The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-10-14

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narcotics or brain stimulants.
1 avoid all that would deader
nv nerves or excite my brain
and which might lead me te
think for time that I am no;
as weak or as tired as | am.
want to know what is my true
possession of capital. I am care
ful not to borrow tomorrow's IN
come for today's expenditure.
want to go to bed at night witt
brain balance overdrawn."
DR.. Pepper, who was eminent
as a physician. as well as an ex
ceptionally hard worker with his
brain and nerves, said heartily
as he brought down his hand OF
the editors knee:
II must say that that is sounc
reasoning, from a physicians
point of view" F."
Thus, as a matter Of persona
preference, within the sphere, Q.
Christian liberty, and in accord
ance with the best Judgment o:
eminent medical authority. moi
swayed by extreme total absti
nence practice or preference, the
editor is, and far more thar
three score yearshas been rigic
total abstainer and this course
he recommends to others.
Not only in view Of his per
sonal preference and best judg
ment, but as a matter in which
example may be influential be-
yond our thought. he has deemed
total abstinence the only safe
course. An instant Illustrating
this that occurred thirty years
ago impressed itself forcibly or
his mind.
Being in San Francisco in 1o7:
| he heard much said about the
California wines and he was re
peatedly urged to try them. Ar
old friend, whose guest he was:
was particularly deslrous that
he should test their superiority
mentioning a favorite brand II
particular, as lie was aware o:
the fact that in younger days the
editor was an apothecary, ane
had some knowledge of the DIFF
ferences in wines. A few days
after their conversation on this
matter, they were together in
vited to a dinner at q a neigh
bor's. Here came a new trial.
Two valued servants, who hac
for years lived in the editors
family in Hartford, We're now II
the family where he had beer
invited to dinner. At the dinner
we're several kinds of wine, bu'
as they we're preferred to hin
he declined. The hostess fol
the evening urged that he shoale
try their choicest California
wines, naming especially she
favorite brand Of his old friend
The bottle was already open, n,anc
the others were drinking fromi it
Why should he not try 1t, he was
asked, enough to express hi<
opinion on it? But he declined
His hostess urged him to yield
until he thought she was press
lug the matter unduly, and he
was therefore the irmer, and the
dinner was ended.
The next day he met the eidel
of the two servants, whom ne
respected and valued for hel
worth. To his surprise she said
as to the dinner of the evening
before:
when we we're preparing 1o1
the dinner, my mistress was con
sldering what wines we were K
have. I said, Mr.. Trumbul
never drinks Vine She said
He'll drink wine at our table to
night-you see if he doesn't
said, If Mr. Trumbull tas5e<
your vine, you can take off 6
months wages of mine l JUS
knew you wouldn't touch vine.
And the editor thanked the
Lord that he had not lost hi:
good name with her as a tota
abstainer who could be depended
on. He then realized anew tha1
we are always in the balance be
fore our fellows, always being
watched to see what we do: ane
that for our own sakes, and fol
the sake of others, total abstl
nence is our only safe rule.
The writer has had varied ex
periences in life, as enabling hin
to test and confirm the reasona
bleness Of his views in favor O:
total abstinence. He has travel
ed in Europe, Asia, Africa ane
America. He has, in the fifty