The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-03-29
DESTROYING raE MIND.

way you win See it in It's iull light, and q
beautiful ruby Of blood red. You would
keep those two jewels with all the care and
watchfulness In your power. What Is your
intellect and your intelligencs compared TO !,
that diamond full OF light7 The reason
which God has given you Is brighter, more
beautiful, more full Of light and more pre-.
found in the earth. What. do they do who
intoxicate themselves with drink? They!
darken and destroy that diamond. A dia-
mend may be turned into q coal, and they
who indulge In intoxicating drink bring
their reason, their intellect and their brain
into darkness. What wreck and ruin is
this!-Sacred Heart Review.
.'cURsrs. coRRUprs AID KrLLs.n
The saloon does not give its patrons any
equivalent for the money 1t receives. It
takes the hard earnings OF the day 1aborera
and gives that which curses aud corrupt3
and KILLS. It's business Is fraud and rob-
berry with an element Of murder In It, Thd
liquor traffic is system Of counterfeitine.
giving poison for food. Every seller 81
strong drink obtains money under false pre-.
FENCES gets something for worse than noth-
ing. The State ought to prohibit this Grim.
inal traffic for the same reason that it pro-
hibits fraud and murder. It is not valid
argument against such prohibitory laws TO-,
say that men will evade them, that "prohi.
bition will not prohibit" Gamblers and coun.
terfeiters and murderers evade the law. {
"rhou shalt not kilp' is o prohibition that
has never perfectly prohibited. Therefore,
according to the saloon logic, the Ten C6m.
mandments ought to be abolished Cum.
berlandI Presbyterian. a
pscUsstss DRUNKENNESS AS A prsEAss.
The members OF the Twilight Club met al
the st. Denis Hotel In New York recently
for their Cloth emi.monthly dinner and de-
bate on some subject Of the times. The
theme for discussion was "Tbe Drinking
habit" Dr. T. D. Prouthers physician Of
the Home for 1nebriates at Hartford, was
enness was a:disease, and that this was proved
by its gradual growth In individuals. Asa
disease, it must be treated by scientific
means to effect any cure, and the most i'm.
portant thing to be ascertained In treating
the drink habit was to find the causes which
first in 1uced man to drink to excess, and
then by removing these cure might be ac-
complished.
Clark Bell advocated law which should,
put drunkards on the same Legal basis as the,
insane, and provide for their confinement.
with q view to curing them.
A. Willis Lightbourne, speaking from
newspaper mans point OF view. said that
drunkenness was often caused by overwork, I
the effort to accomplish Utmost impossible
tasks in short time, and by anxiety. Let
these causes be removed and q cure was pos
sible. The other speakers all agreed that
drunkenness was disease.
e.. ... CHOOSE.
A temperance society Is not so much q re-
formatory for drunkards as It Is an army Of
sober, rightliving, liberty-loviug men who
are doing battle against tho enemies OF the
State and the destroyer Of the home. The
battle is now between sober living and
drunkenness; between the saloon and tho
home; between the church and the liquor
traffic.
In which army will you cast your lot? The
camps are forming; over one floats the whita
banner Of temperance-in it reigns peace
and ioy-its soldiers are mon of clean moral
lives. It has In its keeping the safety of the
Nation; it Is the defender Of good govern
ment; it is the saviour Of your homes; it Is
the salvation OF your wives and children; 10
is the defender of the fair fame OF Holy
Church.
Over the other floats the black banner Of
riot and ruin. Alcohol Is king there; the
saloon-keepers are his servants; poor drunk.
ards are his victims. Within 1t are blasted
families, broken.hearted mothars, diseased
CullQIep, Tuitleo uouios" .,.
In which camp will you cast your lotf
With which army will you identify your
fortunss2 For which cause will you say the
private word and do the public deedf
Who that desires we'll Of bis race Or corn-
try can hesitate? But remember, co-opeta-
tion, active and public, is the need OF the
hour-lending our lives to the cause whose
object is the suppression of intemperance.
the establishment OF sobriety, the prsssrya-
ton Of home.-Sacred Heart Review.