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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1844
Page
2
The Washingtonian issue from February 10 1844 includes a total abstinence pledge signed by local gentlemen pledging not to drink spirits malt liquor wine or cider. The editors discuss post office remittances to publishers and regret a late Athens Banner reply, promising coverage in the next issue while condemning disorderly conduct at college events to protect city reputation.
The writer notes general regret that bad weather kept many from Mr Hawkins lectures in Augusta. Despite small audiences his plain statements inspired lasting memory and added thirty names to Jax Pieper. The piece urges renewed vigor among signers to uphold pledges and curb intoxication.
A Savannah correspondent lauds the coast’s timely zeal and urges similar actions for mountain yeomanry. The piece asks if time has passed for successful efforts in the state’s middle and upper sections and questions the fate of its advocates.
A reflective exhortation praises steadfast faith and cautions pledgers to honor their word. The text urges maintainers of pledge integrity not to abandon duty, warning of personal discredit from misconduct and urging the example of honest sailors.
An 1840s editorial contrasts drunken brawls with temperance reforms. It recounts a Lumpkin County tavern affray where James Long fatally wounded Dobbs and wounded Helton and Trammell after a sign-board joke. The piece urges justice and wider temperance measures, praising a recent education law for the poor and criticizing state mismanagement.
The act assigns 830 Bank of Augusta shares and other assets from the Central Bank as a fund for education. Counties report eligible poor children by early November, with distributions by January to counties that filed returns. Grand Juries urged to support a 5 percent tax to fund these education provisions.
A Washingtonian letter urges readers to aid Christian moral reformers by removing the root causes of vice. It argues that truth should replace falsehood as the motive for action and compares indument to a child burned by flame, warning that education about truth prevents intoxication and other sins.
The excerpt presents a moral discussion on truth versus falsehood, urging steadfast honesty and the rejection of deceit. It contrasts truth as a friend to humanity with falsehood as a social and personal bondage, emphasizing duty to refrain from lying and to act with moral clarity.
The writer reports sailors signing the pledge at Mariner's Church with 15 during one meeting and 17 at another. He notes the Rev Cutter station's organized society aboard with two thirds of crew as members and expects Mr. Hawkins to arrive around the 15th to share further progress in the temperance effort.
In Savannah on February 3 1844 readers report a large temperance meeting held on the British ship Triton. Capt Watt of the John Munn and local leaders addressed sailors and forty signed the pledge amid strong belief in sailors honor and reform.
The Home Industry Society presents its annual report detailing stock on hand cash and bonds, and notes $128.50 paid to about 150 women for work, averaging 85.90 per recipient. Officials say funds are insufficient to reach all in need and appeal to citizens to increase the society’s capacity to relieve distress.
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