The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1859-08-10
The Order in South Carolina.

We are happy Ia learn from our excel
lent Grand Scribe that the Order in this
State has taken fresh start within the
last few months.
Some fourteen or fifteen new Divisions
were organized during the last quarter,
most OF them in pnpulnus nerghhorhoods,
where our standards had never been plan
ted before, and 1t is especially gratifying
to hear that the Parishes in our low coun,
try are beginning 10 move in the matter,
several hew Divisions having been planted
in that section Of the State recently.
When we obtained this information
from the Grand Scribe last week, forty
six OF the old Divisions had made returns
for the last quarter, and twelve had failed
to report up to that time.
The membership returned bv the old
Divisions amounts 10 about two thousand
besides the unascertained members in the
ten or twelve whose returns were not
made up at the end of las, week
We now have on the register upwards
of seventy Divisions in good working or
der, with the prospect of important add
tons during the present quarter.
The next report Of our Grand Scribe
will, in All probability, show more Divi.
sons on the roll, and perhaps more mem.
bers, than have ever been returned be
fore, besides a large number of Lsdy Wis
itoIs.
We trust that the Grand Division now
in session At Rock llili will prune off all
the dead and decaved branches, so rs TO
have hereafter only living, active. work
ing Divisions. that all returns NAV come
IN promptly at the proper time, and thus
INFORM us exactly how The order stands
in this State, AT the end OF every quarter.
We have al"ays advocated the policy
Of exercising prompt discipline, rs well
with Divisions ~ with members.
There is one disconraglng feature that
we have observed recently. A few OF the
Old leading Divisions in the State are even
now, when the Order is reviving every.
where else, cold likeness. and almost dead.
We remember three Divisions that
were for years regarded as the most flour.
ishing and important in the State, that
are now sickIv, and will soon die, without
judicious treatment.
Some Of our oldest and most Gistin
guished members, too, have recently re
tired from active work, and only maintain
sort Of honorary connection with the
Order.
They NAV attend the meetings of the
subordinate Divisions TO which they be
long, but it is certain that they habitual
" absent themselves from the meetings
of the Grand and NAtional Divisions -
Will the old guard, after having worn
the highest badges Of distinction in the
Order, now when we have every right TO
expect their services, desert our standards,
and look on indifferentIy and careIessly
whilst raw recruits are struggling against
a formidable enemyi
The absence Of these old veterans from
our meetings. is we'll calculated to dis
courage youthful Sons aud bow can wise
counsels prevail in the representative
meetings Of our Order, if none but the
young and inexperienced attend
We trust that the revival spirit which
is now moving the masses of our State To
embrace our glorious principles, will also
extend itself t. our old. retired. bonofed
Fathers Of temperance -Bennettsviilt
Son.