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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-03-15
What Intemperance Docs.

Intemperance cuts down youth in its
vigor. manhood in its strength. and age
in it's weakness. 1t breaks the fathers
heart. bereaves the doting mother, ex.
tinguishes natural affection. grasses con-
:iugal love. blots out flial attachments.
biights parental hope. and brings down
mourning age in sorrow to- the grave.
It produces weakness. not strength:
sickness, not health; death, not life. Ii
makes wives, widows: children. Or
phans: fathers. fends; and all of them,
paupers and beggars.
It halls fevers. feeds rheumatism,
nurses govt. welcomes epidemic. in.
vites the cholera, imports pestilence.
and embraces c~onsumptions. 1t covers
the land with idleness, poverty, dis.
case and crime. It fills your jails, sup
plies your ~almshouses and demands
your asylums. 1t engenders contro.
versies, fosters quarpels and cherishes
riots. 1t condemns laws. spurns order.
and loves mobs. 1t crowds your peni.
tentiaries and furnishes victims for
your scaffolds.. 1t is the life-bloOd OF
the gambler, the aliment Of the cdun-
terfeiter, the prop Of the hignwaymap,
and the support Of the midnight incen.
diary. 1t countenances the liar. re-
spects the thief. and esteems the bias
phemer. It violates obligation, rever-
enceS fraud and hOnors infamy.
1t defames benevolence, hates love.
accuses virtue. and ISLANDERS Innocence.
1t incites the father to butcher his Of.
spring. helps the husband to massacre
his wife. and aids the child to grind
the parricidal axe. 1t burns up men.
consumes women, detests life, curses
God, and despises heaven. 1t suborns
witnesses. nurses perjury, defiles the
jury box. and stains the judicial er.
mine. 1t brides votes, disqualifies
voters, corruptS elections, pollutes our
institutions, and %enGangers Il govern.
ment. .
1t degrades the citizen, debases the
legislator, dishonors the statesman,
and disarms the patriot. 1t brings
shame. not honor: terror, not safety:
despair, not hope; misery, not happi.
ness: and now. as with the m%alevOlence
Of a fend. it calmly surveys its fright.
full desolations, still insatiate with
havoc; it poisons felicity, kills peace.
ruins regulations. and wipes out ma.
tional honor, then curses the world and
laughs at its ruins. 2.
It does all that and more-it. murders
the soul. 1t is the son Of villainies.
the father of all crimes. the mother OF
denominations, the devils hest friend,
and Gods worst enemy.-Petition by
Ohio Legislature in 1886.
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Temperance Notes.

Ireland per head slightly
more whisky than England, and Scot
land nearly twice IS much.
The law prohibiting saloons within
500 feet of a public park is being ell
forced against a number OF places in
Indianapolis.
Speaking at a temperance meeting
at Norwich. England. the Bishop OF
Ipswich said that whatever legislation
was ,ioy0usly received by the trade
must be. from the temperance reform
er's standpoint, nothing hort Of a cal
amity.
The Chicago Tribune remarks that
the drinkers and drunkards of Chicago
are contributing the little SUM of sd
$4,000 to the City Hall to give them
the privilege of spending money for
whisky and beer during the coming
year.
An exhibit in the Transportation
Building at the st. Louis Fair FUR
nished a splendid illustration of the ne
c:sity for eternal vigilance The
Baptist Missionary Society hail on e1-
hibition one Of their gospel cars. and
by some interes ting coincident of fate
or the Exposition management, imme-
diately joining the car was a carload
Of beer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-03-15
The Sultan's Jewels.

A correspondent, writing from Con-
stantinople to 4 Paris journal, claims,
as the result Of personal inspection,
to give details of the amazing collec-
ton Of jewels in the Sultan's treasury.
The tUrbans CT all the Sultans since
Mahonet II. arc there, all glittering
with rare and large gems of the purest
water. There arc also the royal throne
of Persia, carried of by the Turks in
1914, and covered with more than
10000 rubies, emeralds and fine pearls,
and also the throne of Sulieman l.,
from the dome of which there hangs
over the head of the Caliph an emerald
six inches long and four deep. These
two thrones are the chief objects in
the Observation-Disclosures Globe.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-03-15
NWonld il moi he Wiser-o

YOU II not De ~1Sel-
"Great beavensw cried Stein
hansen, "is there no voice in your
heart to plead for me; no answering in
stinct to draw you to me as I have
been fascinated by you?
II ask you for life and home and
happiness, and I ask to bestow the
same on you"
These words brought them to the
Burgomeister's house, and Steinhau-
sen, without waiting for a reply, as
sisted his companion to alight, an felt
with a triumphant sensation that she
was trembling perceptibly. .
Leaving his sleigh to the groom's
care, be followed Lies across the hall
to a well warmed and lighted room
leading 10 the salon
II want your answer" he said ear
nessly. "Are you indifferent-so averse
to me"
II have tried so hard not to think
of you said Lies, softly, a very sweet
smile stealing around her lips, butt
almost fear to say"
"Yes!" cried .Steinhausen, ra%pturous-
IL. why hesitate, why torment me
any longer?'
Then drawing her to him. II claim
a double privilege, as your bridegroom,
and your sleighing partner" he said,
and folded her in a long, passionate
embrace, kissing tenderly the fearful
yes raised to his, tie gentle yielding
to his caresses speaking consent more
eloQuently than words.
Zone request, my sweetest BRIDE"
exclaimed Steinhausen; you must not
refuse, for it Is my first. 49,
"In a month 1 must again be with
my regiment; let us not part as be-
trothed. but as husband and wife; you
are noble enough to rise superior to
trifing considerations.
Let us go to the good father and
mother-they will be my friends l
am sure-aDd then, dearest, no sense
less delays.
"These are trying times, and 1 shall
lS6l SlIOllS lOA "AuICNCA Il
when 1 know 1 leave behind 4 wife,
with all a wife's rights and claiHs-de
you consent to this"
Il think you are very kind and
good" returned Lies, divining his OBJ
ject. and pressing his am with shy
tenderness.
Il understand you, I believe. Let
US be guided by what Ey parents de-
eide"
But the brief moment of quiet was
over.
The cracking Of whips, the sound
of the sleigh bells. the shrill shouting
of boys and the glare Of torches, an
nounced the arrival Of the Burgo-
meister's party, and ~Steinhausen went
out to meet them, while Lies stole
away to her room.
"Aht Herr Major, you have lost the
best part, our torchlisht return" cried
the Burgomeister and the Hauptmann'
together.
Lost" cried Steinhausen, joyously,
as he embraced the Hauptmann, much
to that gentleman's surprise; Il have
won, my good consin! won all that ]
wanted"
THE END.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-03-15
Thoughtful.

General "Joe" Wheeler relates the
following amusing incident that took
place during the night Of the Ell Caney
affair:
General Lawton's division was
marching back to Ell Poso, there to
take up a new position in the morn
ing. The General in company with
Major Creighton Webb, inspector gen.
eral of bis staff. was standing at the
edge of the road, watching his troops
file past. Just as the dawn was break
ing the colored troops came in sight.
They gave evidence of being Gead tired
but were nevertheless full Of ginger
General Lawton's attention Yves at
tracted to a certain corporal of the
Twenty.ffth Infantry, a great six-foot
negro, who in addition to a couple Of
guns and two cartridge belts loaded
full was carrying a dog. The soldier
to whom the other gun belonged was
limping alongside his comrade.
1.-THE General halted the men. Here,
corporal said he 10 the six-foot mar,
didn't you march all last night?'
"'Yes, SIR responded the NEGRO. So
!uting.
land fought all ccy"
Eyes, sir
"'You have, besides, been march
ing since ten o'clock tonight"
Eyes, SIR
Then said Lawton, why on Garth
are you carrying that dog"
"'Well, General replied the negro.
showing his white teeth in a broad
grin, the dogs tired!" Woman's
Home Companion.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-03-15
Artificial Rubber.

A German paper states that artificial
rubies have been produced in France
by reducing small natural rubies into q
very fine powder, which is melted in an
electric furnace. cooled rapidly and
crystalized. The product obtained.
from what was of little worth on ac-
count of minuteness. possesses a com
paratively high value. The main diff
Guilty encountered is to prevent cavities
and assures ir the CRYSTALS.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-03-15
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Tho Friend Of Sinner.

sIEHrHaNt ~
Friendship is to love in the. human afiI
ties the same as adheaion is to cohesion 6
the physicial afinitiess It is not so stronl
though greater in its range and similar q
its nature. Love caashardly live wlthoqe,
friendship, and friendship is a kind ~
phosphorescent love+.the light without e.
heat, writes Leandef Ttrney, IN the Ba2i
tist Union. n
Love seeks it's compilations, friendship g.
compliments. Human atoms group then
selves into social molecules according q
mysterious attractions, even as the hyp3|
thetical atoms OF the chemist. friendship
are made at the behest Of love. or taste
or reason. ~Self-interest may guide in 81
formation of associations, but not IN IN
making Of friendships. These come iron
love when tears, laughter. prayers or kin1
dred resolutions spring from two heartd
tastes in the enjoyment 6f q dish, a: game
or"an art: or from the deliberate purpose
of aspiring nature which learns to seek %
others supply for its own deficiencies. az
the bee the honeyed blossom, the stammeg-
ing Moses his Aaron, the mother of Jesus
and His beloved disciple, a compsnionsbll
made sacredly sweet bystheir great grlel
and later their great joyssfFriendS ssh0Hld
be chosen with regard for themselves, as
piration for ourselves, respect for society
and reverence for God.
Friendships should be conserved-by re
serve, as appetite is whetted by abstm-
ence; by considerateness. for both friendf
must be served by the friendship; by con-
slant, though not too familiar, intercourse.
because they who would journey far to-
gether would better walk than run. Let =
be remembered, friendship Is not q sta
unquenchabie, but o candle that must b
kept out Of the wind, AZ perfect music q
not produced by d imperfect Instrument
80 there comes no perfect h~arynony}tI
friendship from human nature, IN which
there is always something out of time
come discord of pride, deceit II ambition.
There are beautiful friendships III the
world, but like the glories Of the child.s
bubble, they are made of suds and mayzb4
lost In a moment. Therefore, q true friend
ship should be as tenderlysnursed as an IN
tant-for it is as fraiI, as sweet as darling.
az full OF possibilitiess
Possibiitiesg Measure them by the ware
in which men can serve one another,
the need OF every man forL help from hjz
fellows, blythe beauty d. Observation-Disclosures
by the nobility of aelf.saerffce, shy the
greatness Of o sentiment that can forget
place and hood In recognising 4 common
humanity. He who wasJthe friend Of sim
ners has shown !to what heights friendship
may rise.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-03-15
Beer Law in Britain.

What is officially known as the al
censing act Of 1904" and popularity
known as the brewers endowment
BILL" has passed the British Parlia.
ment, and went into effect January J.,
1905. The law was the result Of a p0.
litical "deal'' between the brewers and
the Government. 1t is universally dc.
nounced as the most infamous licens'
ing measure ever passed by a British
Parliament. Petitions numbering S1S3,
containing 319,6s2 signatures, were pre-
sented against it, 1854 being official pc
tons under seal. There were just two
petitions in it's favor, containing 2J1
signatures.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-03-15
Hov TO pire,t sni,i.paI Poca

Oh how, love I Thy law! it is my niedio
ton all the day.APsalm 1927. A
Bonur tells ola simple Christian in a farsS
house who had .meditated the Bill
through three times. This Is precise,
what the Psalmist had done; he chad GOT
past reading into meditation. Like Iyltho
he "had shaken every tree in Gods Safdlu
and gathered fruit therefrom.D
The idea of meditation is Ito get inE;
the middle OF a thing Meditation IS
the. mind what Digestion Isl to the bod
Unless the food be digested, the body e
ceives no benefit from it. If we would a
rive the fullest benefit from what we RED
or hear, there must be that mental dissk
tion known as meditation. lie we woun
"buy the TRUTH we must pay. the u
which Paul intimates when he wrote
Timothy; Mediate upon these thur
give myself wholly to them David M
tated in Gods Word because he loved
and he loved it the more because he al
tated init.-G. b. F. HaHock, DID.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-03-15
THE GREAT DESTROYER
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
TIE VICE OF. NTEMPERANcE.

ruen1: Be Yc sober-The Words OF .
Petition Presented to the Ohio
Legislature in 1881 Arc as Appofite
Now as They Were Then.
BE We SOBER if We .covet
Healthy days and peaceful nights,
Strong drink warpeth those who low =
Into sad and fearful sights.
BE We sober!' cheeks grow haggard,
Eyes turn dim. and pulse tide blood
Runs too fast. OF crumbleth laggard
When there's poison in the food.
Siun the dram that can but darken
When it's vapor CLEAN has fed.
Reason says-and We must harken-
"Lessened drink brings doubled
bread
Though your rulers may neglect We.
BE We sober!!" in your strength!
And they must and shall respect ye
And the light shall dawn at length.
Eut let none cry out for freedom.
With a loud and feverish breath.
While they let a foul cup lead them
TO the slavery Of death. 4
Eliza Cook.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-03-15
Th. wltns,. q sdp.rstltaonl

Of course tie religions inssinet ven Of
ten reveals itself IN vefy pitiful and painfz3
manifestations. You ofttimes sg~TieveSfd
the superstiticns Of the race, but You mu3l
remember that the superstitions of
race are so many demonstrations Of Oh
existence of the spiritual principle IE|
which you appeal, and on .whichoyou bas
your hopes. The absur1ities Of the paa
faith and worship are venefable and
lime. A.great man. IN one place puts
thing strikingiy but strongly when
says: "The dying Brahmin conyulsiyk
clutching the tail OF q COW Is really sact
and sublime when yon; think Of the
pulse that prompts it.
/. And so even when W eiook,at the fant}
tic, the pathetic manifestations of the
hgious principle, they only demonstrS9y
the depth audSintensity of that sprineifa
Wild growths, savage thorns, garish aoiH
ers, growing or neglected soil, prove ths
possibilities of that soil Il it were propersy
cuihvated.-Rey. WI. Watkinson, d. al
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-03-15
Han ON ~"Evangeline.''

Lonsie!low'$ ~"Erangeline' has been
baniSicd from British Columbia
schools. Tic reasons given for this
treatment of the unhappy Evanseline
are that the poem is tainted With an
ami British spirit and that, although
il is a beautiful and highly moral pro
duc1ion. il is becoming stale.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-03-15
We Judge Amiss,

We Judge amiss SO often because
Judge moral otfense by deed rather
by disposition. 1t is possible that YOU
l were worse men, worse women, in b|
when we saw nothing wrong with
selves, than We were in those hours
self-contempt that followed failures
fish Reformer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-03-15
C~ourare.t to Forr,t.

There Is nothing we need SO nuchsa
in all forms. as courage. Itsseems to- a
that the most difficult and heroic co,aal
is for . man TO forget his past. Yet IN
is the Christian doctrine about SIZE
forgotten is sin treated as though
not. Christ does not ask of ,yol to 81
over your sin, but to overcome it. Z
does not ask you to weep through 10,
years about your sin, but to retrieYs
Rev. W. j, Dawson.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-03-15
Her Many Descendants.

Mrs. E. Barto, Of Altoona. Pa
Gently celebrated her ninety-sed
birthday anniversary. Her desI
ants include Two sons, four daugh
fifty grandchildren, 1d2 great-grand|
dren and seven sTeat-great-grand(
lreu, l
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-03-15
The True cornerstone.

The cornerstone 90, every truly regener
ated character is the Lord Jesus; othe
foundation can no one build on withoI
risking a wreck in this world and eterI
ruin in the next world. The first act
saving faith is the joining Of the new ed
vert to the atoning Saviour.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-03-15
Time to Act.

Wien college girls take to hazing Z
another into Mysteries, it is about time
70 adopt some Of the strong restrain
ing methods employed upon their mas
cuiine fellow tudents.- Chicago News.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-03-15
Tae viii of God,

The will of God does not call men III
from the commonplace of eyerydagS
but conditions their life in those comm
places, until the most commonplace fl|
flashes; and CLEANS with the glory OIL
heayens.-G. Campbell Morgan
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-03-15
Trust. Him More.

The reason why yousdo not trust
more is that you obey Him so little
you would only ask what God would
you do, you would o find your b
dence growing.-Ge0rge Macdonald s
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Tb. Point NJ Vfexx

Everything related to our happiness
ponds upon our point of view. Wei
lift up our. eyes to the hills even
walking in the valley/of~.AAe shad
Charles Newcomb. M
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Rooster Warns His Master,

a rooster which wakes Samuel ia
son. of Brookdale, n. j., regularly
,ept on Sunday crowed persisten
Sunday, and Jackson found his Ii
:oost had been robbed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-03-15
The souIIs Life Linz.

There is many q man who, wouS
for a life.preserver on q sinking shiv
would see his own soul sinking in q
lessness and never think OF. the hfe-lid
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Sepen Soma For the ARMY.

Married eight years. a German
named Drew. has seven sons. all OF
whom ne has pledged to the German
army.
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We Must Be Tender.

We can help make people bright byl
keenness, but we q never account
anything toward making people good
cent by our tenderness.-C. ii. Parkhj
n n
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MaDv Plant Oils.

An experimenter in India has shown
oils from ffty-siI kinds Of conlmoD
PANTS.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-03-15
PostalA Made Of Peat.

The latest novelty in stationery i!
postal cards made from peat.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-01-06
John Champion, Colorcd Admits
Shooting Woman.
The Killing Took Place December 10
Man In JAN Awaiting Mem
pitts Officers.
HE ~ WILLING TO GO BACK.

John Champion. colored. wanted in
Memphis for murder. was arrested
this afternoon about 1880 o'clock by
Officers Tom Potter and Emil Gou-
rieux and is In the county Jail Where
he will be held until the authorities
from Memphis come for him.
The arrest is good piece of work
on part OF Captain Woods and the Of
ficers named above. They received
the Information that Champion was
In the city about 1880, locating their
man at 1880. He was caught at the
frankie Dixon resort on West Ken
lucky avenue and readily admitted
he did the killing and agreed to re-
turn without requisition papers.
The police received letter the
18th Of December. 1904, from Mem
phis authorities saying that John
Champion. and giving a minute de-
scription. shot and killed Irene Jones
and wounded Mary Love. colored, in
Memphis on December 10th. The
negro made his escape and had not
been heard from since, but the Pa
ducah police were cautioned TO look
out for him. They had been search
ing diligently for him since and their
pains were rewarded this afternoon
when his arrest was effected.
Champion said that he killed the
woman. but other than this would
not talk. The Paducah authorities
telegraphed to, Memphis notifying
the police of the capture and expect
officers tomorrow morning at, 1870
to take the prisoner back.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-01-06
Not BADLY Damaged.

London. Jan. G.--The Standards
Port Arthur correspondent reports
that the town appears TO be little
damaged by the bombardment, The
ruined forts resemble a hill shaken
by a mighty conyulsion, and in many
cases every trace OF the works has
disappeared.
According TO the Mails Weihaiwei
correspondent the British cruiser
Andromeda, which sailed from Wei
haiwei Wednesday morning for Port
Arthur with hospital stores and sur
geons. and which was not allowed to
make a landing at Port Arthur, had
a narrow escape, having passed two
floating mines.
japanese officials In London con
slider II was solely on account of the
danger OF the vessel striking mines
that the Andromeda's offer was de-
clined.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-01-06
THE CUMBERLAND
Is Likely to he Well Treated by
Congress.

Washington. Jan. 6.-Cumberland
river improvement proposals have
been referred to Representative Bish-
op of Michigan, with Instructions to
report to the river and harbors COM
mittee. The chances for the Cum
berland appear TO be good. although
there Is disposition to cut down the
appropriation because so much has
been done for the Tennessee river.
Representative Gaines Is presenting
statements to show that the terrific
ries by the two waterways are abso-
lutely independent, and Is arguing
against the injustice done the Cum
berland by that view of the situa-
tion.