The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-11-24
A STITCH In TIME
SAVES NINE
An Old Adage important to Observe
in Every Walk in
Life.

This old adIge is an important one
To observe in every walk in life. as we'll
as in every labor or duty that con-
fronts TIE Individual. How many meil
permit Il business condition or diff
Guilty to go uncorrccted only to ind
that the proverbial mine stitches" have
to be taken later when the difficulty
can no longer be postponed, if indeed
they do not find the whole enterprise
IA ned beyond repair! 1t is the same
in social matters, the stray word, the
fancied slight the unconscious Omis-
sion which might be so easily account
ed for, If not taken in time and cor
rected and explained. lead 20 the es"
TRANCE ment of friends the rupture of
business relations. or even the s@para-
on OF families.
In no department of human affairs
is the adage "A stitch in time saves
nine" so important as in matters per-
tanning to health. How often has the
cCld resulted in pneumonia the slight
wound in blood poison, the attack OF
indigest. on in chronic dyspepsia! Most
drinking men are very much annoEeC
lat the suggestion that they should
abandon tho habit of drinking. Who
has not heard such persons say:
only drink for sociabilitys SAKE. /
attend TO my business every day or
Il can quit if l make up my mind
to-" These people are neglecting the
important stitch" and perhaps when
they awake to a realization of their
condition, permanent injury has been
Inflicted upon heart, liver or nerve
system. How infinitely better to take
the stitch" in time before losing the
lace, or becoming bankrupt IN health
and reputation, as well as financially.
There are thousands of excessive
drinkers who do not realize the hold
liquor has on them, or how necessary
it is to their comfort If one OF these
desires to be convinced let him try 10
do without It Cor one month. lie Viii
be convinced that the prophet knew
what he was talking, about when he
said ne who ruled his spirit was
greater than he that took a city. a
drinking man above all others should
take the stitch in time. If able TO
do so unaided do that, but DO not pro-
crastinate because you md IL dl11lcult
| the fact that it inconvenience you TO
stop drinking is proof positive that you
! have the disease of inebriety and need
! help The lIeeley Cure has been the
"stitch in tine" for thousands, and will
! be for YOU if you need it, But some
/ enc saws. II DO not reed The Kecley
| Cure: / can fight it out alone. Fer
maps YOU can, but ii IS doubtful. J.
YOU arc an excessive drnker, you arr
|
! dition of the nervous SYSTEM needing
medical treatment. Perhaps if you hac
| TYPHOID or pneumonia, you might re-
cover without medical aid. but no sane
| person would voluntarily take such
| chance Besides YOU know how hard
| ii is to fight the craving for drink; tina
| ii eXhausts vitality and nervous enef-
| gy which you can use to better adNant-
| age i'm your business. Why not better
! al Ia I1X Is - -
cy Institute and be permanently re-
! ieved Of the craving, and save youi
| fighting ability for the battle OF lie
| where under modern conditions 1T Is
50 requisite?
! DO not deceive yourself by thinking
/ that people 20 not know you drink
! The chances are that all your &c
uuaintanccs know II, though they dc
not mention H. but even if it We're
otherwise You know it, and your fam
| ily know it. and all suffer on account
| OF il. Do you dread going to a heelc\
| Inst tute? 1t IS the pr' le of these eS-
tablishments that under the keeley
system there is no confinement or re-
straint, that they are patronized pE
| gentlemen, that they effect cures by
| medical treatment and not by moral
suasion' or "reform" in fact besides
curing inebriety they build up charac-
| ter and self-respect and do nothing &c
humiliate any one. Ask the lawyer
| the physicians, the CongressmeE HE
| clergy men, the clerks, the book-keep-
ers. the skilled mechanics, who have
patronized them, and v"u viii in1 that
the Kelley Treatment is all and more
than is claimed for it, and that it IS the
stitch" a drinking man needs TO
| save property, reputation, family
sanity. and even HE Itself.
Begin "rhe stitch in time" by writ
| ing to The l<eelty Institute at Green's
boro. n. c.. for copy of THE New
Man. which is yours fer the asking.