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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-06-08
Harm of the Free Lunch.

Against the old-quoted statement that
'The free lunch is the redeeming feature
of the saloon" Mrs. Chauncey Depew
says some most valuable and significant
things. She says: The free lunch is large
ly responsible for the ensiavement Of young
men to drink. As sure as a man eats a
free lunch, just SO sure will he be a drink
ing man, unless he is possessed of rare
self-control. A man takes a drink and a
bite. The bite makes him thirsty and the
drink makes him hungry, and many a man
who would leave a saloon after having i'm,
bibed one drink, will stick all day as long
as the free lunch is there. 1t isn't The
drink that keeps him, but the ingenious
makeup of the free lunch, and that's why
/ say it's a blotch on civilization and
should be wiped out"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-06-08
Better Than Patience.

There is something better than trying
to keep ones patience when hard pressed.
One who was dreading an interview on a
matter that promised friction, prayed be.
forehand that he might hold himself
well in hand and keep his patience. For
q few hours before the interview there
was an unexpected opportunity Tor 10y
ing fellowship with the persons involved.
When the time came for discussion, both
sides were so close together that the an.
ticipated trouble failed to appear: The
next days prayer was: "Lord help, me
not to keep my patience, but 10 keep my
loya"-S. S. Times.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-06-08
"yhe Last Sumner" Decayinc.

vt last Leonardo's great picture is fkely
to he saved. After permitting it to uader,,
go all manner OF indignities, the Municipal
Council CT Milan has pctitioned the Italian
Government to take immediate steps to-
ward saving The Last Supper" Espe-
cially within the last year the painting has
is done at once toward its preservation
the great work will be obliterated. or at
least vanished beyond repair. With the
Italian Governments long awakened jeal-
OILS watch over its masterpieces of art, the
wonder is that Leonardo's best known
work should have been so neglected: The
French, certainly. have exercised sufficient
care over Mona Lisa"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-06-08
A Pitiful Example.

Recently while crossing on the ferry from
Jersey City to the New York side a sailor,
one OF Uncle Sans boys. stepped up to me,
wishing to sell a watch guard. 1t was
beautiful, made CT white silk, yet he
wanted to part with 1t for the paltry sum
of s. $50. And why? That he might pay a
debt at a saloon. Physically, he was a
splendid specimen of manhood, tall and
broad shou!dered, weighing nearly 1870
pounds, yet his face depicted suffering and
deep wrinkles appeared on his face. Then,
by questioning him, i received the follow.
ing story, which l here give to you word
for word. as near as | can remem bel, hop
ing that it may reach the heart OF some
one:
"Sir, don't you want to help me out? l
want to sell this watch guard. | a
bill at a saloon, and being mat | contract
ed that debt l feel obligated to pay it,
ever if it is to a saloon"
| complimcnted him on his honesty, and
asked him to what ship he belonged. The
Indiana" was the reply. Some people
have an idea that all sailors are the off,
securing of tie earth, but it is false"
Then With a pathos in his voice that
touched me to the quick he continued:
MY mother is a God-fearing, praying
Christian, God bless her. ! have three sis
tiers, the best the sun ever shone on, but l
am the black sheep of the family. l had a
splendid wife, as true and loving as 1t ls
possible for a wife to be. ] had a beauti.
full child, which was the Joy and pride of
the home, b%ut-but-1 am divorced" This
he said with tears in his eyes.
Il have been home two days of my fur
Tough, recovering from my weakness,
brought on by drink. ] am now on my
way back to the navy yard, although my
+.-.a -, 80 49,, All ,oor,pr ho,-a e;rnoJ
the pledge and | am going to reform.
Young man, never touch a drop OF any in.
toyicating liquors." Then, turning to my
younger brother, he said: "You are young
yet; you do not know the awfulness of
temptation. God grant that you never
may. Oh, to be a boy again! On, for an.
other chance!"
Till my dying day I shall never forget
the look of anguish that passed over his
face as he thus ruminated over his past life.
Il have seen some of the saddest sights
ever mortal man was privileged to witness
right over here in the navy yard" he said.
Some of the finest fellows | have ever
known have died one after another in the
strait jacket, drink being their only fault"
As the ferry reached the slip he left US,
That man had reformed, and but for US,
We who give the devil his license to ruin
mems souls, would have been on his way
to heaven, ut, tempted, fell.
Later, out on the street, | saw him pull
a bottle from his pocket and hilariousiy
lift it to his lips, bought from some &C.
cursed saloon.
How long shall we license the devil to
break mothers hearts, wreck the lives az
we'll as the souls of our fellow creatures,
fill our courts with divorce suite and ou1
jails with criminals? How long no one
knows, but may God grant that we may
have a great awakening in the very near
future.-Charles I. Yost, in RAMS Horn.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-06-08
Important Ordinances.

Three important ordinances prepared
by the investigation committee of the Chi
cago City Council will soon demand the
attention IF that body. One requires the
withdrawal from saloons OF all window
shades at midnight, that compliance WITT
the midnight closing ordinance may be
eviden,: the second gives the Mayor pow
er to revoke licenses where existing laws
are violated, and the third forbids the
sale of beer or other intoxicants to chill
dren, being aimed at the evil of what Is
known as rushing the can"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-06-08
THE GREAT DESTROYER
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE.

Poem: The Cause of Temperance
W~arning-The Story of What Drink
Did For One of Uncle SANS Sailor
Boys-Descent From Hero to Hobo.
The cause of temperance is Gods, it's foes
cannot prevail; .
Love may yet linger for a time, and yet 1t
cannot fail
To come at last like flame OF fire, in tidal
wave of food,
And burn and flow and purify and intro
duce the good;
The age of peace and reason, Of harmony
and love,
May yet be distant for awhile and tarTy
yet above;
But rays of light and tones OF love are
seen ard heard to-day
That give us hearts to labor, and zeal to
watch and pray.
George button, in Suggestion.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-06-08
A Voting Comparison.

In California there are only twenty vot
ers to every liquor dealer; in Louisiana
the proportion is even greater, there be
ing one liquor dealer to every fifteen vot
ers. Illinois has one liquor dealer to
every fifty-one voters. The proportion j.
smallest in North Carolina. where there
Utah the proportion is one liquor dealer
to every ia voters, which would seem to
indicate that the Mormons, whatever else
their faults, are not greatly given to drink
ing liquor.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-06-08
Stole and Moved House.

The Rev. A. O. Swartwood. pastor of the
Christian Church at Miller, $. D., says his
house and fence have been stolen from his
homestead west OF Pierre. 1t seems that
houses are in demand in the neighborhood.
A man named Elrud returned to his house
after a months absence, went to bed and
awoke in the night ten miles from his land.
Thieves, with six horses hitched to the
building, had moved it west. The owner
stepped out with two pistols cpd ordered
the volunteer house movers to return
forthwith his house to its original founda-
ton. They did so. apologizing by saying
they did not know it was his home.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-06-08
Honoring the New Arrival.

The birth of a child among the work
ing class in Cumberland has been from
time immemorial, and is still, %celebrat-
ed by the making of a mixture called
"~rum-butter." Its Ingredients are but
ter. sugar, rum, and spices, and it is a
really palatable compound. Every per-
son entering a house where a birth has
taken place is offered a taste for sew
eral weeks after the event. 1t is an
insult to the child and its parents to
refuse the proffered dainty, and not to
offer it is considered equally discour-
teous.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-06-08
asnicide windn of Brazil.

In Brazil and other parts OF Soum
America the natives know and fear q
certain condition of the air, when
they call suicide wind" 1t is not q
superstition but an actual condition
of the atmosphere, which seems to
drive the people to madness, and dur
ing it's continuance self-inficted deaths
are numerous. Criminologists and Gel
entists all over the world are inter-
ested in this peculiar atmospheric In
fuence, which is indicated by a SOFT
moist, warm air that settles heavily
on the earth.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-06-08
The Iowa Plan.

The Iowa plan of combining confirmed
drunkards in an asylum is working well.
An average of fifty a month since the law
went into effect eight months ago have
been sent. The drunkard is put in a little
different class from the criminal or insane.
and at the same time is forcibly protected
from his own weakness for liquor. The
drink of the inmates is stopped. They are
required to work on the asylum farm, and
as soon as they are pronounced cured, are
released. About seventy-hve per cent. OF
those sent to the asylum thus far have
been discharged as cured.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-06-08
CoIony For 10000 Poles.

"A committee OF five Milwaukeeans was
appointed to purchase l5o,G o acres of land
near Marinette, Wis. This is the first step
taken by the Rational Polish Alliance to
find homes for 10000 men employed IN
Pennsylvania mines. Five thousand Will
live in Wisconsin and the remainder IN up
per Michigan.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-06-08
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RrGhkfAsN
80 lIGnble

OOoiHE NiCtOEIcos
My infant class one summer morn
Was gathered in the maple shade,
Near the church door, and there we talked
Of the fair world our God had made.
The swaying trees upon the hill,
The waving grain, the shadowy grove
Till every little heart seemed filled
With the sweet sense of Jesus love.
A query Dear little ones,
AS days go by, what shall we do
Since Jesus has so loved US all
To show Him that we love Him, too?
"T'Q mind mamma" said willful Tim;
And Ben, "Il carry in the wood;'
Said Mary, IT will lessons learn"
While Dimple lisped, Il will be dood."
And how will Helen show her love:
She, with a wistful glance at Rose
A sweet, but pale and timid child
Replied, "By giving up, 1 s'pose."
Dear girl! To fragile sister Rose
She oft must yield her will and way;
But now this duty shall disclose
Her love for Jesus, day by day.
Oft, were we but wise, we'd find
Our triumph in another's gain;
On glowing altar-coals of love
Would Joy to see self"idols slain.
In simplest way the soul may drink
With Christ the sacriicial cup,
And many a victory is won,
And nobly won, by giving up"
H. L. B.
Richmond, Ind.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-06-08
God Gives Us Strength.

God never makes us sensible Of our
weakness except to give us His strength;
we must not be disturbed by what is in.
voluntary. The great point is, never to
act in opposition to the inward light, and
to be willing to 60 as far as God would
lave us.-Fenelon.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-06-08
Warsaw Exposition Cancelled.

The proposed electrical exhibition at
Warsaw has been Cancelled, owing to be-
lief of the promoters that pending the du-
ration of the Russo-Japanese conflict such
an exposition would net pay.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-06-08

Statistics demonstrate that the use of
alcoholic beverages are on the decrease in
England and the United States, but that
in France they arc on the increase. How
ever. that may be, there are quite enough
alcoholic drinks swallowed n this coun-
try,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-06-08
His Home.

If yoy cannot find the devil in a saloon
( is no use looking anyv here else for him.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-06-08

Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken OF
as a cough cure.-J. w. OBR1EN, S2Z ihlra
Avenue, N, Minneapolis, Mlnn., jan. b, l9oo'
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-06-08

The pay roll Of the navy is S20,OOO,-
900 q year. N. Ill
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-06-08

IF YOU will take the trouble to inve-l-
gate YOU will discover that a popular man
has no radical opinions.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-06-08

In Massachusetts there are more
than 100000 people that depend alto
gether upon the cotton mills for a liV-
ing.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-06-08

We have come to appreciate its Importance
and to care for it in countless ways, but 1t
buiks too large on our view. 1t Is not an
end, but an instrument. The soul is In an
organism, but is not it nor a mere attiu-
ence from it. The soul is the man. Per-
s~onality is the browning fact. 1t means
knowledge, power, character, immortality.
If man is only a cunning organism he
needs and asks no immortality. But, be-
cause he IS q persona spiritual beng,
with power to think and will and love,
with memory and forecast, with unmeas-
ured capacity for JOY and sorrow, with a
sense for truth and Righteousness and God
in his best moments he requires MINOR
tally that he may have scope adequate to
his CONSCIOUSNESS OF power acslai OF at
tainable; and lie takes his hunger for 1t as
Gods assurance that the promise OF pres
ent experience will have fulfillment in the
future. In his baser moments, having ex-
hausted his body by labor or by dlsslpa-
ton, he longs only for rest from WEAKNESS
of nerves or the tyranny Of appetite. Then
Immortality has no charm, and belief IN 1t
sinks into a doubt and often into a denial.
1t is not science, but subsection to senSa-
ton till it rules us, that breeds the doubt
OF immortality. When we live on the high
er planes of our being we feel the real sig
niicance OF life, and catch gllmpscs OF lts
far stretching horizon.
The reality OF God as sovereign and
father, the reality OF revelation as a past
and present experience of divine communal
| cation. the reality Of salvation as a fulfill
mert Of life, and the reality OF the soul as
the imperishable person - these, freshly
seen and felt as the great and permanent
clements Of human experience, will new
create the august and commanding sense
of duty, dissolve and Gissipate the mater
ialism which degraGes our nature, ennoble
life by giving 1t 4 new value, revive the
| spirit of prayer and worship and put new
energy into all our moral enterprise. 1t IS
our sha!lowness, or utter want, OF spiritual
life that RODS us OF power and joy as chill
drcn of God.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer., 1904-01-02
TO LAUNCH RECKLESS WAR.

Washington, d. c., Dec. ~
Although Gen. Reyes, the Colon
bian president-elect, has not made
known the contents of his note re
garding the Panama situation whlch
he intends presenting to this gov
ern,nent, it is evident that the ad-
ministration is Informed as to Its
real purport. The briefest way OF
stating the terms of the conmunl-
cation is to say that it contains
three alternatives, tJ-wit;
First, restoration of the status
prior to the revolution.
Second, United States not to in-
terfere with Columbia's dealing
with Panama.
Third, if neither of the preced-
ing propositions is accepted the
United States shall pay damages
to Columb for loss Of territory,
the amount to be fixed by The
Hague tribunal.
Belief on both sides that the prop
ositions will prove futile in no
wise altering the purpose OF the
administration is evidenced by the
fact that the armed forces on both
sides Of the isthmus are now being
reinforced with vessels and mar
ines, while troops are being held
in readiness for emergencies, and
the fact that Columbia's IS represen-
tatives are making preparations for
departure. DR.. Herran, charge
d'affairs, is getting the archives of
the legation ready for removal.
Gen. Reyes will remain only
until he has gone through the last
resort of seeing his note to this
government reach Congress, then
when his presence here becomes
embarrassing be will take his de-
parture.
Meanwhile, although Gen. Reyes
has daily cabled to Columbia, be-
seeching his countrymen to refrain
from any act hostile to.the United
States, there is not the, slightest
doubt among those'iinformed of
the situation Of the Columbians
that they will quickly plunge into
reckless and desperate war which
no leadership'.can possibly avert.
That the Columbian heart will be
fred with the return..of Gen. Reyes
from his bootless mission is not at
oil doubted here.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer., 1904-01-02
AFTER THE GRAFTERS.

The Jastremski campaign com
mittee of Calcasien parish has is,
sued an address which may be read
with profit by people who are dis.
posed to take stock in the Blan-
chardesque declaration that "the
state government is all right
and needs no reform, and that to
assert the contrary is to libel the
present administration and its pre-
decessors and to traduce the DEM
ocratic party.
The Calcasieu address asserts
that no candidate for Office in Lou
isiana dares deny that some Of the
existing offices are unnecessary, or
at least have salaries attached that
are outrageously disproportionate
to the work done, and among ex-
amples cited are members of the
penitentiary board, who receive
$4,000 year for holding one meet
ing a month; the president of the
board, who gets $4,000 for doing
$500 worth of work the adjutant
general of the state militia, who
"receives $500 a mouth, principally
for wearing Il showy uniform on
state occasions;' the attorney for
the oyster commission, who gets
800 month "for legal services
Rendered.
Many other useless or overpaid
officials can be mentioned, and they
are to be found IN every parish of
the state, but the few just re-
counted are sufficient to show that
the state government is very far
from being all right and is decid-
edly in need of reform.
As the Caleasieu address truly
says, Louisiana needs, for public
roads and public schools, every
cent that Gun possibly be saved"
but it is clear that no saving can
be looked for if Blanchard and
the bosses" are 70 be placed in
control of the state government,
since they are openly and vehem-
emily declaring that it is all right
and needs no reform.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer., 1904-01-02

An editorial utterance IA the
Daily States cannot have the weight
of an utterance Of even the small,
est country weekly, becanss it ID
not the voluntary contribution oi
q free press, Int is the censored
muttering of hired vassal whose
very existence depends upon the
doing the will Of a ring Of political
blood suckers who have grown cor
pnlent on the very evils which the
people are now trying. under the
leadership Of Gen. Jastrenski, to
overthrow.
The very fact that the Daily
States and other subsidized vam-
pires of its ilk are arrayed against
him should be one OF the potent
reasons Why the people should
vote for Jastremski. Mr.. Blanch-
ard may Be the very soul Of polit-
ical honor aud honesty, but he,
like old dog tray, il 10 bad COM
pany when be rnns with the Daily
States, and il he can present no
other claim than TINT of n sul,si-
dized press fur political prefer
ment' then Louisiana Won't gain
much if be il elected Governor. -
WINFIELD Comr0de.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer., 1904-01-02

We ARE told by one or two city
journals that Mr.. Blanchard has moth.
ing to fear. That his nomination Ii
as good as made and consequently his
election assured. But the country pa
pers do not report such state of af-
fairs-they have it that Mr.. Blanch-
ard is to-day in tile rear and will con-
tinue to keep there. And from our ex-
changes we honestly believe that Gen.
Jastremski is sure winner at the
primaries on an honest deal If there
is any scallawag business there is go
ing to be trouble. Jastremski's n
slayer and sticker and fighter if he
believes himself right, and his friends
personal friends are legion, and
they are men who fought with him.
Rural Topic.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer., 1904-01-02
..oh. for the wings Of a


Oh, for the wings Of dove!'
sighed the poet. ''Order what you
like. rejoined the prosatic person,
"but, a. for me, give me the breast
Of . chicken. /"
oh. for fame and the admiration
Of posterity, sighed the Caddo states
man. Take what You like said San
ders. but a. for me, "give me the
seventeen bosses 2 don't like the
taste Of either, put in the voter, ''rll
take Jastremski and Barksdalc -
Houma Courier.