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The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1897-03-10

A drowning man would have little uso
for method of rescue which would require
days. A dyspeptic doesn't want to bother
with remedy that 10 going to take weeks
to show its beneficial cffeots.
Tho Mount IInhnnnn Shnknra nrn nffnrinr,
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1897-03-10

y 7'T00'"7 '11'f 1I5 daMd O 1777or IH-
%cstiya CordiaI Yhict Jiolas }Nrodieta ro.
lio;. !'ho yely dy4t dose ,foyes nepeAoiol
u most oasa&j aad L e owjng tq sho un
bounded confidence L, It, thst they h&ye
put 10 cent so,y u iN hoitlep ia taq aGal !.oCs
ThchG ean hN oad through Ny dpsgiab:
.and u viii relDy tho afi4teG 70 inpcs; tha
tt'ling snin necessary 10 rostca ,riul
l!o SHAKER DBesLiyc Cortisl relieves by
teatinG inc 0tomael phd oN'og the .iseotpn
Of food.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1897-03-10

READ THIS. II respectfully nm
nounce to all persons having sowing ma
chinea out Of repair that will put them
in good repair and will guarantee thom to
do satisfactory work. nm nlso prepared
to furnish all broken or miesiag parts. No
tify me through tho mail and will 60 to
Your house and do the work. Charges
made satisfactory. also do clock and
watch work at prices to suit tho times The
work boing done at your homo you have
tho advantage Of testing it before paying
for it. II. WICKER,
SEPT. T, 1906. Bcunottsyllo, S. G.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1897-03-10

LaXOl is tho best medicine for children.
Doctors recommend It in plaoe Of Castor Oil.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1897-12-16
STRIKE OF PRINTERS
NETWORK JOB MEN wlLLoo OUT
A Determined Effort to Cut the Day to
Nine Hours-I Union Will
Hack Them,

New York. Dec. l4.-It IL probable
that within forty-eIght hours the 5000
printers employed In the lGc book ana
job printing offices of this city will be
idle-the result Of u strike.
Typographical Union No. 6 has
taken the first step. The union men,
In special session. have decided to give
the boss printers until Tuesday
night to nccedc to the demand for u
nine-hour day. If by that time the de-
mand remains unrecognized, the print
ers will strike. and the union has
agreed to levy 1 per cent. campaign
tax upon every dollar earned by the
total union membership of 10000. to
be used ns Il fund TO support the strike.
A month ago the Typographical
Union No. q requested the proprietors
OF book and job offices to meet the
wishes OF their employees and fix up
nine hours ns u working day. Prior
to this the printers OF this country and
Canadn had by n two-thirds vote de-
clnred for the same principle and had
authorized the international Union to
force the issue. The employers were
duly notified, but they seemingly ig-
nOred the matter. Then the Typoth-
etae held n meeting. and, according to
the report given out by one OF Its
members resolution was passed de-
clinlng to make nine hours n working
day nnd subscribing S5O.OOO as de
Tense fund.-" with which to fight any
attempt to enforce the demand.
All the union book and job printers
| OF the United States and Canada are
watching the struggle. If the New
York printers win. their brethren else.
where will probably Insist OH the new
time schedule. to the fight for which
they are already committed by the nc.
tlon OF the International Union.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1897-12-16
The Track Was Short,

New York. Dec. 13.-As n sequel to
the siX-days' bicycle race in Madison
Square Garden comes the dispute as to
the size of the track upon which the al
legged worlds indoor records were
made. With that track tore up, with
the builders affidavit that 1t was the
required length when frs; put down,
and with two official measurements, one
differing from the other, given out by
the management. 1t begins to look as II
the discussion might be endless; or, at
any rate. fruitless.
The measurements by these survey
ors were made on Sunday morning
last, with steel tapes. Both were made
along line drawn eighteen inches
from the pole. The measurement made
by Lloyd Coils shows the track to
have been $50 feet 10 5-1G inches in
length. or, lacking 22I.2G feet in the
mile. The measurements made by
Geourge Rumguy gives $50 feet seven
inches as the length of the track. Ac-
cortling to the Coils measurement the
distance travelled by the four leaders
is about 100 miles less than the official
score.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1897-12-16
RUSHING GRAIN TO CHICAGO.

Result Of the Speculative Price Last Week.
Chicago, Dec. 13.-The wheat bulls
began to feel to-day the effect OF the
prices which they permitted last week.
The Inspection sheet showed there had
been u rush OF grain In this direction
from every quarter, us much, probably,
ns 100000 bushels contract grain In the
forty-eight hours. A little Inquiry
showed that the inspection sheet did
not begin to show all the arrivals. One
elevator concern had cargOes nggregnt-
ing 800, 600 bushels in the river, not a
bushel of which had been inspected.
Armour and Weare had cargOes In,
and the car lots showed n jump. The
majority of this grain was to fill short
sales made months ago. Some of 1t had
evidently been brought, however, to
get the benefit OF the Chicago Decem-
Der price. There was n scattered De-
cember selling. largely by elevator peo-
pie, against new receipts of this sort.
Armour was credited with more Of It
than any other interest.
The December bulls themselves sold
more or less December In order to has
ten its decline. There was remark
able drop In price-TEc.-but 1t was
accompanied by no corresponding ex-
citcment and by no great trade. De-
cember opened Mt $1.Oo, sold between
81 O5 and 97lsc.. and closed at 99hc.
The January option was influenced by
the May, as 1t has been all along, drop
ping from 05c. to O21ac. and closing at
931ac.
The Letter party did to-day what
their friends thought they ought to
have done last week-let down the De.
cember. They did not sell much, be-
cause the market would not take much,
and because Armour was selling
enough to make the price weak, but
they finally helped to break the price
Everybody is still astonished that the
| December bulls permitted any such
price as ruled last week. To-day's re.
ceipts clearly showed the result OF the
Chicago premiums. Minneapolis ad'
vices were that the Letters had people
buying up there in order to increase
the difficulty of bringing the Mime
apolis grain down here.
The elevator people are still keeping
the December bulls in the dark as tc
the amount of contract grain they are
to get. Practically no delivery has beer
made by the big shorts, Armour and
Weare. Cnrrngton-Hanna delivered
out 100000 bushels to-day.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1897-12-16
THE CIVIL SERVICE.
Republicans Are Trying to Secure Amend
mentA to the Law.

Republicans Arc Trying TO secure A"shu-
menta to the Law.
Washington, Dec. 14.-The outlook
for changing the civil service law is
being actively canvassed among Re-
publican members of the House as n
result of the conference held Saturday
night. The members of the special
committee having the matter In charge
are trying to so shape n bill that it.
will command the support of n num-
ber OF divergent elements. One Of
these is the Democratic minority.
which. combined with the Republicans
opposed to the present law, would be
strong enough to carry bill. But In
canvassing the situation 1t has been
found that Democratic members would
favor II complete repeal of the law,
but would oppose anything short Of n
repeal AS the Republican movement
is not toward complete repeal, but
rather for modification of the law,
there appears to be no basis by which
the anti-civil service reformers of both
parties can unite. 1t is claimed, how
ever. that a modification of the bill
will receive the votes of two-thirds of
the Republican members and will
have good chance OF passing the
Senate and receiving the Presidents s
signature.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1897-12-16
PROCLAMATION FROM GOMEZ.
He Declares tho Hopes of spain to subduo
tho Insurgsnta Are Biasted.


tho InsurEsnta Arc Biasted.
New York. Dec. 1T. Estrada Pal
mn. representative of the Cuban pro-
vlslonal government. has received from
General Mnximo Gomez II copy Of Il
proclamation he has recently issued,
rejecting autonomy. The document,
which Is addressed to the army Of lib
GRAFTON, reads:
General BlnncO. the substitute for
the bloOd-thirsty Weylcr. who despises
and threatens us. comes to establish
new features In this war. He says so
in his proclamation to the country and
to the army. but we do not desire to
make any changes, and the war Will
he carried on by us just the same ns
we commenced II. since nll my cir
culnrs are In accordance with civilized
warfare. Everything that helps the
enemy must be destroyed and every
thing that seems to hnrass him must
be accomplished. This Is our right.
"Our purposes have been well de-
fined and sufficiently proclaimed to the
world. We aim at the Independence OF
our country. Cuba for the Cubans;
America for the Americans.
"TO attain these high and honorable
results. we rely on our pledged honor.
the possession Of the island and the
lapse OF time. Resources to carry on
the struggle will spring forth from our
resistance The hopes Of Spain to sub
due us are already blasted. General
Blanco represents her last and final
resort"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1897-12-16

must be told. her troubled heart found
little comfort In the thought Of n meet
Ing with Miss Hetherington.
At last, after long reflection, she
spoke:
II know my mother-she Is my
mother-is very good; but 1t has all
been a fatality since l was born, and l
can hardly realize yet that we are so
close akin. All! II had but known.
madame! II she had but told me at
the first, should never have left Scot
land. or known SO much sorrow!"
Miss Dove sighed In sympathetic ac-
quiescence.
'It is sad story" she replied.
"Your mother. proud lady as she is,
has been a great sinner; but she has
been terribly punished. Surely. my
child. you do not bear any anger
against her In your hearth"
None, madame; but she is so strange
and proud. am almost afraid Of her
STILL"
"And you have other loving friends.
continued the lady. smiling kindly
do you remember Mr.. Sutherland"
JOuuuic outucIihuu. Ciieu MAJ
jorie. joyfully. who told you of him?'
Himself. He Is back here In Paris
Marjorie uttered cry of delight.
"You have seen him? You have spok.
en- to him? He knows"
"He knows everything. my child; and
he is waiting below till I give him the
signal to come up. Can you bear to SET
him?"
There was no need to ask that ques
tion. Marjorie's flushed cheek ant
sparkling eye had answered It long be
fore. Miss Dove stole quietly from thu
room, and almost Immediately reap
peared, followed by Sutherland him
self.
Marjorie! my poor Marjorie! h
cried. seizing her hands and almos
sobbing.
But who was this that Marjorie sav
approaching. through the mist Of he
own joyful tears? A STOPPING figure
leaning upon staff. turning towart
her a haggard fa:e. and stretching ou
a trembling palsied hand. 1t was Mis-
Hetherington, trembling and weeping
all the harsh lineaments softened will
the yearning of mothers love.
"My BARN! my bairn!"
"Oh, mother! mother! cried Mar
jorie: and mother and daughter clunl
together, reunited in a passionate EN-
brace.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1897-12-16

heavily under the icy load, and blue
mask of ice covered the flowing An
nan from bank to bank; but to Mar
jorie all was gladsome and familiar as
she moved about from scene to scene.
She wore black. like widow. and so
did little Leon; and, indeed, it was a
common report everywhere that her
husband was dead, and that she was
left alone.
AS to Miss Hetherington's secret, all
the world knew it now, for the swift
tongue of scandal had been busy be-
fore Marjorie's return. Needless Of the
shame, needless of all things in the
world, save her joy in the possession
Of her daughter. the grand old lady re-
mained in deep seclusion in her lonely
ancestral home.
In these sad. yet happy days. who
could be gentler than Miss Hethering-
ton? The mask of her pride fell off
forever, and showed a mothers loving
face, sweetened with humility and
heavenly pity. She was worn and fee
BILE. and looked very old; but whenever
Marjorie was near she was happiness
itself.
The fullest measure of her love, how
ever, was reserved for Marjorie's child.
Little Leon had no fear of her, and
soon, in his pretty broken English,
learned to call her "grandmamma."
1--WE began WI bar sinister" said
the lady one day, as they sat together;
"but there's no blame and no shame,
Marjorie, on you and yours. Your son
is the heir of Annandale."
5g"Oh, mother" cried Marjorie, sadly,
"how can that be? Fam mother, but
no wife" -- IN
You're wife to yon Frenchman," an
swered Miss Hetherington: lay, his
lawful welded wife by the English and
the Scottish law. Out there in France
he might reject you by the law of man
but here in Scotland, you're his true
wife still, though I wish, with all my
heart, you were his widow instead"
SIS that so, mother?"
True as gospel, Marjorie. It's wi me
| the shame lies, like the bright speck OF
blood on the hands of the thames wife,
which even the perfumes of Araby
couldna cleanse awa'!,'
| Don't talk of that. mother!" cried
Marjorie, embracing the old lady. 81
am sure you are not to blame"
"And you can forgive me, my bonny
bairn?"
81 have nothing to forgive: you were
deceived as-Gs l have BEEN Oh,
mother, men are wicked!-1 think they
have evil hearts"
The old lady looked long and fondly
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1897-12-16
(ro BE coNrrNuED.l
COAL AND IRON.

Showing That Great Britain Is Not
Holding Her Own.
Statistics show that, whereas Great
Britain in 1910 produced rs per cent OF
the worlds supply Of coal. at the pres.
ct time 1t produces only "a per cent,
says Nature. Atlantic liners no longer
carry coal from Great Britain for the
return journey; they now take in
American coal, and no less than 1,500,-
900 tons of American coal were thus
consumed in 1895. The condition of the
iron manufacturing industries has al
ways exercised a most important influ-
ence on the production of coal SO that
a large demand for iron draws with
ing the last twenty-five years the
worlds production Of pig iron has in
creased from 100000 to 26.0OO.00O
tons; but the share taken by
Great Britain has fallen from
4S.S per cent to 30 per cent,
while that of the United States
has increased from 14.1 per cent tc
26.2 per cent, that of Germany from
ia per cent to 21.4 per cent, and that
of Russia from per cent to AZ per
cent. Indeed, iron is now being i'm.
ported from the United States into this
country, and, incredible as it may
seem, the railway station at Middles-
borough, the center Of the iron trade,
!. is built Of iron brought from Belgium.
Surely, then, the author of Our Coal
Resources at the Close of the Nine-
teenth Century is hardly right in
thinking that British coal and iron
still hold their own. He argues that
other countries of Europe are exhaust
ing their coal supplies just as Great
Britain, yet the figures he gives show
that Germany has in reserve, within a
depth of 5000 feet, 109, ,000. 100000 tons
of coal, as compared with our $685.
900 900 tons within depth of 1000 feet.
And this estimate does not include
brown coal, of which Germany raises
25 900 900 tons annually.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1897-12-16
The Pump. Won't Work.

Fort Scott, Kan, Dec. 13.-Not n
drop of water has been served to tue
consumers of this city since Mayor
Hesser took charge of the water works
Saturday evening. Employees of the
water company refuse to work for the
city and no engineer can be found who
can operate the pumps. The city au-
thorities accuse the compnny's engi-
ness of having "spiked" the pumps.
The superintendent of the pumping
station is in danger because OF the IN
competency of the men who are at
temDting to run it. Hotels, factories
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1897-12-16
Luetgert's Defence.

Chicago, Dec. 13.-Attorneys Har-
mon and Ricse. in their defense Of A.
L. Luetgert, have decided to base a
strong fight on the point of the corpus
delicti. They have been making a
special study of the law covering this
point. They will contend for the prin-
ciple of common law enunciated years
and years ngo by Lord Hale, that a
man cannot be convicted where the
corpus delicti and the offense are
both proved by circumstantfnl EVIL.
dence. Either the body must be pro-
duced or the murder proved to have
been committed, and proved by direct
testimony.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1897-12-16
CHRISTIANS IN TURKEY.
Report Of the American board Gives Lat
fActa.

Facts.
Boston, Mass. Dee. 1l.-The Ameri-
can Board OF Foreign Mission made
report.
The receipts from the New England
states amounted TO II total OF $780,
4S4.l2. The total receipts from all
sources We're SGI..7Sl.O7.
The report deals nt length with Turk
ish mnssacrcs and says that while
many Christians We're killed or fed,
the number OF professcd Christians ex-
ceetls that previous TO the Outrnges.
The wounded left by mnssacres and
robbery have been slowly healing, al
though In some places the suffering has
been quite ns great as In the previous
year. Generous gifts that have come
well nigh from every European state
for the sufferers by massacre md for
the care OF orphans are gratefully ac-
knowlcdged and have revealed the es-
sentinl unity OF the civilized world In u
most impressive way.
The demand for indemnity for losses
Incurred at Harpoot and Manasch.
amounting In all to 100000, was
pressed us yet without result. The
changed conditions mt Constantinople
and the arrival OF DIR. Angel. the new
United States minister to the porte,
mny reasonably he expected to secure
early and satisfactory action In regard
to this claim and all other material
questions ut issue between our gov
crnment and Turkey. The distribution
OF funds from NIL countries for the re-
lief of suffering and the care OF Or
phans involving this year the handling
| OF 1851 .29S.
The massncres In which nt least
5000 Armeninns were slaughtered In
Constantinople were the result Osten.
sibly OF nn attack on the Ottoman hank
OF the city by band OF revolutionists.
but In reality Of the same fanaticism
and race hatred which deluged the
whole empire with blood the previous
year. When the sOvereigns spoke the
word on the third day blOodshed
ceased instantly throughout the whole
country. Criminals have received lit
tie or no punishment or the Armenians
were systematically imprisoned. EN-
ployment denied them and threats held
over them until more than 10000 OF
them fed the city.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1897-12-16
ROBBED OF HIS CLOTHES.
Farmer Cannon Left Almost Nude In the
Anoyx by Kansas City Thieves.

Kansas City. Mo-. Dec. 13.-G. w.
Cannon, n farmer from Blue Springs.
Missouri. had chilly experience with
footpads in Kansas City tonight.
While he was crossing the Santa Fe
freight yards at Nineteenth and Lib
erty streets, three men stood him up
between two lines of freight cars and
literally stripped him. When the rob
bers departed, Mr.. Cannon was left
with just two pieces of underwear,
even his stockings having been taken.
He ran barefooted through the, deep
snow to switchman's shanty In the
yards. There he was given pair OF
overshoes. and at a neighboring sa-
loon he was given clothing enough to
permit of his going to n police station
to tell his troubles. The robbers Sc
cured 50 in money.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1897-12-16
COLORADO THURSDAY DECEMBER

and consumers generally are com.
PEELED to obtain water from private
sources. which are insufficient to sup.
ply the needs. The trouble grows out
OF the city forcing the water company
to sell It's plnni.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1897-12-16

In hcr daughters race; then Bh0 oAl0,
with q loving smile:
II ken one man that has the haart
of q king-ay. of an angel. Marjorie"
who. mother?"
"Who but Johnnie Sutherland? my
blessings on the lad! But for him.
should have lost my BARN forever. and
1t was for his sake. Marjorie. that
wished ye were widow indeedw
Marjorie flushed n deep crimson and
turned her head away. Sutherland's
answering devotion had not failed to
touch her deeply. and she understood
1t now In all Its passionate depth and
strength: but she still felt herself un-
der the shadow OF her old sorrow. and
she knew that the tie which bound her
to CaussidIerc could only be broken by
death.
Thus tine passed on, until the dreary
SO memorable to France and French
men. set In with all Its vigor. There
was little Joy for Sutherland. Indeed.
his trials were becoming almost more
than he could bear. and he was wonder
Ing whether or not. after all. he should
leave his home and Marjorie. when
there came a piece OF news which fair
ly stunned him.
1t came In the shape OF letter and
a paper from his Partisan artist friend.
The letter, after n few preparatory
words, ran as follows:
"You may be shocked. but hardly
think you will be sorry to hear Of the
death OF your little friends husband.
Leon Caussidiere. He disappeared In
most mysterious manner. and Is sup
posed to have been privately put to
death. What he was. Heaven knows
but he mixed a good deal In politics
and judging from what you told me
about him. I shouldn't be at all sur.
prised to hear that he was a spy. Well
at any rate. whatever he was he is gone
peace be to his soul. and fancy the
world will get on a good deal bette,
without him than with him. At any
rate, a certain part of 1t will. l know
With this send a paper. that you ma,
read the official account OF the deatf
Of your friend. and know that thers
Is no mistake about 1t"
Having finished the letter. Suther
land turned to the paper-glancet
down its columns: came upon q mark
ed paragraph. and read as follows II
the French tongue:
"Caussidiere, holding an oficer'
commission under the Committee o
Public Safety. has been convicted o
REASONABLE practices and put to death
He was tried by military tribunal, ant
executed yesterday"
Sutherland put down the paper ant
held his hands to his head; he wa!
like a man dazed. Was he glad? No
he would not allow himself to feel gla'
to rejoice In the death OF fellow
creature, even though he was his en-
emy.
And yet. II Caussidiere was dead
Marjorie was free. The very though
seemed to turn his brain. He put bot
the letter and the paper in his pocket
and went up to his room. He could no
work, but he sat down among his pict
ures and tried to think.
What must he do? Go to Marjorie
No, he could not do that-for she woul
detect the JOY in his face and voice
and her sensitive nature would recoi
from him, and that he could not beai
He must not see her: other lips tha
his must tell the news.
He remained all the morning shu
I'D in his room, but in the afternoo
he left the house, and walked slowl
across the fields toward Amanda
Castle.
fro BE coNrrNURD.)
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1897-12-16

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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1897-12-16
CHAPTER XXXIv.

HEY took her home
with her little boy
to Annandale, and
there in the old
c a 8 tie Marjorie
soon recovered her
health and h e r
8 I r e n g t h. 1t
was winter still:
the landscape was
white with snow.
tin e trees h Il n g
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1897-12-16

Probable Change In tho Rubber Industry
Hitherto rubber has usually bsen Sc
cured by the wasteful method OF cut
ting down the trees. The recent dis
covery that the leaves furnish purer
and more copious supply of gum than
the trees. promises to produce great
change in that industry.