The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1894-03-21
With Cyclonlo Fury.

men of several Kansas towns have
commenced war on the liquor joints
and dives, but it remains for Mrs.
Ellwood Marion, courageous little
woman of Salina, to inaugurate a
movement that has scattered constcr-
nation among the violators of the pro-
hibitory liquor law. She thinks her
crusade against the army of jointists
and boot-leggers in Salina is along
practical lines. Her first sally was g.
success, but the second raid was tend.
cd to confirm the practicability of the
first. Mrs. Marion and her husband
operate a small truck farm near the
suburb of Kcnwood. She is frail
little woman, but a cyclone when
aroused. She is firm advocate of
the cause of temperance, while her
husband is addicted to the flowing
bowl, and at regular intervals fills his
stomach and emptics his pockets at
the numerous joints that thrive in that
city.
Many times this little woman has
visited these drinking resorts and
warned the proprietors against selling
liquor to her husband. These warn
ings have invariably been disregard
ed, and few days ago the plucky wo-
man decided to take the law into her
own hands and rid the community of
the places which had caused her so
much trouble.
About three o'clock in the after
noon Mrs. Marion, with an axe thrown
over her shoulder, moved boldly down
the principal business street Of the
town. She first visited Harvey's
billiard hall. Her approach had been
noticed and her purpose being OWNED
the doors of the establishment were
closed and locked. She proceeded to
the back door and demanded admis-
sion. Receiving no response to her
repeated knocks on the door she
graspcd her axe firmly and soon bat
tered the barrier away. No resistance
was offered by the proprietor or in
mates of the place. On entering she
proceeded to demolish the bat fix
lures and cracked jugs and bottles in
discriminatory. When she had finish
ed her work she started to leave, but
seeing picture on the wall known to
the artistic world as "Vcnus at the
Bath, her sense of the proprieties
was shocked, and she chopped it to
pieces. In an authoritive voice she
asked if hcr husband was concealed
anywhere about the place. Every
man present answered a positive
"No," and she departed, leaving the
barkccper to collect the fragments Of
broken glass and crockeryware that
she had left in her wake.
Mrs. Marion next visited place
over a restaurant. She seemed to
know this place well, for she found
her way through the circuitous halls
to the entrance unassistcd and open
ed the door without rapping. The
barkecpcr was engaged in filling a
large number of bottles with whiskey
to be sent to a country customer.
There were thirty-seven TASKS stand
ing on the counter. Mrs. Marion,
with swo or three blows of her axe
smashed them into smithcrccns and
the odor of bcnzine and fusil oil soon
penetrated the room. Seven or eight
loungers were in the room when she
entered, but not one of them spoke
word until she asked for her husband.
lie had not been there she was in
| formed and she departed without
doing further damage.
She next went 20 joint in base
mcnt where sawdust is kept on the
floor. She entered without trouble
and walking to the bar asked if her
spouse was there. He was not there
and she turned to leave the room
when her eye caught sight Of a barrel
of whiskcy near the door. The ef-
feet on her was instantaneous. She
began to swing her axe with strength
that seemed incompatible with her
delicate frame. She raincd blow after
blow upon the head of the cask and
soon the vile liquor flowed over the
floor.
Mrs. Marion paid uncventful visits
to several other places, but did not at
tempt to use her axe again. Early in
her crusade she attracted large
crowd that followed her about from
place to place, and gave her encour-
agemcnt in her work. The presence
Of her followers no doubt deferred the
joint keepers or their sympathizcrs
from interfering with her, for any act
of violence toward her would have
brought to her assistance any number
of strong and willing hands. No
complaint has been made against her,
and probably none will be made, but
the escapadc has terribly aroused the
temperance people Of Salira and other
towns, and repetition of the affair is
liable to come at any time should
the indiscriminatc sale Of liquor con-
tinuc.
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