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SATUUI)AY, April 29 1&7C.
Odd Fellows' Anniversary Picnic.
Wednesday last was set apart by
the Edisto Lodge, No. 33, J. O. O. F.,
of Orangeburg, for the purpose of
celebrating the f>7th Annivmsny of
the introduction of this Order into
the United Stales, by a picnic at
Andrews' Fish Trap, at which the
following programme was carried out:
Noble Grand, Augustus Fischer,
called the assemblage to order, when
the opening ode was sang aecoinpau
icd by music from the Orangeburg
Brass Band, under the leadership of
Prof. Berg :
N. G.?The worthy chaplain will
invoice the blessing of God upon Ibis
meeting.
After this Mr. A. Fischer, N. G.
and Mr. Wallace Cannon, V. G. went
throng the following dialogue :
N. G.?Vice Grund for what intent
has this convocation of brethren been
assembled ?
V. G.? In obedience to the pro
clamation of the M. W. Grand Sire in
order thnt we may render as is justly
due devout thanksgiving to the bene
ficent and almighty power who has
preserved our lives and protected and
prospered our beloved Order.
N. G.?Vice Grand when and
where hau America's Odd-Fellowship
its beginning.
V. G.?In the city of Baltimore on
the memorable day of which this is
the Anniversary April 2Gth A. D.
1819.
N. G.?Who were its founders and
its first advocates ?
V. G.?Thomas Wildey, John
Welch, John Duncnin and Richard
Bush worth.
N. G.-?What were their objects
and purposes ?
V. G.?Those promulgated in all
our charts, viz: For the aid and
protection of brothers when in sick
ness and on travel and for the pur
poses of benevolence and charity.
N. G.?Was there any special rule
laid down for the Order's guidance in
the furthurance of this work.
V. G.?Yes all is comprehended in
the legend on the seal of the Grand
Lodge of the United Slates which
legend is the mandate of the Order.
We command you to visit the sick,
relieve the distressed, bury the dead
and educate the orphan.
N. G.?Was this rule intended to
apply to men of any particular party
or creed I
V. G.?No, it is as comprehensive
as the human raceritwas above parly
sect or cited. Here all believers in
the one living and true God may
unite in the bonds of a universal
brotherhood.
N. G.?Is it intended cither to
tiuperscd or to supplement creeds
belief or ordinances in matters of
religion ?
V. G.? By no means. No intelli
gent individual can by any possibili
ty so construe it. It assumes no
prerogative of the spii itunl. Its mem
bers are free and untrammelled in all
thnt lies between their God and them
selves. It interferes with no duty
which they of consicncc owe to Gol
and their country, their families or
themselves. It is a minister only to
man's temporal needs. It seeks but
"To meliorate the sorrows oTiiinukind,
Itclicve the poor, the sick, the maimed, the
blind,
Lift up the drooping heart, the widow
cheer
And wipe away the helpless orphan's tear,
'J'o form of inch one wide spread brother
hood,
Linked only in the bonds of doing good.''
N. G.?Has the Order been I rue to
its assumed mission and have its labors
been crowned with success?
Y. G.?Its work has been achieved
with manifest imperfection but with
uniform faithfulness. It has increased
in membership until the little bunU
has becoiuo a vast army. Millions
have hecu emended in its ministra
tion and its Accumulated millions yet
remain for the carrying on of the well
begun work. Man has been drawn
closer to his brother-man, sorrow un
told bus hten alleviated in the past
and it is gathering strength for its
work in .the years to come. It has
increased in excellence as it has
grown in ngc. Gl jrously has it pros-1
perefl and its labors have been crown
ed with most abundant success.
N. G.?"My Brethren it is meet and
right and our prouder duly that we
should at all times and especially on
this day so Auspicious in the annals of
our Order come before the Great God
iu whom wc trust with heartfelt
thanksgiving for the'prosperity. lie
has vouehsaft ami for the good ho lias
enabled us to do, and with hearty ac
knowledgement of his hand in all our
successes, our progress and improve
ment, to rejoice before Him and as
cribe to Him all the honor and glory.
Let us sing His praises, let us thank
Him for the past, let us implore the
continuance of His protecting care.
N. G.?The chaplain will lead us
in thanksgiving and prayer.
Thcu came the following elegant
address by our tallentcd fellow citizen
T. B. Boyd, Esq., which, at the urgent
request of a number of our readers, we
publish in full:
In all ages sin and wretchedness,
have been the rule?virtue and hap
piness tho exceptions. It is sad to
feel ourselves under the necessity of
yielding to such an assertion, when it
cannot fail to tear down the pre
sumptuous bulwarks of our human
pride, and leach us how small, how
weak and insignificant indeed we are.
And yet, we cannot ignore the stern
and uncompromising facts, which, on
every hand, are staring us boldly in
the face?wc ennnot pass them by,
when every breeze brings them to
our cars. No; humiliating and pain
ful as they are, they arc ever before
us, and we must meet them, face to
I face, for like the ghost ofBanquo,
they "will not drown at our bidding."
Look as far back as wc may,
through the thickening mist of ages,
and ever and anon, may be seen by
the wayside, those finger-boards of
sin, which have ever pointed man
downward, to bis degradation, and
infamy, and t hnmc.
The glad sunburst which in the
first morning of creation, had scarcely
shed its glories ever Eden, ere hu
man nature asserted its weakness, and
casting its priceless jewels to the
earth, opened the grand highway I
along which man should bear increas
ing burdens down to hell.
And Oh! how vast the number of
footprints that may be seen along the
way, embedded in the sands of time.
Where, now, arc the proud cities,
whose splendors once beautified the
plains? Where the mighty empires
I and kingdoms of the ancient world V
Some blasted, crushed, and buried
forever, beneath the sands of the
desert, because of their iniquities?
others divided and broken and
humbled in tho dust, to satisfy the
ambition, or avarice, or viudictivc
ness of man!
Oh! how mournful the spectacle,
when through the light of history we
attempt to contemplate the scene ! Is
it ^ not indeed enough to humble
human pride, when we behold em
pires and cities and kingdoms being
swept away, forever, in a deluge of
human blood! Is it not almost
enough, lo melt a heart of adamant,
when the wido\v*s wail of anguish,
and the orphan's cry, on every hand
are heard! And yet, arc not these
things, the inevitable concomitants of
war? of brutal war? Look around
you?how many vacant chairs?how
many widowed, orphaned hearts, arc
to be found around the hearthstones
of our Own land, to-day ? And such
are the prices which are paid to np
[ pease the brutal passion of men ! Oh !
I arc they not sufficient to fill every
generous heart with a longing for the
dawn of that millennial day, when
man shall cease his brother-man to
slay ?
But, however deep may bo the1
colors iu which human iniquity and
wretchedness arc painted, yet, let us
remember that under all circum
stances, there has been somo portiou
of the sky to which man might turn,
and find some little star?some gener
ous ray of light to bid h;m hope; aye,
although sorrow and suffering and
t death, were entailed on our race in
Adam's fall, yet an Eternal God has
set a blazing star in the sky to guide
us, if we will, in safety, through all
the trials and tribulations of earth.
Tried and faithful scntiue's arc
standing on the watchtowcr of
creation, to warn the unwary of their
danger?to inspire the feeble with
strength.
I Gicnl minds have ever been found
to comprehend the wretchedness of a
' fallen humanity?noble hearts have
, ever been found to respond iu tender
sympathy to its terrible afflictions?
migh'y energies have ever been exer
ted to tear dowu the barriers which
separate man from his fellow-man,
j and from his God. But; iu trenched
as he is, in the almost impregnable
fortresses of his selfishness and cor
ruption, it is indeed a fearful and uh
I equal struggle, which the great, and
the- wise and the good, have been
I called upon to make. And yet, have
they faltered by the way ? have they
refused to cuter, the lists for the con
tests? Where are Crammer and
Latincr and Widloy, and the rest of
that noble army ot martyrs who yield
ed up their lives, on the altar of devo
tion, to those eternal principles which
shall, at last, elevate the aspirations
and the hopes of mar? to that high
standard of excellence which they
were intended to reach?bind him in
the bonds of an unending brother
hood with his fellow-man, and bring
him back to his God ?
They are gone, indeed?hut, all !
the beacon lights which they kindled
at the ?takes of their own sacrifice,
and pToeed along the highways of
earth, for the guidance of a suffering
humanity, arc burning still, and shall
contiuo to increase in brightness, un
til all their splendors, merging into
one, shall burst forth, into the full
noon-day glories of the unclouded
sun of human prosperity and happi
ness and pdnce. But for such as
they, we, who are blessed with the
enlightenment and progress of the
nineteenth contury, might be groping
in the darkness of serin i-bar bar ism ,
and superstition and ignorance to
day.
? But, every century has found
strong arms aud willing hearts, to
take up and carry on the work, until
to-day we find in every laud, those
noble institutions, whose grand con
trolling object is, to elevate the char
acter of man.
These, institutions or orders, some
of which, can truly boast, of their an
cient days, are of course, greatly
diversified in their names, their con
duct and their character, although at
the same time all of those, which con
justly 'ay any claim to excel loner,
are laboring to accomplish the same
high and noble purpose?the amelior
ation of the condition of our race, by
bringing man, into close aim tender
sympathy with the sorrows audafllic
lions, of his fellow-man.
In bis weakness, he stands ever, in
need, of sympathy and consolation,
and love, and in his corruption,
needs that restraining power, whit h
can be thrown about him only by
those softening influences of kindly
association, which tend to elevate his
conception of his own power, for tho
accomplishment of good.
lie was intended to be a social; not
an isolated being. It was intended
that he should extend and rcecivo
that heaven-born sympathy, which is
embodied in tho Divine injunction',
"Love thy neighbor us thyself."
But, without dwelling on the merits*
of other organizations or societies, let
us come within our own temple und
see what part of the noble work our
own cherished Order Las takcu upon
itself to perform, in the effort to con
summate that union of bauds and of
hearts, which shall once ngain irat
paradise the world; when man shall
love his neighbor as himself.
And now, my Brothers, whence
sprang tli3 benevolent Order, to
which, it is our high privilege to be
long to-day ?
Tradition, indeed, points us back
ward, through tho gloom of thous
ands of years, to the organization of
societies of Odd-Fellows, but as has
been expressed, by one of tho most
distinguished of our Order, "Although
wc may discover a similitude, in the
fact of initiation, in rites-, ceremonies
and in guulations of degrees, between
those institutions and Odd-Fellowship,
wc will lind no traces of the principles
of fraternity which distinguish emi
nently our affiliations."
"Odd-Fellowship, invokes not the
aid or sanction of such ages, to con
secrate its principles."
No, tliu beautiful structure of the
present, has been little more than hall'
a century in building. Odd-Fellow
ship as we lind it, completes tli3 fifty
scveth year of its existence, to-day.
"We cannot then, boast of the arti
quity of our Order, but, when we
point to the shining record of its
youlhful deeds, wc i.eed not blush to
own the name wc bear, provided only
that our own individual conduct has
been such, as to ens t no reproach upon
the Order itself.
As established at Baltimore, in
1819, by Thomas Wildcy, the Father
of our Order, Odd Fellowship was
designed simply as a human institu
tion^ whose chief objects were to re
lieve brethren in distress?to bury the
dead, and to care for the widow and
tho orphan.
Since that tinio, however, its meas
ures of relief have been transformed
into means, for the promotion of those
higher and nobler moral and social
influences which elevate and beautify
the character of man.
In order lo have a proper apprecia
tion of the otjectsof our .Order, it is
necessary that wc should keep in the
background its pecunhuy features of
benefit and aid in times of sickness
and distress. For, although these
features are highly commendable in
themselves, yet they arc only paving
stones for the path which leads to
higher aims.
They are but visible means employ
ed for the relief of distress, while,
through them; runs tho principle of
that higher law, which socks to pre
vent it, and strikes down, not into
the pocket, but into the heart.
And, whenever, we give too much
prominence to these pecuniary fea
tures of our Order, just so soon do
we tap the foundations of it3 highest
principles. For, in so doing, wc at
once lose sight of those lender, gentle
influences of affection, which it is the
aim and object of Odd-Fellowship
to nourish and to guard, with a
watch ul and a jealous care.
Without iho exercise of such in
flu en ccs, upon his heart, how shall
man ever be able to form a due con
ception of his own capacity for the ac
complishment of good? How shall
he ever be able to tear down tho
walls af prejudice and of selfishness,
which separate him from his fellow
man? And until that is done, l ow
shall he ever 1 c able to practice those
fraternal relations;which are implied
in the caminand; "Love thy neighbor
us thyself!" Yet such as these arc
the objects of Odd-Fellowship. And
when these things, shall have been ac
complished, those great principles
which underlie all tho beautiful les
sons we nrc taught?all of our lect lire's
and charges and ceremonials and rites
will have been carried to their grand
consummation.
Odd-Fellowship"'1 js not consist in
ila regalia', its emblems, its decoration s
its rituals','its ceremonials,"or its form |
of govcrnrrient.- These are b'nt its
outward manifestations wlvicll speak
to the eye and the cor and through
to the heart. They are but its^Tittle
drops of water'* its 'Tittle grains of
sand," from which springa the germ
of its life.
Go to the widow aiid the orphan?
minister to their relief?speak to them
in tender words of sympathy and
consolation and love, to sooth their
achiug hearts. Go to the couch of a
dying brother?watch with loving
care at bis side, through all the wea
ry hours of the night, to catch his
every whisper, to cool his burning
brow, to satisfy his every want. Go
to the abode of poverty and disease?
contemplate its aspect of wretchedness
?look into the pleading eyes upturn
ed to greet you. from 1 jds of anguish
and of pain. Then from the stores of
your bounty, take with generous
hand, and hasten to relievo the dis
tress you have found.
And yet even these things do not
constitute Odd-Fellowship. No they
are but scintillations from the inner
sanctuary of the heart, where aloue,
bidden from the gaze of the curious,
the vulgar and unfeeling world, has
ever dwelt, and must ever dwell, the
real life of Odd-Fellowship.
Simple obedience to the laws, and
performance of the prescribed duties
of the Lodge, then, either inside or
out of it, do not, and canrot make
us Odd-Fc'.lows, indeed. For, the
true Odd-Fellow must be such, uot
only in the Lo Ige, but in his family
?not only in the festive hall, but be
side the dying couch?not only in his
business transactions, but in his daily
conversation4?not only in the abodes
of poverty and distre-s, but in the
mansions ot wealth; at till ti.u.is, and
under all eircumslnicos.
y brothers, liiw unity" of us are
Odd-Fellows, in spirit and in truth
to-day? how many of us have profited
by these beautiful lessons of devotion
and charity, which have been impor
ted to us, and resolved to emulate
those shining examples, which have
been held up for our guidance and
instruction ? how many of ew per
form our allotted duties, not because
we delight, in the work, but simply
because they devolve upon us ? how
many of us look only on the outward
manifestations our Order, without,
pausing to go deep down into the
heart, to find the hidden spirit of Odd
Fellowship which underlies them all?
Let us search within our hearts, and
see. For hands without hearts can
not achieve the peaceful victories of
Odd-Fellowship.
Ever conscious of tlie weakness of
his mortality, and that the all-seeing
eye of God, in whom he has placed
his truest, is upou him, the true Odd
Fellow strives to illustrate the imper
ishable beauties of Friendship, Love
and Truth, at every step on his- pil
grimage; through the wilderness of a
globe iu clouds, until he shall be
transferred to the Grand Temple
above, where, in the midst of the
Patriarchs, he shall rcceiv" his hon
ors?the immortal crowning glories of
his last degree.
After this came music by the baud,
supplemented by the call for dinner.
The tables were bountifully spread,
and fairly groaned under their mighty
weight of good things for the inner
man.
After dinner the thno was whiled
"away in various ways. Late in the
afternoon the royal egg hunt afforded
abundant amusement to every one
present, by the rules of which the
lady who suueeeded in finding the
most of the eggs secreted nbout in
the bushes, find to bo crowned Queen
of the Day.
Miss Dora Williams was the success
ful huntress, to Whom Noble Grand
Fischer addressed the following good
advice preparatory to crowning and
anointing her:
Respected Miss?
The old time-honored custom of
crowning a Queen,' h?i dovoIved,'pii4
ine. . Be nsstircd it an*btds. me plias- \
ure iii croWniug and anointing* y?u.f
Accept this1* Scepter of Royalty,' y?u }
being now (^iu:en of thia Festivity. S
May you*ever use your prerogative'
with the mildest sway that your sub-*"
jccta may love, honor and obey.
The closing ceremonies were pecu-"
[diarjy impressive.
The Committee of ladies ofrthe Re-'
becca Lodgfe" deserve much';' crjedftj fof
the invaluable assistance they cod
tributcd towards making the daya1
happy one. The Brass Band deserves'
an?o special mention fox' the delightful
music aflbreded by it. All im all,'the5
pie-nie of Wednesday lost, gUct^byS
the Odd Feiiows, will long be x&
membered by every one whose good
fortune it was to be present.
Democratic County Conventions
Full delegations from all the Pre
cincts iu the County, "with the excep
tion of Vance's, met in Elliott Hall on
Saturday last. Captain Jas. F. Izlar,
County Chairman, called the Conven
tion to order, and stated the object for
I which they had met The Convea-"
tion was permanently organized by
electing Capt. Izlar President,
Mr. I. T. Shumnker, Vice President
and B. P. Izlar, Esq., Secretary.
Upon taking the Chair the President
made a calm, dispassionate address,
advising harmony and concert of
I action in the ranks of the Democracy.
In fact, the entire proceedings of that
body on Saturday last were charac
terized by a spirit of conservatism on
the pail of the whites which-wilhgo
a long way towards making their
influence polent for much good.
The election of delegates to the
-t?tc Convention resulted as follows:
Capt. Jus. F. Izlar, Dr. A. D. Good
wyii, Dr. A. J. Frederick, Mr. Ira T?
Sbuinaker, Dr. B. II, Knotls, Messrs,
. II. G. Sheridan, W. C. Untie, C. J.
Slroman, F. W. Fairey and N. E. W.
Sistrunk; alternates, Dr. W. S. Bar
ton and O. B. lUley.
Selling out below cost at J. \VJi
Mosel en'* old sl:u\?E, jj
M?KiilKP?On the evening of the 'JTih'
instant, at the Residencei of T. tV Iluhh*:!,
Ksq., in Drangcburg S. ()., Iiv the Uev. .1.
l>. A. Brown, assisted bv Uev. \Y, |{. I'ar
Mr. M. \V. SAMS 01" lluiiiifort S. ('.. to
Miss S. .IirnSOX. iJMiRjbtei'of the late J
A. Parlor of Ornngehiirg County S. (.'.
NOTICE
The fast trotting thorough-bred Stallion)
M A N J3 II IX O TJ UT ST 12 Li
will stand the season at mv stah'es.
I>J?I>I&ItUE.
MANRRINO TRUSTEK, by MamMne?
Medlcv, he by Old Matubrino Chief; Man
brino Medley's first dam by Young Medley'*
a fine race mare, second dam by St.in'ey;
third dam by Trustee; fouith dam by Spec
tator.
M A NU II I NO T KUST EK'S first <lam Jenny
Dennev, by Holeolm; fiv?t dam by Lady
Woodford, by Sir William Woodford; he by
Woodford; first dam hv Rertrand.
MANimiNO TRUSTEE, was bred by
George W. Ogden, Wrights Station, Ken
tucky, Central Km) Roads, Bourbon County
Kentucky. Ho is five years-old, axA has
lot had much handling but wboA he had
diowed splendid action. He trotted*on th?
Columbia track last fall at the rato of 2.4&
THAD. C ANDREWS
Ora^lgeburg- Livery and Sale Stables*
S. Board for a few marcs can be had art
mv stables.
apYil. 25th: tf.
State of South Carolina.
Executive Chamber,
Wueiieas inforntation has been receiv
ed at thin Department that an atro
cious murder was committed at 66 Mile
T. 0. on the South Carolina Railroad, in
Orangeburg County on the 3rd day of April?
1876 upon the body of one Euros Joiikbojt
by one J. II. Meadows, and that said'
Mhadows lias fled from justice.
Now, TiiKnr.FORK, I D. II. CHAMBER
LAIN, Governor of the State of South
Carolina, in order that justice may be dor.e
and the majesty of the land vindicated
do hekf.nv oiler a Reward of One Hundred
and Fifty Dollar? for the apprehension and
delivery' iu any jail of Uli? State of the said
.1. II; Meadows, with proof to convict.
Said Me mows ft about 5 feet 10 incne*
in height, has light heir and blue eye*
wears a light beard and is very thin.
In testimony whereof 1 have hereunto set
my hand and caused the Great Seal of the
State to be affixed at Columbia tili?
17th day of April A. D. 1876 and in the
One Hundredtn year of Amcricaa
Independence.
By tue Governor,
I> H. CHAMBERLAIN.
II. E. Hayne,
Secretary of State,
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