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riOMBTHHIJJIKE. PROVINFAT PIIF.ACHMI OF II YIN I sTo\ oi?l\ si:s M(? K.MKM . Pnum of Citadel Square ItuntM Church Will Vote for the I>N|m? ? *ar>. und I'rge* III?? Cougremiilo'i To IV? !?*?. IXvlnrliig Unit l'.\ *r\ Mind Tiger In the City N Working Fur Prohibition, and That Its Si<e- j oc*? In Charleston at This Thne Would firing Contempt I |m?n the Cause of TcniptfTum*e ami the Law. From The New? and Courier, July 26. First putting himself squarely on record as being In heartiest sympatnv with the Ideals of those who are i working for the prohibition of the liq? uor traffic, the Rev. Howard Le? Jonen, D. D.. pastor of the Clta ;el Square Baptist Church, declared,nev t Chelsea, lr? a sermon preached hi that church last night that he knew Uat a prohibitory lew In Charleston k?t this time would prove a screamine ' fareo. \nd declared his Intention cf voting for the dispensary on the 17th of next August, urging the members Of hie congregation to do likewise, for reasons which he gave. He also aald that he did not be? lieve, despite the Mayor's oft-repeat? ed public utterances to that effect, that the law had been enforced In Charleston as well as the people wanted It enforced, and he urged that the Christian cltlsens organise then selves to 0***0 that It Is enforced. He declard himself strongly against spec 1 .cular methods In the endeavor to work up enthusiasm for prohibition, affirmed that ?.he blind tigers of the etty were united In the effort to have prohibition paaaed In the hope of profiting still more largely thereby, land expressed the belief that for 'genuine prohibitionists to unite with these li??uor traffickers In voting for prohibition In Charleston at this time was to invite contempt upon their cause and the law. Dr. Jongs had as his subject, "Pro? hibition, a Force or a Farce," and he based his sermon upon the scriptural Injunction, "Remember, therefore, from whence thou art fallen, repent and review the first works." The speaker said that no one could eay anything about the evil of the liquor traffic and the troubles, the primes and the sorrows begotten Lv drink which he would not endorse, end he declared that no man wad in heartier sympathy with the idea - sought to be accomplished by prohi? bition. But the net gain of prohibi? tion has been, not In the dry territory /gained, but In the fact that it has kept men from forgetting the awfut neas of the drink evil and has fam lltartsed them with what he beh \ >s to be God's ultimate programme for the earth?with the Ideal of a sober communltv. r But Ideal prohibition should not be confused v Ith prohibition as a prae tlcal means to this splendid end, said Dr. Jones. The enactment of a law lot the destruction of the manufac? ture and sale of liquor Is a very dif? ferent thing from the abstract F desire for the elimination of strong drink from o ir social life, and much harm has been done by the confu? sion of ttn.M?. things It I? thorough? ly unfair to demand that pronlMti >n ?hall accomplish all of its Idealism, that It shall be absolutely enforcod ^better than other laws, or even as well as other laws, but prohibition as a method may be or may not be the le?t method of work towards prohi? bition as an Ideal. There Is nothing saered about prohibition an a n>eth<> I of reaching a splendid, Ood-in: pir ? 1 end. Prohibition as a method mu> pbe absolutely wrong, for as a method It Is dependent upon an Intelligent majority strong enough to enforce tin law when It is enacted. "I am not using the patent argu? ment that prohibition will not prohi? bit. 1 aald the speaker. "It can and 'does prohibit in certain cases. You might as well ask me whether I be? lieve a gun will kill, as to ask me whether I think that prohibition will prohibit. It depends upon the gOH and the man who handles it. and the thing It is aimed at. So .with prohibi? tion. It depends on what Is behind prohibition as to whether It will pro hlblt. Prohibition is no stronger than the moral pusj>os? It represents. It Is a force or a farce, according to tin motive or laek of motive, the moral purpose or lack of moral purpose, tli" Intelligence or laek of Intelligence which it represents. "There Is it superstition which has done a \a^t <l ?I of harm in America, that the way to reform Is to g?-t some? thing In the law t.ks. li in* to me that we people of rii.riiston ought t? know that I here la something more t? be done than to enai I <i law. It la with communities g| with in? dividuals. If a man < MaV - to mt blear-eyed. hiccoughing as an ? I'M of a reeent dehnueh, gad v. il !i canting phrnses says. 'Paator, ' am going to swear off.' and then sings ;i few songs, you don't blame me he cause I am not very hopeful of the reform of that man. If a man comes to me and says. 'I am going to swear off.' and then winks at somebody else and asks for the loan of a dollar, you don't Ma mo me If I don't think much of the chances Of the reform of that man. Put when a ni ii quiet? ly and earne ily GOUIOI to IAC and pwyiy 'I am done with wnlikey,' and 1 belies e that that resolution is back" ?d by moral purpose and religious conviction, i kic I down and pray \. uh him and I hfl f fait!: In him and f| th In Qod that !!?? Will htlp him to earry out hti purpose of reform, "When a eomnvinity v, oi ks it ell I into a frenxy of song-singing, finds it necessary to para ? little children with Iraners thro ^h the streets, saying 'Our FatluiW Are Drunkards.' and sends Its women to the polla to sing songs while men vote, I tremble for the moral purpose that Is repre? sented there. When a community says that It Is going to swear off drinking, and the leader of the party is the man who profit? m >"t by the Illicit ?ale of liquor, you will pardon me if I have some doubt concerning the moral purpose represented by that sort of prohibition. Prohibition to be effective must have 1 ehind it not merely the moral purpose to enact a law, but to enforce It. A community has Just so much capital. Its moral purpose Is its capital, and you can do Just as you please with that capital. You can dissipate It If you wish in a hurrah campaign and not have enough moral purpose left to teach your police the difference between a blu'jk skin and a white skin, between a crap game on East Pay street and an open gambling hell on Meeting street. "May Ood give us the Intelligence, the earnestness, to understand that it , as a waste of splendid endeavor to en? act laws unless we organize ourselves to enforce them. If a law is not en? forced It is worse than a farce; it is a step toward anarchy, a threat to ev? ery other law, and he who proposes It Is no more a friend to temperance than the general Is a friend to his cause who allows himself to be taunt? ed Into fighting a battle with the ene? my under adverse circumstances. If I consider that a prohibitory law in Charleston will make It more lawless, I would regard myself as traltrous to my creed and to all I hold dear If 1 allowed myself, '?or the sake of ap? pearance, to be forced Into voting for it." After pointing to the battle of At? lanta as an Illustration of his mean? ing here Dr. Jones proceded to a dis? cussion of the local conditions as they affect prohibition. "Is prohibition for Charleston a force or a farce?" he asked. "I be? lieve that ultimately It will be a force, that the time will come when we shall regard it as a shame that any man in this fair city shall put the bottle to his neighbor's Hps. But is it at pres? ent as a method to this splendid end likely to prove a force or a farce? I rpely that it will be a screaming farce, and not a force. I think it will be very much the same thing as if a man $5.000 in debt would announce' that he was going to get out of debt by borrowing $10,000. It is like a man struggling for very existence to support five children proposing to adopt an orphanage, with all the re sponslhlllties that went with lt. I want to ask: Will It be enforced? \nd we can answer that question by asking another: What has been done? Have we enforced the laws of limitation which have been upon our Statut*: books? You know, just as I know, that the mayor of this city has said publicly again and again that he is enforcing the laws at pres? ent Just as well as the people want them enforced. I don't believe that is true, but yet the challenge has not been taken up. and you and I know that the present law Is a farce In Charleston. "VVha'. -are we going to do? Take away al limitations and trust that in some mysterious way by the enact? ment of a prohibitory law the condi? tions will be changed? I don't be? lieve It. You and I know perfectly well who are supporting the present prohibition ,. /itation. Some good people?not at all a majority of the best people of Charleston?some good people In alliance with every blind tUer. keeper In Charleston. I knou of my own personal knowledge that a man who has grown wealthy In this town l>\ (b aling in -contraband liquor bus approached two of my personal friends and begged them to vote for prohibition. Are we going to attempt to win a victory with an army, a ma? jority of which will desert at the cru? cial point, make an alliance with the liquor traffic for the sake of the at i Blptod destruction of that traffic? "What have i to propose? First of nil. the wry unpleasant duty on the 17th of AUgUSt of going to the polls and voting for the dispensary, No, I don i like the Idea of it. It Isn't the best thing for Charleston, bui it Is the best thing Charleston hat a chance to vote for just now. I believe that at this ttni" a vote for the dispe nsary in Charleston is a rote against the liquor traffic, and therefore I shall CSSl my ballot In that way.' i>r. Jones then went on to urge that, having VOtOd tO continue the dispensary, the Christian citizens of Charleston should see to It that the law Is enforced. "There are men In this town," he said, "to whose profit It Is to see that it Is not enforced. Not one day In the month, not one day In the season, hut every day in the year they are making the mayor, the oounoll and every man charged with the administration of the law feel the prti ufi of their presence, and it be? hooves you and me gi Christian eitl Keni of this city after we enact ? law on th< 17th of August to see to it by all the po r of our Influence that It snail be reasonably well enforced." '. his, he ; rgued, it was possible to do, add Closed with the hope that "Q >d may help ui that conscientiously end Intelligently we shall make whatever sacrifice good citizenship demands to the end that we shall he g law-abid? ing people." PRIZES FOR IMPROVEMENT. School Improvement Association of South Carolina Will Give $2,000 to Rural Schools That Make Most Im? provement. The following communication from the South Carolina School Improve? ment Association gives the number, amount and conditions of awarding of the prizes: The South Carolina School Im? provement Association offers thirty five prizes to the schools of the State for the most decided material im? provement made during a given length of time. Five of the prizes are to be $100 each, and thirty are to be $50 each. Regulations con? cerning the thirty-five prizes that are to be awarded by this association are as follows: 1. Improvements must be made between November 1st, 1908, and De? cember 10th, 1909. 2. Prizes will be awarded to school where the most decided ma? terial Improvements have been made during the time mentioned. 3. Under material improvements ere included local taxation, consolida t.on, new buildings, repairing and painting old ones, libraries, reading rO'*ms or tables, interior decorations, beautifying yards, and better geneva! equipment. 4. No school can compete for ui.'.v of these prizes unless it is a rural school. No town with more thaiv 400 population shall be eligible to the contest. 5. All who wish to enter this cor-.i test must send names and descrip? tions of schools before improvements are made to the president prior to October 1st. C. All descriptions, photographs and other evidences showing im? provements must be sent to the pres? ident bofore December 15th, 1909 The chairman of the Board of Trus? tees of any school that is competing for a prize must approve all descrip? tions before and after improvements are made. 7. Blanks will be sent to schools competing for the above prizes with ouestions to be answered relating to Hie conditions under which the im? provements have been made. 8. Prizes will be awarded in checks at the annual meeting of the Smith aCrolina Association, Decem? ber 31st, 1909. The prizes are to be used for further improvements in the schools receiving them. Address all communications to Miss Theodosia Dargan, President South Carolina School Improvement Asso? ciation, Dalzell, Sumter County, S. C. The fact that Sumter County has already won four prizes from this as? sociation should be an incentive to greater improvements this year than have ever been made in a year. There only remains a few months before the prizes will be awarded; but within those four or five months an im? mense amount of improvement can be made In our rural schools Let every school in Sumter County, and other counties, compete for one of these prizes. No one in the wildest of flights of imagination could say that the Times is an advocate of pistol toting, but wo do think that the number of houses in this country left unprotect? ed is shocking. Very probably the man of the house Is carrying the pis? tol In his hip pocket to make him feel like a lord of creation while the wife and mother has to protect herself, her children and the family propert) from mauraders by trusting to inse? cure locks and bolts. Many an acci? dent and tragedy that has occurred in this country would never have oc? curred if the man of the house had left the pistol at home for his wife or mother to defend the premises with or if he had provided such defense ror them. Bvery woman who is expected to hold the fort at home should have guns end ammunition at hand and learn the use Of them. One sniff Of burned powder would have saved chapters of tragedy and horror In many eases. Keep the gull at home, I e sure that every one of the women and children there can us.- it.?Flor i nee Times. * Beared With a Hot Iron. Or scalded by Overturned kettle ? (ut with a knife?bruised by slam? med door?injured by gun or in any other way?the thing needed at once Ig Bucklen's Arnica Salve to subdue inflammation and kill the pain. It's earth's supreme healer, Infallible for Bolls, Ulcers, Fever Sores, Eczema and Piles. 25c at Slbert's Drug Store. Attend the Institutes. Our Observation convinces us that the failure of the farmers' institute to sometimes accomplish that good which might reasonably be expected, is more frequently due to the farm Ms themselves than to any fault of the Institute; but it is not denied thai Institute lecturers have not always fully measured up to their opportu? nities an?i responsibilities as teachers of practical agriculture. The chief cause for the failure of the institute system to do the full amount of good possible is the Well-known conserva? tism of the tillers of the soil, or their dislike and reluctance to change their methods of doing things. It is very much easier for all of us to do our work the old way in which long "practice has made us perfect;" and a new way which is much better, and which after practice is also much easier, may at first be very much more difficult than the old way with which we are familiar. This accounts for our tendency to get into "ruts" and stay there. If the institutes are going to ma? terially aid us, we must avoid the common error of concluding that methods which have been demon? strated as practicable and effective by others on their farms will not also be practical and helpful on ours. We have repeatedly heard men state that such and such crops would not grow on their farms, and later the very same persons making these state? ments have grown these very same crops successfully and profitably. We have also frequently known men to try a crop, an implement or a method of cultivating or preparing the land and after one trial conclude that "it was not practical under their condi? tions''; but later, from further trial, they learned that these new things were s practicable and helpful that they adopted them. "What others are doing I can do," is a good motto In such matters. If implements or meth? ods have proved generally profitable on other farms, they are likely to be of value to any man growing simi? lar crops, if given a proper trial. No institute lecturer is likely to ad? vocate anything he has not tried, or anything which hundreds have not already found valuable and are using 'under similar conditions to yours; therefore, if your experience differs greatly from that of others the chances are that the fault is not in the crop, the implement, or the meth? od, but in your management of it. If it is of great value to others, we should try hard to make it of value to us. Nine odt of every ten who have attended the institutes are ready to admit that they have received much benefit from them, and they continue to attend them regularly ev? ery year. If the institutes are help? ful to those who attend them, they I would be equally helpful to the great? er number who do not attend. If it pays a good farmer to attend the in? stitutes?and this is the kind that generally go to them?it will pay all farmers to attend them.?Progressive Farmer. ?If you are all run down Foley's Kidney Remedy wili help you. It strengthens the kidneys so they will eliminate the impurities from the blood that depress the nerves, and cause exhaustion, backache, rheuma? tism and urinary irregularities, which sap the vitality. Do not delay. Take Foley's Kidney Remedy at once. W. W. Sibert The Girl For Us. We've tendered an ode to the girl graduate, we have lauded her loudly and strong; but now we Intend, if it isn't too late, to alter the tone of our song. We want to pay homage and tribute and love to the girl who can spread out a meal?the hard-work? ing, patient but sweet-hearted dove who never will grumble nor squeal. > She doesn't gad about in a snowy white dress and issue her lordly com? mands; she works in the kitchen, I'm proud to confess, and isn't afraid of her hands. The girl graduate you may have if you care?I'm glad if you're stuck on your deal, but always and ever we're ready to swear by the girl who can cook a square meal.? That's me?Jack Bailey. ?For Indigestion and all stomach trouble take Foley's Orino Laxative as it stimulates the stomach and liver and regulates the bowels and will pos? itively cure habitual constipation. W. W. Sibert. The injunction issued by Thursday by Judge Prltchard at Ashevlle, x. (\, will t? st the legality of the ord >r issued by the railroad commissioners of south Carolina, requiring the A. C. Ii., railway to' operate two unmixed trains daily between Conway, s. c. and Chadbourn, X. C. ?The best remedy we know of In all cases of Kidney and Bladder trouble and the one we always can recommend, Is DeWltt's Kidney and Bladder Bills. They are antiseptic ami at once assist the kidneys to per? form their important work. But when you ask for these pills be positiv?' that you get DeWltt's Kidney and Bladder Pills. There are imitations placed upon sale to deceive you. Get DeWltt's. Insist upon them, and If your dealer cannot supply you?re? fuse anything else in place of them. Sold by all druggists. Kart Bdiaffner & Marx's Beautiful New Building;. The very handsome picture of Hart Schaffner & Marx's magnificent tu w building, now in process of construc? tion In Chicago, which The 1>. J. Chandler Clothing Co., are displaying In their window i- attracting much attention. This building will in some respi cts be the most remarkable of the kind In the world, not in height and space ?although it will be thirteen sbnies and will afford a floor space equiva? lent to eight ; eres?but in beauty and conveniences. Tin. floors on which clothing will 1." carried are to he absolutely dust proof. This is accomplished by seal? ing all windows and passing the air through water before it enters the room. A ventilating system of the same kind will be provided for the health of the employes. A refrigerat? ing system will cool the air and ster? ilize and cool the drinking water. There will be pneumatic tubes for sending mail by compressed air from one part of the house to another; spiral chutes, 9 fet In diameter, from the top story to the basement, for dispatching shipments, both freight and express, automatic fire-alarms and sprinklers, and other modern equipment. The building will contain only the offices, stock floors and cuttin; rooms; no manufacturing will be car? ried on there, but will be done in other large buildings located in dif? ferent parts of the city. The new building is in the heart of the business district of Chicago, and when competed will be accessible to those who wish to visit it as one of the interesting points in the city. The me as a School of Good Man ners. Not long ago I visited a home where such exceptionally good breed ing prevailed and such fine manners were practised by all the members of the family that it made a great im pression upon me. This home is the most remarkable school of good manners, refinement and culture generally I have ever been in. The parents are bringing up their children to practice their best manners on all occasions. They do not know what company manners mean. The boys have been taught to treat their sisters with as much deference as though they were stranger guests. The politeness, courtesy and consider? ation which the members of this fam? ily show toward one another are most refreshing and beautiful. Coarseness, fcruffness, lack of delicacy find no place there. Both boys and girls have been trained from infancy to make them? selves interesting and to entertain and try to make others happy. The entire family make it a rule to dress before dinner in the evening, just as they would if special company were expected. / % Their cable manners are especially marked. At table every one is sr.p posd to be at his best, not to bring any greaeh, or a long or sad face to it, but to contribute his best thought, his wittiest sayings, to the conversa? tion. Every member of the family is expected to do his best to make the meal a really happy occasion. The?e Is a sort of rivalry to see who can be the most entertaining or contribute the spiciest hits of conversation. There is no indication of dyspepsia in this family, because every one is train? ed to laugh and be happy, and laugh? ter Is a fatal enemy of indigestion. The etiquet;e of the table is also strictly observed. Every member of the family tries to do just the proper thing and always to be mindful of others' rights. Kindness seems to be practiced for the joy of it, not for the sake of creating a good impres? sion on friends e>r acquaintances. There is in this home an air of pecu? liar refinement which is very charm? ing. The ehi dren are early taught to greet callers and guests cordially, heartily, in real Southern, hospitable fashion, and to make them feel that they are very welcome. They are taught to make -very one feel com? fortable and at home, so that there will be no sense of restraint.?Sucees Magazine. ?People with chronic bronchitis, asthma ami lung trouble, will find great relief and comfort in Foley's Honey and Tar, and can avoid suffer? ing by commencing to take it at once. W. W. Sibert, As the result of the finding B skull, a hat and a bait can, thought to he of (\ s. Pringles who disappear? ed July Levl Chavous, a negro was carried t ? Alken Thursday and lodged in jail, charged with tiie murder of Cringles. Chavous had made th against Prlngh s. TAKE NOTICE. ?All persons are recommended to take Poley's Kidney Remedy for backache, rheumatism, ami kidney and bladder trouble, it will quickly correct urinary Irregularities which, if neglected, may develop into a se? rious illness. It will restore health and strength. Do not neglect signs of kidney or bla hier trouble and risk Bright's disease or diabetes. W. W. Sibert. To Make Slate F!aj;s. Oovernor Aneel is advocating the lite of the State Hag to a great extent Nearly every child knows the nation? al Hag, hut very few know the State Rag. Up to th^ present time there has 1 eon great difficulty in getting a State Sag. Mr. C. B. Doggett, director of the textile department of (Memon Col? lege, has written to the governor that hll department will manufacture State Hays during the coming year. This will enable the people of the State to secure liags without any diffi? culty; at the present time it \m a very hard matter to buy one. Special or? ders have to be given to Northern firms. The palmetto tree is to be used in design of the flag. Governor Ansel .suggested that the one used on the Columbia State be used. While attempting to cross Shoal Creek on a loot-log, in a remote part of Yancey County, N. 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