The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-03-20
1NTHE COURTS;
:A5Receiver Applied for ii the Matter

IN LIE COuHI6.
:Al Receiver Applied for in the Matter
Of the II, Alliance Isxohnng.e,..
;Ihe Columbia State says petition
mas been fled with Judge ernest
Gary asking that. a receiverg be 80
pointed for the Farmers Alliance
Exchange OF South Carolina, Limited, .
and In the meantime the Judge has
issued an Injunction forbidlng that
exchange from using any of the sum
of $40, 900 which is now banked in
Columbia until the case is tried On the
2Ist inst. 81
IL. E BroOkshire, a stockholder,
brings the suit on behalf Of himself
and on behalf Of certain Of the stock
holders Of the Cash Mill suh.alliancc
and on behalf Of all other stockholders
OF the first named association who are
willing to share the expenses of the
action.
The Farmers Alliance was incorpo-
rated. Dec. 10, 1889, with q capital
stock Of $50,000, divided into 900
share at $50 each and with a. c..
Lyles, J.-L. Kcitt, J. B. Douthit, ] !.
f. Ashc, S. II. McIeown, O.P. Good
win, M. L. Donaldson, J. @. Colt as
directors, who will be dcfcndadts in
the suit.
The complaint alleges that the di-
rcctorS no longer use the funds OF the
exchange for The purposes for which
it was organized and that tile money
invested should he returned to the
stockholders for fear that it may be
diSsipatcd; also there are scvercl
clnims against the fund which ought
not to be paid and that some decision
as TO their validity should be arrived
at. The complaint Is quite lengthy
In character, but the chief points have
been covered. The plaintiff is repre-
scnted by James Werner, c., Duncan
l3cliingcr and w. II. Townsend.
Brain Leaks.
Only poor sermon satisfies every
body.
Adversely is The safety brake on
vanity.
Gossip thrivcs only in a field OF
listeners.
Those who have suffered arc best
able TO feel
Clean politics will come when honest
men assume control.
Trouble is about all some church
members give the preacher.
Satan never wastes time on the
owner OF Il wcll-thumbcd Bible.
y corrupt city government is pos
SiDie only in Il ciCy full OF hypocriteS.
kroma prctcSt Sc practice is such
Il long distance that most men ncvc.
cover it.
There is. loo, plenty Of room at The
holtom, but the company is not nearly
81 select.
Those who become tired at IL 40
minute sermon can sit three hours in
Il theatre.
When man profits through wrong
or fails through lack OF effort he is
very apt to talk about destiny"
There is something wrong about
The christianity OF The church mem
Der who takes no interest IN politics.
The longer Il boy is tied to his
mothers. apron-Strings the nearer he
is To success when he does cut lossc.
Some people think they are grow
ing sentimental wl1ef:-..s5,s::tfutYi-t slley
are merely in need ofca liver reg1la-
tor.
When men are rs true TO themselves
as their dogs are true to their masters
this Will bc Il much better world to
live in.
The Best knowledge is knowing
how to appreciate what we have and
how to get along without the things
we cannot possess.
/ the flowers that grow on tho
graves Of the dead had bloomcd in
their lives the world have been made
better and brighter.
Nothing makes a man feel that he
is growing old like finding out for first
time that he can no longer ''chin him
Sclf.' on a horizontal bar.
The man whose children ire not
glad to sec him when he comes home
in the evening is not To he trusted any
further than yol can throw a barn
yard by tho gate. VIII NJ. Maupin
in The Commoncr.