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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-11-11

:, our dutysto God. They tell us that
I liquor .droWns sorrow," but we know
that it turns sorrow into bitter des-
pondcncy.
Our lawmakers are no, freer from
lust, passion and ur odly appetites
than the rest of us; so they tell us
that our government needs the reve-
nue. to be derived from participation
! in the rum businessman the cost of
caring for the victims of the traffic
from which that revenue is derived
| is ten times the income. with .addi-
| .ional Woe and lost souls beyond any
human estimate. The liquor interests
| buy our statesmen and we suffer it to
! go on. They own political party ma
chimes and we tolerate it. They defy
God and human welfare and ask US
not to interfere because of their per
+ sonal liberty'-and we swallow the
! argument because we are too coward
ly- to fight. The churches themselves
ere filled with well known men, who
argue that we could not enforce a
! national law against the rum traffic,
il we could force congress into pass
+, ing the law. The churches are filled
with men deriving incomes from
some phase of the liquor traffic, and
these men quiet the tongues of pas
tors, deacons and others by generous
gifts to the support of churches and
Charitable Observation-Disclosures
let me add right here, that would be
I uncalIed for and unnecessary if the
accused liquor traffic were wiped
out
And again we have the ostensible
opponent of the. liquor interests, who
is always ready to delay and confuse.
/ his own forces by arguments against
injustice" to the enemy These men
arc so straight, with the enemy, that
they lean backward.
Gentiemep, we know that processing
!. christians are not using the power
which God has given them to beat
back the devil. We are a world of
! moral towards and we are bound To
reap as did ancient Seldom. unless
we arouse and add to our atstcnsion
the quality of real battle for right
eousness.
AS men meeting great problem
of honor and business. and of life
and death. let us examine these three
principles
|! neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine,
nor anything whereby Thy brother
stumbeth, or is offended. or is made
weak"
Second, educate, that growing and
coming generations may understand
| Third, legislate, 50 that the edu-
! cation We give may not be over
| thrown by selfish interests.-"Let not
then your good be evil spoken Of"
| In these three we cover the text
Am l Ny Brothers Keeper" For
| none of us liveth to himself, and no
man. dieth to himself"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-11-11

1,000.00O children of the Sunday
schools of America will sign the
pledge of total abstinence. 1t is the
most encouraging indication. thus far
OF nationwide movement for ma
tiona' prohibiton-prohibiti of
manufacture, transportation and sale
Of Intoxicating beverages.
Have you ever considered the mean
ing of the fact that, taking the coun-
try as a whole, there are probably
five rumsellers to one minister2' And
have you ever. thought of it in this
way: That every one of those rum
sellers is pusnacious, persistent,
fighting for his business and new
trade all the time, early and late in
every day; while. quite likely the
minister is not of the fighting kind
he smiles on the ructious, passes the
boozer and the thug on the other
side, and closely associates with the
prominent man of his church who
owns rum shop tenements or belongs
to some of the towns best booze
clubs.
Perhaps that is why the liquor in
terests are boasting. every year, that
their business is increasing by leaps
and bounds. Such claims on their
part disheartens the weak-kneed op-
position, and furnishes good material
for the newspaper and magazine tools
Which they hire. Last year these sell
fish interests made an appropriation
of $3,000,000 to be put out circum-
specify, in paid editorials in the press
of this country This annears mostly
as subtle argument for rum trust
law. against restraint of the traffic,
for personal liberty for trust in
American good sense and destiny"
and the thousand and one other fall
laeies and sophistries which we hear
and read every day.
81 In 1892 it was estimated that Amer
lea was paying, annually, $500, 900
for drinks. In Is years the bill for
such indulgence had doubled Today,
it is more than s4O0. 900 above the
last named figure.
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pronounces the severest woes upon
Ephrlam for her wine-bibbing and
drunkenness. Babylon led on by the
passionate Bclshazzar, was overthrow
during the progress of one OF the great
est drunken revels of history. The fab
of Carthage and OF Rome may be at
tributed largely 10 insobriety and fol-
lowing carelessness and weakness of
soldiery. The warriors of Napoleon
spent the night before Waterloo with
women and wine, and they rode into
the sunken road of Chain, filled with
intoxicants, weakened by orgies fol-
lowing unnatural passions aroused by
drink. and their perceptions deadened
by their most powerful enemy, Old
John Barleycorn. The battle of Hast
ings was lost to the Anglo Saxons by
their own folly in spending the previ-
Gus night in drunken revelry, and. note
the mighty contrast, the Normans
spent the night in fasting and prayer.
Old John Barleycorn in any guise
(vulgarly known as "booze') is the
patron saint of disappointment and
ruin. His presence spells failure to any
enterprise-except the rum business.
SO long as liquor is made for a bev-
erage. Just SO long it will be consumed.
and so long will the laws of God and
man be violated. good taste outraged,
moral principle blunted, and the God
given rights of the many DESTROYED by
those who demand their personal lib
erty," and who inflict every hideous
crime while enjoying that liberty"
Just so long as the liquor business is
permitted, just so long will crime be
continued and souls DESTROYED. 1t is es-
timated that 5000 wives, in this land of
Freedom, every year so down to un-
timely sravessthrongh the brutality OF
drunken husbands. The number of chill
dren who are either killed. die from ex-
posture or lack of nourishment, or are
brutalized, outraged degraded and
started on the road to hell, is beyond
any attempt at estimate.
And who can compute the misery,
outside of these, that is directly caus-
ed by drink?
Last year this country consumed
more than $4,000, 100000 worth of in
toxicants, according to the figures OF
the national association of makers
and sellers Of booze. :.
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Tuesday, November II, 1918.
Mothers, Pensions.

The much discussed mothers PEN
siunla in California, went into opera
tion Sept 4. The 'Womans Buiie-
tin. says: "Tbe law provides assis=
lance for half orphans under II years
of age residing with their mothers'
the mothers must be in need of TINS
assistance, must he American citizens
residents Of the county one year anu
ofsfhe state three years. The state
appropriated fund of ss6e,o0o TO
cover two years expenditures. Last
year over s34o,eoO was expended on
the funds to parents allotment, Oh
which the mothers pension fund is a
modification. These funds are given
vut under direction Of the county
supervisors. The allowance oil
money is not apportoned among the
counties, as there are no adequate
statistics on the subject but is kept
as one found" ~
Idaho, Oregon, Utah and Washington
are other cquai suffrage states where
pensions are. granted to needy moth
crs We are sorry to admit that
Maine is not. We pension our teach
ers, but allow to go on the old bar
barous plan of separating families
which the mother cannot supports
though the grief of widowhood and
the loss of the father and breadwin-
:. ncr were not enough. Away with
such heathenish conceptions as early
as possible. and let in a little human
love and common sense. Help the
mother in the crisis of her life by
proving that twentieth century states
manship is somewhat in advance Of
the best that convention OF
Aborigines could evolve.
Pension the teachers who care for
the children. If you Will. but pension.
also. the mothers of the children, II
theyxare In need of assistance.
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One Dose Relieves
A Cold---No Quinine
"Pape's Cold Compound" makes you
feel fine at onee-Dont stay stuffed
up! Take It now.

comes instantly.

Relief comes instantly.
A dose taken every two hours until
three doses are taken will end grippe
misery ana break up a severe cold
either in the head, chest, body or
limbs.
1t promptly opens elogged- up nos
trils and air passages in the head.
stops nasty discharge or nose run
ming relieves sick headache, dullness.
feverishness. sore throat, sneezing,
soreness and stiffness.
Don't stay stuffed-up. Quit blowing
and snuffing, Ease your throbbing
head, Nothing else in the world gives
such prompt relief as "Pape's4 Cold
Compound" which costs only rs cents
mt any drug store. 1t acts without
assistance. tastes nice, causes no in
convenience. Be sure you get the
genuine ADV e..
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-11-11
Bowditch Webster & Co.
City Drug Store
Is Authorized to Refund Your MonN
II WendeIl's Ambitiop Pills % Nos
Danish All Nerve Troubles and ~.
vigor and Energy into Your Body. j

.trH4 - IA
Are you a dead one? Have you lost
ambition? DO you get up tired IN the
morning? Do your hands tremblc? Are
dence IN your ability to do THINKS
Don't give up; arouse yourself right
now. Go to Bowditch. Webster e CO.:
City Drug Store, and get a. mty;cent
to wait week to know ewhethef they
are doing you good or not. You'll feel
better tomorrow. You'll feel fuli OF vim
have taken one box OF this marvellous
upbuilding prescription you'll be your
old vigorous, energetic self again.
One box of Ambition Pills is as good Rs
a two weeks vacation. For nervous de-
bility, tired feeling, exhausted vitality:
hysteria, loss OF appetite, kidney and
did Box Of Wendell's Ambition Pills
so cents at Bowditch, Webster & Co.'S.
City Drug store. Mail orders filled by
Wendell Pharmacal Co.. Syracuse, n.
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Well. Why Not?

z lk.s Harvey W. Wiley believes that
advocates of equal suffrage have a
shade tho better of anti suffragists in
housesifeiy DUTIES. Recently the
Congregational Union for Woman suf-
frlSe ina esunrase Domestic Days"
at the Cafe Republiauc in Washing
ton, b. G., and DIR. and Mrs. Wiley
stftiitd in for meal. DR.. Wiley is
Known assa.hcarty eater; he ate about
everything that the sufrragists served,
leaned back in his chair, sighed and
said: s6uffragists know show to cook,
and are just as good housewives, if
NOT better than women who are not
slffraeists.' Mrs. Wiley, before be-
coming the wife of DIR. Wiley and the
mother of the pure food baby" was
enc. Of washingtons leading suffrag
lists, and continues to be an active
worker Tor the cause
Well. why not? Is 1t necessary for
q woman to neglect her home because
she is Interested in the affairs of her
city, her state, or her country. as she
is in her household? Do men neglect
their Offices or farms because they fol-
low public affairs and vote? That a
woman has The spirit. intelligence and
ambition to demand equal right, ought
TO be pretty good recommendation
for her. to the sensible man. as the
mother of his children.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-11-11

George Thornton Edwards OF Portland
has written the words and music of a
new, state song. entitled estate of Maine.
Mys%S State of Maine" and it has been
putljstIed by the Underwood Music COM
pafiy. also Of Portland. The Journal has
received a copy of the song. The first
stalixa follows:
Fr0g& north to south. from sea TO sea,
state of Maine, my State of Maine:
Thy maine shall ever bonored be,
State of Maine, my State of Maine;
Sd guard II from all wrong decree,
Lei, there be none from blot more free.
In this sweet land of liberty.
State of Maine, my State Of Maine
some day when the wind is just right.
preferably nor nor west by west, so
tiie4 the melody viii be carried out to
sea upd thus disturb nobody. We're going
to try this song on our voice. Well miss
our guess il we dor't make Hiatt rhyme
IDIOT more free'-iibertee wish IL had
never been born.
: Calm yourself. Deaeon.-Let us i'm
plore you to do nothing rash Remem-
Der that invention Of young Maxim's,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-11-11

Remember the Maine!' II vas the
protraeted talk of war that pu, the
minds of the people IN readiness 10 ac-
cept a resort To war when the match
was touched in the blowing up OF the
blaine TIE same iniiammable spirit is
being cngendered today. and We may
expect the explosion Of the peoples i'm
pa tienoe and wrath II any time.
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BETTER Still"

said Mayor Gaynor, some months ago
II have been Mayor"
Will David |, Walsh. II months from
now. be able to say: Il have been Gov
ernor' Boston journal.
Why, not exactly. for that would mean
an ended career as chief executive of the
Commonwealth What we may reason
ably expect David /. Walsh to say II
months from now is: II am still Cover
nor" And that implies all OF Mayor
t;aynors splendid declaration.-Boston
Post.
VERY still, Tammany is pussy
foot.
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WORTH KNOWING.

life insurance in force, uniteu ,s s'a a,s
cncludIng assessment insurance.. eN' :. :.
ON go: Great Britain. S.s7oSil. ~. ono u o.a
many. s2slo,a4s.ooO; France siol'0o 90,
Austria, ,l.oi2. $4,000; scandinavia ,, sar,
o Mao ooo: switzerlsnd. s25s,ss7.7; Russia
s45o, oOo, COO; Japan. 24o,o7esS2. .ne
The life insurance Of the people OF ~.
rsnited states is more than double tna'
~ ali the rest of the world combined
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-11-11

Have YOU noticed how little newspaper
discussion there is about the currency
bill? There are few editors familiar with
money in large amounts.-WaterNiil
Sentinel
And some of those who talk and write
seem To know more about money in
large amounts than they do about the
great national problem.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-11-11

The new directory Of Milwaukee gives
the city population Of 4Ui.124. The d.
rectory contains 174.4O2 names and using
the United States census ratio of rs per-
sons to each name, the total population
is estimated.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-11-11

Human beings are. and since any
record is known. always have been,.
passionate, lustful, gluttonous, and OF
dePraved appetite, craving poison.
Not because it makes men better.
but because it deadens realization Of
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-11-11

thinkers" and not enough tillers of
soil; there are too many eaters and
drinkers who use up the products of
the toll; there are too many boosters
and boomers with manners too easy
and bland; we're cursed with too
many consumers; We ought to go
back To the land. There are too many
men who produce: there are too many
broad, rolling acres untouched and un-
tilied-out of use. We stick where the
CRIME and the grit is and the streets
with the poor arc a-SWarm. were
crowded too much into cities; we
ought to so back to the farm.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-11-11

Maine people are especially inter-
ested in the memorial fountain just
erected on the grounds near the white
House at Washington, because one 0l
the two men whom it commentaries,
belonged to a ,wei-known@Maine ram
lily. The fountain is a. tribute 10 inc
heroism of Major Archibald Butt, y.
S. A., formerly military aid to Presi-
dent Taft, and Frank ID. Miiiett, paint
er. formerly d member of the commis-
sion of Fine Arts. both of whom lost
their lives when the Titanic founuer-4
ed at sea. Millett belonged to- inc
Mil!ett family of Leeds. He has many
relatives living in Maine. among them
being Mrs. o, NJ. Jennings, Mrs. A. ).
Gerry and Mrs. Charles Z. Wheeler
of Pennington. Millett gave his life
to the study and practice OF art
achieving high rank among the paint
ed of America. His tragic death Is
much lamented among lovers OF ART
and among people of various classes.
MIR, Millett was a son Of Or. Asa MIL
lett of Leeds, who. when a young man
removed to Brockton. Mass. DIR. Asa
Millett was a son of Zebulon Millett
of Leeds and he was Revolutionary
soldier. whose grave in that town Is
kept in remembrance by the u. A. H.,
as wen as by his descendants. The
Inscription on the fountain Isl IN
Memory of Francis Davis Millett, 1886
1912; and Archibald Wellingham Butt.
1865 iSi2. This Monument Has Been
Erected by Their Friends With the
Sanction OF Congress-"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-11-11

Maine sheriHs seem to be hunting
llk during the open time On bun
mu,tSe.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-11-11

Sulzer might be still in private life
Boston Advertiser.
But the trick served its purpose-the
Progressives can claim triumph.
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The booze club" (orgapized and
maintained for the purpose OF aetyihs
the law through prominence ana power
of it's members) is more dangerous 10
communities than are rum SHOPS anu
dives. For where our boys see SUCCESS
FUR, and prominent and "respecla-
BILE men going, the road is much cas-
:er to travel The influence OF the
home the teachings of the father ana
tho sunday School teacher and pastor
the prayers of the mother. are more
easily discounted and ignored-fpr inc
influence. of the respectable rum
shop. ~
pacanse well known men go to the
E.lks clubs and patronize It's bar every
boy in the community has more respect
for the liquor traffic. The inherent con
fidepce of human nature LEADS taehi 10
think that they can do what success
fui., men have done and are doihH.
They fail to note that the poor 80. J.,
The gutter was once "successiui
man. or a brilliant son, Niio c@ula
Shrink or let 1t alone At VIII
Neal Dow said-and IL was never so
true as today: No one has moral
right 10 do that which. If the whoie
world follows hts example, as some are
sure 70 do. will produce more harm
than good.
But the questions wish you to give
opinions upon are: Have we tu'n'ieo
our mission when we refrain from DO :
ing things that would cause our weak
er brothers to stumble? Shall we &C.
lively oppose the powerful evils which
we see causing our brothers to STUN
BILE? Or, must the limit Of our activity
be reached in picking up those whom
evil has thrown down?
The great nations of time have
suffered from Bacchanalianism Isaiah
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si.J.sttle question for today. Where did
the name Gibraltar" come from2-Bos-
ton Globe. r. '.sx
4 Whyre-e' We always supposed it
came from ain insurance company.
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4 proposed memorial tower at san
Tex. will he 500 feet high.
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AUGUSTA LODGE DIRECTORY:
cUsHNoc CHAPTER, r. a. M, NO.

d, Special convocation at Masonic Tenn
pie, Thursday evening, Nov, -. Work in
NJ. NJ. NJ. Degree. All sojourning COM
panions are cordially invited to attend
G. MARSHALL, II. II
CHARLES r. CHASE, Sec.
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The State Library Bulletin tells of q
Fmap recently purchased jim Boston by
State Librarian Prince. The map an
old hand-pa;nted specimen. shows por
ftions of the Maine coast and is de-
'clared of great value. This map, one
oil a large collection, called the At
|lantic Neptune" and published in the
year t1775. in London, shows views of
the Wolves Islands, Grand Manan Is
land, Passamaquoddy Bay. the en-
trance of the st. John river. and west
ward of the river. In the list of geo
graphical aliases, published by the
library OF Congress. we find that the
Atlantic Neptune was published for
use of the royal navy OF Great Brit
ain during the Revolution. by Joseph
II. w. Des Barres, under the direction
OF the right honorable, the lord COM
missioners Of the admiralty A foot
note further explains that In his BID
liotheia' Americana. Vol. 1. p. 249. Rlcif
describes the Atlantic Neptune as the
most splendid collection of charts,
plans an views ever spublished IT MAS
executed at the expense Of the British
government for use of the British navy
and 10 expense appears 70 nave peen
spared in order to render it monu-
nent worthy of Il nation
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Temperance Sunday
In the Churches.

ANoNeiubti y NSS i'utItistHtH SuilItt
in the churches. The lesson was from
Romans 4.7-2t. For none Of us liveth
To himself. and no man dieth to him
sell" And: 1T is good neither to eat
flesh, nor to drink vine, nor anything
whereby thy brother stumbeth, or is
Icffendt d. or is made weak"
It is quite probable that las many
minds as men, found expression in
Interpretation of the Scriptures that
day TIE subject is broad enough for
all. Following we are able to give a
synopsis of che view prepared to read
before Bible class. We believe there
are some points in it that are worthy
of careful consideration:
A writer in the Christian Herald
says No one will deny that of a hun
dred men in any city or town who are
in any way led to begin the habit OF
using intoxicating drinks, some will be
wrecked morally; nor will any one de-
ny that the example of employers,
teachers, deaeons, pastors. Will infiu-
ence some of these young men to begin
the habit" Bitter as is that arraign-
ment, it is true in every sense. Tn
doubleday boys, men and communities
have been started on the wrong road
by lack of real character in teachers,
ehurcllfnen and even pastors. The pas
tor who telerates evil because of fear
OF making himself unpopular, or be-
cause he is one Of those easy souls VINO
gratiies his own lazy inelinations by
hypnetizing himself into the belief that
God is doing the work and all these
evils are for good purpose; that it is
useless to interfere-such a pastor Is
more than likely to start some poor
deluded boy or man on the wrong roao
through misunderstanding.
The man who stands on the hrins
line and fails to show his colors Tor
fear of attracting shots from the ere-
my, is coward. {.
: The issue, then, that is put up to us
In today's lesson. is further set form
by the writer above quoted when ne
,sa;d:
Every man disposed to drink, even
II he Is so behind the times that ne
thinks that no material harm VIII come
To himself from moderate drinking, and
that he can always hold In check an
appetite that has ruined many greater
meu-tlle issue even for such man, rs
sm,arely this: Shall / for the sake oil
this one form of Indulgence. which Il
moi in any sense necessity of lie,
which is not a duty. even though may
think it my privilege shall / for TINS
personal pleasure set an example tnat
viii almost inevitably lead some 9TH
ers to the same indulgence, with the
proba ability that some of them, IL not
myself will suffer dire consequences ID
drunkenness or crime or poverty. ana
so will bring dire consequences upon
Others, to the dishonor of God ana inc
injury NJ the community
And again, shall we sit quietly au
allow "A business which ~we KNOWS
prevjng upon the weak and sunseeinS
to go on in violation Of our desires, oui
rights and our laws. There is tho
problem. 2,
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ODD FELLOWS HALL

ASYLUM LODGE, NO. 10. REGULAR
meeting at 7.S0 Friday eveiing. Friday
evening. Nov "A, work in the THIRD de-
gree. Refreshments. -
L. f. WESTON, Sea-
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Today. it is hoped that more than
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There are too many "dreamers and /.
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JEPHTHA ENcAMPMENT. NO. :.
Meetings at 7.30 o'clock every second. Snd
fourth Tuesday. 81 stzts - y
C. L. STEWART. Scribe