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The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-11-20
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AT Washing ton on Tuesd daY of last
week Booker Z. ashing ton spoke at
the COME retice Ofinegro leadere on the
race prob lem Desp spite the fact that
the special pro oblems OF tie city negro
and rape and iYno ching were before the
conference for discuseio he carefully
avoided them deYoting his time to
general sad vice to. the con ference. g ]
feel ~ he said |, sif II had listened more ore
and talked n less than / have done, j
should have aGcomp plished more III the
work i have; tried to: do 81. He referred
to the need for harmony among organ
fzatt0ns and repea ted that the Nation
al Siocolog ical society had work to
do which no, other organization could
perform. 'y;| .;s35
Continuing, he said ST am glad we
are getting to the point where we can
come together without regard to de-
nomination, even to party, to discuss
these problems. There are two things
that I want to say 10 you. Il hope
you will bear In mind that the great
body. OF your people live In the south.
There are g, 900, ,000;in the south and
they will be there for years. II you
will help us you will keep In touch
with us who are striving to better the
conditions there. There are those of
us who expect to remain right in the
south and II our people suffer to suffer
with them. In the discussions of this
conference condemnations Of wrong
should have large part, but a very
large part should be given to bringing
out something constructive. There
are wrongs to be sure. Some of us
live in sections where we hear them
and eat them for breakfast, dinner
and supper. But along with condem-
nation there Is a demand for some
thing constructive. What can you
actually project or what relief can you
bring ?'
Before leaving the floor Prof. Wash
ington was asked by the Rev. Henry
Johnson of Baltimore IL he saw any
tendency toward the adoption of his
own constructive theories, to which
the leader replied: ''My own feeling
Is that we must do our duty in the
light Of human progress and If we find
immediate results or not we should
trust to God to help US out"
j.. w. Lyons, the negro leader and
register Of the treasury, also spoke,
advising the conference to ferret out
the crimes which had brought about
the numerous lynchings in order to
show the wrong done the race.
a committee was appointed to show
by the records the truth of the state
ment made by the Rev. DR.. Caruthers
Of Washington that the white men of
Chicago had been guilty of the social
crime more than the entire negro race
in tine same length OF time.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-11-20
A Negroes Sound Logic.

Brown Rodger, colored, was hanged
at Union on Friday for the murder Of
Rodger FAINT, white. The deed was
committed on April s Of this year.
Deceased had two more hourse to live
but he declared himself ready. He
walked upon the trap at IL o'clock
and five minutes were consumed in
tieing the knot and reading the death
sentence. At 1921 he was declared
dead by DR.. J. M. Lawson, the coun-
ty physician. Rodger was visited
Friday by Rev. A. G. Wardlaw, Rev.
Croswell MCGEE and others. He told
them he was ready to go. He also
said II he was hung all those who
have been let off on Self-defense ought
to be brought up and hung.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-11-20
FOR A RAzoRLEss SHAVE 3;
A-Har,nIess AIixt.rss IS.
) Better ThangaT


DR.. Wolfram ., Dreyfus, chief
chemist Of the New z York D Department.
of public Charities, has COMPOUNDED a
little mixture which, If rubbed over
the face, will shave you as quickly and
as we'll as the finest Sheffield razor.
This is the wonder working COM
pound:
Barrii sulphidi, 25 parts. -5
Saponis pulvis, parts.
Talci farinae, 35 parts.
Tritici farinae, 35 parts. I'll.
BenZaldehdi, quarter solution. a
1t appears in the new hospital
formulary which DR.. Dreyfus issued
recently. This formulary contains
387 formulas and is the most exten-
tensive ever used by hospital. DR..
Dreyfus has been working for. 4. long
time on this "pulr'ss diepilatorius,s
or shaving powder, and after many
experiments he says that he has found
something that is satisfactory and
harmless.
The several ingredients mentioned
above when mixed together make
power. For the new scientific ra-
zorless shave you take one teaspoon
ful OF the powder and mix 1T with
three teaspoonfuls of water, making
a paste which you apply to the face
in moderately thick and even layer
with a brush from your otherwise
discarded shaving outfit. After four
or five minutes moisten the lather
with a sponge, and in five minutes
more you can wash the mixture oil,
leaving breadless, gashless face.
AS DR.. Drcyfns explained 1T, this
new shaving mixture didn't seem SO
wonderful after all. The essential
ingredient Is barium sulphide, which
is contained In all depilatory mix
lures and is also used extensively in
tanning. A solution in which the
barium sulphide is the chief ingre-
dent Is rubbed over the hide and the
hair can easily be scraped or immedi-
ately after. Barium sulphide, how
ever, Is very powerful, and the trouble
with all depilatory powders, eve n
those which are used as an adjunct to
surgical operations, is that they are
injurious to the skin. DR.. Dreyfus
therefore looked around for something
that would render the powerful sui
phide harmless.
The ingredients which he found
would have that effect, and which
are set down In the formula given
above, have strange and impressive
names, but they are really our every
day friends. Saponls pulys is plain
powdered soap which makes a lather
Talci yeneti pulvis is talcum powder,
and Tritici farinae is wheat flour,
both Of which are cosmetic in their
effects. Benzaldehyde is practically
an artificial almond oil, the pleasant
ordor OF which neutralizes that of
the barium sulphide, which is not so
pleasant.
A dash Of this over the face, ten
minute wait, wash, and there you
are, looking as clean and feeling much
better than If you had submitted to
one OF the old-faShioned razor opera
lions with Witch hazel or bay rum
Sir?" accompaniments. The new
hair grows much more slowly, but
otherwise the effect is the same as
that OF razor shave, except the cost
Of the new process which Is hardly
worth considering.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-11-20
A MURDERoUs MINER
Shoots Into Crowd of People Coming
Out Of Theatre.

At Wallace, Idaho, two persons
we're killed and two wounded in a
shooting affray at the entrance Of the
opera house last Tuesday night week.
The shooting took place just as the
theatregoers we're leaving the theatre
The dead:
DR.. w. f. Fins, shot through head.
William Cuff, miner, shot three
times.
.5 .4ss The wounded ~
Chief of Police McGovern, shot
through hand. rs Is
Opera House Policeman Rose, shot
in leg. !. y
The trouble across over Cuff insist
ing on smoking a cigar in the gallery.
House Policeman Rose ordered him
to stop, but he refused The police
man took the cigar away from Cuff,
after a struggle. Cuff left the theatre
vowing vengeance. He returned with
a revolver and waited until the per-
formance was over. Rose was the
first to leave the opera house. AS he
stepped outside, Cuff began firing.
The first shot missed and Rose return
ed the fire. DR.. Fins, who was
escorting q lady, followed Rose out
and as he did So o bullet presumbably
from Cuffs revolver, struck him in
the head, killing him instantly. Other
policemen appeared and general
fusilade followed. The panic stricken
theatre-goers rushed back into the
foyer, men and women:being tfampled
upon in the mad -rilsh to get away.
Gun contiifded firing, wounding Chief
of Police McGovern and Special Officer
Rose. Cuff then started to escape
but was intercepted at a side exit by
Policeman Quinn, who kept up run
ming fire, three bullets taking effect
Cuff fell unconscious and died in is
minutes. a number OF people were
injured in the stampede. Cuff was a
miner and served in the Philippines
with an Ohio regiment. DR.. Fins is
a well known surgeon Of Wallace and
leaves family.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-11-20
'KsI i q IIl.LEDsBY H AzERS.
" y Med dical Student Was Killed by
$ Savage Ioittation In Baltimore.
LAID LAD NUDE MUD ON BIG ZOE CAKE. q.
q. IAf Relative e Of the Slain Youth Tells
OF the Treatment the Victim
Received and Calls it IS
sFoul MURDER,

Marlin I.oews twenty y-segen years
old ia dental student at the University,
OF Maryland Medical College: who
died on Sunday from the effects Of
brutal hazing by fellowstudents ut q
Greek letter society initiation, was q
New Yorker. He had been a student
at the Maryland College for three
years, and was to have graduated { in
June, 1904. II ) 3,:-f5 l,:.Ss
The New York American says DR..
Leopold Hirschmann, OF No. 81 East
Eighty.sixth street, New York, "a
cousin OF young Loew, was bitter In
his denunciations of the treatment
his relative received.
"a fellow student of Martin came
all the way from Baltimore and gave
me full details Of the case,"n said DR..
Hirschmann. 5s
He said that week ago last
Saturday Martin received notice that
he was admitted into Phi Psi Chi
fraternity and vas wanted Immediate
ly at Mechanics Hall, No. 100 North
Faca street. He hurried to the hall
and was met By twenty i've members
Of the frat.
DROPPED TWENTY-FIVE FEET.
He was told to undress, and after
doing 80 was blindfolded and taken
into q room, where he was laid upon a
cake of Ice.
He was then carried upstairs to
the balcony and thrown over the rail, )
a drop OF twenty-five feet,
On the floor beneath stood num-
Der Of students holding sheet.
When Martin fell into this he was
tossed up and down until he was un-
conscious. After being reviewed he
was beaten until bis body was q mass
Of bruises.
THAT night he was in such q
wretched condition that his room
mate stayed up oil night with him.
Whiskey and quinine were given to
him during the night, and In the
morning Martin said that he felt re-
lieved.
AFTER SECOND DEGREE DEATH.
'The following Saturday Martin
took the Second Degree while his
chum, Eph Stone, took the First
Degree Before starting for the hall
he said that he was afraid. Little is
known Of what happened at this
meeting.
The following morning my cousin
was found dead and his chum was in
a serious condition.
The latter has given out contradic-
tory statements and the true facts Of
the case may ever remain q mystery.
II was medical student and knew
all about hazing, but this case is ac-
tual murder. He was a strong, athle-
tic young man, Of the best habits, and
neither drank nor smoked. The guilty
ones should be sent to the, gallows.
They are murdererS. :, S5ifs,
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-11-20
3 Oans,t Thou ;IIls,d Torgsstas.

Canst thou forget, Beloved, our first; awakening
From ont the shadowy ca Inns of doubts anSl
e ,l' Sasy loves perfect aaali shs round 81
Bathing our beings Ii, It's glorious CLEANS
Canst thou forge IS
Asky. Of rose and gold swas DER us glowing
sss Around us was tho mo- ming breath OF May;
Thensm our soul tides, thence t9geth der Gow.
Then s, kissed our thoush waves, minsling on
Canss' thou forgetp n
Canst thon forget when first thy loving fingers
Laid gently back tha locks upon my browP Z
Ah, to my woman's thought that touch atill
And softly glides along my forehead now.
Canst thou forgetp ss.,; E w
Canst thou forget when every twilight tender
Mid dewa and sYects, behold our allow stops
Rove, ~ .s ~ ~ (, II. -a
And when tho nights, which come in starry
Seemed dim and pallid to our heaven oi
lover q - 81 Nc. IL ~ 500 ~ ~ s
Canst thou forgetr 81 n y;
Carst thou forget the childlike heart-outpour,
OF her whose fond faith knew no falterine
sS fears? IS q
The iashea dropped to veil her eyes' adoring, !!
81 Her speaking silence, aud her blissful tearai
CaIlst thou forget3 3;
Canst thou forget the last mournful meeting
Tho trembling form clasped to thy anguished
ing, M B, - 3 y.
Now ilstt:e5ing faint griof::wr,mg, and fear.
Canst thou forget2
Canst thou forget, though all loves spell be
broken, g----: : {3,l = f- 4 =
The wild farewell which rent our souls aparti
A 1nok MI A IT, I.
Tho severed tress, which lay Upon thy heart
Canst thou forget? I
Canst thou forget, belov'd .one-cones there
never 3. - = ~
The angel of sweet visions to thy rest?
brIngs she not back the fond hopes fed forever
sleeping breastp =
Canst thou forget? g,
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-11-20
PLAYING WITH FIRE.
The Republicans Messing With the
Race Problem in Congress-. {.

The Washington correspondent of
The State says widespread comment
was aroused at the capitol Friday by
the action Of Representative Dick Of
Ohio introducing q resolution provid-
ing for congressional inquiry into
the alleged disfranchisement of vot-
ers in the south and for the reduction
Of congressional representations OF
those States wherein Sncn conditions
are found to exist.
Representative Dick Is an intimate
friend of Senator Hanna, a strong
man in the house, and one of the big
men in the Republican party. For
this reason there Is rightly attached
farieaching Significance to his reso-
luton that Others Of the same charac-
ter introduced by less prominent Re-
publicans entirely lacked. The resolu-
tion, after reciting the law regarding
the suffrage, says:
Whereas, it Is matter Of COM
mon information and belief that the
right Of some male citizens being 81
years Of age to vote at elections named
in said amendment to the constitu-
tion named aforesaid, except for par
icipatiOn In the rebellion or other
crime, is denied and abridged in GER
tain States, therefore,
Resolved, That the. matter be re-
ferred to the committee on election Of
the president, vice-president and rep
resenIatives in congress, whose duty
1T shall be and who shall have full
and ample power to Investigate and
inquire into the validity Of the cleo
tion laws Of the several States and
the manner Of their enforcement, and
whether the right to vote at any cleo
tion for the choice of electors for
president and vice president Of the
United States, representatives in con-
gress or the members of the legisla-
ture of any State is denied to the male
inhabitants OF any Of the States, be-
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-11-20
Wireless Plays Queer Pranks.

Mrs. Langtry saw Sig. Marconi for
the first time the other evening, says
the Chicago Tribune, and the incident
caused her to tell her own peculiar ex-
periences with wireless telegram.
II had dined with friend the
night before left London" she said,
and when we passed vessel I tele-
graphed by the new method, THE
ocean does not part us.
Ten days later had a. telegram
back from my friends with request
to explain what 1t meant. 1t read:
The ocean has no pants, son.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-11-20
The Prise.Winning Drank.

The opening Of congress brought
with 1t the usual number Of cranks
that infest the capitol, but the prize
winner was Hon. George A. Lear who
was there with the claim that he had
been elected to congress by 900, 200
majority. He sent q letter of notif-
cation to the clerk OF the house to this
effect and he was duly gathered in by
the capitOl pOlice
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-11-20
Fighting the Tobacco Trust.

Over 800 tobacco growers, repre-
senting the white Burley districts OF
Ohio and Kentucky, held a secret
meeting In New York on Thursday
for the purpose Of arranging details
Of loan Of $40, 900, 900 offered by the
New York Security Warehouse COM
pany to handle the crop so as to wrest
the control of the product from the
tobacco trust.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-11-20
"A Valuable Dollar.

A silver dollar coined in 1904 was
sold at Denver, COL, on Fridry by r.
G. Parvin Of Denver to Fl. G.. of Port
land, Ore, for $4,000. The coin was
bought by j. w. Dexter Of Denver in
1885 for 1000. Since then sale has
been made at 81 200, which was the
record until to-day.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-11-20
Two Years or Teddy.

Having overthrown civil service re-
form, resurrected the negro question,
sown profound distrust among the
property interests OF the East aud CIV
en- the people administration spiced
with scandal, our ofiicious little Presi-
dent has taken q. whack at interna-
tional law and challenged Columbia
to battle. Congress will have to sit
down on the little man.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-11-20
Murder and snicide.

DR.. q. w. Light, prominent DEN
tist committed suicide Sunday night
Nov. 8, at his home in Saginaw, Mich.
after fatally shooting his wife and
daughter, Ruby, a young girl Of 18.
The tragedy was not discovered until
Wednesday. A friend in Bay City,
alarmed by letter he received from
DR.. Light, went to Saginaw and en-
tered the Light home. Mrs. Light
was found on her bed, with a bullet
through her head, but not quite dead,
while the daughter had escaped in Ter
night dress, as far as the kitchen,
where she was shot down and killed
at the door. DR.. Light had then re-
turned upstair, and committed sui
eide. He left letters behind in which
he confesses the intended crime. He
stated in the letters that he felt in
sanity coming on aud that he dreaded
being shut up, and leaving his loved
ones llnDrOtected
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-11-20
The Effect Of Sleeping in Cars.

Is the contracting of cold, which Of
ten results seriously to the lungs.
Never neglect cold, but take In time
Taylor's Cherokee Remedy of Sweet
Gum and Mnllein - natures great
cough medicine. At Druggists 25c per
bottle.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-11-20
An Ugly Affair,

The house Of Mr.. Jerough near
Mayesvllle was burned on Tuesday
week ago. The fire was OF incendiary
origin. 1t seems that negro hand
was not satisfied with an account OF
his with Mr.. Jerough. Mr.. Jerough
Is overseer for DR.. Banker. The negro
threatened to kill him and all of his
family and burned him out, and there
seems to be no doubt Of his doing the
latter, for he has disappeared since
the fire. There have been n0 steps
taken to apprehend him.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-11-20
ABOUT TIE INCIDENT.

A word in reference to the incident
that made Miss Gait famous will not
be amiss. From Louisville cores
pondence the following information is
secured in reference to her refusal to
join In or even hear the singing of the
Yankee" song when ordered by her
teacher in the Louisville public school
three years ago, which she was at
tending:
Laura Talbot Gait, a thirteen
year-old school girl, has created SEN
sation in Louisville and set the town
to talking by her refusal not only to
sing Marching Through Georgia.
but to refuse to hear it sung by her
classmates. AS result Of her breech
Of discipline her passage to the high
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-11-20
IS ONLY A SAMPLE.
4tleLadytWns,


But yesterdays demonstration is
but sample Of the honors that have
been accorded to Miss Calf since her
memorable act In refusing to sing or
hear sung Marching Through Geor-
gia." All over the South Veterans
camps have heaped honors on Miss
Gait, and her visits to reunions have
been in the nature Of ovations. Prom
inent among those doing her honor is
Camp 435 OF Augusta. She has been
elected an honorary members OF the
camp, presented with gold badge of
the Confederate Survivors association,
and memoraliZed in resou tions, and
the last honor conferred was the inyi-
tation extended to visit the Georgia
reunion in this city as the guest of
the camp. While in the city she will
be accorded every honor possible for
the old soldiers to confer. Through
out yesterday afternoon and last night
Miss Calf and Mrs. Calf were kept
busy receiving ladies and gentlemen
who called at the hotel to welcome
them. Among the visitors were hun
dreds Of veterans from all over the
state. For all Miss Gait had smile
and a loving word. Already she is cs-
tablished as fayOrite.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-11-20
Den In nlCharleston

N: WAS AN OUTRAGE.
The case Of Mr.. Lykes was CON
sidered an outrage. He was run down
by one Of Chicco's drivers and received
injuries which came near costing him
his life. Mr.. Lykes is a farmer In
Richland county, and is known as a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-27
THE LOVE FOR AN ENGINE.

Victor Smith In the New York Express
 Engineers on small roads throughout the country grow so fond of their locomo- tiyes as to find 1t difficult at times to de- eide between them and their wives when 1t comes to a question of duty. Not so those of the great systems, such as the Pennsylvania. New York Central and Lackawanna. This may be easily ac- counted for. The attachment for an en- zine comes from constantly attending to 1t. oiling, wiping polishing, repairing lit- tie things here and there and generally nursing it. All this the country engineer has to do. On big systems engines are sent to the roundhouse. where hostlers give the necessary attention. The work of the engineer Is ended for the time the moment he steps out of the cab. And he does not know which of the engines he is to take out on his next run until he receives orders from the proper author ity. It may be 2s4b today and 54s2 tomor- row. All locomotives look alike to him. No mere mechanism can divide with him the love he bears his wife.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-27
Death of Judge wlIkerson.

The very suddenness of the death of the senior judge of the city court added yesterday to the grief of the people of this city. The dead jurist was widely and most favorably known. Everywhere was heard the remark. An honest judge is dead" Learned and capable, he was above all else a man of high integrity, and the bench of this city has suffered a great loss.
 He was still a young man when death came to him in one of its most sudden forms, and if his valuable life had been spared to old age he would perhaps have served the city almost an additional generation. Born In Alabama, and educated at Howard college, then located at Marion, he was admitted to the bar, and soon after wards came to Birmingham, where nearly all of his active years were spent, chiefly on the bench.
 There is this to comfort his family whom he loved affectionately, and his many friends whom he served faith fu1ly-he died in the harness, full of work and honors. Death came to him almost without warning, but he was no doubt as fit for the great change as men become in this world. Faithful to all trusts, devoted to his duties, at peace with all mankind, he was called away without undergoing prolonged illness or suffering. This may be said to be the best way ore can go to that bourne that is, and ever must be, the worlds greatest mystery.
 All possible respect will be paid to the memory of the distinguished jurist, and the annals of our courts and his tory will contain record of William W. Wilkerson's years of faithful efforts on the bench in the dispensation of justice and equity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-27

We are attracting each year fewer from the Teutonic and Celtic races of Western nurope, but more from the Italians and from the sclavonic races of Eastern Europe. The change is not a favorable one. It means more Hit eracy-more concentration in cities more poverty and more revolutionary ideas. What the outcome will be no one can foresee. What the effect upon the national life will be no one can decipher. It must be left to time, un- less indeed congress accepts MT. Un- derwood's educational qualification, and shuts out all who cannot read and write. This would turn away at least one-half of the sclavs and Italians that are now hastening to our ports.