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N«w Hors, Mo., Sept. Ut, 1875*JEditor* Herald: We, thi under-ilgned, ii the friends of temperance, he frlendi of humanity, of good morali end religion, eak for the fol-owing preambles end reeolutlone i piece In your eolumie i WiiRREAa, It le i feet well known, f not eduiltted lo ill, one Jong de-loTlt;towlplored by it leeet e goodly numberHurriesicoof our eltlsene, ihit Hurricane town ship, end especially New Hope end vicinity, have been long cursed with Intemperance, caused by the dram-•hop; thet the Influence of the dramshop lies long retted es e cloud Alike over our community, our church end our homes. There Is no corner where III biller frulte lieve not been reaped In tears, no church which het not felt!U heaven-cursing, God-Insulting,T-ddevll-ploeslng, souT-deatroylug Inilu etice, end but few, If eny, families thet here not witnessed with eed heerte, * lighted hopes end cruihed •plrlts, Its blighting, withering, man-debasing Influence In the person of •nine loved end ouco lovely member of the home circle;3. Titie lew In Its provision on title subject pieces ths dramshops In the bends of the tax-paying popula-lion, thereby me It I i»g the entire tsx-peylng population responsible within the township;8, The venders of erdent spirits heve made their boast thet they re-colvo support end petronsge from the very first duties of society, even from the christlstis of every church In our community end highly lion ored In their business, end es wo he vo been Informed thet the honorable countyf|courl grants them license Illegally, end es we know thet there ere at least an honored few that wish to vindicate themselves from suck e foul charge, end that wc ore, In short, determined to know who ere, and who are not, willing In the future to support the dramshop In our town ship, or at least lo cull*’ as soldiers end ere willing to fight for the tern* Iterance cense hereafter iJtwolved, That we will hoist tbs temperance battle-flag of Hurricane township, Lincoln county, Missouri and cell earnestly for volunteers*2. Thet we will flght only In open fluid.S. Thet the weapons of our warfare shall be always the lew.M, S. Whiteside, E. K. Whiteside,IatclclIsIn*lt;•IpilJ, A. llammack Thus. Elsbery, J 1). Cox, Win. A. Hemphill,J. A, Grimes, S. C. Dlllmei),L. M. ffiimmack, ft. T. Fishery, IL C. Iletfleld. If. B. Downing,J. 1\ Wuhb, K. H. Downing,Win. ft. Luckot, 1*. J. Waters,K* I). Frailer, W. W. Frailer,II. L. Vance, Win. Downing,G. W. Eleberry.
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Troy Herald
Troy, Missouri, US
Wed, Sep 29, 1875
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