18 Jan 1853
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Newspaper
Camden Weekly Journal
Location
Camden, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1853
Page
1
An OCR damaged fragment references THOMAS J. WARREN and a list of monetary amounts and payments, including dollars and cents, with unclear context and publication timing. The readable items mention penalties, quarterly periods, and a possible note about a balance or due amounts.
In a temperance meeting at Clarion Hall Parker and the audience witness a powerful address by Sturges, a speaker who turns his tale into a plea for sobriety. He recounts a sobering story of a mother and child harmed by alcohol and laments the personal costs of intemperance. Parker apologizes for calling him a cold water fanatic, then vows to join the cause as a faithful soldier in the Cold Water Army.
A Southern Era writer in Richmond denounces dramshops and a mammoth distillery capable of 1200 bushels daily, noting 25 wholesale outlets selling liquor illicitly, and a loss of about 40000 dollars in enslaved property value. He laments the system that sanctions vile compounds and vows to end such beverages.
An old essay warns that heavy brandy use ruins genius and health, citing Addison Steele Moreland and Lamb. It laments wasted bright years, describes deteriorating figures, and notes how liquor aided idle loss of reason and ruinous conduct.
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