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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-29
THE GREAT DESTROYER
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE.
Railroads and Steamboats, Are Very
Unsafe When Left to Men Whose
Faculties Are Dulled by Drink
o.. EmDlOyes Sign Pledge.

ZO,OOO EinploJtS oiSu iCuSS'
Not a great while ago the an
nouncement Was made as an item of
news that $4,000 men employed on
railroads had signed the pledge of
total abstinence from liquor, the rea-
son being that when hands were dis
charged discrimination was made
against those who were known to be
ever moderate drinkers. Railroads
and steamboats, are very unsafe when
left 10 men whose keenness of eye
and ear is dulled by drink. The
vast crowds of passengers , con-
stitute the travelling public dve a
right to demand strict temperance
as the rule for those who are charged
with transporting them from place
to place.
The appeal against intoxicants has
too often been based upon sentiment
merely, and again and again it has
been found that this was not a suffi-
cient lever TO induce a tempted man
to give up his baneful habit step
over the line into safety. When 1t
m to a question of elaboration
between losing a profitable job or
holding on to it, a man may n o re-
fuse to take and keep a pledge, par
ticularly when reinforced by the good
company of great numbers OF his fell
low employees.
AS a safeguard against p~reventable
accidents temperance stands well in
the front. Mistakes are made through
carelessness by veterans who many
times have run a risk without mis-
adventure, as was lately pointed out
in an interesting article in one OF the
magazines. The writer was a signal
man of long experience. and the sum
of his conclusions was that a large
percentage of accidents was due to a
disobedience of orders and needless
ness, usage having made engineers
and conductors somewhat reckless.
Granting this to be true there still
remains the u%ndisputed fact that a
a switchman who has taken a
stimulant to keep out the cold may
forget his duty at the proper moment.
that a telegraph operator may send
the wrong message from a similar
cause and that sleeping passengers
may be hurled into eternity through
an error committed by somebody
whose mind was not quite clear or
whose judgment was temporarily
clouded.
If the crusade for temperance
started among railroad men could be
Indefinitely extended, a multitude OF
men, m and children would have
reason to thank God.-Christian Her.
aid.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-29
Paintings 1000 Years Old.

American collectors have secured
some curious Greek paintings which
are said to be 1000 years old. They
formed part Of the famous Graf COL
lection, at Vienna, Austria, which is
to be dispersed, and were discovered
in the Fayoum district of Egypt.
They date from the period of the
Greek occupation of Egypt, and al
though so ancient retain their colors
in remarkable freshness.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-29
Temperance Notes.

1t is stated by prohiDitionists that
the territory which is dry" now in
cludes fully one-third of the entire
population of the United States.
If our friends the saloonkeepers
imagine for One moment that thc
anti-license people favoi spcak-easies
let them start up a few
In San Francisco the police figures
show that there vas d total OF 33I
arrests in the city for the W prohi-
bition months of May and June, 1906,
as compared with 1914 arrests for
the two following months Of high
liceEs..
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-29
The Heart of zoe

Have We ever noted what kind OF
words the Bible Uses to describe Gods
heart? asks G. Fl. Knight. 1t speaks
not only OF the grace that is in it,
but of the riches Of grace and eX-
ceeding riches OF grace; not only Of
the kindness that is in it. but Of the
loving kindness: not only Of the mer-
cies that are in it, but OF the tender
uerCiSs.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-29
Sympathy and Reverence.

True sympathy is never inquisitive.
1t reverences the divine in human ma
rure too much to think 10 tear away
the veil from the secrets of a trou-
bled heart. There is a delicacy and
a reticence which all self respecting
men feel Ind reverence in the most
intimate associations with their fell
low men. There are raj and sweet
moments between kindred souls when
barriers appear spontaneously to fall
away and mutual utterance is grant
ed without words.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-29
HAVE YET.

Let patience have her perfect work.
James Id.
Have patience yeti!
Though now by trials beset,
Gods hand controls the storm;
He will perform.
Have patience yet!
Have patience yet!
Canst thou so soon forget
That Jesus died for thee,
On Calvary?
Have patience yet!
Have patience yet!
flushed be each vain regret.
Christ lives. Christ reigns above;
His deeds are love.
Have patience yet!
Have patience yeti
Why shouldst thou pine and fret?
God will thy need supply,
On Him rely.
Have patience yet!
Have patience yeti
Thy Lord doth not forget.
His love, boundless and free,
Encircles thee.
Have patience yet!
Ruth Thomas, in London Christian.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-29
Buys Medical Degree.

At Detmold, Principally Of Lipper
Herr Quentin, councillor Of the
reigning Prince of Lippe and a prom
inent member of society, purchased
a degree of doctor from a medical
college and used it for eleven years.
The truth has just become known
and the courts convicted him.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-29
An Indinnian'S Record.

john w. Elder. Of Warsaw. has
spent 1898 consecutive nights ill his
home in this city; in fact, he has
never been away from home over
night. and he observed his tlfty-sec'
ond birthday anniversary yesterday
The record is remarkable. and it is
doubtful whether there is another
person in the county who can make
a similar claim.-Warsaw Core
]spondence indianapolis News.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-29
4 Great Orators Prediction.

George W. Balm said recently:
When people say it is Impossible to
quit drinking. l tell them We are do
ing il down South. l can remember
the time, twenty years ago. when n
sky of the South was black with the
smoke Of the distiileries and there
was a saloon on every corner in every
town. At that time my life was
threatened when | was delivering
temperance lectures. But now | can
speak anywhere in Kentucky. In five
years there won't be d legalized sa-
Icon il al! the Southland"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-29
Let Patience Be Thine.

NeTer IL discouraged because good
things get on so slowly here. and new
e. fail 10 dc daily that good which
lies next to your hand. Do not be in
a hurry, but he diligent. Enter into
the sublime patience Of the Lord.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-29
4 Tribute TO the South.

The wave of prohibition seems to
be gaining great force in the South.
If it will spread over the North and
West, !. as an old Union soldier, will
stand up and say hal the South has
blessed the nation more than the
North."-Hon. Jas. H. Chase, Cash
mere. Wash.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-29
Swiss Tunne Done.

The federal railroad tunnelthrough
the Kicker Mountains, near Lake Zu-
rich. Switzerland, is completed. Con-
struction on the tunnel. which Is
nearly five miles ioGs, was begun
four years ago.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-29

Canada 8 government revenue from
all sources last veal will be more
than 500, 600, 600. In the first seven
months the customs receipts Increased
81 zoo n
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-29
pj0y,s DroIlCyy.

The pious drcllery and m~oIC.cEoIs
toImality CT the average city Church
is enough 10 disgust the devil
Rev. =. 2. Brcughton. Baptist. At
ldJ1a
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-29

The mammoth lived in Europe
and also in America-before the
Glacial Period set in; it flourished in
an inter-glacial time, and was driven
south as It's habitat was invaded by
the snow and ice. No wild elephant
has lived in Europe during the his
toric period.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-29

That eminent American astron-
omer, Professor Percival Lowell, has
become fully convinced, from photo
graphs of Mars, taken recently at the
Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, Ariz.,
and in South America by the scien-
tifc expedition sent there, that the
little planet is inhabited. The pic
lures, in the professors opinion, cor
roborate the theory of a remarkable
system of Marian canals, and SO as
sure him beyond a doubt that the
planet is "the abode of intelligent,
constructive life"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-29

Dr.. John B. Watson, professor Of
physiology in the University of Chi
cago, is said to have made the dis
covery that sea gulls have a Ian.
guage OF their own and think as we'll
as talk. DR.. Watson has just re-
turned from a remarkable trip Of
research in the Dry Tortugas Island
off the lower coast of Florida, where
he made the discovery.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-29
unaIEgs$a9eass s
yEEG%:
WI POPULAR "a
So 4 SCIENCE y n

Iron and steel pipe may be readily
distinguished by a flattening test, &C
cording to statements made at the
meeting Of the American Society of
Heating and Ventilating Engineers.
Soft steel pipe, cut in very short
lengths or rings, flattens smoothly
and evenly without breaking, while
wrought iron Pipe usually fractures
at two or more places when flattened.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-29

According to the American Machin-
list, the greatest single consumption OF
brass is for condenser tubes, a battle
ship alone having from 10000
pounds to 10000 pounds of condenser
tubing in it; and owing to the cor
rosive effect of sea water this tubing
must be continually replaced. The
material used is usually either Muntz
metal-sixty per cent. copper, forty
per cent. zinc-or else a mixture of
copper, seventy; zinc. twenty-nine,
and tin. one.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-29

The most remarkable feat of travel
in the whole history Of creation, with
a single exception, is the invasion Of
Europe. Asia and the Americas by
the elephant family, whose birth was
in Africa. New light has been thrown
upon this interesting chapter Of nat
ural history through the discoveries
of the American Museum of Natural
History; and the pa~leontologist in
charge of the museums recent expedi-
ton to Egypt, Professor Henry Fair
field Osborn, has written fully for the
Century of Hunting the Ancestral
Elephant in the Fayum Desert"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-29

All irrigating canal has just been
completed in Hawaii. 1t will carry
1000. 900 gallons of water daily
through sixteen miles Of tunnel and
open ditch. Its purpose is primarily
to carry water for irrigation from the
Waimea River to the Kehaka planta-
ton. but on the way it will be used
at two places for the development of
electricity.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-29

subject: Our Heavenly Home, John
14-Golden Text, John 14:2-
Commit Verses 2, 3-Commen.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-07-25
Desirable Teachers.

The Newcomb Alumna Asso-
citation and the Tulane Alumni
are cooperating with a view of
placing graduates of these insti-
buttons as teachers in the schools
throughout the state, and for this
purpose they have established an
employment bureau. This bu-
reau will endeavOr to provide
teachers in the various branches
for parish public schools, indus
trial schools, high schools, pri-
vate schools and colleges.
AS is we'll known, the gradu-
ates of the two institutions men
toned, rank among the highest
in the United States, and what
the public schools of this state
need today is not trained I'M
educated teachers, but teachers
thoroughly versed in the sub
jects which they are presumed
to teach. The trained teachers
about whom so much hue and
cry has been raised, have so far,
with very few exceptions, proven
absolute failures in the higher
branches; their Quotations are
faulty, and some of them should
be returned to the grammar
schools to devote a little more
time and attention to the educa-
ton which has been neglected.
Give as competent college gradu
ates; those who have started at
the A and have wound up at the
q of the educational alphabet,
and not those who started at A
and stopped at J and are then
ground out of the normal schools
as. trained teachers. When
ever the competency of a normal
graduate is questioned and the
institution criticized for having
turned him OF her loose on a
defenseless public, the educa-
tional trust rushes forth to the
defense with the following argu-
ment: THE Normal trains, it
does not educate. Pointe Cou-
pee Banner.
/ We shall await with some inn
patience to see how many of
THESE teachers will be ''nominat-
ed by the parish superintend-
tents.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-07-25
Weeds as a Civic Issue.

The rank growth of weeds on
vacant lots and on edges of the
sidewalks is only too familiar
sight in parts of New Orleans
and painful one to all who take
pride in the metropolis. The
newspapers agitate the matter
constantly, and only a short time
ago, one of these papers predict
ed that murder or outrage would
be committed under shelter OF
these towering weeds. The at
tempted assault of a young girl
on her way home from market,
an arm reached out to catch her
from behind the weeds, gives
point to the prediction. New
Orleans must wrestle with and
conquer the weed question.
Many another town and city is
confronted with the same trou-
BILE. Weeds will grow to the de-
pletion of civic treasures. 1t
takes system and money to keep
them down. In small towns, the
usefulness of the COW as weed
destroyer is urged with more
success than truth the cow
vastly prefers nice sweet grass,
or the roses just over the fence,
and when it does chance on bit
terWeed takes revenge for such a
diet by imparting the flavor to
| the milk.
Parish convicts should clean
the streets, but for them as
weed cutters there would be lit
tie need if every householder,
white or black, resident owner
or tenant, would resolve to keep
the weeds down on his premises
and on the strip of banquette be
| fore his door. 1t would be easy
for him. In the aggregate, the
weeds yanquish the powers that
be.
The EDITORS dream is to see
2 just such town pride that every
: resident viii voluntarily pledge
Ito keep down his own weeds, not
81 to mention doing esher littl'
81 things to impf0ge the appearanc
at his property and the town
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-07-25
\, RO,fd Of Education Meets

i s. Nc C. LawraSon, one
sou members of the State
Il Education, attended a
~ If that body on Monday
~ initial With regard to
sse,tes Of eligibility, the
laocided that any person
I'd !, ,ov holding the position
! nrish superintendent snail 1
l. .,tlod to a certificate OF
s1rty; any applicant shall re-
the Office Of the State
a.,ntendent at 9 o'clock a. m,
,ea ,,gpst %, 1898, and take the
X. ..aination; if any applicant
:. m he may appear for examl
In before the parish super
,ndent and the examining
y ..nittee Of the parish, at the
~ dany parish, on August
: as, at9a. M; to be exam,
lnthe subjects Of School
r1isiiOn, school administra-
il. and the theory and art OF
i'm hing; thata committee OF
p@sppointed by the Presi-
utdt the State Board of Edu-
En- whose duty it shall be to
,ola .nineall applicants and an
'ns rbaperS returned from the
Y s sbes and to prepare all ques-
, sIi, i as above provided, and
aid committee shall report
lis board at a meeting to be
September II, 1903.
\. h committee is composed OF
,sds superintendent of Educa.
lib. Aswell, State Institute
" auctOr L. ]. Alleman, Presi
: Z. totthe State University Col
b Boyd, Col ]. W. Nicholson
Ne, BE State University and Prof
Heckert of the State Nor
: SChOOl.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-07-25
Question of Competitive Bidding.

The question of the right of
the Louisiana Board of Equaliza-
ton, under the Thomas bill, to
do away with competitive bidding
in placing the funds of the State,
and to put the funds in banks of
fering at least 3 per cent, is be-
ing discussed in financial circles.
Those who have studied the
bill say that it affirms the man
ner of letting the funds by com
petitive bidding, but simply
places restrictions on the selec-
ton of fiscal agent banks by the
Board of Liquidation. In sup
port of the contention that the
new act does not do away with
the competitive method of bid
ding for the funds those who
take this view, point to the first
part of the first section, which
says:
BE it enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Louisi-
ana, That at the time and in the
manner as provided by existing
laws the State Board Of Liquida,
ton shall select three or more
fiscal agent banks in the city of
New Orleans as fiscal agents of
the State and in which five tenths
of the funds belonging to the
State of Louisiana shall be de-
posted in equal proportions, and
said Board shall also select enc
or more banks in the Third,
Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and Sew
enth Congressional Districts
They point out that this sec.
ton says that the funds shall be
let in the manner as provided
by existing laws and that the
existing laws provide for COLI
petitive bidding. It's held that
the balance of the laws restric
tions are about the letting of tbs
funds according to existing laws
one of these restrictions being
that there must be three fiscal
agent banks in the city of New
Orleans and at least one of the
| fiscal banks in the country con-
gressional districts. Another
restriction they declare, is that
the funds shall be let to no bank
that pays less than 8 per cent
The intention of many of those
who were interested in the pas
sage of this act was to do away
with competitive bidding for the
States funds and the opinion
held by some who are well in
formed on State financial affairs
that this is not done by the act
which only places restrictions
about the old measure is inter
esting and possible of future
developments. --Picayune.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-07-25

A close study of our published state
ments will reveal information concern
inc this banks assets and liabilities.
Every item is listed and it is shown
how all moneys are invested.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-07-25

NdHlll 'Il IOOJCSUNCllShS ullS Id
nous Russian naval commander,
is dead.
Louisiana will not borrow mon
ey in the immediate future, de-
pendence being made in part ON
future collections.
The charge that President Ca
brara, of Guatemala, contributed
a large sum to the Republican
campaign fund in 1904 is reiter-
ated.
Mrs. L. F. Bundy, her mother,
Mrs. j. B. Ponthieux and broth
er CleObelle Ponthieux are &C
cused of numbering Mrs. Bun
dy's husband at Echo, La.
The bar in nearly every par
ish in the State has passed reso-
lutions urging the fitness of
Judge 0. 0. Provosty for reeIec-
ton to the Supreme Bench. A
nonpareil among gentlemen and
Ijurists, no better choice could be
made.
Telegraphic dispatches contain
an account of the revolving de-
pravity and miscegenation of
two white girls near Port Glib
son, Miss. Reverse the sex and
most persons would find it less
shocking unless they saw it in
print.
Right of way has been secured
for the first section of the inter
coastal canal between Mermen-
tau and the Teche.
The Louisiana Board of Equal
cation, at it's session at Baton
Rouge. decided to Investigate it's
! affairs, following the open charge
of Senator Perrin.
Ed George pleaded guilty at
Baton Rouge to the charge of
cutting with the intent to kill.
The penalty is three years in
state prison.
A dormitory, instead of cells,
for sleeping quarters, with SAM
, tary closets and baths, is being
installed in the Penitentiary at
Baton Rouge.
= Bishop Henry G. Potter OF
New York is dead. He has been
f in dying condition for several
l weeks.
Mr.. Bryan delivers short
l speeches into monographs fol
y use during the campaign.
1t was reported that the United
! States Appellate Court woulo
p give a decision to-day on the
$29,OOO,OOO fine against the
Standard Oil Company.
- The Illinois Central will not al
o low the sale of liquors on it's din
o ers or buffet cars south Of thu
4 Ohio river.
J VermlllOn parish mas gOn'
o back on it's name, Ged) and ha
g gone dry,
u The VIM Parish Farmers
Union has passed resolutions dc
. n0uncing the new school law an
u the sheriff's and assessors bills
10 The police jury Of Pointe Cot
pee parish has agreed to appr(
pirate an equal amount to tn
~ sum raised in any locality to
le building, repairing or improvin
III school property. A benefcer
N policy sure to increase the con
7e fort of the children and the
1t pride in their schools and educ
Il tiOn
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-07-25
Interesting Bits of News.

Bryan and Kern have been
snap-shotted together for the
first time.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-07-25

ES ,.s often and early and
%Olate' Recently, as the
M 'sack eleven, she asked
y NEW how to take eleven
l,a and make twenty three
" @sn' He didn't, SO she
I" put down eleven CT
! . straight line, then
iptpendicular line about
~ ach long down from the
y, Of the first, fifth and
to ~ up from the right side
~ W seventh and eighth
ne result and vanish
''alers' Album.
our advertisers.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-07-25

Our purpose is to make such invest
ments of funds that will give safety.
We have sufficient, available cash on
hand-always. Also ample funds on
call.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-07-25
Aantl is Acquitted.

SIBlph Muntz, engineer on the
issHa Railway and Naviga-
freight train which collided
b Baton Rouge, Hammond
Eastern passenger train a
flofth Of Baton Rouge dur
ae latter part of June, was
atted Of the charge of man
hter by a jury in the dis
scourtat the capital Satur-
nght, 1t took less than
minutes to reach the YER
le charge of manslaughter
mated from the killing of
!. v, jones, a member of
rlSlature from Livingston
VINO was a passenger on
baton Rouge and Hammond
Y train. Muntz was also
asF injured and spent
ma New Orleans hospital.
'esilgatlon by the Railroad
MISSION fixed the blame for
'issk on the Louisiana Rail.
Ia NAVIGATION train crew.
soon't always admire, OF
approve, of the way justice
llS'ered in Baton Rouge
% most heartily applaud
ntonot's tirmness in re
~ sentences only to two
alslcted, one of shooting
'ae with intent to commi.
Z, sae other of attemp
llll when he knew hi,
'alSts was unwarned. Tb,
I'm, vas lnportened to lighter
'lce out declined to d,
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-07-25

Any part of our statements that Is
not clear, we will explain to you per-
sonally. We invite close inspection
of our methods and management.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-07-25

Prof. S. S. Thomas, formerly
of Baton Rouge, will soon give
a test of his new contemplating
device at a point in Texas.