The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-09-20
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There is life in the Old Land yet.
Saturday was lively day in Clio
The merchants all report fine sales.
hopo the grumblers will give us resi-
spell for awhile. A great many peo.
pie seem to think that since McKin-
lcy's death we are going to starve to
death or have another war. heard
man say, and he wns> in earnest too,
lhut hcdid not expect anything else
than to bo drafted as a Soldier as soon
AZ itoosc}olt became President and
had time enough to declare war.
Another man said he was ccrtaiu cot
tDn would 80 10 four cents; another
QUO said he was afraid tho Dispensary
law would bc killed; and last, but
not least, ono fellow said he was afraid
Roosevelt would force the Divorce Law
on the people. Wouldn't lot Of
women rise up and call him blessed ii
he could? What foola these mortals
bcs The killing of any man is q thing
that all good law abiding citizens
should condemn except one crime, and
we al know what that crime is. but
when The chief rule. of our nation is
murdered by an anarchist fool. it
should cause every man to thiak SER
iously Of what we eventually DRIFT in
to-not the price OF cotton nor the
fHmors Of war.
While MrKinley was a broad mind.
cd man, safe ruler and a good friend
Of the south, and we all deplore the
sad ending Of his life that does not ar
que that our country will go to ruin
or War either. | want to say right
here that grert many Of our news
papers are responsible for a good deal
Of this kind of thing instead Of con-
lemning il they commend it in ely
aud round about wny. l vi admit
that honest and just criticism of our
public officers and public afiairsare all
right and all men have the right to
SO do, but l do Il TX 1t is oil wrong (; r
Il little one horse news paper 10 get up
cartoons of public officers and show
them off 10 the world 10 be us mean
as they ,htmsel ,es would be, and
meaner too, if they only had the other
fellows chance. This kind of thing
tends to lessen The resoect that we
should have for those in authority
over us whether they belong to our
party or not. This is one Of The things
that makes ,enegades like "Giteau,
aud that beast with the outlsndish
name that killed Mckinley, s. oom
mon IN our country. I believe in free
speech, but if I could have the power
to 40 80 | would lay q heavy punish
ment on any paper that would hold
up any of our p1blio servants to the
ridicu'e Of the world just because they
didn't happen to do as they wanted
hem TO do.
I Our Livery man, Mr.. John A Par
ish, had the misfortune of loosing a
good horse on Sunday. He rented the
horse and buggy to a colored by and
the black brute drove the poor dumb
beast to death and run of and left him
lying by the road side. E
| Mr. NIX 6 Stone paid your town a
! visit on SGnlay. his re,litn home
/ thc horse he H driving KAN away
land got % sicl aud came very
IHcarhnEing Mr 1na badlys M
! i"1't want 10 z amy more kicking
noises Of i}r Jo ms Training
/ M roouratii Yv tha Vpnody 0I,
onino agent 70 { icGi ny last week {
letter insregarl ihc contest between
the Mccormick and Woods Moving
Machines. The Woods people cay
That they could not get machine.
They tclegraphed Charlotte, Colum.
bia and other places and could not
gcta machine for the contest. make
this statement in justice to all, as I
was not aware of The fact when /
wrote my last letter that the machines
were so hard to get at in this part Of
the country.
have just been shown postal
card to Mr.. Dunk Co,ington from a
friend Of his in Wadesboro. He writes
that the safe crackers who visited our
town in the spring, will get 10 years
IN The Pen while there ls still two
cases against them. l would not mind
cracking II safe myself if it was q din
ing room safe and there was anything
in it, but | would hate to serve ten
years and get nothing either.
Sept 18th, 1901. j. II. NcG.