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?lje Hamburg ^ralb ESTABLISHED IN APRIL, 1891 A. W. KXIGHT, Editor. Rates?$1.00 per year; 50 cents for six months. Payable in advance. Advertisements?$1.00 per inch for first insertion; 50c. for each subsequent insertion. Liberal contracts made fox , three, six, or twelve months. Want Notices one cent a word each insertion. Local Notices Sc. per line first week, 5c. afterwards. Tributes of Respect, etc., must be paid for as regular advertising. Communications?News letters or on subjects of general interest will be gladly welcomed. Those of a personal nature will not be published unless paid for. " 1 ? x A 4nnc inursaay, August y, iyuu v . Senator Tillman says if he had time he'd put the Columbia State people in the insane asylum. We believe if the State people had the power they'd put the Sen, ator in the penitentiary. * * That Congressman J. 0. Patterson has taken a high stand among the Democratic congressmen in Washington is shown by the two letters which we republish in another column. The voters of the second district are not going to displace him this year, and they thus show wisdom. ? * * * ' The Baptist Courier came to us last week in a bran new dress, which improves its appearauce very much. The Courier is a strong denominational paper, well edited and fulfills its mission as a church organ admirably. In fact, our Baptist friends have cause to congratulate themselves on being able to support in this State two such good religious weeklies as the Baptist Courier and the Baptist Press. * * The secret is out. Col. James T. Bacon of the Edgefield Chronicle, is the editor who received one of the Chicco fans. But the Colonel says he called on Chicco at his place in Market street and found him absent and a clerk in the place gave him the fan. Of course none of these fans were distributed at the press meeting, and we are surprised that a man of Senator Tillman's sense should make such a foolish statement. * * * The county now has money on hand, and it is a good time to buy a farm on which to locate the poor who are a charge , on the county. There is no question but that this is the most economical as well as the most satisfactory way to handle this problem, and we ought to do it. The pauper list is continually increasing, and the amount expended for their support would more than run a farm. We trust our officials will take up the matter at once. * * * Senator Tillman in a speech at Johnston last week said he had heard that Lanahan's agent was a member of the dispensary investigating committee. It will be remembered that Christerysen and Lyon wanted the name of this whiskey representative to come out, but the majority of the committee voted against it. Mr. Tillman is a great kicker against what he terms "insinuations." He is making a strong one himself in this statement, one he should not make without proof. And he should tell the name of the man. As the matter now stands it is a reflection on most of the committee: "Brave Ben" ought to "make good." # * $ W. M. Fair, of Elloree, who reported Senator Tillman's recent speech in which he is quoted as saying that he entered a barroom with as much |reverence as a church, is out in a card stating that the Senator did use this language. A stenographic report of his speech, signed by several, gives the same version. Mr. Tillman says he used the word "indepen dence" instead of "reverence." The burden of proof is now on the Senator to show that? he didn't say it. But suppose he did use the word "independence." This does not help matters any, for if you change the wording the statement has no point. And Ben Tillman generally says pointed things. We are afraid he did use the language attributed to him, and we would think more of him if he would own up to it and apologize for it. Most public speakers who speak offhand sometimes say things they really do not mean, - and we believe this was the case with . Senator Tillman. Barnwell Baptist Association. Executive committee met at Blackville last Thursday, the 2nd instant. Date fixed for next meeting of the Barnwell Baptist Association to begin Thursday, October 25th, 190G. Place: Denmark. The Ladies' Missionary Society of the Barnwell Baptist Association will hold their annual meeting on Friday, the 26th, at such hour as may be assigned them by committee on program, which will be announced after session begins. Next meeting will be the fiftieth annual session. It was decided to celebrate the event by requesting brother W. D. McMillan to prepare and read an historical sketch of the Barnwell Association from its begining up to the present time, followed by semi-centennial sermon by Bro. W. M. J ones. All churches also Ladies' Missionary Societies in this Association are hereby requested to forward at once to J. A. Jenkins, treasurer, Kline, S. C., all re ceipts or vouchers lor monies jaid out by them during the present associational * year. J. A. Jenkins, Secretary Executive Committee. " Kline, S. C., August 7,1906. * . \ I , WED AT THE POINT OF GUN Yonng Bridegroom Makes As= tonnding Charge Against Bis Father=in=law. BAD TO MARRY GIRL OR DIE Her Father Held Revolver Ready to Fire While Priest Waited on the Veranda For Unwilling Youth to Make Up His Mind. Frederick A. Ealand of New Brighton, Staten Island, X. Y., who is suing for annulment of his recent marriage to Miss Grace Purcell, daughter of one of Staten Island's richest residents, makes the astounding charge that the girl's father forced him to marry her by threatening to kill him if he refused. Father James P. Byrnes performed the ceremony. According to the remarkable declarations of young Ealand through his lawyer, he was practically kidnaped and taken to the Purcell home, to which the priest was called. Prior to the arrival of the clergyman, and even while he was there, Ealand says, a revolver was exhibited In a most threatening manner until, to save his life, he agreed to the mjarriage. It is not stated that Father Byrnes saw the revolver. "It Is a most unfortunate affair," said the clergyman to a reporter. "I would much prefer to say nothing about it, but since the matter has become public I may as well tell all I * ~1?..* <4 T n +Ka firat T flUHJ YY awut 1U iu Uig Uiov was induced to go to the Purcell home under false pretenses. "Dr. James L. Devlin, a mutual friend of Mr. Purcell and myself, called me on the telephone the night of the marriage and said his automobile had broken down. He asked me to run over in my machine and get him, and I agreed to do so. "When I got to the house I was told that Mr. PurCell had determined to make Ealand marry Grace and that I was expected to perform the ceremony. I had a talk with Mr. Purcell, and he explained to me circumstances of which I had no personal knowledge. "I then asked Ealand why he did not marry Miss Purcell, and he said A REVOLVER WAS EXHIBITED IN A THREATENING MANNER. that he did not Intend to do so because he was not guilty of the charges that had been made against him. I learned that for two hours previous to my arrival Mr. Pureed and members of the family had been trying to Induee the young man to consent to the ceremony, but he steadfastly refused to do 60. "I then took Mr. Purcell aside and argued with him that it was foolish to insist on the marriage because it could result only In the desertion of the girl at the first opportunity Ealand had. He said he cared nothing about that so long as his daughter was married. ''Repeatedly he said to Ealand, 'You will have to marry my daughter,' but each time Ealand refused to consent. Finally, losing patience, I said that I would leave. I merely went to the veranda and waited developments. "Once more I was calted into the room, and this time I explained to Ealand just what marriage meant and told him that if he didn't actually conient I would not marry him. He asked for my advice, and I told him I had no advice to give, but that he would have to settle the matter with his own cuusciclkjc. "In the end, still protesting that he was innocent, he declared that he was willing to marry the girl, and I married them." Biff Codfish Ate Spectacles. A codfish with appetite enough to swallow a clam that concealed a fishhook, while at the same time It was trying to digest a pair of brass rimmed spectacles with both lenses affixed, was a curiosity that was hauled from the water on the Georgia banks by Olaf Nelson of the Leila E. Norwood. The fish Is a large one, but even at that the #spectacles are large enough to fill Its stomach so full that there did not seem to be room for the clam It was grabbing for .when captured. . LIVING FOR THE FLAG. A Beautiful Example of Devotion From Oar War ReeordM. One of the most touching as weil as the most beautiful examples of devotion to the flag is to be found in the records of our civil war. The Sixteenth regiment of Connecticut volunteers after three days of the hardest and bloodiest of fighting became convinced that defeat and capture by the enemy was imminent. The ranks were depleted, and to hold out longer would only involve needlessly further sacrifice of life. But even in their hour of peril the zealous patriots thought more of the fate of their battle scarred flag than of their own. Just before the final assault on the breastworks the gallant colonel shouted to his men. "Whatever you do, boys, don't give up our flag; save that at any price!" In an instant the flag was torn from its staff and cut and torn into hundreds of small fragments, each piece being hidden about the person of some one of its brave defenders. The survivors of the regiment, about 500 in number, were sent to a prison camp, where most of them remained until the end of the war, <Jnch cherishing his mite of the regimental colors. Through long months of imprisonment many died, and in all such cases the scraps of bunting guarded by the poor unfortunates were intrusted to the care of some surviving comrade. At the end of the war when the prisoners returned to their homes a meeting of the survivors was held, and all the priceless fragments of the flag were sewed together. But a very few pieces had been lost, so that the restored emblem was made nearly complete. That flag, patched and tattered as it is, forms one of the proudest possessions of Connecticut today and is preserved in the state capitol at Hartford, bearing mute testimony to the devotion of the brave men who were not alone ready and willing to die for it m fiold of battle. but to live for It through long years of Imprisonment In order that they might bring It back whole to the state that gave it into their hands to honor and defend?St. Nicholas. NAIL CHARACTERISTICS. They Are an Aid In Dlagnoiii of Diseases and Traits. It is said that the moon at the base of the nail is simply an indication of good health and excellent circulation, while the white spots are always the accompaniment of an impaired nervous system. The common idea that an external application of vaseline will cure the white spots is erroneous, and those afflicted with the little "story tellers" would far better turn their attention to securing perfect physical health in the assurance that the spots will disappear with improved circulation. It is not possible to create moons at the base of the nails. Frequently the moon is there, but through negligence it is covered by skin, which without attention will grow upward over the base of the nail. It is not generally understood that the shape and appearance of the finger nails are carefully considered and form an important factor in the diagnosis of disease. Long nails are said to indicate physical weakness and tendency to f-- ? ? Kla /Inn/m la acr. iULLg UUUU1C} auu llilO icuucuvj ?a u?? gravated where the nails are corrugated and yet more aggravated if they curve from the top back to the finger and across. Where the nails are long and bluish they indicate bad circulation. This same type of nail, but shorter, denotes tendency to throat affection, bronchitis and the like. Short, small nails indicate 2eart disease. Where they are short, flat and sunken you may look for nervous disorders. The short nailed woman will criticise her friends and her foes, but she will criticise herself with the same severity. She is apt to be sarcastic and sometimes so quick at repartee that she appears almost brutal. The best dramatic and literary critics possess this type of nail. Gold. The first mention which we have of gold is in the eleventh verse of the second chapter of Genesis, or, in other words, 4,004 years before Christ. Gold was used as money by the ancient Egyptians at a very early date. Herodotus tells that the invention of the coinage of gold belongs to Lydia, about' 750 B. C. Authorities conflict about the first coinage of gold. Some say it was Miletus and some the Persians, but there are no records to show just when. The Junta. Banaram of Persia bore the enviable title of the Just. The righteousness of his decisions was seldom called in question. This title, has been conferred on several raonarchs, among them being Casimir II. of Poland, Ferdinand I. and James II. of Aragon, Haroun-al-Raschid of "Arabian Nights" fame, Khosron of Persia. Louis XIII. of France and Pedro I. of Portugal. A Colored Vlevr. "Mammy," said Pickaninny Jim as he watched the meteors falling, "does you see all dat brightness comin' down ?" "Yaas, indeed." "I know what makes it. De cullud angels has been put to work sweepin' up de golden city."?Washington Star. HIm Way. Mr. Hennypeck (peevishly)?When you tell me to do a thing, like a fool I go and do it. Mrs. Hennypeck (acridly)?No, you go and do it like a fool.? Puck. 1 We have committed the Golden Rule to memory; now let us commit it to life.?Markham. ? ^ ' 4 ** ; $ ^ V DROPPED DOG IN TICKET BOX Nervous Subway Passenger Nearly Reduces Dewey to Sausage Meat The employee of the Interborough Rapid Transit company whose task was to slide two heavy metal rubbish cans from the work train to the platform of the Times square (New York city) uptown subway station was nervous. He let the cans drag along for half the length of the station and gave them a yank which made both topple over the edge. They made a racket as they clattered in the wake of the cars-. A woman with a tiny fox terrier in her arms under a shawl was just about to drop her ticket into the chopper's SHE DROPPED IN THE DOG. box when the din began. . She gave a little whoop of fright and, instead of dropping in the ticket, dropped in the dog. The ticket chopper, who is used to noises of all sorts, chopped ahead, and not only did not help the woman get her dog op from the slippery glass box, but told her that the ticket agent, Mr. Earl, had to do all rescue work of that sort. "Oh, Mr. Earl! Mr. Earl!" said the woman. "You will not see my poor darling Dewey chopped to pieces!" "Certainly not," replied Mr. Earl, abandoning his cash and ticket roll. "One woman was absentminded enough the other night to try to crowd a baby into that chopper instead of her ticket. I rescued it" Then he pulled out her dog for her. FORTY SUCKERS ON HER STRING Married Woman, Passing as Miss, Had Caught Many Men When She Was Arrested. Forty men had been paying court to ! mysterious Bessie Dale, according to letters found In the room of Mrs. Rose Vinton, who, with her husband, Charles Vinton, was arrested the other day in St Louis. They had been taking her to places of amusement, spending money for her entertainment, each of them In the belief that he was going to marry her, and each thinking himself the one and only object of her undying affection. Some of the letters indicated that the writers had advanced money to the object of their love in an effort to help her out of some mysterious trouble. According to the dates of the letters, the deception was carried on for nearly a year. The letters were all addressed to Miss Bessie Dale, 502 North Fifteenth street. Some were In reply to matrimonial advertisements, others were written by men who Inserted matrimonial advertisements and received replies from "Bessie Dale." Mrs. Vinton declares that she is not Bessie Dale. Recently Chief of Police Gillespy received complaints from several of the letter writers. They stated to the chief that they doubted the sincerity of Miss "Dale. 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