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THE TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT. X Superintendent Hurley Tells that the * Work So Far is Encouraging. X II Spartanburg, Nov. 18.-Editor of Kenwee Courier: Please allow me through your columns to make some report ou the temperance work in Kout h Carolina. For six months we have been on the firing line, and in that time we have seen things new, and old, and have learned, as we never before knew, what it means to contend for civic righteousness. As we look back over the field, we are constrained to say, thank Ood something has been achieved lu. our < beloved State. Any one who will take the pains to look over the per sonnel of our State Senate will note , quite a change in that body. Seve .al gentlemen of the old Senate, who toed for the dispensary system, did ont make the race for re-election, and gentlemen of differeut views on the liquor question will take their places in the new body. In other counties where former dispensary Senators stood for re-election, they were defeated by gentlemen of pro hibition proclivities. In fact, we lost only two prohibition Senators In the whole State. It -is encouraging also to note that a large majority of the men in the House of Representa tives stand for State-wide prohibi tion. . But the liquor question in South Carolina is not settled yet. The old dispensary faction ls dying hard. At the next session of our Legislature all sorts of moves will doubtless be made to thwart the prohibitionists in their plans. Some of the gentle men elected to the State Senate, and also to the House, are in favor of State-wide prohibition, while others favor referring the'matter to tho peo ple, ns was done In North Carolina inst spring. As we see the matter from our viewpoint, the latter is a better plan for more tha'n one rea /-son. if we can have a State election, with all personal features eliminated, and let the sovereign votess of the Slate cast their ballots for or agninst the dispensary system, our victory will he so signal thal lt will make an impression upon the entire coun try. Moreover, if such an election ls planned, the people in every coun ty in the State will be educated in the cause of temperance throurhthe meetings which would he held, and thereby create a sentiment, which would go far toward enforcing the law after it is passed. We have had some indication of what can be done, and how the people feel, by Hie victo, rles won In Laurens, Union, Claren don and Chester in the pnst few days. A few speakers went into each of these counties and held public mass meetings in the interest of temper ance a few days previous to the elec tion, and while these counties mgiht have gone prohibition anyway, it is safe to say that a three to one vote would not have been polled. We have now 22 counties, with seven hundred thousand population in South Carolina, where no liquor is sold legally. Twenty counties yet hold on to the dispensary system, but some of them only have one dis pensary. Hence, it is plain that, the legalized sale of liquor In South Carolina is being greatly curtailed. We have arranged for Dr. P. A. Baker, the National Superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League, to be with us at Laurens and speak on Sunday before the South Carolina Annual Conference, the 29th instant. We sincerely hope that the people in the surrounding country will make an effort to hear this noted temperance advocate at that time. Dr. Baker will also spf ;ik in the First Baptist church, Spartanburg, Wednesday night, December 2d. Our plans have been perfected for a great State Con vention, to be held In tho hall of tho House of Representatives, Columbia, Thursday, December 3d. We hope that every member of the State Exe cutive Committee of the Anti-Saloon League of South Carolina, and every other officer of the organization, will be able to meet with us in the Sen ate Chamber at Columbia, Wednes *Jf\ day afternoon at S o'clock, December 3d. Every minister of the gospel In this State, every State Senator, every Legislatureman, and other gentlemen will he especially Invited to attend this meeting. Please, brethren, make your arrangements now, and be sure to go. We have written Dr. Ander son, our National Legislative Super intendent, and hope to secure his services for the State Baptist Con vention, to he held In Union on De cember 8th to 13th. Many things are transpiring throughout the whole country to encourage us, and to urge us on to victory. More than nine thousand bar-rooms have been closed #in the United States since January 1st. According to the report of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue there has been a decrease, hecnuse of the great prohibition wave this year, of $16,178,094.74. Wo have now nine whole States In the prohibition columns. Only five States in the Union are regarded as purely liquor States, while ninny others, because of their local option laws, are sweep ing everything before them. From Maine to California, and from North Dakota lo Southern Texas, the same cry, "The rum saloon must go," is hear!. At the present rate Tennes see, Indiana, Ohio and Illinois, in the near future, will sweep Into the pro hibition column. We confidently ex pect Texas to come Into Une at the next session of the Legislature. Many good suggestions have been made by several of the brethren in regard to the work in this State, and we are sorry that we have not been able ns yet to carry them out. We hope soon to place lu railroad walting rooms In South Carolina a large chart, giving facts on prohibi tion throughout the country. But Just now tho *law enforcement de partment of tho work ls claiming our attention. If outstanding subscrip tions now due aro paid wo shall be able to mnko this work count for ^ good throughout the State at once. Let every Christian soldier stand by his gun, and never cease fighting till our State ls rid of the curse, and Hie law enforced. John L. Harley, State Supt. FOLEYXHOMY^TAK far chtldmnt ?af; ?uta. Mo * plut rn? ? WU KKK 18 ABEL, THY * ? BROTHER ? * **?**.*?##. When Cain rose un against Abel, his brother, aud slew him in the field, very soon afterwards the Lord appeared on the seethe, and put this question to Cain, "Where is Abel, thy brother?" And Cain said, "I know not. Am I my brother's keeper?" And the Lord : aid, "What hast thou done? The voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto, me from the grouud. And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand. Whew thou tlllest the ground it shall not hence forth yield unto thee her strength. A fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth." And Cain said unto the Luid, "My punishment is more than I can bear." Cain killed his own brother and then lied to God; said he did not know, while his hands were still red with his brother's blood. For over six thousand year? people have been committing murder and denying the fact. And to every one who has ever killed his fellow-man, God has come to him or her with that same message, "Where is Abel, thy bro ther?" And the Bame reply (or an swer) ls given, "I know not." and tho same punishment that was put upon Cain has been put upon every one who has murdered his brother In cold blood, from the days of Cain and J* bel until now. Cn, that m in would stop and think-think of tho awful conse quences that follow; both in this life and in tho life to come. A man gets mad, whips out a gun from his hip pocket, shoots to death his neighbor (bia brother), and ns the earth drinks In hts blood and the poor fellow is grappling with death, it ls then that he would give the world if he had stopped one minute to think. That gasp, that struggle, that "Oh, you have killed me." will ring In the slayer's ears as long ns life shall last; that spirit will be at his side by day, and at night it will sit as a ghost upon his bedpost; it Will never down. And ever and anon he will hear ringing in his ears, "Where ls Abel, thy brother?" We do net know what kind of a mark God put upon Cain, but we think that lt was a guilty conscience. But, be that rv lt may, lt Is put upon every one wi o taUoK Hfe in cold blood. Moses brought down from the Mount tho table of stone, and upon the face of that stone ls written hy the finger of God, In letters that will live forever, "THOU SHALT NOT KILL." He that kllleth a man, he shall he put to death. Lev. 2 5-21, reads, "He that kllleth any lunn shall surely he put to death." Genesis 0-G, "Whoso Bheddeth man's blood, by man shnll his blood be shed." How quick man ls to get mad, whip out a pistol while the brainstorm is raging, and shoot down his fellow-man, not stopping a moment to think what the result will he until the smoke has cleared away. Then he begins to realize the awfulness of his sin. He has violated the divine law and the law of his country, and has made his victim's wife a widow and his children or phans, with hearts lacerated and bleeding at every pore. They are left to face the Issues of life without a bread-winner. On the other hand, the State takes charge of the man slayer. So there are two homes made desolate by a pistol shot. A pistol Is made to kill men with, and nothing else. If a man wants to kill a hear, wolf or deer, he will take a Winchester rifle on his shoulder like a man, hut, If he wants to kill a man, he will slip that accursed pistol into his hip pocket. Why are not the laws of our land executed? There ls something dead nt the fountain; the stream is not pure. Where are the grand jury.' What ls the matter with our Courts of justice? Mercy cries for justice, and says, "How long, oh, how long,' will it be until violence, bloodshed and murder shall cen .e In our land?" When civil law is broken and dis regarded with Impunity that coun try's downfall ls sure. Rend the his tory of Rome, in the days of Caesar and Brutus, and the history of Spain one hundred years ago, and look at them to-day. King Ahab and lils wife Jezebel killed Naboth and robbed him. We read In the first Book of Kings, 21st chapter, and In the second Book of Kings, 10th chapter, how they were punished, with their seventy sons. The Lord sent Elijah down to Na both's garden and he said to Ahab, "Hast thou killed, and also taken possession?" And Ahab said-, "Hast thou found me, ob, mine enemy?" And Elijah answered, "1 have found thee." "Where is Aliel, thy brother?" J. Russell Wright. Walhalla, S. C. Dyspepsia is our national ailment. Burdock Blood Bitters ls the nation al cure for it. It strengthens the sto mach membranes, promotes flow of digestive juices, purifies the blood, builds you up. Ij< t the South Feed the World. The South's share of "the White Man's Burden" has certainly been freely horne. The South has clothed the civilized world for years with our cotton. We are supplying the cook ing world largely to-day with "lard" and the more delicate oils. Thou sands of tons of cotton meal are Shipped to Germany, Denmark. Eng land and Other foreign countries where lt is used both for hu man food and stock feed. These great necessities all como from the South's cotton crop. The cotton plant now seeks the privilege of "feeding as well as clothing the world." Cotton ls the heritage of the South. We are fast learning its true value. Its meal and oil products are wonder ful, rich resources. Their values are now for the first time appreciated nt their true worth. Cotton oil to day controls tho price of all other world's cooking fats, und this domi nant position will grow stronger ns the merits of this odorless, refined and pure vegetable fat is more wide ly known. \ ? \\ VT BE SEPARATED. 1 x Some Walhalla People HATO Learned How to Get Rid of Both. Backache ?uu kidney ache are twin brothers. You can't separate them. And you can't get rid of the back ache until you cute the kidney ache. 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Arthur Warner, a young negro boy, was found dead last Wednesday In the big seed warehouse of the Green wood Oil Mills. His neck was broken by the fall, though foul play ls not suspected. Rather lt ls thought that his neck was broken by a fall, which he evidently had while crawling around In the house hunting a place to sleep. He fell into a deep seed pit, and this was probably the cause of his broken neck. He was seen around the oil mill at midnight Sat urday night. Negro Lynched in Mississippi. Henry Leldy, a negro, charged with assault upon Elizabeth Hauser, a white girl 17 years of age, was taken from the jail at Biloxi, Miss., one night last week and lynched. No shots were fired; tho mob was or derly, and after the lynching march ed back to Biloxi and dispersed. The crime for which the negro was lynched occuried where several murders and criminal assaults have been charged to negroes. The negro bent the girl into insensibility with a club, and she was found several hours later. The negro left the girl for dead, but she partially regained consciousness and crawled to where she was discovered. Bloodhounds wore secured, but the negro was cap tured without their use and was identified by the girl. AN OLD ADAGE SAYS-, "A light purse ls a heavy curse" Sickness makes a light purse. The LIVER ls the seat of nine tenths of ail disease. Tint's Pills go to the root of the whole mat ter, thoroughly, quickly safely and restore the action of the LIVER to normal condition. Give tone to the system and solid flesh to the body. Take No Substitute. ? The National Vote in Georgia. Georgia gave Bryan a majority of 13,471 over Taft, Watson, Chap?n, Hisgen, etc. Bryan's vote was 73, 739, Taft's 41.292 and Watson's 17, 0 4 3. Taft carried twenty-seven counties and Watson nine. The re mnlnder of the 143 counties of the Stnte went for Bryan. 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