The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1896-06-24
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gymnasium costing $4,000.
Judge Q. Fl. Thompson is spo-
ken ui from tic Fourth District.
Watermelons grown in the
State were sold in Columbia on
tho 10th.
Ex-Judge j. j. Norton, Of the
9th Circuit, died@in Walhalla on
Saturday.
There never was a president
Of the United States whose name
began with "Mc."
Sheriff Marion Sanders, Of
Sumter, died on Wednesday last
after a long illness.
Efforts are being made by some
Of the leading citizens to estab-
lish a female college III New
berry.
Supervisor George Sawyer, Of
Aiken county, has been convict
ed Of misappropriating public
funds.
Ed Farley, colored, who was
hanged at Lumberton, N. c.,
last Friday, sold his body to DR..
Norment for So.
The degree Of D. y. has been
conferred upon Rev. John O.
Wilson, editor Of the Southern
Christian Advocate.
Hon. George ID. Tillman pre-
diets that the next president will
be q silver man; says he saw it
coming several months ago.
A passenger train on the At
lantic Coast Line between Sum
ter and Columbia last Wednes-
day made q record Of 43 miles
in Al minutes.
The Lancaster and Chester
Railroad Company has been
chartered with a capital stock Of
$50, 600, twenty per cent. Of
which has been paid in.
The degree Of Doctor Of Di
vinity has been conferred on
Rev. j. w. Daniel, pastor Of the
First Methodist church Of Sum
ter, by Newbewy College,
Rev. James Atkins, President
of Asheville Female College, has
been elected to fill the place Of
Rev. w. D. Kirkland as Sunday
school editor. He will make a
good one.
Hon. j. A. Ioyt, Of the Green.
vile Mountaineer, deserves the
everlasting thanks Of tile people
Of South Carolina for his write
up Of Alb. Williams, in his issue
Of the 18th.
A hail storm in Durham and
Orange county, N. c., on Thurs
/ day last damaged tie crops 0yel
/ 100, 900, and tpc sufferers ire
moving 70 Raleighuud Durham
&Sa.' cot WORK.
'ibe state Pension l5earl has
begun paying the boards fo@ the
/, ,di3|urent douDtieS. Each lncnly
ber receives SO day and cam t
serve more than four days draw.
ing Q. salary.
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The board Of trustees Of Wof.
ford College, have decided to
admit women to Wofford pro
yided they can pass an exami-
nation that will admit them to
the junior class.
The Ladies' Memorial Associ-
alton Of Charleston has appro.
priated $25 to the South Carolina
room in the Confederate Museum
in Richmond and $50 to the
Winchester monument.
The Secretary of State has is.
sued commission to a party of
gentlemen who propose to estab.
lish. and conduct one or more
Kelley Institutes in the State.
The capital stock is $50, 900.
The candidates for U. S. Sen
ator are John Gary Evans, jill.
Earle and John u. Duncan. The
efforts to get Hon. w. d. Evans
to enter the race didn't work.
lie is q candidate for congress,
from the 9th District.
Dan Robertson, a negro mur-
derer of Aiken, S. g., cheated
the gallows on Friday morning
last by cutting his throat with 4
corset steel about four inches
long, a short time before the ex-
ecution would have taken place.
The Columbia Mills Company
have decided to put in more ma
chinery, having just put in a
'arre plant recently. Ameeting
lor Che Stockholders will Sc Held
lon July lStll Gol tllp purposa Of
increasing The cepital ato@ss from
$10o.O0O 60 81 100000.
Hon Joseph II. Earle, it is
said, will be a candidate for
United States Senator Wonder
what the Register and "dear
Appelt' will say now that a
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