. History of Mecklenburg County and the city of Charlotte : from 1740 to 1903 . andserved to retard the growth of the licjuor business, but hadlittle other effect. A saloon keeper advertised that he hadjust received a fine consignment of licjuors and one specialpreparation for the members of a certain society in thistown, and the liquor men said that the doctors were push-ing the temperance movement so they could get to sell allthe licpor. In 1842, the Washington Temperance Societyof Mecklenburg County was organized with 145 1853, Burton Craige was elected to Congress over JamesW. O
. History of Mecklenburg County and the city of Charlotte : from 1740 to 1903 . andserved to retard the growth of the licjuor business, but hadlittle other effect. A saloon keeper advertised that he hadjust received a fine consignment of licjuors and one specialpreparation for the members of a certain society in thistown, and the liquor men said that the doctors were push-ing the temperance movement so they could get to sell allthe licpor. In 1842, the Washington Temperance Societyof Mecklenburg County was organized with 145 1853, Burton Craige was elected to Congress over JamesW. Osborne, and the charge was made during the campaignthat Osborne was a Son of Temperance, but it was not])rovcd. The local election in the same year was also foughton the liquor question, and the dry candidate was over-whelmingly defeated. Tlie county tax in 1826, was thirty cents on the ])()11 andten cents on each v$ioo worth of property, but in 1836, itwas reduced In twenty-five cents and eight cents ;i(l(htinii. tlicrc was a poor tax ranging from fifteen to. om Q <H o o
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