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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-03-18
THE GREAT DESTROYER
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF INTEMpERANCE.

1907 Was 4 Great Temperance Year
Notable Progress Made Not
Only in the United States But the
World Around.
The year 1907 was notable for the
progress made in temperance, not
only in the United States but the
world around.
This was the year Of the Chinese
imperial edict against opium. Pro-
hibition made great strides in the
South, retaining the States of Geor-
gia and Alabama, and winning a hum
dred counties of Kentucky. it was
seriously proposed as a Presidential
issue for the Democratic party. Okla
homa entered the Union with a law
%forbidding the manufacture and sale
of intoXicants. The incident of the
sewers of Oklahoma City flushed with
1900 barrels of c%ontraband beer was
sufficiently novel. Two Of the three
counties of Delaware went dry" at
the November election. The bishops
excise law was a leading issue in the
New Jersey compaign. Chicago added
q square mile to its prohibition terri
tory. Yesterday thousands Of en-
ployes Of the Chicago and North
western Railroad took the pledge"
The consumption of strong liquors
diminished in Great Britain.
The Government of Roumania is
planning drastic measures to check
drunkenness. The new bill regulat-
ing drink in that country makes the
sale Of brandy and whisky a State
monopoly and gives municipalities
control of saloons. Barkeepers be-
come municipal employees. Bars are
limited as to number and may not re-
main open on Sundays or saints days
or after s at night. 1ntoXication is
punished by fine for the first offense
and by a prison term for the second.
Habitual drunkards are registered
and barkeepers selling them liquors
are subject to heavy fines.
AS incidental to this drift towards
temperance, interviews with Saint
Saens, Messenet, d'Indy, Sardou and
Henri Lavedan represent these French
authors and composers as deprecat-
Ing the use OF alcohol as a mental
stimulant. Lavedan and Sardou de-
nounce it as a poison. The prece1
dent of Baudelaire drugging himself
Into delirium at forty-iX and de Mus
set with his brilliant future behind
him" at forty because of absintho
and alcohol apparently no longer
holds in France.-From an Editorial
in the New York World.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-03-18
NO DEATH.

The following poem has frequently, but
enormously, been credited to Bulwer Lyt,
ton. The name of the real author is given
below.
There is no death. The stars 90 down
To rise upon some fairer shore;
And bright in Heavens jeweled crown
They shine forever more.
There is no death. The dust we tread :
Small change beneath the summers
showers
To golden grain or mellow fruit
Or rainbow-tinted flowers.
There is no death. An angel form
Walks Ger the earth with silent tread;:
he bears our bestowed things away,
And then we call them dead"
j. L. McCreery-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-03-18
The Feminine Purse in Oklahoma.

Even the dubious squaw has
learned the usefulness Of the femin-
inc stocking. Mrs. Chiun, an Apache
Indian woman at Lawton, was COLI
cealing a pint of firewater in her
stocking when detected by a police
man. The policeman was a rude
knave and grabbed the whisky
Kansas City Times.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-03-18

The new locomotive shops which
the Grand Trunk, Of Canada, system
is building at Battle Creek. Mich.
will be among the largest in the
country. The machine shop, which
has q length Of over 500 feet, is to be
bulls entirely Of steel, brick and CO.
mant. Grand Trunk officials gave an
estimate Of $1,000, 0CQ as the prob.
allie cost.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-03-18
Holy Few There Are!

Custom and formality draw many
to the ordinary places Of worship:
but how few there are that come on
purpose to meet with God in His wor-
ship, and to find His power in
STRENGTHENING their weak faith.-Mc-
Cheyne.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-03-18
Jesus is the Christ.

The modern anti-Cnrist asserts
that Jesus is a Christ. The true be-
lever links himself with st. Johns
Epistle, and asserts that Jesus is the,
Christ. There is no other.-Rev. Ar
thur Bourne.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-03-18
Be Not Afraid.

Whatever trouble comes on you,
of mind, body OF estate, from within
or from without, from chance or from
intent, from friends or foes-What-
ever your trouble be, though you be
lonely, o children of a heavenly Faith.
err, be not afraid!-J. H. Newman.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-03-18
A Famous DiEine's Opinion.

Henry Ward 'Reecher said: IAN
abiding civilization has always gone
with the Christian Sabbath, and al
ways will"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-03-18
Deepcst Of Needs.

Deeper than the need Of men, deep.
er than the need Of money, deep down
at the bottom of our spiritless life Is
the need of the forgotten secret Of
prevailing prayer.-Speer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-03-18

The title Of Reverend was HIST
used in England in 1851.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-03-18
Revised.

When you are in Rome, be done by
the Romans.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-03-18

tGHI Irau" STATISTIC.
TIE coal trade II GItRt Rrit2!l ID
1897 employed S37,104 people.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-03-18
The Evidence of Divinity.

20 Iole," one said to the fair
daughter Of the king Of Attica, "ho"
do you know that Hercules was a.
god?" Now mark the answer. Be
cause I was content the moment mint
eyes rested. on him." HE conquered
whether he stood, or walked, or sat-
Just so. There Is the whole story.
Faith cometh by hearing, and hear
Ing by the Word Of God" We MAY
hear from the Scriptures that God3
Is our Father, that He is love, and
that He is light. e., perfect justice;
and yet, Christians as we are, and
have been for many years, and de-
spite our having filled our minds with
the intellectual knowledge Of God
we may have to be brought back to.
the first elements Of truth, and have
to confess (oh, happy hour when We
do!)that we have never yet believed
these wondrous words IN VI heart Of.
hearts-but that from this moment
never, never can we doubt them
again.
The Lower Cannot Create the Higher.
The passage from the natural.
world to the spiritual world Is her.
metically sealed on the natural side.
The door from the inorganic to the
organic is shut, no mineral car open.
1t; so the door from the natural tG
the spiritual is shut, and nc man can
open it.
This world Of natural men ID
staked off from the spiritual world by
barriers which have never yet been.
crossed from within. No organic.
change, no modification Of environ!
ment, no mental energy, no moraE
effort, no evolution Of character, nd
progress of civilization, can endoW
any single human soul with the attri4.
butes of spiritual life. The spirituaF
world is guarded from the world next;
in order beneath 1t by a law Of Bio
genesis-except a man be born again
he cannot enter the kingdom of God
Henry DrummOnd.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-02
Will Appeal to the Senate.

In reporting adversely from the COM
'nittee on military affairs two bills for
the reinstatement of the colored soldiers
OF the 10Th United States Infantry, Sena-
tor Foraker said yesterday that he would
not move an indefinite postponement as
Is usual in such cases. but would ask
that they go on the calendar
AT the earliest opportunity. said Mr.
Foraker II will call up the bill intro
ducad by ME for consideration. and will
ask The Senate to disagree TO the report
and pass the measure.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-02
traffic tomorrow morning. The first trair

traffic tomorrow morning. The first train
will leave here at o'clock. and hourly
service will be maintained from both ends
until midnight The failure to begin op-
GRAFTON this morning said President Bish-
op. was due 10 the fact that the Wash
ington Railway and Electric Company
had been unable to complete the loop lead
ing from its tracks TO those Of the inter-
urban line.
According to General Manager Shanna-
han. the read will begin to operate on a
half hour schedule from either end next
week, and there will be fifty-two trains
each way daily. On the Annapolis d.
vision. which was put into operation this
morning. there will be twenty-sx trains
each way daily. The travel between Bal
timore and Annapolis this morning was
reported as excellent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-02
STATUE OF GEN. MEIGS.
Richard T. Crane of Chicago Ready
to Provide the Funds.

\ statue in this city OF Quartsrmaster
General Meigs. who held office during the
civil Mar is proposed by Richard l.
,.rau, of Chicago who SAYS he has
wanted to provide the funds for its
erection for several Years but has been
unable to secure permission from Con-
gress. Ii is learned at the Capitol that
there has been no effort made to secure
the passage of bill authorizing the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-02

when the services are over he passes out
into the street and returns to the hotel
unnoticed. When he comes downtown to
do IA little shopping the clerks in the
stores treat him like any other customer.
They are neither curious nor obsequious.
and they seldom call him by name
This is a new experience Cor Mr.. Rookie
Teller and he enjoys ii.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-02

have read about his inability to eat like
the rest of us. They say that when ne
comes i'm from the golf links he orders
as big a meal as anybody and ENJOYS /.
inst as much When the tiaVelahu
Grays a military company TO Which W
used to belong when he lived IN iiiat cry,
passed through here rev se the citizens
gave them a barbecue, in winch MI. r>o-h
efeller joined with great sus.o anu
consumed his full share OF the ItiI ,;
ments offered without the slightest hesi-
tation. A.. H., h.s NOT
He also demonstrated that ne mas ho'
LOST his sense of enjoyment. Tor nooou! ~
the party had better nm, iime 70 ,,eat me
C;ravs with a local reception computes;
and when the train stopped ne Iliiis!tu
with the passengers shaking hands Win
manner. and introducing them to the Az
eusta people who had come down to wei
come them Then when the procession
was formed to march up TO me holei' Eli IN
of bags and suit cases. CARRYING on
running conversation with ms 1flehis III
the ranks He said afterward that ne
never had better time in his ME ana
when the Augusta Chronicle printed an
editorial referring to the impression made
upon the local public by the incident
MIR Rockefeller took the trouble TO 90
down to the office and thank the editor
for his friendly words; and for recosnlz-
Ing his right to enjoy himself with his
old friends No name was mentioned,
meant by the plain American citizen
who. breathing the same air. enjoying the
same sunshine. worshipng the same God.
loving the same little children rem ana me
friends and neighbors and valuing their
friendship for me. liking you and want
ing you TO like me-bHt lets like each
other for ourselves alone Don't blame
me if the plans which in my earlier years
I lad for success in life-a thing lauda Die
In all men-resulted in the accumulation
Of more wealth than other men have:
more than I have yet been able. try as /
may, to invest in behalf of and for the
benefit of mankind. For myself it has
bought but three meals day. clothes
such as become the average American
citizen. a home or two. comfort for my
family and loved ones. an automobile and
a little golf All these things. men who
are held much less blameless for success
in life have had. here and elsewhere.
Why may not l spend the evening of life
in peace and the unaffected companionsh p
of my felloW-men?"
Mr. Rockefeller Pleased.
This editorial. Mr.. Rockefeller said. gave
him more satisfaction than anything that
has been printed about him for years and
he declares that he has enjoyed himself
so much in Augusta that he has bought
place and is going to make ii his win
ter residence because the people here have
not treated him as if he were a horned
devil. but as a human being and IA gentle
man.
This means that they do not pay any
attention tn him: no more than to any
othe" visitor. When he goes To the Rap
fist Church the congregation do not turn
around i'm their pews and stare at him
He is allowed to listen to the sermon
without being made conspicuous, and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-02
BUZZ LINE OPENS TOMORROW.
Trolley Traffic to Begin Between
Baltimore and This City.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
BALTIMORE. Md, April 2.-President
Bishop of the Washington. Baltimore and
Annapolis railway announced this morn
ing that the line between Baltimore and
Washington would he opened TO public
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-02
erection of such statue. but that if
such an effort were made the bill would

Pass.
When the attention of Senator Cullom
of Illinois was called TO the offer of .ir.
Crane by a representative Of The Star
MIR. Cullom said he had heard of the
offor and knew Mr. Crane.
II knew General Meigs" he sal. land
know that he Was fin. man and offical !.
| think ii would be a good thing to erect
a statue to his memory i'm the National
capital. No one. however. has ever
asked me TO introduce bill to this effect.
| think | would do So If the request WAS
made. So far as know, no such bill has
ever been introduced"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-02
Only ten cents a week

Only ten cents q week
to keep yourself at your best. To
always feel as you feel on your good days.
Cascarets ward off all the little ills.
Primitive did need Cascarets.
They lived outdoors plenty Of fruit and all Of their
food
We modern people different
We exercise too little. little fruit and food
fine, too rich
W can't haveh bowels clos u
1t Il there
through
%
foot hat
The is
ho~eCa scart
but hl
Thai 5 he vayto
with c c Gone The . cen =
10 Cents per Box. ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-02

P 3! Ill + :;!!!!: g.!
coo TO ola ELEVENTH STREET.
We announce, beginning t0m10r=
row, a sale of Tailored Suits at
$15.OO $1@.75 $25.OO $4,000
comprising broken lines from OUR reg
u1ar stock and manufacturers SUR
plus stocks and samples.
Re gular prices, SIS, $50 and $40.
Unusual value for the height of
the season.
The seasons sr11artest styles i'm
plain colors and fancy fabrics are rep=
resented.
Ladies' and Misses sizes.
Am exceptional opportunity.
Coat Department.
Tafeta (braid plain) $1,000 $780, $3.50
Tafeta Long $500, $3.50, $1,000
Tailored (broadcot covert) $1,000, $500
very new $500, $4,000
Skirt Department:
Panama ful=pleat or gored styles (gray, blue black
brown) $500
Superior tafeta $3.50, $500
Imported wolfe (plain trmmed) $3.50, $500
White Serge Skirts. $3.50
Waist Department
Dainty lingerie &renc adaptatons) .snso
Waists ecru whte) .S4.95, S5.05
Tailored Shirts and Waists .SlO0, S1.50
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-08-18
RISKS LIFE FOR A HAT
Arthur Hartman Rescued
Off Seventeen Street
Pier Yesterday.

Arthur Hartman, 765 East Sixty third
street, narrowly escaped drowning Off
the SEVENTEEN street pier when he fell
into the water in an attempt to catch
his hat, which the wind had blown off.
Hartman was sitting on the odge of
pier when a sudden gust of wind blew
his hat off. He started after it. not
watching where he was going. After
going a few steps he misjudged the
distance to the edge of the pier and
went head first into the water.
William O'Connor, who was fishing
near the place, jumped into row boat
owned by the Jackson Construction
company and rowed out to the strug-
Cling lad and reached him just in
time.
He was taken to the shore and his
clothes were dried. Hartman could not
give O'Connor enough thanks for saw
ing his life. The boy is a good swim
mer, but he could not do anything with
his shoes and all his clothes on
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-08-18
TRIAL is POSTPONED
Writ Spyer, Son-in Law of
Jacob Munster, Is in a
Serious Condition.

When the case of Stephen c. Sum
ner, business agent CT the milk wagon
drivers union, Harry Ferry, business
agent of the teamsters local, No 742.
and George Turner, secretary of the
milk wagon drivers union, was called
yesterday afternoon in the Hyde Park
branch of the municipal court. the DO
lice asked for continuance until Au-
gust p to wait the outcome of the
injuries of Writ Spyer. son-in-law of
Jacob Munster, who lives south Of
Hammond, whom the three men are
accused of having shot Sunday morn
ing.
Spyer is at his home, 432 West One
Hundred and Tenth street, with a bull
let wound just above his heart His
condition is serious and the physicians
say he may not recover.
Mrs. Spyer when seen at her home
yesterday said: My husband has been
prosecuted by the union for the past
year. Time and again they have
threatened to do him injury. 1t was
only last Friday that Sumner and two
other men came to see Mr. Spyer and
told him that unless he Joined the
union they would put him out of bust
ness"
Lieutenant Mooney of the Kensing
ton station thinks that there were 9TH
ers mixed up in the shooting, and said
THAT he had three other milk drivers
under surveillance
The three men have not been home
since the shooting, but we know where
to place hands on them just as soon as
they make a false move" said Lieu
tenant Mooney.
Union officials are all great believers
in the innocence of Sumner. They all
say that just because Sumner had
threatened to put Spyer out Of bust
ness does not indicate that he is guilty
of the attempted murder.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-08-18
INTERURBAN FOREMAN is
ARRESTED YESTERDAY.
b. II. WiddelI Comes to Grief While
Trespassing on Right of Way.

Miller Station. Aug. 1s.-(SpeciaD-
B. II. Widdell, a foreman in the en-
ploy of the Chicago. Lake Shore and
South Bend Interurban line at Miller
Station, was arrested yesterday by
Town Marshal Edward Klopf for per-
sisting in stretching a right of way
fence across Lake street. one of the
principal streets in the city.
Mr.. Klopf notified the foreman of the
gang that the stretching of the wire
fence aver the street would not be
tolerated. The foreman got into COM
munication with the officials of the in
terurban line. who. it is alleged, told
him not to pay any attention to the
Miller marshal.
He followed out these orders and his
arrest followed. Yesterday afternoon
II. Wallace, the general manager, and
H. B. Cummins, the chief engineer of
the Chicago, Lake Shore and South
Bend line. came to Miller and bailed
their employees out.
The case will come up In justice
court in Miller later in the week.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-08-18
TRAMP NEARLY STARVED
Was Locked in a Box Car
From New York to
Kensington.

A tramp who gave his name as John
Kellar, was found in a box car on the
Panhandle railroad in Kensington yes
terday afternoon by John Johnson, a
car inspector. When found Kellar was
almost starved, and told the inspector
how he had gotten into the car in
New York and when asleep some one
had shut the door on the car and he
could not open it.
He was taken to the yardmaster's
office, where he was given something
to eat. He told the yardmaster that
he had beat his way to Chicago in
hopes of finding work. He said when
he was a boy fourteen years old his
parents left him to work his way up
in the world, and not being able to
overcome the difficulties he was COM
PEELED to go to beating his way around
the country. He also stated that he
had an older brother who used to make
life miserable for him around the house
and he was almost on the verge of run
ming away when he thought his brother
would let up on his quarreling.
The yardmaster, after hearing his
story, put him to work in the railroad
yards.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-08-18
SALOON RIOT BREAKS
OUT IN MILLER
Especial to Times,l

Miller. Aug. 1S.-Marshal Edward
Klopf had his hands full when a riot
broke out last night in the saloon of
Iverson Brothers, where a crowd of
people had gathered or an evening ses
sion, and some to celebrate Catholic
church holiday, although there is none
on the calendar.
A storm was brewing among differ
ent factions who gathered in the saloon
and without much warning several of
the men came to blows in which quite
a number of people were injured.
Marshal Edward Klopf appeared on
the scene, like he always does where
he is needed and promptly put three
of the ring leaders under arrest. The
men arrested were James Mercondonia,
James Donnie and Angelo Carly. All
three of them furnished bonds and
were released to have trial later in
the week. One of the trio pulled a
knife on Marshal Klops, which the lat
ter, however, forced from his hands.
Marshal Klops has confiscated the
knife.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-08-18
TOLESTON.

Mrs. w. Hood visited friends in Chi
cago over night.
Miss Doris White OF Hobart is the
guest of Miss Mary Sieeger for a few
days.
Miss Annie and Huga Schneider Of
Hammond visited friends here Sunday.
Frank Reissig and Frank Deppe of
Hobart were business visitors here Sat-
urday.
George Mckee of Chicago spent Sum
day here with relatives.
Charles f. Phillips spent Sunday with
relatives in Warsaw.
Mrs. w. S. Kaehler and son Donald
returned home yesterday from an ex-
tended visit in Benton Harbor.
Miss Meta Borman is the guest OF
relatives in Hobart for few days.
Ross Brown of Valparaiso visited
relatives here Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Chester T. Stewart and
son of Eiston. ILL.,, spent Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. T. ]. Hewitt
Mrs John Hesterman and children Of
Hammond are spending a few days
with relatives here.
Otto Doege has returned home after
a few weeks vacation IN Molwaukee
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Papka spent Sun.
day with friends in Hobart
Miss Ruth Clark of Hammond spent
Sunday with friends here
The Bohemian Turner Lodge of Chi
cago, held picnic here Sunday on
Joseph Husack's addition to Toleston.
Mr.. Husak presented the society with
a lot in his addition on which the So
ciety will erect hall. About three
hundred people were present