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PARSONS .- On November 12,
1874, through the instrumentality of Rev. J. P. Hight, a lodge was organized with M. G. Brown as W. C. T .; Mrs. M. M. Hill, W. V. T .; Jas. Grimes. W. S .; M. Johnson, W. T. With slight interruptions the lodge maintained its organization until the adoption of the pro- hibitory amendment, after which time it was allowed to die. Mr. Grimes, who was the first secretary of this lodge, afterward became quite prominent in the order. being at one time sec-
retary and afterward G. W. C. T. of the grand lodge of the State, and several times repre- sented the State in the R. W. G. lodge.
C. T. U.
In 1877 local organizations of the Chris- tion Temperance Union were formed at two or three places in the county. On October 25th one was formed at Chetopa, with T. J. Calvin. president, and J. M. Cavaness, secre- tary. Sometime that fall or winter one was formed at Oswego, and one also existed at Montana. On March 20, 1878, a county union was formed, with H. G. Webb, presi- dent : Mary A. Higby, secretary; Robert L. Curl, treasurer ; and J. S. Waters, organizer.
LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS .- The illegal sale of liquor in Altamont, resulting in the repeated and continued intoxication of several men, be- came so unbearable that in July. 1884, there was organized the Ladies' Temperance Alli- ance, with Mrs. Lizzie Hughes as president. This organization did much good in creating a public sentiment in favor of putting a stop to the illegal sale of liquor, and inducing those who were drinking to refrain therefrom.
In 1883 the ladies of Mound Valley main- tained a local union which rendered efficient aid to the cause in the way of encouraging and aiding those who were engaged in securing the enforcement of the law.
The Oswego Temperance Union was . formed in January, 1880, and under its man- agement the entire city was canvassed for signers to a pledge against the use of liquor and also against aiding in securing a license for a saloon.
W. C. T. U.
On November 16, 1883, a union was or- ganized in Chetopa by Mrs. Drusilla Wilson.
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Mrs. Julia R. Knight was elected president ; Miss Agnes Baty. recording secretary ; Mrs. Nancy Anderson, corresponding secretary ; and Mrs. Isabel Cavaness, treasurer. About July 28, 1880, a union was formed at Parsons, wih Mrs. A. Nealy, secretary. On March 5. 1885, Mrs. M. E. Griffith, State organizer, held a week's meeting at Mound Valley, and at its close organized a union. After contin- uing its operation for a few months this or- ganization became disbanded, but on August 10. 1886, it was reorganized, with "Mrs. E. A. West, president, and Mrs. H. Beggs, secre- tary. This union still maintains a vigorous or- ganization.
On March 2, 1885, a union was formed at Oswego, with Mrs. E. Elliott, president and Mrs. Lydia A. Baldwin, secretary. Among the other ladies who were associated with them in this work were Mrs. Augusta Herbaugh, Mrs. Mary E. Case, Mrs. Sallie J. Stonecipher and Mrs. M. L. Newlon.
COUNTY UNION.
In March, 1886, delegates from the sev- eral unions in the county met and organized a county union, electing Mrs. Z. L. Janes, of Par- sons, president. and Mrs. E. A. West, of Mound Valley, secretary. Mrs. West was re-elected secretary in 1887 and 1888. In 1887 Mrs. E. W. Ross was elected president, and Miss M. E. Scott, in 1888. Mrs. Hattie A. Coleman was first elected secretary in 1889.
THE PROHIBITION CANVASS.
Early in 1880 steps were taken by the tem- perance people of the county to thoroughly pre- sent the claims of the pending constitutional amendment, to prohibit the sale and manu- facture of intoxicating liquors, to the intelli-
gent and conscientious consideration of the electors of the county. In August, 1880, Mrs. Lang lectured at Chetopa, at the close of which a prohibition society was formed, which soon hereafter adopted a constitution, and elected C. H. McCreery, president. and F. D. Allen, secretary. In Elm Grove township a healthy prohibition club was organized early in Sep- tember, with the avowed intention of thor- oughly canvassing the township. In the same month a series of meetings lasting over a week was held at Oswego, at which E. B. Reynolds,. of Indiana, and Col. C. N. Golding were the principal speakers. During that fall nearly all of the prominent workers in the county were engaged more or less in canvassing for the amendment. The cause was aided very ma- terially by prominent workers from abroad,. among whom in addition to those above named, may be mentioned Gov. St. John, Judge Lay- ton, Frank J. Sibley, and George W. Bain. The result of the effort was, that at the elec- tion in November 2,082 votes were polled for the amendment and 2,123 against it. While the friends of temperance had hoped to have a majority in favor of prohibition, they felt quite well satisfied that the result was so small a majority against it. The constitutional amendment having been adopted in the State, and the law for its enforcement having gone into effect on May 1, 1881, it was not long un- til most of the saloons were closed. A few held out with the idea that the law would not be enforced, but the majority in that business pre- ferred to transfer their operations to more fa- vorable fields.
FIRST ANNIVERSARY.
On May 1, 1882, the temperance people of the county celebrated the first anniversary of
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prohibition by a public meeting held at Os- wego. Gov. St. John was present, and made the principal address. The day was unfavor- able, a heavy rain falling almost continually from 9 o'clock until after the proceedings had closed ; yet notwithstanding this, an immense crowd assembled, coming from nearly all parts of the county. Even the enemies of prohibition had to concede that the celebration was a suc- cess, and its friends were strengthened in their determination to see the saloon permanently driven out.
ORGANIZATIONS FOR ENFORCING THE LAW.
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It was not long after this, however, until the friends of prohibition in the county who were gifted with any measure of discernment were satisfied that its enforcement meant a long and hard struggle. Those who had been ac- customed to reap the enormous profits which are incident to the sale of liquor, and whose disposition was to furnish all means possible for man's downfall, were not disposed to sur- render the privilege they had for such a length of time enjoyed, so long as they could find any means by which they could successfully defy the law. The number of those engaged in the traffic being so much larger at Parsons than at any other point in the county, they, having more capital invested in the undertakin~ made that the headquarters for the liquor-men of the county.
E. R. Marvin, the proprietor of the Bel- mont House, was the leader of this law-defy- ing class. As good attorneys as could be found in the county were employed in the defense of Marvin, and those arrested with him, for the violation of the law. A protracted legal contest ensued, in which for a time it seemed
as though the defyers of the law were to be triumphant because of the inability to secure a jury who would render a verdict of convic- tion even when the most positive and convinc- ing testimony was presented to them. Oc- casionally. however, a jury of honest men could be secured, and witnesses who knew something of the obligations of an oath could be put upon the stand, in which case verdicts of guilt were found. To aid the officers in the enforcement of this law, various local organizations were formed from time to time as necessity seemed to require, and the wisdom of the temperance people judged advisable. The first of these which was at all prominent and effective was the Labette County Law Enforcement Society, which was organized in the court-house in Os- wego January 27, 1883; Rev. John Elliott was elected president; W. L. Simons, vice-presi- dent ; A. A. Osgood, secretary ; and J. M. Bow- man, treasurer. This meeting was largely at- tended by delegates from all parts of the coun- ty. Prior to this, however, local organizations had been formed in Oswego, Chetopa and Parsons. In July, 1882, a prohibition asso- ciation was formed at Oswego. The Law En- forcement Society continued in force for some two years, during which it raised quite large sums of money with which to employ counsel to assist the county attorney and to meet the expenses necessary to a protracted litigation. It was thought best to raise this money by pri- vate subscription, so that the public expenses attendant on the enforcement of the law would not make it obnoxious to those tax-payers who might not have any particular interest in seeing it made a success.
On May 9, 1885. Hon. Albert Griffin lec- tured in Oswego, and at the close of the lec- ture a committee consisting of Nelson Case, of Oswego, T. J. Calvin, of Chetopa, and Rev.
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H. A. Tucker. of Parsons, was appointed to effect a county organization. Thereafter, on October 20, 1885, the Labette County Temper- ance Union was organized, at the office of Nel- son Case, in Oswego, a public meeting having been called at said office for that purpose. Rev. H. A. Tucker was elected president ; sev- eral parties in different parts of the county, vice-presidents ; Nelson Case, secretary ; and C. U. Dorman, treasurer. This organization proved more effective than any that had hither- to been formed for the purpose of enforcing the prohibitory law. Mr. Tucker devoted a large amount of time canvassing the county, forming local associations, creating public sen- timent in favor of the law, and uniting the earnest temperance workers into a solid or- ganization for active duty. The result was that every saloon in the county was closed; scarcely a "boot-legger" or "jointist" was fool- hardy enough to risk his liberty for the amount of profits to be realized from the sales he could hope to make. Not a very large amount of money was raised or expended by this organiza- tion, but a very large amount of earnest work was done by a few who were determined to see that the law was enforced, and it was prac- tically demonstrated that prohibition could be made to prohibit when the officers, backed by a healthy public sentiment, were determined that it should be.
There has never been a time when the pro- hibitory liquor law could not be enforced in this county. Much of the time it has been fairly well enforced. But some of the time there has been a good deal of illegal selling, both by those running joints with no pretense of law to justify them, and by so called druggists who had obtained permits. Other movements, sim- ilar to the one started in 1885, followed in sub- sequent years. Law enforcement organiza-
tions have been formed that have done much toward strengthening, and in some cases com- pelling, the officers to enforce the law. Ex- perience has practically demonstrated that when the public officers were as much in sym- pathy with the enforcement of this law, as they were with that of other criminal laws, they had really no more difficulty in enforc- ing this law than they had in enforcing any other ; but, on the other hand, when they were bent on giving the liquor seller protection, or were indifferent as to the result, it has been hard work for private citizens to secure a clos- ing up of joints, and a punishment of those engaged in the illegal traffic.
DRUGGISTS' REPORTS.
It was thought by some that the druggists who had been licensed to sell liquor under the law during 1882 had sold a larger quantity than was really needed for "medicinal, scien- tific and mechanical purposes." With the opening of 1883 the probate judge, while yet there was no law requiring reports to be made by those licensed to sell liquor, prepared blanks which he distributed to all of the druggists to whom license had been granted, requesting them to make monthly reports, verified by their affidavit to be true and correct, showing under the following heads what they had done in the way of making sales, viz .: "No. of sale," "Date," "Name of physician making prescrip- tion," "Person for whom liquor was pre- scribed." "Person to whom liquor was deliv- ered," "Kind of liquor sold." "Amount of liquor sold." Most of the druggists complied with this request without objection, and made their reports. Some of the reports showed a very large amount of liquor sold, and whether or not it was sold illegally seemed to depend
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principally upon whether or not the druggist had a right to fill all prescriptions made by practicing physicians, or whether he was bound to know that a prescription for liquor every day or oftener was in fact a subterfuge in order to enable the party to procure liquor to use as a beverage and not as a medicine. It became evi- dent that the great bulk of prescriptions were made by a few physicians, and that they were made regularly to parties who thus obtained liquor almost as frequently as was desired.
Some druggists refused to make reports as requested; to all such the probate judge refused to renew their license when those that had already been given had expired. This caused a little friction, but in the end the plan adopted very largely secured the end sought, viz .. to license only the druggists who were found not to abuse the privilege of the permit and under cover of the druggists' license carry on a real saloon. Two years after the adoption of this policy by the probate judge, the Legislature enacted a law substantially re- quiring what he had been doing without any law on the subject. It was found that very few responsible druggists cared to have the files of a public office contain the evidence of their carrying on a saloon business. In many ways the practice of requiring reports to be made. and thus giving publicity to all sales of liquor, was found to be conducive to the cause of temperance and to tend to lessen the amount of liquor sold and consumed. Still, as time went on, the druggists very generally became indif- ferent to the kind of a showing their reports made, and many of them, for considerable per- iods of time, did what would seem to be an ex- tensive saloon business. In passing upon their applications for permits, the probate judge did not always look to the evidence their reports furnished as to whether or
not the applicant was doing a legitimate druggist's business or was using his permit as a cover for running a saloon. The weak- ness of a system is best tested by its results in actual practice. Evidently some better remedy must be found than has yet been put in practice for reaching those who deliberately and per- sistently violate the spirit, if not the letter, of their permits.
"ORIGINAL PACKAGE" HOUSES.
In April, 1890, the Supreme Court of the United States, in a cause brought there by writ of error from the Supreme Court of Iowa, de- cided that a liquor-seller in one State might send his liquors into another, there to be sold in the original packages as they were shipped, notwithstanding the laws of the latter State ab- solutely prohibited the sale of liquor within its boundaries. This decision announced a rule entirely opposed to the opinion which was gen- erally entertained by the legal profession re- specting the clause of the Federal Constitution giving to Congress the power to regulate in- terstate commerce ; and by virtue of it a cen- tury's practice of police regulation was upset, and a new system instituted as contrary there- to as could have been effected by a legislative enactment. Seldom has anything transpired which has been hailed by the saloon-men with a greater degree of delight than was manifested by them on the announcement of this decision. They were not long in making their arrange- ments to open saloons under the designation of "original-package houses" in nearly every town where public sentiment would at all tolerate them. In many places the temperance people made such a bold resistance to their introduc- tion that the proprietors deemed it unwise to force them upon the people.
This state of things was not left to be con-
M. K. &. T. RY. DEPOT AT PARSONS.
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tinued for a great length of time under the sanction of law. On August 8, 1890, the Con- gressional enactment known as the Wilson bill was approved, whereby the old rule of allowing the States under their power of police regula- tion to prescribe such rules as they desired, gov- erning or prohibiting the sale of intoxicating liquors within their respective jurisdictions, was revived. Very soon thereafter the orig- inal-package saloon, like its predecessor of some other name, took its departure from our county.
A party brought a lot of liquors to Oswe- go, and attempted to rent a room in which to open out an original-package saloon. He found trouble in securing a room. Finally some one, to see what effect it would have, got a sign painted and put it up over the door of a vacant room belonging to John Clover. The town was soon astir with excitement. Mrs. Clover came up town, and, learning of the sign being on their building, at once proceeded to have it torn
down. The determined opposition to the open- ing of such a saloon deterred any farther at- tempt in that direction.
In both Parsons and Chetopa these orig- inal-package houses were opened, several in both places running until after the passage of the Wilson bill. As is often done by saloon- men, those opening these houses were not con- tent to sell under the law as it had been inter- preted by the court granting them the authority so to do, but, disregarding the legal restrictions which the law had thrown around the sale, they carried on an open saloon. Prosecutions were soon commenced against them, and probably had the Wilson bill not been passed most of these houses could have been closed and their proprietors confined in the county jail; but the passage of the law and the criminal prosecu- tions instituted by our officials effectively re- moved from our boundaries the last original- package house.
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POSTOFFICES AND POSTMASTERS
Altamont .- Name changed from Elston Feb. 1. 1875. Postmasters appointed as fol- lows: Henry E. Hammon, Feb. 1, 1875; Jane Huston, Nov. 19, 1878; William M. Paramore, Sept. 18. 1884; Andrew J. Garst, Oct. 21, 1885; Martha E. Davis, July 22, 1889; Will- iam S. Houghton, Nov. 7, 1893; Richard A. Davis, Oct. 13. 1897.
Angola .- Name changed from Arnold Jan. 31, 1887. Postmasters appointed: Isaac N. Watson, Jan. 31, 1887; Alfred Elliott, March 29. 1889; J. W. McCartney, March 10, 1894; Joseph Carr, Feb. 3, 1898.
Arnold .- Established Aug. 1. 1881. Post- masters appointed : Allen S. Meek, Aug. I, 1881; James M. Sage, Jan. 4, 1884. Name changed to Angola Jan. 31, 1887.
Bartlett .- Established Sept. 15, 1886. Post- masters appointed : Jerome Callahan, Sept. 15, 1886; Ira W. Clark, April 11, 1889; Haly J. Reece, Oct. 10, 1889; Jerome Callahan, Oct. 31, 1893 ; J. O. Wiley, Oct. 13, 1897; Paul A. Reece Nov. 5, 1897.
Big Hill .- Established June 8, 1868. Post- masters appointed : Joseph McCormick, June 8. 1868; David Stanfield, March 24, 1871. Dis- continued Sept. 18, 1871.
Barton .- Established Jan. 11, 1877. Post- masters appointed : John H. Tibbets, Jan. II. 1877; William Paramore, March 28, 1884;
George E. Nichols, July 28, 1884. Discontin- ued March 19, 1886.
Cecil .- Established February 15, 1881. Postmasters appointed : John Lyons, Feb. 15, 1881; George Burge, May 8, 1882; Cornelius WV. Fowler, Dec. 9, 1885; Mrs. Elizabeth Lew- man, April 4, 1887; George Burge, May 15, 1889.
Chetopa .- Established April 15. 1867. Postmasters appointed : Willoughby Doudna, April 15, 1867; Zachariah Woodward, May 8, 1868; Ephraim J. Stuart, Jan. 13. 1870; Jef- ferson J. Hibbetts, April 22, 1872; James M. Cavaness, Oct. 29, 1875; Josephus P. De Jar- nett, May 18, 1885; Joseph Craft, July 18, 1889 ; William J. Herman, March 16, 1894 ; Jo- seph Craft, May 5, 1898.
Clymore .- Established Nov. 15. 1869. Postmasters appointed : John W. Lushbaugh, Nov. 15. 1869. Discontinued May 7, 1872.
Creswell .- Established March 25, 1870. Postmaster appointed : Edward Spicer, March 25, 1870. Discontinued Sept. II, 1871.
Crousc .- Established April 23, 1880. Post- masters appointed : Daniel B. Crouse. April 23, 1880; M. Jennie Sacks, April 7, 1884; Jennie M. Hunter, May 1, 1884. Discontinued Oct. 23, 1885.
Dennis .- Established June 8, 1881. Post- masters appointed : John S. Milligan. June 8,
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1881; John N. Webb, Nov. 21, 1881; James L. Wilson, Sept. 1, 1885; Louis R. Powell, Dec. 16, 1887; John Raney, July 24, 1889; Samuel C. Rickart. September 2, 1893; Cy- renius W. Gragg, April 2, 1897.
Dora .- Established Dec. 24, 1869. Post- masters appointed : William H. Godwin, Dec. 24, 1869; Francis W. Noblett, Nov. 24, 1877; John I. Martin, Nov. 26, 1884; Mrs. Ada James, Jan. 23. 1885. Discontinued Nov. II, 1886.
Daytonville .- Established Aug. 12, 1870. Postmasters appointed : Elitha K. Current, Aug. 12, 1870. Discontinued July 7, 1871.
Decrtown .- Established Sept. 5, 1881. Postmasters appointed : Aaron Humes, Sept. 5. 1881 ; Charles M. Keeler, Sept. 4, 1884. Name changed to Valeda Sept. 3, 1886.
Edna.E-Established April 4, 1878. Post- masters appointed : Alexander Pattison, April 4, 1878; Frank A. Clark. Jan. 30, 1880; John S. Odell .. Nov. 20, 1886; Frank W. Martin, July 12. ¿ 889; William H. Pottorff. Jan. 25, 1894; Frank W. Elliott, Dec. 24, 1897.
Elm City .- Established Sept. 24, 1886. Postmasters appointed: Zachariah H. Rober- son, Sept. 24. 1886; Lewis F. Smith, Dec. 19, 1888; James H. Brown, Feb. 28, 1889; Thomas Greenup, May 21, 1891 ; Jesse Edmundson, Jan. 9. 1892 ; Philip E. Mulkey, Sept. 17, 1895; Hiram A. Wilson, July 6, 1897.
Elston .- Established May 18, 1870. Post- masters appointed : John B. Laurence, May 18, 1870; David L. Adams, July 24, 1870; Martin V. B. Watson, Feb. 24, 1871. Discontinued June 1I, 1873. Reestablished Aug. 19, 1873. Postmasters appointed : John Elston, Aug. 19 1873; Susan A. Prather, Jan. 7, 1874; Henry A. Hammon, Oct. 21, 1874. Name changed to Altamont Feb. 1. 1875.
Fishkill .- Established July 3, 1878. Post-
master appointed : William H. Fish, July 3, 1878. Discontinued July 2, 1879.
Gorham .- Established June 11, 1875. Post- master appointed: Park B. Clark, June II, 1875. Discontinued Sept. 5, 1878.
Grant .- Established May 8. 1876. Post- master appointed : William J. Harshaw, May 8, 1876. Discontinued Dec. 13. 1876.
Hackberry .- Established April 1, 1875- Postmaster appointed : Theodore A. Fellows, April 1, 1875. Discontinued July 13, 1876.
Idenbro .- Established Oct. 18, 1887. Post- masters appointed : Thomas T. Iden, Oct. 18, 1887; Joseph Allen, March 3, 1892; Benjamin F. Briggs, Jan. 17, 1898; Theodore F. Dienst, Nov. 4, 1899.
Iuka .- Established Dec. 10, 1866. Post- masters appointed : John P. D. Mouriquand, Dec. 10, 1866; Zachariah Harris, April II, 1867: Jesse Fry, March 17, 1868. Discontin- ued Aug. 31, 1868. Reestablished February 15. 1869. Postmaster appointed : Aaron P. Grover. Feb. 15, 1869. Discontinued Dec. 14, 1869.
Kingston .- Established Jan. 9, 1878. Post- master appointed : Charles W. Campbell, Jan. 9, 1878. Discontinued Nov. 20, 1886.
Labette City .- Established June, 16, 1868. Postmasters appointed : Richard G. Tileston, June 16, 1868; George H. English, July 20, 1869. Discontinued April 8, 1870.
Labette .- Name changed from Neola July .3, 1870. Postmasters appointed : David C. Lowe, July 3, 1870; James W. H. Goulden, Oct. 3 1870; Samuel W. Collins, March 16. 1875 : Jonas T. Lampson, June 30, 1875 ; James W. H. Golden. Jan. 5. 1876; John S. McClain, Nov. 4, 1885; Alonzo C. Lamm, April 16, 1889: Thomas Harvey, April 20, 1893; Will- iam J. Webb, June 4, 1897; Alonzo C. Lamm, Aug. 10, 1897.
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Lancville .- Established May 29, 1884. Postmasters appointed : Isaac W. Galyen, May 29, 1884; John W. Morning, April 16, 1886; Benjamin Franklin, Nov. 13. 1886; Samuel Ballentine, Nov. 1, 1887; Ira P. Merrill, April 9, 1888; John W. Howell, Dec. 31, 1895; Ed- ward D. Clark, Nov. 22, 1897.
Lake Creek .- Established Dec. 5, 1870. Postmaster appointed : Oscar C. Ketchum, Dec. 5, 1870. Discontinued March 29, 1872.
Matthewson .- Established August 15, 1878. Postmasters appointed : William T. Car- ter, Aug. 15, 1878; William McDown, June 24. 1879; Gustavus V. Watson, April 3, 1882; William McDown, April 21, 1882; Marshall E. Thompson, Jan. 22, 1883; William Mc- Down, Nov. 17, 1885.
Minerva .- Established Dec. 8, 1874. Post- masters appointed : William H. Bower, Dec. 8, 1874; Charles M. Keeler, July 23, 1877; Mor- ris W. Monroe, Nov. 13, 1878; Daniel W. But- ler, Nov. 10, 1879; Russell A. Curry, Jan. 24, 1882; Martha E. Butler. May 11, 1882; Mary E. Adams, July 6, 1883 ; Russell A. Curry, July 20, 1883; Mary E. Adams, Nov. 15, 1883.
Montana .- Established Oct. 4, 1866. Post- masters appointed : Benjamin F. Simons, Oct. 4, 1866; Samuel S. Watson, Jan. 21, 1868; Charles E. Simons, May 21 1872; Samuel Bal- lentine, Jan. 22, 1877; Jonathan J. Freeman, Sept. 2, 1885; Samuel Ballentine, July 15, 1889; James P. Bradfield. Jan. 26, 1894; Odil- lon B. Shultz, May 29, 1897.
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