The Savannah morning news., 1901-02-15

Her brother advised against il and told
her she was wasting her money, but she
dlsregarded the advice and bought the
land. She and Mr.. Nation lived there and
kept hotel in Columbia, and made
great deal OF money, They sold out about
eight years ego and moved to Medicine
Lodge, Kan, where they have lived ever
since. Mrs. Nation has devoted her life
IN Medicine Lodge TO helping the poor and
working against saloons. Six years ago
she attacked the saloons in Medicine
Lodge In the same way she has attacked
them in Wichita, Kiowa, Enterprise. spa
other places, and, her brother says, she
mace Medicine Lodge strictly temper
ance place
My sister Is not crazy." said Mr.
Moore. "on the contrary, she is a re-
markedly strong-minded woman. She
mas seen so much of the curse Of whisky
tnat she believes II is the greatest evil
OF our time. and she has consecrated the
remainder OF her life to lighting the whis
Ky frame She thinks that whisky robs
, .h 81 thelr manhood, shapes up the des-
uny OF girls for evil and sorrow. breaks
up happy homes, and sends more people
10 rum than any other influence
one mas Fought the whisky traffic all
.'oi NE III the usual way, by Identifying
herselt with temperance societies and like
means, but. In spite OF these influences,
aud IN spite of the laws of prohibiting
WHISKY selling in Kansas the traffic has
@io"u I" immense proportions there. Ny
sister concluded that something extraordi-
nary should be done to call attention 10
the traffic and make test in the courts
OF whether whisky selling is lawful in
Kansas. she takes the position that WINS
Ky selling being outlawed In Kansas, che
TOOLS TO destroy them are the parapher-
mana OF ontlawry. too, and that any per-
son has the right to destroy them wher-
ever they are found In Kansas She
wishes the courts to decide those points,
ana even II the courts are against her she
mas demonstrated to the world that whis-
KY sellers In Kansas are towards She
believes that the temperance people are
greatly In the majority in all towns in
Kansas, and she has demonstrated that
II the women of Kansas will set their
minds to 1t no saloon shalt exist in any
town; they can stop the traffic in the
whole state In twenty-four hours and keep
Il stopped.
Il went to Wichita to see my sister
while she was In Jail there. found the
Jail quarlntned because OF smallpox, and
no visitors were admitted. | went to a
saloonkeeper. out OF curiosity, to see what
he would say / did not tell him at first
that ! was Mrs. Nations brother. / asked
him about Mrs. Nation, aud he said:
We have put her in jail and sent a
smallpox patient over there. so as to get
quarantine on the Jail and keep her
there
After a while ! told him who / was
and that | would like to get into the jail
to see my sister.
III you'll promise to take her away
from Wichita I'll get you into the jail ia
FIVE minutes he said.
u did get to see her finally and had a
talk with her. j asked her Is she wasn't
afraid Of getting hurt She replied:
Why, brother these whisky sellers
are the 'fraidest people you ever saw.
All ! have to do il } walk in the front
door with a Ratchet and they tumble over
themselves getting out the back door,"
Mrs. Nation is upward of 90 years old.
She has a brother. c. H. Moore, a wealthy
stockman OF Louisburg Kan.