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The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-11-29
Advocating Good Roads,
4 yHorn OF experience.

Gaa. NJ. o. Butler is interesting
limself actively in tho good roads
movement in South Carolina.
Recognizing the great Importance Of
this progro,sivo movement, he has
thrown the weight Of his personality
and influence in it's behalf. He ia not
simply lending it the moral support Of
his approval, but is actively at work in
the cause. Ho proposes to advocate
tho adoption by. tho next session Of tho
legislature Of bill to mako the State
railroad commissioners also commits
sionera Of public highway. He Gays
the public roadways arc scarcely seoond
in Importance to the States railroads,
and the commissioners might wolf
have supervision Of both. Their time
10 Eot fully occupied with the railroads,
and they might greatly improve the
publio roadwsys Of Carolina by sys,
tom atizing the county work and oosab.
liAhiDg q general plan that will enoour
age permanent improvements, the use
Of tho best material, and the Hisost
methods Of road construction. The
Augusta Chronicle very rightly eays
this is certainly an impor ,ant onter-
Prise, and one worthy the best efforts
Of Oarolina's best mon.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-11-29
The Liberty Bell.

Tho building orootod by Philadel-
phia on tho grounds Of the South Caro-
lima Interstate and Wost Indian exposi.
tion has boen completed. 1t cost moro
than $40, 600. Tho arrangements for
Liberty Bell, which is to bo ono Of
tho principal attractions Of tho Phils
dolphia building, to Charleston have
not yet boen decided upon bpon by tho
counoilmanic committee. It was the Or
iginal intention Of tho committee to take
tho historic relic to that city in timo
to have it in place when tho exposition
oponod, but this idoa has boon abandon
cd and tho bell will not be removed
until sitter tho beginning Of 1902. 1t
will be accompanied on tho trip by all
tho mcmbers Of tho spooial oommittoo
and porhaps by othor members Of both
branches Of council. A program will
also DO arranged for short stops at the
principal oitioa and towns botwoen
Phllsdelphia and Charleston SO ss to
enable residonta Of those places to SOC
tho liberty boil.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-11-29
!, Gold and Silver in 1000.

The report Of the director Of
the United States mint shows
that although the war IN South
African has reduced the pro-
duction of gold in that section
from $73, 900, 900 in 1899 to so, J
100000 in 1900 this loss has been
in part offset by a gain Of $14,-
100000 in this country and in
Canada, and the worlds product
still aggregates the handsome
total of $257, 900, 900, or double
the aggregate ten years ago. AS
the industrial uses Of gold are
thought to call for barely $125,-
10000 a year, there remains as
much more to expand the cur
rency of the gold using coun.
tries. This expansion is equi-
valent to an increase Of about 2
per cent q year upon the present
supply. In regard to silver the
director of the mint reports that
the total production, measured
by ounces, was a trifle greater
than ever before, though it's
commercial value was Of course
less than decade ago. During
the last year, however, says the
report, the price Of silver adj
vanced from 50 cents an ounce
to G6 cents, the cause Of the in
crease being England's pur-
chase Of 100000, 900 worth Of
silver bullion for coinage into
rupees. These purchases, it is
remarked. "seem to restore
India to somewhere near her
old position as a customer for
silver.''
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-11-29
- - 49, - -f>s-sr ~
a FATAL wREUR,
a A Scene Of Yndesorlbablo Confusion
and Horror.

Afatal wrcok occurred on tho Santa
Fe Railroad, ono milo west Of Fran.
conia, Arizon, switch station &c
miles eaet OF Needles, CAL, oariy Wod.
nesdsy. Seven traiDmen were killed,
threo passengers and ID irainmen iniur..
ed. Limited trains, bound eastward
and westward crushed together while
running at full speed.
The oastbound train was drawn by
engines, while tho west bound train had
but ono locomotive. Tho trains were
crushed and blown to piocos by an ex.
ploeion which followed tho collision.
Both trains weIo mado up Of vestibulo
osrs OF tho heaviest kind, and while
they Ito ID tho torri6o shook we'll and
prott olod the passengers to great or.
tont, st yersl of cara took fro at onoo
and burned up. The dining oars. one
on each train, ono Pullman and two
comp osite cars Wero DESTROYED.
Tho collision is said to have been
duo to adisregard Of orders by tho Grew
OF tho west bound train, though full
particulars on this point arc az yot
lacking. From all accounts, however,,
it is gathered that tho east bound train
lad orders to take tho siding at Fran
oonia and await tho passing Of tho west
bound flyer, which was running two
hours late, and trying to make up time.
Tho east bound train failod to reach
the siding, and, as the west bound train
did not wait for II, tho two trains came
together without warning and with an
ewful crash. The boiler Of tho wost
bound engine 10 said to havo exploded
Immediately after the crash, soaldinq
to death those of tho ongino Drew who
had not boon killed outright.
A soono Of awful confusion followed.
The massive engines piled up ia an in:
describablo macs Of broken and twisted
steel, while the eoalding steam hung
in Q donse, suffooating clould over the
dobris, from which tho agonising cries
Of the injured and dying engineer could
bo heard. The hesyy Pullmans anG
composite oars jammod tho dining and
baggage oars upon tho heated pile 81
debris, carrying death to tho dining Cal
crews and setting the cars a6re.
From the meagro dotaila Of the soenes
gathered from the passengers, it il
learned that the sleeping oars, with ono
or two excoptionp, suffered slightly,
and as q result tho passengers wero az
forded comparative immunity from in
jury. So far az learned, only tire,
passengers, all from California, suffer
Cd iDjuries Of tovcro character, the
terrible results of the wrcok being CON
finod almost entirely to tho train orowl
and the employees Of tho dining cal
service.
The west bound limited carried a full
passenger list from eastern oities, ( III
it appears mono were injured.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-11-29
a SHORT COTTON CROP.
Over Half Million Balls Lsss Than
Last Y ear. Iss 5i5

Tho Gulf Port Trading COMPANY has
SOFT out compilation Of statiati,s al
leging 90 give a correct estimate If tho
cotton crop Of 1901 g. We have no
way Of Judging Of the accuracy Of those
tieurcs, yet thoy are presented aud those
interested may mako their own dsduo.
tione.
Tho report, which shows that tho
crop this seaaon will be short Of the
crop Of 1900-1901, says ip part: CAT
tho request Of q number Of our frieuda
among tho mill mon 10 submit to hon,
tho result Of our circular tf i, qairy Of
November 2, with regard 10 the yield
Of tho cotton crop Of 1891 1902, VIC
herewith submit our estimate The
same is based on information received
botwoen the 4th inst, and this d ate
from 203 oil mills all over the COTTON
belt. We add at the same time tho
yield Of last year go as to show clear'y
tho increase or dcores'o Of tho diff r
ent Stetesn 2feii& <sss2
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-11-29
ROOM.E TN a MIME.
And Q EIisvsd 20 Have Disd Irnm
Fire Damp. &,
INVESTIGATING D,sAsTER,
The Milne inspsotorsof Wost vir-
glnia Among tho Party Bs.
lisvad to tiavo p, r,shsd
IN the Mine.
In the Mine. &

A dispatch from BlueAeld, w. Va,
says at eleven O'Clock on Friday morn
ing Superintendent Walter 0 Malley, Of
the Pocahontas oollories company,
along with State Mine Inspector viii
liam Diiest. A. s. Hurst, chicf con!
inspector for tho Uastuor, Ourran &
Ballitt company, Of Philadclphia, Rob
ert st. Clair, chiof coal inspector, Nor.
ris st. Clair and William Oldham, sub
coal inspectors, Frazier @. Boil, Min
ing Engiueer Cardwell, manager Of the
Shamokin Coal and Coke company Of
MayburY, w. Va, composing a party
Of eight, onterod tho aost main Of the
Southwest Virginia Improvement Jom.
pany's oollorios for tho purpose Of OK.
amining the truo situation in regard to
the recent explosion and fro in the
Baby, mino, and up to this hour az
midnight) have not boon hoard from. u
It WAS nupposed that tho Baby mine
proper had boon out off from tho west
mine tor tho purpose Of operating the
west mine. The largo fan in the aos,
mine had boon startod at an early hour
this morning and at II o'ciook today il
WAS thought that all gaaoa originating
from fire in tho Baby mino had bo, y
forced from tho main pt rtion aud 1t was
considered cafe to onter. A g %. IN. q
party conaisting Of experienced, miners
led by Assistant Superintendent K,pe
entered the mine to rosouo tt Q lost' pr.
ty Of oight, but at 6.45 thoy returned,
having encountered such quantities OF
black damp as to mako it ipp ,ssi ible to
enter any distance into the mine. Supt.
King was completely ovsroom, b. tho
gas encountered aud is now in a ori
cal condition. A consultation is now
being held in tho comra ,y'H tf}ioes at
Pooahonts Of the different mining ex.
ports from tho Flat Top field. those OK.
ports having been rushed to Pooabont as
by epeoial train this afternoon. All
efforts are beiug u,d to recover tho
bodies Of the inspcotlog psrty, bus no
hopes are entertained that any of the m
will be recovered alive.
The secretary and treasurer Of the
Southwest Virginia company is dirootly
In charge Of all movements at tho
mines. The fite that originally started
in the Baby mine last Thursday II orn.
ing and which was supposed to havo
boon under CONTROL ip now burning fu.
rinnaly.
An membors Of the lost party are
promin cut in tho oca3 fields and tho ex.
oi,eDent now prevailing at Pocahon; as
il intt ses business having been praoti-
oslly suspended. All mo n bers Of tho
party are married, aome having large
families.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-11-29
Archives Lost.

Report is msde in Pittston, Pa, that
many papers OF tho greatest Importance
to tho city goyornmop. arc missing and
arc beloved to. be in tho pocket Of
Michael Ilangan, whono bodyBRith 81
miners, are en tombod in tho%ifl.fatod
twin shaft. At the timo Of tho disss-
tor, in 1895, Langan was acting Mayor
Of tho oity, and foW hours bof6ro ho
entered the mines had roooived valu.
ablo pApora. Thoro is no hopo Of ever
penetrating tho fallen rock and reooy.
Ing oithor body or papers. s%9S .lIi3
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-11-29
SWindler Arrested

John B. Bortholf, mapagor of The
Eastern division of the Western Uoiou
Telegraph Company, ct tho jersey Civ.
WAS orfestod Thursday on tho charge
that ho s@~as c.:r.ing On ..sreen
goods" business. The complaint was
made by Chief Police Murphy. Tne
police have IN thoir possession several
circulars sept to tho South and West
aud they claim that they can chow that
tho telegtaphio replies from the proa
peotivo victims wont direct to Bertho E..
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-11-29
Made 6 Haul.

ANNOUNCING mentswaB mado Friday that
the Bank o n Liverpool. had been vic.
;tinaiaadN byss trusted & book keeper to / d
large hnloant 8 An oflioinl sasaternont
Issued by tho bank says that thgough
\ tho dishonepty and batting trAnsaotions
.9f 3 1 q boo keeparS they may lose e no.
9Og, Tho Bank Of 8 lysrpool q sbarea
tell 4. 9l5 on the stock exchange today.
thc q efAulter shas not syot been arfent.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-11-29
Killed the Steward q

The British bark Birnsn Wood, from
Rio Janeiro, in charge Of Mate Poo, or.
rived at Mobile sFsidey end ropor.s that
on Nov. 18Th tho oaptain, named Nor
ris, killed tho vcsel'e steward. Tho
BODY waS buried at sea. Tho captain
kept hia cabin, pacing up and dowo.i
When informed that Sand Island light
was sighted Nov. "a, ho gayo The mate
the course, picked up a sea lead, Jump.
cd overheard, and was drowned. III
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-11-29
Bridal Superstitions.

Relative merits Of tho various months
with regard to ma;Timony arc sut forth forth
in the old rhyme which rung:
Marry whom tho year is new,
Always loving, kiud and true;
When February birds do mate
You may wod, nor dread your fate.
II you wod whom Meroh winds blow,
Joy and aorroW both you'll know.
Marry in April when you can,
Joy for maiden and for man;
Marry in the month Of May,
~ B ou will surely rue the day;
frry " ghen une roses blow, 81 .{
So E, y yer land and sea you'll 60.
They who in July do wod,
Must labor always for their bread.
Whoever we'd in August be, ,.
MANY q ohanoe arc sure to 500.
Marry in Semptember's shine,
Your living will be rich end Ano.
Ii In October you do marry,
Love will como, but giohes tarry;
II you we'd in bleak November,
Only Joy will como, remember;
When Deoember's SHOWS fall fast,
Marry, and truo love will last,
OF tho days in the woek, Wednesday
is the best and Saturday the worst on
which to get married. Tho old rhyme
runs:
Monday for wealth,
Tuesday for health, /
Wednesday tho best day Of all,
Thursday for orosses,
Friday for Losses,
Saturday no luck at ALL"
Ii We are to believe superstition. q
brides happiness depends not little
on what she wears. Something old
and something new, something bor-
rowed and aomethipg blue" 10 inyari
ably regarded by brides. Acoordine
to an old rhyme: q 7
married in white,
You havo chosen all right.
Married in gray,
You will 60 far away.
Married in black,
You will wish yourself back,
Married in red,
You had better be dead. n
Married 10 groom,
Ashamed to be soon.
Married in blue,
a You'll always be true.
married. in posrl,
You'll live in whirl.
Married in yellow,
Ashamed Of the fellow,
Married in brown,
You'll live out Of town. .t
Married in pink,
Your spirit will SINK"
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-11-29
Stenographers Wanted.

A Washington paper reports: Any
male stenographer Of fair ability csn
booure position in tho Philippines at
q salary of 1900 q year to start on.
The civil service commission is unable
to supply the demand for stenogfaphers
and typewriters for the insular service,
every eligible one who has been OBJ.
tainod up to this time having been sent
of to Manila with an appointment.
Special examinations were held
throughout tho country rooently to oct
mon for theso positions, and only 81
candidates qualified. Every man who
would accopt position la the Philip.
pinos was appointed at on cs.' y Women
are ruled out heoause they arc NOT
wantod la the East. Tho candidates
muat BIO between tho ages Of 16 and 40.
and tho sslary Of 81, 200 Ia raisod to
81, 400 II tho probationary period Of ak
months is passed satisfactorily,
HAyo you paid for gour pspor? re
,youhsyo not, don { YOU thin K you ought
itn Nha nr3n far N n IN mn X x ~
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-11-29
Eleven Hurt in Colliaions

Nleven people woro injured IN col.
lision Thursday night betweon an az.
oommodation snd freight train near
Chqnchula, on tho Mobile and Ohio
rosd. Only one, 8 negro tireman nnined
Oolllns, 10 believed TO be hurt. There
wore four oars Of stock attached to the
freight trained and most Of Il was
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-11-29

TAG, 900 ! 1865, 900
''This shows that tho preseut Drop
will bo $4,000 bales short OF The crop
Of last season. 4,$ III.
"a groat number Of tho mills report
that owing to The, exceptionally fine
weather in October, and carly Noyom..
bor. tho crop has H beon harvested 30
far comparatively much faster, and
hos also been marketed on o much
more Liberal scale than in past years.s
The reports mako montion of tho fact
that tho crop 10 worry light, and that
frost has occurred in tho Last days
OF October and carly this mouth prot.
W generally alltovor The cotton bolt,
With Tho exoeption Of aouth TexAa,n 4
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-11-29
WAN TED |!

SsWe want one hundred more students at
oncc to como and complete our business or
shorthand oourses and aooep, good positions
immediately after graduating In ordor 10
give ell an opportunity to grasp this speoial
offer at onoe, We will pay full railroad fare,
and take good notos or tfioe work as part
payment Of tuition; also secure oheap board.
Write at once for full information.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-01
STORY OF THE POSTAL SERVICE.

The annual report Of the postmaster gen.
eral, with it's revenues and expenditures
each considerably exceeding a hundred mil
lion dollars, naturally turns attention to
the growth during the last forty years Of
this branch of the public service, which
comes nearest the people. The first fact
that will attract the attention Of those
who study the development of the postal
service is that the revenue derived from
that service the last fiscal year G111, 6s1,-
1880 is more than twice as much as the
entire revenue o. the government in 1860
S53,1S7, 511.S7. This would indicate that upon
the basis of revenue and expenditure the
postal department does twice as much bust
ness as did the entire government. army.
navy, treasury, ETC., in 1850. The report
of the Postofhce Department for the fiscal
year 1S6O shows 2S,495 postoffices, 2O, 594
miles of postal route. receipts amounting
to SS,51S,O67; expenditures of Sl9,17O,61O; post
masters salaries, $2.552. S6S. The postal fig
ures for the fiscal year 1900 were: Num-
Der of postofices. 76.6SS; miles of postal
routes. 5Oo.9S2; receipts of the department..
S1O2, S54, 1853; expenditures, $l07. 4 .26S; sal
aries of postmasters, i .112.O97; cost OF
transportation Of mails. $50, 772.SS1. For the
fiscal year 1901 the receipts were Sill, 6S1, 1913.
and the expenditures Sis, 554,99O. In 1850
the expenditure of the department was con-
siderably more han double the receipts
the latter being SS,51S.O67 and the deficit
s1O.652,5 4S. Last year the deficit was s., 92S.-
rs. or a little more than one-third of the
deficit of 1850.
The civil war so interfered with the
postal service in the South hat it was
not until 1870 that the number of postof-
fees was as large as In 1860. Tho figures
for the fiscal year 1870 were: Number OF
postofhces, q. 492: miles OF postal routes,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-01
LITERARY NOTES.

1t is said that few American authors
"sell' as well on the other side as does Mr..
Howells.
Signor D'Annunzio, who is not greatly
troubled with self-depreciation, says that
his new drama, Francesca da Rimini." is
mot unworthy of Dante's memory" He
has started a new drama which he calls
RE Numa."
A new volume Of verse and prose, b.
Richard Watson Glider. is about to be is
sued. 1t will consist chiefly of poems writ
ten since the publication of Five Books of
Song" and I'm Palestine" and win be en-
titled Poems and Inscriptions"
Rudyard Kipling's kim" will probably
be one of the most widely circulated works
of fiction published this season. says the
London Bookman, which states the sale
has amounted TO about 500 copies a day,
with no present abatement of the demand.
The rumor that Mr.. Thomas Hardy was
tired Of novel writing and had decided to
abandon it is contradicted by the novelist
himself. He does not consider that Wessex
is yet exhausted as a field for fiction, and
we may look, therefore, for new stories
from his pen.
Nobody, says a New York Tribune writer.
could devise a better epithet for the verses
of the present poet laureate than that ap-
piled by Robert Browning. "Strum-strum'
80 - u IN oAA0
them, and the latest edition of them more
than j~ustifies the title.
In Poland the rewards OF literature ap-
pear to be considerable. Henry Sienkie-
wicz, the novelist, whose silver jubilee the
Poles recently celebrated, was presented
with a chateau and an estate on the mem
orable occasion. He IS especially fond of
hunting, and the walls of his home in War
saw are decorated with his trophies, some
OF them from Africa
Norman Hapgood's new life of Wash
ington is not without it's lighter side. The
occasional vigorous profanity Of the father
Of his country makes several dashes neces-
sary in the quotations from Washington's
letters, and the testimony of a personal
friend and fellow-soldier is given to the
effect that at Monmouth the commander
in-chief "swore till the leaves shook on
the trees" Never have | enjoyed such
swearing before or since. Sir, on that ever
memorable day he swore like an angel from
heaven"
1.-THE Intrusions of Peggy" Mr.. Anthony
Hopes new story, is to appear as a serial
previous to its publication in book form.
Lafcadio Hearn. who has just published
another book dealing with japanese life,
has had a most and romantic
experience. His father was an Irish sur
geon in the Seventy-sixth British Regi-
ment, his mother a Greek lady from Cerigo.
He was born at Leucadia, Santa Maura,
Ionian islands. He was sent to France
at sixteen to be educated, came to America
when nineteen, and found himself in New
Orleans, where he did editorial work for
ten years. In 1887 he visited the West In
dies, with which he was charmed; went to
Japan against his wish, but was quite rec
onciled to his fate, for he married a Jap
anese lady, studied the japanese people
with marvellous success, and has produced
books of rare charm and remarkable value.
He is now lecturer on English literature
In the Imperial University Of Toxic.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-01
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

Dmitri Kosjsujajkean. an Armenian. who
arrived at the Garrett Biblical Institute.
H., to study theology. has changed his
name to MIR. Little" as none of the pro-
fessorS was able to pronounce his Armenian
name.
Wellington G. Shinghi, of Rockland, Ne.
has in his possession a photograph Of
Abraham Lincoln. the negative Of which
was not retouched, and shows the charac-
t~eristics OF the man which a finer finished
picture would conceal
Queen Alexandra, following the example
of the late Queen Victoria, is sending
Christmas gifts to the troops in South Az
pipes, each silver mounted and bearing the
stamp Of the crown and her monogram.
Miss Katherine Hughes. of Ottawa, Can,
is the leader Of a movement for providing
employment for Indian children when they
leave the schools. She is called Kateri
Kaidnerenstra by her Indian proteges,
which means she makes things go pleas
antly."
Hon. j. NJ. Longyear, OF Marquette.
Mich, who built himself a palatial home
at a cost Of $500, 600 in that city. has become
so embittered against the city for allowing
a railroad 10 run so near his property that
he will move the house, stone by stone, TO
Boston. which project will almost reach the
original cost Of the structure.
If you have the foreign correspondence
habit and do not want your friends on the
other side to pay c. o. D. charge on letters
and postal cards, never put "care OF" or
faux SONS de- any one with whom they
happen 10 be staying. For some obscure
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-01
WISDOM OF CURRENT FICTION.

Youth is the only comrade for youth.
All else is evasion of life's laws.-The Right
of Way.
Most men are inventive enough in the
matter of personal justification. Papa
Bouchard.
The man in a mar can only be recog-
nized by the woman in a woman.-By the
Higher Law.
AS it must happen in this world, the an
swer to our prayers comes in a way and at
a cost We little dream of.-Sylvia.
Women love good en-bu are interested
in men whose goodness is more or less i'm
p~aired.-The Man from Glengarry.
You are not to suppose that one man was
a saint and a hero and the other a fool and
a ruffan. No; that sort of thing happens
only in books.-The Ruling Passion.
Good health is very much like money; it
is valued most by those who have to work
hardest TO get it, and it is squandered by
those who come by it easily.-Caleb Wright.
Emily had an respect for intel
lect, and frequently, it must be admitted,
for the thing which passed for it. She was
not e~xacting.-The Making of a Marchion-
ess.
There are some saints. my boy, who eat
white bread and sleep In the shade. Would
to God there were no Christians who had