. The Spirit of '76 : devoted to the principles, incidents, and men of '76 and colonial times. been left to tne Orthodox sentiments express-ed at the Cleveland Convention it would have been dead;but there has sprung up a new belief, tnat is Scientist orFaith. This faith and hard work have kept the paper from,the tomb. To day it is paying tor itself. If the National Society care to use it as their organthey have the opportunity; if not the space devoted to thethe society can be used for news of general interest to thepublic wlio are its present supporters. If each State Society would subscribe
. The Spirit of '76 : devoted to the principles, incidents, and men of '76 and colonial times. been left to tne Orthodox sentiments express-ed at the Cleveland Convention it would have been dead;but there has sprung up a new belief, tnat is Scientist orFaith. This faith and hard work have kept the paper from,the tomb. To day it is paying tor itself. If the National Society care to use it as their organthey have the opportunity; if not the space devoted to thethe society can be used for news of general interest to thepublic wlio are its present supporters. If each State Society would subscribe for its entiremembership satisfactory figures would be given tliein. Thepaper could be used for official notices and news of themeetings. .\ sufficient space woidd .l-e allo^ved accordingto che subscri[;tion5 of eaiJi state. For instance, a Massachusets, with over 1,000 members could haveten pages a year at their dis[Osal. A state with half thatnumber, half the sjjace. Thij would be an equitable distri-bution, if )uu want it. 244 THE SPIRIT CF 76 AHONO THE SOCiETIES. April, 1898. Sons of the American l>Jevolution. The ftnnufil luocliii^: and baiinuel of tlie Gliujiter,^ioIl8 of tlio AiiUrii-iin lUVolntion lifhl at the Ijuludo Clut)IMiirch IJ, (it the (•■ml of a viuit which has hisleil BiUfe lS.*;_ithe chapter of tho scL-ioty hero reoeived its chart-ir troin theStPitc hioiiety. Thn oharter, how ovct, iJatcs linck to the Ioriii-ntiou of the local chapter and accredits it as existing siuce \bt) most notable thing in connectionwith tho chartr is the fact that the haulchapter received it iroin tho hands of Orant of ^>ew iork, tlie son of thegreat soldier and Piesideut, U. S. (irant. Before the bampiet of the society thomembers met in annual session and choseoJiicers for the eusuiuf^ year. The result ofthe balloting was as follows : Iresident, Iruemun Cr. Avery; firstvice-president, Aiidrew Lungdou ; secondvice-president, C. 3
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