The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-10-07
GEN, NEAL DOW OF PROHIBITION fAMt'
HIS SERVICE IN PEACE AND WA"
rbo Story Of His Remark able Lie
no on% ",VS ,GSc Iucidcnts Leading to the
pnssamc of Rigid temperance
I'm His State.

DOW. Ol VI '''
rnGH nGHencrai Dow is the originator OF the
Maine Law, and is the pioneer Prohlol-
zionist in this country. lie llVes III
large. spacious, 0ld-timC brick house,
in the very heart OF the town, sur
rounded BY Il large. wcll-kept lh"o'
II, built this house 81 years ago. From
the front windows, across the sIrcee'
Won look over to the house OF his SON.
Colonel Fred y. Dow, the house IN
which lie was born.
Hero in this pleasant home the olo
tcmperat &C hero is passing to the dis-
tnnt home. "whcrc all is made rlEht
that so ,u2z'cs Us here n iconlne
face, crowned with q protdslon O!
snowy, white hair, warm grasp OF
the hand. and you are welcome 20 MS
house, even now in his last sickness.
provided YOU leave your cigar behind
you. =, -,
philosophy that has carried nun
through life, and made him the cehtraI
figure OF a remarkable reform.
STORY or HIS LIFE.
General Dow comes Of good old stock
being A descendant on his fathers slde
in the seventh generation, from lichr|
Dow. who came 10 this country ''n!A
Norfolk, ENGLAND, in lG", and on niH
mothers side from Christoph"r iiHIl,
who came from England IN iN'". n's
extensive reading aud taking WIN
mon everywhere has refined ana p"''
ished hi, style and given him com
mand Of English quite unu,,'aI ''t"''
uDon or oil The platform Ills pr0nUN-
citation il clear aud distinct,
He was a successful business man.
dealing in real estate WAS Il tanner
before the war. and h", bcrr ronheci,u
with many business enterprises ~
the age Of - he met with misfortune
tina. would have crushed most men,
Rev. d b prrk got himself "irct'"
treasurer Of the State, and then began
to play with the cash and ilnAIiN "c'
fanltrd TO thc extent Of SlNu.Wn. N"h'
cra) Dow. who wa on +, ck's DInd, h"d
to make up the amount. - N&'ni"'
Gould. a fav0ritc. followed IN irrH ;
footsteps With so. 600, which the Gen
eral hau to make up. II" h"noFap!E
stood M under these losses.
a Whig, while that party It~V'"' II"
helped to organize The ltnuh' lc'h par
lv and elected mayor hi i'ori iaN" haH
twice represented the rlly IN tltr 2'A''
lcpislaturc. Much discussion has en-
>ueu a. ~ V"c VI : T." v. '.'' l,,.,r
Genera James NPP'''""; ." ,'' '''t
Is l>"- nfE"" I"' r'SIr!'C."" u!
traihr IN 'hIoHICa''hH ur'"NN, tI" l i"
whole subject. But the fact rcut;tlns
that until Neal Dow framed the Maine
law, there was no similar enactment
on the statute books OF any nation or
State.
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