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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-10
RELIGIOUS TRUTHS
From the Writings of Great
Preachers.
THE TRUE LIFE
FROM THE SWEDISH

FROM THE SWEDISH
Live tor Jesus! All the gladness
That may come from earthly things
Equals not one hours enjoyment,
Which His blessed service brings.
Live for Jesus! For thus only
Does our life deserve the name.
To thy heart, before all others,
Jesus has a perfect claim.
Live for Jesus! Round His banner
Gather souls, while time doth last,
To His cross invite poor sinners,
Soon the work-day will be past.
Thousands of such wanderers round thee
After peace and comfort sigh; ,,, p
Tell them of the Friend who only
Can their lodgings satisfy.
Tell them simply of salvation
Thou thyself in Him hast found;
Of the grace and loving kindness .
Wherewith He thy life has crowned.
Live for jesus! lfe's young ~springtids
Give Him, and thy Summers prime;
Live for Him when fading Autumn
Speaks to thee of shortening time.
Give thyself entirely to Him:
Thus He gave Himself for thee, 4.
When He lived on earth despised,
When He died on Calvary. ~
Give up all for Him. well knowing
Thus to lose is all to gain;
Live for Jesus, till with Jesus
Thou for ever rest and reign.
Alice Jane Home, in London Christian.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-10
God is Able.

Jehovah, the loving God, distinctly
promises to answer the prayers of His
children. He that gave parents a
love for their children, will He not
listen to the cries of His own sons
and daughters? He has wonders In
store for them. What they
heard Of, never saw or dreamed Of,
He will do for them. He will invent
new blessings, If needful. He will
ransack sea and land to feed them;
He will send every angel out oil
Heaven to succor them, if their dis.
tress requires it. He will astound
them with His grace, and make them
feel that it was never before done
in this fashion. All He asks of them
is that they will call upon Him.
Sturgeon.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-10
Why Do They rink

AS one walks along the ugly street,
the big black bottles stand out In
the wide glass window, SO close at
hand that one might almost put ones
hand on them. Liquid damnation,
as our. friends the prohibitionists
would say. But, even though the
proprietor Of this place might be
induced to wash the thirsty cutters
with his wares, there Is nc pressing
haste for this. Pray ask him first
whether he has yet other commodities
In stock. Up there on that high
shelf, inside the. store, has he per-
chance, in bottles that we can empty
In the gutter, too, such miserable
stuffs as these: The q~uintessence OF
a selfish heart; the scourge of scold-
ing tongues; the haste OF wealthy
yagabonds to kill themselves and
dragging hours; the memories OF lit
tie ones who died because the great
world, that had called them here to
play their parts a trifing time. had
greedily withheld her bounty from
their pa1lid lips; or the unceasings
round of drudgery that changes hu-l
man beings into mere aching cogs in
wheels! "
All these must run along the gut
ter there; else do you not know that
for the temporary washing OF the
stain of sorrow from the heart, men
would perform a miracle and make
them fiery beverages from out the
very paving stones Of the street?
Yes, if/they shall ask for daily bread
and have but stones, they will trans.
form the unpalatable diet into mo.
mentary cloud castles, from whence.
it is true, they shall descend to q
still sadder and more sordid earth.
But what would you wish? Stones
are highly indigestible, good tenn
perance friends, and crate unpleas-
antly upon the teeth of those who
bite at them.-Louise Harding, In
Christian Register.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-10
Temperance News and Notes.

The bumper" is well named.
A sherry cobbler does not mend
the soul.
We favor shorter hours for over.
worked b~artenders.
The use of the cup that inebriates
is often bowled out.
If rectiiers could only rectify the
mistakes of alcohol
One month after Galesbrrs, ILL.,.
went dry, her drunk list" had de.
preciated from ninety-one to seven.
teen.
Every moderate drinker could
abandon the Intoxicating cup if he
would; every inebriate would If he
could.--John B. Cough.
The National w. C. 7. U. has local
unions in 10000 towns and cities,
The work is carried on by thirty.
eight departments. The organization
is but %thirty-four years old.
The value of farm products IN the
past year is placed at 81 77S,00O,0 900,
Pretty soon the liquor manufacturer
will come along and want to know
how the country could possibly sur.
vive if it didn't have him to rot up
his little sixty-four one-hundredth OF
one per cent. Of that amount.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-10
Cause of Pneumonia.

"Men drunk from liquor and men
drunk from %overeating are most u
ceptible to pneumonia and die of It,"
said DR.. Evans, Chicago's Health
Commissioner, in an address a day or
two ago. The majority Of cases OF
pneumonia are of patients who cor.
tracted the disease after a drunken
debauch Or who were drunk from
overfeeding," DR.. Evans continued.
people drunk from overlooking, ]
think. are almost as immoral as those
who stupefy themselves with liquors,
The effects of pneumonia in such pa.
tients are much the same"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-10
The Rest He Knew.

Gladstone, a Jamaican negro, was
assistant to a district physician in
the Canal Zone, and being rather poor
in his Latin, the bottles had been
numbered for his benefit. One day
q Spanish laborer came in Tor medi-
cine, and the doctor told his worthy
assistant to give him two pills out of
number six. After he had gone the
doctor asked:
Gladstone. did you give the man
a dose of number siX?"
"Oh, no, sab, DOCTOR. numbah six
war finished, so I just give him one
pill out of numbah foah and one out
of numbah two."-LippiIcott's.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-10
Sweden Has Universal Suffrage.

The franchise reform bill, which,
in one shape or another, has been be-
fore the Legislature at Stockholm,
Sweden, for two years, finally passed
both houses. The first chamber car
ried it by .119 votes to %, and the
second chamber by 153 to SO. The
Social Democrats voted with the mi
nority. The plan is based on the
principle of a proportional electoral
system for both chambers and uni
vcrsal suffrage for the second cham
Der. Qualification for election to first
chamber is reduced to the point that
those enjoying an income of $3.50 a
year are eligible.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-10

Fully twice a. much mail as she
would have otherwise have brought,
according to the %postofice authori-
ties Of New York City, there being
1875 sacks on board, came owe on
the Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm. She is
the first steamer to leave Germany
for the United States after the re-
duced rate of postage on letters from
twenty pfennigs, or five cents, to
eight pfennigs, II two cents, went
into effect between that country and
This
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-10
As q Little Child.

"Some are so unwise as to think
that because they are men they can
escape the infancy of faith and at
once attain the manhood of Christ's
knowledge; but the highest degree of
perfection requires that we become
little children, in very likeness to the
childhood of our most loving, humble
and obedient Saviour. Rev. Joseph
w. Reynolds, M. A.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-10
O He Does 1t.

Notice the man OF whom it is gen.
orally said: He is successful; he
is getting along" Notice that he
attends to his work; he is polite; he
doesn't drink; he is honest and pays
his debts. No man ever succeeded
without these qualities. - Atchison
(Kan,) Globe.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-10
Source of Drawing Power.

Solomon. the prince of peace, alone
could build the temple. If we would
be soul-winners and build up the
church, which is Gods temple, let us
note this: Not by discussion nor by ar-
gument, but by lifting up Christ shall
we draw men unto Him.-Hudson
TAYLOR.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-10
Paving the Fare.

Annette was attending her first
service at church. When the offer
tory began she watched the perform
ance with interest, and as the aims
basin was handed in at the pew
where she and her mother sat she eX-
claimed, %excitedly: Mamma, let me
pay the fare"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-10
Moran 10 Have Game Preserve.

At Trinidad, Col, Colonel J. A.
Owenby announced that 1000 acres
of coal land.owned by himself, j. P.
Morgan, of New York, and B. F. Che
ney, of Boston, situated near the Col
orado and New Mexico line, would be
made into a game preserve, and thor
oughly stocked with wild animals.
The land will also be worked for it's
rOa1 deDOSitE.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-10
THE WARFARE AGAINST DRINK
TEMPERANCE BATTLE GATHERS
STRENGTH EVERY DAY.
Rollicking Drinking Song.

Rollicking Drinking Song.
With a Check on the Rollick.
Come! Pour us the ruby red wine!
For in it real happiness lies,
Inspiring philosophy richly divine,
To every true thinker endeared!
Bright scintillant sparkles it brings to
land mskes them at last rather
bleared.) .
The juice of the palpitant grape
The soul optimistic expands;
The Future takes on such q ravishing
'Twere idle with Hope to dissemble.
your hands!
Until it's observed that they tremble.t
a fig for the foolish who think
In temperance joy they can fndt
In idle indifference gaily we drink z
While jeering the stoics who ponder.
To quaff;; and quaff deeply, we have bus
"a mind which before long viii
,wander.)
Right clear through the night, as we SUI, 4
We drink the rich juice of the South;
We see no Tomorrow inside the wine cupr
So what of it's thought is the use!
Then pour the delicious red VINE IN your
mouth!
(Soon painfully thick Tipped and loose.f
We laugh at the progress Of Time,
No matter how sternly he stalk;
The .roseate liquor is far too sublime
To urge US to more than a rambling.
And filled with our nectar we proudly
may walk!
until it drifts into a shambling.)
Well live just as long as we cen,
And in the bright Present repose;.
The Future wen leave to the non-drinking
man,
Who has no real sense IN his head.
So, ere you imbibe, sniff the wine in your
nose. tE:y eErS
(Which will soon be a furious red.)
Associated Sunday Magazine.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-10
Matched by ElectrOhen,

In full view of thousands at the
electrical show in Chicago the cleo
trohen Matched broods of chickens
1t is a couple of hours after each
chicken fights his way into the world
before it is entirely presentable.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-10
Vain Desire.

The man whose greatest purpose
is to get ever with his enemies keeps
making so many of them that his de-
sire for satisfaction can never be full
filled.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-10

$1,000, 900 a Year for Consumptivcs.
According to a statement made by
the Pennsylvania Society for the Pre-
vention of Tuberculosis, consumption
costs the people of Philadelphia more
than $4,000 a day, or more than
$4,000 900 4 year. At present there
are 10000 consumptives in that city.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-10

feP11AS
81 q SCIENCE y ~

A railroad section laborer in North
Carolina has patented a tie-tamping
machine, practical tests Of which
have shown that on both old and new
roadbeds it will do the work of fifty
men.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-10

According to the Elektrotechnis-
cher Anzeiger, a company in Berlin
is fitting a steamship which runs on
the Oberhavel, with a system of cleo
trio propulsion. The equipment con-
sists of a suction gas plant, consum-
ing anthracite; a gas engine coupled
to a d~irect-current generator "a bat
terry of accumulators and electric mo-
tors on the propelling shafts.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-10
Some Coed Seed.

When YOU see a life fertile with
weeds. think what it might DO VIII
good seed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-10

Professor Percival Lowell an
nounces that spectroscope proof has
been obtained Of the presence of
water on Mars. This would seem,
according to the, Scientific American,
to settle once and for all a moot Mar
tian question in Iowell's favor.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-10
M Eeasor For Envy.
New Postage Doubles Mail.

We who have the Sun need nO
,nyy those who saw the Star.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-10

DR.. D.. DINNER, a noted scientist
in Vienna, has invented apparatus by
means of which the back Of the hu-
man eye can be seen and photo
graphed while it remains in the head.
With this machine he can tell, from
the appearance of the back of "a
mans eye, whether that man is a
chronic drunkard.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-10

The discovery of a new chemical
substance was announced by it's
finder, Dr.. l.. H. B~aekeland, at a
meeting of the American Chemical
Society in the Chemists Club, 108
West Fifty-ffth street, New York
City. The new chemical is oxyben-
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, but for
the sake of euphony it has. been
called Baekelite, after its inventor.
1t is a coal-tar product, combining
the properties of amber, celluloid
and carbon. In spite Of its name the
new substance is much cheaper than
either celluloid or hard rubber.
though it is neither SO flexible nor
elastic. DR.. Baekeland said 1t was
valuable for electrical insulation
where a high voltage current is used,
as it greatly reduces the liability Of
burning out under overload.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-04
STATUS OF BoOz.
CITY ATTORNEY TALKS ABOUT LI-
 QUORs SEIZED BY POLICE.
Oisposition Not Determined on or set- tied, But Law Points Inyolved are Discussed-Mafter
 In Air

City Attorney Mcintyre yesterday in discussing tho disposition to be made of the liquors recently seized in raids by the police, said:
 "The disposition to be made of seized Iiouors is not in the hands of any city oficial. Many people suppose that the Chief of Police or Mayor or perhaps the City Attorney may do as he pleases with seized liquors. but such Is not the case.
 When a place Is raided and liquors seized. two actions follow-one crim- inal action against the defendants In the case and the other a civil action against the lfquors seized and the par ties claiming or purporting to own them.
 "The civil action against the liquors begins by a notice served upon all persons claiming ownership of them requiring the owners to appear before the magistrate issuing the warrant and show cause why the liquors shall not be forfeit to the State. A verified an- swer must be made to this notice and to the complaint by the alleged owners in which they are required to state what right or title may exist to the liquors, and controverting the allega- tions of the original complaint and warrant.
 'sThe issue thus formed becomes an action between the State of Alabama as one party anl the claimants of the liquor itself as the other party. This case must be tried in court as are oth- CT cases. If 1t appears to the satisfac- ton of the court that the goods seized are not liable to forfeiture. the goods must be returned as near as possible to the place from which they were taken and to the parties claiming the same.
 'Should the court. on the other hand. be satisfied that the liquors are con- traband. and forfeit to the State, then they shall be declared such and a writ ten order shall issue to the officer hav- ing the liquors in his custody direct ing him to destroy them and make in- mediate return on the process with his action endorsed thereon.
 "In the light of the law" said Mfr. Mcintyre, "I can not say what the final disposition of the liquors seized may be-"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-04
may ;GnODs REVIEW.

New York, Oct. 3-There was an active buying movement in the gray cotton goods market during the week and mills have felt encouraged in their efforts to lift prices to a parity with raw cotton.
 Buyers have not operated generally, but some large distributors and con- verters have come to the place where they have confidence in the main tenance of the values and feel the need of making provision for future requirements.
 Trade in finished goods is fairly steady. but has not shown the same measure of activity as gray cottons.
 Substantial orders have been placed on osnaburgs. converts styles of drills and sheetings. goods of print cloth yarn construction and other miscel- laneous goods.
 The cotton yarn market has shown more life and business is being done at enhanced prices. Denims, shirtings. duck, bleached goods and other fabrics show advances ranging from If cent to 1-2 cent a yard. The market is strong although buying is on the con serVative scale.
 Jobbers are in quiet period. but are getting some good orders for spring delivery, and are finding a moderate and steady filling in business coming forward from retailers.
 Novelties and specialties in silk goods are selling, but regular goods are quiet. Dress goods are generally reduction in the business booked by mems wear mills in consequence of re- visions of orders and cancellations. Linens are very strong.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-04
DOOM PLANS RELIEF
SALVATION LEADER WANTS ID
 FORM COMPANY FOR WORK.
Declares Organization Would Do much To Aid Poor Of Montgomery- Win Endeavor To In-
 terest Capitalists.

An organized corporation for the re- lief of Montgomery's poor is proposed by Captain L. A. odom. of the local Salvation Army. He suggests as a name for it. "The Widows and Or phans' Building Association"
 The idea of such an organization was suggested to Captain Odom by what he terms the lack of system in the charity work of Montgomery peo- pie, and economy for the charitably inclined.
 He proposes a board of directors to consist of capitalists of Montgomery. guarantee a substantial foundation for the company; that uniform subscrip- tions be solicited for the companys stock. and that every appeal for char ity be investigated in order to insure its Justification.
 "The principle advantages of the organization" said Captain Odom would be two-foid. All deserving poor would be aided. while imposters would be eliminated. Besides. the sub- scribers to the fund would not be bothered with indiscriminate appeals for contributions"
 Captain Odom plans to interest the capitalists in the new venture at once
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-04
HOPE FOR SCHOONER
OWNERS OF FISHING VEssEJ. ARE
 OPTIMISTIC.
Believe Little Ship Has Encountered Gulf Hurricane But StilI Floats -Few Seek Pensacola
 Federal Places

Pensacola, Fla, Oct. 3.-(Special. )- owners of the fishing, schooner Fran ces H.. are yet hopeful that she will be either lowed into port or reach here unassisted. although she has been out at sea for thirty-six days, longer than any other vessel ever known to be absent which ever afterwards reached port.
 They state that the Frances H. is a brand new and staunch vessel, that Captain Sadler Is an old and experi- enced skipper. and that he had one of the best crews ever to leave here on fishing vesesl, two members of which are ex-matsers of schooners
 The owners point out that the vessel could have been dismasted by the gulf hurricane and that in that event with unfavorable winds and a westward tide, both of which have prevailed since the storm she could make no headway towards port with temporary rigging. but could remain afloat until picked up. Even though the supplies be- came exhausted the crew could survive on fish, of which she had & cargo Should the supply of water last the schooner, they claim could remain afloa, with her crew alive for an indefinite period.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-04
WALKER CASE ENDS
SETTLED BY ATTORNEYS oIJTSrnE
 COURT ROOM.
one Brother Will Serve Five Years, sentence, While Other Two
 Men Will Be Given

Selma, Oct. 3-(Special)-when the circuit court of Dallas county con Venes tomorrow morning, the cases against Riley. Tom and Marshall walker, the three white men from the southern part of the county who are charged with the killing of Gus Bur ton, another white man. which cases are on the docket for the court Mon day will not be tried as an agreement has been reached between the attor- neys for the defendants and the prose- cution.
 Fhis agreement will be ratified in open court when the case against Riley Walker will be called ana he Will be given term of five years in the penitentiary The cases against his two brothers Tom and Marshall Walker will be nolle pressed.
 When Gus Burton was killed in the southern part of the county about eighteen months ago, the four Walker brothers were arrested for the murder and all were indicted by the grand jury. Since then Marshall Walker took sick while he was confined in the county Jail and after being moved to an infirmary, died from the ef- fects of his illness
 The special venire which was sum moned to hear the cases against the Walker brothers have been excused by Judge Miller. but when the court meets tomorrow morning the regular docket of the week will be taken up and 1t Is expected that on Tuesday Judge Miller will name the day for the hanging of the negro, Freeman liar rell, who was tried last week for mur- der and who received the death penal
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-04
POINTS TO THE RED
 SPOTS M THE SKY

clasped. The pearl in the apex of your temple, that illumined happy com-, munity, and flung its healing beams over a pious and loyal people. is ex- tinguished You did not disolve and drink it, like Egypt's absolute queen. but you put it in brazier and burnt It on the altar of prejudice.
 To those that hover on the brink of decision say pausei Are you ready to say. God is temporizer--too dila- tory in correcting the evils of the world--that Christ is notly a wine bibber.55 but a wine-maker, and can not now be depended upon-that when two or three meet together Christ will not be in their midst: that if you agree touching anything that 1t shall not be done fthe Father which is tn Heaven? Are you willing to admit that your prayers avail nothing-that the whole machinery of Heaven. the Bible, the pulpit, the preacher. avail nothing? Then you may quit the pull pit. You may say with Peter. Christ Is dead. the whole thing Is over. I'll go fshing| To leave the pulpit is confession to the world that Chris- danity Is failure. Are you prepared to say it-can you afford to say it? Is religion a myth. the Bible a fetish9 Are you pretentious of fraud? Have we been cruelty inveigled and deceiv- ed? Are you really wolves in sheep's clothing? Are you the "hirelings" of whom the Bible speaks? God forgive you-I cannot.
 lf pr. Lawrence has taught you that the defenders" the anti-ame ndists. are lined up with thugs and bootleg gers why do you ring the big bell Tor me to come to church? Why should : sing-"I want to be an angel?" if there is an office in sight? Why do you ask me "to gather at the river" there is to be debate between Weakley and Spragins? Why do you inquire, Am I a soldier of the cross" you have thrown away the colors? out this Is too serious a subject for gibe or satire. I forbear.
 w. c. Richardson,
 TUSCALOOSA, Ala, Sept. 27, 1909.