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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-11-24
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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-11-24
IN CONSTANT TORTURE.

How a Severe Case of Kidney Disease
Was Conquered.
Mrs. Sherman Youngs. Schoharie,
N. Y, says: "Doan's Kidney Pills
saved my life after years Of suffering
that ran me down to such a degree
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-26
THE NOON WHISTLE.

Roy Farrell Green In Leslis's.
There's q charm about the chimin' of the
great cathedral bells,
An there's harmony allurin' when the big
pipe organ swells;
There's q e~aptivatin' sweetness In the trnl-
In of a lark
Or q w~hip-poor-wlll a-callin' through the
damp and dewy dark.
But say you've been a-workin' for a weary
A-blistsrin' YOU fingers as you're ssrnin'
The screechin note that greets you seems
he weetes' sort o. tune
As you drop your pick an shovel when the
whistle blows for noon.
It's a raspln' note discordant to q highly
cultured ear,
But to every hungry Teller it's a message
soft an clear;
An you mutely bless the music as you
take from off the nail
The dainty homemade k~nick-knacks In the
battered dinner pail.
why, the daughters of TeTpSlchore, that
sat at Pallas' feet,
Ne'er tripped a Tlpplin' measure that To
ears was half so sweet;
That no doubt. was soul enthrsllin.; this
a hungry stOmach's boon;
An the pipes o. a seem playin' when
the whistle blows for noon.
There are artists upon music. an there's
critics, 1t Is true,
But a hungry man at nOontims is a Judge
or music, tool
For he's given not 10 thlnkin' how the
sweet orescendos roll,
An a stomach's not the Yagueness Of a
music-loYer's soul.
An so l say, the hummin' o. the plump,
brOwn-belted bees
A-hustlin' after honey in the famed Hes
perides
Meier with the swish o. busy wings a
melody did Groom
As sweet as stealeth TO me when the
whistle blows for noon.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-26
Publicity for Hospitals.

At the annual meeting Of the Amer
ican Hospital association held In
Washington last week the committee
report presented by the superintendent
OF the Buffalo General hospital, In
calling attention to the tremendous
growth and improvement of hospital
service in the last fifteen years, incl
IDENTIFY urges full publicity of hospital
affairs and insists that II is entirely
ethical for hospitals TO present their
advantages before the public in an at
tractive manner, and In such q way as
to encourage the confidence of the pub
lie and the knowledge among patients
that their interests are being carefully
guarded. In other words, the most
enlightened hospital arrangements are
coming. II they have not already come,
to realize that the true policy is not to
keep it dark, but to let in the light Of
day and inform, one and all, what
Dement'S the hospital has to offer.
Full publicity. of course, can come
only by the use of various mean Of
securing public attention, and nor
particularly by the use Of the newspa-
pers. II is plainly the sense of the
American Hospital association that
there is nothing unethical in a hos
pital advertising for patients because
It is only through patients that the
hospital can do it's real work of allie
waiting the ills Of mankind. While
hospitals are, and must continue to be,
in some degree dependent upon the
philanthropie Of pu~blic-spirited people.
because those who need hospital help
are often just the very ones least able
TO pay, yet IT is recognized that for
effectiveness the modern hospital re-
quires business management as much
as any business institution.
The recommendation Of publicity
for hospitals raises the question
whether this will not be an entering
wedge to break down the wall which
has been inherited from the dark ages
closing in the practice of medicine
with a professional code that prohibits
resort to advertising for publicity. The
practical operation Of this rule has
been to bar only such advertising as a
physician or surgeon would be re-
quired to pay for, and 10 permit him
to avail himself Of all the free adver-
Using be can get. II It is ethical and
legitimate for . hospital to lay its ad-
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-26

ported he is to receive $4,000. when
Mr.. Peary gets in touch with the lee
ture bureaus he viii doubtless be sim
ilarly engaged, and routed, as a stellar
performer. In the meanwhile both
are said to have contracted with pub
fishers to get out their books on fat
royalties.
Nobody who appreciates the priva-
tions and exposure which these men
have undergone would wish to deny
them the opportunity for ample recon-
pense, and yet they may spoil all the
glory the world is disposed to grant
them by driving the bargain too hard.
Everyone connected with these polar
expeditions has repeatedly explained
that they we're not money-making en-
terprises. II the pole is to be cashed
in at topnotch rates It will be too bad
that It happened to be discovered in
duplicate. and that we will have to pay
for 1t twice.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-26
The Coming Of Ak.sar.Ben.

This is The Bees annual special edi.
ton heralding the coming of King Ak
Sar-Ben.
Aside from the street car troubles,
which now happily seem to be on the
point of adjustment. no advent of King
Ak-Sar-Ben, In all the fifteen years of
his reign, has had more promising con-
ditions.
A good harvest with remunerative
prices has spread prosperity over the
entire land from which King Ak-Sar-
Ben draws his pilgrims.
The material growth and expansion
of Omaha during the last year has
made the city more attractive than
ever, and better equipped to furnish
wholesome entertainment and amuse-
ment for visiting guests.
The preparations which King Ak
Sar-Ben has made for his parades, fes-
rivals and gala balls are calculated ia
hold up still higher the enyiable repu.
tation he has achieved In this respect.
King Ak-sar-Ben XIV is on his wayl
May his court be more dazzling and
more splendidly p~stronized than that
Of any Of his predecessors.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-26
Mr.. Roossvelt,s Narrative.

The first installment OF Mr.. Roose-
velt's narrative of his African hunting
trip constitutes a thoroughly charac-
teristic contribution to the current
scribners, which has engaged with him
to publish the story.
Mr.. Roosevelt wastes little time on
prelimtnaries and jumps the reader
quickly into the heart of Africa, with
accompanying comment on the value OF
the work which the British and the
Germans have been doing there as civ.
~ilizers, and a word Of contrast EN-.
phasiEing the great advances made BY
the negro in America over the de.
scendents Of his slave-hunted ancestors
in Africa.
In the very middle Of the article ID
a truly Roossveltian preaehment on
the value Of game reserves and the
benefits accruing from the intelligent
framing Of game laws, which, as be
would evidently have II. should be ar
integral part of every plan for conser.
walton OF natural When hC
gets into the wild animal field Mr.
Roosevelt gives us q foretaste Of q new
work on natural history, with concise
descriptions of appearance, habits, his,
tory. and in some instances g cata
,logue OF the parasitieal insects which
the wild beasts support
The story from the beginning shows
that Mr.. Roosevelt has set out upon
congeniaI mission and has been having
huge sport ever since. Everyone knew
in advance that whatever adventures
might befall him he would get the
most OF enjoyment and satisfaction
out Of them, and Mr. Roosevelt's mar
rative is convincing assurance of the
fulhllment OF these expectations.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-26
sERMoNs BOILED DOWN.

Some piety ssplres so mucn it cannot
perspire.
The faith that can be hidden never stays
healthy. .
II you are a saint you will want to be
something.
The only way to keep faith sweet IL TO
keep It in service,
They who go out to hit the high vlaees
land on the dump.
It's wise to be afraid of the spirituality
that fears morality.
1t Is often safer to trust ar old ~pretudios
than a new appetite.
Habitual regret simply puts the head
light on the tail-end.
The tight-fisted usually think they have
a great grip on the rock.
The impress of your life depends on what
you are trying to express.
The more painful a mans piety the more
promo he Is to prescribe Il.
The people who draw the most exact pic
lures OF the infinite one often do least to
reproduce the original.
TIL folks who are always practicIng
Nothing in M hand I bring are always
ready to call the church a failure.
Many a man thinks he is selling the gar
ments Of truth when he is only e~ndeavoring
to induce others to adopt his style OF
clotheA-Chicago Tribune,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-26
Government By the PeOule.

In the campaign last year the de-
feated candidate tried to rally his
forces with the slogan, Let the people
rule" carrying the implied inference
that under the then existing admins
t~rstion, and under the administration
Of his successful competitor, popular
government was impossible. In his
speech at Provo Mr.. Taft has given a
singularly apt expression to the pre-
vailing thought, which received so de-
cisive endorsement in his election. that
ours has been since the days Of Lin
coin, and is now, a government of the
people, for the people and by the peo-
pie. I'VE have the best government
on EARTH" said Mr.. Taft, echoing his
introduction, land representing that
government l have attempted to take a
journey Of some 1900 or $4,000 miles
for the purpose of convincing the peo-
pie, II l can, hat every man, woman
or child born or naturalized In this
country, has a voice and a right to be
heard at Washington, and that his in
terests are the subject of careful con
sideration by those who represent the
government at that place"
Despite the lamentations Of the dis
contented, and despite the demagogy Of
the ~discredited, the fact remains that
We have a government which In all
the substantials gives the people what
they want. The most valuable feature
of our own form Of government is that
which enables the majority Of the peo-
pie to have their way by registering
their votes for public servants Of their
choice, and approving or rejecting the
principles and policies upon which they
may take issue.
Nothing exemplifies so strikingly the
popular character Of our government
than this very tour of the president in
contrast with the tours Of European
monarchs. Our president openly and
avowedly goes forth 10 meet the peo-
pie whose government he represents,
and to get in touch with them, their
ideas and their points Of view. while
the European monarch travels solely
for his own pleasure, with seldom a
thought of ascertaining what sort of
government his subjects want him to
give them.
Those who are disposed to deal i'm
partially with history will admit the
truth that from the very foundation Of
the republic we have never had a gov
eminent so fully under the control of
the people of today. We have never
had suffrage 80 universal, we have
never had elections so free, we have
never had the ballot so we'll safe
guarded, we have w had public
officials 30 conscientious nor 30 APP
preciative of their representative ca
pacity.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-26

81 know there is an element among
employers OF labor n investors OF cap
ital which Is utterly opposed to the organ-
ization Of labor. l cannot sympathiEe with
this element in the slightest degree. I
think II IL a wise course for laborers to
unite to defend their interests. 1t Is a
wise course for them to provide a fund
by which should occasion arise and
strikes or lockouts follow those who lose
their places may be supported pending
an adjustment Of the difficulties.
81 think the employer who declines TO
deal with organized labor and TO recog-
niEe II as a proper element in the settle
ment of wage controversies Is behind the
times.
There iU not the slightest doubt that
II labor had remained u~norgapiEed wages
would be much lower. II Is true that in
the end they would probably be fixed by
the law of supply n denEnd. but gem
orally before, this law mRnifests itself
there Is a period IN which labor, II or
gani2ed and acting togeJner. can compel
the employer promptly to recognize the
change OF conditions and advance wages
to meet a rising market and an increase
In profits, and, on the other hand, can
delay the too quick impulse OF the en-
ployer facing a less prosperous future to
economic by reducing wages.
There Is q higher standard OF living
among American lsborers than in any
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-26
President Taft on Labor
From go DeIlvsrea 81 chle.ro s.ptsmb.r n 1goa-

Chlfeao september IS Tvs
other country in the world, and while
there have doubtless been a good many
other reasons for this, certainly the eff
feet OF the organization OF labor has
been to maintain q steady and high rate
OF wages making such a STANDARD OF liv-
ing possible.
Nothing I have said or shall say
should b construed into an attitude OF
criticism against or unfriendliness TO those
workingmen who for any reason do not
join unions. Their right to labor for such
wages as they choose to accept is sacred
and any lawless invasion OF that right
eannot be too severely condemned.
"All advantages Of trade unionism.
great as they are. cannot weigh a feather
in the scale against the right Of any
man lawfully seeking employment to
work for whom and what price he Will.
And 1 say this with all the emphasis pos
sible, sven though the fact Is that II 1
we're a w~orkingman, 1 should probably
deem II wise to join a union for the
reasons given.
"Of course when organized labor per-
mits itself to sympathlze with violent
methods, with breaches of the law, with
bOycotts and other methods OF d
duress, II is not entitled to any sympa-
thy. But 1t IL not to be expected that such
organizations shall be perfect, and that
they may not at times and in particular
caess show defective tendencies that
ought to be corrected"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-26
Cashing in the Pole.

The one thing that threatens to dim
the luster Of the North Pole discovery,
assuming that both the claimants are
In position to make good, is their over
zeal to cash In their Polar experiences
All the talk about self-saorihcing de-
votion to science and patriotic en-
desvor to secure first honors for the
Stars and Stripes, above all other flags
does not comport we'll with the sudden
Transformation Of the quest for the
pole into the quest for the dollar.
The copyright notice Of the news
paper account Of the Peary expedition
gave the information that It had been
issued first as a copyrighted book, and
a few copies exposed for sale. before
any part OF It was reproduced by any
newspaper in the United States and
Europe. in order to obtain full protee.
tiOn OF the copyright laws. DR.. Cool
lie announced for a lecture tour to be.
gin at once IN q contract which guar
ahtees him q larger compensation thar
that paid any previous lecturer. He
Is to give one lecture In 81. Louis, un.
der the auspices OF the Business Mems
league Of that city, for which it Is re-
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-26
SECULAR SHOTS AT THE PULPIT

Chicago Record-Herald: A Chicago
preacher says all the planets are inhabI-
ted and he even expresses the belief
that there may be on some of the far
away stars being that are superior TO
men. Now let those who disagree with
him bring forward proof tina he IL wrong,
II they car.
Baltimore American, An enterpriBing
pastor in a Pennsylvania town has given
the young People of his congregation until
New Year to arrange thirty weddings.
And so q eat is the power Of suggestion
that II IL fully expected the sixty hesrts
appealed to will beat as thirty before
the required time limit expires.
Now York Tribuns: That Ohio clergy
man who has tGken the clock out of the
church on the ground that It disturbs
u preacher aud makes him shorten hts
ermoR evidently never attended tile lee
lures Of the college president who used to
worn his theological students that 1.-THE
Holy Ghost always refuses to work after
the first twenty minutes"
New York Mail: Striking testimony to
the Importance of woman's part In. church
organization appears In a documen On
the Census of Religious Bodies" just
published by the United States Census
bureau. Inc figures given are for 1906,
and 1t appears that in that year, the
church members of the United States
numbered about $4,000. 900, Of whom SEQ
per cent were females. This showing Is
for the membership OF all churches taken
together, TIT inferior status of man Is
further emphasized by the fact that the
males in Protestant churches numbered
only Ss,S per cent of the total member
ship, and in the Catholic church only 4s.3
per cent.
Sioux City Journal: The death OF Rt.
Rev. Mgr B. c. Lenehan removes q bright
light from the activities OF the Catholic
church. For more than forty years he
distinguished has priestly office. and hap.
PLY for Iowa his labor was altogether
here. It IL well to turn apart from the
turmoil, the struggle, the strife, and all
the discoTd and bitterness Of things OF
q day. to cOnsioeI the beauty and the in
Cteaslng strength OF one serving in hui
mility and with all patience under the I'M
faltering guidance of a white soul, called
In tender mercy, too soon, we are prone
to say, to lay all his burdens down.
Blessed be the memory of Father Lene-
han, vicar general. monseisneur. If you
please-the same man. His benediction he
has left to those who were his children
and his friends.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-26
PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE.


There's an end to all things, even a
p~ennant winning race that fizzled on the
back stretch.
Bugs are casting the gum off stamps in
Washington. the stickerH get
along with a licking.
The gaiety of the Arctic affair would
be materially enhanced II a few EskimOs
would blow In with their blubber.
Only 1000 Smiths showed up at the fam
lily reunion at Seattle. The rest OF the tribe
stayed at home with the children.
Justice. Liberty and Truth are attract
ing merited attention in New York. They
are French warships and cannot operate
on land.
II that Canadian who claims a home
stead right to the North pole will sattle
on his claim and stick to 1t. all else will
be forgiven.
A brochure on The Indian In Manhattan
Island is out, Evidently some artistic
cigar signs stu adorn the scenery Of little
old New York"
Every prizefight hereafter planned In
New York City will AVE three principals
two bruisers and Governor Hughes the
latter dispensing the knockout drops.
New Orleans has decided TO bar plug
hats, dress coats and poetry during Presl-
dent Tafts visit next month. That gulf
hurricane was not without provoeation.
With Psary and Cook, Matt Hanson ana
Harry Whitney declaiming on lecture plat
forms a few months hence. prophecy OF a
hard winter should be recalled and revised
upward.
BriEadier General Funston has proven
himself waterproof. AgulnAldo-prOOf. earth
quaks-pFOOf and firsproof. yet a moasly
banana peel brought him to the sidewalk
ana dislOeGtsd his shoulder.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-26

Mr.. Roosevelt has taken a portable
library with him into the jungle which
will give the fve-foot book shelf a
close run as a liberal education. II
ranges from the Bible and Euripides to
Captain Mahan, Bret Harte and Mark
Twain, with Shakespeare and Bun
yan's Pilgrims Progress bucking the
center. Mr.. Roosevelt calls it his "Pig-
skin library" because each volume is
bound in pigskin. AS he has now
printed the complete catalogue Of it's
contents 1t will doubtless soon be on
the market in clubbing offers and on
installment payments.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-26
RefomatiOn Of th. Communion.

The advocacy By President Taft Of
the creation OF a new and exclusive
court to consider appeals from the
rulings Of the Interstate Commerce
commission and to relieve the federal
courts Of this work in the same man
ner that the new customs court is to
relieve It from litigation growing out
of the tariff law, f~oreshadows a
readjustment and reformation Of the
Interstate Commerce commission. The
president would have the commission
charged with many new and important
duties by enlarging its jurisdic-
ton and empowering It to revise
freight classihcations, to institute COM
plants Of it's own motions in rate mat
ters, and to enforce more prompt COM
pliance with its orders.
The difficulty which confronts any
plan to enlarge the powers Of the In
terstate Commerce commission, and to
add to its work, is, that the commits
sion as now constituted and with its
present powers and duties, is entirely
inadequate to the demands upon II
which have grown so fast, and become
so complicated, that no such single
body can fulfill its purpose satisfac-
torily. The expanse Of territory within
the confines Of the United States Is too
wide, our industries too enormous,
railroad mileage too colossal, our
problems too varied, the distance too
great and the time too short to have
one Interstate Commerce commission
take up all the railroad problems that
may arise and grant relief for all the
grievances and complaints growing
out Of railway transportation.
What is needed, The Bee believes
and has already urged. is a division Of
the country into districts for purposes
of railway supervision and regulation
corresponding more or less to the
trafflc divisions along which the rail-
roads have themselves organized
tranic associations and the recasting
Of the Interstate Commerce commits
sion 30 that there shall be a sub
commission for each district to investi-
gate and pass on local matters, subject
to review Of the Interstate Commerce
commission or appeal 10 the Interstate
Commerce court, somewhat in the
fashion Of the federal circuit and su-
preme courts. Just now with the best
of intentions and ~steadfast industry,
the Interstate Commerce commission
cannot possibly give prompt hearing
and decision on most important con-
troversies, n in the majority Of
cases, delay is the same as denial Of
justice, because tardy damages cannot
make up for lost business.
A body with the authority Of the
Interstate Commerce commission with
In easy reach and ready to transact
business with dispatch in each trafac
division would make effective the va
rious rate regulations and Interstate
Commerce commission laws as they
were intended to operate. Uniformity
of rulings would be secured by review
and appeal, and undue delay, whose
certainty now prevents people from as
sorting their rights. would become the
exception instead of the rule.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-26
The Lu1uriOus West.
Boston Herald.

Secretary Of Agriculture Wilson and
Chancellor Strong OF the University OF Kan
sas should be muzEied. BY their vivid pie
lures of western farmers and students
luxury they will destroy tho industry OF
western college presidents and academy
promoters who for generations have nocked
to New England with appeals for aid for
their struggling institutions In the mids
OF poverty-stricken Surroundings" Any
thing which undermines the tradition that
the east must forever so on being Char
table" to the west Il most FepFshenBlbls,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-26

vantages before the public in order
that its facilities may properly be
availed Of, why should 1t be no less
ethical, or less legitimate, for a sur
geon or a physician to use the same
kind Of publicity to let sufferers know
that relief may be had7 The hospital
is gradually being made to conform
to modern methods and we hope the
Anticipated medical code may yet be
discarded.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-26
Texas is geographically the biggest

Texas Is geographically the biggest
state in the union and still 1t is not
big enough to hold two such eminent
citizens as Mr.. Bryan and Senator
Bailey at one and the same time.
When Mr.. Bryan winters in Texas
Senator Bailey will be in Washington
and when Senator Bailey summers at
home Mr.. Bryan will be sticking close
to his Nebraska farm or riding the
Chautauqua circuits.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-26

Mr.. Bryan's prescription for making
a platform pledge binding by recit-
ing its binding force in the platform
does not seem to make q very decided
hit. Mr.. Bryan's " record of re-
pudiating two Of the principle planks
in the democratic national platform of
1892 upon which he was reelected to
congress is a counter argument hard
to beat.