The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-05-12

A similar society was organized ons
year later in Greenfield, Saratoga Coun-
ty. At this time preachers supposed
they could preach better when They
used little stimulus, and the records
of the church show that at donations
and installations the liquor items on
bills of fare were the most numerous
and the largest At the ordination OF
a pastor over the South Society at
Hartford the following was consumed:
Two mugs teddy, IS 4d; bitters. I'd:
breakfasts, 3s Sd: Il bowls punch los: III bot
ties wine, IS i'd; mugs flip, 5s lOd; bowls
punch, is; 3 bowls tOddy, % I'd; "A dinners,
PAS I'D.
June 30, 1S49, Father Mathew landed
and talked Temperance in this country
for sixteen months. He then returned
to Ireland. He died within a month
after reaching his home. In 1851 the
order of Good Templars was organized.
This society is now the largest Tenn
perance order in the world, having
more than three hundred thousand
members. In 1851 a Democratic Leg.
islature in Maine passed prohibtory
law.
Perhaps the most exciting event in
the annals of Temperance agitation
was that of the women's crusade, which
began at Hillsboro, O., Dec. 20. 1873.
Saloons were closed in $50 towns and
villages in that State. The outcome Of
the crusade was the formation of the
National Women's Christian Temper
ance Union. During 1883 Miss Frances
Willard visited every State and Terri
tory from Puget Sound to the Gulf Of
Mexico. and, with the help of the pi-
oneer trips of Mrs. Clement Leavitt in
California, of Mrs. S. +. Chaplin in the
South, and of Mrs. Mary F. Shields in
Wyoming, New Mexico and Arizona,
organized this society by States and
Territories throughout the United
States. Mrs. Leavitt is now on
journey around the world, engaged in
an effort ito belt the globe with the
white ribbon of the w. C. 7. u" The
society has membership Of $4,000.
Col. j. j. Hickman, of Kentucky,
said to the writer the other day:
II have but recently returned from
trip through New Mexico and Colo
RADIO. l had an impression that !
should have an easy time lecturing.
But l found the people out there to ba
of very high order of intelligence,
and had to do my best. Employers
of large numbers Of men pay literally
toward the support of Temperance So
cieties. 1t is safe investment.
1t is asserted that the balance of po-
litical power is held by the Temper
ance element in Texas. Arkansas and
Georgia. In Missouri Temperance is
strong in the small towns.
Ex-Governor Dingley, Of Maine. is re-
sp0nsible for the assertion that on an
average each inhabitant of the United
States, outside of Maine, drinks fifteen
dollars worth of alcoholic stimulants
every year. In fourteen States of the
Union there are laws which demand
that the effects of alcohol upon the sys-
tenn shall be taught to children. A
graded system of text books is now
ready representing five years of expert
mental study on the subject. Between
thirty and forty different works Of
physiology, with special reference to
alcohol and other stimulants, for
school, have been issued.
Both England and America lay claim
to the honor of starting the first total
abstinence society. The English claim
is founded upon the fact that in 1882 q
society at Preston, England, adopted
the principles of total abstinence. 1t
is also declared by this society that the
word teetotal originated with them in
this way: Dickey Turner, a stammer-
ing farmer, referring to moderation
pledge which had been in use, said
"Tll have nOwt to do wi this b0thera-
ton moderation pledge. I'll be right
down tee-tee-tOtal forever" In letter
dated Troy, Pa, September 10. 1885,
Rev. Joel Jewell disputed both these
claims He says that in 1927 he was
secretary Of Temperance society in
Hector, N. Y, whose constitution in
cluded total abstinence clause. In
writing the names of members on the
roll he prefixed the letters o. P. to the
names Of those who adhered to the old
pledge, and big T to those who were
total abstainers. by continually ex-
planning that T was for total" he
says, 1--WE were directly called Total
ers, and this was the origin of the
} word years before it was coined in En-.
gland"
The Prohibition party has had four
Presidential candidates in the field.
Black, in 1872, received 5,6O8 votes;
Smith, in 1876, received $3.50; Dow,
!, $780, received 1850, and St. John,
1884, received 152,070. Y. Sun.