The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1892-08-24
Temperanoe MeetIna On the IsIh.

In obedience to call nadc by
leading prohibitionisls, a number
of citizens from all parts of the
county assembled in the court house
at II O'Clock Thursday. The meet
ing was called 10 order by Rev. 5.
r. Young, Of Martin, who on motion
of J. I'll. Gordon was made .perma-
nent chairman. A. r. Chunn, Of
Hermanyille was elected secretary.
Mr. Young explained that the
object of the meeting was TO organ
izc the supporters Of temperance
and to urge on all good citizens thc
duty OF helping the cause with their
ballots on the lst day Of September.
lie dwclt on the evils of intempcr-
ancc and expressed his conviction
that the people had made up their
minds to rio Claiborne county Of
this great evil.
AT the conclusion Of Mr.. Y0ung's
address, j. NJ. Coen moved that a
committee on resolutions be APP
pointed. This motion being car
ried, the chairman named these
four: S. +. Dudley J. Ii. Gordon,
". Nj. Cocn, q. a. French, which
committee forthwith retired to draw
up their report.
On motion the following county
executive committee was appoint
cd:
Dist. ii. III. Gordon, DR.. w.
G. Williams, r. w. Magruder.
Dist. 81. j. Norwood, Il. ii.
Morehcad, G. Wilson Humphreys.
Dist. 81. NJ. Carpenter, w. w.
Thompson, G.. o. Foster.
Dist. Al. w. Crews, 5. L. Dud-
ley, A. X. Chunn.
Dist. 81. NJ. Cocn, DR.. L. ID.
Barron, S. d. JclTerics. S. r.
Young, ox-oilici0.
Hon. Jas. q. Spencer rose in re-
sponsc to calls from all parts Of the
house and made a stirring address.
lie said that, rs everybody knew,
he had never been a prOhibilionist
according to tho ordinary accept
ance OF that term, though always
heartily in favor Of temperance.
But in the almost universal opposi-
ton to the liquor trallic in this
county he recognized a public senti-
ment strong enough to enforce j
demands, and he would join his
fellow citizens in their efforts to put
down this enemy Of good order and
good morals. II the people were
united and determined, it could be
done. Intemperance, he said, is
especially dangerous to the peace
OF society, in communities yexed
by race differences. This isno SEN
timental question, no political ques-
tion; it is simply question Of e
Eliminating constant source of
trouble. Our duty as citizens and
as parents calls us to give our heart
lest support 10 this movement. We
are not making war upon any indi-
vidual or any class Of our fellow
citizens what we do is prompted
by sense of duty alone.
After further remarks in this
vein Mr.. Spencer sat down amid
applause.
A discussion as to the strength OF
the prohibition feeling elected the
statement that of the 30 registered
voters in district 2, all but six
would vote the prohibition ticket
that two-thirds OF the voters in dis
trict were prohibitionists and in
short that the whole county was
strongly set in the same direction.
The committee on resolutions
reported in substance as follows
Whereas for the iirst time in the
history oi our county tho liquor
traffic problem presents itself di-
vested Of all side issues, and
Whereas, the conditions incident
to a mixed population mako II IN
cumbent on rs to eliminate every
factor that t0nds 10 violence and
discord, and
Whereas, the liquor traffic * i
standing menace to tie morals 81
youth, and To the prosperity mld