The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-12-16
TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES.

ThMtEhhNSG H1"S hN1
Mr.. st. John calculates that there are 500
miles Of saloons in the United States.
Out Of 40, 7S3 commitments recorded dur.
ing the year in Ireland, 40 fewer b a ls,CTo
were for drunkenness.
In the Bible Christian denomination there
are between 200 and 300 ministers, every ono
OF whom is a pledged total abssainer.
Chicago has six thousand saloons--one for
every two hundred people. Chicago has q
church for about every three thoussni
people.
The natives Of the West indies drink rum
and gin, which they can purchase for one
cent a glass, the glasses being about as large
as a wine goblet.
A million homes were visited in England,
October II, by 80, 700 persons, under the
auspices OF the United Kingdom Bani OF
Hope, with q view to encouraging their
children to become members OF the society.
The keeper of a bar-room in San Francis.
co, while among his casks in the cellar was
killed by the explosion OF an empty cask
one of the slaves crushing his skull. bis
light ignited the accumulated fumes In the
cass.
King Kama, a South African chief, Is
said to be very enlightened and tries thu sale
of ardent liquors to his subjects. do be
sought the English Government to proh'oit
the liquor traffic among his subjects, but all
in vain.
Miss Belle Kearney is one OF the most en-
thusiastic Temperance workers in the South.
She is known as the maiden mother OF
Young Women's Christian Temperance
Unions, having organized in Mississippi
twenty.eig Us.
Canon Scott, of Woolwich. says that one
of the greatest blots on our Christianity is
the fact that in England we have 10000 girls
engaged in pubiic-houses AMI d~riusins-5!rs.
there to work, for imahy hours amidst
temptation, foul language and impure alr.
The United Kingdom Band OF Hope Union
reports that Ii, 40 Juvenile societies, with an
estimated membership Of 2.ll2.W 9, ore now
ut work in this country; 1916 meetings were
attended by the Unions agents In London
alone during the past year.
The Bishop of Cloyne, Ireland, has ordered
the priests in his diocese not to say mass,
nor attend the funeral, nor recommend the
deceased to the prayers Of the congregation
in any case where intoxicating drink is sup
piled at the wake of the deceased person, or
ut the funeral.
The enforcement Of the recsnt order OF
the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Rail.
road, prohibitin. railroad men from ire
quenting saloons, has had the effect to close
one saloon in Elkhart, Ind, where the Lake
Shore shops are located, and Others complain
Of greatly reduced custom. .
The liquor traffic is no friend to the work.
man so far as employment is concerned. 1t
gives occupation to fewer men than any
other business in proportion to its capital.
For example, the annual output out OF a
brewery estimated at IS, QUO, OW employs but
$50 men, while all iron ore works OF the
same capital requires 1900 laborers.
Dr.. Albert Day says: AS the jackal fol-
lows the lion and preys upon tho slain, 50 do
disease and death await upon the footsteps
cfinebriation. Tue Tree aud universal use
Of intoxicating liquors for a few centuries
cannot fail to bring down our rae. from the
majestic athletic forms Of our fathers to
the similitude of a despicable and puny race
Of men,. Already the commencement OF the
decline is manifest, anu the consummation
Of it, should the causes continue, will not
linger. =.