Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-07-12
Chas A. Everett, made stirring appeal

Chas. A. Everett made stirring appeal.
He said in course of the openings:
1--WE are again compelled to record fur
ther lossf in the numerical strength of our
order. In many parts of our jurisdiction
special efforts have resulted in considerable
advances, and corresponding interest in
the promotion of temperance principles.
I'm other Jurisdictions our membership
has become discouraged and has made but
little effort to sustain the Division.
Financial difficulties and stagnation in
business throughout the United States and
Canada have had much TO do with the losses
which we have sustained. With coming
better times let Us renew our energy and
determine to sustain and perpetuate this
grand old order.
The returns which will be presented to
you by the Most Worthy Scribe show that
during the year, ending on March 3lst last,
the order has lost 2l91 members. The loss
in the United States has been 302; and the
loss in the Canadas and Bahamas 1,SS9."
Among the decisions reported was one in
response to the question, can member OF
the order acc, pit employment under the
dispensary law of South Carolina. The de-
cis:on was to the effect that he could not
any more than accept employment in an
ordinary saloon. The report adhered to
the ground that prohibition is the watch
word. 1t clsimed that the majority of peo-
Pile in the Dominian of Canada favor pro-
hibition also that the same view prevails in
large portion of the states and territories.
The report of Superintendent Bradley of
the young peoples work was of great inter
est "While it is almost impossible to state
the exact number Of children enrolled as
Loyal Crusaders, it gives me pleasure to re-
port that we now have companies at work
in twenty of the Grand Divisions of this
North American Continent. Ontario leads
with dozen companies, aggregatiDg at
least 600 members. Massachusetts is prob
ably second in point of numbers. The COM
panies in Maine, Connecticut, and Eastern
New York are in excellent condition. The
Grand Scribe of Newfoundland has recently
established two companies which have al
ready enrolled about 200 children.
The one difficulty in our work which
seems insurmountabe, is our inability to
find men and women who are both able and
willing to personally and permanently ded-
icste themselves to the temperance training
of the children" TX.
Experience had shown that presenting 8
juvenile temple with working supplies has
not proved conducive to the growth of the
organization.
CAS- the years pass, | am more and more
firmly convinced that the temperance edu-
cation of the children must come through
temperance organizations and temper
ance men and women. Scientific tenn
perance instruction in our public schools
is gitteripg promise, and often only this
Sunday school education that ought to be
so effective in teaching boys and girls how
to live, is usually defective in temperance
training. Our prisons and reformatorie'
are filed largely by those who have spent
years in Sunday school. They are not
criminals because thev had been Sunday
school boys, but because, while the schoo
taught them not to kill, not to steal, not tt
covet, not to lie, it failed too often to teacl
them not TO drink. and SO, under the in
tluence of drink, they violated every pre-
cept inculcated in tie Sunday school
Each report was accepted and referred
Two special standing committees appointed
last year, one in regard to suspended mem.
bers and the other in regard to an early
history of the order, reported. The reports
were accepted and the committees dis
charged, and the division took recess til
p. M. *.-...-
Prominent temperance workers from
all over the country are here but
none is more prominent thar
Sir s. L. Tilley, X. C. M. G.. who wa'
born Mt GagetoUn in New Brunswick in
1918 and is consequently now 1G years Of
age When young man he went to st
John, n. B., and entered upon a business
career. In l847 he became member OF
the order of the Sons of Temperance. He
took an active part in the cold water army
and did yeomans service with the house
hold of boys and girls who were enrolled in
that grand army. He joined PoItlsnd
Division in lS47 and has continued mem
ber of that division up to the present time
He was elected grand worthy patriarch Of
New Brunswick IN 1913, and he was ini
tiated into the National Division at Cincin-
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