The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-05
w, c., r.. u,

President, Miss Stella Truman.
president, Mrs. r. r. SettOOn.
Rec. Secretary, Mrs. S. T. Crawford.
Cor. Miss Florence Truman
Treasurer, Mrs. NJ. nj. Hayes.
PLEDGE.
| hereby solemnly promise, God help.
| ing me, to abstain from all alcoholic IL
quors as Il beverage, including beer
wine and cider, and that [ will employ
all proper means to discourage the use
of and traffic in the same.
Owing to some misunderstanding, the
children's meeting was not held last
| Monday. At four o'clock Monday next
it will be held at the public school
building. Remember that attending
the meeting does not necessarily imply
signing the pledge, and no child is talk
en- into full membership without the
consent Of the parents. The teaching
at these meetings is such as can prove
only beneficial mentally, morally and
physically. Let all the children ONE
The next regular w. C. T. U. meeting
will be at the High School on Tuesday
next, at 4:30 Pom.
All friends Of the w. e. L. U. are cor
daily invited to attend a social gather
ing at the home OF Mrs. r. r. Settoon,
Friday evening, May 18th. These par
lOr entertainments are intended for the
promotion of goodwill and %sOciability.
N. B. There will be positively no COL
lection, no call for money in any way.
You are invited. Come!
In the neal future Il lawn party will
be given by The ladies OF the w. {. L. U.
Tho time will be announced later.
We desire to return thanks to our
kind and courteous Judge for favors
showrE to the young men who so inter
ested themselves in lighting and pre-
pairing the Cont House on Friday even
ming and to the people Of Opelousas
for their Liberal contributions upon the
occasion of Mis-. Hoffnan's lectures.
Employing a lecturer OF eminence Ia al
ways expensive, but your llberallty has
enabled us to pay off the debt thus in
CURED without Inconvenience. We
wish to. in a measure, express our appre-
pleciatinn by entertaining you on Fri
day, the 1911 A short programme OF
music and rcCitations will be- rendered
upon that occasion, and the hostess, to-
gether with all Others of the w. CT. u.
will exert themselves to make the even
ing pleasant.
we Ett lax itilth lux ltotH lbN ~. W.
Christian Advocate" concerning the Ma
sons of Mississippi. IL tI.e Glaud
Lodge proceedings, 1892, page 81, Will
be found the folloNlrg:
"Rule.-It shall be an otfcnse against
Masonry for any Mason. not now so en-
gagged, to hereafter engage ID, or tor
any Mason now engaged in, to continue
in the business of selling Intoxicating
liquors to be used as a beverage, after
the first day of January next, and the
penalty therefor shall be rxpulsinn.'
Still il i claimed that M4&nns OF ';igii
degree do deal III liquor.
We predict that ere the most of us
live out our natural lives it will be i'm
possible for "A drinking man TO obtain a
position If any responsibility whatever.
The Wells Fargo Express Co. CHE lar
gest Express Co. in the United States
if not in The wnrld) has recently issued
its fiat: No more drinking men are to
be employed in its service in any capa-
city whatevcr, The r. r. Companies
are taking steps toward The same end,
and in view If the many accidents we
think til" snnl1er such rules are made
the better. Who WAit% t., employ Il
physiclau Hiio drinks even m~Aierateiyf
Who is willing to trust his Cor herr
business to y drinking lawyer, in fact
what sensible person will not agree
with the Wells-Fargo and say "no
drinking man will | employ in any ca-
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