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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.
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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.
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' 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.
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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.
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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.
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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."
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$ 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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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. Thev did not believe she was
looking for a husband, but just want- :
ed some one to spend money on her.
Moose Loose In Bangor Streets.
Charles H. Potter was coming down
Columbia street in Bangor, Me., early
one morning and had reached a point in
front of Kelly's plumbing shop when he
saw a strange animal trotting along
toward him from the direction of Hammond
street. In the dim light it looked
at a little distance like a mule, but as
it came nearer Mr. Potter recognized
it as a half grown cow moose. He
stamped upon the sidewalk, and the
animal, taking alarm, ran into the yard
on the west side of .the Baptist church.
hntrovw that there was no
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escape in that direction the moose
came out again and ran through Columbia
street at great speed and disappeared
up Hammond street.
Bine Jay Kills a Baby.
Charles Haines, the baby son of H. J.
Haines of Urbana, la., was pecked
about the head and face so viciously
by a blue jay which attacked him while
he was playing that his death resulted.
The child fought desperately to drive
the bird away and was almost exhausted
when his mother reached his side.
The bird then attacked her, but was !
driven off. Blood poisoning resulted
from the wounds on the child's bead.
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