The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-07-30
REUNITED BY TEMPERANCE.

Once married and divorced and reunited
again under most novel circumstances is the
domestic history of William j. and Gertrude
A. Ayers, who for the second time stood be-
fore q minister of the Gospel last night and
were pronounced man aud wife, and in the
presence of her little children, three sturdy
rrchins, who huddled together on the edge OF
the platform and gazed curiously about while
their father and mother were taking up
again the broken threads of their domestic
life and promising to live for each other
through life and through death and for bet
ter or worse Ayers is the President OF
Prohibition Club at 70t West Lake street,
and the ceremony that reunited him with his
divorced wife was conducted under the aus
pices of the club twas intended for an ex-
ample and lesson in temperance, anil large
crowd of cold water advocates were present.
The result of the first attempt OF this pair to
sail the matrimonial seas IS commonplace
enough Ayers was paperhanger and
painter, a good mechanic, and married the
girl of his choice. They lived happily
enough until the husband neglected. his wife
for saloons and evil companions. When he
became confirmed i'll drunkenness she left
him and secured 4 divorce. Like Saul OF
Tar.uS Ayers was converted and became
Prohibition leader. He Hcorganiz,d the st. john
Prohibition Club and made it great
success. Working hard in the daytime an
preaching temperance ana religion at night,
he succeeded both temporarily ana spiritually,
and few weeks ago made his last payment
on the furniture for a neat little home. In
the meantime he ped his former wife sup
port The three little boys, tn, result OF the
marriage. and when he proposed that they
begin again where they In | left OF she was
nothing 10th. Tic marriage last night was
the fuili,Im.nt Of her promise to again trust
her life into his keeping. 1t was sI3Seitel
to him that lie make tn, occasion practical
temperance lesson, and without regard to the
opinion Of the outside anl perhaps sco.ling
world invitations were issucl to the general
public. None were unbildcn to the welding
feast that followed the ceremony, the only
requisite being the payment of twenty-five
cents for admission into the upper room. The
couple whose bari; of hap .Dinass hal once run
aground on the shoals OF intemperance a IL
cd line to the card OF invitation. which
read:
"Whomsoever God joineth together let not
rum put asunder."
There was a large crowd in attendance. 1.
was temperance love feast. and before the
ceremony an hour was spent i'll listening to
recitations and songs. The cercm ony was
performed by Rev. G.. II. Schofed, accord
ing to the ritual of the Episcopal Church.
After the welding the groom ma 10 Il ringing
temperance speech and the supper followed.
-Chicago Herald.
TEMPERA NcE NEWS AND NOTES.
g The Lords side is not the whisky side.
During the past eighteen months Boston
has sent l, ,259, 900 gallons of rum to Africa .
Francis Murphy, during five months work
in Iowa has secured 2T,0)j signatures to the
pledge
Every American woman in tho mining
town of Bis5e2, Arizona, wears tho white
ribbon
In New South Wales, within the last de-
Gale, there has been decrease in the con.
sumption of alcoholics of 20 6 per cent.
The Connecticut w. G.. r. u. has begun
tgitatioa to secure better enforcement OF
til scientific tenoeranc5 instruction law Of
ahat State.
Cardinal Manning, in a recent address,
says: Tho chief bar to the working OF thu
Holy Spirit Of Gsi in the souls of men aal
women is intoxicating drink"
A New York physician is quote as saying
that glass OF hot milk, sippel slowly, will
afford rs much real strength u tho wca:y
partakcr as barrel Of beer.
Many mothers have sown the Seals Of il
to Idly for every childish ailmcnt, Or by
drinking it themselves whilc they are mrs
ing their children.
Mayor Kretsinger, OF BEATRICE, Neb.. il
his recent official message TO the City Conu
Gil, says: 81 certainly an no. mistaken
when say that for the $4,000 yearly Oh
tainod from saloon lic.nic the city lo:aS an
nually 81, ,OJ0."
Miss jennie Case Law National Snperin
tsn1ent OF the w. {. \. u. flower mission
work, and for twenty years bel ril,lcn in
yali |, is the delighted recipient Of the baul-
SON ,st music box ever m1dc tho gift OF tic
National ". G. 7, U. IL honor II ber lf.i2f,
birthday. = q.