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Have spoken three times during the month upon the subject of intemperance among the freedmen.

Rev Mr. McKinney, Dr Taylor and myself have labored earnestly to bring about a reform in this respect through our labors I am sorry to report have not met with that sympathy that we expected in the beginning.

Since the matter was called to my attention by Circular letter from Maj. Genl O.O. Howard. I have spent much time investigating how strong a hold whiskey had on the cold people of this community, and find that it is used as a beverage by nearly all of the cold. men that pretend to be ministers of the Gospel that eight out of ten of the laboring class both white and black use strong drink

That the cold ministers here throw their influence all against temperance meetings - not in one single instance coming to any of our meetings. At our first meeting here we thought that the work would be easy, but when the time came for