Switzerland County Sons and Daughters of Temperance – Apr 1867

The following article from Switzerland County, Indiana appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 25 Apr 1867 – Page 2, Column 1

Sons and Daughters of Temperance.

Joseph Cheaney, D. G. W. P. of the Sons and Daughters of Temperance of Indiana, is delivering temperance lectures and organizing Divisions of the order in this State and Kentucky. He is a talented speaker, and is doing good work in the temperance cause.

Last Thursday he organized a Division at Florence. We have not yet learned the names of the officers.

On Friday evening he delivered a soul-stirring temperance speech at the Court House, in this place, and on the next evening, (Saturday,) organized a Division of thirty-two members. The following persons were selected to fill the offices:

  • F. J. Waldo, W. P.
  • Miss Emma Montgomery, W. A.
  • Lewis F. Works, R. S.
  • Miss C. Kesler, A. R. S.
  • Charles Protsman, F. S.
  • Thomas Downey, T.
  • Albert Golay, C.
  • Miss L. Fletcher, A. C.
  • Miss Ella Northcott, I. S.
  • James Park, O. S.

On Sunday he organized a Division of eighteen members at Mt. Sterling, which meets on Friday evenings. The following are the officers:

  • J. S. Scofield, W. P.
  • Miss Elizabeth Silvers, W. A.
  • David Boyd, R. S.
  • Miss Mary Cotton, A. R. S.
  • A. C. Webb, F. S.
  • Ralph Cotton, T.
  • John Banta, C.
  • Miss Tillie Cotton, A. C.
  • Miss Josephine Silvers, I. S.
  • Samuel G. Cotton, O. S.

Monday evening he visited Ghent and organized “Evening Star Division.” The following officers were elected:

  • T. W. Flag, W. P.
  • Mrs. Jessie O’Neal, W. A.
  • J. C. Johnson, R. S.
  • Mattie Poindexter, A. R. S.
  • M. C. Johnson, F. S.
  • Ira Bursott, T.
  • John J. Orr, C.
  • Rowena S. Orr, A. C.
  • Bettie Ellis, I. S.
  • Jos. W. McCan, O. S.
  • Rev. Wm. Johnson, C.

There is a general temperance revival throughout the country, and its friends have cause to rejoice. Let the good work go on until every slave of intemperance is freed from his chains.