The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-12-18
DOES IT PAYi

DOES IT PAY2
Some Answers to this Query Given by a
Southern California Newspaper Man.
There is class of very good people
who, perhaps because they did not
start the Kelley Cure themselves,
worry their brains to find reasons why
people should not go to the Institute.
These folks say, for example, 1T costs
too much-the price is exhorbitant."
Now, let us look at this from two
points of view: First, from the side
of the man who takes the cure, and,
second, from that of those who own
and administer it.
Is it worth the price to the drunk
ard7 Let us deal in facts, and to that
end consider a few of the hundreds
of cases that have come to the knowl-
edge of the writer hereof. Be it ui1-
derstood, however, before relating
these incidents, that it is not necessary
that whiskey should make a gutter sot
of a man in order to ruin him mental
|ly, physically, spiritually and fnan-
cially. 4
John Parkinson was born of good
family and inherited large fortune
as well as taste for drink. He held
prominent positions for thirty years.
During this whole term he drank to
excess. He lost the fortune and for
feited one position after another, un-
til at the end of forty-6ve years, his
physical system was utterly wrecked,
his mental faculties paralyzed, and he
was practically without God or re-
igion. A more miserable man never
walked the streets, and yet people in
the great hotel in which he lived did
not know that he drank at all. He
took the Keeley Cure, and in twenty
eight days walked out Of the Institute
with a sound mind and q sound body,
and has for more than a year been,
able to do twelve hours work day
without feeling it. The treatment
costs $13O. The thirty years Of drunk
enness cost, at the least calculation,
$1OO, 900. Was the treatment worth
the money Who can calculate, be-
side, the value of an immortal soul {
Is IL worth only $129.99? If so, DR..
Keeley's price was exhorbitant.
The other day the question was
asked of one of the staunchest young
business men in Southern California:
did it pay you to take the Keeley
Treatment 2" He said: SITS the cheap
est thing that ever came into the
world. It's the best investment ever
made. Look at this" He drew ouS
his bank book with the return checks
and exhibited eight checks drawn to
the order of saloon keepers, and dated
within. five days of the time he entered
the Keeley Institute. They aggregat-
ed Slips. The Keeley Treatment cost
him$132, and the $125 represented by
the checks was showing of only one
Of the many sprees. Did it pay him 2
Does the fact that he is AN active,
manly business man, trusted by every
one who knows him, count for moth
+ing2 Is the fact that he is, to-day a
sincere and worthy member of the
CuUEWu, Llldb nO UC<hIo S0u0A& o4o SNe
spoken testimony to what God, through
the Kelley Cure, has done for him, of
no value2
The other. day a Kelley graduate
found on the corner of the street q
poor fellow in seventh hell of de-
spair. He said: 81 worked all sum.
mer in the harvest field. I never lost q
day; and I came in town short time
ago with $174 in my pocket. Intend.
ed to get me a room and live quietly
while taking a rest. I had not drank
for months. T took a drink, and now
every dollar is gone and I am home
less and penni1ess. I must 60 to work
again, if by any chance I can get any
work to do" Would it have paid
that man to take the Keeley Cure :
Did that $174 do anybody any good
To these incidents might be added
hundreds, vouched for byunquestion-
able testimony.-Los Angeles (CaL)
Times.