Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1851-01-31
FOR THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE.
MILTON DIVISION, NO. So.

Bro. GoRMAN Last Monday was a great
day for our Division and the cause of Tenn
perance in Milton and its vicinity. The
Division having despatched one Of their
members with a suitable conveyance to meet
Brother Philip S. White, the distinguished
temperance Lecturer, he came across him
at " entworth, in Rockingham county, and
conducted him to Milton, where he arrived
on Sunday night, and stopped at the Milton
Hotel, where suitable quarters had been
provided for him.
On Monday morning, at an early hour,
the brethren from the neighboring Divisions,
as well as citizens generally, were found
vending their way to Milton to hear the ad-
dress Of Bro. White, and our town soon
presented a scene Of animation and interest
worthy Of the Importance of the occasion.
At 10 o'clock, the Division met in their
room and initiated several members. They
then, with the Cadets Of Temperance, formed
a procession Numbering one hundred or
more,) headed by the Danville Brass Band
of Music, and after marching down and up
the main street, they received Bro. White,
and the Rev. Brother Walter. Of Ohio
They then proceeded to the Presbyterian
Church, where a large congregation of la.
dies and gentleman we're in attendance
The Sons and Cadets having taken the seats
reserved for them, after music by the band
an appropriate and eloquent prayer was of
fered by the Chaplain, the Rev. John H
Lacy, Of the Baptist Church. Bro. Whit
was then introduced to the assembly by Bro
: Caleb H. Richmond, ESQ, D. G. w. P.
of the Division-when he addressed then
Z in his usual, eloquent and forcible manner
t carrying conviction deep and strong, to eve
t ry unprejudiced mind of the great impol
: lance of the temperance reform, and of tn
+ effective agency of our Order in a~cceleri
ting its ultimate triumph. Never was a
e audience more deeply interested and entel
d tanned, and they gave evidence of the
+ feelings in repeated bursts of applause.
After the conclusion of the address,
committee waited on the congregation, whe
twenty-six persons gave in their names
It candidates for admission to our Order, en-
J. bracing a number Of our most distinguish
d citizens, among them Mr.. Dabney Terry, IL
keeper (and proprietor) Of the Milton H
tel, who had a license to retail ardent spi
its. The congregation were then dismiss
with the Benediction by Brother Waite
Is when the Sons and Cadets again formed
d. procession, and after marching through Il
s. principal streets, returned to their room.
Att o'clock in the afternoon, the Div
W ion again met in their Hall, and formed
re beautiful and imposing tOrch-light proct
&c sion. They again marched to the Hotel al
reg and received Bro. White, and conduct
be hiIn to the Church. After prayer by t
O. Rev. j. Doll, of the Presbyterian Churc
ID and a member of the Division, be again 8
= dressed the audience, which was even long
of than in the day. At the conclusion Of t
it address, in which he had urged the imp
to lance of every friend of Temperance givi
la his aid in the good work, he appealed to
,ss ladies' as to their opinion, when a unanimc
Id and favorable response was Immediately 6
en- by them, in promptly rising from tn