Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-08-06
THURSDAY. 81 o'clock, p. NJ

THURSDAY, 81 o'clock, P. M.
Grand Division met agreeably to adjourn
ment. Officers same as yesterday. Opened
with singing and prayer. Minutes of yes
terday were read and approved.
Brother O'Neall presented report on
the Report of the G. W. P, which was not
Immediately considered.
The credentials of the following Brothers
having been examined and found correct,
they were accordingly introduced and obli-
gated, viz:
W. H. Anderson, W. P. of No. IA; A.
P. G. Campbell and A. G.. Lawrence, P. W.
P's , and J. r. Wallace, W. P. of No. 30;
J. II. Black and B. G. Presley, P. W. Ps.,
and S. NJ. Johnston, W. P. of No. A 3.
NJ. Cobb, w. p. of No. At; J. A. Barnett,
p. w. P, and D. 7. Partow, W. P. of No.
4S.
The Report on the Grand Worthy Patri-
arch's Report was taken up and adopted:
REPORT.
Worthy Patriarch's Report have rs far as time
and opportunity permitted, considered the same,
and submit the following Report:
The situation of the Order is encouraging
Temperance is experiencing revival. Four new
Divisions have been organized since April. Fifty
one Divisions constitute our numerical strength
with proper efforts during the remnant Of the Sum.
mer and Fall, it may be doubled
We have no doubt that Prohibition is the true
means of making South Carolina sober and contin-
uing her so Our brethren should temporarily and
,risely employ all means in their power to accom-
plish this end. 1t may be that Mt present, the
public mind is only prepared for Prohibition in o
modified sense, such as the prohibition of the
manufacture or sale Of intoxicating drink, in any
quantity, to be drank at the place where sold.-
Such an amendment of our License Law will be
very important and will lead on to final and abso-
lutte prohibition.
We think Divisions, Tents, Societies and Sec
tions, by procuring and owning Halls for meeting,
and accumulating by the weekly dues and initia-
ton fees, may find common motive to keep to-
gether. Frequent pubic meetings are another
means of keeping the brotherhood in their ranks
and increasing their numbers.
We rejoice to hear that q Division of the Sons
has been organized at Due-West, Abbeville Dis
trict. 1t has long been a community distinguish
ed for Temperance and Religion. No College in
the land has been kept as pure as Erskine, and
none has been characterized by better results.
Your Committee in common with the G. W. P,
and the friends of humanity throughout the State,
regret the low condition of Temperance in the
"City of Flowers" the Capital of the State Yet
we are led to believe that with little outward
show. there is a deep-rooted attachment among
the citizens of Columbia to temperance. They
only need O leader who would weekly sound the
tocsin, and then the reproach would be removed.
The necessity of an organ for the State Tenn
perance Society and the Sons, has long been felt.
Indeed, since Brother Corley surrendered his work
of love, the Temperance Standard, we have felt
the necessity more strongly. The Committee ap-
pointed in April, accepted the proposition of Mes
srs. Slider & Crosson, of Newberry, to publish
Family Newspaper, in which Temperance
should have leading position. 1t was yes
terday adopted by the State Temperance Society,
and we recommend to the Grand Division to adopt
it as their organ. In doing this, we would pub
licly acknowledge the great obligation which we
are under to the YoRKvILLE ENQUIRER. 1t has
performed for York, for the State, and for US, q
work of love, which entities it to our appreciation
and commendaion. So too, the Southern Enter