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irnd-of-mnfrartrt: V L K. WSlTAXSEgSlitr i Jwprittor. THEO.' H. 2ILL, AuodaU Editor. SeV. J. T. WSITLST, Sttffdlr, Vtl, Cvrffspinid'tii'j Editor. . . , ' AdVertimrijr Itattin: SPACE. t Mo. 21 i. 3 V ? M V YT One Squar1. ; Tw 'tMniarrs, 'Hirer " ".' Four i ' Fourth ("olii'n I M A 75: ft A' 4 00 6 t!- 8 "( '13 5 -VI 8 IK) II 5i Itf.nV 7 0 1(1 0 1 1' .VI in mi H JK 7 IXf i" IK Ml (V 24 iif () I J 10 jo no : M IX) 1 . 1 Mm vii mi Halt Whol it (K) 8i-rjSi 36 V W) " RALEIGH, K. C. OCT. 2, 1872. ruHsa Fob Silk. A Kp. 3, "Smith l'ri;H-, iu goid rutiuiu oriler, hvre fcuoiiKh to print a six column paper. hVill sell a bargain. . ' Apply to . . . n. H. AVHITAKKIJ, i Kl. Friend of Temperance. 'SSP.SCIAL 'mOTOCIXSST. A h the Secretary of the State Coun cil, Frieiid.tof Temperance, iu North CuroliHa, I hereby in-rite correspon (1. noe with all who are. interested in this caUHe and are willing to work for the promotion of temperance thrbnb thi C orgaiiiEation, an organixat'"in purely Southern, and the only one in Noilh Carolina which, ' as yet, has mlopted the white tei'oj membership. W belieTe this is the best - temper ance organization in the world, outside d the christian church,, and we wish to extend it rapidly and widely in thin State. . Let us hear fromyou, friends of the temperance cause.. . -. ; ' Address; , - . . ' II. H. WHITAKER, S. S. JDN. C, & A, P; . Supreme Council. Bra V. J. Stewart ot tannage, writes us .under date of Sspt 2Gth : " Our count il contemplates haring a demonstration and pie-nic sometime during next month, and -wish yon and our -worthy President Carraway to ad dress us on that occasion,? Make your arrangements 'to- come oyer. The ..' Friends" of Carthage w'ill greet yon cordially." . liro. J. D. LumsJen writes us : "We initiated. 7 members, and seT eral had been at "Widow Belief coun cil, ft r this council. There was a deep interest last eyening, and I think Crawford wUl triumph i'n'te yery den of whiskey. I am glad you expect to come to the anniversary of Widow Relief council at Mojatk. Do come, if possible." ' Bro. H. C. Moffitt of Whiteyille, writes us under date of Sept. 23rd : " Our council, -for tie first time, is! called on to mourn the los9 of -one of its most, active and zealous members, T. J. Memory, son of Col. T. S. Mem ory who died in this Tillage on Tues day evening, Sept. 17th. Though we mourn, vet it is not without hope for we aio aasured mat our loss is nis eternal gain." , . v ; Bro. S. I. Franklin, writing us from Winston, says ; " "I have just closed a protracted meeting at Shady Mount, two miles from Winston. : Wei had an excellent meeting, and among others that .were converted, was the most noted liquor uellec in this county. He has prompt ly closed his shop. This is consider ed a considerable victory for the little temperance army in this community.'' vFxkcti6k or Delegates. The next meeting of Oak City Council " will; be un important one -sa the election ' of delegates to the approaching State Council to be held in, Fayetteville in Kovember, wil be bld. Lei there be a full turnout of aU the active and, as sociate members, as other business of importance is to be '"' tfajUsacted. The hour of meeting, is 7 o'clock. W.1 M. TItlet, Secretary. TSMPKBASCK IN RoBKRfci-i-A corre- Kpondent at Shoe Heel informs us that the subject of temperance is eliciting the attention of thevptople of that sec tion, On Thursday a temperance so ciety at Spring Hill, Richmond coun ty, celebrated its seventeenth anniver sary by a .public address and dinner, Rev. R. H. j Whitsktr, of Raleigh, Editor ol ibe Frbnd nf Temrxranc, being the orator of the day.; He hatla large and very appreciative audience Friday nigb'tl. Mr.- Wbitakcr lectured Rt hboe Heel4 Mid organ! led Council of the Friends of TerOperaKCe, ome of tbe tnohi prohiineM cilien9 of the place taking nart m tti proceedings. Front that p!ace it was ttie intention bf Mf. liiUkf r, on his return home wants, to visit Lumberton and St. : Paul's at'bfith of which places he fi lleted to address tbe people. In con clusion,, our correspoiidt-ut says: "He is working faithfully and f arneety in Ihe (iood cans', iwid is doing 1 taluable .trvisefc in tlis fruitful field. - As .evi dence of our apvtrciation of his labors, 'u havB nsnied our Council "Whi t- kV-r." and shall sxert ourselves to make it the Banner Council of the tate." Wilmington Star. Cnl-wroan Cot'MCiL No. 13G Triends ! Temperance, was orgauired Sept. 20th in Currituck Co., with the follow ingpffisers:' . . , President, Wilson Sanderlin. Associate, W. Mathias. Chaplain, Dr. J. J. Baxter. Fi-Secretary, V. L. Pitta. Treasurear, R. B. Munden. Conductor, Wm, R. Gray.- Asst. Conductor, TJ. Ballaice. In. Sentinel; Caleb Sears, i Out. Sentinel, ; The Infelligevcer says Mr. F. D. Carl Ion, of Statesville has a pumpkin vine in his garden which covers an entire t quare and has thirty-four large pump kin, on it-- . ! ' '' ' ; . ! ' m w. ,. . a ' , . ' . -' ' ' At Horn Wi arrived at home aftr absence just in time to mak nonnctiat-nt. . v.-. ;. this an-; Having received an in vitation to de i liver the seventeenth anniversary ad dress of ''Richmond Literary and Tem perance Society which meets at Spring Hill.-Richmond county, we Jett homa 1 r i.t week ago, last iiiesdav, to uivet that i - . . ' H.,l, .... tl, AW C. 4Vlt. 1 All ft I ' m ot ii'I A. 1.. lcli UK'iliin a hihi , . ; .1 . n. ,1 ii 1 i- i 1 1 cairiii'l us to Ins ij-itui', wTm ic we -mm:! in ; WcilnoMhiy ui'lit. . : Tliui'Hi'UV jjiorn- : . ... ... Yrt - . . ? 'I - - HJiilini!c' soon assefutl'"d. We 10 ''i . l .1... I .,. ffMitl.fiilllr iriVA toll II If liero a lar" ami wclLhnLshcd "clmrc Xv. building, quite as laro and .as good loAing as two-thirdii of ' the' church buildings iu-lio towns, iu which a Baptist congregation worships, f lev. John Moiiroo, an apostolic looking minister, '-fori many, many years has leen , snlftill is the pastor. Near the church ia a neat brick bnildiug, of octagon shape, capablo of bolding about a hununul jnrsous. lnut w , " Temj)erauco Hall," and thcri, for the j Jasi seventeen years," Richmond Teju-' perance and Literarj' Society " has held its meetings. j At' about 11 o'clock the Soit' met in their Hall and forming procession, marched to the church, .where; after a song, and a prayer by Rev. Mr. Fer guson, a Presbyterian clergyman, the editor of this paper proceeded to de liver the anniversary address, to a very attentive audience. After the address; came the dinner, which for abuudauco and elegance, could hardly be surpassed. Many baskets of ragments were taken up.". After dinner the Society met aud transacted some business ; among oth er things' adopted a motion requesting the Secretary to - furnish this paper with a. short history of the Society and I a copy of its 'constitution for pnblica- vri . At a previous meeting an agent had been appointed to : secure subscribers for the Fiii end. That man jwas broth er Wm. Johnson, and-we have to thank him for a very large club, as well as for his kind promise to make it still larger. We took leave of the kind people of Spring Hill With regret, but an ap pointment at Shoe Heel had to be met that night, and thither we went with brother N. D. Johnson for a compan ion. -. i - Addressed a small-audience at Shoe Heel, at night, and organized a coun cil with eleven charter members. This council takes the place of the one which once existed at Floral College, but for a year or two has not worked. Inasmuch as the members saw fit to. name it after us, we hopb-t wi'd live forever. With such men' as brother James McQueen as President, and Capt. R. Lilly as Associate, we expect to hear of great success at Shoe Heel. Our list of subscribers .-was ' also in creased here. Went to Lumber ton Fjiday morn ing. J? ouud brotliers lilake and Me Kay awaiting our arrival at tho depot, to escort us to our home. AVo were rr1ol 4i lanrn fliof tuiii mm vi!..ii I . . that place a month ngo, fifteen persons have united with ; the council. At night, addressed the citizens iu the Methodist church, and secured twelve additional names for membership. Stonewall council has seen its dark days ; but it is certainly doiug a no ble work now, especially among the boye. Rev. Neill M. Ray is the ' Pres ident, and his soul is iii the good work. Met our 'friend Y. B. Peterson, at Lumberton, towhom we .are indebted for several bubscribers. He, with his young bride is on a short visit there. Saturday morning took .the stage for St. Paul's, which place we reached at 3 P. M., and at 4 addressed, quite a good audience in the Presbyterian church, securing 18 names as charter members for a council at that place. St. Paul's ecHmcil, No. 140, was then duly organized. Will give 'names : of officers next week. We have organized no council this whole year, which starts out under bet ter uspices than this, and the brethren there confidently expect to makri it the banner council of the State. We found the people about St. Paul's to be excfeeaingl bospitalile, ind witual very much disposed to work iu the tempcrauce cau?ev Two bretkreu cousyntcd to act as agents for the t'rknd and We feel confident a large club . vyll conic ' in v from St. Paul's coulC.1. : V Stopped iii Fayetteville on our way home, and had a talk with several brethren, from whom we learned that Perseverance ia making large prepara tions for the State Council. We would like to say more of our trip but have not the epace'. We have only space to add, that our Order in North Carolina is doing well: . Peace Institute. The exercises1 of this institution have commenced its first session, and we are pleased to learn, under very favorable auspices. Rev.. R. BorwQil, the President, assis ted by his son, and an able and expe rienced faculty, will no doubt render! this college not only a pride to the city, but to the, State. Another Lease. It iii reported that the Itichmond & Danville Railroad Company have leased that part of the North Carolina Railroad running from Greensboro to Goldshord, to tie . Wilmington and Weldon Rail road Company. , CAROLINA, 0- The Co-IMncatioi. of the ,? Dkau 15r1. Whii akkb: In voor issue of S'pt., 18th, you jfive us. ayerxceuent j article upon the ' co-educat r , sexes," and ftx presenting co-ed ircatiou 01 "the llie view ,)V,W 'V.Vur ltl-au m )V.' l .r'-aw- '"'N mwi 'n " i v . 7 , , . , rfKtiinn i.f ex i lerie.nc innrn lln uo , 4 . T -i ll.. LI uiiriiilikM rf- - I I'llUlf -TTIT'I WVTJ vwv ., . . .- - ' - 4 . , V..11I - i-.:u1ih t m tots ami Urure8 . 01 II IV long experience in the "fechuol- rix mi. t. At foiu teen years of age I was forced into the school-room and made to as sifmo the obligations of. an ;, instructor when I had learned only the first , ele ments of an Fuglish" education. This compulsion, howyer, was the voice of tho neighborhood . sentiment, and .1 could" not resist its , power. My first term, however, awakened witliiu -my young heart a 'special love foi tUu vo cation, and from;that time up to the fiftieth' year vi my life, I have spent my time iu teachiug. , At first, I was compelled to study veiy hard, sometimes speudiug whole nights in study, to keep in advance of my classes. Iu my 82ml year, I comuleted the Currirtiluui of two of the best colleges in the South, and from that time forth, btLfau to look to the establishing of a High Soiiqql in BuVke, county, N. C. I opened school at " Happy Home" inau old log house, with 20 scholara, about equal numbers male and lemale, . In 18a7, our school had grown to be so large a.rid popular, J. was compeljed to eVect a larger building; aud in . 18138, the Legislature of N. C, incorporated the schook under the title of "The JlatliPiford Afilg and Female Acade my." . ':- "Our success was so great that, the numbers which collected at the Acade- my in; 1800, demanded a laier build--j ing, and we erected our present college house; and in 18(13, the Legislature incorporated us under the nafne and : j. fitle of " The Rutherford Seminary, witli right and privilege to graduate students, and confer degiees. The Seminary still continued to in crease in numbers and usefulness, and in 18G9, having received the degree - of Artiitm.JTagistri from the-Trustees and Faculty of Trinity Colllege,. I deter mined to make the school a college. Appication was made, and the Legis lature in 1870, made us legally a col lege, and up to date we have been oi erating under this new rerjinie. . , Last scholastic year we numbered 251' students; making au average of 125 per term. . To-day we have 136 otTd students, 31 of whom are young ladies, and slid th?j come, ' Iu the 18 year's of the life of this school, though we ignore all ."his and PbUUcs, God has visited us 14 times with gracious revivals of religion; and hundreds of bad boys whose parents sent them here because no other school in the land could control them, have gone homo happily converted to God. To-night, though there are more than zou, students and people upon our campus, yet at this hour, (8 P.M.) you may stand one hour in the yard t M l 1 tl 11.'- 4 ' ana usten, ana naugnt win yo u near save-the chirping of insects, or the melody of some happy voice as he minis a soio in ma omce. -iou may visit the offices, the boarding houses, the schoolroom, and not an oath will you hear; no harsh or ill words among the students. All seem" as one great family of brothers and sisters; the President regarded in the light "of Father, and each Professor as a dear relativeV All this. too. without much rule, .save a pjous lecture occasionally from the rostrum During these 18 years, not a single act of scandal has occurred in connec tion with the school, though at least one third of all students have- been young ladies. The sexes are kept sep arate in the school-room; but they mingle in the recitation rooms, and are specially permitted to walk to gether to and from church on Sun' days. ' " ' . Anti ray dear brother, while I have had to bear tbe jeers and ridicule of many of my brethren in the church and ministry ; received' heaps of anony mous and scandalous letters from un. principled and less, successful educa tors j heard more lectures fronv inex perienced ignoramuses in regard to the mtmiwiety of my policy than could be carried upon a fouryear eld colt j had " Mixed Schools'" thrown into my teeth ft thousand , time's J yet ' t have moved steadily on in my wort of edu cating the orphan and children of all ministers free, and God has specially blessed us into a grand, proxperous, and huppy college. t My experience,, therefore, is that the fco-jeducation of the sexes is the true policy of education. Of this I am cer rtain, aiiouponthnj line I shall fight out my remaining days. Please excuse length Yours truly, V : R. L. Aber- : ' 1 'fOU THE ERIXKS. .. Haipt HoM3NC.f Sept"25th, 1872. Deak Buo. Whitaeer: Your course in regard to the Good Templars cer tainly meets the bpprobatioh of every good temperance man ii the South.- The '. Friends of .lemperance" . have done a .gnat and good work among our people during the last & N OK Til "-.' . . .! - - ! 1 " ' ' ' . : " 1 --. , t jauiwUreuall- mv humble influenc to another organ-; rh izatioii o hMi tii one remains TM it now is. r in iaci, alviiietuUi't " Frieiids" can. a& far ignore! hlf jlijfatiou aa to turn awajrfrWii li brthren and join anoth er prd'rwln0& to say the most of it, is only an eiptriiueri't. The Fi-ivnds have an'brder that has beeti" tt tnl, and "its owrations rifnal' etc., Ut been. n, aoeeptable to all rnti-j Convinced that, in Addition to a plea- d mXrto ieve a- tried Kautnd" besltbr hntioii, ' these blopU, an ' .t y f m J fitk' as tne jfnnxir. Aside from all these considerations, I rii see no good sense in starting 1 a new ordsr, unless the old one had proved a failure, or. was on a rapid de cline. Uhis i not the case with the " Friends of Temperance." . They- are stranger and more prosperousic-day than they have evsr been. If I am not greatly mistaken, you are aJvain on the path, making speeches, and organ izing new Councils, not only in our State, but in Virginia and South Caro lina. "' Besides, this Constant chaugiug of orders is plead as a reason for not joiu ing any older of Temperance by miny persons. ' '' ' " They say, " If we join your order and pay our initiation fee,1 in a short time your order will be submerged in some other one, aud a new fee will be demanded." ' I, for one, shall stand to the lag of the Friends.- Others may do as they please. Yours cruly, ' R. L. Abesxethy. - roa ths laiaxn. Celebratiou f Oliu CUMCil at -tU-Kuieptic Springs. Niua Sai.isbut, Sept. ,20th, 1872. Bro. Whitaisk : I hav)i just re turned from a visit to ; Olin, ami' the Etipaptie Springs. It would have "af- forded pleasure to as all, to have met yourself and other speakers of experi- i enoe who were invited. On account of the pressing engagements of farrai ers, and a notice published ia-; one of the papers, which made a mistake in the day, the assemblage at the Springs on Wednesday the 18th, was not near so large as, under other circumstan ces, it would have , been. However, we had more than a hundred and fifty persons in attendance. The meeting was held in a pleasant shade, near the principal spring. ;Af ter usual religious exercises, it fell to my lot. to make the opening ad dress. According to programme, brother Smoot was appointed to fol low. But some of the brethren were hungry, and, though! the first speech was only an hour Jong; ' and by no means tedious, yet the hungry ones were afraid to risk another speeeh be fore dinner. So recess wag taken for three quarters of an hour. And just here, brother Whitaker, I feel like leaving a blank for you to fill; for I would ten times rather re-d your descriptions of a good dinner than at tempt to write one. ? ' The substantials and the .'.delicacies were, by delicate hands, scon, arrang ed upon a long table, around ; .which," under the shade of a temporary arbor, contributors and non-contributors crowded "with equal liberty. It would have done your heart good to see the ministers and other .brethteu pitching into mountain beef and mutton, and chickens, prepared in various ways. For my part, I preferred good old ham. And sure enough, t here, it was, within my reach, some of the ! nicest boiled ham you ever Baw. ' There was plenty bf custards and pies, &c, for everybody. I wanted a piece of iced plum cake ; especially when I saw a very amiable lady standing beside one. This she dealt out with so, uch po liteness, that I couldn't blame those who followed my. example in pressing forward to obtain a slice. I didn't see man, woman or child discontented during that dinner. . : . I Appropriate and interesting speech es were made, in the afternoon, by the proprietor of the Springs, ?Bro. J. JBV Hoard, M. D., and by Rett Bros. Moore, Gwyn and Smoot Brother Smoot declined' to make . a regular speech ; bathe closed the exercises, by. filling the part of exhorter, which he did most pleasantly, earnestly and acceptably. A. he occupied just forty minutes; I couldn't blame those hun gry fellows for getting him to put it off, good as it wasj until alter dinner. At night, speeches were made ' in the Ohapel at Olirij by Dr. Foard ' and by the undersigned-, i- A special meet-r ing of the council was theri; held,! at which five active and seven ' associate members Were iaitiated," of the twenty applicants obtained duringMhe day. Thus, in four months and eleven days from its organization, OEn council has reached a membership of one hundred without counting the eight appUcants, who were necessarily absent from the council meeting, -v The Order of the Friends ?(of Tem perance is the very thing for,' Olin and its vicinity. If commends itseff. to our people, in the simplicity' find .. de- vous cnaracter oi us ntuai, in tne ba sis ql membership, in the very nature of the pledge, .which is not an irrevor cable vow, and in the influential posi tion assigned to woman in the noble cause.- And the. generous hearted men and women of Olin, are making acceptable reality for an Hntiied one, prings have valuable curative prop-1 Jove; uy tne smues ana uie.i. - . look! rather chim.rieal. . Urties, hey nwy be -justly commen- jthft good:Being, whose aid you so of- t,u. . dZ ' WJ 'tbn shall we ignore r'organli fed bi invalids who, "for the . sake.f tef invoke. JUiue.lO" ,JapI the Fndnf laonToi thfeg thdThealth actually improved, neVerfalter or weary, : But .to, U-e the1 lr.,,. i. Hot kept up and the pa best paper. in the South,1 and build upUiewillin-to ,eud the sickly season, I la Uiae of a jfieat and good man the peri, not read and oireuiawa as ........:L..,U-..;.....hUv,U,lf U ;,. r..ti,,A. f,,i,,JTT TWa Mann, advice viveu in a should be. Now if we cannot support . 1 . ; . . i . . .. -i . i i.i : n .to mi tuinfei mat eiaiuis imt iwh- is !) irjtMi i.i ii, iiimT iir Ttfi wwmv mj mil-. ; t ... . . f . . - i it nfl at sncifntf - an, f.r propagating the grnt tem- peritnr reformation. I And here, it is not out of ; plac to aav. that tbie is another useful instil n5ii in Vir-ii.itv Olin TT mean ! ie jipepiic. Springs, under thV in tn- ! irram.nl f Dr. .Toliu V. Foard. From 1 fenefit recently receire 1 in my own . the laniilv, from fbe rration of others, ! and from reliable information, I am : of to a plea-: aVhionable amusements, and from the lo tuniiiit of a busy world. These few words I have thought luc to the place where our celebra tion was held, and due to the noble- td jiearted brother who was chiefly in strumental in brlugiug us together, and who did so-much fur the enjoy ment ot t'-e occasion. Aud now. to vou, brother . Whitaker, ' X take pleasure in saying that Oliu council is about to take steps which will, I trust, considerably promote the - . - . . circulatio i of ydiir I valuable paier. Yours truly hi F. T. and C., (!to. B. AVetmoke. . - - . .. For the rRiE.vn. An Addies JJaliveied Before 3Ia.ttauiusk.eet Couucil No. 8.4. UY S. S. UJBIM. AIi . l'rr&idrid : n appearing before you at this time, yon must not expect aie to give you a .learned and eloquent discourse. I am io orator and have neither wit nor words nor the power of speech, but a plain blunt man, but feel it my duty As a member of this council to say somithiner in regard to the c&uso for which we are battling. I Mr. President, we are engaged iii a good' cause, a cause which will not only benefit ourselves, but our neighbors and iriends and the public at large, while on the other hand the follower of the god Jot Bachu injures - him self and. all with whom he comes in contact. , It is not my intention' to jjollow the drunkard through all his inextricable. windings in his drunken career, for I should get confuted and never should find my way clear again These ways are mysterious to th e un initiated. Mr, President, go with me if 3011 please to the home of the diunkard if it can be called a home, and take a look at thj squalid misery which exists there. Look around at his condition now and then look back to former days. . He was once the pride of his father, the joy of his mother, reared with all the tenderness that a kind father and loving mother could bestow, in luxury and ease. Look at the frail womau whom he calls his wife. She, too, had all the advantages which wealth aud education could give doted W by her parents, and loved by all who knew her. 'Look at those children perhaps . they too, in their first days, knew something of the luxuries of their par ents, and, were caressed and dated on -too. Look at all of them together and tell me if you can what makes the difr ference, what makes the father's bloat ed face, his blood shot eye, his- tatter ed clothes, his broken furniture, his scanty table. Tell mo if you can what makes the pale cheek, ' the tear-drop in the eye, th care-Worn countenance, the faded di'ess of his ouce lovelv wife. lell me if you can why it is that his children are not as well fed, as well clothed and not at school, as well as the children of some of his neighbors.' Mr. President, is not what we have seen answer enough ? Yes, Alcohol, the king of the drunkard, has been that way, and his" deadning, sickening and damning influence has left its stamp on the countenances of all, not only on the husband and father, but on the one whom he took upon him self the solemn obligation in the pres ence of high Heaven to love and pro tect through . this unfriendly ; world, and not satisfied with its work there, but its impress is visible in the faces 6f their children. Look where you will, you will see the work of destruc-. tion. You see, Mr, "President, what he nov? is, but what he might hare been, had ,he have taken another course, you will never know, Then, Mr. President and Friends of Tem perance, should we not with all of this befdre us, dd all we can for the cause in which we are engaged, not forciblynot rashly, but fey sUtih gentle means, as will draw the tippter- frdm his cups, and the dram-drinker from his eleven o'clock; Let us try. f4 ' rt)R THE rRIEKt). ... Extract of a gpeeCU DeliTtired ill Mattamtlskeet Council, N04 82 V, of T. BY 8AH L. T. GASXIJfS. . You call upon me for a speech. I do not know that I could say anything in the way of . encouragement, were it necessary. I think I caii see in the expression of the countenance . and in the beaming eye a fixedness of purpose, .and a determination of will to stand by the colors and rally around the banner of temperance as faithful sentinels, ev er ready to sound the war-whoop when danger is' near, ever echoing by your acts the sentiment eternal vigilance is the price of liberty. You hare stood firm as the rocks 0! Gibraltar or the dm - rh r.4tfd oak, that brav the 'fury of the win.ls upon4ts v( cast of trudVnrmb nf lef..t xoojareipnurig wc selves4 bauie Lrh in the estiuisiions anil affectk)ns pi the iople. r ' JBv altlhe ptessant .associatione-- of past; by a recollection of th-0d ; yci We ,1one; by the kindly, words j h cheer of the founder ol your cilliev. a. iu liayeu, w '4 1 cilt Rev. A. R Ray en, wlifi,, founded it, nil tried to rear ' U ' m Tioiie and se of vast iinportancio theueral welfare of the community, to." sucoceci l SUCCced L ... .11 " T.t i TisikA wrivHa BiTik dtiPl) 111- i your hearts as they .ddilito Mr. Page's. liike iniu adopt it as your mbtto uow while the few are hoping for vour success; aud the many proph- eck ing foi your failure. Let your minds be sjstematiclike hi., add from chaos and confusion evolve order. Be abio full of Iiope and conh dtjnt of success, and try to infuse new life, energy, and hope and courage in to the hearts o?your desponding friends ai d cause your enemies to tremble. . fear and AYe are engaged in a poiitc st against a vice that swaTlo'ws up "more of hu man hope and . happiness' than any otlier in the catalogue of mans in firmi- tie The hydra headed monster, intemT pjQ ance, is seen prowbng ' at, night; stn Iking at noonday; "and riding upon the wings of the wind. He is both an op jn and a covert enemy, and com bii es the blackness of the-one; with all tho horror of the fjther. As an; open enemy, he is paraded iir every place, an I has the divinfTsarlctiou of the law. As a covert one, he hides his snaky coilsL deep down; the more ready to fas tenhisjpoisonoiis fangs oftentimes at the; sacred desk. -Wherever he tal es up his hlarcli 'devastation marks; hia train. Agriculture, commerce, and all the arts and implements of civilfza jtioi pale before him. " He prostrates all that is great ; and robs the earth of its loveliness. W oftentimes fait to realize the good we arV domg, -unless we can have the evil we are averting paraded before out eyes. We know; but we must be told often, in order to be impressed with the ' importance of defense. We should call tb'ourinihds theUlark' picture of fields overgrown with weeds; houses with broken -win dows, stuffed with rags; gardens and fedce gone down, orchards laid waste; wives and widows, - children and or phans, crv in" afid besrginsr for bread clothed in rags and suffering with cold. Arid' not have- 'Vur faces smoothed over the landscape' of waving grain, happy people,- and frol'wksonie ohil drn. ..! ,y,u . ;. The enemy is at work.' Wy'too must work if we ever subdue him. Let us on then with the shield and buckler, and with sword andrspar, go forth to the fight. " Go wherever there are ig norant to be instructed, timid to be cheered, helpless to be succored, strick en, to be blessed or erring to be re claimed." With a faith that would re move monntaiUs, fcnd with charity that worketh where none dare hinder, and that other sceptre, 3 temperance, we will sway them over -the7' land where rank and influence and prejudice must give way. We will plant our tn-color-ed banner high Upon the enemy's ram parp, We will fear no danger, brook no restraint, but gradually encroach ing upon their fintrechmeiits, at every conceivable point, drive thern from ev ery nook and corner,' until there will not be one left to disturb our slumbers with midnight yells. " '' 1 ': ' Ijlook around here in the' Council, and miss many familiar faces that once greeted me. ; Some who hfld 'promi nent positions in the council. Some, were your Sentinels, Conductors, and Secretaries. Why is this my brethren ? Echo answers, why '? There is f a world of meaning in this interrogatory, ' and comes home to us with great force.' I must not fail to pay a -passing tribute to the memory of- bur late departed brother Wm. T. Selby.'!: Ini-":hm!''oxir' council has, lost a worthy . friend nd brother; and his: widow and' friends a lo'Vingr BUspaiid, &Ud peaceable and de Toted friend and crtien; 7 3lay ?bey be consoled with the thought that his suf ferings are over, and that he has "gone to Ins reward of well doing. Hia suf ferings mf brethren were nothing com pared with thdse the drunkard bears. For the seeds of hisisease ale daily depicted in rottenness and corruption oil his face and dtt his whole" person. They are" sown in dishonor and'Ssrillbo, reaped in dishonor and shame. . Are not only tt burthen to their friends but k nuisance tb the vfhoie Community at large; And are of the number of those who go to make Up the tenants of poor houses, houses of oorrectionj our jails," prisons, and penitentiaries., "These brethren are . nuisances . and are a heavy mortgage on your industry " and frugality. T ' - 'J l- ' M,y dreams and visions are often disturbed in sleep and ' awake. They are of those of our , friends, acquain tances, and kindred; some of wham I loved, honored", and 'respecte'd' and who in an evil ' Tiour yielded '.to the tempter, and fell ' into' dishonored graves. It is better" that we' cannot have the vail lifted, , but can only ' real ize the wail and woe of them as . they come back to bs through the 'dim and jmisty past Then it would b. intoler able, now an impetus to actionj asJ tho broYfAr edfiVeil ta us Wb Betngrwritlnng and howliag iu ail the blacknss. of darkuess mid th oonrolTin jfms and swok of Uiatjdaik, dop J of that Tast ad4l)OMadIeM irnlty where the worm dietU not, and t3iIra is not jiieHbeJ. , i ; Bretkrea, I was about to forget in my dream of the loTed and lost, th - g or .t was no ai aream, ut Tt ::r . . , ... . pur paper we uuk o 1 lflUUS Ol ltUlreiiiTO, uu wiio- lueiitlv are Megligent of duty. "Aasoon may we hope to lee' the pleasure of Deity as that of duty." roa the raiEsi). Lt GioaE, N. C., Sept. 28, 1S72. Bko. Whitaxer : I can truly say that La Grange can honestly boast ot moving njider her own colors, since she has taken "Progress" for her mot- ifk Since you wer,e here, last winter, j there has been several buildings erec te), and there is now in process of completion, four two-story wooden stores one ehurch-house and four or five dwelling houses. ' And I cau proudly say, that the temperance council that you organ ized when here,, and the temperance reform that your address started here, keeps pace with all other improve ments. For every week adds new strength to our eouncil. We cannot expect to accomplish everything in a day. But we should try to do all we can in a day. ; And I think that most of our members feel it a duty to work; for they go at it as if they were paid to do it never allowing an opportu nity to pass for benefitting the tem perance cause, without doing it. JWe all look forward for great pro gress in the temperance - reform, and many addition, to our , eouncil, after vour address. bare on the 11th of Oe- - at tober. Your appointment ha. been made thoroughly known for eight or ten miles around, and is waited for with much anxiety by many of the young temperance people. We have seen as much about new j societies being organised in this State as we care about listening, at. We wish that there could be a dozen tem perance societies organised in the Sate, if there could be new material enough gathered to organise them put of. But to reason, it is plain enough that the principles of tho Friends of Temperance are plenty broad for all, and a great many new' members to work under. For we all know that when we are in a good boat, that' we can make more distance pulling at the oars, than we can by changing and starting off another boat. " For we think that when any person is trying to spread the influence of the Friends of Temperance over tn community, and bring people under its teachings, that he is doing all for temperance re quired of him, and a great deal for so ciety and Christian religion. Yours In F, T. and C.t '. T B. S. Grady. FOR THE rRXEN'D. Beatfokt, N. C, July, 30, 1872. Mr. Editor. I deem it proper through the medium of your paper, to notice a camp-meeting which was held recently at Oeracoke, on a beautiful Bay on the west side of . the . Island and a short distance north of the inlet. The ' camp-meeting commenced on Tuesday the 16th inst., and closed on Monday following. It had beeu many years (about twenty) since a camp meeting was held in that vicinity. In deed no such meeting had been held any whe re 0.1 the coast in Carterett or Hyde counties, (except at Hateras," in many years. These circumstances, perhaps, imparted unusual interest to this meeting, and cause d an extraor dinary attendance. People from Hyde, Beaufort.Craven and Carterett counties were there; and I think the number must have reached fifteen hundred. Apart from the religious object of the meeting, it was, indeed, a glorious gath ering. Hundreds of friends of former days, who had not seen each other for many long and - eventful years, there met to revive,, and strengthen their Old friendship: while others formed acquaintances :and established preoioua relations of friendship and love whMh will doubtless . last for life, , The religious exercises of tho meet ing were interesting and impressive, and I doubt not that good and 'last ing lapressions were made dfl many minds Better order and decorum than that which: prevailed through out tne meeting, 1 never saw, at so large a camp-meeting as this. With the people of Oeracoke origi nated theridei of hating the camp meeting, as a religious and social gath ering of the people. They wanted to bring their'oid friends together, and revive as far. as possible, the scenes and associations of former and better days They -made the - arrangements, (and ample they were) for the accommoda tion of the large crowd in attendance. Their hospitality was dispensed with a kindly and liberal hand, and will no doubt be long remembered by the throng of visitors to that camp-meeting. A more hospitable, kind, and moral and religious community, than the people ol Oeracoke, caunot be found in Eastern Carolina. In this connec tion I must notforgettomentionthekind and gentlemanly keeper of the Light House (Mr. Ellis Howard) whose atr tention and civilities to the crowds of visitors to the Light House, to take " a view of the ocean, during the camp meeting, were worthy of thehighest com .inendation. t - I love camp-meetings They are somewhat unfashionable now; but a. gatherings for religion, and '.ocial purposes, I think they arc good. Rwpactfnlly your., our mends arind us 7 i iine ih imis X 1 TirxiHissKB Tlx. Skpt. 2l(jt..igr ' Bko. Whitakbk: Yours of thQ rePb- to v,,. quiries in regard to the Preaiaetlt 5" the State Council and "Mary," . ! that you would like to harfroia y'1 I am uuable to give you any iu(0r' "' tiou as 1 harve not heard fr President in some time,' neither I seen anything from the pen of '! in sometime. ; For the last month or so I haYe heard from thtt diflerent counciln" this State but I expect they are i'ttt aionj; niieiv; hi any rate l j are NV doing as veil . ns .' Mag" ', h e 1 e i 11 ThIIhIu,, which had three active" andou0 as'' ate member initiated 'last lnf" st a previous mooting. This w-.' j cil has been steadily increasm,. I O "'Il'V J t last May there have been very fen-,"' ' olations or the pledge some fow f withdrawn aiul woruc of tlius 1 agaiu joinod tho council, so that' h... nil,. mat we snuiua leel proud 01 the cess of this council when we Uke i, ... 1 ;. ... tion to tho order in this place that few heads of families 'give am couragemeiit or support to the gl0i cause of temperance, but m the vil,. ' hand show by their rumple thai tht 4 are opposed to it, Sjm'a amy'ujj' wknu I regret to mention are ofrioers oT tbe church, who use siiritous liquors tkem selves as a beverage; aud they muk certainly have a strong love for it vl they will not give up the usu of it nor lend their influence to tho when they must certainly kno ka( they are setting an example w yootli of this pla(5 that iahwd lot u. to overcome. When you ask thtm t) join the order they at once say fete is no necessity of doing so when I-t jfr. j ftn Rev. Mr.; r1, sui Mr. so'aml so, officers of the churd. can tako their wine and bitters, ml they don't think it wrong. I cerUis- ; ly don't see the necessity of my depp. ring myself of this luxury. Q ! yo professors of reUgion, . wkt will you say at the great- judgment day, when called upon to give an ac count of your stewardship here b low? what of the death bv tha n of intoxicating liquors, of the young " men raised here in this place, who no doubt, could point to you as exam ple, that they were' "following when they, first commenced the usa of tho vile stuff? No wonder the bar-keeper in ', this -place, can make his bount, that iem- i perance cannot floum here when even professors of religion owxo. the Sabbath day pass . without their drinks, and some bf them must come round to hia bar every Sunday morn ing just before they go to church,, and ' get a drink, ifaid - some, as soon is church is out, return to get auothtr before they can eat their -dinner. It is awful to contemplate theruinoua effects of the moderate use, of ardent spirits, by professors of religion, when they are the very ones that - should w act as that they may be buraing lights, and others seeing their good ' works may follow them. Hoping that this may be seen and; read by some of those who should set better examples unto others, and that it may cause them to 'reflect upon their present course, and .hereafter adopt a different and better one, I subscribe myself " Yours in F. T. and C, . . W. M. McIntosh, ' Sect'y Florida State Council, No. 6. Tallahassee, FL.r,,Sei., 23th 1872. Bro. Wr.niTAKEii: I received a l3tter on yesterday from Brother James B. Roach, District. Vico President at Waukeenah-informing mo of the death of brother J. X Alexauder, a member of Jefferson council No. i. He was an efficient, active energetic and enthu siastic member of tho. order and de lighted to labor for tho good of the cause. He had a short time before his death 'spWested a plan for.increas- c ing; the zeal of the different councils in Jefferson county, which was thite&ch council appoint a committee to visit the other councils, which-has been put in operation and the animated wi. enoouraging speeches i made by these , oommittces hate inspired them with renew fld'ieal aud bids fair' to prote ft cessful In increasing the spread of th order in that cdUnty. ( The death of Brother Alexander K very much to be deplored at this pa1 ticular time as he was so much and W deeply interested in the' cause of tefc' perance that I hate no doubt had nis life been spread .that' he would hrt done igrtat daal of good in propagating the principles bf Faithj Temperance aud Charity but I hope that the actiti members of our order in tLis State m? endavor to emulate his example an be incited to renewed energy and e1 in the great and glorious cause of ele vatiug and promoting the happing of mankind by leading them in tbe bright paths of Temprauce and virtue. Yours in F. T. and C, W. M. McIhtosh, Secy. Fla. State Council, No. 6. The Columbia South Carolinian sav On Friday last Elbert Roseburrow shot in the depot yard of the Char lotte Columbia gnd Augusta Railrod by Mr. J.B.; Hayes, a private watch man employed by the company, while in the act of carrying away some wood from the yard at Augusta. The bU passed through the leg, near the jknee joint inflicting a severe but not dan gerou wound. The Secretary of the State Council of North Carolina issued charters three new oqquqUs last Trcefc, ft "CORSET T. W-jt ATHOS " V,- ALMA.. ELECTA MARY., ECltA. L1CTOK J't-ter person Tha VJV WY 1 with. 1 ting 1 1 ti in be bj no,t -111 ni. force "Jt ny tl And i loves earth me. rich c color As my 1 you- It Thai som este frier Jest mar f riet - sucl B eacl trnt 1 I "init eno the I "S est, , wit oft froi dee , J 1. wn tha pat the the no ha. . in At. an te '. as J gi ca H X ri ' & V . t ti E t i 1 1 - I n . 1
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