The Brookhaven leader., 1886-07-22
THE COUNTY CANVASS.
WHAT THE PROHIBITIoNISTS
ARE DOING IN THE
COUNTY.

The McClendon's school house club will
hold a rousing meeting next Saturday
evening at o'clock.
There will he Prohibition speaking at
Mt. Moriah church Friday evening at 3
o'clock. Every body invited.
Rev. W. c. Black, of Meridian, the clio,
/ qucut Prohibition advocate, will speak in
! Brookhaycu next Wednesday night.
Bishop Galloway will speak at Lard's
Mill or somewhere in that Immediate
vicinity next Thursday evening at early
candle light.
| The Central Prohibition Club received
large number of acccssions last Monday
night, and new names are being continu
ally added to the roll.
! There will he meeting Of the Prohibi
ton club at Vaughn's next Friday even
! ing at O'Clock. Our friends are making
good progress i'll that locality.
The Prohibitionists of Caseyville will
give grand basket dinner Oh Friday, the
hand, and everybody invited.
There will be grand Prohibition rally
at Fair River store next Friday and the
meeting will he addressed hy Hons. II. II.
Thompson and A. G. MCNair.
A letter from Mr.. Carruth brings en-
couraging news from Adams Camp
ground. A large club is organized and
many colored voters are joining the move
ment.
There will he grand Prohibition rally
and basket dinner Mt Friendship church,
Beat 5, next Wednesday, the 2Sth. Judge
Chrisman and Bishop Galloway will adj
dress the meeting.
There will lie meeting of white and
colored ProhibitOnistS at Mt. Olive church
in Beat next Saturday evening ut
o'clock. Let there be a big turnout OF the
friends Of the cause.
Our friends in the country are request
ed to report in advance all appointments
made by the antics so that the Executive
Committee may have somebody on hand
to represent the other side.
MesSrs. j. A. 5. Henderson and A.
Lewenthal, Jr.. delivered addresses on
Prohibition at Simmons Mill last night
Capt. Hoskins put in III appearance aud
was freely accorded a division of tine.
The present indications are that Brook
haven, the whiskry stronghold, the very
Gihraler of the liquor traffic in Lincoln
county, will 20 for the dry ticket oy
good majority. The cause is gaining
every day,
A club was organized at Adams church
on July 10th with good membership to
start with. j. A. Terrell was elected
President; S. J. Hodges, Vice President
j. L. Carruth Secretary; and T. w. CHS
lon, Treasurer.
A Prohibition club of 40 members was
organized at Boguo Chitto Friday night,
with A. J. Martin, President, and Duncan
Easterling Secretary. The club will en-
ter into the campaign with the spirit and
deter mination to win.
II. f. Lees school house was filled with
large crowd last Saturday night to hear
the speeches of DR.. Il. Il. Applewhtc and
Elder Z. P. Douglass, on Prohibition.
Nearly every voter of that ncighborhood
is member of the Prohibition club.
DR.. Bennett and 4. C. McNair report Il
fine meeting at Little Bahala last Satur-
day. Some who have heretofore been the
strongest antis in that section, enlisted
under the Prohibition banner and enrolled
their names as members of the Bahala
Club,
A good sized Prohibition club was or
ganizcd on Tuesday night at Reeds School
House in the East Mill precinct. The off
GERS are NJ. A. Anding, President; Wesley
johnson, vice-President; Ed. Lyons ID.
vice PRESIDENT +. c. Smith, Secretary;
and Joe Reed, Treasurer.
At the last meeting resolution was
adopted requesting each Prohibition club
in the county to send representative 10
meet the Executive Committee in Brook
haven on Monday, July 25th, at 10 O'Clock
A. NJ. All clubs should take notice and
govern themselves accordingly.
A large club was organized at Friend
ship last Saturday evening with DR.. X. X.
Applewhite President; w. S. Vaughn, LIST
vice President; Chester Allen, COL, 2nd
vice President and jeff Chrisman, Secre-
tary. The meeting was addressed by
Messrs. Thompson and Lewenthal.
A strong Prohibition club was organized
at Pleasant Grove Methodist church III
southeast Lincoln on last Saturday even
ing and the following officers elected:
President, Robt. Criscoe; vice-President,
Jacob Smith; Secretary, B. F. Beason;
Treasurer, P. T. Byrnc. The Climb will
meet again next Saturday evening.
| The ladies of the BoguechittO w. c. I.
U. acquitted themselves grandly at their
entertainment Friday night. splendid
welcome address was delivered by the ac-
complished Miss Ella Thompson, tab
leau and essay-"Wandering Boy" and
another one entitled purity" were pre-
sented, the entertainment concluding
with an eloquent and affective speech by
Mr.. John II. Martin, of Jackson. The
Brookhavenites who went down pro-
nounce it success.
The speech of Maj Millsaps Monday night,
electrified his audience. The mOdesty OF
a., ,,o,, ,nlD tra,, ,t n apa6 the effect of his