The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1897-12-08

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Imtnistfatige Of ylcs, co,nestoj fdgment
No one viii thon dare saY, 4, { know II
was not true. and lyOnly intnded at
/ for a joke" or, III had iQ mako my
| liying, and tho paper that worked
totpaid mo in proportion to fko start.
ling nature of the stuff IsEprSpared, y
ot,9 corrected tho falseho0d ia the
next 5ssue,n or, II felt my ppwer in
tns eultoMal chair, having OH ,ftuni.
ty to address such nulti;udts3Ie Ieek by
week, and wanted to tk9{churcl,
and ,he world ia awe OF nnsD On tina,
great day Of Judgment pl! the( power
wo hayo had on earth viii be @insigni.
licant compared with Tho power that
~illfpronouuon our rap,ufs or our
doom and th9twhioh mighthaye been
considered a ,ks in tho Composing
roou,,' because Il humiliatedl an enc,
my, will be no joke at oil amid the
| wreck Of mountains and seas, and the
iakhorn will there tell Of all we wrote
anonymously snd under tho imper.
sOnality Of newspaper, as we'll as
that which was signed WITH our own
name. ButWhata q beautiful day for
q Frances Hayergal, when sho gets
! rewarded for all she kind thugs ahe
over wrote with the tears of her inyal.
idlsm. cr when the authors ind
| authoresses Of &ll lands and ages arc
! Wld how many came to 5heayan
! through their instrumentalitles, an,
| fer All Ghose who USE tue ioflnoucs 81
| tho proas 10 correct the errors and
extlrpatn tho wrongs and brSak tbs
| s9rforul OF mankinU.
| Then tho inkhorn By the side of the
! angel tthe new cave nant will speak k
out and toll Of what IL had to do vita
all letters Of kindness written, with
all emancipation proclanations. with
| ell editorial and reportorial euiogies
Of the good, with all the messages OF
salvation To lost world. Bst.or in
that day will it b to have set up the
type for one lino of Christian encour.
| agemcnt, or written one paragfaoh Of
useful sentiment, or published one
paya Of helpful truth than t3 havo
written books as big as Gibbons five
large volumes concorning THE De-
cline aud Tsll OF tho Nonan Empire,
| II these volumes put Christianity at a
| disadvantage, or as bril!iant as Vol.
tairos "Dlacouroes Upon Man," if
they inculcatcd injurlous theories, or
| us rhythmic SIS Byron's Don Juan
il il sacrificed the dacencies. On that
day Tie lying roll which Iechariah Of
| the text saw thousands OF wears ago,
and tho rolls which ire s,a flying over
all our towns and cities, anu flying
from tho swiftoSt printing presses that
were ever invented, will he fonod &c
contain messages divine or aatanic.
Not only the inkhOrn which Ezekiel
saw, but all tho inkhogns will como
to judgment. "And sRw the dead,
small aud great, stand before Ct I'd, and
the books wore opened.
ACitAPTER Of ACCIDENTS.
ofsDg burg County Hsd ncr Eau shsre
Lsyt Week.
It is the Same old story in Orange.
bnrg-or rather two stories the over
ready pistol and tho burning Of q no.
gro child IN house where it had been
left by its parents. Ns II.
Che series Of accidents rs told by the
OfanGeburg correspondent OF the 90
lambda Register is about as follows
'tnurEdAy morning o. number OF
young negroes who spent their time
loafing on the streets decided to 90
out in tho woods and show each othor
what they could do when it came to
playing cards. They supplied thom
selves with liquor and went out for
tho fun Just what they did orwhere
| they went is not known When out
near tho northern limits of the city,
however, "Snowball," 2 young negro
Who is given TO much mounting and
fool doiugs," as ono Of the negroes
expressed ii, drew hia pistol anH fired
three shots ut Johu Royal, q young
mulatto "3noWball" pFetendeh that
ne was ouly in fun, but Royal says
differently. One Of the balls Struck
Roynl IN the heel, the reputed fatal
spot for darkeys, but he is still llslive
and doug we'll. Snowfall" has
been arrested and is now behind the
bars.
The other familiar old story is tha.
OF leaving little nogro children by
their parents all alone in house TO ba
burned to death should fire start.
Thursday moning about 1lo'clocls
Sha. house Of Edward Smith, about ono
and q half miles from Orangeburg, on
the Bull Stamp road, caught fire. and
burned to the ground, with child
in ii. Three other children were bare.
IL saved by those who FIRST reached the
burning building. The father and
mother wore both absent iii Orange.
burg, leaving four children in the
house, tho eldest being only 6 years
old. When the children discovered
the house Was on fire they were So
torror-stiick that they made no e.
tort TO escape through the front door.
They ran lnlo q back room, those that
could walk, wiicro they couched in
ope corner like a terror stricken ami.
nal, where they wero literally baking
alive when assistance arrived. The
fire had cut eff all approach from the
front, aud o. back window was broken
open, from which the threo larger
chlldren were taken just in time TO
savS them from cremation. The heat
was SO intarso that it was absolutely
Impossible TO secure thD baby, which
lay helpless and roasted alive. II was
81 musS horrible and heart rending
aceno. There certainly should be some
heavy punishment meted out 10 such
c}reles3 paronts.
| seems that accidents never oome
singly, and in less than twenty four
bn1rS frJn nitiy S,1a ~