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Rome, Ga., Saturday, August 9, 1873.
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OFFICERS OF GRAND LODGE.
Hon. J. jV. 11. Underwood,G. VV. C.T Rome, Ga
Hon. L. F. Llvingston, G. W. Of....Covington, “
Miss Maggie Blakeley, G. W. V. T Augista, “
SaMDel C. Robinson, G. W. S .Rome, ‘‘
W. 11. Engram, G. W. A. S Calhoun, “
Rev. W.ei. Rogers, G. VV. T Marietta, “
Rev. VV. C. Dunlap. G. VV. Chaplain...Carrollton, “
J. R. McCord, G. VV. M. Jackson, “
Miss Adelle Mosher, G. VV. I). M eJugUsta, “
G. VV. I. G
T. Fred Wynn, G. VV. O. G Atlanta, “
Rev. W. D. Atkinson, Grand Lecturer, Marietta, “
C. A. Howard, Grand Worthy Mess., Atlanta, “
The uext session will be held in Augusta; commen
cittg on the last Wednes lay in September, 1873, at 10
o’clock, «*. M.
Rev. L. R. Gwaltney is AV. C. T. of
Sacred Promise lodge.
Good Templarism is flourishing gen
erally over our State.
Our new Job Press will be here in a
few days and then we can catch up
with our orders for job printing.
Several interesting communications
have been received but they have to
take “their turn.” We hope the
writers will not become impatient.
That irrepressible worker James G.
Thrower of Atlanta is prominently
spoken of for Grand Worthy Chief
Templar next year. Thrower would
make a good one, if he will serve, and
here’s a vote for him.
AVenona Temple.—The anniversary
of this Temple in Atlanta, Ga., August
27th will be one of the grandest affairs
in the Temperance line that has taken
place this year. Speakers will be there
from all parts of the State.
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Mechanics Lodge initiated two mem
bers last night. Tlua doing
valiant service against the Rum Fiend.
It has a fine set of officers who conduct
the business of tlvo lodge in a most
satisfactory manner.
For the good of the order, we are
now offering to give to the lodges of
Georgia S3OO worth of odes at regular
cash prices and S3OO worth of any kind
of other job work. This is in the his
tory of Georgia Good Templarism un
precedented in its liberality and we
hope every lodge in this State will ac
cept the offer.
G. AV. C. T. Underwood has return
ed from Paulding county court.
The grand jury of that county refus
ed to grant several Liquor Licenses,
as a result of Judge Underwood’s decis
ion that they had a perfect legal right
to “grant or refuse” such license as
they thought best for the county. If
wo had more Underwood’s for Circuit
Judges in Georgia, intemperance and
all its attendant evils would soon be
driven from our State.
G. W. C. T. Underwood publicly in
stalled the officers of Mechanics lodge
No. 188 at Rome on August Ist. He
also made an able and telling tenqier
anee speech, just such a speech as is
certain to do good. And just hero we
must say that Judge Underwood has
tilled the position of G. AV. C. T.
vv ith most marked ability and entire
and perfect satisfaction.
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MORE TEMPERANCE PAPERS.
AVe learn from brother S. C. Robin
son that there will be several new Tern
peninco papers started between now
and the session of ihe Grand Lodge,
each one of which will be ably repre
sented. Well we are glad to hear this
for the •’more the merrier.’’ and if
properly managed will do much good
in our noble work of moral reform.
We trust they will not be of that
mush-room growth which cometh up
in a night and goeth out in a day.
AVe have received repealed inquiries
as to the finances of the Grand Lodge
to which we can give no satisfactory
answer except as to our own experi
ence. Our experience has been that
of Rev. AV. D. Atkinson,' Grand Lec
turwr and Dr. Dozier, of Atlanta, who
say “it takes lopger to collect the monk
ey than it does to earn it.”
To Correspondents.
Make your communications short
and spicy. Say just what you mean
in as few words as possible. Speak
right to the point. Avoid all contro
versy, write often, and endeavor to
send a new subscriber with each letter.
Our paper is small,’ and we must say a
good deal in it. Variety is the spice
of life. AVe must give variety. So all
lengthy communications will be cut
down. As our columns are crowded,
do not be discouraged if your commu
nication does not appear in two or four
weeks. Be patient. AVe will do the
best we can for you. —C/ood Templar.
The above answers our purpose so
well, that without alteration we have
transferred it to our columns. AVe
hope our correspondents will follow
the suggestions therein contained and
thus save us much time and trouble,
and also insure the publication of
their communications.
MATRIMONIAL.
One of the fairest stars in the gal
axy of our social circle has launched
out into space to find, in company with
its “bright particular,” another sphere.
That “bright particular” is Mr. A.B.
Garland, of N. C., who, by the assis
tance of the Rev. Mr. Crumlie, and
that divine little God, Cupid, has
charmed our fair friend, Miss Jennie
Stokes, from the charmed circle where
she was wont to preside—the cynosure
of many loving eyes.
Mr. Garland has been particularly
fortunate in his selection of the last
best gift to man, a wife, for in the fair
bride who now bears his name, are
centered all those graces and charac
teristics which fit woman for the lofty
and responsible position of helpmate,
friend, and counsellor to man.
A young gentleman of the place,
privately informed us, with a very sus
picious glitter in his eyes, that “the
boys were terribly hurt by Mr. Gar
land’s cnndncL” While we congrtvttt*'
late the successful competition upon
the prize he has won, we, with sac
cloth and ashes upon our heads, offer
our heartfelt sympathy to the discon
solate unfortunates, who, though un
successful, are, nevertheless, worthy of
having the crown placed upon their
brows by some fair lady.
AVe are not acquainted with the fu
ture programme of the bridal pair,
but we hope they may return to our
city to commence life. AVe say com
mence, for with all defference to the
so-called “pleasures of youth,” we
never know anything of real, solid
pleasure until we find it in the sanctu
ary of home, with the companion whom
wo have chosen “for better or for
worse.” And we can always make it
for the ‘better’ if we choose to do so.
“Love begets love,” and ns each
strove, in the sunny days of courtship
to be charming to the other, so let them
continue, if they would be happy.
Love is easier to win than to keep—
strive to keep it! AVe say this to
both, for life without love is existence
without enjoyment. Let each vie
with the other in sacrificing self to the
object beloved. Let that object be
placed above all others, let preference
always be given it, and though the
world should turn against you, you
cannot be made unhappy, since yoa
will possess within yourselves the long
sought fountain of happiness.
Selfishness, when it is punished by the
word, is mostly punished because it is con
nected with legotism- A man may help
himself to an inhabitant portion «as the
good things of this life, if he will only keep
quiet about it, and not obtrude hiself upon
people s notice. The cat takes the best
place in the room, and nobody grudges
it to her, because her purring satisfac
tion is not loudly obtruded on the compa
ny. But to ba-k like a cat in the warmest
place, and scream like a parrot will never
do-
We see good women whose hearts have
been pierced to the very core by the depri
vation of a drunken husband; we see chil
dren who have been abased and even bea
ten by their itoxieated father. .
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- Being desirous to help the good cause along in every possible way, we now propose to give every Lodge which sends us two dollars in
cash, the full value of their money in Blank Quarterly Dues Receipts, or any other kinds of Blanks or Circulars, or any description of .Job
Wofk they may require in addition to sending them THE PEOPLE’S FRIEND, one year free. Our prices for the Job Work shall be Jas
low as any printing establishment in this State.
- Remit by Post Office order, Express prepaid, or Registered Letter.
i .A. Talkabont Mistakes-
’ I wanTAo td you r abdut Wong *
..drink, and point out the many mistakes '
.some people make in regard to it. You r
must be thoroughly posted on this subject *
aind when you hear others' praising it and ■ <
.advocating its .use, pou canconvince 1
them in the following manner;
First, they may say, “Itdoesmegoood.”
This is a decided mistake. ’ Calculate, *
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honestly, by the mouth or the year, all
the good and all the evil it has done you
and you will find that instead of really do
ing you good, has done you a great deal of
harm.
Then they say, “That arises from the
abuse and not the prospep use of the ar
ticle.” Here again you are mistaken.
The abuse arises out of the we, from its
peculiar influence upon the human body.
Its use always has led, and alwarys will
lead, to abuse. If thouhtless boys play
with gunpowder, danger is always near;
and if men drink liquids containing spirits
they get more thirsty, become higly stimu
lated, and are almost sure to get more or
less intoxicated.
Again, they think the have a strong plea,
and ask “Why did God send these liquors
if they are not to be drunk ?” On this
point you are again mistaken. God never
did send them, any more than he sent
gunpowder, swords, cannons, or cannon
balls. Neither barley nor barley water,
malt nor malt water, the juice of the grape
nor the juice of sugar-cane, will produce
the least intoxication in their natural state.
But wicked men take these substances,
and by a chemical process manufacture
them into intoxicating liquor, and in this
state ignorant people have generally con
ceived that they were God’s gift.
Some believe that what a doctor orders
must be right, and say, “If doctors recom
mend these drinks, they must be good.” I
reply, not necessarily: doctors are not al
ways right. But if they recommended
them for medicine, this is a pretty clear
proof that they ought not to be taken as a
beverage.
So you see, my little readers, that the
only safe way is to abstain altogether, and
not use any kind of liquor whatever, and
be assured that the good opinion which
many people hold about alcohhol is a great
error.
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An Infant’s Prayer.
A gentleman, whose business detain
ed him from home the part of the time
always looked forward to the Sabbath
not that he might receive spiritual
help in waiting upon the Lord, but
that he might amuse himself listening
to the artless prattle of an only child,
a bright boy of three summers.
The little one was standing on his
papa’s knee, with his arms clasped
about his neck, and his curly head
nestling upon liis shoulder, when his
mama said, “Come Charley, it s time
to go to bed.”
Charley bado good night, but just as
he was leaving the room, he turned
back saying, “Papa, won’t you come
too and hear me say my prayers ?
The fond parent thought his little
one never had looked so sweet, as when
kneeling; with his hands clasped be
side his mother.
“You must kneel, too, papa, just as
mother and I do.
The father knelt. There was one
petition in the simple prayer that
touched his heart: “God bless my
dear papa.” How sweet the words
sounded coming from the child s sweet
lips.
“Now, you must pray too, papa.
This is what I learned to say first; ‘God
bless me.’ Say so, won t you ? *
The father said, “God bless me.
“For Jesus sake, amen; added the
child.
The next evening, about the same
hour, as the father was walking in the
streets, the vision of the darling child
kneeling.and praying for him presen
ted itself to his mind. Just at that
moment a friend touched his arm, say
■ng, “Come with me, let us have some
thing to drink.”
The thought of the child s prayer
saved him.
Boy* Tobacco.
It tends to the softening of the bones
and it greatly injures the brain, the
spina] marrow, and the whole nervous
fluid. A boy who in any way uses
large quantities of tobacco is never
known to make a man of much energj
and generally lacks muscular and
physical as well as mental power.
AA’e would warn boys, who want to b©
anything in the world to shun tobacco
as a most baneful poison.
Am unfortunate Kentucky editor thus
addresses his delinquent subscribers:
“Friends, we are penniless Job s turkey
was a millionaire compared with our pres
ent depressed treasury. To day, it * alc
was two cents a barrel we could not buy
enough to pickle a jay bird.