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The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-04-24
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ties if Desired.

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your nervous system to its normal con
dition; you feel like different person
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LEAVING OFF THE OPIATMS
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cured
Mr. i. n. Brown, Of DcQuccn, Ark.
says: Over seven years ago / was
cured OF the opium habit by your med
icine, and have continued in the very
best Of health since"
DIR. w. nl. Tunstall, of Lovingston,
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us have never even so much us want :
ed Il drink in any form since TOOK
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my health is better now than 1t ever
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your remedy. It has been twelve yeals
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The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-04-24
Our Militia Company.

The prospects are that If the gen
er;l government insists Oh the full
number Of 50 men in each MALTA com.
pany there will be IL general cutting OIL
OF military companies in this state.
Lest the 10 .al company be among those
cut OIL the citizens OF Florence should
lend Il helping hand and Il good firm
one. The law c0ntemplatcS that every
male citizen of proper agc shall be ;lc-
counted as belonging to the militia
reserve, all subject to call. Those
who arc beyond that age ought To see
that as many able b died vuun! men
as can be had in the militia should
join The companies and especially the
local company. IL needs the help
and support of the pcnple Of The Gil y
men and women and every obstacle
ought to he removed from The way
every young !..:.:! j',:,;i"i; tic military
company. II isl good thing Tor /;
town to have such IN organization ;L>
Il military company but like all other
good things NC have 10 right 10 cX
pcct it TO lie here with some effort o,
sacrifice on our part. The above.
from the Florence Times. applies as
much to our town as it docs To Flor
cncc, and we hope our people will
heed The suggestions it contains.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-04-24
CoMMrTlTsD sU1o1DH,
Wife Of Prof. w. q. Breaaea1e juaaii,
from a Steamer.

| s7.s 81 /. s
News reached Anderson Friday oi
the suicide Of Mrs. Martha Breazcale,
wife Of Prof. w. +. Breazeale OF Rut.
gers college, N. J. She Jumped over.
board from q steamer in Long Island
sound last Monday night while en-.
route from her home in Brunswick,
Nj, to New York city. Her body
has not been found.
Prof. Breazeale is native OF An
derson county and was for several
years professor or mathematics III
Winthrop college,. He resignc
that position several years ago and
went to Bordeaux, -France, with his
family, where he remained for two
years. lie returned to the United
States two years ago and accepted the
position Of professor or mathematics
in Rutgers college, and has been there
since.
a dispatch to The State says M
cause IS known for Mrs. Brcazealc's Is
suicide, except melancholy following
| III heath. She left her home in BrunS-
wick without letting her husband
know Of her intention, and he found
| that she had taken a steamer for New
York only after diligent search. When
| the boat reached port she was missing,
| but her cloak and hat were found in
one of the toilet rooms opening on the
deck. 1t was plain that she had
jumped overheard at night.
A search is being made for the
body, but at last accounts it had not
been found. The married life of
Pref. and Mrs. Brcazcale has always
been most happy, except for the
periods during which she would suffer
from melancholia due to i'll health.
She attempted suicide while the
family lived at Winthrop by severing
an artery in her wrist, but was diSc0v-
cred by her husband in time to save
her life. Before doing SO she left a note
for her husband declaring her love for
him and saying that she would take
her life because she feared she could
not live to rear her children as she
would like. Her mind dwlet largely
upon her children, and she became Il
mono-maniac on that subject Mrs.
Brcazcale was Il Miss Dodge of NIassa-
chusetts. She was educated in Balti-
more and it was there that Prof.
Breazcale met her. She was 3S years
old and the mother Of four childlcn,
ranging from 8 to 2 years old. The
youngest w;lS born in France.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-04-24

The recent decision Of the United
States Circuit Court against the
Northern Securities Merger, Which is
one Of the most important rendered
in years. is indirectly the work or w.
II. Hearst, of New York The de-
ciSiun strikes ut the root Of Illegal
combinations, and has opened the
way for the investigation nf the whole
trust question. While Mr.. Hearst,
says the Spartanburg Herald, had
nothing directly to do with the case
that has just been decided, lie sought
an Injunction against the Coal Trust
in New York and it was his lawyers
who marshallcd the evidence and di-
gestcd the decisions upon which this
action was based. LII the Coal Trust
tight. Mr.. Hearst had Il hostile prose-
cntion and Otlicials clearly disposed to
shield rather than expose. Circum-
stances were different in the Northern
Securities Company, but the Hearst
light blazcd the way and marked the
dangerous points. because Mr.. Hearst
owns three powerful newspapers, his
light On the Trusts was looked upon
as Mellow .juurnalism. Ii was
thought to he for advertising purposes.
But the decision just rendered shows
conclusivcly that if only the Coal
case could have been gotten properly
before the court The main issues
OF the ilIegality Of Tursts would
have been settled Il year ago. The
Spartanburg Herald says Hearst is
one OF the most interesting charac-
tcrS just now in the public eye. Born
to immense wealth, 1t would seem
that he would be content to follow in
the tracks OF other young men whose
fathers left barrels Of money on their
hands. He could easily have invested
his millions So as to make other mil
lions: and If he desired fame he could
in old age build libraries with his
name carved in brass over the door.
lie could join with those of this class
in forming combinations and squecz-
ing the people. Thousands Of easy OPP
portunitics offered, but the career he
chose is the last that. one would have
supposed attractive to a man in his
StatOn. Mr.. Hearst struck out boldly
in Journalism where competition was
ferccSt, where ideas were set, where
prospects seemed darkest and he has
educated the public to new journal
ism. He has fought the battles OF
the people. While he has given bread
TO the hungry, what is more TO the
point and more appreciated is that he
has lent all Of his powers and resources
to the task OF defending the weak
against the INSCRIPTIONS strong"
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-04-24

One lralh from the saitds ii
|1..,inej hays thc tlanta Jnurnnt
.ilas l,een lost, dnd nbBody cdti tell
W.iat mas gone with It. Que sixteenth
-. secnnd'ts missing, In the Calcutta
Alpns oi The worlds leading astroniy.
.ners: mere Is II difference or that
traction OF second between t,1e sun,s
tihle as recorded 1T Green wlch n,,t, ms
recorded at Paris. Thousands ~
francs arc being spent to lind THE ,n,s.-
ing moment. A special bujl1ling has
been erected ut Paris, fitted with
costly and complicated Instruments,
simply for the purlOsc OF tracing out
the lost fraction. The best ma thcmu.
ticials. lave been employed for the
TASK, and 1t may be years before they
com pete their search and bring for
ward solution of the mystery. It
may seem ridiculous that SO much
labor and expense Should be pu,
into the pursuit or Il trilling fraction
OF second-a period Of time SO short
us to be practically unapprecia Bile by
the human senses. But it should be
remembered that longitude is calcu.
lated on the basis OF Greenwich time.
and the difference Of the sixteenth of
u second would change pcrccptibly the
position OF every meridian Of longi-
tudc in the world. Thus many polit.
ical bundaries, fixed by longitude.
would be altered, and thousands OF
people would find themselves OF a diff
fcrent nationality. So this lost frac
tl0n is OF very great Importance, after
all Time is valuable thing. a frac-
ton Of minute may affect the
dcStinicS Of thousands. In the region
of too late" one second is the same
as Il hundred years. Like the hairs of
our heads, every moment of time is
numbered, and in the great economy
or The universe, not the twiilkling Of
IL star is missing. Each individual is
given just 50 many hours and minutes
and seconds, for which hC is charged
and OF which he must some day render
account before the supreme Auditor.
kings ransom for the sixteenth of
Il second. That is what the Erencl
government is Offering. One never
knows how valuable is the grain OF
time which he is letting run to waste.
For it may be that llle day will come
in which he will cry. "A kings ran
som for The fraction of Il SecOndm
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-04-24

y certain cX-conErcSSnlan tells u
story about 81 widow in his district who
desired IL position in the agricultural
department.
There WAS no vacancy ut tiint
time" said he land was consequent
ly compelled TO advise my constituent
that could do nothing for her until
later. But SHE persisted in her efforts
to obtain Il position and for two weeks
thereafter met me ut every turn. One
Trlprning l had Just finished breakfast
en | was told by the servant that
sic WAS awaiting me In the reception
hall. So assumed as pleasant II de-
Ineanor as Ia,ssIble, and. entering tho
room. said III Il sympathetic voice:
"'Wcll, my good woman. what
news?
"'Good news she said; good news,
Mr.. Allen
"'WelI,' I said. I'm glad to hear that.
And What IS the good news!
"'Oh.' she said good news, Mr.. AL
len, good news. y woman in the agri-
cultural department. died yesterday"
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-04-24
From Poverty 70 nlches,

A successful career is always inter
estlng, but that Of the chcvalier,
Theodore dc Tausslg OF Vienna, has
much Of the romantic about it. lie
was born In the ghetto or Warsaw
forty-eight yearsa 90 OF fbeggar parent
age, and started beggar. From ped
dlcr he rose to Office boy, from that to
clerk, then to superintendent of n
store, and then, with rush, to a
financial power. Now lie Is president
OF about half Of the business enter
priSes In Austria and IL director OF the
rest, with Il fortune OF $4,000, 600,
and is earning $1,000,000 Il year in
addition to his regular income.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-04-24
Out Of'Eis sphere.

The Rev. Frank Silcr, nf Ashvlle
n. c., recently adopted the method
used by DR.. Parkhurst, in New York.
OF spying upon the unfortunate fallen
women Of Ashyille in order to inaugu-
rate a social purity campaign. Ac-
companied by Il policeman, the pas
tor himself being disguised, he visited
all the resorts OF sin in Ashvillc, not
finishing his rounds until after mid
night. We do not ;mpugn Mr.. Sill
er'S motives, but we confess inability
To see how such IL course as he pursued
is any part Of preachers mission
According TO the published accounts
he practiccd deception upon the ab-
soiutely most fricndlcss class OF hu
man beings in the world, by conceal
ing both his identity and the purpose
OF his mission. 1t is inconccivable
that he could hereafter influence one
OF these women TO accept the salvation
that he breaches from his pulpit, and
that is The mission Of a prccher of the
gospel, rs we understand it, OF
course, we understand that Mr.. Silcr
meant well, but we genuinely regret
that he has initiated the sensational
list. ParkhuSt, in this matter
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-04-24

Tile liluian family contains Il god
tnany lycnaS, and hi the froitt idui
stands jacob Kaufman, Il New + Yorker.
He has not only been n thief, but q
specialist In crime, and his victims
were always widows. He made 1t his
business to secure the acquaintance OF
women who had lost their husbands
and collected insurance money. lie
preferred widows with children, liz.
cause they were moro helpless. 'rlu
woman who is lett wi 1 family and
q few pal ~ dOlla / IN money often
marrlcs for Il home for the sake Of her
children. Kaufman knew it., and
c1unted his victims by the dozen. H.
didn't marry them. He seemed IL
have horror Of bigamy, but no scru-
pies about lying and thieving. lie
made children love him, and women.
too. He WAS to he the protector in mt
least "A homes that the police knew
or. Sometimes he borrowed money y
and then disappeared. Again he
learned Its hiding place and stole it.
Finally he robbed Il woman OF $SB and
u gold ring. She worked In Il sweat
shop for ST Il week, and had her babies
IT, care for. That didn't bother
Kaufman. There is occasionally q
man horn without Il heart, you know.
Finally Kaufman faced a court. The
room was filled with weeping women
and thrir children. ''You arc the
mcanest, most contemplate criminal
ever brought before tile bar Uf justice, y
said the Judge, who imposed Il sen
t!nce of five years IN the penitentiary.
Eve years. 1t isn't half enough. We
are too easy with some Of our Scoun-
drelS, and especially with those who
commit crimes against afflicted mo-
men. Some day wise men will SO ad.
just tho laws that punishmcntS will
more nearly tit crimes, and the man
who makes love, or the scmbiance OF
it, the vehicle of women's undoing
will pay for his sins down to the ut.
LcrmOSt farthinr.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-04-24

Sue theii letalnes sLliorodg{ify 5ednyint-
| ~ Chat lef latlIDf Was, dead = hId no
moro houbt Gf 1t thal II shs had seen
him diei SHE felated the occurrence
to her husband, who tried to laugh
her outofS what he called ''superstl-
tion," reminding her that she did not
believe In such thing.
She said: 1T Is true have M
superstition, butt know that Father
is dead, and when the telegraph Office
opens this morning we will get q
message saying So" When the Office
was opened 4 message came saying:
Your father dropped dead this morn
ing ut six o'clock whic!; was just the
| time the strange and inexplicablc mes.
sage have come to lier.
Another instance fully as strange
as this happened 10 Dr. Z. B. Ruff,
Il physician of Ncwbcrry, who died IN
1890. DR.. Ruff was the grandfather
OF Mrs. Gilbert lI. Aull of this city.
He was an honored citizen and dis
tinguished physician. No man ever
stood higher in public estimation. He
was Il man OF much more than or
dinary intelligence and Judgment
and culture, in his profession and
otherwise. Some time before the war
he had son, PRESLEY, at school at
Mt Enon, then in Edgeiield county,
now Saluda, about fifteen miles from
Newberry. One morning the convic-
tion came suddenly to the father that
the son had just died. He went to II.
Q. Chapman, the undertaken, and said
to him:
Dick, my son Presley is dead at
Mt. Enon. Get pair uf horses from
Gen. Kinard's stables, hitch them to
your hearsc and we will 90 over with
Il coffin for him. 2
MIR. Chapman asked if he had the
SONS measure.
No." he said; you know the size
Of my son."
rs soon as the arrangements were
completed, DR.. Ruff and Mr.. Chapman
in Il buggy. and the iearsc driven by
IN assistant and having the collin in
it,, started for Mt. Enon- by way OF the
Higgins ferry road. Between Lind
says bridge on Bush river and Salu6a
rive they met negro OH Il horse, on
his way to Ncwbcrry, riding rapidly
and bringing the news Of the death
VI VIC Souilk HILL
Mr. Chapman was greatly astonish-
cd and asked Dir. Run il thls was the
first news he had received Of the
death Of his son. lie said: 1t is;
but | knew my son was dead"
Upon comparing the time, 1t was
learned that the son had died at
precisely the moment the strange
message came to the father.
Among the persons to whom both
DR.. Ruff and Mr.. Chapman told this
incident is James Y. Culbreath Of
that city, who knew both men well
for many years, as did also the writer
Of these incidents.
Mr. Chapman in relating the cir
cunStancc added that that from the
time the young man died until the
negro met them on The way it was
not possible FOR any message to have
reached DIR. Ruif-nOt meaning, Of
course, that the doctors word need
any confirmation for everybody knew
him To be absolutely truthful but as
one Of the strange features OF this won
dcrfu! occurrence.
1t should be added that there was
no reason why DR.. RuiY Should be ex-
pccting bad news from his SON So
FAR as he l.G.w tile young man was in
perfect health-w;,S 50 when he last
heard from him. His death was-S,,d-
dcn-irom II coi,gcSliyc chill, Mr.. Cul-
breath thinks
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-04-24

Linen cloth WAS occasionally used
for writing purposes, but was never
very common Linen manuscripts have
hccn found folded in mummy cnses,
and the Chinese before the invention OF
paper used silk and cotton cloth. The
tnlEnnS also wrote upon linen. The
t::;;' Of this material Introduced II change
ill tie manner of writing. The other
Substances were rather engraved than
written upon. I'M iron point Icing used
for lie purpose.
10 write upon linen it was necessary
70 lave some co!orcd fluid which might
set dry and leave Il permanent mark.
Tie first ink used was probably some
sort OF SCOT or l;mpblnck naked with
size or gum water. and the first illStru.
inert answering 10 our pen WAS Il reed
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-04-24
jade.

The most precious of NIL stones. nc,
cording to n gem expert. is the jade, on
account OF its rarity. its extraordinary
qualities and the mystery Of its cutting
Ii WAS regarded rs Il sacred stone and
nobody had IL right to possess it except
prince Of imperial blood. Argcrius
Clutius. famous physician III Amstcr
dam ut the time Of the rcnaissr nee
published q work on the jade, or ne
phrtic stone. ms it was then called, OF,
account of its action on thc renal sys
tenn. AT the same period Italian au
thors spoke OF the jade ns osiadn and
discussed It's wonderful powers for
healing sciatic:l.
The legends surrounding tlliS stone
abound in history. Good specimens OF
jade are extremely rare. and the world
is at Il loss to know how the Chinese
managed to cut it, because it is SO cx-
trcmcly hard that nothing can make an
impression upon it.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-04-24
n Total Wreck.

The section Of Il southbound Louis
vile and Nashville passenger train
which left Montgomery, Ala, at 12.
30 Wednesday night, was wrecked at
Castlebcrry, ten miles south Of
Montgomery Thursday morning. Two
members OF the crew were killed and
John Wright of Montgomery, the
engineer, sustained Il fractured skull.
No passengers we're injured. The
dead are II. l.. Donovan, Mobile, rail
way mail clerk, and Major Knox,
Montgomery, negro fireman. Almost
IN front or the station at CaStlcbcrry
the engine struck an open switch and
plowcd through an empty freight car
The mail and baggage cars which fol-
lowed caught lire and we're entirely
demolished and the wreckagc took
fire.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-04-24

AT His OLD TRICKS. Tie State
says the contest OF the Old plantlti'm
darkcy, Dahtzler, for the seat in con
giess now held by Mr. Lever is NIT ex-
citing any fears rs to the result, for
Dantzler and his lawyer, also cOlDrcd,
are contestants every year. 1t is said
that one Of the grounds or complaint
is that some negroes were refused
registration certificates although they
read and interpreted the constitution
intclligenlly (accortling to their own
statemenU. The testimony was taken
before a referee i'll Columbia last Mon
day.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-04-24

THE New York Sun calls attention
to the fact that Republican Secretary
of War Root has publicly admitted ne
gro suffrage to be Il failure; that
Grover Cleveland in his speech In New
York few nights ago made practical
y the Same declaration. The Sun
quotes Mr.. Cleveland where he cites
the generosity OF the south to the
black man after the Reconstruction
period and tell Of this people stag
gcring under the weight OF the white
mans burden" and then the New
York Republican paper Significantly
says: These words are as generous
as true. We believe that they repre-
sent a public opinion in the north
that is growing fast, and is bound to
become prevalent, without regard to
party lines"
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-04-24
long ana Short Hair.

francar SAYS: Len. hair was the
distinguishing characteristic Of The
Ieiltoilic tribes. II was II mark OF the
highest rank among the Franks, none
or whom but the first nobility and
princes of the blood was permitted TO
wear ii in flowing ringlcts. IN express
law commanding lie people to cut their
hair close around The middle Of the
forehead And this badge OF scryitude
and sign manual OF plcbeianism In one
century has become the essence OF style
and glass Of fashion in another, the
freak OF one age, the fancy OF another
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-04-24

THURSDAY, the 9th of April, was
the 3Sth anniversary OF the surrender
Of the Army OF Northern Virginia,
when Gen. II. L. Lee at Appomattox
surrendered 200 ragged, foot-sore
and hungry, but fighting, soldiers 70
Gen. U. S. Grant and his army Of
100, 900 men. he ranks Of that II =
600 have been greatly thinncd since;
only minority Of them remain, but
there is not one OF them whose bent
form does not straightcn Il little and
whose bosom does not swell with pride,
when he says, Il surrendered with
I.pr
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-04-24

a. G. SIMS, writing from some
place, postotlice or State not given, to
the Home and Farm, says he tried a
little experimental work. He set
apart s.! acres. One acre in Kal.sas
corn, an early corn. made 20 bushels
with $l5. One acre in velvet beans
made vines in abundance, but no hay
or money. One acre In watcrmclons
brought In $50 besides many melons
for his family and given to ncighborS.
One acre In sweet potatoes, 100 bl.
shells, $50. One acre in cotton, 800
pounds in the seed, $l2. One half
acre ribbon cane, ~ gallons. S5S. so.
The melons led; next came ribbon
cane, or an acre in cane would have
made Sll7.00
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-04-24
Ss Inman Building %! S. Broad st
Atlanta, Ga.

TIE Cincinnati Enquirer says ex-
Senator Tom Carter, who talkcl n
bill to death at the close Of former
congress; Senator Tillman, who
brought "Unclc Joe" Cannon to terms
by deploying his oratoricnl battery,
and Senator Morgan, with whom an
arrangement had to be made with re-
ference to the Panama canal treaty,
should hold u iilibustcrs' reunion.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-04-24
Haltiwhnger-Taylor Drug Co I,
Proprietors. Atlnntu. On
Served Him Isriuhl.

a negro named Milling was given Il
severe whipping by enraged Fairfield
county farmers last Friday night
week. 1t is said that the negro went
III the night to home near Simpsons
Turnout, where Il young lady school
teacher was boarding and told her
that her mother was sick in Winns-
boro and the negro had been sent for
the young lady. There was some
thing suspicious about the matter,
and the negro seeing that his plans
were foiled attempted to make his
escape. lie was caught the following
day and was given severe hogging.