The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-08-05
GOOD DAY IN LITrLEToN.
Meeting Of the County Temperance
Association.

The Halifax county temperance as
ISOLATION held session in Littleton Bap.
tlst church Wednesday evening and
Thursday morning of last week. There
was good attendance and an enthu-
siastic meeting.
Prof. L. w. Bagley, president of the
association, called the meeting to order
Rev. J. M. Rhodes conducted the relig-
1ous exercises. President Bagley intro
i duced Rev. A. McCullen of Henderson,
who delivered strong and eloquent
address for the cause of temperance.
He made a strong arraignment of the
liquor traffic, tracing its origin from the
councils of darkness and following its
effects all through the earth back to
the regions of despair again.
After Mr.. McCullen's address the
secretary of the association made some
remarks and the meeting adjourned.
Thursday morning the meeting re-
assembled for business. Officers were
elected for the ensuing year as follows ::
President, E. E. billiard Secretary,
Rev. E. III. Davis Treasurer, DIR. r. A.
Patterson.
The next meeting of the association
was appointed for Enfield Thursday be-
fore the 18th Saturday in October.
There was good attendance Of both
sessions of the association and every
body seemed to be greatly encouraged
in the work. The association took
steps to do more aggressive work for
the cause of temperance than ever be-
fore.
Several counties of the State have re-
fused to grant liquor licenses under
the present law, and the Halifax coun-
ty temperance association thinks that
the people of this county are entitled
to as much protection from the curse
of the liquor traffic as other counties.
Steps will soon be taken looking to
that enQ next year.
HOSPITABLE LITTLETON.
The people of Littleton are still
whole-souled and hospltable. They
opened their doors to all delegates to
the convention and entertained them
royalty. The editor of THE COMMON
WEALTH was for the most part enter
tanned in the pleasant home of Mr.. M.
V. Perry. His good wife is model
hostess and no one can sojourn with
them day without going away feeling
glad that he had the privilege of such
entertainment by such liberal and
warm-hearted hosts.
Mr.. Perry has had much experience
and observation and it is pleasant and
profitable to have the privilege of as
soclating with him..
The resolution of thanks passed by
the temperance association just before
adjournment was word fifty spoken,
indeed.
Besides being so pleasantly enter
tanned in the home of Mr.. Perry, we
also enjoyed the inequalities of Capt.
Jno. D. Thorne, proprietor OF the Bon
Air Hotel. He was most agreeable and
urbane in his kind attention and Judg-
ing from what we observed for short
while, bis guests all fare we'll and have
the klndest attention.
Prot. L. w. Bagley and his good
housewife and help-meet came in for
share of our thanks for klndnesse 8
shown us In LittletOn.
We have a number of good friends
in Littleton who always make us feel
glad that we went. They are all a
most hospitable and agreeable people
and know how to make others wish to
live amongst them.
Bro. Walker, of the Reporter, was
kind and considerate. He Is giving
Littleton the best paper ever published
there, we think.
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