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TIE TEMPERANCE PROPAGANDA
CONCERTED ATTACK ON DRINK
WINNING ALL ALONG LINE.
Decisions Of the Higher Courts
What the Divine Court Says and
What the United States Supreme
Court Saws.

DECISIONS Ol tuc IllEhCI Ooo
What the Divine Court Says and
What the United States Supreme
Court Says. .
/. The Divine Court:
CD On the drunkard-Woe unto
them that are mighty to drink wine,
and men of strength to mingle strong
drink. Elsa. 5:22.)
No drunkard shall inherit the
Kingdom of God. Il Cor. 6:10)
(2) On the license system-Woe
unto them which justify the wicked
for reward, and take away the right
eousness of the righteousness from
him. Elsa. 5:23.)
y Woe unto him that buildeth his
house by unrighteousness and his
chambers by wrong. (Jer. 22:lS.)
Woe unto him that buildeth town
with blood and establisheth a city by
iniquity. (Hab. 2:12.)
2. The Supreme Court of the
United States: -. <,.....
(1) On the drink system, as
danger to the public-We cannot shut
out of view the fact, within the
knowledge of all, that the public
health, the public morals and the
public safety may be endangered by
the general use of intoxicating drinks.
State of Kansas vs.. Ziebold &
Hagelin, 1928 u. s. 634.
(2) On public health and morals,
as inalienable-No Legislature can
bargain away the public health or the
public morals. The people them
selves cannot dc it, much less their
servants. Government Is
organized with a view to their pres.
ervation.-Stone vs.. Mississippi, 10l
u. S. 816. : -.
(3) On the right to sell intoxicat-
ing liquors, as not inherent-There is
no inherent right of citizen to thus
sell intoxicating liquors by retail. 1t
is not a privilege of a State or or .
citizen of the United States.-CroW-
ley VS.. Christensen, 1877 U. S. Sc.
So far as such right exists (the
right to sell liquor) it is not one OF
the rights growing out of citizenship
Of the United States.-Bartemeyer VS..
Iowa. IS U. s. 18 Wallace 120. J, =
(4) On the gain of prohibition OF
intoxicating liquors-If loss OF rev.
enue should accrue to the United
States (because of prohibition) from
a diminished consumption Of ardent
spirits, she will be gamer thou
sand fold in the health, wealth and
happiness OF the people.-License
cases, 46 u. S. 5 How. 632. '..
.(5) On the right of a State to
prohibition, etc.-All powers of q
court, whether at common law or in
chancery, may be called into opera
tion by a legislative body for the
purpose of suppressing this objection
able traffic. Pearson: "A State has
a right to prohibit or restrict the
manufacture of intoxicating liquors
within her limits; to prohibit all sale
or traffic in them in said State-and
to provide regulations for the abate-
inert, as a common nuisance, OF the
property used for such forbidden pur-
poses. kidd vs.. Pearson.-Dial Of
Progress. ~
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and creased, hung IN two strings
down his breast. III all his bearing
there was the high spirit of self
sacrifice, of making atonement. AS
he drew near, found myself biting
my lips and my vision getting misty
with the pity of it. He came direct
to me.
My father he said, 7 alone sm
to blamo for what has happened: I
wish to give my body to these men
that my people may not suffer-
"A dozen or more cowboys had
gathered about their leader as In
terpreted. AS I spoke, Two Moons,
with flushed face, showing a plead
ing eagerness that his sacrifice should
be accepted, went forward little to
face them.
Before I had finished speaking a
thrill went through me. The at
mosphere of hostility had melted as
clouds vanish after June shower.
The bravo spirit and. truthful face of
the boy had won what neither argu-
ment nor force could have accom-
plished.
There were some seconds of 81
lence; then one of the men raised the
tension.
'Shucks!' he said, and turning
his back on the scene, walked of.
Everybody laughed, and Farrell flung
his hat at the boys feet.
You little sap-sucker,' he said,
you've mighty nigh raised lot OF
mischief, but you've shore made good
for the sand! Bill he said to one
of his men, bring up that gray pony
O. mine and give it to this high red.
We've got toremove him from tempta-
ton .,,E = 1.,. ..
Amid laughter and the gathering
of the clan, white and red,. the gray
pony was brought, and Two Moons,
the most amazed and delighted little
Indian on earth, 1 reckon, was lifted
upon the back Of fine cow-horse,
and made to understand thst 1t was
his. Then the cowboys rode away,
with my Brules whooping How!
How! Howl after them.
When the noise had subsided, Two
Moons turned to me. AT any rate,
father he shouted, earnestly, my
medicine was good, else l should not
have got this fine poly!' From the
Youths Companion.
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party no apparent heed, but pro-
ceeded calmly with the bread and
coffee. Yet l knew that fight was
imminent, and without providential
interference could not be delayed be-
yond a few minutes. begged per-
mission of Farrell to go to their
covert and have an interview with
Little Chief and Two Moons, but after
a brief talk with some of his men, he
refused my request.
"The tragedy was at hand The
men had finished eating and were
looking to their weapons and hitch
ing their cartridge-belts into position,
and a detail had brought up their
horses for distribution when, at the
head of the coulee and in their cen
tre, saw futtering rag, apparently
thrust up out of the ground.
II lost no seconds in pointing this
out to Farrell, who was about to
mount his horse.
"i'They want to talk said. Let
them, and l will interpret
Farrell scowled fiercely at the
pitiful signal, and swept the outlying
Sioux with a swift glance of sus-
picion. Then he turned to me.
Well, he growled, holler at 'em
if it'll do you any good; but don't
give 'em any notion they can get away
from what's coming!'
Il raised my voice and shouted to
Little Chief to know what he had to
say.
Two Moons will surrender!' was
his answer. He will 60 out to those
men now. I have never taken their
horses, and 1 did not counsel my
brother to do SOL
The boy who ran off your horses
by mistake will come out to you now,
I interpreted, turning to Farrell AMI
the nearer men. He will come un-
armed. The other man, his brother,
was in no way to blame, save in tell
ing the boy an old tradition of finding
a horseshoe. If you punish Little
Chief, you should punish also I'll
these others who have come out to
defend the boy
Sounds reasonable Farrell re-
luctantly admitted. We'll, tell the
thief to come out Then word was
passed along the line.
II signaled the brothers that Two
Moons should come on. There was
no hesitation. The slim, half-naked
boy suddenly appeared upon the
level. He came toward us, walking
very straight and steadily, and to his
doom. as l verify believed
The lad was stripped to the leg
giues. and his hair. freshly braided
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The South and Rum.

The opinions of experts differ as to
the causes of the rapid spread of the
prohibition sentiment in the Southern
States. One keen observer has lately
expressed the opinion that tire pres
.ent condition is "endemic," and that
prohibition may become "epidemic" "
throughout the country. This is an
extreme view. But the liquor trade Is
manifestly alarmed by the recent de-
yelopments, and the prediction has
been made that there will be some
sort of anti-saloon planks in the plat
forms of both the great political par
ties next year.-EGitorial in the New
York Times.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-01-08
THOUGHTS EoR THE
EWM 60
QUIET -FOUR
THE FOUR ANCHORS.
{Acts N:@.

The night is dark, but God, my God,
1s here, and in command,
And sure am I, when morning breaks,
I shall be "at the land.
And since I know the darkness is
To Him as sunniest day, ~
I'll cast the anchor Patience out,
And wish-but wait-for day.
Fierce drives the storm, but winds and
: Within His hand are held,
And trusting in Omnipotence p
My-fears are gweetly quelled.
If wrecked, I'm in His faithful grasp,
I'll trust Him, though He slay;
So letting 20 the anchor Faith, ~ aE5
III wish-but wait-for day.
Still seem the moments dreary, long! M e
. 7 rest upon the Lord; .&T
[ muse on His eternal years, ?" u
And feast upon His word;
His promises, so rich and great,
Are my support and stay.
III drop the, anchor Hope ahead,
I And wish-but wait-for day. ~ y, q Y!
o wisdom infinite! o light
And love supreme, divine! III
How can I feel one futtering doubt
In hands so dear as Thine? s
III lean on Thee, my best beloved,
My heart on Thy heart lay, 80
And casting out the anchor Love,
I'll wish-but wait-for day. @
Mrs. Helen E. Brown, in Advocate ana
Guardian. ~; ~ III. zf'ii..s%55
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The Beauty Of Death.

If there is one thing especially Of
which many people cannot possibly;
believe, that, under any circum-
stances, It would seem beautiful, ]
suppose it must be death. That must
always be dreadful. Men seldom see
any misery in life SO great az to out
weigh the misery of leaving 1t. j.
But yet it comes to all of us, thai
He who made death made 1t, like all
things else, to be beautiful in His
time. When life has lived It's days
out in happiness, grown old with COM
stantly accumulattng joys, and then.
at last, before decay has touched 1T,
or the ground softens under its feet,
the door opens, and 1t enters into the
new youth of eternity; when young
man has tried his powers here and
dedicated them to God, and then is
called to the full use of their perfect
ed strength in the very presence OF
God whom he has loved; when a man
has lived for his brethren, and the
time comes that his life cannot hefp
them any longer, but his death can
put life into dead truths, and send en-
thusiasm into fainting hearts; when
death comes as a rest to a man who
Is tired with long fight, or as vic
Tory to man who leaves his enemies
baffled behind him on the shore of
lime7-in ali these times, Is death not
beautiful?
Nothing in all his life became this
man like leaving it," they said of one
Whc died.-Phillips Brooks.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-01-08
The cramped heart cannot contain
the Christ.
Burbank's Thornlass Cactus.

The National Museum, at Wash
ington, D. c., has placed on exhibition
a specimen leaf" of thornless cac-
tus developed by Luther Burbank, OF
California. Perfecting cactus with
out thorns means providing a valu-
able forage plant which will grow as
well in arid as in moist regions. The
fattened stem of this novel growth,
often enormously called leaf" in
some of the best specimens is nearly
three feet long, foot wide and three
inches thick, and it's surface is similar
to that of a watermelon.
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Ministry of Intercession.

remember q friend telling me that
at one time he was in the direst temp
tation, and his future life was In the,
balance. There came upon him
blast from He'll, and he was upon the
very point Of recklessly throwing his
virtue and honor away.
Away in another part OF England
there was relative who lived close
to God; some warning bell sounded
in her heart. that this person was in
danger. 5;She pleaded with God for
the deliverance Of his soul. She,
knew not why there was such an aur-s
gency laid on her to pray for this
special person; but she spent long
hours on her knees that night and
In the morning wrote to her relative
who had been In danger to explain
the strange feeling Of urgency to
prayer, saying that 1t was on his acrs
count she was praying.
When the temptation was at Its
strongest there sounded In the con-.
science Of the man some terrific warm
ing note; all the bells Of the soul
were set inging: a sense OF fearful
and impending danger took posses
sion of him, and, the temptation lost
it's power. Here was the turning
point Of life. If the warning bells Of
impending danger had been ignored,
what would the result have beena
If some Christians would hold them
selves free to let God ring bells OF
intercession IN their heart, many a
poor soul might gain the benefit. In
answer to prayer the mans whole ma.
ture was set tingling, and the sense OF
impending danger was his salvation.
Bright Words. s5. =,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-01-08
A NVronr-Headed View of Life

If a man gives himself to money
making, or to the pushing of business
plans, and drives at it year in and
year out, he is a very enterprising
fellow" If he is carried away with
political partisanship, he is "a wide
awake citizen" If he lives for pleas
ure, and pursues it recklessly day
and night, he may be called little
fast" But if he is dead earnest in
his purpose to honor Christ and to
save souls, then he is "a religious en-
thusiast," or a fanatic. H. Clay
Trumbull.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-01-08
MAKE. A BLUFF.

It's duty you are owing -
To the world to shake your feet,
And to lift your voice in singin'
Till the music fills the street;
If the world is dark and gloomy.
And you haven't got a friend,
It's your duty to dissemble,
It's your duty to pretend.
II you meet the world a-grinnin',
Then the world will grin at you;
You can laugh the clouds to flinders,
Till the blue sky glimmers through;
If you just pretend you're happy, ~
With your whole heart in the bluff
Then, almost before you know it,
You'll be happy, sure enough!
Houston Post.
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II there isn't any pleasure
Waits for you beside the way,
If there's not thing to grim at
In your journey day by day,
If you've got excuse for kicking
And for stirring up a row,
Don't you do it! Don't you do it!
just be happy, anyhow.
Just be happy, just be happy;
Take the fiddle and the bow,
Snugglc it against your shoulder,
Timber up and let her 60,
Till the world is full of music
And there's joy in every string,
Till you get all outdoors laughing
And you make the echoes sing.
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Swiss Mountain Delivery.

The Swiss postal department is
making arrangements for the distri-
button of mails in many mountain
Gus districts hitherto inaccessible
during the winter months. This is
to be done by means of skis, and
whole corps Of postmen have been;
in training for the service.-London'
E1Obe
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-01-08
Output Of Graphite.

Although this country consumes
about thirty-five per cent. of the
worlds totaloutput of graphite, it fur
nishes but twenty per cent. of it. The
amount imported into the United
States in 1906, chiefly from Ceylon,
was valued at s1,554,212, and the
value of the domestic production was
only S340,239.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-01-08
Red Men Bar Saloonkeepers.

The Great Council of the United
States Improved Order of Red Men, in
sixtieth annual session, at Norfolk,
Va, adopted an amendment to the
laws of the order prohibiting mem
bership in the future to all saloon
keepers and bartenders. This is not
retroactive, and does not affect the
present status of such members of the
order.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-01-08
Wrong Horse Won $4,000.

Turfman Carman, of San Francis
co, sent his betting commissioner to
place $4,000 on a horse, but the
commissioner made a mistake and
put it on the wrong racer. The
wrong" one was the. victor, and Car
man doubled his money.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-01-08
Vegctarians.

Vegetarianism has got its grip on
society, and has already commenced
to make converts in numbers large;
enough to be encouraging to the
evangelists Of the cult of the bean
and-nut. food-M A. p.
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Tpterpret to the World,

The world to-day is short-sighted,
bbtuse,l ignorant, 1t has no keen
sense for the gift of God, which is
eternal life. Ours it is to sense that
gift and interpret it to the world.
But are we living or speaking as If
we knew the Gift OF God?-Chicago
Standard. .s.. ..
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Italy Stops Bakers Night Work.
The Government has presented a
bill prohibiting bakers from working
at night and establishing a heavy fine,'
which will go to the fund for aged
Workmen.
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We Are Strangers.

Are we not strangers here? Is it
not strange that we so often meet and
part without a word of our home,
or the way to it, or our advance to-
ward t?-Archbishop Leighton.
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AS It Striketh the Philosopher.
BY II. J. THIEDE.
UT conscience tender, .

BY H. j. T1IEDE.
!. conscience tender,
2. weary we'll doing
8. Today's frugality is to-morrow's felicity.
accomplishment through the selection of
Degradation of the ultva
tion Of the ends Of life.
Better go supperless to bed than to rise in debt
attention to the chips his lathe
the street.
7. Every put by to-day gift to to-
......
whose falsehoods longer deceive has forfeited
right to speak the truth.
8. Mediocrty talk, for genius to observe
of little expenses small leak will sink a
great ship
and development. =.
cracked bell that does not ring because of
broken surfaces each other but If these
could trimmed by Of e would remedy
defect.
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We are haunted by an ideal life,
and it is because we have within us
the beginning and the possibility Of
it.-Phillips Brooks.
In this world, it is not what we
take up, but what we give up, that
makes US rich.-Henry Ward Beech
er. -. -. - -.
1t is ridiculous to expect God 20
hear us when we do not hear our
selves; which is the case when our
lips move, with the mind inattentive
and wandering.-Seed. -
Each good habit we weave in our
teens means better and happier life
to its very end-and we cannot af-
ford to waste an hour in setting the
loom at work.-Scottish Reformer.
1t is personal influence that de-
termines the size of life; not words,
nor even deeds.-Scottish Reformer.
Let us see that, whenever we have
failed to be loving, we have also
failed to be wise; that, whenever we
have been blind to our neighbor's il
terests we have also been blind to
our own; whenever we have hurt
others we have hurt ourselves much
more.-Charles Kingsley.
The man who cannot spare time
for outdoor recreation usually holds
the averages good by taking time to
be sick.-Scottish Reformer.
Stated seasons of quiet and retire
ment are demanded for the nurtur-
ing Of the spiritual nature. 1t is in
such times that we realize the little
ness Of the frets and annoyances of
the way, and rise with fresh incen-
tives for holy duty. R. MacDuff.
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1t is suggested that Boston should
pension the cook who, in forty years,
has made 394,OO0 pies and 100000
doughnuts.
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Hope

Every discovery has hope as its fn.'
rentive. Behind every invention.
which adds to the sum of human
happiness and every battle fought
for liberty, there is that hope. It is
tie glory of the individual, the ma
ton, and the race; it is the exultant
song of the poet, the musician, the
sculptor; it is the glory that paints
the eastern skies at dawn; the sweet
farewell that fingers in the sunset;
the music of the breeze; 1t is the
golden sky after the tempest.-Rev.
H. M. Couden, Episcopalian, Wash
ington. -. .r..
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Aged 1j, Weds His Stepdaugilter.

Abraham Shank, of Omaha, Neb.,
seventy-five years old, was married to
Miss Josephine Miller, his stepdauCh-
ter.
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WORDS OF WISDOM.

We are haunted by an ideal life,
and it is because we have within us
the beginning and the possibility of
it.-Phillips Brooks.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-01-08

In this world, it is not what we
take up, but what we give up, that
makes US rich.-Henry Ward Beech
er. @ .,a... e.. -
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The man who cannot spare time
for outdoor recreation usually holds
the averages good by taking time to
be sick.-Scottish Reformer.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-03-12
How to Clean White Gloves.

There Is no excuse for not wearing
white gloves In the morning. because
to keep them clean is so little trouble
and absolutely no expense. In the aft
ernoon or evening the gloves should
be put TO soak overnight in water that
Is only warm, but very soapy Any
good white laundry soap serves the
purpose. In cases where the gloves are
extremely dirty soap may be rubbed
on them directly. but this sometimes
stiffens the leather. After lying I'm the
water until the next day the gloves
should be put into fresh soapy bath
and squeezed, not rubbed, under wa
ter. The soaking will have loosened
the dirt, and this one bath should be
sufficiently cleansing. If 1t IL not, put
the gloves through another soapy wa
ter and then rinse In warm, not hot,
water, always squeezing and never rub
bling. When the last vestige OF CRIME
Is removed, spread out the gloves on
n soft towel, pulling them into shape.
Every hour or so afterward they should
be taken down and rubbed between the
hands. In this lies the secret OF their
drying soft.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-03-12
A Rurhanker.


A farmer who was up to date
In tones OF glee once said:
II shall not bank my celery.
I'll Burbank Il instead"
You should have seen tho crop he raised
Most celery Just stalks
But his could run and leap and Jump
About the garden walks.
Nor with II could q person find
The slightest bit OF fault
Among It's well blanched leaves there grew
Salt cellars full OF salt.
The farmer who was up 90 date
In tones OF gles then said:
i shall not bank my money now.
III Burbank II instead"
You should hsvD seen what happened then.
With interest II grew
You have 20 draw most money. but
His painted. sketched and drew.
lie never had 90 raise II, for
10 raised itself you see.
u sprouted one fine pension and
\ large annuity.
And 50 the farmer up 70 date
In tones Of giss then said.
'When you desire 20 bank a thing,
Just burbank II instead"
-Blgnohe Elizabeth wade IN Harperss
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