Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1879-02-06
sEMI.ANNUAL REPORT
Of the Audrain County Chris
tian Temperance Union.


Mr.. President and Members Of the
Temperance Un5on:
With tonight, will close the official
term and duties of your Executive
Committee, and your constitution,
making it a part of its duties to
give an "account of their steward
ship" by reporting In writing,
its transactions during the six
months, wherein it has had man
agement of your concerns and inter-
ests, as well as in a general way, to
report the progress of the temperance
work, under its jurisdiction and its
condition, at the close of the term
in view of all which your committee
respectfully beg leave to submit such,
their report, the second of like char
acter in the history of your society.
When your co1nmfttee entered upon
the discharge of its duties, July 27,
1878, and assumed the management
and direction of the vastly important
concerns and interests of your Union,
it found the organization in a
sound financial condition, being Ell
tirely out of debt, wholly free from all
frictions, singularlY removed from
even the appearance of discord, moth
ing but perfect concord and amity
! existing throughout the entire MEM
bership, and, consequently, its work
progressing regularly and healthily,
although in midsummer, and in the
very midst of cheated term," with
out parallel, in this latitude, both for
intensity and duration; indeed, such
was the severity of that term, that all
Industries were more or less paralyZ-
ed, and ordinary business practically
suspended, even down to the early
autumn.
/ Still the regular weekly meetings
were held without intermission, al
ways with full houses, the programme
for each night fully performed, and
at times with obviously and signally
valuable results. During the entire
official term of your committee, but
one regular weekly meeting has been
omitted, and that in the early winter,
by reason only of storm, SO violent
as to entirely suspend all business
throughout your city and to make at
tendance at your hall impossible.
Your committee is happy to be
able to report that the same fraterna
feelings, concord and amity which
were found to exist at the commence
ment of its term, remain and abide
with your Union and all its member
ship, now at the close of its officia
connection with your Union; as wei
7 as its complete obedience of the in
iuction, "owe no man anything" by
YOUR committee, so that it can say
. that your Union is wholly out of debt
, every obligation of it of pecuniar,
character having Eeen fully perform
e ed.
] Your contrac. for the annual renta
& J , sss
ton with this meeting, the Who'll;
rental being fully paid. Your com
mittee cannot forego the pleasure
which all its membership has in being
able now in it's report, to do an &C
of justice by complimenting youl
landlord, W. w. West, Esq, for the
careful studious and kind manner il
which at all times, and at whatever
sacrifice TO himself or his financial in
terests, he has in letter and spirit per-
formed all and every one of the terms
and conditions of your lease with
him, and under which you have occu-
pied your hall.
Inasmuch, as your Union has no
revenue, admission to and continuance
of membership, being ABSOLUTELY with
ont money or price, and the expenses
thereof large, aggregating several
hundred dollars for hall rent, travel
ing expenses for lecturers, music and
songs, AS well as musical instruments,
for the use of the choir and other
wise, and still, all fully paid and dis
charged, it may be significant en-
quiry in the minds of many, whence
come the funds with which all these
expenditures have been paid !?
Whereon the reliance of your ssom-
mittee for like necessary purposes
in the future The answer is easy
and the giving it is great pleasure
to each member of your committee.
The sole reliance of your commit
tee is upon the cordial interest in,
and liberality for your great work of
all your membership, which embraces
almost the entire white population of
your city. The liberality and gener.
osity toward every good work of the
citizens of your city is not only pro-
verbal, but perennial. When your
committee needs money for the eff
cient and successful prosecution and
advancement of the legitimate work
of your Union, it but states that fact,
to the vast audiences at your regular
meeting, and lol glittering, golden |
streams fall into your treasury, ag-
gregating and supplying every need
as wheL the Israelites were wander. |
ing in the wilderness, but another
name for desert, upon and across
blistering sands, under scorching and I
whitening suns, and starving, men and
beast alikefor water, and there was
none in all the region aroand about
Moses, but touched the overhanging
rock, and out of it flowed streams of
clear, rippling, sparkling waters, SO
all did drink and live. II
This reliance upon the liberality OF
your membership and fellow citizens,
for financial aid and support has not
failed your committee in single {
nor will it; nay more, {
in the judgement of your committee,
for aid in your work up
on the goodness of heart and Chris
Bian charity of the citizens of your {
city would be, and is more reliable {
and promptly responsive, to meet the i
wants and demands Of your commit ,
tee than investments in houses and |
lands, mortgages or bonds. With g
such resources, your committee has G
no apprehension that in the future 9
ali its reasonable demands will not be s
net. s
1t would give your committee great t