The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, February 12, 1914, Page TWO, Image 2
DAYS OF THE PRESS GANG.
Lif* In England's Old Georgian Navy
Was Hard and Brutalizing.
There can be no question about
it?life in the Georgian navy was
insufferably hard. According to
Manslield, "it was brutalizing, cruel
and horrible, the kind of life now
happily gone forever, a kind of
life whicn no man today would
think good enough for a criminal.
There was barbarous discipline, bad
pay, bad food, bad hours of work,
bad company."
This is putting the case strongly,
and to or e not born or bred to the
sea it is exactly what it must have
seemed. How then did they get
men to enter the service? There
were several ways in vogue. A captain
on being appointed to a vessel,
besides attending to her armament
and equipping her for a voyage,
had also the responsibility of
furnishing her with a crew. He set
about this by establishing a recruiting
office ashore, generally at
a sailors' tavern, and placarding
the fact through the town and the
surrounding country with the announcement
that "Captain Blank,
B. N., was now fitting out H. M.
ship So and So for a cruise in for
eign waters."
Following this came promises of
unlimited rum, prize money and the
king's bounty. When the gullible
one came to the bait he was plied
generously with drink and flattery,
the king's gold jingled before his
taring eyes and his befuddled brain
filled with stories of the joys of life
in the king's navy loudly bawled
in the sea ballads of the day. That
these joys were not unknown is
shown by the fact that the bounty
was at one time above ?70 sterling.
When these gentle means failed
to complete his number the captain
sent a few boat loads of sturdy fellows
ashore after dark in charge of
an officer. This party or "press
fro-nrr" thp TPRfirts of
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merchant sailors and picked up any
stragglers they found in the streets.
In times of need no male between
boyhood and old age was safe.?
From "The Old Man-of-war's Man,"
by W. J. Ay 1 ward, in Scribner's.
The Wrist and the Arm.
The real wrist, as one might say,
is the elbow joint. It is all hand,
practically speaking, from that
point to the tips of the fingers.
When you turn your wrist it is the
whole forearm that makes the
twist, and ever}' movement of the
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of the forearm. The power to turn
the wrist to and fro at the elbow
joint is possessed only by human
beings and monkeys, and even the
higher apes are not able to do the
trick nearly as well as we "-an. In
this movement the great biceps
muscle in the upper arm is importantly
concerned, its powerful action
in turning the forearm outward
being accountable for the fact
that we are able to put so much
more strength into a twist in that
direction than the opposite way.
Many of our most familiar tools indeed,
such as the screwdriver, are
made with reference to the anatomical
peculiarity in question. It
is for this reason and no other that
all screws turn to the right.
insulted By a look.
A cat may look at the king, but
apparently Breslau citizens may
not look at Prussian policemen. A
local photographer who for some
time had had strained relations
with a policeman stationed on the
Dominikaner platz considered one
day that the policeman was paying
him pronounced official attention.
So he stood still and looked straight
at him "in a vexatious manner/' according
to the charge.
The policeman considered himself
deeply insulted by the photographer's
gaze and reported the
affair. The offender was haled to
court and a petty jury sentenced
the luckless photographer to fourteen
days' imprisonment for "insulting"
an official.?London Express.
John Hancock.
John Hancock, the first signer of
the declaration of independence,
was the first aristocrat of Boston to
join the revolutionary party. He
was often chairman of liberty meetings.
He was a member of the
great and general court, deputy to
the provincial congresses and presiding
officer, also deputy to the
continental congress and for two
and a half years its president; the
first governor of the commonwealth
of Massachusetts and ten times reelected.
Rules For Avoiding Indigestion.
Chew your food, quit overeating,
quit washing the food into the stomach
with liquids, quit eating the
wrong combinations of food. Fermentation
is not digestion; fermentation
causes gas. Whenever
you have gas you know that your
digestion is not good.?Dr. David
H. Reeder of Chicago.
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Sprains,Bruises
Stiff Muscles
re quickly relieved by Sloan's
$ Liniment. Lay it on?no rub*
y bing. Try iu f
I Ankle Sprain and Dislocated Hip. |
" I sprained my ankle aDd dislocated
my hip by falling out of a third story
window. Went on crutches for four
months. Then I started to use your
Liniment, according to directions. I
roust say it is helping me wonderfully.
We will never be without Sloan's Liniment
anymore."?chat. Johnton, Lou.ton
Station, N. Y,
SLOANS
LINIMENT
Kills Pain
Splendid for Sprain*. !
" I fell and sprained my arm n week
ago and was in terrible pain. I could
not use my hand or arm until I applied
jour Liniment. I shall never be without
a bottle of Sloan'* Liniment."?Jfra
B B. Springer. Elisabeth, N. J.
Fine for Stiffness.
"Sloan's Liniment has done more
good than anything I have ever tried >- .
for stiff joints. I got my hand hurt so
badly that I had to atop work right in
the busiest time of the year. I thougfit
at first that I would have to have mjr
hand taken off. but I got a bottle of
Sloan's Liniment and cured my hand."
?Wilton Wheeler. Morris, Ala.
At all Dealers. 2Sc.
50c. and $1.00 ( *u|
Send tor Sloan's X. Kfi
free, instructive
book on horses, f
cattle, hogs and
poultry. Address
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i Dr. CARL 1 SLOAN,Ik. p^> i
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Hints from Helnemann.
Heinemann, February 9: ?Mrs
S Oliver O'Bryan of Manning was
the week-guest of Mr and Mrs W M
O'Bryan.
Miss Cora Sprott of Foreston is
at Mr S A Graham's for the week
doing some clerical work.
Farmers of this section have gone
to work in earnest, getting ready
for the setting out of tobacco.
Born, to Mr and Mrs W M O'Bryan??
trirl h?hv_ weight 10i DOunds.
We notice some lady writing from
above Kingstree says she could ngt
find Heinemann on the map. It is
not at Lanes or at Greelyville, but
it is betwixt and between; and it is
noted for its healty climate. Even
the small pox doesn't seem to
take much effect, one can eat three
meals a day.
Since writing the foregoing we
notice that your correspondent at
Lake City seems to be very much
interested about Heinemann's locality.
Would suggest that i! she
is in for the matrimonial game there
is an old widower down here and we
Loo Laa/^1 a fa Kn**n
air iuiu nc uao uwuig vv vuta.
"Bull Moose" is a great blessing,
but don't fool with old booze,
especially when you go duck hunting
on Santee river, for old booze
doesn't seem to be a respecter of
any one; he will capsize the boat,
guns and occupants and give you a
good wetting to boot. X Y Z.
Horrible Blolcbes of Eczema
Quickly cured by Dr Hobson's
Eczema Ointment. C P Caldwell of
New Orleans,La, states: "My doctor
advised me to try 'Dr Hobson's Eczema
Salve.' I used three boxes of
Ointment and three cakes of Dr
Hobson's Derma Zema Soap. Today
I have not a spot anywhere on
my body and can say I ai i cured."
It will do the same for you. Its
soothing, healing, antiseptic action
will rid you of all skin humors,
blackheads,pimples,Eczema blotches,
1 f-Li.1 3 1
rea, unsi^nuy sores, anu leaves yuur
skin clean and healthy. Get a box
today. Guaranteed. All druggists.
50c, or by mail.
Pfeiffer Chemical Co,
Philadelphia and St Louis.
A rather notorious negro, by the
name of "Big Jim" McRae, who
had been convicted of murder and
was paroled by Governor Blease
about a year ago,got into an altercation
at Blenheim Saturday night
with his son and another negro and
shot his son through the neck, inflicting
a serious but not necessarily
fatal wound.
3UB-MY-TISM
Will cure your Rheumatism
Neuralgia, Headaches, Cramps,
Jolic, Sprains, Bruises, Cuts and
3urns, Old Sores, Stings of Insects
3tc. Antiseptic Anodyne, used incmally
and externally. Price 25c.
THE PEOPLE
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day or night. We us
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of your prescriptions,
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2st line in town.
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and there are many
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we offer you a
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