Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-10-12
THE GOOD TEMPLARS.
rwely We LODGES IN RICHMOND WITH
OVER ONE THOUSAND MEMBERS.
A,rr., Mating Tomorrow Of District
No. 1.-The woman's Christian Union
TO Meet In Norfolk

There are twelve working lodges Of Good
Tsmnlars in the city under the jurisdic-
tion of District Lodge, No. !, of which Ju-
lin. A. Hobson is district chief templar
and +. D. Miller district secretary.
These lodges meet weekly. and at each
se.sion Of late one or more members have
been added to the rolls, the present total
membership in the city being about one
thousand, Two new lodges have recently
been organized. and others are in contem-
The District Lodge embraces in its juris-
dic.ion the lodges of this city ana Man;
chester. West Point, Wllliamsburg' and
tho counties of Henrico, Chesterheid' and
Hanover.
pIsrRIcr-LoDGE afEETrsG.
The annual meeting Of this body Will be
held ut Springfield Hall with Cnarlty
Lodge on Monday the 18TH instant NJ -
o'clock. There will be three sessions daily
and large attendance Is expected Inc
Grand Lodge will be represented on the
ocrasion nv Grand Secretary George W.
Hawxhurst. of Fairfax county, and Grand
Vice-Templar Mrs. A. J. Pyle, OF this city,
The former official IL now IN the city ana
during the past week visited the following
lodces-viz: West End Rescue. Trinity,
Confederate Soldiers Home, Fulton, JET
ferson, Sidney. and Church Hill lie re-
ports the order here in healthy ana pros
porous condition. more so than In any
other section of the State.
woMAN's CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION.
The annual meeting of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union OF TINS state
will be held in Norfolk, commencing Octo-
Der Dist. and will continue for four days.
The organization in this city will be repre-
sented by the following delegates-YIz, {;
Mrs. W. II. Peasants. Mrs. Julius A. Hob
con. Mrs. Thomas Whitehead, Mrs. l.. Rod
gers. Mrs. Z. j. Larmun, Mrs. G. II. Corey,
Mrs. NJ Il. Lee, Mrs. J. W. Anderson, and
Miss r. Horn. The session of the state
organization promises 20 be largely attend
ed by delegates from the various Local or
carnations throughout the jurisdiction;
and the result of its deliberations Will
without doubt be greatly beneficial TO the
cause in which the ladies are so deeply in-
terested.
On next Wednesday at p. NJ. the union
of this city will meet at the Friends meet
ng-house. on Clay street near tlrst' tor
the purpose Of eecting officers for the
year and transsoting other important busl-
ness connected with the annual session.
SIDNEY LODGE.
Ouitc large number of the members OF
Sidney Lodge, No. 42s, |. o. g. T., assem-
bled al Belvidere Hall Friday night. There
were several propositions for em6ershlp,
the usual routine of business, and lnltia-
tons disposed of. A large number OF yisi-
tors took part in the exercises OF theeye-
ming, prominent among whom were Grand
Worthy-Secretary George W. Hauxhurst;
Messrs. Luther Ashby, st. Clair, Edward
Williams, w. J.. Williams, Meers, and
Adams, Soldiers Home; IL. G. Maclean, OF
Surprise Lodge. Williamsburg Robert
Mittitt. Thomas Mittitt, Emmett Taylor,
and 4. RI. Folkes. of Rescue. Interesting
remarks were made by Messrs. Robert Nit
tilt. Thomas Mittltt. Edward Williams; W;
l.. Williams, Emmett Taylor, W. Hall
Crew, Ashby, Pillow, Maclean, and 81.
CLAIR. On Wednesday night. the 10Th, the
superintendent. Mrs. J. b. Wood, will en-
terrain Soldiers Home Lodge with her
Temple of Juveniles, numbering one hun
dred and sixty-sIx.
TEMPERANCE MEETING.
Messrs. r. G. Traylor and Fielding Pol
lard, will address public Temperance
meeting TO. day at 2:30 y. NJ. at Coalheld,
held under the auspices of Midlothian
Lodge of Good 1emplars. Grand-Secre-
tary G. w. Hawxhurst and District-Chlef-
Templar j. A. Hobson will accompany the
speakers.