The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1886-05-15
TEMPERANCE CRUSADE.

How n IL wsgrd -- Horn In n IIttie
Town On Long I.land-itow n spread
Over the Country Father Mathews visit
The Women Aroused.
The first Temperance agitation In the
United States Of which there II any
record occurred in the year 1861. In n
little town on Long Island An ordl-
nance was passed ai a town meeting
"that no man shall sell any liquor but
such as are dcputed thereto by the
town, and such men shall not lot
youths and such ~ arc under others
management remain drinking at in-
scasonable hours, and such persons
shall not have above half pint AZ
timc among four men, In 1855 mn
ordinance was passed forbldding ''any
one selling to the Indians amy quantity
above two drams at one time, and 70
sall 10 no Indians but such IA are sent
by the sachcm and shall bring q writ
ten statement from him, and he shall
not be given above quart At n time. 7"
During successive years similar acts
were phssru Dy the towns ana colonies.
In 1876 the Constitution Of Virginia
prohibited the sale of wines and spirit
uous liquors. In 1900 religious socie-
ties began 10 protest against drinking
liquors at funerals. and soon after the
Society of Friends abolished this prac-
ticr. In iTTB the question of prevent
in, Jistillation oni,r,i,, yy.s s,,,,.,,,,l
ns "'s'hlhlo, 'htnVp was hk'A''".
The year llbl hRa been called the "ccn-
tenniai mill post of Temperance. In
.tt, f,ss Al "A. ,, ,
hnt year Drs beh)ahbh hnsh, oi fhlia-
dclphia. published an essay entitled
..T'ho Efrnc,. ~ ArJrnt gnir,ts m ,bs
',N,n VI w '"e
Human Body anu Mind' lhispapcr.
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'1iH rphhtil hSSHnst 'hc us' ~ sPlfltu-
ous liqnOrs. aud living ~ 10 did IN the
faca al nuhllc oninIon a,srae,ad muc n
"N' "f'''' SO ""''
attention III was unique literary
Iroductlon. and contained descrlb-
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dred years ago; lfI $40 tanaTd
ftnu.ual ga,ruil,x.
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\ t'n"o,op,on f,od hmm, ,,,si r,,d ..,ps,. y,
Ing or lauEhlnK 49, l..v.I fa.n
dIsnos,,,s ny ,bs,s sas as eSn, x, n.o..
secrets. ' TT s''rfF wv
!, rlld. a,,P.,lllon e I'll Iho,e persons IN
81 Gssiain % llaa,saissi as,,se. am sorry "a
say ths sign o. ne iif.t stake % druntenness
salns sabsr nse nIIaynly pssssab,. % ~ fa, osas,n
and decent mannrr-. m ~
q ,,, ei,gp,as o. ,s I.faa -.
often r.arrpiils Tssds oidr1ntsnna.s
u. osrtAln ., e,ssYagan, rat rhioh indicate
NO. mt. -. ,rs sns I,
prlditn animals, jumping. isarlns on clothes.
dancing nased breaking fiss,ss and china.
@ nl,',r" ulgn DE- ilsar' After ssb,is sho ar %
oIism oi drunkenness i completely formed.
ln. isss ss n"r h',hs I'M eysa pf
isss froancpi than ~ natural. the under ilp L
proisc'ed,,,he he'd l9ellu.s 4 lite g on one
sa sa1sh ials piaeetihs iImbs ,osIsr-si's up s
whole body siaszers; Tho unfortunaie sub.
S s,ans %a 's s,n "., ,s, 's ya'ss y" e ,swss oo ss
muiirr- Iparticulaie sounds 20 hImsslf-hs
si,.@p's % re- Re, ai,d az, ,ak. u ~. aiiemp,
al, al turn. Sion hIs bssl WI M l,S1 W s'o.r. ~ hIs
eyes aud fsll. into 2 profound slsep. fro
IN I'M, aonaoa ,n1s H. asa sna psy,gss s,,s
zen. twelve az ara twenty .fosr hour, ia iso,
/ eoyefy from this M OF lnfoslcstioa ia fparksd