The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-11-06
There's Poison in That Glass.

Two young men from the Far West
were on board train the night before
Christmas going East to spend the holi-
DAYS with friends.
They evidently started out with the de-
termination of enjoying mselves, no
matter who might be annoyed by their
testing and profanity. At midnight. when
some of the passengers were trying to
sleep the noise of glasses was heard-one
of the party was taking from his satcchel
bottle from which he poured into glass
the ferv LIQUID. As he sat looking at it
giving its color in the cup" a lady sitting
near said in solemn tones, Y Dung man,
there's poison in that glass" Immediately
all ewes were turned toward him as he sat
pale and motionless, holding the glass be-
fore him. His companion said with much
feeling, "That is true, and I have been
drinking poison all nv life" The thought
seemed to trouble him and he put the
glass aside.
Science proves that alcohol is a poison.
It never changes in the system, but re-
mains alcohol. 1t is Stunned and cast out
as an enemy.
It is not food for mind or body; on the
contrary it destroys the mind, skaters
the nerves. vitiates the blood and, worse
than all, ruins soul and body.
Young man, are you willing to run the
risk for the momentary qualification of
taking a glass? 1t may be the fatal glass!
Stop and consider. A single glass OF
liquor has brought many young man to
the penitentiary or callows.
Then flee to the Saviour; ask to be de-
livered from the evil appetite; seek for
giveness, and He will hear and answer in
peace.
Samuel J. Kennedy, the dentist, recent
ly tried for the murder of Dolly Reynolds,
gave out these words of warning to young
men and young women:
Do not touch the first drop of wine or
liquor Shun them as you would snake.
Because if YOU do not they will ruin you
as they have well-nigh ruined me and
brought me into the very atmosphere of
an icnominious death. Two cocktails
brought me where I am to-day, despised
for a crime I did not commit, convicted
in the minds of thousands, though l am
innocent of Dolly Reynolds's murder. -.
They have cast a blur on the name. OF
my child. half ruined my dear wife,s
health and filled nv parents hair with
silver lines before their quiet lives mer'
tied it. I have charged up all my three
wears of frightful wretchedness to the
LIQUOR that stupefied nv memory.
The night that Dolly Reynolds was mur:.
dered I could not recollect those who had
seen me and could have proved an alibii.
Those cocktails. with the chloral took
for my neuralgia, constituted Knockout
drops. If I hadn't drunk the cocktails |
would not have taken the chloral with
LIQUOR, and it would have taken me only
fifteen minutes to clear myself instead of
three years.
/ wish it were possible for me to talk
personally to each and every young per-
son who finds pleasure in the social cup.
I would convince them that they are play
ing with fire. joking with misery, laughing
in the face of death.
Leave drink alone, young people. 1t
may not involve you. and these you love:
in miserable murder case, but it will
just as surely entail misery and suffering
as it will ensiave your senses and enfeeble
your body.-Temperance Advocate.