Asheville daily citizen., 1892-06-14
THE MEETING LAST NIGHT
\ ALARGE CROWD ASSEMBLIES
IN THE COURT HOUSE.

Col. j. NJ. Ray Made Chairman
and Tilman H. Gaines Secretary
Speeches by Revs. c. w. Byrd
and J. q. Adams and Others.
The court house was perhaps two
thirds full last evening when the iudig'
nation meeting was called to order. A
number of ladies were included in the au-
diencc.
Rev. ]. Q. Adams, of the French Broad
Baptist church, moved that Col. ]. NJ.
Ray be made chairman of the meeting.
This was carried.
Rev. c. W. Byrd, of Central church,
explained the object for which the meet
lug was called. He said it was true the
saloon on Patton avenue had been with
drawn, but the commissioners deserved
no thanks for it. He hoped the meeting
would wrest the town and county from
The grasp of the whiskey men.
Tilman X. Gaines was made secretary.
Mr.. Byrd moved that a committee OF
three be appointed to draft resolutions
expressing the sense of the meeting.
Carried. Committee Rev. {. W. Byrd,
]. Norris Myers and J, G. Lindsey,
While the committee was at work,
Rev Mr.. Adams was called to the stand,
He had not expected to be present when
he saw that the gentleman thc begged
pardon for saying gentleman who m
tended to put up a saloon on Patton
avenue had given up the idea, He then
read some very interesting statistics OF
the whiskcy business in Western North
Carolina, and more particularly in
ASheville. "The cure of the evil" Mr..
Adams said, "Iics in individual duty.
Help on the temperance organizations
have joined the Good TcmplarS and
Sons of Temperance, and would join the
w. c. T. L. if they would let me. am
glad to raise my voice in this matter
What applies to Patton avenue applies
to every other street in the city. God
speed the day when the whiskcy business
will be locked up in hell and the devil
carry the key in his breechcs pocket"
The committee then returned and re-
ported the following:
"Resolved, That the maSs-mcetng
now in session respectfully request the
board of county commissioners, III res
pect to the general expression OF sentl-
ment against the establishing of a Ii
censed barroom on Patton avenue, to re-
scind at their meeting on the 23rd INST
the order by which license was granted
for the establishment of a saloon on that
street, and that VIC also request them not
to renew license to saloons on any OF the
principal streets of our city
Resolved second, That it is the sense
of this meeting that no license should be
granted for the sale OF liquor in our
town"
After short discussion as to whether
the word "principal' should be left II
the resolutions, the committee report
was adopted as it came from the com
mittee.
The following resolution was then
offered:
Resolved, That the thanks o
this convention are due and are hereby
rendered to the ASHEYILLE DAILY CITIZEN
tor the favorable stand it has taken OF
HCeHSnlS Il par on OHe vi tHN Pi'HN'P''
streets of the city,
Rev. Mr.. Adams moved an amendment
that 1--WE request the owners OF thai
paper to withdraw all liquor advertise
mcnts from its columns"
The resolution as amended was passct
unanimously amid prolonged clappinI
of hands.
Col, 7. B. Long was called for and re
sponded in a lengthy talk. Hcwas goin!
to try to get prohibition plank in tn
platform at Omaha, and would be will
ing to stump the country for prohibition
He attacked the county government
system.
Rev. !. d. Arnold and 5. =. Near
made short speeches, after which tn
meeting adjourned.