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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1844
Page
6
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The State Temperance Convention of Georgia will meet in Forsyth on November 21. Delegates or letters are urged from temperance societies. Col. Joseph Henry Lumr KIN to deliver the anniversary oration with Col. Junius A. Wine as alternate. Washingtonians urged vigilance and pledge renewal to combat temperance violations. Calls for hospitality and attendance arrangements.
The Spanish brig Beatriz arrived at Halifax from Porto Rico with sugar rum and molasses aboard. Molasses and sugar sold well but the rum remained unsold despite offers in bond or for duty payment. The vessel sailed for the West Indies after unloading six pipes and returning to temperance waters.
In a public-address tone the author praises extending shelter to people similar to Washingtonians and Halifax. The tariff is praised as deeply rooted in public sentiment and deemed to improve health happiness and morals more than past protective duties on rum. The author notes rum losing favor as it is sent to Halifax and expelled from that market.
A western rum-sucker attended a church service seeking liquor and did not realize his error until the preacher corrected him that the church is no place for evil spirits. The tale implies he had been drinking beforehand.
The piece condemns election betting as the greatest evil of the recent canvass. It argues gambling distorts the franchise and corrupts patriotism, noting vast sums changed hands and urging that betting on elections be treated like other gambling by law. It cites seven million in inferred countrywide stakes and calls for moral accountability.
Rev. B M Sanpvenis president of the State Temperance Society forwards a list of Burke County T A societies with founding years and current memberships: Alexander 143 Hopeful 73 Bark Camp 71 Brushy Creek about 80 New Prospect 10. Signed Wa L Tucker February 8.
A Washingtonian piece recalls a flaxen haired boy asking why a relative’s nose is red and the reply that the uncle drinks brandy. The brief dialogue uses a homespun tone to hint at drinking habits.
The Southern Medical and Surgical Journal will resume publication, with the first issue set for January 1. The publisher has arranged with the paper to forward the issue to former subscribers and will notify readers of any term changes.
A visiting gentleman describes widespread misery caused by drunkenness across New York from alms houses to jails, noting wives and children suffer most. He urges women to join the abstinence cause, saying the temperance thread from Payson should grow into a golden chain binding children to God.
A long quotation extols individual self discipline and the Sabbath, then argues that lasting temperance demands a formal pledge. It claims lone attacks fail against intemperance and that unity in a disciplined host, bound by an explicit pledge, is essential to advance the moral cause and recruit the broader middle drinkers.
A preacher spoke on temperance and after a voyage up the river the town formed a Temperance Society. The grog shop keeper became president, liquor was banished, and a West merchant recalled the dramatic transformation of a town once famed for drunken selling.
A tale follows Jake who pockets twenty, travels to a new city, finds work, and grows into a deacon within the Church. His ascent contrasts with his father’s unyielding drinking and ruin, as the elder contemplates Jake’s clerical status with irony while facing a drunkard's fate.
The Sandersville Telescope reports a brutal murder in which Jesse Brock is found dead after a quarrel with his wife. Two neighbors John Philips and William D Grant confront Brock, who used a chair-post and a gun in the struggle, leaving Brock with a fractured skull. The coroner’s inquest names the assailants as Philips and Grant and questions legal accountability.
The Boylestown Olive Branch criticizes temperance meeting resolutions for urging support of temperance papers while failing to aid publishers financially. Resolutions please readers but do not feed editors or pay rent, as no action follows beyond recording.
A drunk man on the street answered a police question with a trickster line claiming he is a "victim to science" and that he has found it out. He attempted to discuss the comparative strength of something but his speech deteriorated into muddled quotes as the officer tried to identify him.
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