Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-02-11
THURSDAY MORNING, 81 o'clock.
,he Grand Division met pursuant to ad'

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journment.
Officers present. john Cordero, G.. W.
A, acting as G. W. P; S. S. McCully, P.
G. w. P, pro tenn; S. G. Barkley, G.. W.
A., pro ten; B. D. Townsend, G. S.; Geo.
S. Bower, G. T. DR.. J. E. B. Evans, G.
c., pro tenn; J. j. Redwood, 6. Sentinel.
The Grand Division opened in due form.
DR.. H. J. Neill appeared and took his
seat in the Grand Division.
w. L. DePass, P. w. P, of Wateree
Division, No. 9, was announced by the G.
Sentinel as being in waiting; his credentials
vouched for, land brother DePass was duly ini-
tiated.
The Committee on the G.. W. P's Report,
submitted the following Report which was
adopted:
The Committee to whom was referred the report
of the G. w. Patriach, beg leave to report that
they have had the same under consideration, and
respectfully submit the reflections suggested by
its pcrusal.
Notwithstanding the loss of several members of
Division No. SO, of Orangeburg, being loss aris-
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of said Division not to have drones among them,
rather than form any REIMBURSEMENT of the
principle Of total abstinence in the members sus-
pended from the Order, and therefore more in
dcative of a growing zeal in the Sons of No. 81
than of the opposite feeling, and notwithstanding
the few decle.sions alluded to by the G. W. Pa
circumstance t. be fully expected and calculated
upon in every sort of organization on earth,
whether secular or religious-yet your Committee
are persuaded that the of the Sons, regarded
throughout the extent of the whole State, is ad-
vancing in influence and moral power-that the
organization Of every new Division, is evidence Of
a progress implying much more than the mere ac-
cession of Il certain number of names on the re-
cords of the particular Divsiou-and that the
influence of the Order is found to extend to thous
ands never connected with the Sons, in diminishing
the use of alcoholic drinks and even in inducing
in many instances its total abandonment as o
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Your Committee approve highly of the sugges-
tions of the G. w. p, in reference to the impor-
tance of establishing a Newspaper, for the dis
semination Of our principles and as common
medium of correspondence, inasmuch as recent
effort in this direction has proved impractible at
present, your Committee under this circumstance,
would recommed to the respective Divisions in the
different districts in order to attain the public ear
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papers published in their Districts, or thoses
usuy read in their Districts. The regular en-
ployment Of these papers by the brethren, either
by original communications or selected articles,
must assuredly result in disseminating those truths
the Sons deem so essential to the earthly happiness
of our people, and their moral Improvement
The Committee fully approve also the sugges-
ton Of the G. W. p, on the subject of State
Lecturer but from the absence of the necessary
funds to accomplish so desirable an object your
Committee cannot now undertake to recommend
any action on this matter.
With these remarks your Committee would
submit their Report, deeming it unnecessary to
accompany it with any formal resolutions.
W. G. BEATTY,
THOS. 4. ELLIOTT,
O. r. THOMPSON.
w. G. Buchanan, w. P, of Fairfield
Division, No Is, was in waiting to be ini-
tiated; his credentials having been examined
and found to be correct yesterday. On mo-
ton, brother Buchanan was introduced and
obligated.
The Finance Committee submitted the
following Report, which was adopted
The Committee to whom was referred the follow
ing accounts, beg leave to report that they have
examined them and lind them correct and recon-
mcId their payment:
Act. of Charleston Standard Adv'ing So GO
" Carolina Times, 2 20
" Yorkvc Enquirer, 30 80
{" National Division, Blue Books
Cards, per centage SC, So 43
" Grand Scribe, for Envelopes
Stamps, freight on Rituals, &C., 2G 90
Sl2G So
Respectfully submitted,
H. B. McMASTER,
j. R. SCHORB,
A. C. FEASTER.
The Committee on the Grand Scribe and
Grand Treasurer's Reports, submitted the
following Report, which was adopted;
Your Committee appointed to examine the re-
ports of the drand Scribe and Grand Treasurer,
have discharged that duty, and are pleased to
state we find no error; but that the reports read
before you, correspond with the books of their
respective ofices-therefore, finding the reports
correct, recommend their adoption.
We find on comparing this with the previous re-
port that our beloved Order is maintaining its