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

MR. EoIroh If you will indulge nc n
little While l will give your readers few
facts regarding Broadaway Division Sons of
Temperance, we'll 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.
fetal results Of this organi. ,!ion are well
known.
This Division. believe, was organized on
the l4th day of October, 1874, with perhaps
about thirty-five members, about onc-tbird
Of whom were lediee. Thty 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 Ear beyond their most san.
guine expectations. Our community can
now with pleasure ascribe to them the
plaudit, well DONE" The lovely and nc.
conplished 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
soc;ety. In consequence Of this the r:-;s.
ION stood the ato7my campaign of 1876,
when many of the societies ceased to work.
You Will naturally DO lead to ask, What
has this organization done extraordinarily
Your attention is directed to few facts
WHICH are easily perceived, and are not
matters OF insignificance Good houses of
substantial class have taken the places of
dilapidated ones, fat horses Of poor ones.
pleasant, felicitous and proud homes of de-
graded and unpleasant ones and, as a gen.
tleman recently remarked, yards formerly
| hlled with litter and plank are now piled
up with bales Of cotton" Is not this an
| achievements The Division has been one
OF the main auxiliarics 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..
f.: what great change has taken place
IN this community since passed here about
three years ago. Do you attribute it to
Democratic rule?" Mr.. 2. very sensbly
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 pa tied, we were assured there
was STUFF i'll thcm-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
mild could conceive or heart desire. II
seemed to me it would almost be sin to
destroy the beauty of it; but when our ef-
ncient w. +. extended the invitation to re-
plenish the inner man, We, like Adam
could not resist the temptation but felt
constrained TO taste. Tuste-if YOU had
seen Judge NJ, tho Major and the Captain
at the table you would not have called it
tasting. we expect shortly 10 src ti,c1I, ti,
crutchcs with their feet on their shoes. But
why should IN 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 i'm the
way OF hastily gotten vi 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
i'll 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, ali Of whom
were glad they belonged to old Broadway
Division. q