and
will be upheld by them The blow given
him is not regarded as d personal one,
but II Blow to the cause and prohibitionists
resent it from that stand point. | deplore
any personal conflict. regard the attack
upon MIR. !. as outrageous. He dis
. played rare moral courage III not allowing
| himself to be drawn into a street fight and
| disgracing his town by the results that
would have followed"
''lou can think as you please | regard
Mr. \. as a coward, as we'll as u fanatic.
The whiskey business is as respectable as
any other, and | propose to resent any in
timation to the contrary, Was the reply.
Look here, my friend, replied the
prOhibitiOnist $50 slow. If you under
take to whip every man who believes that
the whiskey business is not as respectable
as selling groceries and dry goods, you
will have to give ZIP your present position
dtlti utNOlt your tiltlfc llulC W IT,
Ano then you'll find that you have taken
''an army contract and have ''bit off
more than you can chaw The way for
you to do is to be reasonable about this
matter Many good men think the whis-
key business a bad business ana not
a respectable business. That does not
mean that they think you personally
, are not respectable. There is distinction
just here that you must keep in mind.
have respect for you, as for the whisley
business, | think it ought to be abolished.
| hate to see a good man engaged in 1t.
The conversation continued, but IN lower
) tones and | soon fell asleep and was in the
land Of dreams.
, When reached Greensboro | repeated
, the substance of the above and gentle
man there told me that in some towns il
} North Carolina the whiskey dealers had
l drawn on the whiskey drummerS for funds
| ''Only a few days ago." he continued, "a
' bar-room man in Durham, hearing that {
certain whiskey drummer was in Greens
2 boro, drew on him through the bank fol
money to help along the campaign The
D ". d. allowed the draft to go to protest,
t The demand on wholesale houses, made
] throught the drummers from AL accounts
5 has been very heavy and don't blam'
a them for kicking at excessive demands
But the whiSkey business is doomed anl
4 whether the Northern houses flood tn,
u country with money to carry elections, o
y withhold it, the day is not far distan
i when North Carolina will put the ban upol
$ the whiskey traffic and drive it from tn
K State. Fortunes accumulated by the sal
n of whiskey-mone which ought to hav
S fed hungry children and made drear
y homes comfortable-be belong to the past
) In the future the profits of the traffic vii
s be, III the words of Tennyson,
Swallowed in vastness lost in silence
q Drowned in the deep of a meaningless past
O do not feel that | violate any conf
o dence or do any man wrong IN publish
o ing the above No confidence was reposed
It the conversation occurred in publ
o place, and l suppose that the men VIII
l gave utterance to the sentiments abov
e are not ashamed of them. l Withhold
l. their names.
Judge Montgomery told me of a yer
sharp thing a eolored prohibitionist did i
!. Concord on Saturday night before th
D election. The negroes had held prob
is bition meeting and the speaking was ove
y and the crowd ready to leave at te
5. o'clock. At that time this prohibitions
he moved that the meeting be turned into a
n experience meeting and every man tell {
i, | MS encounters WIFI NllShey tllu CIlt II
ef suit This proved sufficient attractio
~ to hold all the negroes until after tWei'
I'd O'Clock when the meeting adjourned. III
t, shrewdness of the above action will
d seen when l state that the par-room me-
S. of the town had determined to give Il
ut negroes plenty of whiskey at the close
at the meeting and thereby try to intluen
es their votes They were obliged to clio
n. at 12 O'Clock Saturday night and when Il
ly prohibition meeting adjourned it was aft
r that hour The negro's experience NEE
Y. ing did the work and all who attend'
elr went home sober. Result: Concord ga
ed a majority for prohibition.
n,
ke | saw many prohibitionists in Randoll
at Trinity College commencement. MAJ
7el of them are Third Party Prohibitionist
5 | cannot think that the Third Party NOV
ry ment is wise one. | believe in prohil
er ton so strongly that ! don't want to S
lie it weighed down by any mistakes of part
he Let it be separate, distinct issue, l sa
It's But these Third Party men are SO hone:
0W so earnest and so Conscientious that
ny have no word to say against them.
cd leve they are not taking the best route
81 reach the destination which all Opposers
M the whiskey traffic desire to reach.
lo A Strike Among the COnvicts.
~. Especial Cor STATE CHRONICLE
A1E ~ x 1896 II n.