The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1895-02-02
OF THE ANTI-sALOON
MEETING.

held in the Court house, Grenada,
Miss, Jan. 25, 1895, 1880, P. NJ. Judge
A. T. Roane in the Chair. After song
by the children, Rev. W. J. O'Bryant
led the meeting in prayer. Rev. T. W.
Lewis was called for, and spoke upon
the results of prohibition on trade,
showing by comparisons the benefits of
prohibition. Rev. A. A. Lomax, of
Batesville, was introduced, and enter
tanned the audience by contrasting the
evils OF liquor traffic and the good of
prohibition. Judge Roane was called
for end addressed the meeting, after
which Rev. J. w. Lee, Chairman of
the Committee on petitions, offered the
following resolutions:
WHEREAS. We believe that many citizens
have without mature consideration signed
the petitions in circulation in our midst, to
legalize the dram shop, and to thereby per-
petuate upon this community vicious and
unholy traffic. whose tendency is for evil and
WHEREAS, We believe in the brotherhood OF
men. and that wherever wrong is done to
the humblest or weakest beneath the all-be-
| holding sun, that wrong is also done to US"
and
WHEREAS. We charge the fact to be. how
ever much The signers Of said petitions may
protest. that the spirit Of our law and the
constitution is being disregarded by those
| engaged in the liquor business in our midst
by their efforts to perpetuate said vice
through I've help OF the most ignorant and
vicious element in our city, controlled and
| aided by the names OF some good men, and
WHEREAS, Said vice cannot be legalized
without n majority OF the legally qualified
voters OF our city signing petitions therefor.
and we recognize and charge that such ma
jOrity cannot be had, but We believe Ga sy>-
! tematic fraud is being attempted by those
| interested in said traffic, and that during
last winter. in order that the nOn-tay-payers
and most ignorant and vicious element
might control this community on Il aqucstion
involving the highest and most holy interest
to every freside in our City. the dram shop
interest paid. through agents. to the Tax
Collector. the poll tax required by the Con-
stitutlon to be paid by every person before
he is a qualified voter, and
WHEREAS, Such payment is. we believe. in
the nature Of a bribe. and intended to give
control OF this community to such an ele-
ment in the interest Of vice and immortality,
and Is violation OF the spirit Of our consti-
! tuition. and
WHEREAS, We further believe that many
good men have signed said dram shop petit
tions without for one moment knowing or
considering that the ignorant and vicious
were thus being induced to sign said petit
| tions for a consideration In the shape OF a
money bonus. which we characterize as
moral bribery. and we further believe that
most good citizens, when they see and are
made to understand that this mOnstrous
vice cannot retain its fOothOld any longer
in this community without their voices and
influence are coupled onto and joined in un-
holy wcdlock with this immoral and vicious
and purchased >uLport.tha they will RECON-
slider their action and enlist with those who
are trying to overflow this vice. and
WHEREAS. We are determined that our
most sacred interests >hall not be controlled
illegally and frauduently by the efforts Of Il
1e" men 10 organize ana ''"Nerr"h .he oes'
"'''"i st" '"'''' " '.''> ''''''u''''s !" ''"ei
that they may profit by the sale Of liquor in
disregard OF the spirit OF our laws and Con-
stltu'ioh' anu
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men ''at they >'Sheo s'lo pe''t'on> o' ''.
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can only say 1ha' 'hes are >'''>'> l''o>'
oase whose io'e vi r's". Is ''r ''e'''>el'e>
anu hoI l"r All 'he race
lhhHkfoNh BE II nh>oi>h h'' mat wv
pieoee ourselves our ho''"r ana our means
10 uhceaslhS warfare "po" 'h'> evil anu 'h''
We no" give hotl'e t''a' i'' l''ehS' snail ~
sue on lhe applleatloll' no" Oh NE u'l''i the
hlshe>t courts ol 'he lahu snail h''a'lS "e-
clde tilat the c'ty oi ure'''oa silall remain
victim TO t'lls moral monster ana pay 'r'"-
ute at his unholy shrine
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED. That We max
this fight In no spirit OF unklndne>s TO the
individual. but that we make the hsht IN the
interest OF humanity, tha' we may save our
city our homes our families ana our tr'ehoS
from this DliEhtins curse ana TO SET an eS-
ample to our children I" never compromise