The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-03-14
For Christian NeighbOr.

Sons OF TEMPERANCE.-The Grand
Divions Sons of Temperance of South
Carolina has almost become Il thing of
the past in South Carolina. We have
now only a few, possibly not half a
dozen, subordinate Divisions. Our
Gra:d Scribe, Brother +. S. Dibble, of
Orangeburg, who has been quite active
in the order and an efficient G. 5. for a
number of years, has been forced by
circumstances over which he had no
control to relinquish the work and re-
tire from Office. Our Grand Worthy
Patriarch, Bro. john Alexander, has
urged me to accept this position, at
least until we could have meeting OF
the Grand Division. [ accepted the
position, but only OH account of my
love for this grand Old Temperance
Order, now over half century old.
The work involved is great, and [ have
only little time that | can devote to
it, especially for the next three
months. This induces me to ask your
aid, that the readers of your valuable
paper may see this notice and rally 10
the aid of the Temperance cause by
reorganizing old Divisions of the Or
der and organizing new Divisions
where there are none now. L know
there are hundreds Of men and women
in our State who are in full sympathy
with our Order and only need leaders
to direct. Have we not one or two
men or women in each city, town, viii
lage and neighborhood in our State
willing to take hold and stir up things?
Think of the many grand men that
formerly were proud to be Sons OF
Temperance" Are their children all
dead? If not, then take hold and Or
ganize Division. Some may, some
will say we are ready, but what shall
do? How shall start? To all such
say write to me and will take pleas
ure in telling you what to do. will
either come to you or send some one to
YOU at any time you name, and within
few days you can have Division OF
the "Sons of Temperance" in active
operation in your community, ana tnen
the souls OF our O'Neals, Tuppers,
Kennedys, Timmons, Townsends, and
others now in the better land will re-
joice. Once you get the Divisions
started you will find that grand
helper, to hold the members in the
Division is to get them to join the
"National Temperance Relief Society,""
a grand body of men and and women,
ali members of the Sons of Temper
ance. We have already tifteon hun
dred mem bers who go to make up the
best insurance organization in the
world; the cheapest and the easiest to
keep paid up of any insurance COM
pany know of, aud all within the
ranks Of our Order. In this widow
with a number Of children can easily
keep up an insurance of from S5UO to
So, 900, that will provide nicely for her
little ones if she should he taken away.
Write ME is all 1 ask, and I'll give
you all information, or if you give me
only half hint I'll take it as hearty
invitation and come and explain all,
help you organize a Division. We
want to hold meeting of the Grand
Division in July; we want from nifty
to one hundred Divisions to have del
egates in attendance. TO do this we
must work. Brothers, sisters, men, wo-
men, will you respond? Write ME.
l.. r. MARSHALL,
Aching Grand Scribe.
Columbia, S. G.
p. S.-A little later on, say in April,
those Divisions that want the July
meeting with them can notify me.