i E A CH ER S .


i^TION COM- lEME.


■ ub-Committee of amiitee, in theii tlie latter body, upil teachers in


I the regulations uion of elemenr >9-10, just issued Ml, tlie attention iled to the con- v-hetlier the num- achers now ^ing earlier stages of


efficient to main>. supply of adult


id mate that in iroper supply of


13, after allowing ;riod of training, ; tliere should be upil teachers in iL-r over 2.8 per r of children in jblic elementary


.1 for the Lanca- r that approxim- II teachers should lashire Education committee, how-


provision in their and pupij teach-


ittee do not see ng diis number, pds teachers are county area, and


areas autonomous Ltion Act, 1902. under the new.


nder which the ,t candidates who rs in 1909 need nee at an ^ d e n t ) years. In the period was three • Education Com- impted to get the leir regulations to been adopted, viously refused to hich notice was necessary for the nimittee to make idates to whom tioiis terminating 39, it was decided IS for candidates lers in public ele­ cts in which the n operation, and 9. have only been gnised secondary Tered for the year the same emolu- btirsars. At an resolved that all


ans of the examiti- oeen held for the a.vhibitions. As > of the Board of on, all pupils ex-


■ e been by Aug^ist ognised secondary Jilted from sub-


; a.lxDve-raentioned >r btirsarship.


ircumstances, it is ar 1909 (provided


to wliich reference is not exceeded) ted as bursars who


lort from the head ■ .schools at wMch a\e passed one of minations: Junior dge, examination Education Com-


ienior Exhibitions, •ommend that the d appert.tin to all Board of Educa-


(i) That a main- e allowed to all the year 1909-10; ts he paid in two December, 1909, J, 1910; (3) thht


laintenance grant factoiy report as and progress of


I two preceding expenses (if any)


■ ct of ail bursars. 1909-10.”


EEHTEjVT •


-V., MIDLAND, Vll’.-VNIES.


tied on Saturday lents between the m and Madiand letween: the Lon- Midland, and Railway Com-


•eement b'as not the three coni-


1, and provides, >r the pooling of ith certain exclu- to be made to


1 working, com- to the public,


a agreeffl'ent can^ ittled by arbitrar icttoa ten years’ ■ be given' befoire


itable time Par- be applied foP


j fullest workup Tie agreement is


the three ooni" ^ SPOT FOE PICNICS.


.yjjB b e a u t ie s o f t h e k i b b l e VALLEY.


u"di a vieiw to opening up the Kibble


v,iu- as a health and picnic resort, the I iicihire and Yorkshire Railway ( ^ - : , entertained a party of pressmen f ^ ilanoliester district on Monday. The


“ ntv made a tour of the district m a char- , llbanc supplied by Mr- J. K. Garlick and residents of the district, will no doubt be interested to see what the Manchester jour-


nilists say about it. ■ IMie “ Daily Dispatch says -.— The great '


Fells, Cross Gry’te among them. And in the further distance are P-enyghc(n.t and In- ^leborough, and away to the xvest the Irish Sea. Tii'e Ribble 'Valley is too good and too near our towns to be -left a secret. The “ Manchester Courier” writes' as


juturalist, Richard Jeffries, laid it down flint nature students cotild always find nleiity to interest them near their own-home. In tills spirit tlie Lancashire and Yorkshire , Railway Co., along with Messrs. Cook, are andeavourmg to proive to the millions of ^ people in the Manchester 'district that; Iriftiii an hour’s joumey a land, rich in ' historical interest and possessing ,a beauty not to be surpassed in any other couniSy,


lies waiting to be enjoyed. The Kibble Valley, to the cotton manu-


ficturing centres of Mid .and Norilih-East Lancashire, is well-known, but for some unexplained reasoni Manchester residents,


to their own loss, fight shy of it. I quick railway journey to Clitheroe, the


ancient borougfi, and scene of one Crniwell's warlike efforts—soon saw the pain- movng along County Council lanes a'macadam smoothness. As the coach


careered by the quaint villages of Doxviih ham and the even prettier, .nest-Tike hamlet of Waddington, it was quickly made evi­ dent that die drive was to be very much out


of the ordinary. Pend'le Hill’s bluff outline, and the un­


dulating country-side, a flower-land of manv tints, formed contoasts that filled in


a charming picture. _ Sawley with its ruined abbey, the placid , , • j ‘ i


follows:— 'It is a truism that persistent repetition- of a statement will often accom­ plish conviction witih the most obdurate scepticism. Similar .persistence on the part of nature time after, timle wins to her way of thinking many a mind harassed by mki-terialism and deep-sunk in that morass of bricks .-md mortar which we call civilisa­ tion. A field here, a hedgerow there, tlie glimpse of a stream, the fugitive song of a passing bird— these things, unhappily too often [ail more than momelntarily to call our senses from the distraction of the noisy world tliat possestes so m.a.ny of our lives. But -when we get field after field, hedgerow after hedgerow, streams binding xvithout apparent desigii and without apparent end, ihitls overshadowing, v.alleys intersecting, and silence holding the whole in delicious perpetuity, then the conviction that nature


■ has a real .and tangible message for our eyes .aaid ears, and t o t it is a message even, the most stubborn of us must attend to, is invincibly borne in on us, and we feel a peculiar rapture in surrendering every idol to tlie contemplation, of a world that


is wiioll'y beautiful because it has been o-bedieait’ always to the will that made and fashioned it strong and comely, unmurmur­ ing, unresisting, and always therefore, per­ fect-in its place alnd of its kind. Such a land is Ribblesdnle, that North


Lancashire area through which wanders the stream that gives the district its name. Tl-iere is nothing in the Uibble 'Valley that is heroic from a scenic point of riew. There is none of nature’s fierce eloquence, when she clothes herself in rock-^bound and im-


nibble ihouing a clear face, and la.ter the Hodder, beloved of anglers, were in turn visited, and finally the glorious MTiitewell ^ district brought one part of the outing to a ' close. The return was by Higher Hodder. i Want of space forbids any detail with


regard to the historical side. Tlie Ribble V.illev is full of romance.


.A. brief risit to Browsholme, a lovely , |


mansion centuries old and filled with oak . cnniing done bv successive' ge*nerations of one familv. provided a rare treat. Visitors j will find material to interest them for many visits, and it is no uncommon^ thing for . rambling clubs to spend every Saturday , afternoon in the summer along the Kibble, ; •Tind find fresh walks each joumey.


Wi th commendable enterprise the L. and Y. and Messrs. Cook have arranged at. at-


tactive programme for the summer. From June to September a special picnic ■


train is run eviery Sa.turda\-. Parties can M


OW combined tickets, hicluding the


raa'lWa.y jauiniey, a choice of drives, and meals. Four routes have been mapped out, j .md from either,Wihalley or Clitheroe as the ! starting isoint a beautiful Saturday after- ,


moon’s outing now .awaits the jaded city dweller. The following is from the “ Manchester


Guardian ” :— ^Iti does not occur to the or- ! dtnary man that Lancashire has a side quite ; apart from its industrial side— a smaller j


-side as softly beautiful as its Larger inuxs- j trial side is harsh .and workaday. The Ltm- j cashire and Yorkshire Railway have dis- | covered that under the sheltering protection j of I’endle Hill, and within sight of it they i have a rich [socket of the older England, a district which still remains virtually where it was a century or more ago— and La-ncashire must have been a pretty’ place in those days. It has ks scenery still intact)!


■ iits valleys’ are still green, its rivers still inhabited by fisli, its hill-paths still only wide enough for one sheep at a time. And if its riii.ned abbeys and castles and keeps are a stone or two worse off titan they were a hmidred years ago, tih'e ivy oit their bro­ ken walls is the richer for tlie century, and ([jeitlmps a greater compensatiioii) their his- lorv is much more readily accessible than ever it could have been in- tli.at day. In [act, one need only go -to that strange, fwe'nitieth-century kiosk in the middle of Victoria Statical j Manchester, to obtahi for nothing books full of it— books full of the origin- and fate of this old abltey, of the doings of the great man tliat lies in t o t old tomb iai the churdiyaird, of the blood­ shed in this old hall, or of tihe dark stcry that hangs. about this trickling wall amid the stones. With a view to showing wihaitl this comer


of Lancashire can do in .the way of scenerjy and old associations the Lancashire and


Yorkshire Kailw.iy on- Monday wnere hosts to a party of press repilesentatives from Manoehster, wltom they took by coach through the- heart of tihe Penid'le country'. The railway intenid issuing touring tickrts to the district, to include coach drive and a meal. It is certainly a district in which the walker or the cyclist or tJhiepionic maker would find it hard to ^ wrong. Even Clitheroe, which, is within tihe skirt of the newer i-n-dustria!ised- Lancashire, has its fine old \orman keep; and Olitheroe once left behind one is righ't into the older Lanca­ shire straight aiw-.ay. You can take th'en- almost .any route at random and do r i^ f . But on a first visit peiiha.ps the thing to do "'oiild be to climb Pdndle Hill and take stock o-f the countirv from ills summit. From this vantage poi.nt can be laid in a store of knowledge r/f five many ipretty spots and fioints of historic interest! lying around, and these ca.n be looked into in clbser detail! later. The Ribble Vailley for miles l i« down below. There are sleepy old vil­ lages with streams running along their struts, outlying homesteads, 6ld hall's lying amid trees, abbey’s and Norman churohes with stones and gravey’ards full of history. Bhen in the di.sfance are m'oire moun-toins,


"those summits seem to promise ah inter- esting climb and prospect—'Longndge


fm


.penetrable heights, or wwaps herself around in thle unfathom.ablle ways of the _ ocean. These things, one admits, by their stem grandeur dispel in a moment all the sordid fancies of the earth-bound mind. But the Ribble Valley melts the hardened heart of the commercialist by gentler means. It lea.ds him along paths unaltered since his forefathers trod them five himdied years ago.


It takes him to nestliaig villages, !


whose inhabitants, but for their modem- garb, might still own allegiance to the- ill- fated Henry, the last of the great Lancas^ trians, whose unllmppy fate is so cleaTly wirioten' across the history of this same tra- dition-dothed area. 1-t) guides liim past old manor houses, each of w’hose names is itself a sesame to an all but forgotten, yet always heroic age. .Whether, to be by t o cru-mhling castle ruins at Glitheroe, by W-addington Old Hall, w.ith its roots planted in t o Eighth Century, by churdres such as Slaidbum or Whalley, or Sawley, -each of w’hich name is a treasure trove to •to Jiistorian of a Lancasliire of bye^gone days, by gentle and all but silent streams


-that seem without source aird -without end, iby Roman bridges, by posting-inns, by


dark a-rtd gloomy jjasses, by bridle tracks across tire back of Pendle to wthere tire -traveller can see the silver set in- the west, ■ by path, by road, by field, or by ford, the charm of Ribblesdale is ine.xhaustible. If .the chronicler speaks of Ribclrester, he is unjust if he forgets Se.ttile; if he w’rites of Ohatbunn, he must needs tell also of Dowur-


.hanr and Wihiliewell. For t o rvhole land lis .not so much lovely as loveable. It has not a smile, but oflers some trace of inr- .panislrable romance or some vista of uu- sus])octed sweetness. TTlrat it is not known as it should be -is Laircasliiire’s reproach, and— who knows?—.j>erhaps its own- salva­ tion. For it liras .iro mills, no factor*«s, no chimneys, no smoke, a,iid but sparse population. The modenriser in brick and stone has passed it over, and t o land


smiles ks periretuoil thanks. But if it may not be desecrated, it may .Tlird alrotild at least be seen by those wlro


love quietude, and who still, care for the ilrome of Lancashire’s best history. And, for this reasoir, the tonk s of Ma.nclrlester .TO'd South-Ea.st Lancashire are due to the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway who, by nrea.ns of f-reqitent excursions, half .and whole day, at cheap, rates, are offering every inducem-ent' to visitors to see a -la.nd that is [rectiliiarly their own by name .and tr.adi- (ion. Tire best centres for exploratioir. are served bv tire Lancashire and Yorkshire w.itlr whom Messrs. Cook, the tourist agents, are conjointly acting with 'a view to devis-. hag the Irest jiossible schemes for the ex- plora.tioir of this del-iglr-tfiil Ribble valley. On Monday the railway com-p.any conduct­ ed a jrarty of Mlainchester pressmen through some thirty miles of the .area, and the entire party agreed t.lrat the Wrrtlr Coutrtry has not another valley’ toifl can- e.xoel it for .native sweetness and for imperishable 'historic charms.


THE GLlTHEROE TIM]^. FttiDAY, RECH A B I T E S ’


■ DEMON ^T^ATI ON .


j o p e n in g o f n e w HALL IN GREEll- ACBE STREET.'


VISIT OF HIGH SECRETARY Oli' THE ORDER.


! Saturday was an important day in the . history of the local tent of the Indepen- j'dent Order of Rechabites for it marked . the opening of a new Rechahites Hall. I The Hall, situated in Greenaore Street, was formerly known as the Socialist , Club, but the premises were purchased by the local Rechabites some months ago. Several necessary improvements


; were carried out and the Hall has been artistically renovated and decorated, those ’who had the work in hand being Messrs.


. R. Porter and Sons, (painters and plum­ bers), J. Scott (joiner and builder), and J. Ford (plasterer), to whom great credit is due for its smart appearance. On the wall of the new. hall is hung a large framed photograph of the late Mr. William Life, a prominent worker in connection with the Recliabites cause. Saturday’s pro­ ceedings commenced with a procession. A start was made from the New Cafe,' Castle Street, and a tour of the principal streets of the town was made. The procession, headed by the Borougli Band, and tlic beautiful banner of the Order, ; the latter being on a decorated lurry, . included a number of visitors from ' neighbouring tents and was probably the , best tile local Reohabites have ever held. ' Fortunately the weather was fine and the streets were lined with a large number . of interested spectators who commented ■ favourably on_the processioil.


■ The door of the new Hall was opened by Bro. J. Wilkinson with a silver key presented to him by Bro. Richardson Campbell, High Secretary of the Order, on behalf of the members. Bro. Camp­ bell said it gave him great pleasure to present the key to Bro. Wilkinson who had had a long connection with the local Rechabites. TTic Clithcroc tent had been in existence for 69 j’cars and they were pleased to sec that it had made gi’cat progress. TTiey were opening a home of their own that day in which they could hold their meetings, etc-. He was pleased they had had such a good day and that the members had turned out in siien largo numbers. That day, he thought, 'marked the beginning of a new era in the history of local Reohabites and ho hoped they would continue the good work that had been done in the past. (Hear, hear). 'L’ca was afterwards provided in the Hall, Mr. H. Braoewell being the catcicr.


' Subsequently a meeting y'as held in the Hall, Bro. J. E. Cross, District Chief Ruler, presiding over a moderate atten­ dance. Bro. Cross said it gave liim giea-- pleasure to oooujiy the chair on e..i occasion like that. Ho believed tlaat da.,’ was a “ red-letter ” clay in tlie histor, of tho Rechabites tent in Clitlieroo, airl he hoped the opening of tlic Hail woull benefit otliors in addition to themselves. There were many Clubs and unions, etc., who had been compelled to hold their meetings in public houses but they, (the Rcchabites), would ho able to allow their Hall to be used for such mecri-'gs and therefore keep ]>eoplo away from public houses and out of the roach of temptation, (ap]ilause). He then called upon Bro. Richardson Campbell to address


the meeting. Bro. Campbell said he would like, first


of all, to congratulate the tent on the acquisition of ,such a splendid Hall, which was worthy of the cause to which it had been dedicated. He could assure them that lie uas jjleascd to be jjrcscnt and clo sometliing in connection with the opening of the Hall. The Rechabites were not merely an ordinary friendly society but they liad also a temperance section. J hat was the only difference between their Order and the other great bodies of friend- ly societies. Ho would like to make a few remarks about the things that led up to sucli a movement as the Rceliabites. To do tliat they had to go back a very long ' way. There was a Pharaoh in Egypt, who had a dream. Ho dreamed tliat seven fat cattle came out of the Nile and following them came seven lean cattle. Tho seven lean cattle ate the seven fat cattle and they were no fatter after­ wards. Pharaoh was much disturbed about this and he desired to know the meaning of the dream. T’herc was a. certain individual named Joseph who \yis


WARNING TO BEE-KEEPERS The Board of Agriculture and Fisliories


desire to warn all bco-keepci’.s that an outbreak of disease believed to be identical with the Isle of White Bee Disease has occurred in several hives in Buckingham­ shire. This disease wliich has destroyed almost all the bees in the Island from which it takes its name is due to a bacillus closely resembling the bacillus of Plague, and no remedy for it is knoxvn. It is of the utmost importance therefore that bee-keepers should take every precaution to prevent the disease spreading, and they are .strongly advised to keep a careful watch for aiiy sighs of its appear­ ance. A full description of the .disease wa.s published in tlie Journal of the Board of Agriculture for February, 1909. and bee-keepers who find symptoms of disease corresponding to the description there


, giyen should communicate with tlio Board ! of Agriculture and Fisheries. 4, Whitehall, ’ Place, London, S.W.


; asked if he could inform Pharaoh, what j the dream meant and he said he could. ' Joseph said there were to be seven years of plenty followed by seven years of famine. He asked the government to take the matter in hand and collect the grain in the years of plenty so that there might be sufficient in the years of famine. That, went on Bro. Campbell, was tho basis on which friendly societies were built. They were laying aside for a rainy day. They looked upon Joseph as a sort of friendly society man, but to be up-to-date they would say that Joseph, like Lloyd George, meant State Insuranoo. They must look at tilings through, tlie spectacles of everyday-life and in accor­ dance irith the times in whioh they lived. From Egypt that principle extended to the old Greek Empire and the Athenians of old were called upon to pay a certain amount to a "certain fund each year so that those who were sick and needy' could be relieved. The Romans also had had an institution of a friendly society character and from Rome it spread lo Germany. For many years past a large number of people had been emigrating to tho United- States and at ona^ time


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Germans came over and settled in this country just in the same way as English­ men at present wont to the United States and Canada. The great bulk of the Anglo- Saxon race were people who came from Germany and why should they be trying to stir up war ivitli their ancestors ? They ought rather to be respecting them and trying to establish universal brotherhood. IVlien the Germans came and settled down in England they brought witli tlieni all kinds of institutions. I t was the Germans who instituted Guilds in England. The Guilds wore formed with the idea of assisting people who were in need. There were also Guilds for the purpose of looking after the water supply and for tho purpose of collecting money with which to build houses when they were burned down. What did those Guilds eventually become? They would find Guild Halls in many towns where the municipal business was conducted. The Guilds in the various localities built those grand halls and in course of time they became, through the managomont of various matters, muni­ cipalities as they imdorstood them at present. A little further down in the history of tin>e they found the sev'on men of Preston starting a temperance move­ ment, and adopting total abstinence as the proper rule of life. A number of people from Salford came to the conclusion that it would be a good thing to have a friendly society with a temperance quali­ fication and that was why they were present that night. In 1835 the Indepen­ dent Order of Rechabites was instituted in Salford and it .spread witli such rapidity


, that five years later the CHitheroe branch was formed. At that time the member­ ship of the Order was 10,320, adult members and 650 juveniles, a grand total of 10,970 at the end of the first five year.s work. The Order had continued to grow since then and at tho present time thoj’ they had 246,000 adult & 190,000 juvenile benefit members, 35,000 members’ child- "ren insured, 18,000 wives and widows of members insured, and 11,000 honorary members. Roughly speaking they had about half a million mcmber.s. (Ap­ plause.) In 1885 they cclcbr:-.U-cl the Jubilee of tlic Order. The then secrel'.ry retired and ho (Bro. Campbell) tool; ap the position. At that time there were funds- amounting to about half a million but since he became scci-etary their income had been about five and a half millions, making a total of six millions. They had paid four millions away in benefits to members and tlicy had two millions in hand In addition to that they had been working to get their branches on .solvent lines so that every branch could pay 20.s. in the £. It lincl been a grciit work because many people did not understai d statistics. . Some ]!co])lo were, under the impression Unit tho best society to join mt.s the clieane.st. A society, however, might be


"Fo' chea|) that it could not accumulate sufficient funds with wliicli lo n.aj' old-age elaim.s. At 25 ycai-.s of age tlic average exjieclancy of life was 50 years and a farthing per month of a dcoreasc in- the subscription of each mombor would amount to a great deal at the end of the fifty yc.ars. If they did not pay a sufficiency into a friendly society they would never be able to get it out. Tlicy wanted to make the flaiiii of tlie youngest member equal to 1 he oldest. They desired to liave a suffi­ cient amount of money with whicli lo jiay the claims of tho young wlicn they grow up. Some year.s ago they engaged a most eminent man to formulate for them a scale of contributions and benefits that would be on solvent lines <tnd equitable to all. The cost was very great but they liad been amply repaid by its results. At their last valuation they found they were not only solvent but that they had a valuation sui-plus of £33,470. Flint proved they were working on the right lines. The Rechabites was not a cheap society and they w’cre not advocating a chcaji society. They were advocating a society tliat was founded for certain purposes. If peojile wanted chea]i bar­ gains they must go elsewhere for thorn. Thej’ would not get tlicm from the Rceliahitcs. 'I’lic best course w’as to paj’ a solvent contribution for a solvent benefit.


(Hear, hear). He criticised bogus clubs and said they ought to pay


■ the same amount to the Government when tliey were started ns insurance eompanie.s. Proceeding, Bro. Campbell said there was a great clamour against the granting of old-ago pensions by the Govoriiment but be was of opinion that the Government did a very good tiling for the old people of the country and were kcoping them from becoming paurerised by instituting old-age pensions. At the present time the Goveniment were going a step further and were about to adopt more German ideas. I t w’as w’onderful what a lot of German idoas they found in this country wlicu they began to study the German question. In 1884 Priiioe Bismai-k instituted eompulsory state in­ surance ill Germany and in England tlicy


wore only just beginning to talk about it. There were tliousancls of people in tliis country w’ho w*ould not lift a finger to


.insure themsclvdl and the moment they came out of employment where were they ? 1 hey applied for outdoor relief, became chargeable to the local Union.or elso became criminals and the ratepayers had them to keep in one way or another.


. Why should they not lay'sometliing aside, either voluntary or ^compelled by tl.o . State, W


’hon in full work ? He did not think the Government scheme would hurt


■ ti’c Friendly Society movement: If the Government granted those who w’oro out' of w’ork, the sum of 5/- per w’cek the Friendly Societies had to increase that


-' amount and make it four times frve shillings. A man could not keep a wife


and family in this country on five shillings a w’oek. Every man must be a member of a friendly society in addition to State Insurance. He had travelled through Germany in regard to State insurance and he had seen it w’orking at every stand­ point. He had been in the head offices in Berlin and had had everything explain­ ed to him by the officials of the depart­ ment. He did not dread State Insurance and think it was going to sap the indivi­ dual position in this coimtrj' or make the people less thrifty than they were. The more that was done in Germany in tha way and tho more they wanted. The Germans desired unemployment insured as well. Many of tliose cpic.stions w’ore w’ortliy of tho consideration of the mem­ bers present because every member of a friendly societj’ ought to have all those things at his finger-ends and be able to debate them from every standpoint. He had been looking through some old Rechabite magazines piiou to coming


to tlic meeting tliat clay and ho found tliat the opening of tho Clitheroe tent was reported in the magazine in 1840. Nine­ teen per.soiis joined on tho opening night and on the second meeting niglit six pensons joined and eight were proposed. On August 29tli, 1840 tlic Clitheroo tent had its first procession and in that jiro- ccssion was a gentleman who was known as “ Slcndei- Billy.” (Laughter). He was anything but slendei- but tliat was the name given to him. 'They had been demonstrating to tlio people of Clitheroe that clay, went on Bi-o. Campbell, that there was a friendl}' .societj’ of teetotallers in tlie town. The Rcoliabites had brouglit about many improvements. A friendly society to have a reliable average for sick­ ness must have at least a thousand members insured. They had large and small branches and had seen how matters fluctuated. They had a tent in Birming­ ham manj’ j'cars ago tliat went on splen­ didly. '.riio tent liad twelve hundred jiounds in its sick fund and when anyone wished to join they used to send them to otlier societies, '.rhcrc was, liowevor, a turning point in life tliat many people never thought about. ’'.I’hc basis on which friendly societies was formed was that thoj’ should save' monej’ with whioh to jiaj’ claims in old ago, and thej’ could not clo that unless they made new’ members. This the Birmiiigliam tent did not do and when the members reaelicd the turning- ■ ]-:Oint in life all tlie money went. Their | funds wei'c-j;xhauslccl and they had to apply to the Board of Directors for assist­ ance. 'Fhat tent afterw’arcls adopted con­ solidation and consolidation was the rule in Birmingham at the present time. How had consolidation worked out ? | i t had been a grand success. All tho tents, numbering about 40, paid into one common sick fund and thej’ had accu­


mulated such a surplus that thej’ were now paying' the contributions of cverj’ member over 60 j’ears of age. Fliat was what the Rechabites did with their surplus funds. They guaranteed a member bis benefits and if tliej' bad a surplus the members got the !>eucfit of it. feociotics that started cheap started wrong. They must start on solvent lines and keep solvent all through.


’riicir members


csjiccially juvenile members, were increas­ ing, and their funds were accumulating. Ho hoped they would build up a strong juvenile branoli at Clithoroe as it would be the feeder of the tent in the future. In conclusion be w'islied them everj’ .succe.s.s in coimeetiou witli their work at Glitlicroe.


(Ajiplause). Bio. Cross then called upon Bro. G.


Hartley to say a few words witli respect to tile pliotograpb of the late Bro. W.


Life. Bro. Hartley said Bro. Life was known '■


by a great manj’ peoide in Clitbcioe and i tlicy thought it 'would not be out of place , that night to make a few observations , with regard to ins w'ork in tiie tow n in general and for the Rechabites in jiartieu- lar. To him iicrsonally, Bro. Life’s death came as a groat shock. Some time ago tile committee took ujion themselves the resronsibility of obtaining a photograph of tho late Bro. Life to be pliiced on tlio wall of the new Hall, so that it would remind members of tho work he had done amongst tliem. Bro. Life was the hist person in tiieir society to know' that Unit room was for sale and ho thought it w ould be a wise thing to acquire it, and liad it not been for Bro.Life they w ould probably not have been present in the Hall tliat daj'. Ho was sure tliat had ho lived, Bro. Life would have been present at tlie opening coroiiiouj' that day working like a Irojan and Bro Life was an enthusiastie w'oi’kcr in the caii.se of temporanoe and he was also a valuable worker in tlic cause of religion. He was a man wlio was not ashamed of his principles and men such as Bro. Life had a lasting effect on many people. Bro. Life was opposed to smoking drinking and gambling. He was wliat they mipht call a Puritan. Many would no doubt sneer at sucli people but lie (tho speaker) admired them and lie admired Bro. Life. He would be pleased if they bad more like him in the tent. (Hear, hear and applause). Bro. Cort (Colne), proposed a vote of


thanks to Bro. Campbell for his services that night. Bro. Campbell was ahvays ready to give any assistance he could and he W’as sure they were pleased with the information ho had given them that night. The tent at Colne was formed four years after the Clitheroo tent and formed as part of the latter. He hoped that Bro. Campbell’s visit would be a great inccnlivo to them, not only, at Clitlicrnc but in other tents, to go on.w’ith the work. Tlic pio- oossion that had taken ]>lace that day was a great advance on'the last procession ho xvas in at Clitheroe!' Alluding to the late


Bro. Life, Bro. Cort said he w’oll remem­ bered his zeal and earnestness in the cause. Bro. Life w’as a most painstaking member of the district and he w’as very anxious for its welfare, ahvaj’S labouring ad­ mirably for its success. He luiew that it would have been Bro. Life’s grea.tcst pleasure, had he been sjiared, to be w’ith them that night. Bro. Life’s w'hole soul seemed to be in temperance and Recha­ bites’ w’ork. (Applause). Bro. J. W. Blackburn, in seconding the


vote of thanks said that day’s proceedings ought to be the beginning of a now’ ora in the work of the Reohabitos in the town. Tliey needed to take to heart • what had been said that niglit with regard to new membcr.s. He thought they had plenty of room for improvement and thej' ouglit to do their utmost to obtain iidditional members. Ho believed the procession that day was the best they had had since tho tent was started and it would have sliown to the tow’nspcople that thej’ meant to take their part among tire friendly societies in the town. (Hear, hear.) In rejilj’ Bro. Campbell said tlie majority


of their members did not understand or did not recognise the extent of their Order at the present time. They, had branches not onlj’ in England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales, but also in the Isle of Man, the Orkney, Shetland and Channel Islands, Denmark, Germanj’ , Sw'itzerland, Gibraltar, Malta, Cairo and Arabia. In India they had a verj’ largo military district. There were about 70 branches composed of soliders. They had about fifteen thousand members in Victoria, Australia, and they had also a large membership in New South WalesQueens- land, Western and South Australia, Tas­ mania, and they had two large and success­ ful districts in New Zealand. They had also branches in South Africa, West Coast of Africa, West India, and also a great inanj’ branches in the United States and Canada. If any of those present intended going abroad he asked them to inform tho officers of tlio society where tlicy were going and they would give them advice. (Applause). On the proposition of Bro. J. tVilkinson,


seconded bj' Bro. W. Robinson, a hearty v'ote of thanks to the artistes and visitors


from other tents was passed. Songs were rendered during the evening


bj’ Miss Lavinia Redman (soprano), of Cowling and Mr. William Smith (bass), of . Colne. '1 lie vocalists wore in capital voice and they were frequentlj’ encored. Their singing was of a high standard and was greatlj’ appreciated. Bro. J. C. Ford ablj’ carried out the duties of accompanist.


B O E o T i 'G H '^ E S S iO N S . Tluirsdaj': Before Conns. T. G.amett (in


l-lie chair), and W. Hardaore,_Messra.JY.__ L. Girime and J. \Wndle.


TRANSFERS. The licence of the- Dog and Fartridge


lull- was pennaiieiitly taiiisferred from Peter Rob';. Hargreaves to l^liomas Hesmond- ihalgh. Elizabeth Wilson, widow of Mr. James


Wit SI 1.1, app'lied for and was granted a fresh license for the W-heiatsheaf Hotel. DRUNK ON LICENSED PREMISES. Perc\- Parry, Primrose Street, was pro­


ceeded against for being drunk on. licensed i>rom.ises. P.S. Ireilb stated that at about ten


min-tttei to tli-ree o'clock on Monday, May 31st, lie wa.s in company with P.C. Bell, wheqr ire saw deftindanit, who w’as drunk, -staggfiring aliouii the footpath- in- Russell Street. Defe-iidant was going in the direc- t.ioiii of Salford ami he aftemv.a-rds wem-t in-to the Commercial Hotel, although two young


' ladies tried to pre-i-eii-t him doing so. tVit- iidss a-n-d the constable fol-lowed and they I'otmd defeiiidant seated on a form in one of tlie rooms where there were several other [leople. Wifin-ess s[x>ke to him about his condition but before lie had time to call 1-lie landlord’s attention to defmdanit, the kiititer went i.ni'io the loi>by a.nd began swear­ ing. Defendant said “ be would show’ him whether he was drunk or not.” The young ladies who had tnied to prevent lu'm enter- Ing ton took defendant across the road to


ibis sisterdn-law's house. Witness toM Irim he would be rei>orted. lYlieot th'ey h-ad g'-n-e abotit a htindred \ards away witness ■ ttirned rouiiil and he saw ilerenidaiiit going towards the Commerc’i.a'I Hotel! again. The y-'.nng ladies had hold of his arms and ap- ], lied to be trying to get him in-to th|e lio'.’.w;; again.


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towards him defri i-dant want back. .4 fine of 2.S. 6d. a.n-il cosits was imposed,


tfie Ohainnan rem-ark.ing that he hoped it wotild be a wnrniiig lo him.


“ A BAD LOT.” Peter Goodbier. “ Modk-l.’ was sum-


mniii-ed for l>e-Mi-g d-nin.k and disorderly. P.C. Pollitt stated that at .-ilx>ut ten .


o':-l’-/,-k on Sati'.-day night,' Jti-ne 19th, h'e saw de.reiukoa.1 mi-Sal fond. Defea-dant, wiho was very drunk, was ctirsing and sw'earing all'll usi'ing lilthy kingua-ge, cau.-ing a crowxl of people to collect. W'iitiniess spoke to him several times alfout his. conduct aivd re- que'.sted him to do to his lodgings. De- foncki.nt. however, cmtimierl his disorderlv behtiviotir and w’-ifness threatened to lock him up. DIefmdant was ton- taken- .awav by several of has friends.


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. _Defeiiid.tnit said he had bben w-ith a few friends and “ had gdfi over the line.” He ilioped they wxiirld let him off by p.aying so inuch per week .arid he would see that it did not occur again.


The Ohaarman said the'fact tliat life had'


been wililr his friends; and had had too) much drink Was no excuse for the language


'he used. The a f ie i Constable (Mr. W. Clayton),


.'said dafeVidant had not beem- before to.-'? Cotirt since 190a, but he was " a bad lot.” Defendaint w'.-ls fined js. and costs or 14 davs’ imprisonmeint in .default. -


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