People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1897-11-12

Hon. T. N. Pool.


EMMA L. REED.
Hon. T. N. Pool.
paper read by Mr.. N. 9. Edwards
and published by request of the Ep-
worth League before whom it was
read, as will be seen by the resolutions
published herewith:
Whereas, The Epworth League has
heard with pleasure the paper on the
life of Hon. T. N Pool, written by Mr..
N, G. Edwards at the request of the
League.
Therefore be it resolved, That we
ask the Warrenton Clipper to publish
the same, as we think it will be OF
worth to the reading public.
Memorial Services Before the EpwOrth
L-agne, WarrentoD NJ e. Church,
Oct. 22, 1897 BY N. @. Edwards.
Hon. Tillman N. Pool, the subject OF
this sketch, was born Aug. IS, 1921.
He joined the Methodist church nearly
81 years ago. Early in his life he was
deprived of all educational advantages
Few men who never went to school a
day and were born and reared in pow
erty have ever made such an impress
sion upon the people of his own and
adjoi ing counties.
No doubt the early impressions in
favor of temperance upon his youthful
mind came from having a drinking
father. We have often heard him say
the last punis hment his father gave
him was when he sent him to near by
grocery to get two gallons of corn
~hiskey and he let the jug get broken
This youth made up his mind that he
would devote his life to fighting the
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hood. AS far back as fifty years ago
when an opportunity was given him tn
speak in Agricultural Conventions
Sunday Schools or gatherings OF any
kinds, he never failed to devote at least
one third of his speech to the evils Of
intemperance, and cried out with a
loud voice against whiskey. On one OF
tn, SO occasions, when-he had made a
speech against whiskey, more than 40
years ago, one of his intimate friends
approache him and said: BRO. Pool
you are worrying the life out of your
self about the sale Of whiskey, do you
ever expect to live to see the day when
whiskey won't be sold in Warren coun-
ty" Bro Pool, with all the sincerity
of his heart, and with = faith that
takes no denial, answered: mo,
don't expect to live to see whiskey run
out of Warren county but my children
will see it driven out of it's borders
Less than fifteen years from tn proph
ecy of that day the people OF Warren
county selected him as their representa-
tive in the State Legislature where he
introduced, and had passed, bill tc
prevent the sale of whiskey in Warner
county, and was the author of the frs
law looking towards prohi bition il
Georgia. A member of the Legislature
who was present when Bro Pool made
his famous speech on the passage o.
this bill, said he never saw such al
effective scene men who were no
given to tears wept when this grea
man crying rs if his heart was broken
pleading for the women and children
of Georgia.
AS a speaker before the common
people, he always regarded himself a
one among them, he had not a superi
or in Georgia. He was honest, sincer'
and fearless in his denunciations 0
wrong. The people had confidence il
him an leaned on every thing he sal
with faith, and trusted him as leade
whom it was safe to follow.
He never went into county as
prohibition speaker but what the coun
ty went dry In 1889 he made fv
speeches. in Taliaferro county in on
week that county which was consld
cred overwhelmingly for whiske,
went dry by So majority. Two year
later, in another election, in which h
took no part, the county went TO
whiskey by I03 majority. The las
event of his life as prohl bitiou speak
er was the memorable battle Tough
for prohib ton in Morgan county las
year He made eight speeches in differ
emit parts of the county. With regis
tration of 1000 whites and 1900 neRroe
tae outlook for the cause of prohibitio
in that county was gloomy, but Bro
Pool had cor idence in the right; h
never lost faith. and the closing wee
of that campaign was such scene a
. is rarely witnessed. The Christia
women of that county with thousand
, of prohi hition badges worn over thei
, true hearts, and pinned upon tn
breasts of 1900 men who loved God a.
, county better than they did viii key
This sight inspired Bro Pool, and wit
tears streaming down his honest fac'
we never heard such plea to do ava
with barrooms. God gave him the ba
tie, and Morgan county went dry b
SIP majoritv.
? Hon. Tillman n Pool was to Ware
l and adjoining counties what Neal Do
was to Maine. There was great sim
i larity in their lives, and there was