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to the Chapter, ami permission
granted saii Cliapter to move to
Elizabeth City tipon a cornpliauce
with the (toiiatitntional provision
regulating removals.
The chartor of Mt. Energy
Chapter, No. 37, Granville coun
ty, was restored, with permission
to move to Franklinton, on like
conditions.
The amendment to the constia
tution piDviding that the Grand
Chapter shall hold its annual con
vocations “at such place as each
succeeding Annual Convocati(.>n
shall determine,” was adopted.
Charlotte was selected as the
place for the next Annual Convo
cation. '
The gmendinent to the consti
tution changing' the stiiieml s}'St-
tem from Sl.h for each Chapter to
Si per -capita on the membership
of each Chapter, was laid on the
table.
d'he time for the annual elec
tion of Grand Officers was chang
ed from Wed)iesdaij to Tuesday.
aftkEnoon sf.ssion.
Election of Grand Officers.—The
Grand Chapter proceeded to the
election of Grand Officers for the
ensuing year which resulted as
follows :
G. II. P.—Thos. S. Dewey,
Charlotte.
D. G. H. P.—Thos. S. Kenan,
Wilson.
G. K.—T: B. Hyman, Goldsbo
ro.
G. S.—A. Wronski, Wilming
ton.
G. T.—John Nicols, Raleigh.
G. S.—I). W. Bain, Raleigh.
G. C. II.—J. A. Hedrick, Salis
bury.
Grand Chaplain.—Rev. Theo
dore Whitefield Charlotte, N. C.
EVENISa .SESSION.
The Grand High Priest elect
made the following appointments
of Grand Officers :
W. T. Batley, Clinton, Grand
Prin’i. Soj’r,
Thos. J, Sloan, Greensboro,
Grand Royal Arch Capt.
Alex. Kicol, Kinston, Grand
Master 3d Vail.
Edwin Brace, .Hertford, Grand
Master 2d Vail.
W. H. Jones, Newborn, Grand
Master 1st Vail, who, together
with the officers elected this after
noon, were installed by P. G.
High Priest E. F. Watson.
The Grand High Priest ap
pointed C. C. Smith, of Charlotte,
Grand Tiler, who, not being pres
ent, was not installed.
A well written and lengthy re
port on Foreign Corresiiondence
was presented by Comp. James
Sonthgate, which will appear in
the jmblislied Proceedings.
Five hundred copies of Pro
ceedings wore ordered to bo print
ed with the constitution and laws
of Grand Chapter.
Appropriations were made as
follows:
Grand Secretary-i^for services
jiast year, 850 ; Grandd^reasuror
for services past year, Sl5;
Grand Tiler for services present
convocation, $10, exclusive ofe.x-
penses.
Comp. A. Wronski, of Wil
mington, introduced resolutions
tendering the thanks of the Grand
Chapter to the several Rail Road
Companies that have extended
courtesies to delegates, to Raleigh
Chapter for hospitalities, and to
citizens of Raleigh for kind atten
tions, which were unanimously
ado])ted.
The Grand 'ri-easnrer and
Grand Secretary submitted their
annual reports. Receipts during
year, 8345. Balance in hands of
Treasurer, 8320.00.
Wedno.sday Morning, 9th June.
The following standing com-
ndiitees were announced :
Finance: E. II. V'liite, B. 1’.
Rogers, C. M. Van Or.sdell.
Foreign Correspondence: James
Southgate, II. II. Munson, T. B.
Hyman.
'^Jurisprudence : W. G. Hill, E.
F. Watson, Geo. W. Blount.
On motion of Comp. B. F.
Rogers, the quest,i,in of eligibilit)'
of the Grand High'Priest to the
office of High Ih'iest of a subor
dinate Chapter, ivas referred to
the committee on Jurisprudence
with instructions to report at the
next Annual Convocation.
The constitution and laws of
the Grand Chapter having no pro
vision on this subject there are
precedents for holding both offi
ces at same time.
Thanks were returned to the
retiring Grand Officers for faith
fulness in the discharge of their
Fespective duties.
The Grand Chapter was closed
in solemn form.
I>CBiiorrafl; Kmperos'.
The recent stor3’ of a well-
known Duchess wdio waited half
an hour for a porter rather than
open a door herself, is hajipily not
a just rejiresentatloii of courtly
people’s habits:
“During the journoj' of Empe
ror Joseph II. to ItalA', one of the
wheels of his coach broke down
on the road, so that it was with
difficult}' he reached a small vil
lage at a short distance. On his
arrival there, His majesty got out
at the door of the only black
smith’s shop the town afforded,
and desired him to repairthe ivheel
without delay.
“ ‘That I would do willingly,’
repli'.'d the smith, ‘but it being
holiday, all my men are at church;
the very bo}' who blows the bel
lows is not at home.’
“ ‘An excellent method then
presents of warming oneself,’ re
plied the Emperor, preserving his
incognito; and he immediately
set about blowing the bellows,
while the blacksmith forged ih-e
iron. The wheel being repaired
six sols Avere demanded for the
job, but the Emperor gave six
ducats.
“The blacksmith returned them
to the traveler, saying, ‘Sir, you
have made a mistake, and instead
of six sols 3'ou have given me six
pieces of gold, which no one in
the village can change.’
“ ‘ Change them when 3-011
can,’ said the Emperor, stejiping
into the carriage; ‘an Emperor
should pay- for such a pleasure
as that of blowing the bellows,’ ”
An iBBistative CetcsEialg*
The Sail Francisco' BuUetin
says that a family' in the south
ern part cf that city' recently- en
gaged the service of a Celestial
doinesticj whoso intelligence and
industry were highly recommend
ed. The lady of the house decid
ed that the matting on tlie floor
of the spacious kitchen needed re
newing. The old matting, hav
ing been patched, was a sorry
sight; in fact it appeared to be
made up of a dozen irregular
pieces. The bright now matting
was sent to the house, and John
was requested to substitute it for
the frayed and jiiitclied stulf. The
family accepted an invitation to
visit the interior, and left John a
clear field for his operations.
They- retui'iied to find that the
now matting had been laid with
methodical precision. There iwis
the new matting to show for itself.
But what a show ! John Lad cut
it into irregular i>iecc3, [latched it
and frayed the Oilges, until it was
a counterpart of ihe old matting
in evei'ything but age.
THE ORITIANS’ FRIEND.
Wodfaosduy, £6, iS’JS,
The 3rd annual meeting of tlie
Educational Association of North
Carolina will be held in the city
of Raleigh, commencing Wednes
day, July- 14th, 1875.'
A jjrogranune of proceedings
will be published in a few days.
Papers -friendly- to the Associa
tion will jdease notice.,
By- order of the Exiicutive Com
mittee. Joiis E. Dugger,
’ ' ' S'ecre.fary-.
- S'!'. JOHK’S BAY.
1 ,
/ The observance of the Anni-
Iversary- of St. John the Bajitist, on
’riiursday-, 24th insL, tvill take
place in Oxford,. as , heretofore
.'Stated, under sometlniig like the'
folloAving order of exorcises :
All affiliatecl Masons are re
quested to meet at the Hall of
Tuscarora Lodge at 10 o’clock, a.
m., Avhere ' a, procession ivill be
formed and proceed to the Asy--
lum grounds.
At the Asylum the exercises
will consist otj’ one or more IMa-
sonic orations’, singing by the
Orphans, and tin independent pic-
nic. ■
Every body- is invited to attend,
and every- b(»iy, ivhq can do so,
■ is e.xpected to bring along a bas
ket of edibles for themselves and
friends, as no public dinner rvill
be provided, the committee pre
ferring to save that expense and
bestOAv it on the Orjflians.
Dr. Grissom will, during the
day, or evening, deliver his lecture
on Insamity and the Illustrious
Insane. ’
Grand Master, George W.
Blount, Avill deliver a Masonic
Address ; others are invited but
not y-et heard from.
Ail Mas-inie L( dyes in the
county-, (U'O invited to attend and
join in the observance of the day-
JIUALTH Or^TMB CUILBBEN.
Among such a large number of
cliildreii as are gathered here at
the Asylum, it' could not be ex
pected otherwise than that there
should be, almost every- day-, cases
of slight indisposition; but re
cently Ave have had two or three
cases of a more serious character
—fever, apparently of a ty-phoid
form ; but they- are noAv coiival-
esceut. To all, the physicians of
Oxford Ave are under obligation
for gratuitous professional service
Avhenover called iqion. During
the continuance of the cases
above alluded to, running through
some four er flive Aveeks, Dr.
George Landis, has not- failed a
day- in making his regular calks
and prescribing for our sick. l)rs.
Paschall and.'Young have also
made occasiopal,calls, and Avould
have come'Tjfteher liad it -been
necessary-. The institution is cer
tainly under"'grbat obligation to
the physicians of the toiA-n for
their prompt and liberal jirofes-
sional. attention.:
Are not many- j)arents committirg'
a sad mistake in regard to the
manijer in Avhicii they alloAV their
cLiltlren t>) it{)eiid tlie S;il)bath ?
d’ho inquiry is, of course, based
upon the,'- admitted fact that Ave
;u'e a Oliristia.n peo;)le and believe
the Bible to be the revealed Avil!
of God to man. If all that is
memit hy this bo tine, and the
'olessings mul curses laid down in
the ilible as the reauit of one
course or another, in the matter
of training nj) children, ma.'y ho
expecied to follo v, then the in
quiry- above becomes important,
because it iin-olves questions of
tlie Avelfare of the rising' genera
tion for this life and the iite to
come.
If children are permitted to en
tertain loose views of the claims
of the Bible and their obligation
to reverence and obey its precepts,
as emanating from God, Avill they
not,: in after years, ignore the re
straints of moral obligation as laid
doAvn in that holy- book, and fi
nally lose sight of resjioiisihility
to God for their actions in this
world ? And if parents, from
mere indolence in this matter, or
from Avant of a proper concejitiou
of duty- on tlie subject, directly or
indirectly- connive at the forma
tion of- -these loose notions of sa
cred obligation on the part of
their children, and snft'er them to
groAA- up Avithont other moral re
straint than Avhat the ojiinion of
t .e Avorld impO'Ses, do they not
as Ave have suggested, commit a
sad mistake—a mistake that Avill
affect the Avelfare of their children
for time and for eternity, a mis
take, (or neglect) for Avhieh they
Avill have to acco.unt, on that great
day- AA'lien the flimsy- excuses for
neglect of duty-, so often advanc
ed in this Avorld, Avill not avail.
Crops.—Ave plant no seeds in
Spring, Ave shall harvest no crops
in Autumn. This has been ,said
so often that every- body- knoAvs
it, and it is such a self-evident
fact that every- body Avonld knoAv
it Avhether it had ever been said
or not. And yet there are many
Avho seem to forget tiiat it is ne
cessary- to soAv the seeds of truth
and virtue in the heart in y-oiith
In order to reap honor and re
spectability in riper years, and
that it is equally necessary- to soav
the seeds of religion and piety- in
the soul in this Avorld, in order to
reap a happy immortality in the
world to come.
'I'lIB SABBAI'H.
Walking about tho. streets of
some of our inland tOAvns and vil
lages, of the size of Oxford, for in
stance, on the Sabbath day-, and
seeing tho number of hoys bo-
tAveen the ages of five and tAvonty-
years, A\-ho seem to attend no
Sabbath School, hut, on the con
trary-, to bo amusing themselves
in various Avays, some rambling
about the suburbs, some off to the
creeks bathing, some gathered in
gToujis engaged in conversations
tlicA' Avonid not like for their pa
rents to hear, naturally suggests
to the 'huikin"; tu- -Lthe inquiry,
It, BO doubt, scorns to many an outsider, a
very easy and simple matter to edit and pub
lish a little paj)cr like tho ‘Orphans’ Fribxi),’
but tho call of tho priuter for “copy” and the
uecossity of funiishhig it right away, of the
right sort, would soon convince one who would
uudortako it, that it is not so easy a matter as
might bo imagined, when it is rememhored
what narrow limits arc prescribed to it.
It is not, in modern acceptation, a re.icspa-
per, and therefore cannot draw on the usual
soui’ccs of telegraphic items and “latest news’'
paragraphs of its exchanges for matter to fill
its columns.
It is not political, and hence tho great body
of reading matter found in most of the secular
papers, is of no use to it in making up its se
lections.
It is not religious in a denominational or
sectarian sense, and has to be very cautious
in its selections from tho organs of any one dc-
nomiuatiou lest it give offence to tlmso of its
readers who may belong to some other deiioui-
ination.
It is not sensational, and, consofiucntly has
no jdace for a largo amount of a particular
sort of literature on which th.c public mind, in
the present day, seems to feed and fatten, like
crows on the carcass of a decaying dray horse-
It is not sufficiently sentimental to make a-
vailable to its columns the love-.sick nonsense
that tills Iwo-lhirds of our fashionable maga
zines, the writers of which, while they make
bread fur themselves arc uistilling poison foi'
'the minds of tho youths and maidens of the
country.
Puffing, a common source of long para
graphs on slender foundations, for many news
])a))ers iiow-a-days, is not in its line. A bot
tle of wliisk'‘y_.'-.._^'”u’t of blackberries would
not jtrove sufficiently insj/iriiig to draw out a
tw .-slick laudation in superlative adjectives of
tlte donor, nor justify the advertising a doubt
ful bus;u:’;-s for such jo ir pay.
XoW; iVoin ; u.'h a uiiugled ma.'-'S of ancongen-
i.il iiiatcricil to cull the tit-bits that shall feed
without cloying, noiirish without poisoning
t’ui mimls of that interesting class fur whoso
henelil the jmbliciitiou of the paper is chiefly
dcsignc.!, is no ca.sy, and no trifling u-ork, but
ouetliut I'Kpiiros care, study and prayer to
perform properly and succe ssfully. It is a
W(ir!c that must not be clone lieedles.sly nor
with indifference. A paper read by a child
from week to week, exercises no little influ
ence in funning the 'haracter of that child h j.
life. Wliutaii awful responsibility, tbeii, rests
upon him or her, whose duty it is to write and
select tho reading matter that is to fill the crul-
Limiis of such a paper, and liow peculiarly
careful ought ho or she to be not to insert an
article or paragraph that shall impair the rev
erence of the child for the great -princijiles of
truth, honesty, integrity, monility yr religion.
A SEWIRfU “BEEP’ ■
“Spelling Bees” liave become
so much tiio fiishion of late that
almost every town and village in
the coimtry has had one. Oxford
has not had one yet that we have
heard of, but it htis had something
better, and that is, a “sewing bee.”
A number of ladies of the towp,
every one of which has made, is
now making, or would make, if
tried, a splendid - house-keeper,
knowing that v'e were a little,
(yes, “right smart”) behindha\;d
ill ha.viug sunimer clotUyig .made
up for tho children of the Urjihan
xVsylum, notified the officers, last
week, tliat if tho material weie
sent to a certain place, the}' would
devote two or tliree days to the
making it up into suitable gai-
inentsfortho children. The goods
were sent accordingly, and hy
Saturday night we. liad a large
nuhiber of new ready made gar
ments for tho children to wear to
Sunday School next day.
Mrs. S. A. ‘Elliott took a lead
ing }iart. in the movement, and
had the ready and expert cooper-,
ation of the following ladies;'
Miss Maggie Taylor, Mrs, A. H.
A. Williams, Misses Minnie and
Letta Kittrell, Misses Mar}’ and
Maggie Kingsbury, Miss Eliza
Pool, Jiliss Lena Ta}'lor, Misses
Mary and Ella Blacknall, IMiss
Bettie Sjiencer, Miss Mary Young,
Mrs. J. T. Hunt, l^liss Flora vliint,
Miss Pattie Miner, l\lisses Sue and
Mittie Hall, Miss Lillie l\litchell.
To tliesG ladies we desire to
tender the thanks of the officers of
the institution, and of the children
so oj^portiinel}’ benefited by their
kindness, and particularly, as they
promise to duplicate the favor at
an early day.
COI^VO€ATIOi\ OF FHE OKANB
ClfiAPTEK OF IV. €.
We devote a good deal of our
space this week to a rei^ort of the
proceedings of the Grand Chap
ter of tho State, which convened
in Raleigh last week. AVhile that
sort of matter may not prove vei y
interesting to some of our readers,
it must be remembered that to
others it ■will, and we must try to
please every body in the long run
by pleasing a part at a time.
Decoka'I’IDN.—On Eriday of
this week, at bj p. m. tlie ladies
of Oxford will attend to the dec
oration of tho graves of Confeder
ate soldiers at the cemetery in
town. We are not informed as to
the programme of the occasion,
l)ut sujipose it will bo simply an
informal votive ollering to the
memory of the dead h-jroes huAed
there.
At the 5}>lh anniversary of tho Bible Sr-.do-
ty belli ill (.’Iiicago recently, tho report .^hows
the receipts iluring the year to liavi* been
.Sh}), oxpeu'liliires 8ijo3,714. Tho total miia
her of Bibles distributed was 920,05o.