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PEOPLE’S FRIEND A. b. s. MOSELEY, ) Associate MRS. MARGIE P. MOSELEY, V ’ REV. L. R. GWALTNEY, ) Rome, Ga.. Saturday, April 26, 1873. A Boy Dies a Drunkard’s Death. — A boy named John Sullivan died sud denly on Sunday at No. 1,127 North Eighth street, and no physician having attended him, the Coronor was noti- I Bed. Sullivan was fifteen years old j find was born in Mobile. Singular to fctate, the evidence showed that he bad been addicted to intemperance, ; dnd that his death was attributable to this vice. The verdict was that he had ' died from congestion of the brain, su perinduced by intemperance. — Si. Lou is Republican. The above biographical sketch is short and sad, and is but one of the «nany that are true to life. Every tiling teaches us to beware of strong . drink, and the time to best guard Against its seductive influence is while are young, before the evil and tempting and sorely trying days of manhood are upon you. Would you <py hoy, be free from the slavery of 4his most tyrannical king, then touch not the wine nor eat the sugar from Father’s glass, for these in youth have -ended in a drunkard’s life and death ? Would you, young man, fill the hon orable station in life which your fond parents so much desire and so reason ably expect ? If so, lock not upon the wine save to loathe and shun it, and fioint out to your companions the murders and broken hearts and blast ed prospects that lie almost concealed in the bottom of the cup. “Label Your Poisons,” Liquor Deal ers. All other men are compelled to do this by law, but you go on, day •ftfter day, month after month, and year after year, dealing out to your fellow creatures a most deadly poison, ■a poison which steals away pride, am bition, honor, health, wealth, happi ness, love, joy and hope, and leaves only suffering, degradation, dishonor poverty, misery, hatred and death! How long will the laws of an enlight ened Christian land allow this enor ftious evil? In the name of humanity we would raise our voice against it, ami implore you, if you must murder by law; if you are compelled to bring misery and wretchedness upon frail women and defenceless children; if you must fill your pockets by blasting men’s hopes, prospects and lives; if you will bring imbecile wretchedness and death upon your fellow men, for neaven’s sake do so openly; tell your victims what you are selling them ! Tell them that the bottle which you label ‘‘Brandy,” should be labeled with a word which would express the mil lions of evils, resulting from its use! Cut a picture of a squnllid home, beat en wife, begganal children and drunk en hurband on one side—on the other the purgatory which delirium brings the drunkard, ami below, the final purgatory where his lost soul shall dwell. Do this, for truth's sake. La bel your poisons! O U R SI N IT\T*M () R N I NG. HY MARGIE I>. MOSEL!V. “He broke his vow, as a templar, I Avill have nothing to do with him art' words frequently heard from the lips of templars. They are the natural outbursts of indignation, when one true to the oath, hears of another fail ing to keep it. But is this feeling eight ? To some natures, drunkenness ** so revolting. that it is difficult to un derstand how any one, not utterly de praved. can break a templars vow ami descend to it; while to others have a terrible struggle to k« ep from falling in the paths which their feet have so • >ng trodden. ‘Habit is a hard task master.' a master where chains though in\isible. are ever felt, and the man whois a slave, to the demon of drink. • s a most pitiable one. e are n th ing but morals, the best of ns, and lia ble to < er: therefore we must not be t>o hasty in easting off the coring. If we do so. we shall fall under tin I > of having ‘broken the <»ath’al-<». D » vet bi too harsh in pur <-omleinna t ton. ye who Lav eno battles with: drunkards thirst! Consider: are \<n true? Verily no! You have sworn to do ‘unto others as you would that they should do unto you’—have you done it, when you have cast a penetant brother from you. Have you, never wronged a brother, or sister of the or der, either in mind, word or thought ? Have you done by them as you would be done by? Have you opened your mouth to defame them—or insinuated things derogatory of the character of a brother or sister; or have you sat idly and silently by, and heard the vile tongue of the slanderer defame anoth er yet, raise no voice in defense ? If you have done this, you have brohen your oath as a templar, as much as if you had gone to the grogshop, and swallowed that beverage which is the the curse of humanity. Oh ye back biters, ye slanderers, ‘your sins will find you out.’—Puritanical prating will not avail where wrong is at the bottom ! Some day, if not now, you shall pay the penalty for outranging truth and virtue, and for breaking a templar’s vow ' ‘As ye mete it. it shall be measured you;’ and as you have done injustice to a member of the or der, expect injustice from another of course. This is Holly Writ, and there is no gainsaying it! That poor creature has been intoxi cated —he must be cast out, very well —but first see how many will remain when we bring the touch store of truth and examine the actions of all! Veri ly, if those without sin were then call ed to ‘cast ihe first stone’ at the offender, he would not die by stone ing! ‘Whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, do ye even so un to them.’ Have you done this? If you eer would you be forgiven ? If you fall would you be lifted ? If you are weak would you be strengthened? Then forgive the eering— lift up the fallen —strengthen the weak, for this is the law of justice, and you have sworn to be. not just, but merciful! Mercy demands this and more: it de mands that while you are doing this you shall not trumpet the fact upon the housetops, but that yon shall “cover the shame of your brother.” “Faith, Hope and Charity are the watch-words of the TcujfJar. DoyVu stand by these words—-the principles they inculcate! “Faith,” a belief in the ultimate redemption of the world from the dominion of drunkenness.— Hope - the everlasting comforter, the beautiful angel who walks among the fallen, who brings back the straying, who stands beside us in sorrow’s hour ami whispers words of cheer, and who, when all others forsakes us, over-shad ows us with her wings, and soothes us with her voice. And lastly, ('harity! Oh, verily, “the greatest of these is charity." ('harity which says be “kindly affec tioned one to anotl er;’’ recompense to no man evil for evil; Do good to them that persecute you, and say all manner of evil against you; which says, if thy brother offend thee seventy and seven times and turn again and repent thou shall forgive ! Have you done this? if not, go, learn the sins you are doing from that fountain of wisdom, the Bi ble the .book over whose open page you have sworn the Templar’s oath go, I say, learn your duty and doit, or in that final da> you may be turned into outer darkness, and may have to listen to those awful words: “Ye knew your duty and ye did it not; de part ye cursed!” Raytown, Taliugjjo Coi nty ('■ a. ) April 1”». 1573. ) Editor- People#! Friend: The Order of Good Templar-, has made its way to this place. A place noted for intemperance. Our Lodge was organized about two months ago by Brother W. D. Atkinson. .Since that time we have been progressing beyond our expectations. We have twenty-four members all promising to do well and a prospect of a larger increase. We art getting hold and we expect to pies-, forward and battle against th< evils of intemperance, tilt the last om enlist under the glori »iis banner of temperance. Wean label - ing against a law w<- hate, and v orb ing for one that W» love. We hop, that onrruin- d c >untry will soon be a sober people. May the hour not be far distant when when the Temperance cause will float all over this land; when the doors of every whisky shop shall be closed, and not one left to ad vocate the cause of intemperance.— Then we will have no more street riots; then we will see no more blood shed by the power of iniemperance; then we will cease to hear the cries of the widow of the inebriate. Then all will be pleasant sunshine. It will thus be a parad se below, and an Eden of rest. Yours in F. H. & C., M. J. Taylor. Walnut Grove, April 20, 1873. Bro. Moseley- Bear Sir, inclosed please find the amount due for one years subscription to the Peo ple's Friend. lam sorry that I have neg lected co do my duty until this late hour, but bettor late than never, but have hopes that the second will make it all right. I am still trying to make up a club, have several names with the money but have not completed the club. Yours in H and C, W. M. Hawkins. From the haGeange Reporter.] Letter From West £*oint. West Point, Ga., April 8,1873. Dear Reporter:— After a long silence I again write only a few lines. Business is quite dull here now, even the Captain and Toni don’t have much to do, and are rusting for a little business. The dealers in old red-eye are all wearing Jung faces on account of their old customers having “swore off,’’ and joined the Good Tem plars, who are forming a Lodge heie. They all do their drinking now at the pumps, consequrntly. the red-eye dealers will haxeto suspend the red-eye business and do something else for a living; that is to say, go between the plow-handles. The Templars have already about forty members and as many more are standing around the door, and all say they will take sugar in their n. We came near having a littie muscle exercise here yesterday, but the paities saw that Tom was looking right at them, ready to invite around to the Cap tain’s stfed they decided to suspend lios.ilities and wait for a more convenient season. I believe I have written about all 1 know now. I will write again when something turns up that would interest your readers. Yours, &c., Perk Allen. The beast of God’s creating is honorable compared with a man who makes himself a beast. But intemperate man not only as sumes tuis degrading character, he stirs up all the wicked tempers that are in him, and causes the fire of auger or malice, or lust to burn seven times hotter than be fore. We have the testimony of the physician, of the Judge, of the political economists, of the statis tician, of the minister and of the Bible, to the evil influences of tTe traffic with the terrible judgments <•1 God pronounced against the drunkard and the drunkard-mak er and abettor. Young man ! before you enter the bar room,stop! Ponder the paths of your feel, ere it be forever too late! Man of family! tlee the bar room, as you would in honor ful fill .he pledge of love made to her whois the companion of your joys ami sorrows. Who has a stupid intellect, a broken memory, and a blasted wit, and which is worse than all a blind and benighted conscience, but the intemperate. So impos>i ble is it to man to turn ><»t, with out making himself a blockhead too. “Those men who destroy a healthful constitution ol body by intemperance, and an irregular life, do as manii-- ‘.ly kill them s< ■- asthose who 1 or j ri sen or drov> n tlieinsei. u.«. Marietta, April 29, 1873. Dear Bro. Moseley: Ii was painful to me to read in your pa per the news of the death of brorhar i.aw Fence Minis o! Richmond L>dge, Augusta. Brother Mims, I learn had once been in temperate, but had been for years a mem ber of the Good Templars, perhaps from the introduction of the order in Augusta, 1 had the pleasure of only one interview with him, that was at Aberdeen church at the celebration of the J. T. Smith Lodge in Columbia Oounty on the 19th of Match last. After dinner when it was nearly night, and-after three address had been delivered during the day, he was call ed out. Ido not think! ever heard a speech from any orator, however, distin guished that interested an audience more than the one brother M. delivered on the occasion referred to- He kept the large auuieuee completely enchained lor an hour and a half. We confidently expected to meet our brother on many similar occas ions, but alas, death has put an end to all earthly expectations. Bro. M. in the ear lier years of his life was a practicing lawyer We feel thankful lor the temperance refor mation, *'or the 1.0, G- T, for its impres sion made upon the habits and life of our brother. Peace to iris ashes. THE WORK CONTINUES TO PROSPER. 1 have had letters from many portions of the State that I recently visited in the in terest of the order, and the intelligence shows an increase of a hundred per cent in membership and a uemand for the for mation of additional lodges, I heard from a friend who had visited West Point since I left that the i terest is still increasing. I doubt it any lodge in the State has ever been organized wi s h better prospects than the Lancies Lodge at West Point, not even your own Sacred Prdmise at Rome. Lec turing, however, is hard work being up till II or 12 o’clock every night speaking and organizing lodges and drilling the members and officers in the ceremonies of the retual Tha work would be easier if it was sweet ened by the monthly payments of the salary so enthusiastically voted by the Grand Lodge at its last sessession at Rome. A word to the wise is sufficient: CELEBRATIONS AND PIC NICB. The season has arrived when the lodges will get up celebrations, dinners and sup pers all over the land. I have had many standing invitations at great distances from my headquarters an i from each other, I will however, do what I can. I trust those reunions and celebrations will be so man aged all over the State as to give a decided inivpuise to the cause, I trust every speak •ivig brother «iH b-i ready to do his duty, to make some sacrifice fbr the good of tl e order. There is much undeveloped and inactive tolent all over the State, which might ac complish wonders, if properly engaged in the work. REV. W. L. MANSFIELD This distinguished brother has closed his earthly labors. On Thursday last his mor tal remains were followed to their last rest ing place by a deeply and sadly bereaved community, consisting of his church which he had so faithfully served so many years, the free school which he founded and cher ished so long, the Mesonic and Odd Fel low fraternities, and last but not least, the I. 0. G. T: both lodges in lull regalia were the procession. 1 must also mention the Sunday School, each little member ol which was eager to deposit the wreath of spring flowers and evergreens upon the little mound that murks the resting place of their noble teacher and superintentdent. The largest procession followed his remains to the cemetery that was ever witness’d in this place. All regard brother Mansfield's death a- a public calamity. As such men depart heavier responsibilities rest upon us who remain. Hoping to see yuu at convention I wdl be .able to talk more with you on the great work of temperance reform. Yours in F. 11. and C., W. D. Atkinson, Grand Lecturer. The Question of the H<k it.— S<nne bo:tv locates the following inthe Gntn ite State: A ciuple had quarrelled during the whole term of their married life. At last the husband was taken ill, and evidently about to die. His wife came t • his bedside, where, after she had seen his condition, the following collo quy ensued: Wy, daddy, your feet are cold, ami your nose is cold! Wa’al. let um lie cold! Wv. daddy vou are going to die! ’ Wa’al 1 guesß I know wnt I'm about! Wy. daddy, what's to become of me t y< >u die ? Duuno, ami don't care ! Wat f it to know, -s m u .■ /1 '-■< "i Buicelets worn out-i le of the long ves for evening wea’ - . a-e excecd o.gly fashioaabk. Words from Knowing Ones. A Religious Newspaper ar an Adver tising Medium.—The superior advan tages offered to advertisers by the re ligious paper over that of any other class of publications are too generally admitted to require a lengthy rehears al of them here. In brief, its charac ter, influence and generally Large circu lation gives it the first position of value and worth as an advertising medium. The fact that it is frequently the only paper taken by the family should nose be overlooked in estimating its claims. It is also carefully preserved when the secular paper is clestroyed, showing how highly it is valued by its own er. Religious papers are circulated among the best class of people —best in being the most reliable and enter prising, and therefore the most de sirable class to be reached by adver tising. Hence, such papers are of more val ue to the advertiser than a score of publicatinos that no hold upon the interest or regal’d of their readers. W. J. Carlton. What the Hon. Alexander H. Ste phens has to say in the Atlanta Daily Sun: i The Bulletin is one of our most valued exchanges, and ha# a host of admirers. The following is from the Atlanta Daily Herald: For many years Capt. Moseley has been largely interested in Georgia and Alabama newspapers, on several oc casions running three different news papers in three different cities. At present we believe he is giving all his energies to the Rome Bulletin, and with the assistance of Mrs. Margie P/ Moseley, is making a brilliant paper. Wo recommend him in the warmest terms to our merchants who wish to court the trade of Upper Georgia. Home testimony from our esteem ed friend and neighbor the Rome Tri weekly Courier: The People’s Friend. —This promis ing paper under the management of. Capt. A. B. S. Moseley, and the edito rial charge of his accomplished and gifted lady, Mrs. Margie P. Moseley, and the eloquent divine Rev. L. R. Gwaltney, has entered upon its course of usefulness, and at the first step it takes high rank in our newspaper lit erature. As the organ of Temperance for the State of Georgia, its promisee of usefulness can not be over estima ted. In the hands of its able man ug’eiUK.tni, NUHtaincci it ihivilh iiitint be by the good and the 'true of land, those promises will not fail of a glori ous fruition. Assisted by that distinguished and talented authoress Mrs. Margie P. Moseley is making a most excellent paper.—Nashville Union and Ameri can. The Savannah Advertiser says: Georgsa has, to our knowledge, but one lady editor—Mrs. Margie P. Mose ley, of Moseley’s Weekly, published in Rome. And Georgians have just cause to be proud of that one, and will Ihj when they learn to appreciate native talent. —Rome Courier. It is published at Rome by Capt. A. B. S. Moseley, whose name appears ■also as associate editor with Mrs. Mar gie P. Moseley and Rev. Luther Ik Gwaltney. The first issue was full to overflow ing with matter interesting to every one, and valuable to the cause of Tern plarism. It is designed to do much good. It, starts out in the right spirit. Fresh, original, pure thoughts, from each of the above named editors enliven its columns. Ail seem to be deeply in terested in the noble work they have undertaken; and we fear not where i->ueli a trio are joined in so together good a cause, backed by the enthusiastic mplars of Rome, and of Georgia, the paper will be a grand success. Talladega, Ala., Our Mountain Home. Wo wish him and the Bulletin the sue cess deserved. La Fayette, Ala.. Re porter. It has made its appearance regular ly, each week filled with the most in structive and beneficial reading mat ter. Every Templar in Alabama should subscribe for it; and not only Good 1< mplars, but. every oi.e who has a de sire to place before iris family a paper that wrilbe of inestimable value to them. Edward Bailey, Esq., in Onr Moun tain Home. Talladega, Ala. Th- literary department offhc Rome //(///, is in charge ol Mrs. Margie Moseley. It ja well and gracefully edited. V, by not? Did not a woman write Middlemareh -tin* best novel of this or any otli< r generation. Gads den Times.