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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1843
Page
6
On September 16, 1843 in Augusta a group signs the Wigton Petal Abstinence Pledge. They vow as gentlemen to forgo all spirituous or malt liquors wine cider to guard health and mutual benefit.
The passage lists editors and committee members including Rey, W. T. Baantty, Geo, Col. Joan Mittebar, Dr. P.M. Roseerson, and others. It mentions subscribers can remit payments to the Washingtonian by handing the Mastery with a request to remit, avoiding postage costs.
From the Temperance Banner, a weekly column presents collected data on the movement in Georgia. The editor notes the information may please some readers and could form the basis of a fuller report for a future State Convention gathering in the winter at a central location.
A newly published paper by W. H. Dunn in Marietta Cobb County Georgia earns praise for neat typography and measured editorials. It advocates temperance reform citing past riots and current quiet civic life as evidence, urging readers to support the cause and noting observed reductions in crime and improvements in domestic peace.
A fragmented reminiscence recalls a temperance debate where a speaker mocks opponents and calls for the moral cause. An old-time scene describes forceps as a dental joke, a silver dollar reward, and a challenge to join temperance, urging readers to reflect and unite under a noble standard.
A committee of the Augusta Washingtonian Society weighs venue for a State Temperance Convention. They favor Milledgeville for central access during the legislature session, noting benefits for delegates, statistics, and State cohesion while leaving Eatonton as a secondary option.
A dialogue argues gambling is a worse vice than intemperance, condemning gamblers as inherently wicked and urging a radical moral shift. The speakers compare gambling to burglary and insist only reform can restore citizens, while opposing deceptive pledges or lax approaches.
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