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patriotic family; at least, the number
of those who have applied for PEN
sions, at different times, runs into the
hundreds. Capt. Simeon Martin of
Providence, Rhode Island, fourth from
immigrant John, was one of the first
to enlist in the Revolution. He was in
the first campaign with Washington,
in IT'S. He was also in the Battle of
Trenton. He was later Acknowledgment
al and major-general of the militia of
his state, and at one time lieutenant
governor.
Ebenezer Martin served in the First
Brigade Of Massachusetts, 1881. Capt.
George Martin was engaged in scout
ing expeditions. Another George Mar
tin, who was "a scholar and a good
penman." was deputy quartermaster
in the Revolution.
Martins also served in the Indian
wars. A John Martin was interpreter
of the Indian campaign during King
Philips War. and a Richard Martin
advanced Ell IS I'D towards carrying on
the war against Philip.
Upon the Martin arms appear two
red bars on white or silver shield, or
in the language of heraldry, argent,
two bars gules. Crest, a red star of
six points, or an 'etoile gules." These
arms are found cut on a tombstone in
Cops Hill graveyard, Boston, with
simply the name Martyr underneath.
A bird--probabIy a martin-forms the
crest of the arms of one branch of the
family.
According to heraldic lore. star is
supposed to symbolic the Creator, its
rays, which point in every direction,
indicating the all-pervading attributes
of the Supreme Being. The presence.
therefore, Of star in coat-of-arms
implies the existence or the presump-
tion of pre-eminent qualities in its pos
SCISSOR. Gules, or red, signifies strength
or holiness: the spotless white of ar
gent, chaste and virtuous qualities, and
when combined with red, purity and
courage From the Martin arms. then,
Il may be inferred that the ancestor
who achieved them was a God-fearing
man of pure life and charitable heart,
who with a firm reliance on the divine
protection, marched forth with his fell
lows and by deeds Of valor and manly
prowess won In the service OF his king
and country the military glrdles which
are represented by the two bars gules.
Al what time or for what particular
achievement these arms were bestow-
ed is not known. but In 1875, IN THE
BarOnage Of England" these arms
were given with an account of the
s0mfrFetshire family 81 Martin.
The patron saint Of the family IL 81.
Martin, the son % a Roman military
tribune. who was born on sabaria a
city ln Hungary, about A. -. $40 The
saint attained great celebrity on &C.
count % his sancnfY. The festival 81
81 Martin. which occurs Nov ~, was
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Grafton of his victory. A roll, or cata-
logue, was prepared in which was
carefully recorded the names and IL
ties of the Norman chivalry who had
followed Williams banner in the en-
terprise. This was the famous Roll of
Battle, or "Battel," Abbey. 1t has been
of inestin@ble service to the herald,
Some portions of the abbey still re-
main.
Battle Abbey was dedicated to st.
Martin. In the chronicles of Robert
of Gloucester" are the. lines:
"And Their as the bataile was
An Abbey he let rere.
OF Saint Martin for the soules
That there slayn were"
In the reign of Henry H., William
Martin a lord of Cemmaes, was sent
with the Abbot of St. Augustine and
other persons of note into different
counties of England to make inquisi-
ton touching the behavior of all sher-
ifs, baihffs, and other officers, like
wise of all archbishops, bishops alb
bots friars. earls. barons, vavasors,
knights, citizens and burgesses.
In 1245 Nicholas, the fifth lord OF
Cemmaes, for services to the King. ob-
tanned license for a market every week
and a yearly fair at his manor. as z
South Moulton, in Devonshire, was
held by the Martin family by service
of finding man with a bow and three
arrows to attend the Earl of Glou-
cester when he was hunting in the
neighborhood.
1t is believed that from the barons
Of Cemmaes, whose ancestor was Mar
tin de Tours, are descended those OF
the family of Martin who came TO New
England in 1885.
The immigrant ancestor was John
Martin, who was one of the founders
of the town of Swansea, Mass He had
ive sons and four daughters, each OF
whom married and had family. Rob
ert Martin. in 1910, settled at Wey-
mouth, Mass. afterwards Rehoboth.
Among other early settlers OF the Mar
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tin family were Abraham, Isaac, Rich
ard and Samuel. The latter was born
In Lancashire, England, May 2, 1850,
and was son of Richard Martin,
nicknamed Mad Dick" who was
member of Parliament Samuel Mar
tins wife was Jane Trotter, daughter
of landed proprietor of Belfast, Ire
land.
From the requests of Abraham Mar
tin, who died in 1870, 1t may be in
ferred that he was a Puritan of the
good old stock and soncitous for the
welfare of the colony. He left three
pounds, ten shililngs, for the pas
tours" one pound towards the incom-
passing of the burying ground" ten
shillings to be laid out in the making
of a bier, and one pound "for the pro-
curement of a bell to call the people to
Gods worship" In those early days,
before the introduction of bells, it was
customary to beat the drum to give
notice of the time of public worship. 1t
is, therefore, probable that the colony
was indebted to Martin for its first
church bell.
The bible of John Martin, the i'm
migrant, is. still extant. This he left
to all his children, but it's home was
to be with the eldest son. Similar pro-
vision was made for another valuable
volume, the Book Grantham," as he
calls it in his will. This book, which is
now in the possession of a, descendant,
IS an exposition of the views of the
Baptists, and was written in 1878 by
a Thomas Grantham of London On the
margins of the leaves of the book are
various curious inscriptions, written
by members of the family, whose pen
manship was unique, photography sui
generis, and punctuation nil.
The most important legend is this:
GU all my friends desired are to
wash your hands and read with care"
On another page is written:
"Manasseh Martin, his book, the 9th
part; my father gave this book to his
8 children and i am his 4th son. Ma
nasseh Martin"
On one of the last pages is written:
Il find this book was my graft grand
fathers John Martins no brought it
out of old lngland. have perused this
book and find it worthy of any serus
parsons constellation"
The Martins seem to have been a
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By ELEANOR LEXINGTON.

The name Martin is derived from
the Latin Martius. meaning warfike.
or from Mars, the god of war.
In the Gaelic, NOR is great and dunn.
a man; hence mordieum, a chief. or
warrior. By some circumlocution, the
name Martin may be derived from
mordieum. 1t is variously spelled Mar
tyn, Martin, Marten, Martain, Mar
teen. MARITIME and Martin.
The first of the name OF whom rec
ords appear was Martin de Tours. He
came over from Normandy with Wfl-
liam the Conqueror and made a con
quest of Cemmaes. or Kemeys. in Penn
broke county, England, about 1877. He
was also made Lord of Combe- Martin.
of Martinshoe in the northern part of
Devon.
Martin de Tours had a sister.
Conches, or Concha, by name, wife of
Calfurnius, whose son was the famous
st. Patrick of Ireland.
No sooner had Martin de Tours com
pleted his conquest than he devoted a
portion of his wealth thus acquired to
the founding of a monastery for Ben
edictine monks at st. Dogmaels, near
Cardigan. This monastery was dedi
Gated to st. Segwell, and was annexed
as a cell to the Abbey of Tyrone in
France. This institution was endowed
with lands by Robert Fitz- Martin, the
son of the founder.
Martin de Tours and his successors
were summoned to the Kings coun-
Gil as barons of Cemmaes, and contin-
ued to be lords of the English Parlia-
ment. The third baron married Aug
harad, daughter of Rhys, Prince of
Wales.
More than one knight, or man-at-
arms, is recorded in the Roll of Battle
Abbey as bearing the name of Martin.
It is perhaps superfluous to explain of
what this roll of Battle Abbey con-
sisted. On Oct. 4, A. D., 1866, the battle
of Hastings was fought, and William
the Norman was seated upon the
throne of England under the historic
title of William the Conqueror. Close
by the field of Hastings, William caus-
ed stately pile to be erected, which
was named Battle Abbey in comment
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instituted by Pope Martin, about a.
d. $50. Upon that day the casks of
new wine were tapped.
Our English ancestors kept the feast
by the consumption of roasted goose.
The old tradition is that ST. Martin hid
himself on account of his unwillingness
TO become bishop, but his retreat was
discovered through a goose.
No less than seven churches in Lon
don and Westminster are dedicated to
st. Martin. The excessive admira ton
of the saint led to many towns being
named in his honor, and pious parents,
when bestowing his name in baptism,
felt that they had insured a potent
protector for the newborn child.
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La Figaro of Paris states that the
members OF the Jockey Club Of that
Leopold II OF Belgium on his next
visit to the French capital, which will
occur toward the end of the present
month. II seems that when the King
was last there, in February, he dined
at the club off "canard aux navets,"
which he pronounced to be the finest
he had ever eaten, and the next day
the chef OF the club disappeared. II
was later learned that he had been
kidnapped by the Belgian monarch and
is now in charge Of the royal kitchens
at Lachen. Then the Jockey Club met
and received some disagreeable things
about the old royal roue, with more
10 come
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drunk OF IT, She heard loose speech;
she saw loose conduct. All this Is
not nice for young girl
The men felt especially drawn to
her because she smoked paper cigar
cites gracefully. About 10 O'clock she
went to bed.
These few days, between her first
triumphant arrival and her establish
ment in her new cabin, were the most
care-free and happy of her stay at
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whisky and what men say who have
Copper Creek She lived thoughtless-
", conducting herself exactly as she
pleased, entertaining no regrets, con-
scious of no sense of wrongdoing. and,
therefore, of no sense of guilt. Then
little incident stirred into wakefulness
that f1ne-wrought conscience which Is
an element OF so many natures that
draw their life from New England.
Continued in Next Sundays News)
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A CORNER IN ANCESTORS
THE MARTIN FAMILY.

Warlike Race-Martin de Tours First Of Familv His
sister Mother of the Famous Saint Patrick of Ireland
The Name Found on Roll Of Battle AbbeyAn Estate Held
oy the oerVIce OF Finding Bow and Three Arrows
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THE WESTERNERS.

Continued from Page Twenty-six.)
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-06-16
MEXICAN VETERANS,
Effort Being Made to Secure Roster
of the Survivors,


Col. NJ. F. Locke, of Little Rock,
has been appointed by H. T. Ogden,
president Of the National Association
of Mexican War Veetrans, as secre-
tary for Arkansas. There are so far
as known only four survivors of the
Mexican war in Little Rock-Messrs.
NJ F Locke. Michael Stiff. Ed B.
Blanks and ex-Gov. T. J. Churchill.
Pursuant to the request of James C.
Carlton, of Bedford, Ind, secretary
of the national association, Col.
Locke has issued the following call:
To the Survivors of the Mexican War
in Arkansas:
Having been appointed assistant
secretary of the National Associa-
ton of Mexican War Veterans for
the state of Arkansas, by the presi.
dent of said organization, for the
purpose of securing complete list,
if possible, of all, the veterans in the
state, I hereby call upon and request
you at your earliest convenience to
send me your full address, with the
name of the regiment and company
in which you served in the war with
Mexico and the state from which you
went I hereby request all the news
papers of the state which sympathiZe
with us to publish this notice for the
benefit of the few who are left, all of
whom must be over seventy years of
age These men, whose services Sc
cured to the country an area of ter
ritory about one-third, have never
beon rewarded for their Sc, vices in
keeping with the liberal spirit of the
government as have the soldiers of
the other wars | will add that the
territory referre6 to has furnished
the greater volume of the metallic
curl ency for the nation since 1S4S.
Your comrade,
NJ. F. LOCKE,
COS West Seventh, Little Rock
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NEW LUMBER COMPANY.
n. o. Kelley Lumber Company, of
Humphrey, Incorporated.

The H. O. Kelley Lumber company.
has been incorporated at Humph;e ey.
The incorporators are G. w. Cleve-
land, H. o. Kelley, John Dermott. w.
H. johnson and j. H. Anthony. The
place of business is at Humphrey. JEFF
ferson county, Ark. and the business
is that OF buying and selling timber
lands and the mcnufacture of lum.
ber $4,000 being the capital stock
and is all subscribed. amounting to
1000 shares. at s25 per share
The stock is owned as follows: G.
W. Cleveland 7S4 shares, $19,S5O; H.
O. Kelley, 200 shares, $4,000; J. K.
Anthony. shares. s1O0: John Der
mott. | share. SIS; VIM X. Johnson,
share. $25
The incorporators are the directors:
G. w Cleveland. president: J. X. An
thony, vice president; H. O. Kelley,
secretary and treasurer.
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+ 4
= PERSONAL POINTS,. I
+ + 1. j. + i. /. + + /. + + + + + +

Mr.. Harry Halburg, of Little Rock
is in the city today.
George w. Hughes was in the city
yesterday from Kingsland.
Mr.. Ike Kaufman spent Sunday in
Little Rock
Miss Mary Alice Petty, of Memphis,
Tenn, is the guest of Mrs George
Buchanan.
Mrs. M. |. Benton and Mrs James
Gould leave soon for Hot Springs
where they will spend the summer.
Roy Gould. son of Sheriff Gould.
las returned home from Bell Buckle
Tenn, where he has been at school.
Miss Tracy Neff, of Little Rock,
has arrived in the city and is the
guest of the Misses Fox, Lakeside.
Mr.. Harry Miner has returned from
Terry Haute, Ind, where he attended
polytechnic school.
Rev c. G. Cline went to Clarendon
Monday, where he will conduct a
week revival meeting
Mr.. John O. Harrison went to Lit
tie Rock Monday to attend the fu.
neral Of Capt W. c. McKennis. who
died Saturday night.
Misses Ruth and Elva Gannaway,
after visit to friends and relatives
here, returned to their home at War
len today.
Mr.. w. A. Owen has returned from
Benton Barbor, Mich, where he left
Mrs. Owen. who is now recovering
from typhoid pneumonia
Mr.. and Mrs J. G. Taylor and fam.
lily left today for Westport, KY. where
Mrs. Taylor and family will remain
several months. Mr.. Taylor will re-
turn shortly.
Prof. Thatch. of the Sixth avenue
school. las returned from Mena,
where he has been conducting a sum-
mer institute for teachers, and will
leave soon for Knoxville Tenn. to
Rev. r. w. McKoy. Of Prescott. and
Rev. J. n. Riggin. of Camden. both
trustees of Hendricks college, Conway,
were in the city yesterday en- route
to Conway to attend the commence.
ment exercises which take place to-:
day.
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Confirmed Globe Trotter.

Miss Celeste j. Miller of Chicago
has just started on her fifth trip
around the world. She has visited
every country in the world except ST.
IBERIA, which she is now on her way to
visit She always travels alone, anG
has never missed a train or boat con.
neCtion, never met with an accident
and has refused 500 proposals OF mar
rage.
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FOR SALE-Good milk COWS. Ad-
dress H. w. Deal, Faith. Ark, twelve
miles southwest of Pine Bluff. jul s
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-06-16
+ BASEBALL NEWS. Il
:, f..
p $ !. T. i. J. +, i. &. = i. j, i. i. + i.

The following telegram was receiv-
I'd yesterday by Judge A. B. Grace,
president of the baseball association:
"Tihn, O.. June Is. 1303-WilI start
this evening for Nickshms.
.B. ~. BLUE"
Blue is the man that Mcssrs Black
barn and Grace have been trying to
3anA for some time.
Z. l.. HaGJoek, who cane hecc from
riteshurg to e7tch fer tao Pine Glpa
team. returned to Pit'sburg today
pI.5@ BLUr'FsHATON NCU,sz.
Baton Rouge. juno ff.-Piao Blur
defeated Ration Eeaee yesterday by
the score Of 3 to .
sttcriea-liarley and Ref; shafer
and Ryan.
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Possible Population ~ Canada.
Progressive Canada estimates tha,
the population :, capacity OF Canada
,an not be less than 10O, ,OOO, 600. There
are 100000 square miles of arabic
and.
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Masculine Vanity.

Wife (reading)-"This magazine
says that handsome men are pro.
verbally disagreeable. 4atis
Husband-"But my dear. I'm sure
I try my best to be pleasant at all
times"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-06-16
Nc GAME .<T NATCHF5rE},.

Natclez, Juno 1f.-The NateheZ-
Monroe Game Was pest pOned on az
count CT wet grounds.
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. heap COLI mn
ADVERTISE YOUR WANTS.

RATES-If cash accompanies the
order. the price will be 25 cents per
week for three lines. counting siz
words to the line. If charged. will he
-. ,rged at the rate Of cents per line
each insertion. No cheap ads take"
for less than week. nor will We r."
ceive want Ad" over the telephoD"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-06-16
y?CKSBJRG-GREENVILLE

NicF Fshurg. JUne 1G.-Casey's three
basear with tie bases fill gave Vicks-
burg three runs in the seventh. Bad
inGeld playing allowed two more in
the same inning Greenville rallied
in the ninth. Lipe's home run and
three more hits gave two runs, the
last man going out at the plate.
Scoce by innings:
Greenville ......1 0 0 / %
Vicksburg ......0 0 l 0 0 *I6
Batteries-Weirauch and Reisinger; /;
Ashton and Earle.
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Southern League.
Little Rock 10, Memphis 4.
New Orleans 2, Shreveport 1.
Nashville 5, Atlanta 2.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-06-16

FOR SALE-New Everett piano. Cost
$325. Will sell for $3.50 cash. Alt
schul's confectionery. tt
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-06-16

FOR SALE-New Everett piano. Cost
$325. Will sell for $3.50 cash. Alt
schul's confectionery. tt
FOR SALE-Good milk COWS. Ad
dress H. w. Deal, Faith. Ark, twelve
miles southwest of Pine Bluff. jul
FOR SALE-One roll-top desk at
a bargain. Address j., care Graphic.
PIG.
FCh RENT-Three nice rro1
rooms convenient to good boarding
house, at 1917 West Fifth avenue.
Three furnished rooms for light
housekeeping. Inquire at 700 Walnut
street Pig
PERSONAL-Being compelled to
Change my occupation on account of
-nte. ests held elsewhere, l hereby
inform my friends that l will be at
leisure in a few days. I am still at
he Cotton Belt shops, where l have
neen engaged for the past eight
ears
1. J. MOORE, So2 Main Street.
g.
The Bluthenthal house has several
nice rooms for rent, at BIG w. Pullen
street. 300
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-06-16

American League.
Philadelphia 2, st. Louis 1.
Rain at New York.
Rain at Boston.
Washington 2, Detroit l.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-06-16

The Bluthenthal house has several
nice rooms for rent. at 316 w. Pullen
street. 220
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-06-16

FOR SALE-One roll-top desk al
a bargain. Address j., care Graphic
216.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-06-16

WANTED-One hundred head stock
TO pasture at 81 per month per head.
Call on c.. N Lemon. at boat landing
t.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1903-07-25
TOWN AND COUNTRY.
Local Events Of The Past, Present and Future
That will Interest You.

1000 tobacco tags wanted at Will
sons.
Rev. Shane was over from Brook
field Wednesday.
Miss Mae Maggard visited relatives
in Chillicothe this week.
Miss Mable Wilson visited relatives
in Chillicothe this week.
P. F. Felt was looking after bust
ness at Meadville Monday.
Arthur Ausmus is home from a
visit of a few days at Freeman.
Mrs. Barnes, of Hamilton, is the
guest of Mrs. A. S. Byrd, this week.
j. D. Bryant and A. J. Baum took
in the big circus at Macon Wednesday.
Ward & Rummell have a very
large stock Of harness, and sell them
right.
w. B. McGregor, reporter for the
Brookfeld Gazette, was in the city
Wednesday.
Mrs. j. A. Crowder and DR.. Kate
Standby, of Brookfeld were in Laclede
last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. H. Mathew, of
Brookfield were guests Of DR.. and Mrs.
Standby Sunday.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1903-07-25
From Lafayette County.

EDITOR LACLEDE BLADE: - You
will see by the heading of his letter
that am in Lafayette county with
headquarters at Higginsville. The con.
federate home for old soldiers is To-
Gated here. The home has about 200
ex-confederate soldiers and 320 acres
of land. This brings to mind the
strife between the north and south
which hope is forever settled. I was
living in Illinois at that time. Party
lines we're to great extent obliterated
and seven-eights of Illinois were loyal
to the Union. 1 can call to mind a
few that exhonorated the south, criti-
cised the army and administration and
were willing to have peace at any
price. Peace finally came and great
majority believe is founded on just and
righteous principles and ifso twill be
lasting. This brings to mind another
thing:-there is now a war going on
between right and wrong and right
meets with opposition from source
leastto be expected. There are great
many now living who made splendid
record duringour civil war-they and
their friends are proud of that record
and yet are aiding and sympathizing
with a cause that enslaves and debau-
ches more men than negro slavery
ever did. The effect of which does
not end with time. Men in the north
whose interest were in the north that
aided and sympathized with the south
were called ''Copperheads". They did
not have and could not have the re-
spect of loyal citizens. History re-
peats itself. What shall we say of
persons that aid and sympathize with
a business that blights and curses more
lives than ever negro slavery did.
A. McGREw.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1903-07-25

Don't forget the ice cream suppe,
in the park on August LIST.
Judge Pratt who has been quite sick
for some time is slowly recovering.
Sunday Chicago Record Herald and
Inter: Ocean for sale by G. R. Welsh.
The Junior League will give an ice
cream supper in the park one week
from tonight.
Mrs. VIM. A. Smith, of Farming
ton, ILL.,, is here visiting her son Carl,
northwest of town.
The surry season is here, and Ward
& Rummell, Brookfeld, have a mag
njfcent line of them.
John R. Macy came down from
Seymore, Iowa, and spent a day with
his parents and friends in Laclede
this week.
May Jones, j. A. and IN. Elliott
left Monday night for prospecting
tour through Arkansas and Indian
Territory.
Mrs. o. B. Kilburn, of Laredo, Mo-,
and Ernest Kilburn, of Ottumwa,
Iowa, were guests of the family of R.
81. Maggard, last week.
The Baptists will hold services in
the Presbyterian church next Sunday
morning and evening, preaching by
the pastor, Rev. fletcher.
Ward & Rummell, Brookfeld, sell
the old reliable Studebaker wagon,
that wagon pioneer, whose reputation
cannot be surpassed for strength, dura-
bility and light running qualities.