Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-01-29
w. c. T. U. NOTES
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 Prayer-Hour when the twelve o'clock whistle blows.
 Editors-Mrs. T. Y. Murphy and D. W. Richey.
 Bible Lesson-Prov. 23-29-3o, Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath wounds without cause.
 They who tarry long at the wine, they who go to i'll mixed wine.
 February 2nd, the W. c. T. U. meets with Mrs. ". C. Davidson of the First Methodist church.
 Is the liquor not detrimental to the welfare of many of the citizens of the United States? The women of w. c. T. U think it is, and hope in no far distant day the United States government will prohibit the manu- facture of it.
 China realizing the opium habit of the greatest harm to it's people, has passed laws preventing the manufac- ture of it. Have the Americans not the welfare Of his brother countrman as much to heart as the Chinaman?
 S1xtythree of the seventy-ftye counties of the great State of Ar kansas have no licensed saloons
 Beef Tea Better Than Wine.
 A young lad was knocked down by team in London and taken to a large hospital. One morning the doctor said, Nurse, give him two glasses of port wine daily Then, looking kindly at the lad, he said, You will get on very we'll, my boy"
 The boy looked up and said, Please sir, don't order me the wine.'
 Why not, my boy?'
 ''It you please sir, I belong to a Band of Hope''
 'Oh,' answered he "do you? We'll. nurse, give him a pint Of new milk in the morning and as much beef tea as 1 i0 llhe9, diu lAu$oHllS tuc0llly, He said to the boy, "You will get on very we'll, my lad.''
 And he got quite we'll without the ine.-Selected.
 Opposition from Business Employers.
 The great railroad systems and the manufacturing industries, where skill- od labor which depends on accurate mental processes is employed, dis criminate decidedly against the users of alcoholic beverages-even the so- called moderate drinker. This oppo- sition is based not altogether, if at all, on moral grounds, but because practical business experience has demonstrated the higher efficiency both fer mental and physical work, of the abstainer. Business instinct has discerned what. scientific eXperi- ment has proven, viz, that the drunken employe is improbable.
 Mans Enemy-ilcohol.
 The fight against mans enemy alcohol---is waxing warm through out the world It can no longer be charged that the fight is waged by | fanatics or cranks. The sober sense of the people is asserting itself, and l the old lament of Shakespeare is find | ing ready listeners and sympathiz- CTS: 70 that men should put an enc my in their mouths to steal away their brains!"
 Regulating the Saloon. The only solution of the saloon problem is no saloon. The only way to regulate venomous reptile is not to license it to crawl into your home circle and fasten itself on your boys; 1 the way to regulate a venomous rep tile, and venomous business, is in l Christ's name to destroy both. Just One Glass. A young man stood before a large audience in the most fearful position human being could be placed-on the scaffold! The moose had been adjusted around his neck. In a few moments more he would be in eter- nity The sheriff took out his watch, and said: If you have anything to say, speak now; as you have but five minutes more to live" What awful words Tor a young man to hear, in full health and vigor!
 Shall I tell you his message to the youth about him?' He burst into tears and said with sObbing: T have to die. had only one little brother He had beautiful blue eyes and flax en hair. How I loved him! I got drulnk-the first time-I found my little brother gathering strawberries. got angry with him, without cause. killed him with a blow from a raAxe knew nothing about it until