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tunes;amd their sacred honor, part of the 1
citizens of this neighborhood assembled
at Hebron Church, and after listening to
’ ri very animated discourse from the Rev.
L. \V r . Bryan, proceeded to form a tem
perance association by the name and
style of the “Hebron Washingtonian
•Society.” Pour spirited addresses were t
delivered, interspersed with appropriate ,
songs, viz : the song recommended in j
the Banner pf tfio;l~>th ult., “ Wnter
from its fountains gushing,’ 1 “ The Tee
totaller,” “The Temperance ball,” &e.
The Constitution was then read and u
dopted, and the.Chairman requested all
who felt disposed to live up to its require
ments, to eonto forward and append their ,
names —the way they rushed to the So- J
cretary’s table was a c n ution to tipplers.
Forty-eight names were speedily enroll
ed. It would have done your heart
good, Mr. Editor, to have witnessed the
noble enthusiasm of the men, and the
encouraging smiles of the ladies. Old
King Alcohol received n blow that day
which will long be. remembered at He
bron. In short, the whole congregation
(save three and the small children) took
the pledge of total abstinence from all
that can intoxicate. After the organi
zation of the Society the meeting ad
journed to a shady grove and partook of
an excellent dinner prepared by the la
dies of the. vicinity. No alcohol was
there. Nature’s beverage circulated
freely, coolly, and'soberly. After the
doth was removed, instead ot wine and
champaign, watermelons were brought
on, and the way our temperance folks
demolished them was the right way.—
The afternoon was spent in social con
versation and singing—the ladies joining
their sweet voices to those of the men,
made not only the welkin, hut the pine
woods ring, with most delightful harmo
ny. Every eye beams with animation,
and every heart seemed filled with grat
itude to Heaven for the blessings we en
joyed. The company reluctantly sep
arated a little before sunset, and best of
all, each retired to a happy temperance
home.
you, friend Ilrantly, that this
is no overdhWn” ptetnre. -
ticipated in many, and some veiy im
posing celebrations of the 4th of July,
but this washy far, the most pleasant of
them all—-it was indeed, “the feast ol
reason and the flow ot soul.
Very trulv, your friend,
ELIAS FORT.
Anniversary and Temperance
Meeting-
On the morning of the fourth, a por
tion of the good citizens of Jefferson and
the adjoining counties, (according to pre
vious notice) assembled themselves at
Mt. Moriah Campground, to celebrate
the Anniversary or birth day bt their
liberties as it becomes freemen to do, on
such an occasion. Connected with the
anniversary celebration, was the discus
sion of the temperance reformation,
which is, now going on in this highly fa
vored land pf ours. Those present as
sembled themselves in tire church, at
about eleven o’clock, A. M., when Geo.
Stapleton was called to the Chair, and
S. A. Allen requested to act as Secreta
ry. The house being called to order,
the Chairman briefly stated the object of
the meeting. The Secretary was then
requested to read out tho order of the
day, which was as follows : Prayer by
the Rev‘. Mr. M’Caw ; Declaration by
JahiesVV. Allen; Oration by Dr. Lacy,
followed by Temperance addresses froM
the Rev. Mr. Triggs and the Rev. Jo
seph Polhill in tho forenoon, and Dr- E-
Carswell and Dr. Hook in the afternoon,
in tho order of their names. The speak
ers did themselves much credit; their
several addresses were marked with
much ability, “comprehending much
in few words.” Volunteers were then
called for, when James W. Allen came
forward and addressed the audience in
ORGAN OP THE SONS OF TEMPERANCE AND STATE CONVENTION.
| a more pathetic manner. The pledge
was then presented to those present who
had not attached their names to tho
pledge previously. There being but
lew of that character present,. conse
quently hut few joined. Oil motion of
Mr. Brinson the following committee
were qipninted by the chairman for tho |
‘purpose of selecting or appointing the j
| place of the next anniversary meeting;
j and also of inviting someone to deliver j
tlio anniversary address before that meet-;
ing, which committee was composed of:
the following gentlemen : James \V. Al
len. Chairman, Moves Brinson, Edward
Carswell, Dr. E. Carswell, S. A. Allen,
I and John Gun'. On, motion the Chair- i
| man of tho meeting was added to the j
committee. The committee to meet at j
such time and place as might be desig
nated by the Chairman of said commit
tee. On motion of Mr. Brinson,
Resolved , That the thanks of this!
meeting he presented to the speakers of
the day for tho able manner in which
they acquitted themselves.
On motion of someone present, it was
Resolved, That the Secretary make
out a report of the proceedings of this
meeting and forward the same to the
Banner for publication.
On motion the meeting adjourned.
GEORGE STAPLETON, Chair.
S. A. Allen, See.
For the Temperance Banner.
Rough & Ready, July 11,1849.
The Ezzard Division Sons of Tem
perance having previously determined
to have a public procession and march
on the 4th July, and in order to make it
more imposing, determined to have a
public dinner for the occasion, and spread
our table in tho wilderness and among
the opposors of our order—we accord
ingly awaited our Brothers of the Atlan
ta, Jonesboro, Union, Decatur and Fay
etteville Divisions. The day came —a
fine morning, promising a fine turnout,
| and sure enough here tho came, men,
women and children, to the number of
some where between four and six hun
dred. We had our meat preparing—a
(Wmh; j - n.-..
The Division opened at Id'Trclock,
and after arranging for the order of
march, we were formed in procession by
our worthy brother Josiah Chambers,
assisted by brother W. H. Flowers, both
members of the Jonesboro Division. A
strange sight for this country—-about
one hundred Sous of Temperance, all
clothed in appropriate,regalia; and what
greatly added to the sight and made it
more imposing, was our little Cold Wa
ter Army,numbering souse thirty. We ;
then marched about one quarter of a j
mile, passing all the. families and groce- ]
ry of our little town, returned and pass- !
ted by the Division Room amidst ;u gaz
ing crowd, to a beautiful Grove of na
ture’s own forming, where we had pre
pared seats and erected a stand, and af
ter the people were all seated a throne
of Grace was addressed by the Rev.
T. L. Thomas —after which the Divis
ion was presented with a beautiful Bible,
by our brother Wm. Shadrick, A. C.,
and received by tho Chaplain of the Di
vision, W. D. Starr, each making re
marks appropriate; the A. C. in behalf
of the Ladies, arid the Chaplain in be
half of the Division. After which, all’
in regular order, the Ladies, through
Dr. A. N. Clardy, presented the Divis
ion a beautiful Banner in the name of
Mrs. Rice and in behalf of the Ladies
friendly to our Order, and received by
Wm. R. Owen, W. P., in bohalf of tlie
Division. Both Clardy and Owen mak
ing remarks appropriate and interesting.
After which tho whole congregation
was eloquently addressed by our wor
thy brothers Wm. Ezzard and N. Man
gum—the whole listened to attentively
by the people, and caused the deep root
ed prejudices of some of the most violent
opposers of our order to give way.
We, at 2 o’clock, took our refresh
ment, and after all laid dined, again re
paired to the stand to listen at the elo
quence of three of our Cold Water Ar
my,.-upon whom the hope of the country
rests, lor the future, (to wit:) Canine’s
little son, Wm. Osborn’s son, and Robt.
Hull’s sou, for appropriateness and elo
quence, seldom equalled and never ex-1
■ celled; indeed, would have done honor ■
jto older heads. Thus the day passed j
j away—no alcohol to excite—all was
1 peace and harmony. The Division was :
again formed and marched back to the
Division Room, and before closing, the
Division, bv resolution, took a vote of
! thanks to Mrs. Rice for the taste dis
j played by her in preparing our Banner
j and that she receive it as it appears in
I oUKciiinmunication.
Resolved, That a committee of three
j be appointed to draft up arid forward to
! the Temperance Banner for publication,
tho. proceedings of tho day, Whereap
on Dr. A. N. Clardy, Wm. Shadrick,
and J. W. Cathy he that committee.
In obedienco to the above resolution,
wo; the committee, Imve.drawn up the
fifegoing brief report of the proceedings’
of the 4th, and forward it to the Banner
foj publication, with a request that the
American Whig and Jeffersonian pub
lish one time.
WM. SHADRICK, )
A. N. CLARDY, ‘ Com.
J. W. CATHY. )
For the Temperance Banner.
Bear Brother Branthj —lt lias been
the wisli of some of our order for some
tiriie that the public should bo apprised
of the unparalleled reformation in our
town and vicinity. Truly tlie wilder
ness lias blossomed as the rose—when
we compare the present with the past,
we not only concur with the language
of divine inspiration, that sin is a re
proach to any nation, but wo are con
strained to add, intoxicating spirits is a
reproach to any town, and surely Spring
Place has had its share of that scourge,
am( as it has been notorious for its vice
ami immorality, it is now, or lastly ap
v*jr: ‘Hinting to tlnq point, when it will
wi tirtfnirKwim mi; |
and steady habits. This speaks in tan-1
guage that cannot bo misunderstood—
the causes'whfoji have hitherto bound
our town down so long in iron chains —
but the dawn of” her reformation is ush
ering in and ere long she will be sum
moned to a seat among the most respec
table villages, in tlie State. Only six
months ago Coliuttali Divission was or
ganized at this place under very unfa
vorable circumstances—as it advances,
! persecution recedes, and we number
i now 82, and every regular meeting
more or less are added to its numbers.
We had quite an interesting time on tlie
4th of July at Spring Place. At 10
o’clock the Sons of Temperance met at
tho Division hall and formed the proces
sion under the direction of brother A.
S. Jartiegan and M. Murphy, Marshals
of the day. The procession then march
ed to the Court House where they were,
greeted by an immense nurriber of La
dies and Gentlemen who were in wait
ing. Miss Caroline Buchanan then
stept forward in the name and behalf ol j
the Ladies of Spring ,Plnce, and present
ed us a most beautiful Banner, elegant
ly adorned with the appropriate mottos,
accompanying tho same with an impres
sive speech that would have done honor
to any ludy in any age of the world. —
Indeed, her angelic countenance and
sweet melodious voice, with strains of
unprecedented eloquence and flights of
fancy,. created an unusual sensation,
and seemed to effect the whole audience
—many of whofn shed tears. On the
reception of the banner, brother D. A.
Walker, Esq., responded in a speech of
some length, highly creditable to him
self and to those he represented.
Miss R. Ramsey then presented to
the Division u Bible, through Bro. Wil
liam A. Simmons, who, in his usual pa
thetic and eloquent manner, interested
the audience in a speech, in which he
has inflicted a wound upon the body of
tlie tyrant (alcohol) of such a character
I hope that can never be healed. Bro.
J. W. Ramsey responded in u few very
j appropriate and interesting remarks.—
The division thou marched in proces
j sion to a stand in the grove, erected for
I die purpose, followed by a dense crowd
j of spectators of both sexes, all anxious to
see what was to be done next. Bro. J.
A. W. Johnson arose from the stand anil
with his usual characteristic blauduess,
read the Declaration of ■ Independence
in a style highly commendable. After
which, Bro. J. C. Burch, the Orator of
the day, arose and in a speech of about
one hour in a very able and masterly
manner, adverted first to the cause
which led to the American revolution,
and tho happy effects resulting from our
form q 1 and the necessity
of guarding against tho vicious and un
principled politician, least ours might
eventually share the fate of Greece and
Rome, he then gave a synopsis of the
rise and progress of the order of the
Sons of Temperance, and towards the
conclusion argued the inconsistency of
members of the different churches op
posing the order. And lam told since,
some dram loving Christians have be
come ashamed of their beverage and
are coining up like lambs to. the slaugh
ter or calves to the stall, others more
hardy argue that temperance is not es
sential to salvation—that we need not
expoet to get to heaven by that alone,
whilst I awfully fear they, in treating
this matter as unimportant, they neglect
tlie essential point. At the close the
whole company was conducted to a
sumptuous table prepared by the citi
zens of Spring I’laeo and vicinity. Col.
James Edmondson acting as,President,
and Capt. C. W. Bond as Vice. After
the company had partaken of the good,
things of this life to their satisfaction,
and pleasant smiles and merry chitchats
and drinking the pure mountain stream,
all returned home satisfied.
For the Tomperance itu.h,cr. 4
Griffin, June 19th, 1849.
Dear Bro. Brantly , —Since I last
wrote you, I have had the pleasure ot
organizing five Divisions. One in
Fayette,and Bloodworth, Adkins, Free
mont and Freeman Divisions, in Pike,
which make the number of seven in
old Pike. Don’t you feel disposed to
whisper (at least) well done, who would
huve thought it! Seven Divisions in
ihedark region af Pike, don’t that beat
“ all natur!” Well, it is strange, but
stranger tilings than these will happen
some time, and some have already taken
place, which will be communicated to
you some of these days ; look out, and
when you learn the facts, you will ex
claim, well! well 1! well!!! who would
have thought it? Close the doors of a
church against temperance “talkers.”
Hindi, old man, not a word above your
breath, you might wound the tender feel
ings of that “ good hearted” deacon, if
you say anything about it. If you do
not “ talk too loud” about it lie will
never find out that you know any thing
about it. at all, from the fact, that he
does not read the Bannor.
Well, uncle Ben, notwithstanding all
these oppositions, our cause is onward
in •“ these diggins,” and lor its success
wc are greatly indebted to brother Jo
seph Adkins, that faithful apostle of
temperance. For the past three months
he has been closely engaged in the con
test. Ho has-met the ’adversariesof the
Old Prince in the plains pf Marilhon,
and dispersed them ; from thence the
enemy retreated to the straits of Tlier
rnopylic; where a deadly conflict ensu
ed. And though the enemy fought to
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