The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-08-04
R0IISING DISPENSARY RALLY.
. LARGE AND ENTHUSIASTIC
MEETING FRIDAY.
several Effective Speeches Were
Made. Many Sign the
Petition,

rhe meeting at the court house Fri
dow morning in the interest Of the dis.
n.nsary movement in Terrell county
was a success.
conservative estimates place the
amber who were present at between
g,0 and 400 people. The court room
was full. and a few stood in the doors
and wiudows, while there were twenty
five or fifty negroes in the gallery.
Tie number Of ladies present was per-
tap5 twenty-five.
The meeting was organized by elect
mgJ. W. F. Lowrey chairman and E.
/. Ra'ney secretary. Upon taking the
chair Mr.. LOwrey made ringing talk
IN which he said the dispensary move
menJ was for the purpose of limiting
the sale of Whiskey in Terrell county
and throwing greater restrictions
about it. He said that nine-tenths of
aucr.me was traceable to whiskey, and
spoke Of the growth of moral sentiment
against its sale. This sentiment, he
declared, would continue to grow un-
upery barrOOm was driven from the
land
Mr., J. +. PauIln, prominent citizen
and banker of Fit. Games. was intro
duepd and explained how the dispensa-
ny was operated in that town and the
good results it had produced. He SAID
that there had been remarkable eIe-
walton in the moral tone of the town.
that the sale of whiskey had been re-
dgoed from $4,000 to $4,000 a year.
and that there was not now a white
man in Fl. Gaines who would say do
away with the dispensary. Not a half
dozen drunken men, he said, had been
seen in FIT. Gaines since the establish
ment OF the dispensary. He quoted So
ljoLt0r Irwin as saying that if Terrell
and early counties join Clay and adopt
dspensarleS more counties would have
to be put in the judicial circuit if he
made living from his office.
Short speeches were also made by
BaYs. J. Howard Carpenter, j.. B.
tombstone and r. A. Morgan. Mr..
Carpenter did not favor dispensaries
from financial standpoint, but be-
cause they would produce a purer NOR
atmosphere and stop the sufferings
al. woes of innocent women and chill
dr7n. Mr.. johnson said he would
rather have lone chained tigers than
seven loose ones" and asked all
who agreed with him in that to wave
their landkerChiefs About tWO~thirds
o. The crowd responded. The chained
tiger represents the dispensary and the
screen loose ones the places where
W>.E is sold in Dawson. He argued
r was better to take steps to pre-
Ft ae formation of bad habits in
e life than TO attempt their eradi-
@.u later. Rev. r. A. Morgan
.-a ,he people to get together on the
r-N..sary movement, and SAID that if
Dr. 0ld untOp hell and summons the
aarks from there they would say
< ~ and make the fight and win the
tory, Sainted mothers in heaven.
We're The pearly gates opened, would
>e.. the same message
Mayor J.J. Hill Hon. A. G. Hill and
A.J. L. Raglan of BronwoOd all made
Short talks in favor Of dispensaries.
A-}or Hill said Brentwood did not want
1pesary there, but would help Daw-
son get one.
liter the meeting adjourned a large
A.0oer Of those present signed the dis
lea]ary petitions. Petitions are being
G.. lated in every part of the county,
az many signatures have already been
Obtained.
Eronwood Council Takes Action.
Az meeting of the Bronwood town
council Monday night a resolution was
ADOPTED endorsing the recommended
u. ~ OF the grand jury that dispense
L.e> be established, but adding that all
u. revenue derived from them be paid
.1yo the county treasury.