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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-01-25
The Crusade In Brief.

More than twenty Der cent. Of divorces
are caused by strong drink:
No church and State Tor Americans. So
say we AZ. Brs how about saloon and
State?
Parents. give the boys a chance by being
total a%bstainers yourselves i setting
them an example in practice and a start
without the hereditary peril.
New Jersey has 1910 s~aioonkeepers. 1910
barkeepers. 1920 in all. busy day and night
making ~Grunkards and criminals: with 1922
rlergymen trying to connteract this evil
influence.
We well believe wha; the United States
Comm: ssioner Of Labor has asserted that
for every dollar of revenue received from
the liquor trade $50 so Gil; TO care for its
resuits.-Mrs. Emma Bourne, State Presi-
dent w: c. T. L.. in the Union sigma.
Jersey City. \. j., last year had 1927 sa-
icons. $50 policemen. 7343 arrests. The taS-
payers maintain for these jaiis. prisons,
penitentiaries. reformatorie$, police sta
tons. Judge. j%uries. lawyers. all requiring
salaries, court fees, costs OF prosecutions,
e..
Whisky burns the brain. That IS why
men stagger and ia.i INTO the gutter wiea
drunk, In my beautiful city ! have clsn !;
.aan. drunk. lying literally IN the Cutter.
if the p,ains of Daniel Webster and Rob
ert Barns coa,d not stand whisky others
bette. e! ii a.oDc.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-01-25
THE GREAT DESTROYER
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE.

Poem: No Place Tor Boys - Drinking
: Among Women Has Come TO Be Ono
of the Social Problems Of Brooklyn
Look Out For the Girls.
What can a boy do and where can a boy
stay.
If he is always told to get out Of the way?-
He cannot sit here and he must not stand
there;
The cushions that cover that fine rocking
chair
Were put there, OF course, to be seen and
admired.
A boy has no business to ever be tired.
The beautiful roses and flowers that bloom
On the floor of the darkened and delicate
Are not made to walk on-at least, not by
o. boys
The house is no place, anyway, for their
noise. b. b. '..@
Yet boys must walk somewhere; and what
&c. if their feet,
Sent out of our houses, sent into the
street,
Should step around the corner and pause
Where other boys feet have paused often
before,
Should pass through the gateway of glitter
ing light,
Where Jokes that are merry and songs
that are bright
Ring out a warm welcome with fattering
:: voice,
And tempting;y say, Here's a place for
All, what If they zhhoulds What. if your
boy or mine
Should cross Ger the threshold which
marks out the line
'Twixt virtue and vice, 'twixt pureness and
sin,
And leave all h%isinnocent boyhood within!
Oh, what if they should, because you and /.
While the days and the months and the
years hurry by, 49,.
Are too busy with cares and with life's
feeting joys
To make our round bearthstone a place for
the boys?
There's a place for the boys. They will
find it somewhere:
And ii our own homes are too daintily fair
For the touch of their fngers;TIEhe tread Of
their feet,
They'll find it, and find it, alas! in the
street,
Mid the ~gildings of sin and the glitter of
vice;
And with heartaches and l~ongings we pay
a dear price
For the getting Of gain that our lifetime
employs,
Ii We fail to provide a Place for the, boys.
A place Tor the boys-dear mother, I pray,
As cares settle down round our short
) earthly way,
Don't let US forget, by our kind, loving
deeds,
To show we remember their pleasures and
needs.
Though our souls may be vexed with prob
lens of life,
And worn with besetments and toilings
and strife,
Our hearts will keep younger-your tired
heart and mine .
Ii We give them a place in their innermost
shrine;
And to our life's greatest hour twill be
one of our joys
That we kept a small corner-a place for
Gre boys.
Boston Transcript.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-01-25
How Giving Reacts on Me.
By AMOS q. WELLS.

By MOS B. WELLS.
A rich woman dreamed she went to
heaven and there she saw a splendid man
sion being built. For whom is that"
she asked; and the answer was, For
your gardener"
Then she went On and saw a tiny cot
tage being built, and asked, For whom
is that?" The answer was, For you"
The rich woman was filed with dismay.
ways lived in a little cottage. He might
have had a better house, but he gave away
50 much to miserable poor folks. But I
I'm used to living in e mansion; I
wouldn't know how to live in a cottage"
Then came the significant reply: The
Master Builder is doing His best with the
material sent up"
The effect of giving upon ourselves, our
character, our happiness, our prospects, is
not, to be sure, a very lofty considera-
ton, but it liz an important one, and very
effective. If people know how much good
it would .doathem to be liberal, they would
give generously just to better their own
condition, perhaps; but soon they would
come to give for the love of Others and of
A banker gave his boy half a dollar to
invest as a lesson in business, telling him
to put it out at interest, and If he did it
wisely, his capital should be increased.
The boy came across a poor lad, who
was ragged and hungry, and gave, him the
half dollar. When the banker heard of
this he rebuked the boy for his lack of
you once more. Here is a dollar. See how
well you can invest It,"
The boy burst out laughing. my Sum
day-school teacher told me" he said, "that
giving to the poor is lending to the Lord,
and she said He would return it double;
but I didn't think He would do it so
SOON" ,
Indeed. it is often literally true, as
Geetge'Herbert wrote, that
Who shuts his hand hath lost his gold;
Who opens it hath it twice, told.
Or, as Whittier sings in the same strain:
Hands are ope but to receive
Empty close: they only live
Richly who can richly give.
And yet there is no immediate or nee.
essary connection between giving to the
poor and the increase of our own wealth.
If there were, men would all give from
selfish motives, and there would be no
real giving at all. 1: us thank God that
there is not.
But even when giving leaves US poorer
in worldly goods, it vastly enriches US in
the goods Of heaven. 1t broadens our
sympathies. 1t widens our experience. It
Dlesses us with gratitude. 1t bestQws on
us the mind of the Master. It gives us
an insight into divine things. It comforts
us when sorrows come. It wins the loft.
lest OF all honors. the praise of God.
When it will do all this for US, and do
it certainly and ceaselessly, is it not amaz.
ing that our gifts are so small, so incon.
slant and so grudging?
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-01-25
Drinking Among Brooklyn Women.

The above is the title of recent article
in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, and the tol-
lowing extract is undoubtedly applicable
to almost all our great cities:
Drinking among women has come to be
one of the problems. of Brooklyn. One
prominent physician Of the Upper Hill
says that within the past three or four
years his practice has doubled solely be-
cause of this, and it has grown to be an
important part Of his daily work to- repair
shattered constitutions and build up
wrecked nervous systems brought to this
pass by the fashionable glass.
Neither this doctor nor my other ct
the. medical fraternity of Brooklyn will
consent to be formally quoted or to have
their names used in this connection, but
investigation among the leading practition-
ers finds a candid acknowledgment of the
situation. The case is confirmed by a num-
Der of the prominent club and society men
of the borough who are constant frequent
ers Of the theatres and restaurants here
and in Manhattan. .
These two classes Of authorities COM
bined tell. a very curious and interesting
story. and are uniformly in accord as to
the details. 1t is not the women of as
sured fashionable position and station.
they say, who are drinking excessively and
running their health thereby, but women
OF means, taste in dressing, good appear
ance and the right of admission into al
most the best circles upon occasions.
These men say the cases they have most
frequently met with are near to the inner
circles, though not quite of them. They
are women that have the ambition and a
partial entree, and might with judgment
and patience win their way within.
1T is in this class, doctors and clubmen
agree, that the recent increase in drinking
is appearing. and it's spread is marked both
.mong young girls and young matrons."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-01-25
Chiuaman,s Neryeless Teeth.

The impassivity Of John Ctinaman,s
countenance is now at least partially
explained, says the New York Globe.
He has no nerves in his teeth. This
interesting bit of information comes
way from Oregon, where the dentists
have been having a State meeting.
One Of the dentists, who makes no
claims to painless dentistry said
he Lad tinkered with the teeth OF
many Chinamen, and never once Lad
known one>of them to whimper. The
only thing in regard to which they
show the least anxiety is to secure
any teeth they have pulled, which they
want to take back or send back 10
China in ORDER that they may have a
full set when they are reincarnated.'
4 Chinaman would be a good SUBJECT
for a painless dentist to use in a
public demonstration,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-01-25
Love Among the Spiders.

"a spiders love for her children is
pretty strong said a biologist. TAKE
her children away from her and she
will remember item for tweIiy-fouf
hours
How do you know"
II have often made the experiment.
Always. at the end of ten. twelve.
twenty hours, a spider mother vel
comes back the Young that you nave
removed from her. After a full day has
passed, though. she forgets. Keep her
little ones away from her 4 full day
and they are strangers TO her on their
return. She is liable 10 eat them.
Her marital is stronger than her
maternal love. Take her husband from
her and she will mourn him faithfully
for a day and 4 Lalf."-Eew York
Evening Telegram.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-01-25
A Fast Airship.

w. D. Gold. a retired naval officer living
at No. 5407 Girard avenue, Philadelphia,
Pa. says he has invented a n~on-expiosive
airship that will 60 100 miles an hour. All
he needs is money to finance it. The gas
bag is made of aluminium. Il am Wiling to
list that lives. "'says Gold "The propeller
of my ship will revolve 5000 times a min
ute, and it can run away from anything
except creased lightning"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-01-25
Might

Come. Night. upon thy raven wings,
Plumed with their rich i~Inaginings.
TO iii my dreams inc charm away
The din and clamor Of the day.
Fling thy deep shadow over me
Till by thy weird necromancy
Thou hast dissolved this solid care
And made it shapeless with the air.
Come with thy cup Of dreams and he
An angel ministering to me.
AS one who. weak from battling lies,
Cn%conquered, but too wc:n to rise.
The warrior. Day, has haTried me,
A foeman pitlless is he.
Yet ~vanQuished when, with plying eye
And palm Of peace Thou. CONTEST nigh.
Come with thy velvet darkness, Night,
Thy cloak CT mail so soft and light
Yet t.rning every missile sent
From Care. as falls an arrow spent
Come, Night, upon thy raven wings,
PlurncG with their rich i.laginings.
And through the gathered darkness keep
The vigi! Of thy sister. Sleep.
j. W.. Foley in New York Times.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-01-25
Music From the broken Chord.

One Sunday the Rev. F. 3. Meyer paused
in the middle of his address, and, STOPPING
down TO where the orchestra was, he
picked up a piece OF violin string that had
been flung down by a player. Holding it
up he said:
There shall never any more music come
out of this. but, though your heart be bro
ken, and your life be broken, God can
bring harmony cut of them again"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-01-25
Saloons Must Ee Shut.

Put a new coat on the drunkard, pro-
vide shoes for his children, put a stove in
his home and see what happens. Straight
to the pawnshop go the gifts, The family
is just as destitute, the drinker is a little
lower down for the new debauch. Charity
finds itself pouring b%enevo.ence into a bot
tomless pit. Shut up the saloon and we
could help the poor. Benevo.ence wonld
gain new cheer. hope AND expansion.
Really bitter restitution would soon be un-
known. The health that comes of suitable
living would be our peoples general hertz
age.
Many. many are the good reasons why
the saloon should be wiped off the face of
the earth. but one of the greatest Of these
is its destructive powers over the health
Of the people.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-01-25
A Thought For Preachers.

. Prof. Y. r. IIotchkiss once said to US:
"I should have felt that I had defrauded
my people, when in the passionate, if l did
not give them at least one. expository SER
mon every Sunday" Pastors who want
their people to grow in spiritual knowl-
edge must not neglect frequent exposition
of Scripture. 1t is because there IS so
little OF it that there is so little general
acquaintance with the Word of Cod
Examiner.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-01-25
Place Yourself in Gods hands.

Let the first act on waking be to place
yourself. your heart, your whole being, in
Gods hands. Ask Him to take entire pos
session of you, to Ge the guide of your
soul, your life. your wisdom. your strength.
He wills that we seek Him in all our
needs, that we may both know Him truly.
and draw closer and closer to Him, and
in prayer we gain an invisible force which
will triumph over seemingly hopeless diff
fcu,ties.-H. K. Sidney Lear.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-01-25
Crosses Bring Their Graces.

The crosses Of the, present moment al
ways bring their own special grace and
consequent comfort to them; we see the
hand OF God in them when it is laid upon
US. But the crosses of anxious forebod-
ings are seen out of the ~dispensation of
them; we see them indeed through a
faithless spirit. which banishes grace. So
everything in them is bitter and unendur-
able; al seems dark and help,ess.-Fene,on.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-01-25
We Stand Fifteenth.

The ravages of rum and its eject on the
youth of the nation were graphically de.
>cribed by the Rev. DR.. w. F. Wilson, of
Hamilton. Ont. in an address delivered
before the twenty-first international
Christian Endeavor convention, at Den
YER. Dr. Wilson said that the relative
amount of liquor consumed yearly by t, :
great nations OF the world was, France,
first; Italy, next. then Germany and Aus
tria. The United States stood fifteenth
on the list. yet the drink bill Of the Unit
81 States during 1909 was 81 500. DOC. 200.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-01-25
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CHRIST OF THE AGES.


q Christ of all the ages
That have been or shall be,
The church with e~xultation
Sings praises unto Thee;
ThineTis,the power and glory,
And Thine the kingdom, too;
The story of Thy Gospel
Is old yet ever new.
Our sins have been forgiven
By Thee, o Lamb of God!
The way from earth to heaven
Thy earthly feet have trod;
Thy riches we inherit,
Thy throne,and sceptre share
Grant We may suffer with Thee,
That we the crown may wear.
o Son Of God, we love Thee.
Divine and sinless Thou;
o Son Of Man, who loved US,
Our souls before Thee bow;
The ages speak Thy glory,
The ransomed Thee adore,
The church with joy; shall crown Thee,
o King, forever more!
Charles NJ. Sheldon, in The Chris
tan Endeavor. World.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-01-25

Palestine is a land Of flowers. Bot
hnists tell us that there are 200 dill
ferent kinds. The eastern IN gives
the colors a brightness, they seldom
have in our hazy cline. The wild flow
ers are somewhat localized. so thai
acres, and indeed miles, take their u
from a single flower.
Diamond cutting up to a recent time
was nearly all done abroad, Holland
being the chief centre Of the industry
for some centuries, but Of late a good
deal of it has come over to America,
where electrical machines are used III
the work to great advantage in all
ways. European work has always been
done by hand, as, it still is, and the
l%apidaries there are only just waking
I'D to the knowledge that artificial
power car be applied. Besides cutting
real gems, the machinery employed
here turns out great quantities OF ar
tifcial ones. which now rule the mar
kets of the world.
Weather forecasters in the British
Isles have worked at disadvantage.
The disturbances largely approach
from the west and southwest, and i'll
those directions the Atlantic has Kept
the observing stations too far away for
effective reports. The aid of wireless
telegraphy is now being invoked. Eff.
forts of the meteorological Council to
make arrangements with Lloyd's have
failed. but private enterprise has now
stepped in and the approach of future
storms is to be signalled from ships
crossing the ocean,. 1t is expected that
in winter. when the western coasts OF
Europe are often swept by severe
gales, the warnings will be OF great
value.
When we >read of the men who in.
habited the caves of Europe at a time
when mammoths dwelt on that con-.
tinent, we seem to have gone back to a
period so UNNECESSARILY remote that
we can hardly picture in the minds
eye the appearance which the repre-
s~entatives of our race then presented.
Yet, according, to Professor E. B. Ty.
lor, the natives of Tasmania remained
within the present century representa-.
tives of the immensely ancient. Paieo.
lithic period" Recent studies Of the
relics of the T~asmanians, who became
extinct when brought into touch with
modern civilized man, show that the
workmanship of their rude implements
was below that exhibited by the drift
and Cave men, of Paleolithic times.
E The Smithsonian Institution has pub
lished a new edition of DR.. L%angley's
Experiments in Aerodynomics," first
printed eleven years ago. In summing
up DR.. Langley speaks Of the prospects
for the future somewhat as follows:
Since that time, he says, he has demon
strated that mechanical fight is pos
sible by actually performing it with
steel flying machines nearly one thou
sand times heavier than air, driven by
steam. These machines weighed from
thirty to forty pounds, and flew from
one-half TO three-quarters of a mile
at speeds varying from twenty to thirty
miles an hour. 1t is believed by DIR.
Langley that the time is now very near
when human beings will be transport
ed at high velocities, though perhaps at
first under exceptional conditions, such
as are demanded in the arts of war
rather than of peace.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-01-25
A Word Of

Lord Of the harvest! Thee we hail:
Thine ancient promise doth not fail;
The varying seasons haste their round,
With goodness all our years are crowned;
Our tharEs we pay
This hoiy day;
0. .ct our hearts in tune be found,
Christian Standard
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-01-25
Partnership in Service

Yea whose duty it is to remain at
home are equally sharers with those who
90 into the mission fields in their "srk;
yours equally the responsibility; yours
equally to share the reward when Christ
is eloriied.-Rev. j. Hudson Taylor.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-01-25
Cooks Arc Necessary.

4 Pittsburg educator tell US cooks are
paid more than teachers. Oh. well,
one must eat. while. on the other hand,
at a pinch a man can make his mark
to a CONTRACT involving m%illions.-N.
Y Telegram.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-01-25
Be Patient With Others,

defects and infrmities of others. of what
sort soever they be; for that myself East
also many failings which must be borne
with by thers,-Thom9s. a Kempis.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-01-25
One Nun Snlit.

4 benri! Of seven magistrates 81
Wa:sail. England. announced tha1 they
were "equally divided" in opinion Of
q casa. and tlAt 10 decision would be
given
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-01-25

Russia embraces oac-s;%tllnf lie land
yurfare of the wc:iI. 1t * more than
fifty times large" tllar' aapan, and has
4 tota, area OF S.GJ0,O00 squire miles.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-01-25
At Dsuehter,s Golden Wedding.

At a recent golden wedding at. Denzig,
Germany. thc brides mother, age ninety.
one. attefasd,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-01-25
Spinelcss Edible Cactus.

A h%orriculturist has discovered a spine,
less edible cactus.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-01-25
a Nation OF Cooks.

4 nation Of voritab.c COOKS are tie CHI
pese,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-01-25

Palestine is a land Of flowers. Bot
hnists tell us that there are $500 diff
ferent kinds. The eastern sun gives
the colors a brightness, they seldom
have in our hazy cline. The wild flow
ers are somewhat localized, so that
acres, and indeed miles, take their u
from a single flower.
The Washington times., 1905-05-09
CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RY.

Trains leave Pennsylvania Station Daily
$50 =. M.-CHlCAGO AND ST. LOUIS SPE
CIAL Solid vestibuIe. electric lighted
dining train Cincinnati, with PnlI.
man Sleepers TO Louisville. Cinctnnati In
dsanapoiis. Chicago and ST. Louis Through
Psrlor Car for Virginia Hot Springs week
l1:s0 r. M-F. i. V. LIMITED. SOLD yea
tibuie, electric lighted. Dining Car train
10 Cincinnati, with Pullman SIeepers To
Cincinnati, Lexington and Louisville. Com
partment Sleeper to Virginia Hot Springs
daily except Sunday. Sleepers Cincinnati
70 Chicago and st, Louis. Dining Car
Reservation ana tickets at 5I3 PennsylvanIa
avenue; e09 Fourteeath street, near F. and
at the station Telephone 1910 for Penusvi
vania Cab Service. H. W. FULLER
Telephone Main 1865. Gen'I Passenger Act
The Washington times., 1905-05-09
SOUTHERN RlllMaI

7.s5 A. III Local for Harrisonburg Warren
ton, Danville, and way staticns
1851 A. n DAILY-Washiugton and Fzleesaa
Limited. First-ciass coaches and sleeper h,
Columbia. Savannah, and Jacksonville Din
ing Car Service.
u:15 4. M. DAILY-United States Fast afa,t
First-elazs coaches and driving room
sleeper 10 New Orleans Dining ear service
S;1I P. NJ WEEK DA2S-Locai for Haxri-
sonburg and way stations On Manassas
4.s5 P. NJ pAILY-Locai for warrenton and
Charlottesville
1850 P. b. DAILY-New York and Atlanta
Express. 9frst-class Coach to Afianta
Sleeper to Columbus, Ga. via Atls1ta !.
week days Sleeper TO Ptnehurst q
Sunset Route Tourist Sleeper Washington ia
San Francisco Mondays. Wednesdays. and
Fridays.
ESQ r. A.-New York and Florida Exprs=s
Through Coaches and Sieepers TO colsilf. ala
Savannah, and Jacksonville. Sleeper ia
Augusta and Port Tampa. Daing Car
Service q L. Carte.
200 P. n. DAiLY-Sew York and Memnhse
Limited tvia Lynchbprgl, First-class cosab
and sleeping car to Roanoke KnoxvfJfe
Chattanooga, and Memphis; sleeper 10 Nass
Orleans. Dining Car Service.
n:45 P. II. DAILX-Washinston and South
western Limited. All Pullman train. Cinh
and Observation Cara 10 Atlanta and Ms
con; Sieepers to Nashville. Atlanta. Maeon
Memphis. New Orleans. Diaing Car Service
II, y. SPENCER, General Manager
Apr1I. 5. II. HARDWICK, Pass Traf sI9r
1913 W III. TAYLOE, Gen. Pass Agent
L. S. BROWN. General Isgans