The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-09-07

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Aug. 18th 1898 EpIrog CArCA.
\ SIAN Wheu | vas Al Grvrnshoro
a',eeding = meeting 81 shc State
/ Alliance, spoke To the brethren
about The great benefits TO b. derived
by every sub-Alliance ia the State
getting up question box. | gave
them my short experience ia our sub
Alliance at RlchlandS. We had
/ reached the point where IL was i'm.
/ possible "a get our members "a at
Z tend. TIA. FIRST evening we tried the
question box. We realized II Was
gord thing, ! heard several of our
members say IL Was the best meeting
| they bad ever attended. the next
meeting We had full attendance
| and have had ever since, and the
! brethren claim IL H. the most interest
| ing line OF Information We have ever
reached. Now many of the brethren
seem not to understand how this
| question box was conducted. So |
| promised To write To TnE CAUCASIAN
| explaining il as best | could: also II
/ every suh-Alliance in the State II the
reform papers would copy il.
lst. Let every member write u
| question on a slip of paper and place
II in a small box sitting on the Prcsl-
dents table or desk, put in any quos-
tlon your may want discussed. If
You have read anything during the
week you think will be beneficial 10
the members, let that he your ques-
tion TO put in, and be prepared TO ex-
plain 1t, or if any body ask you a
| question you cannot answer, put
that IN as your question, perhaps
some of your members will be able
| 10 answer IL for you. If not by writ
| ing To the Editor National Watch
man If II be financial question he
can look II up for you As he is at
Washington ID. {. Better take his
! paper as he gives lots OF information
| along this line, price 5Octs year,
After getting through with the other
| business instead of lecturing, have
| your best man 10 take charge of the
question box, let him select one ques-
tion out of box and ask the members
| questions. For instance suppose
| you had this question. Was the
| characterization of silver beneficial
10 the L. :. Your Lecturer We will
call him. will commence by asking
| Mr.. y. when silver was demonitized,
IT Nh. A. answers, alright, if not
| pass it to Mr.. Il. and SO on. and If
he receives satisfactory answer.
| ask another question If not answer
1t himself. lou are not expected
to make speeches, but simply 10 an
| swer the question so every body in
the house can understand it; again.
was il benefit! Why metz What
other country was interested in the
downfall of silver, and why so! Go
on with such question until you
| fully discuss the question so every
member in your Alliance can under
stand If. When you have finished a
question take up another if you have
time. Keep all questions not dis
! cussed for next meeting, and then
your Lecturer might briefly run over
the questions discussed last meeting,
thereby making it fresh in the minds
of those who did not thoroughly un-
derstand il. Now we do not claim
anything new for the question box,
for History tells us that long before
the birth of our Saviour. Socrates,
the wlsest, most virtuous, and the
most celebrated philosopher of
Antiquity, used this method to re-
form the morals and improve the in
tellectual condition of Athens, he
claimed by this system of questions
to have convinced the young men of
Athens of their folly and inspired
them with virtues, his manner of
teaching being so impressive, so
much so, that some of the more
wicked tried to weaken his influence
for good, by their low wicked schems.
As you will find to-day in our midst
some who are ever ready to hurl
their poisonous darts at our grand
Organization, and when it bleeds.
they send up their gleeful shouts,
reminding one of the wicked shouts
our early christians were compelled
to listen TO. the day our Saviour
died. But let US as an Organization
be like him, who said. Father
forgive them, for they know not
what they do" Yes let US push on
ward my brother and cultivate =
spirit of christian manhood. and lei
our ann in life be
Help one another boys and give il
with good will
And never push a man because he i,
going down the hill "
K. l.. FRANK, JR.