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Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1919-10-25

The department of state announces
that the American consulate at AL
meria, Spain. has been closed.
Centipedes usually have "a legs, but
there are often species with as many
as 100 or 200 legs.
If it were possible to put all the land
on the globe above water levei in the
Pacific ocean. only 0ne-seventh of the
latter would be covered.
Some of the tallest steeples and
SmokeStackS in Cincinnati have been
painted by Myrtle Kennett, young
matron. who makes a good living as a
steeplejack.
Cinnamon have five buttons on their
coats to remind them of the principal
moral virtues recommended by Con-
fucius-humanity, justice, order. pru-
dence and rectitude.
An Arkansan has patented a SWIM
ming pool in which a gentle current
Of water carries bathers through long
and narrow parallel channels, one af-
ter another until the start Is reached
again.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1919-10-25
GET READY.
FOR FLU"
Keep Your Liver Active, Your
System Purified and Free From
Colds by Taking Calotabs,
the Nausealess Calomel
Tablets, that are De-
ightful, SAFE and
Sure.

Physicians and Druggists are advis-
ing their friends to keep their systems
purified and their organs in perfect
working order as a protection against
the return of influenza. They know
that a clogged up system and lazy
liver favor colds, influenza and serious
complications.
To cat short cold overnight and to
prevent serious complications take one
Calotab at bedtime with swallow of
water-that's all. No salts, no nausea,
no gripping, no sickening after effects
Next morning your cold has vanished,
your liver is active, your system is puri-
fed and refreshed and you are feeling
fine with hearty appetite foz bsesa--
fast. Eat what you please-no danger
Calotabs are sold only in original
sealed packages, price thirty-fve cents.
Every druggist is authorized to refund
your money if you are not perfectly
delighted with Caiotabs.-(Adv.)
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1919-10-25
OFidin of Tommy

The English Tommy is no stranger
The custom was in England at one
time to supply every British soldier
with a small pocket manual. In It
were entered the name, age, date of
enlistment, the length Of service, the
wounds and the medals Of honor Of the
individual soldier.
The war office in sending out forms
for information used the hypothetical
name Tommy Atkins" Just as we
might have said "JOhn Smith" in Amer
lea. In this way Tommy Atkins
came to designate the English soldier
1t happened in the same way that
lack Tar" came to designate any
British sailor.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1919-10-25
BREAKS YOUR COLD IN
JUST A FEW HOURS
@Pape's Cold Compound" instantly re-
leves STIFFNESS and
distress

Don't stay stuffed-upl Quit blowing
and snuf1ing! A dose of "Pape's Cold
Compound" taken every two hours I'M
til three doses are taken usually breaks
up a severe cold and ends all grippe
misery.
The very first dose opens your
clogged-up nostrils and the air pass
ages Of the head; stops nose running
relieves the headache, dullness. fever
lshness, sneezing, soreness and stiffness.
"Pape's Cold Compound" Is the
quickest, surest relief known and costs
only a few cents at drug stores. 1t
acts without assistance, tastes nice,
contains no Quinine-Insist upon
Pape's ADV.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1919-10-25
Biz Men Good COLLECTORS"

When Henry Ford, John Burroughs
and Thomas \. Edison were in Tilton,
n. H.. on vacation trip, they Joined
the crowd at Il salvation Army meet
ing just as Salvation lassie was
about to pass the tambourine. Mr.
Edison gently took it from her hand
and took up the collection, getting I'M
usually generous contributions from
the townspeOple. who recognized him.
Seeing the tamb0Hrine full; Mr. Ford
said; why don't you pass your hat
now" and Mr.. Edison replied. "All
right. Henry, if you'll start me off with
a gOOd-sized contribution" Both Ford
and Burroughs emptied their pockets
then into Mr.. Edison's hat So did
Edison himself and then he turned
over to the Salvation Army a tam
BOURNE and a hat full of mOney-just
how much was not announced.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1919-10-25
WOULD BE FRIEND IN NEED
Grateful CoIored Man Promised to
Go II Services Should
Be Needed.

1.-The race riots in Chicago remind
me of the same sort of excitements
that ran around Atlanta when | was
living there as a young man." said
George Mcdaniel of Metro, Cal, re-
Gently.
MY brother aud l were both medi-
cOS-owners of smooth and virgin
shetpskins. We shared the same Of.
fee and lunched at the same counter.
In the midst of wild confusion, one
day, wounded negro rushed into our
Office and begged for protection. This
was freely granted, for we had no
race prejudices. in spite of our South
ern upbringing. We also poured salve
on the negrO's bruises.
"'Yo' shuah been good to me- said
the grateful darkey. turning to my
brother-whO by the way, is now
practicing in Los Angeles-'an' III
member it, doc. Say, if yo' ever kills
anybody nah friends and I'll get you
out If we have to bust the jail TO do
it.'"-LOs Angeles Times.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1919-10-25
BITS OF INFORMATION

4 New York woman who died recent
ly left her companion $4,000, her but
Ter $500, and her chauffeur a $1,000
automobile.
Iceland has been provided with a
wireless station that receives daily
news bulletins from several European
countries.
A German invention enables person
TO take steam or hot-air bath at
home. hood fitting over one end of
a bathtub confirming the vapOr from the
regular hot-water supply.
A telegraph printing attachment for
telephones has been invented to ena-
bic an operator TO record a message
for a person TO find on his return
should he be absent when called.
Viscomtesse de la Pannouse, who
rendered valuable services during the
war as president of the British COM
mittee Of the French Red Cross, has
been decorated with the order of the
British empire by King George.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1919-10-25

State of Ohio. City of Toledo. Lucas
County-ss
Frank ]. Cheney makes oath that he is
serior rartner of the firm OF F. J. Cheney
& Co, long business m the city OF TO-
ledo, County and State aforesaid, and that
said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUN
DRIED DOLLARS for any case Of Catarrh
that cannot be cured by the use Of
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE.
FRANK ]. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in
my presence. this 9Th day OF December,
A. d. 1886.
(SeaD A. W. Gleason, Notary Public.
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE is TAX
en- internally and acts through the Blood
on the Mucous Surfaces of the System.
F: ]. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
+. j. Cheney & Co., Toledo. Ohio.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1919-10-25
She Had a Different Ambition.

When William Wilberforce, the re-
former, was a candidate for parlia-
ment his sister, an amiable and witty
young lady, offered the compliment OF
a new gown to each Of the wives Oh
those freemen who voted for her
brother, on which she was saluted with
a cry of Miss Wilberforce forever !
when she pleasantly observed: Il
thank you. gentlemen, but i cannot
agree with you; for really l DO NOT
wish to be Miss Wilberforcs foreverP
Boston Post.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1919-10-25

Don't take sickening. salivating Gallo
mel when a few cents buys q large
bottle Of DodsOns Liver Tone-a per-
feet substitute for Calomel.
II is pleasant vegetable liquid
which will start your liver just as sure
ly as CalOmel, but it doesn't make you
sick and can not salivate.
Children and grown folks can take
DOdson'S Liver Tone because II is per-
fectly harmless.
Calomel is dangerous drug. 1t is
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1919-10-25

mercury and attacks your bones. Take
q dose Of nasty Caiomci today and you
will feel weak, sick and nauseated to-
morrow. Don't lose a day. Take
spoonful Of DodSon's Liver Tone in
stead and you will wake up without
any biliousness, constipation, sluggish
ness headache, coated tongue or sour
stomach. Your druggist says if you
don't find DOdSon'S Liver Tone acts
better than horrible Calomel your
money is whiting for yOu.-Adv.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1919-10-25
Remarkable Tattoojno

Perhaps the most extraordinary tat
tooing idea ever carried out was that
OF French coachman, who, at the
time of the celebrated Dreyfus trial
had his body covered with no fewer
than 12O Illustrations of the case, in
Guiding portraits of the leading person
ages. The work occupied nearly two
years.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1919-10-25
Another Cousin.

A little Angeleno boy had spent sew
eral weeks in the East, where several
families of cousins lived who were
very fond of him and consequently had
done many nice things to make his visit
q pleasant one.
A few nights after his return home,
when his mother was getting him
ready for bed, she was telling him
about God and how good he was to
him, when the little boy interrupted:
"Say, mother, is God cousin, toor
Los Angeles Times.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1919-10-25

Miss Katherine Harding, daughter
Of the governor Of the Panama canal
zone and Mrs. Harding, is 20 marry
Capt. William r. Decide, Z. S. A. He
is at present stationed on a mine
planter in the zone.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1919-10-25

Good health depends upon good digestion
Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills safeguard
your digestion and your health. A medicine
as well as q purga tive Adv.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1919-10-25

Milliners do not prosper in Mexico.
Nearly every woman in that country
goes bareheaded.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1919-10-25
Suit Yourself.

Gimme Il chicken"
"DO yuh want Il pullet?"
Nav, | wanna carry it,"
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1919-10-25

Humanity divides into two classes.
One has too much to do, and the other
hasn't enough.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1919-10-25
Old Greeks Had Small Heads

O'o Sreeks 7Ad Small Heads.
The ancient Greeks. one of the most
intellectual Of nations, were distin.
guished for their small heads.
The Elbert County tribune., 1919-01-24
UNITED STATES WILL NOW TRY
EXPERIMENT OF PROHIBITION

Astonishing Action ndiduast People With Strong Sense
OF Personal Liberty Is Brought About by Lessons of the Great
War-Additiona Legislation Planned to Enforce New
LawA-WB "Wets" Contes t?-Raticaon Details.
The Elbert County tribune., 1919-01-24

The United States Of Amerlea has
entered upon the tremendous social eS-
pertinent Of national prohibition OF
the manufacture. sale and use OF nlco-
hoiic drinks. There VIII be abundant
time 10 give the experiment fair test
since the prohibition Is by constitu-
fionnl amendment To all appearances
This mandate by the American people
against the use of alcohol is intended
70 he absolute and final. We have
written II into organic law--into mag
nn charta-in the form of the eight
eenfh amendment to the Constitution
OF the Emitted States.
The experiment is a tremendous de-
parture from previous tendencies of
the American people. We are nm indi-
vlduniisiic people. with strong sense
OF personal liberty. Yet here we have
set out to regulate personal habit. not
by statute. but by constitutional
amendment.
And the manner Of the passing of
this constitutional amendment is quite
ns remarkable MS the amendment itself.
Action on the seventeen previous
amendments to the Constitution has
taken between nine months and forty
three months. an average Of about two
years, The resolution providing for
fhIs eighteenth amendment was passed
by congress December II. 1917. on
january 16. 1919. It's ratification by
the states Is accomplished.
What has brought about this ratif-
ration SO quickly? Obviously the M.
flonnl Prohibition party has had prac-
Ideally nofhing to do with its accom-
9lshmcnt. The answer evidently is
hat :he war has brought IT about.
Prohibition is both IN economic ques-
,Ion md moral question. The war
set fhe American people TO looking at
prohibition from both viewpoints. We
got accustomed to the thought that
grain MAS better eaten MS food than
swallowed ms liquor. inasmuch as we
were told that food would win the
The Elbert County tribune., 1919-01-24

war. We saw what the enforced So
briefly ri military service did physical
ly, mentally and morally for young
men who had indulged in liquor in
pence times.
Some of our allies got into the war
In n hurry because they had to--Bei-
gium and France to save their lives.
Great Britain TO save its national hon
or. America took Its time-a long time
and gradually worked itself up to
the determination TO fight. Doubtless
much consideration of prohibition was
a part of this slow process. SO that
when the opportunity came the states
OF the .Union went over the top Just
about as the American marines and
doughboys did In the Argonne. -o
Text of Amendment.
Following is the full text of the pro
nibltion amendment on which state
legislatures are voting:
JOINT RESOLUTION PROPOSING
AN AMENDMENT TO THE CoNSTI-
TUITION or THE UNITED STATES.
Resolved by the senate and house
al representatives. "a Ahc ohtNNN
States of America in congress assem-
bled. two-thirds of each house concur
ring therein, that the following amend
ment to the Constitution be, and here
by is. proposed to the states to be
come valid as part Of the Constitu-
tion when ratified by the legislatures
of the several states us provided by
the Constitution
Section AFTER one year from the
ratification of this article the manu-
facture. sale or transportation of In
toxicating liquors within. the impor-
tatIon thereof into. or the expectation
thereof from the United States and
all territory subject TO the jurisdiction
thereof for beverage purposes is here
ny prohibited. b.
Section 2--The congress and the
several states have concurrent pow.
er TO enforce this article by appropri-
ate legislation.
Section 3--This article shall be in
operative unless 1t shnll haze been
ratified as an amendment to the Com.
stlution by the legislatures of the sew
erai states as provided In the Consti-
tuition within seven years frop the
date Of the submission hereof 10 the
states by the congress.
cHAMp CLARK, speaker of the
house OF representatives.
THOMAS MARSHALL. vice pres
The Elbert County tribune., 1919-01-24

plnrs. an order of total abstainers or
ganized in 1851 at Utica. n. Y. We're
also working to this end.
The call for the Chicago convention
originated May 20, 1868, in the grand
lodge of the Good Templars mt Oswe-
go, n. ". which appointed a committee
to convene II national gathering To
organize political party favorable TO
prohibition Legislation. This commit
tee consisted of John Russell. Detroit.
Mich; Daniel wilkins, Bloomington.
ILL.,; j. A. Spencer. Cleveland, o.; John
N Stearns, New York. and James
Black. Lancaster Pa. At this conven-
tion the party was organized, Il plat
form was adopted and "A national com
mittee was appointed. with John Rus
sell chairman.
The first national nominating con-
vention assembled in Columbus. o., on
Washington's birthday. 1872. 1t
named James Black for president and
John Russell for vice president. Black
was one of the founders of the Ma
tional Temperance Society and Pub
lication house. an organizer of the fa-
,
Meeting association and prominent
Good Templar. Upon his death in
1898 he left his Temperance library"
of / 200 volumes to the National Tenn
perance society. Russell. the 'Father
of the Prohibition party was Meth
ojist minister and Leading Good
Templar. His newspaper. the PENN
suar Herald, was the first to advocate
the formation of separate political
party for prohibition.
Notwithstanding the worthiness of
the cause and the candidates, the pub
lie. support )at the election of 1872 was
not enthusiastic. The total of the
votes received by Black and Russell
was but 5607.
In 1876 Green Clay Smith of Ken
lucky and Gideon I. Stewart of Ohio
were the candidates. They poIled
9,T37 votes. In 1880 Neal Dow of
Maine. with II. A. Thompson of Ohio
as running mate. appealed to the
country. General Dow was widely
known as the author of the Maine pro
hibition law. hut he succeeded in get
ting only 1896 votes.
Candidates and Their Vote.
The Prohibition convention of 1896
split the party over woman suffrage
and money. The free silver" minor
lty formed Liberal party, with Bent
ley of, Nebraska and Southgate of
Illinois as its standard-bearers. They
polled about 1900 votes.
usI,o enaturn ~ rho Dr,liIi,foa .....
palgn of 1900 was Il tour of the coun-
try by the candidates and corps of
speakers by special train. In 1912
the Prohibition convention renom-
mated the candidates of 1908. The
candidates since 1884 and their vote
are as follows:
s1SSS. Clinton B. Fisk, New Jersey,
and ]. A. Brooks. Missouri, 249.9I5
votes.
1892, John Bidwell. California, and
j. Il. Cranfill, Texas, 270.T1O votes.
1896. Joshua lowering. Maryland,
and Hale johnson. Illinois. 100, 1853
votes
1900, John G. Woolley. Illinois. and
II. b. Metcalf. Rhode Island. POS. 400
votes.
! 1904, s. c. Swallow. Pennsylvania.
and George B. Carroll. Texas. 25S. POS
votes.
1908. Eugene w. Chafin. Illinois. and
f. Aaron s. Watkins. Ohio. 253,231 votes.
The Elbert County tribune., 1919-01-24

spirits except by n physicians advice.
in Illness or at public dinners, under
penalty of % cents. s
The Massachusetts Society for the
Suppression of Intemperance was or
ganized in 1S13.r The American Tenn
perance society was founded in 1899.
Thereafter organizations of various
kinds came thick and fast, many of
them securing large memberships.
Among them were .he Sons of Temper
ance of New York (1S42). Order of
Rechabites (1s35). Society of the
Washingtonians QS4O) and Good lem
plars QS5I. e.f..| s..
In 1873 began the Noman's fem-
perance crusade in Ohio Women held
prayer meetings in saloons in this
campaign against alcohol. This move
ment grew so strong that in 1874 in
Cleveland the National Womans
Christian Temperance union was form
ed. The same year Francis Murphy's
Blue Ribbon Temperance mission at
tracted public attention.
John B. Cough.
Prohibition = or temperance = has
made many men and women famous;
probably some of these foes of liquor
and the saloon will he remembered for
all time. Among the names familiar
to most Americans in this connection
are those of John b. Cough, Neal Dow.
Frances e. Willard and Carrie Nation.
All four made their mark in widely
differing ways and the personality of
each is interesting.
John b. Cough attracted public atten-
ton first. He achieved worldwide
fame and furnishes a remarkable ex-
ample of what in these days is called
comeback" He was born in Sand
gate, England, in 1917, and died in
Frankford. Pa, in 1886.
A Quaker In Worcester, Mass. in
duced him TO sign n total abstinence
pledge. This was the turning point In
his career. He set ont to tramp New
England, lecturlng on temperance at
80 cents lecture. He delivered 3S6
lectures the first year-and found him
self locally famous. He mingled the
pathetic and humorous so successfully
and made his lectures so entertaining
that thousands who had no interest in
temperance went to hear him. For the
next II years he spoke only on temper
ance and addressed more than 5000
audiences. making two long temper
ance campaigns in England. He had
the power over an audience that
comes from experience. purpose and
natural eloquence. Robert ]. Inpers,lI
ut his best could sway an nudipnca no
more completely than this reformed
bookbinder. Next Cough turned his
attention to general lecturing and
made fortune. His books have been
translated into many languages.
The Elbert County tribune., 1919-01-24

January 16. 1920 certification and an.
announcement of ratification being merely
a matter of form. 1t is needless to say
that the vets do not accept this view
and thnt effort to delay the formal
proceedings will be made, prelimi-
nary to contesting the legality of the
ratification.
AT any rate, 1t is formally nm
nounced that such contest Will be
made. II is likely that the vets rely
more on the referendum proposition
than on the question OF votes.
The Elbert County tribune., 1919-01-24
U, Sled MOVE
FOR TEMPERANCE
Many Societies to Fight Alcohol
Organized Early in Nations
History.
WOMEN ACTIVE AS LEADERS
John 3. Cough, Reformed Drunkard
First Crusader to Win Fame
by Success at Home and
Abroad

When the movement which has now
brought about prohibition began in the
United States il was called the TEN
perance movement and the phrase
Temperance question" embraced all
the problems in connection with the
use and abuse of alcoholic drink. Tenn
perance of course, primarily means
moderation. while prohibition, as used
in this connection, means form OF
sumptuary legislation abolishing the
manufacture and sale of alcoholic IL
quors. In the early days Temperance"
was loosely used; sometimes it meant
moderation and sometimes total absti-
nence. Many of the first crusades were
against "spirits'-distilled liquors as
distinguished from wines and beer.
Early temperance pledges were often
framed to draw this distinction. How
ever, the word temperance as used In
the titles and constitutions of reform
organizations soon came to mean .otal
abstinence.
This temperance movement, which
shows signs of bringing about prohbi-
tion in many parts of the world, be
gan in the United States. The tenn
perance pledge was in existence before
1900. Possibly the first temperance
society was organized by the farmers
of Litchfield county, Connecticut, in
1873. In 1908 n society was formed IN
Saratoga county. New York; the 43
members We're pledged not to' drink
rum. gin. whisky. wine or distilled
The Elbert County tribune., 1919-01-24

Ident of the United States and pres
ident Of the senate.
certify that this joint resolution
originated In the senate.
JAMES NJ. BAKER, secretary.
The amendment was passed by the
senate on August /, 1917, and passed
by the house on December II of the
same year. 1t WIS passed by the sen
ate with the house amendments on
December is. The vote In the sen
ate was G5 to 20 and in the house
2S2 10 lbs.
Ratification by the States.
The next step was ratification of
this ame1 1lment by the states through
their legislatures. This called for af-
firmative action by thirty-slS states
within seven years. Mississippi was
the first state to ratlfy. both senate
and house taking action January &
1918. Three other Southern states
followed in Vlrglnla, Ken
tucky. South Carolina. Then came
North Dakota. Other states followed
In the order named. Nebraska being
The thlrty-sixth and completing the
ratification.
The Elbert County tribune., 1919-01-24
VIII the Vets Contest?

win the vets contest the Legality of
the whole proceeding from the startT
The Elbert County tribune., 1919-01-24
FOUNDED HALF
A CENTURY AGO
National Prohibition Party Organ
lied in Chicago by 500
Delegates.
EARLY STANDARD BEARERS
Eighteenth Amendment Has Never
Been Favored by Leaders Because
of Odds of 10 to 1 Against
Its Passage.

The National Prohibition party Is
just fifty years old its semi-centennial
falling on September l, 1919. 1t was.
born in Farwell hall. Chicago. The
convention numbered about 800 per-
sons from 10 states.
The formation of the party was
probably first discussed in public at
a Pennsylvania state temperance con-
vention in 1867. Temperance leaders
had failed to get much consideration
from the Republican and Democratic
parties and were feeling the need of
Independent action. The Good Tenn