The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-07-02

Ga; Agency, No. 49,; Frazer, No..33
Ebenezer, No. 40; Carton, No. 1913
Pcarl, No. 755; SaxtOn, No. 74i: Ban
ncr, No. 49,; Buchanan. No. 731 ant
Excelsior Degree Temple, No. 40.
On motion, the convention agreed
70 work in the Third Degree.
a permanent organization was then
effected by the appointment Of the
following officers:
Ed q Sheldon.
ID V T-Sister NJ + Holmes.
ID S-W III Fcagan.
Del V Hunter.
Z ID II G. Moore.
ID Nj G. Holmes.
ID G-Sister Sallie Childcrs-
Sd G. Elliott.
y S-Sister Hattie Johnson.
ID y M-Sister S Boone.
The following committees were
then appointed:
Committee on Rules of Order and
PrOIrammc-Rev. w. Elmer. chair.
man, |. V. Hunter and j. {. Moore.
Committee on Resolutions--A. d.
Kirk, chairman. r. w. Blackburn
and w. N. Winscott.
Committee on Music-T. J. Nc
Mimi. chairman, w. Thorp, and Sis
ter Eva Ransome.
Committee on Comforting the Tn
written Work of the Ordcr-Rev. w.
Elmer, chairman, |. Y. Hunter and j.
G.. Moore.
The Convention adjourned to meet
at eight o'clock in the church, to hear
a lecture by Rev. VIM. Elmer, G.. w.
Chaplain, and to meet Wednesday
morning at nine o'clock.
The following is q synopsis of Rev.
MI. Elmer's lecture:
mtcmpcrancG is an error that
reIgns in every stage of society.
Among the rich and the poor, the i'll
tclligent and illitcrate, it holds its
powerful sway. Burns, of Scotland,
and Edgar Allen Poe, of our own
country, before manhood had fairly
set its mark upon them, fell from
their positions of honor and fame in
to q drunkard,s grave, showing that
intelligence was no safeguard against
this vice.
The effects of this error. though
seen so often, cal never be described
by language. Some things have to be
seen before they can be realized. |
have seen the waves rise around me,
every One wearing a spOtless crown
placed upon them by the storm king.
[ have felt their cruel blows viDrate
through the noble ship they were US
ing as a play thing. In the darkness
of the night [ have sec the same
waves illuminated with the lightning,
that caused their crown to dazzle the
eye with their beauty as they onward
rolled upon the painless deep.
| have been awed at the grandeur of
the storm, riveted to the spot while |
watched it only to be startled by the
wild, wild song it sang upon the
breakers.
| have stood at the base of the
mountains and gazed upon their
s~nOW-capped peaks, crowned with q
sheen of gold, as they were batllcd in
the beams of the rising and setting
sun. [ have watched the same noun
tains, the scene of the storm, when
heavy black clouds rolled across their
SUBMITS. from which the lightning
flashed its angry tongue, and amidst
the loud roar of the mountain cata-
ract and the deafning peals of thun-
der, L have heard the crash Of the
avalanche as it tore down the noun
tain's side. Bnt these scenes have to
be seen to be realized. No word pic
lures can convey to the mind their
awful grandeur. And so when L
come to describe the effects of intem-
perance, language fails me. Can one
put in words or OH paper the misery
of the devoted wife, or the cries of
starving children? Can | picture to
your minds the change in the noble
minded man whose daily return home
was welcomed by the kiss of his de-
voted wife, whose return was seren-
AIDED by the ripling laughter Ofhappy,
innocent children, but who comes
home now only to curse and BIAS
pheme? But what changed the man?
1t is the old, old answer-strong
drink.
Mr.. Elmer then gave a scathing re-
view of the liquor traffic and its eff
fects upon the prosperity of the coun-
try, giving a number Of statistics
showing the money squandered and