Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-07-30
THE TEMPERANCE CELEBRATION.

The third Quarterly meeting Of the Grand Dl-
vision. Sons Of Temperance. convened in our town
on Wednesday, the 22d instant; and was made the
occasion for grand demonstration the ike OF
which it has seldom been the good fortune OF tenn
nerance men to witness in South Carolina. In
Ioot;np forward to this demonstration of the
"Banner District" our readers know that we had
INDUCED abundant hopes: and now, in reviewing
;ts incidents and results We can happily write 1t
down that our best anticipations have been fully
verified, and in q manner we'll calculated TO call
out the congratulations of every lover Of his KIND
Wednesday afternoon, after having attended the
Anniversary meeting of the State Temperance So
c;etv. IT Chester, the members of the Grand Dl-
vision arrived and took their quarters at STOVES
Hotel, and in the evening convened in the Tempe
rance Hall, where they were welcomed, oy the
Kings Mountain and York Divisions, in hand
some address by W. 3. METTs, Esq, Worthy Pa
triarch of York Division. To this warm and gen.
ial greeting HENRY SUMNER, ESQ.,, e., W. r. res
nonded in behalf of the Grand Division, in an ap-
propriate and happy address. This was altogeth'
er an interesting ceremony; and Its erect was
greatly heightened by the presence of bright
circle of Lady-Visitors, whose beauty and smiles
could not but cheer the toil-worn crusaders, who
had from far and near brought their offerings and
placed them upon our shrine. After the Subordl-
nate Divisions had retired, the Grand Division pro-
ceeded to business and during the sessions per-
formed the pleasing ceremony of initiation for for
ty-four members-for the most part from our own
District. To the veteran members in attendance
this must have been gratifying spectacle, afor-
ding as it did conclusive evidence Of the unpar-
alleled success of the great work in York District
But the best, the most gratifying evidence, was
reserved to be shown on the morrow. Early
Thursday morning, before our towns'people had
been thoroughly aroused, even before the bright
sun had cleverly begun his unclouded round num-
bers of our friends from the country began to
flock through and enliven the streets-each bring
ing to the feast that unfaling sign Of hospitable
| SOUL a great budget of picnic rarites. The
town-people, although e1pectingan On unusual crowd,
began very early to show themselves surprised
and to talk of the Railroad Celebration, of Tues-
day of Court" of Notification, Of Cooperation
and Secession times, and of the great crowds they
had seen here and elsewhere But they were
taken at fault clearly-never had seen such an ex-
hibiton of numbers in Yorkylle; and as the
crowds continued to pour in from every road ana
by-path, those of them who had been fearful OF
the result looked brightly and with light heart
went forward to the attractive pleasures Of the
day.
At an early hour, the Grand Division was again
opened, and, among other proceedings, section
of Cadets was organized by Judge O'NEALL. At
ten o'clock, the Marshal of the Day, ALLsroN, as
sisted by Marshals ADAMS and GALBRA1TH, began
to bring order out of the confusion-the multitude,
at their word of command, ranging themselves un-
der their respective banners. The procession thus
formed, consisting of the several Divisions of the
District and the visiting members, escorted by the
Cadets of the Military School under Maj. JENKINS,
received the Grand Division in front of the Hall,
and proceeding to q position opposite STOVES
Hotel was Joined by the Lady-Visitors Of the sew
eral Divisions and the ctiz ems generally. 1t was
the largest procession we have ever seen; dyet'
such is the strange antipathy which men have to
Joining procession that not half the Sons of
Temperance present contributed to the demonstra-
t;on The mind cannot well conceive prouder
spectacle-one more completely invested with
true moral grandeur-than was presented by that
splendid array, assembled not under the excite
ment of war or of political strife, but banded TO-
gether by a great moral purpose and voluntarily
obeying complete order and decorum present
Ing a. fer o. eye could rssch the untssnished eu'