The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-04-19
he writes a not o to tho heartlees charm.
or and makes way with himself boforo
he is thoroughly sober. .

| ,uo 10 luVFOuRuiy b0Der. l,iSs ~ ttist
'Tho women seldom leave letters,
thoy usually try in every way to avoid
Identification; but tho mon seem to
/! take certain satisfaction in tho dra-
matic end they arc making and want
all the spectacular features OF course,
there arc many exceptions to oil these
generalitios. I'm only giving you my
own Impressions from study Of the ro-
oorda.
s"The mothers arc the persons for
whom most Of tho letters ere left.
Thoro are letters to husbands, wivos,
sweet hearts, but a big majority Of tho
suicides sec m moro worried about tho
effect Of the thing upon their mothers
than about any thing o!se. Lettor after
letter hegs mother to forgive and not
to gri.vo, and GOOD many Of thom arc
not written 10 tho lnotbors, but ask
that tho news be broken 10 tbem gent
ly. It's natural enough A swet theart
or vito or friend ia all very wo !, but it's
follows mothor who is going to be
hardest hit when ho throws Up tho
game; and down at tho bottom Of his
heart tho fellow kaows it.
There's ono funny thing abeut the
lotters. If the writer mentions God or
the hereafter at all he usually 81 oms to
feel pretty sure that God will forgive
him. There's somo anxiety about what
surviving friends may think Of the
moyc, but fair certainty that God
knows how hard things arc aud will un.
| derst and.
Ono class Of suicides includes tho
| oranks-all sorts and conditions of
oranks There was the man who
thought he had swallowed dynamite
and would rather kill himself thar wait
to bo blown up. Thon there was tho
man who beloved that ho was boing
followed and would b, murdered. !.
We've seen "a plumber of euoh GASES
The man who always heard angels urg-
ing him to die and c,mo to heaven was
another; and ono said he had beon
hypnotizcd by somo people on tho
stroot, and his life was spoiled. OF
course, those mon arc simply insane.
I'm sorry for them, but those oasos
aren't pitiful like some.
"Whon an old man OF 20 commits
suicide beopu;o ho oan't bear being do.
pendent upon his children any longer
it makes you think. Ono seldom finds
an old person taking his own life.
Things must have boon prc,ty hard for
that old follow. He looked like good
patient soul, too.
!, ncn always nave ielc sorry iof
.nH men .S %no maoe away WIN mem
soiyes ~ IllaI 'holr WIVES anu oniiare1
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and nd so,,l ha haa 49, ~ IN mdison, oouy
an am hour or ~ ns' p'o''S pau qusf'er ol
"a GOOD ronv sr;o;dos oo,,., a.
or.oa tbst no~ar oomoa onosans Us ~ Iosos aiSe
| tba world W. don't ] have ~ A az ano ,monu =,
wall atroat an;o;doa a. % ~ nlJ ii as daus
though There ] asem ~ 70 ha % wnro ~" u"yS, .ns
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to sca ia nmmbar of @ robb;ta, ~ u 4tavu fn"t
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oi tnem, put ! don't know what has be.
"Grin has addod - tha ~ of
suicides in this oomntry ' And % axtpan,a =,