The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-06-05
Broadaway Division.


Mr.. Eb11oR; If you will indulge me
little While 1 will give your readers few
facts regarding Broadway Division, Sons of
Temperance, well known organization in
this County. Its place of meeting is well
known to the community to be IN hall
near Meals Creek Church, because the ben
hcial results of this organization are well
known.
This Division. believe, was organized on
the 14th day of October, 1874. with perhaps
about thirty-fve members, about one9tbird
of whom were ladies. They were persons
of integrity Of purpose, and their firm de-
termination and the patriotic loyalty which
they bore to the honored cause has insured
them success far beyond their most SAN
guine expectations. Our community can
now with pleasure ascribe to them the
plaudit, "Well DONE" The lovely and ac.
rotiplished women have adorned the hall
by their presence and smiles. With these
and many other incentives the men could
do nothing but show their allegiance to the
society. In consequence of this the Diyis-
ion stood the stormy campaign of 1876,
when many of the societies ceased to work.
You will naturally be lead to ask, What
has this organization done extraordinarily?
Your attention is directed to a few facts
which are easily perceived, and are not
matters of insignihcance: Good houses of
n u,,br al III ho,, 30, fho, af
dilapidated ones, fat horses of poor ones,
pleasant, felicitous and proud homes Of de-
graded and unpleasant ones, and as gen.
tleman recently remarked, "yards formerly
filled with litter and plank are now piled
up with bales of cotton" Is not this an
achievement The Division has been one
of the main auxiliaries in bringing about
this reformation of our affairs. The follow
ing conversation recently took place between
two prominent gentlemen who were travel
ing through the community in which this
society is located. Mr.. W. remarked to Mr..
P: "What great change has taken place
in this community since passed here about
three years ago. Do you attribute it to
Democratic ruler" Mr.. P. very sensibly
answered: ''In part only; that temperance
society at Meals Creek has had something
to do with it,"
On last Saturday night pound supper
was given in the hall, after the exercises of
the Division were over, which, though has
tily gotten up, resulted in complete sue
cess. From an hour to two hours after the
sun had disappeared behind the western
horizon could be seen the members coming
in every direction with their baskets; and
Mr.. Editor, from the way the carriers leaned
sideways and painted, we were assured there
was "stuff'' in them-and stuff it proved to
be. After the table had been prepared on
it could be seen delicacies, substantials,
nick-nacks and, in fact, everything of which
mind could conceive or heart desire. 1t
seemed to me it would almost be sin to
destroy the beauty of it; but when our eff
fcient W. T. extended the invitation to re-
plenish the inner man, we, like Adam,
could not resist the temptation, but felt !
constrained to taste. Taste-if you had |
seen Judge NJ, the Major and the Captain
at the table you would not have called it |
tasting. We expect shortly to see them on
crutches with their feet on their shoes. But |
why should an allusion be made to them
particularly? We are all as deep in the
mud as they are in the mire. Surely,
from the amount of good eatables brought,
the ladies expected MS to stay there week. |
Upon the whole it was one of the most |
pleasant and best conducted affairs in the
way of hastily gotten up supper it has
ever been the good privilege of the writer
to enjoy. Oh, that there was one every
Saturday night! After all had participated |
in the social pleasures of the occasion, the
ladies piled back into their baskets the nice
cakes, &C., which we're left from supper, and
then the large crowd dispersed, all of whom
were glad they belonged to old Broadway
Division. G.