Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1886-05-28
LITTLE CHIPS FROM TENNESSEE

! suppose all the readers Of the Union
Siqnal have heard oi "Lincoln county
whisky" That is the far-famed brand of
liquor 40 well known throughout the
South and West, and gets its name from
my own county.
However, all Lincoln county whisky is
not made in Lincoln county, but mostly
in adjoining counties. only mention il
here 10 tell you that the number OF distiller-
les manufacturing this article, both in this
and adjoining counties, are decreasing
rapidly. AT this time know of quite II
number that have been put at large ex-
pense that are lying idle, and whose own.
ers say they never intend to still any more.
There are now, i believe, but three in oper'
alton in our county. Yet, few years
since, / could count a dozen within as
many miles.
What are the causes? Several things,
probably, have brought this about. Among
others, the great increase ofprohlbilion lei, :.
riiory in the South and West, rs well as
the growth of the temperance sentiment
throughout the land, that has opened the
eyes OF many to the enormity of The bus
iness they have been engaged IN, and caus-
ed them TO give il up.
Sam Jones was with us last August
| He never looseS an opportunity oil giving
| the whisky interest rap, as everybody
| who ever heard him can testify. Among
| the thoufands which came TO hear him,
there came from an adjoining county dis
| tiller, who was also strict churh member
| Now this man could never be persuaded
To attend temperance lecture of any sort
| Said he wasn't going to hear a man abnst
| his business. But when Sam Jones came
he came out to hear him preach, not know
ing that he was going to hear the strong
est talk against tie liquor traffic that could
be made.
| Alter the sermon was over, an acquaint
ance OF this disliller came upon him, siI-
ting in the shade OF a tree, crying. "Why
Dan, what is the matierY
II have made my last barrel of whisky
replied the distiller. 81 never realized he
| fore what IA wicked business | was engaged
IN. Now | have in my warehouse seyera
hundred barrels OF whisky, and the ques-
| ton in my mind is, Shall | get fire 10 II
and burn ii up, or what shall do with il 2
The friend, who, by the way, was no
zone OF them temperance ianatics," replied
"Oh, well, there are extremes in every
thing. 1 would just Wholesale it all off
and quit the business"
A large part OF the territory of our staii
| is prohibitory under the operation OF tn,
four-mile law, which forbids the retailing
of liauor within four miles of chartered
school. This law does not effect the man
uiacluring or selling by Wholesale, nor
does il have any effect in incorporated
towns. So at first the whisky men thought
| il wasa weak document, and could do
them little harm. What was their dismay
| to find town alter town, and village aite
village, snrrcndering their charters and in
cooperating their schools to get rid OF th'
liuuOr curse, until whole counties wer'
thus rendered prohlbilory. 1t is said tha
three-iourths Of our State Is now prohibi-
tory through tIiis law.
This law has done incalcnlable good il
our State. / personally know OF many
neighbors that were once whisky-ridden
that nIe now prosperous and free and hap
by because there can he no whisky sol'
among them. Lincoln county is larg
county; yet there are only two places u
the Whole county where il can be solo
franklin county, adjoining this, has drive
it out altogether, as have many olhe
; counties.
Everybody knows that We are now slriv
ing for constitutional amednmont, prob
biting the manufacture, importation an
sale oi Intoxicating liquors in our Stat
A bill providing fnr vote to that elie'
I has passed Que legislature. We elect an
. other legislature this fall, and the hi
must pnss that legislature by two-ihlrt
majority before il gan come belore III
9 people. So this TALL aud winter Tenness'
Q will pass through one o the hottest fight
she has ever known, and both tho temper
: ance people and the whisky folk" are arm
ing themselves TO the teeth for the igh
Once before the people we are sure to &
II. Pray for our success, good friend
everywhere. Mns. 1. !. liotAAN'