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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1843
Page
3
Readers send donations and praise for the Washingtonian publisher and editorial committee. Letters from James McCafferty and others commend the paper's quality and affordability, urging continued patronage and expansion of temperance work.
A knocking editorial urges the Augusta Washingtonians to mobilize members, boost fundraising, and revive meetings. It laments excessive leadership and calls for renewed energy, with Old Jones’s column promising occasional talks on temperance and humanity.
A letter recalls storms at sea led by Captain Delevan and Gunner Beecher and attacks on alcohol. It recounts a temperance anecdote where a drunk man endures brutal tests for liquor, rescued by temperance men, and later converts to a Christian life. The piece ends noting 1843 Georgia references and a temperance banner request.
The Augusta Benevolent Society met in the Presbyterian Lecture Room with Rev. G. F. Pierce presiding. Dr L. D. led prayer and the vice president outlined the aim to revive the society’s charitable work with a public notice previously issued.
The Benevolent Society agrees to merge the Collector and Treasurer roles with the Secretary, appoints two member committees per division to recruit members, and asks Augusta pastors to preach on the Society’s aims. It mourns the death of John Winter, longtime treasurer, and notes thanks to donor W J Eve.
The Rev. John Winer of Amsterdam origin and forty years in the United States died after a long illness at age sixty one. A Methodist Episcopal local preacher for thirty one years his life embodied faith and service and his family and community mourn his loss yet find solace in religious assurance and eternal hope.
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