Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1891-08-26
MIDDLEBROOK.

d In our article in the SPECTATOR of Aug. 9th
1881. there was O paragraph which spoke Of
vote.buying with whiskey and money. While
there Is nothing personal in 1t we would here
state that 1t was not our purpose to injure the
reputation OF any man who was not guilty o.
the offenss therein mentioned. No names are
called at ALL There are some men engaged in
the whiskey business whom we believe are
silent on the subject. and from whom we have
never heard q word in connection with the
canvass now pending. Such men, OF course
are not expected to do such things, and it does
not apply to any 'liquor' man who is inno-
cent We make this statement for the benefit Of
those who generally turn things to suit their
purposes, especially If there be a chance to in.
lure an innocent man, and those who might
use 1t for other than the purpose designed by
| the writer. While we used no personality or
called any name we deem the foregoing ex
| PLANTATION as sufficient.
There are men In this world who are work
ing harder for the cause they espouse, namely
liquor" than most of the distIllers are work.
| Ing. To be honest about 1t. the writer has not
| heard of the distiners in Riverheads doing any
work concerning this canvass; If they have,
| the writer has never heard OF 1t. There are
some who are working and as 1t is their right
and privilege they ought to be willing to ac-
cord unto the local.option man his opinion.
| A report is being circulated here that Sam
Jones backed ont from meeting speaker OF
| the Vets. Well, will say this much. that the
night before he left he said: "Fere Is the plat
form for u joint discussion. I will give you
wet men ~ hours, and all ask is 80 minutes
| to reply"
| There were repeated calls all over the house
| for Craig, but IL he was there he did not re-.
spond. There were present With the writer
Jacob B. Carwell of this place. and Mr.. -
Shuey Of Churchville. The same arrangement
| and terms were proposed during the day. and
| Mr.. Jones said he would give ~ hours for 80
| minutes in which to reply.
| The keeping Of Hector from the courthouse
yard that evening, has raised Juror among
the dry men throughout the county OF Au.
gusta. and there are some officials concerned in
1t whom the writer heard hundreds say they
would spot at the next election. and there is
no doubt but what they will do 1t too. The
courthouse and ground do not belong to the
city Of Staunton, but to the people in general
OF Augusta county. 1t is place where politics,
both sides. are discussed and a temperance
speech from this Intelligent colored man is
not half as bad. not one-fourth as bad, as some
political speeches the writer has heard there
in.
Mr.. Jones stated that night that 1t was re-
ported that he had backed down. but, said he,
II never took water In q thing like this in my
life and am not taking 1t now" He then made
the aforesaid proposition, to give the wet
speaker ~ hours. and he would take 30 min
utes to reply, and as the writer and his friends
remained until the services were closed, we
had good opportunity of hearing If any one
accepted the gauntlet as Mr.. Jones threw 1t
down. We like to do every one justice. and we
do this in Justice to Mr.. Jones.
Middlebrook is without a Bar-room. but she
has something worse in the shape of tattlers-
those who try to raise disturbances between
people too cowardly to openly take fancied
revenge or revenge for a fancied wrong. but
try to pervert every thing and max a disturb
ance wherever they can This class OF citizens
are of no use to any body or country. st. James
is good book in the Bible to find out what the
tongue is. The fact is, there are people in the
world who could be better engaged by reading
their Bibles more.
Mrs. Eliza Morgan and her sons Brown II
and DIR. ]. II. and his son. and her daughter
Maggie and her little child are here on visit
from Indiana. They moved from here Is years
ago. They are joyfully received by Mrs. ]. R.
Hanger, who was Miss Morgan. as well as re.
ceived Joy fully by large circle of friends. The
DR.. is the same Tucker as when he left here
He was nick-named Tucker" These good
people have made amazing progress In the
State Of their adoption and have become i'm
mensely rich. 1t affords us great pleasure to
hear of old friends and neighbors doing we'll
D. M. Smith of this place. expects to go on q
visit to his sister in Indiana about Sept. Sth.
and be gone or 4 weeks He is now very
busily engaged in shooting up all the horses in
his custom and doing up the other work as
near as he can SO the people can make ont un.
til he returns. He goes with a View OF moving
West at some future day.
Rev. George Shuey, of Richmond, Va, made
q soul.stirring temperance speech in this place
last Friday evening. Mr.. Shuey was raised near
here and now has charge of a church in Rich
mond, Va. He Is a son OF G. Washington
Shuey, and is an honor to his father and moth
or, a strong pillar in Gods Holy Church, and
a sterling man throughout. He does his duty
fearlessly. and knows exactly how to handle
the temperance subject. The local-option cam
paign has stirred up considerable animosity.
Some old grudges and hatr ed have began to
crop out in some localities, and those things
are very bad. 1t would be no question If it had
but one side to 1t.
The report that the writer wishes to be-
smirch any mans character by the part he has
taken on the side of the "Drys" Is not correct.
Far be it from me to try to injure mans fair
reputation because he differed with me. The
statement herein made concerning the article
of Aug. 5th, Is made for the purpose OF keeping
any one from misconstruing 1t, and 1njurtng
any innocent person. and from no other cause
in the world than desire to do Justice and
right to every man.