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WATCHMAN! WHAT OF THE NIGHT? (By Mrs. Helen J. Andruss.) A d as we look out froia the watch tow , many and varied are the signs' of promise. We don't hear so much talk among good people dbout "Temperance Cranks" as we used to hear. Temper .nce reform is "in the air,*' and as n, e look at the map and see not a State without some Prohi bition law, we know that the conse. one-half the area and more than one third the population of these United States are under some form of Prohi bition law, we know tha the conse erated efforts of those who have la bored so long and so faithfully in the cause have not gone for naught. The watchman upon' the tower looks out upon seven free States, one of which, Oklahoma, was born free; and in answer to the old cry, "Pro hibition won't prohibit,'' the watch man makes reply, "Of course it won't neither will an axe cut. It takes a man behind an axe to make it cut, and it takes a man behind a law to make it work.'" But given a law aid honest officials, and an educated and determined pub lie opinion back of them, and it is bound to work. Do you happen to know that the Prohibition State of Maine leads the world in the number of homes owned by the people who live in them, and that it has in Inonortion to its popu ation more scools. more money in the b:mkz and Fev:er men in the poor hoause and jail than any State in the Union? Before Georgia became Prohibitioli, people predicted "ruin," empty store buildings. "business dead,"' etc. Well, in Atlanta, a city of 160,000 population, 175 saloons were olosed by law on January 1, 1908. Within thirtv days all of these buildings were rented for clothing stores, furniture stores, grocery stores, etc., and the city jail was empty for the first time since it was built. This story is re peated .all over the State, and in ev ery State where the laws are being fairly enforced. The watchman looks out upon the news-stands and what does he see! First of all, that many of our leading papers and periodicals are refusing to advertise liquors and patent medi cine. This is the stand taken by ''Me Clure's,'' ''Munsey's,'' ''Collier's Weekly," "The Ladies' Home Jour nal,'' "The Century," "The Satu,r day Evening Post," and, in fact, thir ty-five out of fifty representative magazines state that they refuse all advertisements of alcoholic liquors. including beer. Seven of these will not advertise cigarettes. In the cur rent numbers of many of the magazin es are leading artices by some of ont. foremost writers upon the Temper anee situation pro and con. In "Col lier's" is running a remarkable ser ies of articles upon the American sa loon, while in the "Cosmopolitan" for May one of the big brewers ar gued against Prohibition, and the Seeretary of the National Temperane 8ociety had a strong message for ab solute Prohibition. So the war wages. It is on 'every hand. Even the big New York Dailies, so long buried in diplomatie, silence, have opened their columns, 'and are telling the story, while the'attempts of the liquor mens to muzzle the daily press are being emphatically resented. The watchman looks out upon the social life-and while it is true thdt the wine glass is greatly in ev'dence and oftimes to a heart-breaking ex tent, still here and there ho t& eheer ed by the sight of notable functio~ns -where wine is not served At t re I.eent banquet given to the retiring governor of a Southern State, 300 men, politicians, statesmen, "Ma jors" and "Colonels" sat down to a wineless feast. Drinking healths in wine is receiv ing condemnation in high places, and so, slowly but surely, the leaven is working. The watchman looks out over the business world. Year by year the lines are being closer drawn, until to day it is estimated over 2,000,000 ot the best business positions are closed to all but total abstainers. The Unit ed States Commissioner of Labor has investigated this question and we . quote his- figures as authority. Out of 7,000 concern whieh employ labor. over 6,000 take the drink habit into' consideration. Then the watchman looks out over the medical world, and sees that the internal revenue collectors have been notified by the Commissioners that more than fifty so-called "remedies" -are to be* added to the list already made. which must be subject to spec ial tax as alcoholic beverages. So the watchnmn upon the tower sees these various forces. working to gether as never before, toward the overthrow of the traffic. results of which Gladstoe .haraeterized as be CAUSES OF THE ANTI-SALOON MOVEMENT. The present temperance upheaval is the revolt of the American con science against -what it considers to be wrong. The American saloon can blame itself largely for the present opposition to it; it is essentially bad. Aside from the inherent danger of the business under the wisest possi ble restraints, the liquor dealers of the nation have set themselves to do their very worst to provoke alarm. The saloons are the breeding place of all kinds of vice and crime. In them the thieves, the murderers, ballot box stuffers, grafters, purchasers of law, and the debauched find their educa tion and protection; and from them the lawless hordes go forth to prey upon society. The only wonder is that the people have stood this men aee to our civilization as l9ng as they have. While it is not universally so, it is too often the case that the saloon fos ters and promotes the social evil. The public sentiment is greatly outraged at the intimate relationship between the saloon and the disorderly house. The public is very angry because so many drinking places are gambling hells. klother thing that has stirred the publi ga the liiquor taffie has been the relationsli;hI between the politiciaifand the saloon. No feature of American public life is so abomni able and discouraging as this opei and notorious copartnership of the liquor traffic with politicians of all parties in the busines of crime. It is an astounding fact that most of the great cities of the country are ruled by rum and have been for a genera tion or more. Every privilege for every kind of crime is bought and sold for money. Fabulous corrup tion funds and thousunds of the crim inal classes are organized to hold up the public and compel it to deliver. Three saloon keepers of Chicago have absolute authority in Wards One and Eighteen. where the traffic in vice is maintained; and the men of their stripe rule in some other wards, so that the political complexion of Chic ago is determined by the saloon influ ence. In New York City a large pro portion of the Tammany leaders who determine the policy of their party in the city and State are or have been saloon keepers. In Philadelphia and in some other cities the connectio? between the saloons and the politieal j leaders of the opposite party is just is marked as it is in Chicago or New~ Fork.-From "The Nation 's Anti Drink Crusade'' by Ferdinand Cowle [glehart. -______ ALCOHOL AND ACCIDENTS. At the last International Congress i1or The Children's Protec.tive Society, Dr. Briegleb, of Worms, gave an ad Iress on the subject of alcohol and trime, in whieh he said that our su erficial opinions on this matter are lue to insufficient observation, as only nanifest intoxication and recogniza )le drunkenness are taken into con ;ideration. The investigations of seience, especially the experiments in hysiology and toxicology give an im ortant starting point. These have ;hown t-hat persons under the influ mce of small doses of alcohol have no :onsciousnes of any effects themselv. as and those atround them do not read ly pereeive any disturbance. UJnd.or 3ertain circumstances such persons ire, therefore, more dangerous to hemselves and others than they wvould be if t.hey were perceptibly Irunk, for then they would be sent away. Even in educated erreles the sub ject is not thoroughly understood. Statistics are, therefore, deficient. and wort-b.less, because the figures are so Far below the actuality. Rules made by employers can only prevent th'e use f alcohol during working hours and aipon the employers' premises. Wher iver it has been possible to redniee the use of alcohol considerably. a cor eesponding reduction in the niumbei f accidents has been proved. Some rirms offer premiums for total absti aence. The results of science Thba bhat complete abstinence is necessar. I Cor the prevention of accidents. This ~s not t be attained by coercive meas ires, but by instruction and total ab ~tinence societies. From the standpoint of the preven :ion of accidents, it is to the interest >f all concerned to promote the total ibstinence movement, with financial and other direct and indirect aid. The mdeavor, therefore, to j. event the >eeurrence of accidents must go handt ni hand with the movement against drohisa);m andl f'?r the promotion of t tal abst inence.-The National Ad- a A BAPTST ELDER Restored to Health by Vinol "I was run down and weak from in digestion and general debility, also suf fered from vertigo. I saw a cod liver preparation called Vinol advertised and decided to give it a trial, and the re sults were most gratifying. After tak Ing two bottles I regained my strength and am now feeling unusually well." Henry Cunningham, Elder Bap tist Church, Kingston, N. C. Vinol is not a patent medicine-but a preparation composed of the medicinal elements of cods' livers, combined with a tonic iron and wine. Vinol creates a hearty appetite, tones up the organs of digestion and makes rich, red blood. In this natural manner, Vinol creates strength for the run-down, over worked and debilitated, and for deli eate children and old people. For ehronio toughs, colds and bronchitis Vindl is unexcelled. All such persons in this vicinity are asked to try Vinol on our oter to re fund their money it it Alls to SIT* $at Istaction. William E Pefham & Son, Newberry, S. C. NOTICE! The County Board of Commission ers for Newberry county will receive applications for the appointment of a superintendent of the county pooi house and farm for the year 1909, the same to be filed with the undersiwned by 'clock in the toreno-n of Pk (lem1br S4Li) next. The b r eril ve, he righi to re.ject a ap lic ti .H. C. Holloway, Clerk. Nov. 16. 190S. FOR SALE. 1 15 horse power International Gas oline engine almost new. 1 12 horse power Steam engine, the Tozer make on scidds. 1 Flouring Mill with all fixtures. 1 good brood family mare, 10 years ld, in fold from Caughman Bros. blooded Kentucky horse. Will sell any or all of the above property down at unheard of prices. Call and see me at Little Mountain, 3. C. A. N. Boland. NEWBERRY UNION STATION. a.rrival and Departure of Passenger Trains-Effective 12.01 A. K. Sunday, June 7th, 1908. Southern Railway: 9o. 1.5 for Greenville .. .. 8.57a.m. ~o. 18 for Colunmbia .. .. 1.40 p.m. ~o. 11 for Greenville .. .. 3.20 p.m. . o. 16 for Columbia .... .S.47 p.m. C., N. & L. Ry. No. 22 for Columbia .. .. 3.47 a.m. Co. 52 for Greenville .. 12.56 p.m. Co. for Columbia .. . .3.20 p.m. 'No. 21 for Laurens .. . .7.25 p.m. *Does not ran on Sunday This'time table show~s the times at vhich trains may be expeeted to de >art from this station, but their de >arture is not guaranteed and the ine shown is subject to change with mut notice. G. L Robinson, Station Master. BLUE RIDGE SCHEDULES. Eastbound. Pro. .18, leaves Anderson at 6.30 a. u., for connection at Belton with outhern for Greenville. No. 12, from Walhalla. leaves An Lerson at 10.15 a. in., for connection Lt Belton with Southern Railway for solumbia and Greenville. No. 20, leaves Anderson at 2.20 i. in., for connections at Belten with outhern Railway for Greenville." No. 8, daily except Sunday, from Walhalla arrives Anderson 6.24 7i n., with connections at Seneca with outhern Railway from points south No. 10, from Walhalla, leaves An lerson at 4.57 p. mn., for connections Lt Belton with Southern Railway for ireenville and Columbia. Westbound. No. 17, arrives at Anderson at 7.50) t. mn., from Belton with connections ~rom Greenville. No. 9, arrives at Anderson at 1!2.24 >. in., from Belton with connections rom Greenville and Colu mbia. Goes o Waihalla. No. 19, arrives at Anderson at 3.40 . in., ,from Belton with connctions rom Greenville. No. 11, arrives at Anderson at i.29 p. mn.. from Belton with con ;ections from Greenville and Colum >ia. Goes to Walhalla. No. 7. daily except Sunday. leaves L.nderson at 9.20 a. in., for Walhalla. with connections at Seneca for locil 'ints 5.1uth. Nos. 17, 18, 19. and 20 are mnixed rans between Anderson an~d B'Mtor Nos. 7 and 8 are local freight, rains, carrying passengers, betwen tnderson and WaIhalla and betweeu Valhal1a nnl Anderson What G Dwes. It helps you over the hilh It gives you the right star It chases the blues, cle Inspires impulse and appeti It puts you in a cheerful dertake that work, making g But, mark you, good Coff There is little enough of 1 Robust, fuming, aromatic flavor, and harmless stimul: Coffee that. as the Frenc: a cold man warm, a warm i Such Coffee can be had, i We have found it out and earn of the merits of "Barri hur Stock of Fancy an Specialties fi tre arriving and we are in pt nost fastidious with table de Everything' JONES' lapttal $50,000 No Matter How Small, The Newberr lviIl give it careful a tprIlies to the men atl JAS. McINTOSH. President. SOME OF C To be conservative. To pay four per cent. 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