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^^Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1906 One Dollar a Yearj^||||
: Y ' , TftAT EXPRESS ROBBERY.
The Pouch from Augusta That Contained $18,000
and Which is Missing Was Transferred
% at Columbia.
Columbia, January 5.?It has just been
i ' discovered that $18,000 has been stolen
from the Southern or Adams Express
}; ~ conJpanies. The money was sent from
: -K Augusta and consigned to New York,
and was transferred in Columbia. For
this reasons an investigation is being
made here, as well as in Washington and
r* * ' " - w?? VA?lr Tha mnnev and. it is 8aid
AVt?? *MV ? j , other
valuables, were in a poach shipped i
ti6in Augusta. In Columbia the express j
from Augusta is always transferred to the
Jacksonville-New York express and again
transferred to the Adams Express Com* j
1 ?Y.. pany, in Washington, for shipment to
12 New York. The money was transferred
V w here last Saturday, and last Monday,
when the pouch should have been deliv,
$ "$ ered in New York it was missing. The
' express officials claim that the seal wasj
intact when the pouch was delivered
there unless a person had duplicate seals,
and for that reason the investigation now
going on there is most rigid.
- Mr. T. W. Leary, the general manager
Express Company, is
now in Columbia, with his private secre*
^ tary, Mr. H. M. McCollough. The headquarters
are in Atlanta, and the fact that
officials are here, shows that the invesligation
has started in Columbia.
Mr. McCollough was seen this mornling.
MI know nothing about the affair,
-v -fn?t what the newsoaners have al
Iagfe;1'ready published" he said. Mr. McCollough
admitted that the money was miss:
ing, and that an investigation was now
being made. The receipts all along the
line showed up correctly, bat generally
! / happens in robberies of this kind. "The
money was simply transferred here from
one train to another," said Mr. McCollough,
"and the Colombia force did not
handle it except to check over the re'
Mr.Fant, the route agent here, had
ging Editor "Kan Mad."
a of managing editors are past
i, and truly the managing edio
have run mad of late on the
personal journalism, which is a
r of referring to newspaper
dicks its nose where it has no
pneof the latest and worst exowed
on the official announceither
day of Miss Roosevelt's
t to Representative Longmy
of the Washington correwere
inundated with demands |
rtories, bet the limit was the I
local man who received a tel
S?ilow8: "Write Immediately a
I interview of Kick Longwe
on race suicide." Needless
loiy has not been sent yet ?
(Ba.yitem.
Not on the Bill.
stout podgy individual liable
led early in the morning?
abject to indigestion, and hel
| the dining room in anything
ace says the Pittsburg Dishotel
was new and the prices
idlowed. Their stiff front
guest still more,
to the freshly imported whiteimy
at his side, he said:
yon people any conscience
0 answer his face grew red
ted oat:
ice! Conscience! Have you;
mce?conscience?conscience
ees not on ze bill eet ees
1 for," suavely replied the imBse
of Non Compos,
i lawyer of Baltimore who
loan?*9 ?,* ummH * vflrHirrt
-m,pmnj wwww ?? w .? ? ??
' in favor of an Irishman charged with assault
with intent to kilL The lawyer sev
- cored his client's acquittal on the ground
;V of temporary insanity. Counsel and
client did not meet for several months
after the release of the accused. When
they did meet the following conversation
, ensued:
"Well, Mike, isn't it about time yon
:mf handed me that #500T
"Whm ?500>?
4 ' > > "Why, the fee of $500 that you proms.
lied me t should have if I saved you from
Im the penitentiary?"
\ "Shore an' did I promise ye that? I
K don't remember."
t - "Don't remember! Why, you were so
X grateful that you promised me over and
;oTera^ain that I should have it within a
^"V'vMikegave a sickly smile. "Shore, I
v . think the claim is not a good wan," said
i ie: "ye know, I was crazy thin!"
!%;; A GRIM TRAGEDY
ft. daily enacted, in thousands of homes,
: ah death claims, in each one, another
* -victim of consumption or pneumonia.
> But when coughs and colds are properly
j . treated, the tragedy is averted. P. G.
-..Siuntley, of Oaklandon, Ind., writes:
^"My wife had consumption and three
? -doctors gave her np. Finally she took
? Dr. King's New Discovery for consump'
tion, coughs and colds, which cured her,
: v and today she is well and strong." It
% kills the germs of all diseases. One dose
relieves. Guaranteed at 50c and $1.00 by
B. Black and H. F. Hoover. Trial
tottlefree.
K? X/" ,
IN THE PALMETTO STATE.
INTERESTING OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quick Reading '
Pungent Paragraphs About Men
and Happenings. 1
Missouri capitalists are to establish a
thirty-five ton ice plant in Greenville.
Mrs. E. S. Mixson has been reappointed j
postmaster at Barnwell by President ;
Roosevelt.
nisnAnspr "Rishnn was tried in the ses
sions court at Spartanburg this week and \
found guilty of violating the dispensary
law in the conduct of his beer dispensary.
Col. John Bell Towill will resign his
position on the State board of dispensary
directors, and accept a position with the
Armour Packing Company. He will have ]
an office in Columbia. '
An election on the dispensary question ,
was held in Laurens county Tuesday.
The full vote is not in, and while the anti- '
dispensary vote is ahead so far, the odds 1
are in favor of the dispensary. j
H. F. Wright, a young white man of i
Gaffney, was killed in Spartanburg last (
Monday night by falling from the train.
The wheels of the car passed over his 1
body, almost severing it. The man was I
supposed to have been drinking. i
The constitutionality of the firice law, <
under which counties have been voting (
out dispensaries, has been attacked in the
State Supreme Court, and the case was 1
argued before the court last Monday, i
?!11 La tiTifK i ntor.
j. mj ueuiuiuu mix uc awaitw
est. j
John Goldman, a section hand in the (
Mollohon cotton mills at Newberry, was
dangerously cut last Saturday morning '
by Kobt. Seymour, another employee.
Goldman was cut twice in the back. The
difficulty occurred in the spinning room
of the mill.
Dr. E. S. McDow, a practicing physician
of Lancaster, shot and seriously
wounded J. Hasel Witherspoon in that
town last Saturday. Witherspoon was
manager of a large mercantile establishment,
and he and McDow had some
words over a lamp which the doctor had
ordered and the store did not deliver.
McDow struck at Witherspoon. and another
clerk named Brown Knocked Mc- <
Dow down. He arose and commenced
firing. One bullet entered Witherspoon's
lungs, and his condition is serious. Mc- i
Dow was arrested and taken to jail. He
fired shree shots, and had two pistols. /
Child HH^Tith Axe. i
Gaffney, Jan. 4.?A little two-year- |
old son of Mr. Little Humphries, who i
lives out on the road to Pacolet a mile or '
two from this city, met with a very pain- ,
[ ful accident this afternoon that may cost ;
him his life.
Mrs. Humphries was out in yard after 1
dinner, trimming some shrubbery with an \
axe, and the' child which was playing
nearby, approached her just in time to receive
the implement in its little head as
sheidrew back to make a stroke <
A physician was hurriedly sent for and
he went at once and did what he could for !
the unfortunate boy. j
The gash was a severe one and the <
wound is serious, but by careful nursing 1
the child may yet recover.
Btda't it Stop?
; A well-known New Yorker applied
some time ago at Saint Bartholomew's i
parish house for a good Irish girl as maid.
She came well recommended. But his
ideas of property were somewhat rudely
jolted when, one morning, while she was ;
dusting about the room, he heard her
burst into a loud guffaw. She was standing,
shaking with laughter, jwith arms
akimbo, in front of' the figure of a little
red devil with his thumb at his nose and
fingers outspread.
uScu8e me, sor," gurgled she, "ferlaffiu
but I cudn't help it. It made me think of
me sister." *
"And why?" ventured the curious gentleman.
"Well, sor, me sister jist arrived from
Ireland lahst wake, and me and some
fri'nds tould her that was the way to stop
a throlley-car whin yez want to git on.
And, sor,?excuse me fer laffln', sor,?
she stnd at ther corner of Broadway and
Chambers Street fer a half hour doin'
that to ivery motorman that come along,
till the cop tould her if she didn't stop it
and move on he'd arrisl her.*" And the
girl went off into roars of mirth.
GREATLY IN DEMAND.
Nothing is more in demand than a
medicine which meets modern requirements
for a blood and system cleanser,
such as Dr. King's New Life Pills. They i
are just what yon need to cure stomach i
and liver troubles. Try them. At J. B.
Black's and H. F. Hoover's. 25c, guar- <
anteed.
He Was Detained.
"I'd have been out ten days sooner,"
said the man, who had just been liberated J
from prison, "If it hadn't been for the ,
chaplain." 1
"And what did he have to do with it?" :
was asked:
"It was him that had me detained up 1
there. He comes to my cell one afternoon 1
to see how I was getting on and after a !
little he asks;
"And what crime did you commit, my
man, that they sent you here?
" Tt was highway robbery, your rever
ence,' says I, 'and now give me your con- <
fidence and tell me what you are in for.'" ;
^
SPOILED HER BEAUTY. i
Harriet Howard, of V- 34th St., New
York, at one time.had her beauty spoiled
with skin trouble. She writes: "I had i
salt rheum or eczema for years, but noth- <
ing would cure it, until I used Bucklen's
Arnica 8alve." A quick and sure healer
for cuts, burns and sores. 25c at J. B.
Black's and H. F. Hoover's.
WANTS ULMER'S JOB.
W. H. Mixson of Sycamore, Recommended to
the Governor.
Gov. Heyward has received a petition
signed by about 250 people asking him to
appoint W. H. Mixon, of Sycamore, to
succeed S. E. Ulmer, recontly suspended
from his office on the recommendation
of Sheriff Creech on account of his apparent
indifference in the matter of the lynching
of two negroes near Ulmers. The
petitions have been sent to Senator G. H.
Bates to be submitted to the members of
the Barnwell delegation.
At the Opera House.
The Crescent Comedy Ca will fill a
week's engagement at the Folk opera
house, commencing Monday, January 15.
This organization, the principals of which
ire not strangers here, have received
much favorable comment from the press
and public alike, and will doubtless draw
a large attendance during their engagement
. The initial offering on Monday
evening will be the pleasing four act
comedy drama, "The Turnof the Dice,"
the scenes of which are laid in New York
and Cripple Creek, Colo. The story is
cne compelling interest, replete with crisp
dialogue, strong situations, quick action
and pure humor, while the climaxes
never fail to bring down the house. The
piece has a good moral, and contains
several strong character types, and gives
each member of ?the excellent cast an
rwrvnnrtnnif.v r?f enntribntinir to the nleas
?* ?V ? 7 o x
are of the audience. Aside from the
cherriment and good feeling occasioned
by witnessing this charming presentation,
uncommonly good specialties, including
the celebrated Hawthprne Sisters, Carl
and ?. L. Been, and marvelous moving
pictures, will be rendered between acts.
Popular prices will prevail. Ladies free
Monday night with one paid admission.
Cost of the White House.
The White House, the residence of the
president and his family, up to date has
cost about $8,000,000, of ; which nearly
one-third has been paid for furniture and
interior decorations. Originally the
state of Virginia gave $180,000 to build
it, Maryland adding $72,000. To maintain
the White House costs from $25,000
to $50,000 a year, the appropriation for
this purpose varying considerably. But
every now and then there is something
extra to be paid for, and congress is called
on to give an extra $30,000 to $50,000.
The biggdBt pull of this kind ever made
was for $550,000, which was spent two
pears ago in a partial reconstruction of
the interior and in the addition of winglike
terraces and an office building. Every
now and then a new set of china has
to be provided, and usually that costs
about $15,000.
County Expenses.
Below will be found a statement of the
expenses of the county for the year 1905,
also the income. This shows a balance
on band, after paying all expenses, of
$5,527.70, which, it is believed, will put
the county of debt and save the necessity
of borrowing money this year. This
statement does not include the dispensary
profits for the month of December,
which amount to $1,200 or more:
I EXPENSES.
Court expenses $2,212.05
Roads and bridges 1,886.63
Stationery and advertising? 344.24
Jail expenses 119.34
Salaries 4,439.00
Magistrates and constables and
mileage 1,783.66
Chain gang ., 2,411.88
Insurance on court bouse and
jail 220:00
Paupers 933.50
Stamps 163.50
Interest on borrowed money... 230.00
Board of assessors....... .... 87.85
Lunatics 73.47
Teachers' examinations 22.20
Miscellaneous 261.27
$14^87.89
RECEIPTS.
Taxes for 1905( when collected) $11,351.88
Dispensary profits for Dec.
1904 to Dec. 1905 7,898.71
Magistrate's fines 559.Q0
Clerk of court's fines an# licenses
585.00
Commutation left on hand
January 1,1906. 221.80
$20,215.59
Total expenses 14,587.89
Balance 5,527.70
No settlement has been made with Enterprise
Bank of Charleston for interest
on daily deposits.
A Visit to Bamberg.
By the way, it was my privilege recently
?". now o onnrt visit tn thfl anil an Hp*r
to my heart. For this great pleasure i
am indebted to the Baptist saints of Bamberg,
at whose instance I preached there
on the first Sabbath in December. I
found them a noble band. My heart lingers
jwith them. Could I have seen otherwise,
I might have been in the way of
the Fostering care, I understand they are
about to enjoy. Tell him, dear Courier,
to take good care of that flock, which
care they so much deserve,^or he may
hear in no very distant day?not the marriage
bells, no doubt his wish (?) but some
other kind, a B. to his sorrow. May
God's special blessings be ever upon that
uew pastor and his noble people, the
saints of Bamberg.?J. A. Bell in the
Baptist Courier.
SICKENING SHIVERING FITS
of ague and malaria, can be relieved and
cured with Electric Bitters. This is a
pure, tonic medicine; of especial benefit
in malaria, for it exerts a true curative
influence on the disease, driving it entirely
out of the system. It is much to
be preferred to quinine, having none of
this drug's bad after effects. E. S. Munday
of Henrietta, Tex., writes: "My
brother was very low with malarial fever
and jaundice, till he took Electric Bitters,
which saved his life. At J. B. Black's and
H. F. Hoover's; price 50c, guaranteed.
COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS.
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
News Items Gathered Ail Around
the County and Elsewhere.
Ehrhardt Etchings.
Ehbhardt, January 8.?1905 has gone,
apd many changes have been recorded
during the year. Some of these records
are of a pleasant nature and makes us
reioice everv time we think of them.
Others are records of loved ones that left
us never more to return, leaving us behind
to mourn their absence. Records of
golden moments, that should have been
spent useful that are lost, irretrievably
lost, for ns to think about in 1906. We,
however, must make the best of the present
and future and when 1907 comes let
our records in 1906 be such as we will not
be ashamed to recall.
J. M. Dannelly & Co. are the successors
of J. M. Dannelly. Livery, furniture, and
general merchandise, all in one.
Dr. J. L. Copeland has taken Dr. Coleman,
of Olar, in as his partner.
Dr. J. H. Roberts will leave for his new
work near Rock Hill, as soon as he can
get away. He is detained on account of
one of his children's illness.
Misses Zula and Sadie McElhaney, of
Smoaks, spent several days with Mrs. J. D.
Padgett.
Col. C. Ehrhardt and Mr. W. I. Carter
went on a business trip to Augusta, Oa.,
last week.
Mr. 0. P. Folk was in town on Saturday
looking after some business.
Rev. P. E. Monroe preached a fine sermon
Sunday morning in Ehrhardt Lutheran
church to an attentive audience, and
administered communion to the congregation
after the sermon. Rev., there
must have been something unusual to
tell you last Sunday, as I saw a young
man very attentive to your horse. Ha!
ha! Such requests for your services
makes young men do funny things when
they have to impart the news of such
agreements to you.
Several drummers were in town last
week selling our merchants dry goods.
Some have bought large bills and expect
to do a large business during 1Q96.
Our'merchants are busy figuring up
their business for last year, trying to find
out how mucl^ they have made.
Mr. G. B. Kinard will keep books for
Mitchum Bros, this year.
An old darkey came in the store on
Saturday afternoon and called for Mr.
Frank Copeland. When Mr. Copeland
was called, he asked the old man what he
wanted. He replied: uMr. Copeland,
take this nickle and boy you a little
chicken, and raise it. I promised you a
chicken when you got married, but I can't
raise any chickens. When asked why
the old man said, "Because I eat them so
fast." ,
Miss Juanita Kinsey, of Bamberg, is
spending some time with her brother,
Mr. Charlie Kinsey. Jee.
Colston Dots.
Colston, January 8.?We have been
having very fine weather for the last few
days. ...
We are very sorry to note the illness
of Miss Minnie Fender, and hope she |
will soon recover. . j
Miss Adrene Padgett, who has been
attending the Fitting School at Bamberg,
spent Christmas at her home, bat she has
returned to her school.
Miss Clara Smith of BishopviIle,_who
has charge of the Colston school, spent
Christmas at her home, bat she has returned
to begin her school.
Cards are oat announcing the marriage
of Miss Amanda Bishop to Mr. Ben McMillan
Sunday afternoon at three o'clock,
January 14th.
Colston Callings.
Colston, January 9?We have been
having some very pretty weather for the
past few days.
We are glad to know that Mrs. Lola
McMillan, who has been so'ill, is gradually
improving.
Messrs. Charlie All and Velas Beard,
of Ulmers, spent Sunday with Mr. J. B.
All and family.
Rev. W. W. Glover, of Augusta, filled
his regular appointment at Colston
church Sunday last.
Misses Anniebell and Azalee Darnell
soent Xmas with their cousins, Mr. and
Mrs, S. P. Chisolm and family.
. Miss Rebecca Thomas, of 8moaks, is
visiting friends on Colston.
Mrs. Lillie Owens and son, of Barnwell,
spent last week with relatives and
friends on Colston.
Miss Sarah Beard, of Colston, has just
returned home from a visit to her aunt,
Mrs. S. M. Brown, of Ehrhardt.
Mrs. Wilmot Sandifer and sister, Pauline,
of Bamberg, spent Sunday last with
their mother, Mrs. S. W. Clayton, of
Colston.
Shot Himself in Blackyille.
Barnwell, January 6?News has
reached here that yesterday about, noon
Mr. G. D. C. Lang, a very prominent
merchant of Blackville, accidentally shot
himself while cleaning his revolver, the
ball entering his mouth and ranging upwards.
At this writing Mr. Lang has regained
consciousness, but there is very little
hope of his recovery.
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MAJ. E. R. HAYS DEAD. e
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A Gallant Soldier and Public-spirited Citizen t<
Goes to Rest After Months of Suffering. si
Maj. E. R. Hays is dead. This simple n
announcement will bring genuine grief 0
to many people in Bamberg and sur- h
rounding counties, for bis circle of friends n
and acquaintances was large, and all ad- **
mired and respected the man for his a
ereat worth. 8I
The end came peacefully at his reai- 11
dence in this city last Monday morning 81
about eleven o'clock, after months of suf- &
fering. Last spring the death of his life- 81
long friend and companion, Gen. F. M. i{
Bamberg, had a very depressing effect on ^
him, and a few weeks later, after a trip K
to Florida, he was taken sick. For some "
time he thought lightly of it, and kept r(
up and going about, but it was not long T
before he was forced to take his bed, v
from which he never arose. For months
he has lain there, getting weaker each 0
day, bnt fighting the battle bravely, as e
he met the problems of life. For months a
he had realized that he could not recover, c
yet he did not murmur or complain. Like *
the brave, true man he was, he calmly 1
awaited the summons to come up higher. *
When the final summons came, his Btrong *
will kept his mind clear, and he was *
conscious almost to the last breath. Al- 1
though his body was weakened by months *
of suffering, his mind was active, and his I
soul went outlto meet its God unafraid
and with confidence that all was well, *
The funeral took place at the residence 1
yesterday morning at ten o'clock, and it *
was largely attended, many being here 1
from a distance to pay their tribute of 1
r<wncrt to on n nhnm tV*qtt Vio^ knAtrn 1
and honored in life. Many colored peo- 1
pie were also present, for he was chari- *
table and friendly to all. The floral 1
tributes were many and beautiful, some fi
of the very handsomest we have ever 1
seen. The interment was at South End
Cemetery, and the services, both at the
residence and grave, were conducted by. /
Rev. G. P. Watson.
The pall bearers were: Honorary:
H. J. Brabham, S. W. Johnson, T. J.
Counts, J. D. Copeland, J. A. Byrd, J. ?
G. H. Guess, S. D. M. Guess, J. P. Murphy, c
Thos. Black, J. D. Felder, Jos. Dickinson. c
Active: Jones A. Williams, C. R. n
Brabham, Jno. H. Cope, G. Frank Bam- it
berg, H. C. Folk, C. B. Free, G. Moye'd
Dickinson, E. C. Bruce. a
Maj. Hays is survived by his wife, (who'
was a Miss Cooner) and a number of j
ehildren, grand children, and other rela- b
tives. His children are: R.M. andAlf. t
G. Hays, of Greenwood; N. R. Hays, of *
Apalachacola, Fla.; E. R. Hays, of this tl
place; Mrs. J. A. Spann, Mrs. M. L. n
Counts, and Miss Addys Hays, all of e
Bamberg, h
Maj. Hays was born about two miles t]
above town, on the old homestead where
he lived until about fifteen years* ago. v
when he retired frorp active businessnna li
moved to town. Since that time he has c
devoted his attention to his various in- it
vestments and to unselfish work for the t
good of the town and community. He I
was active and prominent in all the pub- \
lie affaire of the town, and the Bamberg |
Banking Company owes its organization
years ago to him, and many other of the
town's enterprises had his hearty support
and encouragement. Maj . Hays was
not a man to talk mnch of what he was
going to do. He always went ahead with
an enterprise and spent little time in
talk. He was largely interested in the
cotton mill and was president for years.
He was vice president and a member of
the board of directors of the Baxnberg
Banking Company. Maj. Hays was .
mayor of the town for the years 1900 and
1901, and daring his administration much
good and permanent work was done on
the streets, and through his influence
$2,000 was appropriated by the city council
to improve the roads leading into
town. He was an earnest advocate of
good roads, and did good work jdong
this line.
Maj. Hays was a modest and retiring
man, and while he could have held any
public office in the gift of the people of
this county, still he never served in any
position except mayor of the town, and
this was forced on him. Bat Ife was always
ready to work for the public good,
preferring to do his duty quietly and to
show results.
While still a young man Maj. Hays
went to Kansas and served under Col.
Stringfellow during the slavery troubles
in that state. Soon after he returned,
home, the war between the States broke
out and he at once enlisted and served
throughout the struggle with ability. B
Returning home, he did valiant service d
in this section in straightening oat af- a
fairs and ridding oar State of the rale of L
the carpet baggers and negroes. Up to
the time of his death he was one who *
was faithfal to the principles of the
"Lost Cause," and attended all the re- r
anions of Confederate veterans whenever ^
possible. No Confederate soldier ever
appealed to him for help in vain. No p
matter if the man was somewhat unworthy,
if he had made a good soldier, &
this recommendation was sufficient for
Maj. Hays to aid him with his money and g
in any other way he coold.
The writer esteems it an honor and a n
privilege to have known each a man and 1
to have been intimate with him to some
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xtent. We enjoyed his confidence to
ome degree and onr friendship has ex-*
snded uninterruptedly through the last -f.
even years. We say truly that we hate ever
known a more high-minded, patri- >
tic, brave and true man. He squared . .
is actions towards all mankind by the
ales of faith, love and charity, and he *
ore malice to no man. His actions were -
1 ways open and above board, and he .^Sh
?oke his mind freely and frankly on
ten ana measures wnen the necessity ??j|
rose. Maj. Hays was no policy man.
[e never did anything for effect. Once rxj
itisfled that a line of doty was right and
ist, he followed it fearlessly and con*- ' ^
istently. We sometimes differed on % .riM
tatters of a public nature, hot it nettr'-'
1 the least affected the cordiality of oar SgM
clations. We often went to him for adice,
and he always gave it frankly and
rithont any quibble.
Although not a public speaker, he was sae
of the most interesting talkers we :
ver listened to. He read a great deal
nd was well informed on the leading
luestions ot-the day. Confederate his- i
ory and the earlier history of the State / ;
vas his delight, and many pleasant -!
lours have we spent in his company lis- .
ening to him converse on these subjects.
llaj. Hays was a born leader of men, *
md no one could could come under the
iphere of his influence without being impressed
with this characteristic.
Had he lived until next June he would /
lave been seventy years old. Thus ends
i useful life. Mav the records of our-':
ives be such as his. Possibly he .made / ^
nistakes?who does not? Bat he lived a :
ligh-toned, honorable life, facing probems
with courage and honesty, and he *
icted not for public applause or approval,
mt because it was right. He loved his
own, his county, his State, and, above J
ill, his fellow man, and he will be sadly
oissedbyusalL,
RAISING BABIESAT $1,000 PER. jf
Li Each VWt of the Stork an Iowa Farmer ^
Receives a Check from His Father *
in Germany.
Eldoba, Ia. December 28.?With every
isit of the stork to his home in Boiler
ounty, George Cramer, a farmer, gets a v |
heck for $1,000 from his father in Geraany,
and the stork has paid twelve vis- .
is. Although he has not been more or
linarily successful at raising crops, Cra- ' .yjs
ler has cleared $12,000 raising babies. M
Cramer came to Iowa from Germany
without a cent fie had rich relative#
ack in the old country, but he preferred
o make his own way as a tiller of the
oil. When the first little one came to 4 ^
tie Cramer home the old father in Ger- J
lany was so well pleased that he forward- 7*$?
d a check for $1,000, and declared that '
e would dnplirate it with each visit of fj
tie stork. ;M
By thrift and economy Craiher has in- , - m
ested the stork money from the Bather' . J|
uid until to-dav he is the oossessor of a^'-^^K
omfortable bank'account, and nowhere :||
n the State is there a happier fapallytban
hat of the German who would delight ^
Resident Roosevelt's heart?New York ; ^J|3
Vorld.
Union Meeting at Spring Branch.
The union meeting of the seopp%?3 v
livision of Barnwell Baptist association
net with Spring Branch Baptist church
m Saturday before the fifth Sunday fat; December,
1905. After preaching by
3ev. S. P. Hair on the dnty of Christian
giving, the union was called to order by \
Bro. J. B. Hunter.
The roll .of churches was called and the v.
lames of the delegates enrolled. Bro. J.
B. Hunter was unanimously ejected mod*
jrator and Bro. Thos. Clayton clerk. The ; J
usual committees were then appointed by
the Moderator. It was unanimously
tgreed that we adjourn for dinner one
hour.
After partaking of a bountiful dinner,
which did credit'to the Spring Branch
sisters, we again repaired to the church.
After asoagby the choir-sad prayer by
Bfo.D. 0. Hunter, the union was called
to order and the program taken up.
Topic No. 1: What does the Scriptures
teach concerning Christian giving? was
' J J. t.?_ a??:
*Keu up uu vcrjr mmj uikqhw uj
Brethren Hair, O'Quinn, D. 0. Hunter,
ind Jso. Atterberry. This subject was
hen passed over.
Topic No. 2: Isthe dispensary a scrip''S
ural institution? was taken up and very v f ; V|
tbly discussed by^bretbren Jno. Atter>erry,
D. O. Hunter, O'Quinn add Hair. s
lev. 8. P. Hair then offered the ioQowV " ?
ng resolution:
Resolved, That it is the sense <rf this '%
inion that the sale of all infoixqating vs.
irinks to be used as a beverage is Wrong
nd cannot be supported by a Christian
a any form or method.;
The above resolution was adopted by ";
be union. ,
Committee on time and place made its
eport, which was adopted. Place: Ghentfl
(ranch on Saturday before the ifth Son* : Cp
ay in AprO, 1900.
The committee on services made its re* - :4
ort, which was adopted.
Sunday-school mass meeting conducted
y Bro. J. B. Hunter. .7Preaching
by Rev. 8. P. Hair.
A collection was then taken no for
tate missions, which amounted to CiiS.
Sunday the weather was 89 bad and $
ainy that we had no setrices.
'hos. Clayton, J. B. HUNTER, y. y
Cleric. Moderator,