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STATE COUNCILS.
TAKING II OLD.
, The third annual session of "' the
State Council of Virginia," Friends of
Temperance, virill convene at Staunton,
on the 3rd Tuesday, the 20th of Octoj
ber. . ' . "'. ; ': , .. '
The second annual sessiori of the
State Counci North Carolina will
convene in this city on the 9th day of
December.
Subordinate Councils are i required
to elect representatives to - these botl
ies. The following is the law on the
subject,:' : -" ';v' ''Ur'"
' Art. II Section 2; State (Constitu
tion, says: Each Subordinate Council
shall, at the first regular meeting , in
11 LJ UilllJ) wts,v CVCi UWViJ
for representatives to the State Coun
cil. All District Vice Presidents, Pres
idents, ex-Presidents, - and Chaplains
Ka xKrviKTrk Krif envTi nnltf cVioll lr
entitled to seats in the ; State Council
except tlioseLbqlding office therein)
jrs sjiall receive a majority of the votes
Mcafst the same being-set forth in their
credentials; as follows: '-nuW.
. ... . . . .CorxciTi, riok., . of 1.,
.'. . .October. .', 18. .
To lit Slate Council of (lie ktate of. .... ..
Thi is to certify that P. (or ex-P., or
Chaplain, and if more than one the cre
dentials may be made out together or sep
arately,) has been duly elected to repre
sent this Council in the State Council un
til October next. .
j SEALu j ill witness wueretrt ive nuve can
ned this to be assigned by our Secretary,
and the seal oC council to be attached.
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7 The' cau3e of temperance is stronger
and and more firmly rooted in the Um-tonncil on Friday evening last ras
States than ever it was; even in the truly an intetestihg and Pe
LETTER
BGK.
writing
B ro. P. IvL Stewart
from Clav ton Council
'The Cause of Temperance is advan
cing in this oommjinity. Several who
predicted a total failure at this place,
are now spcalang in the highest com
Tit on it 'A finn iri r Uifi , Order. There has
never bcvn violation of the pledge in
our Council." . r'--.v... 'v-
Well done - for piaytbn ! May the
godd Cause con tin;ie . to Hhrive in that
vicinity! By the way,; our brethren
there must not get impatient for their
By-Lawh. ; Wo will send them on' iri a
few day. t :-- .; J ''. . . s
Bro. lL S. Morgan Ti. V. P. of Lib
erty ' Council, -'.i . Charlottes yillo,;,,Ta'
: writes: . . 'x " :
We-are having pleasanCmoetings
ted St
palmy days of the Sons. "We will at
no very future :day give the statistics
and the evidences which will sustain
the" above assertion. In the' southern
states the . war paralyzed, and in marly
states, entirely crushed Jout the tem
perance organization. This, was not
the case at the north. .' There the cause
kept on in its work,5 and when ' the
dark war enrtain was lifted there stood
the old temperance army, still ip posi
tion, numbering, hundreds of ' thou
sands pf total abstinence men. , Dur
ing the . toas', year , ttip!" cause lia.; been
greatly, revived m Jtb e I nortnnumejr-
ouS papersliave sprung" up toAvorkn
its interests, while from almost every
pulpit and. through. the columns pf al
most every '.religious ,paper in that
section, temperance is preached and
advocated. f- ' "
In our, Southern county the people
have been, most of them, too
sorely perplcjxed with pecuniary an
political difficulties to give the subject
tha,t attention which .they otherwise
would have dona Bnt.vevenJ amid
these difficulties We discern the signs
of an increased interest upon the sub
joct, and the ou'-vr6ppiugS, ; we think
of a general awakening. , .
The Friends of Temperance are do
ing a noble work in Yirginia, West
Yirginia and this State, in. which three
states they have up wards of a hundred
Subordinate -Councils with a member-
i ship, we suppose, of between oOOO and
f i r r i
THE CliESCEST MEETING.
The public meeting held at Crescent
mly
pleasant al-
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fair, and will result we liave reasons
for believing, in rcncli good to the Or
d er. C resce nt Hall wh ich the ladies
of the Coriricil had so beautifully : and
appropriately decorated was filled with
an intelligent and4 appreciative audi
ence of ladies and gentlemen who Iis
tened with 'great interest ."to the very
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aDie ana convincing aauress maae py
the Rev. H. T.. Hudson npon the subi
iect of Temperance:" 'We cannot tin
dertake, in this" short n otice, to . give
an outline of the address, -bat .fcust
content ourselves and satisfy the rea
der with the remark, that, ; it was an
For tha Frnnilif reniperance.
to-morrow
Re-,i a CnESE, 0ci?d l8
. 4 Bn6. WniTAKEn: There is to be) a cel
ebration of Old' ReemV Creel: Coun J
cil to-inorrow.nOen. -Vance and lHev!
John Ammoris are to maW speaches.'
We T-xect a good time and some, ae
cessions. Iarihal Council also cele-
4 - ,
brate3
servant speaks
be atibotlir! placea'bul Hii they bbtW
come off the same day I am forced to
be at only brie. It it is only one year
since I organized MarsbTall 4 Cduhcil,
aiid no w they have; 'active and associ-
ate together, over one "hundred names.
not ov
b w ' arid y oar 1 h riinble
to tucm. H SoiTVPcan't
r SnfoLK Va., Oct 1, 18GS.
.'.'jDeaii IitO. AVnrriKEn: I am feeling
very anxious about the approaching
sessions of the State Councils in Tir
gmi And Xdrlli Carolina. Oar an- .
nual sessions ought to bo better atten
ded than they have heretofore been. '4'
The Sub6rdinatrCbrraeUs should take 1 j
more interest , in being represented in
the 3 tnte Councils. Vhe, bast, the
strongest and most earnest, inen of the Vv
Order ought to meet in c ounscV We
h!ave a great work on oar . hands, and
it j will require the strength, the wis :.
doai and the business talent of the Or- i :
der to carry it forward succesofuly.
Ours, is now, aud is destined to be in
the future, in the Providence' of.Qod,
the leading Temperance organizati oil
in the Southern States.' The! wSons, '
J the?4Templars,Mtho MItechabites,M? and -
it kindred associations , may I exist here '
iuarsnau is a verysmait place not over aaa ithere,, bit the great burden , of
iBle afgnment'agahist theuCe Cf ,alco-4inef and chUdr
hoi," and will not fail of doing much lhave gota goo
good in the community,
p The editor of this paper and John:
R.Harrison Esq., responded totalis
made upon them m a few remarks.
A The singing was:6iie of the best fea
tures' of the evening; it wasted by Mr.
Best wlio was ably assisted by a nuux-r
ber of young gentlemen and some
pre tty 1 adies with very sweet 5 voice s.
hhey use'd tfife'i'rih'd lJof ',;empeirance
Songster.
( e have.heajd , ;olu manyi petitions
, ! since tne meeting, urescent wili re
in
).th Councils, at present ' The
'best initiation J eyevsav tpok place
in H(povellCouncil a few weeks since.'
-V.rAirrt to learn 'from a
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at Henderson that the Council there
is not doing its whole duty. AVe hope
.tb3 brethren will go. earnestly to work
Kohat tliey may be able to make n
gojJl report when the State . Coaucil
meets. .' t v j -. :' : ;
MQ11L Til A X,Y HALL.
When tlio widow cast into the- trea
sury her two mites which were all her
Jiving, the Saviour said that she had
cast in more than all those who out of
their- abundance had -given liberally.
So we sayHhat David Lewis, a man
who keeps a public bar in thil c i vf has
douo more for the temperance Cause
than all those ehriKtians whohaYC thus
far sood aloof. How ? Why by bring
ing in mambora.- Two weeks .tigo
last Monday night, Mr. Lewis came to
the Council room and brought; with
him two gentlemen, who, through his
persuasion, had agreed, to join he
friends pf empranpej fEhey j were
received and initiated and are now ab:
staining frou the use , of Alcohol.--
How many of the Church members of
tds city have done that much towards
reforming society ? Of the majority of
church members may it truly be said;
3t)ave Lewis has done more than ye
..aiir " ."'"I
4000. This order has been instituted
and these results achieved in the midst
of -an impoverished and; distrac'. ed
communitv since the close of the war.
As the effects of that war wear off and
our people reco ver , f r om their pecuni
ary depression, the Order will increase
in zeal, activity and usefulness, and
ifs sneeesses will be more than com-
mamutute with, it. "o ifiy . trial-? and
fit ruggles.. i .4i ... r r - tl
Wu feel; very .certain," that no similar
Order, labor'. ng under circumstances so
adverse, has ever achieved more than
t,n iMen.ls of TemvKirancc have since
; : i ,
their organization ; and we are equally
ascertain that no temperance associa
tion is better adapted to - the. work,
?nnd to the wants- and, peculiarities of
our people .than 'ours. In it. -s we have
all the elements of success and perpe
tuity. . ;:; '";'-v v;.
The public are beginning to under
stand and appreciate the; principles of
this new order and are awaking to
a sense of their duty. In short, -the
temperance cause is taking hold;. upon
the public mind, and the temperance
people have only o do their duty in
order to make their cause success
ful. r -: r : '
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Politics ,v Hard Business. We . ob-
ap
a rich harvest from thi3 iUtfi broad
casting. '-. '-:-T. . r
s . Roll on tLo b:l - Agitate Operi
the Conucii doors aud call in the peo
ple and make speeches to them. All
that is'iiecessaiy, is for them to under
stand our principles and they .will loin
US. : ! ' , - .
renVyot tho work
many from the coun
try around into their council.
Thev
wo-
buf
have somd members that1 are txueaand
well tried, working "a.s men5 and
men" Ought to work.1 TJ hope? tha
Councils may increase. in number j vand
membership from ho w until at our
Grand Council we may report atlleast
one hundred Councils, with ;an a
gate fnemt)crshiji of at least ten thou
sand, i Work while it is called to-day.
. The political cauldron is loiling7and
wo-and
hard
i
until the mist passes awav it 'is
to get tip enthusiasm on J ttyo temper
ance question It is hard.fpr a man to
become thoroughly alive toj two antag
onistic interests, not nedessjirily antag
onistic, but by bad men mjade nearly
so at last. v1;-,; A T1'. '
We" must keep oiir eyes jn those
our brethren who liave ever loved th
critter, for the temptation' will be 1 dai
Temperance work in the South must ' .
rest upon our snouiuers. . ureal is mo , .
and we must show ourselves equal 5 to
the task Thi3 wo can only do By be
ing thoroughly in earnest about i our -work,
and earnestness will produce '
prornptness in the discharge of all Oar
duties. . ; .v..:.;Vy "
"It is thoduty of all the officers of .V.
the State Councils to be in their pla
ces at all the regular meetings of the
body, and it is the duty of all the Sub-
ordinate Councils to put forth every;'
necessary effort to be represented in
the State sessions. Urge this upon
oar Subordinate Councils. - Another
thing, exhort the Subordinate ;' Coun
cils to greater punctuality and prompt
ness, in making their quarterly re
turns. Let the finances of the Order
be watched with great care. No or
ganization' ever succeeded, which fail
ed in its financiering department.
J l am. pleas3d to announce continu
ed signs of prosperity to our Order. -
i tne secretary 01 me otaie uouncu 01 ,
Tecently, for the organization of Coun
. . " ... . ' . i TT '
; The Wilmington n predic's,
that, if any of the great" States which
vote on the 13th go Dempcratie. Con
gress .will enact suh measures as will t
counteract such result, andi'tUat some
of the Southern States will "choose
electors throaglr their Legiftlatures.
lv increased; until Uhe sto'rm" passes cils all at important points. XJniver-
one
over:' Especially must this be be
in dnr town Councils. :
Fraternail' as ever,1
J. "rv V;-;-; r - J.AV Reagan,
. Foa- the Frit'nd of Tc;nperan?e;
-WlLMIXOTON, N. ,C,
Oct.
Bno WlirTAKER:
1SGS.
-I notice in
f.
Ulivet needs a ulani; for tnat -purpose,
tnere
d that
; We sincerelv trust that the Slav a
nredictioii' will prave -incorrect, and
Tlrat-lovrcnuning nd smurioks will Wt issue;a-caH ,upon he .Couii -io
not be resortHd to by the Congress of a
great nation Ho throttle the suffrages
of. its . citizens! The campaign , will
soon have passed and the election been
Jield j: let t lie 'cainTga'fc-fairly and
hono- al)lV coudhcteclrfthd the election
fairlv held, and whether.: this ori.that
party triumphs, the pcoplewill bo sat
isfied. This is the only ,w;ry to 'make
a peace. ( A resort to r wicked. means
will assnrettiv'-reaalt in the feloction of
w . . . . r . - f
wicked men; as a natural consequence ;
and we have the - authority of the
scriptures fur saying;-that, wicked ru-
loro will ln?i !'i inrnin!? upon a na-
" - a e . -!,.
tion. : . , -
as none have been sent .. .
! I( is very 4 important that
shoukl be a large attendance an
every Council should bo Tepresenfed
at'the State Council. I "would. ; there
fore, suggest that a standing no tioe' fee
kept in 'vonr 'columns- until after the
meetiug, stating the time and place at
sity Council, No. 4G, ,at the University
of Virginia, is perhaps the most im
portant Council, which has been char
tered in the State. It will gather in .
the young men'' from all. the South3.ru
States, and send them forth as Slis
sionaries in this great work of love.
Prof. John B. Minor of the University
is the'Tresident of the Council, and
your i tae veneraoie ei ieuuauei kjviu.
. 1 1.1?' 'xt-i'fW iinv ntlfnr nrorriinenfc
IIAl'U A4Mf wvv
send in their quarterly tunis,Jr, TS ill thev willbe r(;cognized as earnest tern -
you please remind Bro. Hill that Mt: perance workers in other years. ?
Staunton Council No 47, has been
chartered thialweek. ; 'This i3 the sec-
ondConucirin the flourishing town
of Staunton, which vhas increased its
population almost fifty percent j since
t he ; vai. -r The Council will open under
most favorable auspices and will be in
good working order by the time the
State Council.meets there. - f
: Our Revised Ritual' has been re
ceived with great favor by all who
-which it will beheld, and who are oli- ! have examined it. AH the, new Coun-
serve
that in the 5th Congressionai
District there are two Republican can
didates running for Congress: the
one ( W. F. Henderson) is a native
North Carolinian, , while the other A.
W. Tourgee ;s a native of Ohio, and
is what is termed -ai' ' carpet-bag
ger.
convention
nomij
jpgT The Wilmington ffirtmrsays
that tile reports that they have been
enable. togal-herimTea
ion crop of that section, and in fact,
ILie ; WOlSqtaie, ' luuieatwr ma
yield will be about equal - to that of
last year.
gible as delegates. Let the facts be
so stated as that all may understand.
I think cur Constitution should be
made more explicit; for an article pro
vides for
re-instating
an expelled
CHEERING.
At no time since the Friends of
Temperance began to operate in this
city has there been such a' deep inter
est manifested in the Cause of Tern
perance. as. s evincedaiow by the peo
ple of both sexes. The address de-
' livered by the Rev. Mr. Hudson before
prescent Council on Friday evening
last, has given a new impulse to the
work, and scores we learn are just up
on the eve of connecting themselves
with us. We learn that -Crescent had
; more than a dozen applications at her
last meeting, wnile at; Oak City there
are two or three initiations at every
meeting. ? .
"A recent district
nated W. F. Henderson, but Tourgee;
subseoenily bolted; and beanie4 an
indfnendent candidivto and the two
have taSen Ihe stumpi"" 'H
believe what they say of each otherit
would be a sad tning u enuer wua
elected.: - It is said that Tourgee
charges Henderson with "crimes of the
blackest dye" stealing among other
things stealing a mule at that; while
Henderson charges' Tourgee with
things equally ugly. Oh, these politi
cians ! There is no telling what they are i
guilty of until they happen to quarrel,
and their sins astonish the natives.
JB2 A tiegrg woman named d1?
Adafns, near. thcikillejtja little
negragiri on Mopdiiy'Sst'by hanging
her by the neck - to whip her. The
t-hWcVfi rseck was broken. ' The
is in jaU.'; ' ",y yitMx
t.
woman
Es, iPreriaratiohs have been
for 10,0W-peopi
atm-Mass3Ieeting and BarbecUey to
be held in Tarboro' on the 24th.
; ter The'Cent ral Raptv;tvAssocia,
t; nip.t rvpsterdav. at ) Wake Union
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tehurch, about a mile, from: Wake For
est College i v i i ( H K
A Seymour and Blair flag, pre
sen ted b v the ladies of the College,
will be hoisted at Kittrelis Springs to
morrow; ' -T ; ' 7 ' f ' ' ' ' ; '
brother, but does hot say wjiether any
fees shall be required of him or not ,
finally, I would ask T more dficite
information as regards the duties of
D. .Y. Ivs. I have always looked up
on them as useless appendages, but if
cils are being supplied with it, and I
think the old Councils f will 1 also - dis
card the old book and, take i the new. .
The changes aie not radical but .they
add much to the harmony and lieauty I
of our work. Bro. Hill the Secretary
of the State Council of North Carolina
h!s. just ordered a supply . ,
1 You shall ,bear from me again soon. ,
- ; Yours in F. T. and C. -.
;i . " ;t r , . , , t W. B. Wellons.
fiSTr Tlie outbreak in Spain has re
sulted in the success of the rebels and
the Order will have thenii let them be:. tb overthrow of the Spanish govern-
thoroughly instructed 411, jtlier .duties, j nient. The queen has tied her coun-
ad let poiUioi.f.b4Wgna1eli:for spff ' IaA1
xi n -n ..-, i t)OS8ession-oi x wwei.- - a. buw .-
TIlDlll 111 II 1(4 il 111! II I I 1 I.I Jl JIII.L. Allll 111 1 IX
- --?7- - ; -7 " -.VV bat great results.
furnished themnl t ,7 mr:iehizri: m 1
Mt-dlivetisistiltaijroirkl and jitMt
short timex we re expecting to remove
at which place,; I have nodoubt, the
boys wovdd cheerfully ,welcpfne:Jtlio &t
dies as associate .members, and would
be siad to entextairthe Editpivof i.theJ. U-J, CUicr, ; ;
g . .t . - 1 QeKJcr- DusiiEK, Treasurer, ,
Friend as a .visitor. VriX. 3 ju-aKu 11atwwm, Consulting
North Carolina Life Assurance, An-
v J v nuity and i lst Company, ? -
ltAL-EIGIIj N. C.
OFFICERS.
u KW.BiiKTl'resitlen!,
U-
EeSr Vie are to have two circuses
here soon. - Five thousand dollars
won't begin to pay the damages.
About thirty-five Swiss immigrants,
consisting of men, women, girls and
boys, imported from " Switzerland, by
Messrs. Thomas and W- F. Atkinson,
of Wayne county, arrived at Goldsboro,
on Xuesdav. They went to the farms s county.
of the Messrs. Atkinson, about ten
wiles from Goldsboro, where they will
be5 sfettled. The Bough Notes says: "It
has been our luck to see many immi
grants, as they arrive in Ke w? York and
Baltimore, but we have never met a
moi e sober, intelligent and healthy set
than those which arriye here recently."
Gov. Holden has issued .writs
of election for the 3d of November, to
fill ' the' vacancies in the legislature . of
those persons banded. . -..;. " !
The Sentinel learns that there
is but one white Radical in Caldwell
3.The Democrats clainl to have
made a gain of 5000 votes in Connecticut-,
in the " recent 1 Municipal elec
tions, over the lastStatevote. i
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r Winchester Council No. 41, and
University Council No. 45, Friends of
Temperance, have both' been recently
organised and with great enthnsiasm.,
Vf gIYonld, suggegt iljat Lat thejs
meeting of the State XJouncil, thi Con
stitution, be so4 altered , as to, xillow: the
President upon, the request of a: Coun
cil, to issue a special dispensation, au-
fhnriyin a brother to fill the position
o i
6f President, whether, he .. has; served
two previous terms in any other office
or notIy reason for this, suggestion,
is, that in all Councils only a few per :
sons are eligible: to this position and
among the number,nay be some, to
tally incompetent; hence, if the . daily
avocations of those that are eligible
and competent, will not permit them
to accept; , tne otiice must ue gven 10
some incompetent person, simply, be
cause he is eligible. Now I - propose,
when this is the case," and a ciom po
tent person can be f found, tha he
should be made eligible by special dis
nensation, at the request of his Coun
cil, and not let v the Council be injured i
by incompetent persns in the i Presi
dent's position. -What says ; GenL
Vance 011 this .subject h khI iii irn;
PhysIciAn,
A. S. Mutaiox. Attorney ami touaneucr.
GsionoK Litti.e,
"Vriu-K J. Paumku.
Lxeciilvt Coiamitle.
Tle ilin of Assurance adoited by the Boara
of Directors,1 U popnlarly known us the ' 21 A
SONIU PLAN.
1 An witrancefoc i charged, payable when a
party a;jipiies for a policy. No other payment
rs required, except on the death of a menjber,
wheii an aMiaent of S2 50 is levied. The "afr
gregate of As.seiiueats the value of the Poli
cy, ',..'- ., .
A Policy cna by tb plan be secured for
les. W from 50 to 100 per cent, thau one for tb
gamq araouiil iu ordinary Corapauies. - .
uicaatsuf 10 and under 15 year?, pay $5 00 1
..- V 4 2" ' 5 25
': 25 " y 5'7o -
2.V : ' U0. " : . , - C 75.
a 30 7 41 35. " ' " 8 25
. :s 40 " . 10 50
. 40 : . ' 45 13 50
45 50 w ' . 18 XJ
50 " ' 55 " v 27 25 T
55 V CO " ' 36 50
w 0 "":"65:. ? ' 50 00
t3!r For further particulars address the un-derfti-ned,.
' . QL'ENT. Bl'SBEE.
Sept. 13 -tt. ..;" ,: .".vf- Secretary.