The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-05-31
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There Are Many Candidates rs
the Field For III.
THE = AZ CAMPAIGN . oIaEy ED. y
There Will be No / Lack Of cas,-
dldatss, bur Who The i.
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$ Senator MoLaurin' speech wv ed d l1,.a es4 u
}dayla Greenvllle is generally regard Cd {
as tho opening Of his oam ]paiga for "a
eleotion, although thero arc some
Who y llt ssil! profess 70 belioyoa that
Senator NJ Lsurin will not fbo | nS the
/ campaign next ap.rl tner. El lowayer q thsts
may bD, his5 activity ut e,ibs
time 2 atlirall y dirocta attent ton Go the
race Tor tho seat; onoe held by 3S SWade Is
4 Hampton. From presont Indications
that race will be q warn ono. Con
gressman Latimar, of tho Third dis.8:
triot, is already an ayoWed Q andidato
and is actively at work, ItSis general
~ understood thst at lis tins at least 1
congressman Lstimer hiss the good will &
It not tho aotivo support Of Senator
Tillman. State Senator ID IS. Hendorsi.
son, Of Aikon, ID also understood to be
in tho raoo for all he is worth. which Ia.
not little. 1t has recently N been
stated that there is an understanding
betwoen Messrs.e Latimor and Hen dor. i
aon; that the former is looking after
Charleston end the !c. sSass 4; 4. nd \
the latter paying particular attention
to tho Piedmont. Just what can be
gained from this alleged oooporationtis
not known, but circumstances give
oredenoo to tho report. Congressman
Latimcr's efforts in bohalf 1'of s tho
Charleston exposition aro supp poaed to
give him Charleston's vote SO t far, as; it
can bo controlled, while Senator Hem
derson being possessed Of some inau.
enco with the cotton mill presid dents of 8
the Piedmont would be moro \ apt tos,
undermine MoEaurin in that quarter. 4
Tho name of Ool. George Johnstono,S
Of Newberry, has boen ofton mentioned
in connection with this race. If hot5
should be candidate he would bo
pitted against tho man who defeatedg
him for reelection to congress Al q !, I
Latimer. Thisis an interesting ooinoi-8
donce. Col. j ohnstone was inythe oityl
tuesday, but was not talking poli-
tios, being busy with some legal az
fairs. A close friend, however, stated !
that 1t was most probable that Coll 4ss
Johnstono would have something sto
say on the stump next summer. a III !
10 one OF the most eloquent speakers iii I.
the State and ready stump debater. go &
that his entry into tho fold would do \
much to liven matters up. n There are q n
number Of other gentlemen mentioned IS
for the placo, among them being G ov. 4.
MS1o M1oS Heqney. NJ 3ssSyj
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Is JOB, va, special says: 10 be-;
crushed to death In the embrace Of "a
monstrous black bear and their littlo
bodies afterward mangled and PARTLY de- I
voured was the frightful fate that befell
the three young ohildron OF d. 2. }. Por-5
ter6eld, mountainoer residing about
IL miles southeast Of this place. The 1
remains were found Wednesday, 4, By. & 4
searching party which had been out
sinoe Sunday evening. The party in
oluded John Weldon, @ Maryland hun
tor, who within few minutes after dis
covering the bodies, shot and killed tho
bear in q neighboring thioket. The
children wero Mary, aged 3, Willie,
aged Sb, and Horny, aged x Shortly
after noon Sunday they left homo to-
gather flowers in q oloaring near their
homo. Nothing moro Is known but it&
is supposed they wandered into the
woods and becoming lost continued OH
thoir way until they were overtaken by
,ho bear in tho denae forest three miles
from their parentB' homo. The bear
toasted off all three Of the bodies. Tao
bonos of tho children had been orusaed
like straws end the flash stripped of
with teoth and claws. Tho party divided
and began q soaroh, Within few min
utos Weldon discovered il in 8 thick.
dump Of helnlook saplings near d small
stream. A single shot ended it's lffe.
1t was doolared to be the largest boar
ever seen in this neighborhood. |.
Burned the Site. rs
The Slate leper board recently quiet
i " nurohaaed largo III a1tAtinn IN ii aff ~.