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The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-10-30
Hannn'is Worried.

4 The Ohio campaign is becoming
more interesting every day. A New
York paper attributes to Senator
Hanna the admission that the Re
publican nominee for governor is to
have mo SUCH in his contest against
Tom l.. Johnson, the Democratic
nominee. The Johnstown, Pa,
Democrat describes the situation in
an interesting way when it says:
'"rhe Republican and the reorganizer
papers are full Of Clio political stuff
antagonistic to Tom L. johnson, the
Chicago Chronicle leading with
lurid tales of Democratic revolt and
of Republican jubilation. Perhaps
the wish is father to the thought.
But then it is remembered that when
he was running for congress the first
time it was confidently claimed that
the workingmen wouldn't touch him
with a 40-foot pole and that there
fore he would never come in sight Of
the wire. The same representations
were made when he came out for
Aittyoi AL IllO AlCpuDlICti IlpclS
and all the pluto-democratic organs
declared him to be impossible. But
somehow he won out all right and he
won out again and again each time
by moro sweeping majority. May
he not fool his enemies again? May
ne not prove as potent in the state as
he has shown himself to be in Cleve-
land and in Cuyahoga? Of course
Bernard is against him in Hamilton
county. But he was against him be-
fore. He has always been against
anybody who was a real Democrat
and if he can combine with Republi-
can Boss Cox SO as to throw Hamil-
ton county over to Herrick the Re-
publican candidate there isn't the
slightest doubt that he will do ii" {"
Tom johnson may be defeated, but
he is certainly giving Mark Hanna a
great deal of uneasiness. In fact
the old boss boodler seems to have a
tired feeling.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-10-30
Studying Our Methods.

Rlozo Abe OF Osaka, Japan spent
Wednesday in Charleston studying the
methods OF handling cotton and the
classi iticationof the staple. Mr.. Abe
is engaged In the manufacture Of
cloth In Japan and he is In the United
States for the purpose of informing
himself on matters, connected with
the industry. He spent some time in
New York and is now travelling
through the south, visiting the cotton
fields and the ports He ts much liz
terested In the harvesting and ginning
OF cotton and In fact In the entire
handling Of the crop from the time
that it Is taken from the boil until 1t
is woven into yarn and cloth. Japan
manufactures considerable cloth, be
stated and also imports sufficient cot
ton to be able to export it in turn to
China. His Investigations OF the
methods of shipping cotton and hand
ling 1t generally will be put to use
upon his return to Japan.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-10-30
Gems Of rtought.

The best cure for mans conceit is
woman's laughter.
Man regards human nature as a
pack mule on which to pile his SINS
Fearfullness burns the bridge be-
hind; fear, the bridge before.
No man was ever discontentcd With
the world if he did his duty in 1t.
Man thinks more of the cigar
thrown in than Of the box he pays for.
Some things that are received us
gifts are really intended as invest
mcnts.
When you conquer your enemy by
force, his better part remains uncon-
CURED.
Every wise man has parachute Of
prudence attached to his balloon Of en-
thusiasm.
The foundation OF self respect is
work. Work is the parent Of enter
prise; idleness is the parent Of vice.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-10-30
! Tho Present Alone is Oura. s.
here's but ,One?Word upon the face-oi

;sfOIusu uus thsS>.VAA
"a That word is !. N Now;;,,,
Heed itsbefore you; hear Lire's evening 9
s g our head to bow; :E.5E. 4.
And, with a gemless crown, at Fail.
ute's shrine, Isl sSS & 4.
( s IS! s. .1sssAsk God .tOt rinse
The, curtain ,twixts the hope Atnat
ts seems divine ssiss - 80 "
e z And misspent days.
Now,,fs the .cr is Of mans circum-
.S; His lilo, his all; e
The trial Of his fortitude-- his chance
81 TO rise or fall. 81
The column waits, the Old flag floats
But soon the sun, S. M
VIII count , day LOST and in sadness
mo. battle Won.
The Z potttssr's ts clay is in thy hands to
An angels face IL ssA} II
Why yl5 lesye il ifdly to turn crude and and.
And lose It's grace2 .Ys
The mountain beckons from its wooded
s TsHcome unto mel,'
The river whispers, ".Ah, my strug-
Cling tides
Roll uselessiy."
The desert calls for water, that a
flower
May raise It's head;
And science pleads her resurrection
hour,
Y To leave the dead.
Great Now, while yet we sing, you
,I glide away ., -
rs In mystic air, ,;tfF ss'2sG.s.
Out 5rom.the sunshine Of the glad to-
..7,,s On, on: to,where.s .s
Tomorrow, youths bright harbinger,
still; thrives-
T will never be;."-
If man should hayea hundred thous-
.andsifves; 50:
- He'll find In thee
The power that made the lilly first
,; disclose
= Her wealth Of white. 81
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-10-30

man, id sWfO o. was ID successflf Il mefs
chan ntSRtatsd TO me that. he pfferwarSis
diScov oveged that ne had ii lied AN a.
nocent and Sian t1ereu ma 10, and . The
party who had mad eg up that story
was senraged gag ainst the negro be-
|caQss The. intend ed to- leaye his farm
and She wanted ito ! haye |; hi i'm chas stised,
But my young friend stated to me
that his whole life was sblIghted I: aud
his entire existence OF misery and re-
morse; that the sight OF poor the negro
haunted him all day long was a! con-
stant nightmare. Freely would he
give up'a all he possessed and become d
convict in stripes, to have that stain
washed from his conscience. n He
often felt that did he possess the
wealth of the world he would freely
give 1t, for yenIone day's:{ relief from
the agony Of mind that ipursnedI him,
and that he might experience the
feeling Of innocence lie knew before
that wretched night.
Were thissglobe ofours Coined into
gold, and placed at my disposal to
take the life OF the most debased and
miserable human being that walks the
earth, even under the most juStifiable
circumstances, I would scorn the
BRIDE = ~ = :
/. Unless a man, as I have stated, has
a heart scared with sin, and is incap-
able ofsfeellng remorse, I sometimes
think 1t would be an act Of mercy AMI
kindness for the laws-of his country to
put him to death, after willfully and
deliberately taking the life OF fell
low man. A jury may acqult him,
and he may live. a long, applauded and
honored by the world, but there
beats in his breast an inner monitor,
and which will ever keep him remind
ed of that dark deed. His entire cX-
istence will be one prolonged agony and
there will ever walk by his side In day
and repose upon his pillow at night,
an unseen spectre Of the dead man,
and from which terrible and constant
visitor there is no escape. q
The murderer is reminded Of the
fate that awaits him by the Bible and
which commands that s'He who sheds
mans blood by man shall his blood be
shed.n
admit that there are occasions
when 1t becomes imperatively neces-
sary to take human life, but my great
est hope and desire is that no such
dread alternative shall ever be forced
upon myself. 1 had sooner go to the
grave the victim Of another, than
spend my days on earth with hands
dripping with the life blood Of any one
created In Gods own image.
Life is sweet, but it is anything but
sweet to the red-handed murderer.
In penning this article had no in
dividual case in mind, but give it as
the observation Of my life and a warn
ing. IT. Larry CAN'T, in-Spartanbure
Herald.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-10-30
sss RabuIins the President.
fPresid dent Roosevelt fassf omht1ssy

sSssssssssstSeDulklu&fynG e ynGsk,re6tUPnt.sSi
Preaid lent Roos welt has doubtl less
learned by his time that here arc
many people 1in tho United Z States
who have not forg gotten Genegal Icss
EGlellan if he7 has Some Of tile
speeches delivered at the Antietanl
celebration by N ew Y Yorks yeterans,
held at Brook lyn; may be interpreted
as d somewhat bitter rebuke to Mr.!
Roosevelt. Gen. Horatio G. King, King
speaking on that. occasion, said:
"Tbe$ Union armies had met with
defeat. After the battle Of Bull Run
they were thoroughly disorganized,
and came to Washington hatless,
shoeless and with their guns thrown.
aside. The people had lost conf
dence lin the generals. After re-
peated disasters there was only
one man to whom the people looked
for the preservation Of the Union,
and he was in Washing ton when the
whipped armies came J, there. The
great president, Abraham Lincoln,
realized this, and went from the
w AlGts.@llOuso ~ W GllC tISSlutiiCSl: VI
General Nc Clellan to ask him to take
command of the armies. He was
never really relieved Of command.
In twenty-four hours the disorder in
the armies was over, and Mcclellan
took that previously demoralized
army, equipping them on. the way,
and in six weeks fought one of the
greatest battles in the great struggle,
sending back across the Maryland
line General Robert E. Lee and his
confederate army. Such a battle
between other nations would have
ended a war, but the contestants
were of the same blood, equally
heroic and convinced Of the cause
for which they were fighting" Gen.
Kings speech was roundly cheered
by the veterans who heard it. We
agree with him that Gen. N[cC Clellan
was a great general, one Of the best
developed on either side during the
civil war He will live in history
when the men who try to belittle him
are forgotten.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-10-30
~ i5-ssi l4il1TII
Redeem Indiana.

Republican papers have had much
to say concerning lawlessness in
Breathitt county, Kentucky Not long
ago Curtis Jett was tried and convict
ed on the charge of assassinating At
torney Marcum. Jett was sentenced
to life Imprisonment. Later Jett
was placed on trial on the charge
Of killing Thomas Cockrill, whose
assassination occurred several years
ago and long prior to the killing of
Marcum: In the Cockrill case Jet
was found guilty and sentenced to
death. The Commoner says accept
ing then, the verdict in both ST these
cases as having been rendered in ac-
cordance with the law and the evi-
dence, itseems that Kentucky, to this
extent, at least, has redeemed itself.
Would it not be well now for some Of
these republican papers to devote
their attention to the state Of Indiana,
which state, because Of the conduct
Of its republican authorities, is in
need Of a little wholesome work along
the redemption line? William S.
Taylor, former governor Of Kentucky,
IS now given protection by the re-
publican officials in the state of In
diana. Taylor is charged with hav-
ing taken part in tho assassination OF
the late Governor Goeble, and al
though the governor Of Kentucky
has repcadly called upon the repub-
lican governor of Indiana to surrend-
er Taylor Of the Kentucky authorities
the Indiana governor has refused tc
do SO"
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-10-30
Five Mon Drowned.

A skiff, containing five Hungarian
laborers, was swept over the Spring
dale dam near Colfax Station Pa.
during early morning fog and four of
the occupants were drowned. A
heavy fog prevented them seeing the
proximity to the dam until the swirl
caught tle boat and carried it'oyer,
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-10-30
Shot 1y n ConsiaDic.

John Dendy noted negro despcrado
of Grcenville county, was shot last
week and seriously wounded by Con-
stable Davenport, OF the constabulary
force, in hand to- hand encounter.
Constable Davenport, who was In
search of an illegal distillcry, had en-
tered the negroes house after being
satisfied from looking in the window
and observing the negro handling H.
quor, that he was connected with the
diStillcry he was seeking.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-10-30
/ Dead in tho Hold.

After reaching the navy yard at
Brooklyn the lifcless body OF j. Nc
Toomer of Elizabeth, n. d., me-
chanic, was found in the hold Of the
Chattanooga, where he had evidently
fallen from a platform near the cruls-
er's bridge.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-10-30
Hanged Hin Twice.

A grewsome spectacle was witnessed
at Birmingham Ala. Thursday when
Felix Hall, colored, was hanged for the
murder Of Norwood Clark; white.
When the drop fell the rope slipped
and the condemned man hung for ten
minutes, only half choking. He was
hauled up and the rope re-adjusted.
This time the fall broke his neck.
Halls last act was to write q declara-
tiUn Of innocence.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-10-30
Mullet! Mullet! Mullet.

and all kinds of Fresh and Salt Water
fish and oysters. If you are dealing in
Fresh Fish or; intend to deal in them
write for prices and send your ordrs to
TERRY FISH CO., Charleston, S. e..
or COLUMBIA FISH 81 ICE CO
Columbia S. @. We ship only fresh
caught fish and our prices are as low
as they can be sold at. Write u.s.
Try US, and be convinced
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-10-30

may be, as the Greenville News says,
from which paper we clip the above,
that Secretary Stuart is running a
press bureau for some other winter
resort as a side line. 4.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-10-30
iGREENYILLE FEMALE COL LEGB.
= \ - 4 S-f'r. .Ts-8fs -
Greenville, S. G.

College OF highest grade. Degree,
courses and specials. Faculty of 49, i5
Greatly improved equipment. Pure
mountain water. Climate rarely
eqhalled. For catalogue and terms
write e. JAMES, Lift. d., Pres. -
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-10-30
CorroN NOT roo mon.

terday prominent southern banker
said to me; II hope these high prices
OF cotton will not last longer than
this year, for If They ,do:the southern
mills will not; make SO much jABaey. :
1t Is doubtless true that With high
prices the mills wouldn't make such
arge profits and no one more highly
appreciates than do the magnificent
work Of the mill interests of the south
iR the development OF this section In
the creation OF employ ment for .hith-
crt0 idle people and In every good
work that tends to the upbuilding or
the whole south. But suppose high
price cotton should cause net de-
cline Of per cent in the earnings Of
all cotton mill capital in the south
the aggregate decrease would be sag
O,00O, 900 to $l2,OOO,0D1, as there (
now about $l75,000,00 900 to $500, 600,
900 invested.in southern mills though
even this might not CONT true, as the
mills might be able TO SO. adjust their
operations as to avoid any decrease.
On the other hand an advance Of
even cent pound in the raw staple
would mean an additional profit to the
growers and thus to the south Of $780,
100000 to $60,000,OO0 which would
several times over offset the decline in
mill earnings.
For the last ten years we have be-
come SO accustomed to low prices for
cotton that we are apt to forget that
for nearly a hundred years the world
took our cotton at an average OF near
ly 10 cents a pound. From 1900 to
/ 1910 cotton prices ranged from 44c a
pound down to l3c, the latter. being
the lowest New York average for any
year In that period. About 1912
prices declined and in 1S41-43 the av-
crage New York price was sc cents a
pound, the lowest average on record.
Prices continued low for several years.
but gradually advanced and from lS-
49 to 1860 they averaged about l / to
II cents a pound. The crop Of 1859
OF 4, 800, 900 bales brought an average
OF IL cents and yet after nearly half
Il century, with the enormous advance
in population wealth and consuming
power, crops OF only little more than
double that have sold as low as 6 and
I cents pound; and from that gradu-
ally advancing to something over 8
cents. And this year a Tremendous
effort is being made to beat down the
price to 8 cents or less. Judged by
the Increase in the worlds consump-
tive requirements, cotton should not
this year only but in all years, unless
there should be some temporary great
over-production, sell as high as tho
general average Of the last hundred
years and that would be over 10 cents
a pound.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-10-30
Caroline KILLINGS. 8

fathers presence, when his face grew
deathly pale, he raised his hand, and
stated that he never again wanted to
hear that duel spoken of by any mem.
ber of his family. That the borrow OF
that tragedy, committed on little
island in the Savannah River, haunted
this great and good man all his days,
Is not doubted, and it cast dark cloud
over brilliant and useful life.
have known u great many men
who had taken human life, under all
manner OF circumstances, and with
out single exception they wore the
brand Of Cain upon their brows.
There was no pleasure or happiness in
life for him. Their existence was one
long reign of remorse and self-re-
proach, and If they did not manifest
the same by word Of mouth, it could
be seen In the restless eye, and ner-
vous starting at every nnnsua! noise.
Many turned for consolation to drink,
and which only added fuel to the in
ternal fires that ever burned within
them. Others prospered, but during
those intervals when the mind was
permitted to wander back to the past,
look OF haggard misery o'erspread
their faces. The brand OF Cain was
fixed upon the brows Of those shed
ders OF human blood by Divine vcnge-
ance, and only death could erase it.
remember, while living in Ogle-
thrope county, Ca. talking with a
young friend Of mine who had gone
with party to chastise negro for a
reported insult to white woman.
This young man was stationed at a
window, through which the negro en-
deavored to escape. IIe fired on the
man and shot him dead, his body
hanging over the sill. This young
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-01-22
The Spanish SchOOsteacher,

The teacher of any land may be over
worked. He may suffer from the par
simonious pu..cy of the powers and be
underpaiu even in our own enlightened
country, but in few countries, certain
ly not in the United States. could such
a story as the one which follows be
truthfully told
In the streets of a Spanish city, says
the author of THE Land of the Dons,'
a police officer stumbled on the corpse
of a ragged and emaciated pauper. In
making out his report he asked what
he should enter as the dead mans pro-
feSSiOn.
what did he die of" asked the mag
istrate.
starvation" replied the policeman.
PUT him down as a schoolmaster,"
replied the magistrate.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-01-22
Why Shakespeare Endures.

What interests us in Shakespeare's
plays is not the plays themselves. but
the (strictly irrelevant truth and beau
ty that he poured into them. We love
them for their matchless poetry and
their matchless insight into the human
soul. Hamlet is for us nothing but
the study of a cOntemplative man dis
tracted by the necessity to be up and
doing, "Macbeth' the study of a noble
mind degraded by ambition. The Mer-
chant of Venice" the study of racial
strength against contempt and persecu.
ton. Nothing to us now the actual
framework of these studies; everything
the studies themselves and the Ian
guage in which they are set forth. Our
pleasure in the production of a Shake
spearean play is according solely to the
illuminative Brightness of the conception
Of the chief character or characters and
to the sonorous beauty with which the
verse is acclaimed by all.-Saturt.ay
Review.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-01-22
What Is Well Dressed HOuse


"What in theatrical parlance is a well
dressed house?" said dramatic writer,
and after silent pause he continued:
Il went the other night to a show, and
as l passed in the doorkeeper said to
me, we have we'll dressed house to-
night, sir l supposed he meant that
the audience was sporting it's best
clothes, but l found on looking about
that this was not true, and so between
the acts l asked him what he had
meant. He answered.: 4 meant that
the house had been seated by the box
office man very cleverly, so that it bal
lnced we'll, and so that the fact that it
was not small was not perceptible. TO
dress house is to distribute an audi
ence all over it SO it looks full when it
is, as matter of fact, far from being
so. There are here enough people to
I'LL about the first seven rows of the
orchestra, but the house is we'll dress
ed, and on looking at it you have the
impression that it is fairly well filled.
Every ticket seller should see to it that
bis house is dressed properly. That is
why you so often fail to get seated as
far up front as you would like "-Phil-
adelphia Record.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-01-22
was regular knives. didn't know thew
was only Imitation. same as the pillow
Observation-Disclosures Star.
THE BRAVE WOLVERINE
Not Little Wolf, but n Dirnfaed
Forest Monarch

Not Little Wolf, but u Disniaed
Forest Monarch.
Not little wolf" as the icnora nt
think. is the significance of wolverine
but something of greater dignity-an
embodiment of the terrible spirit of the
wild fire of the prehistoric forests.
Wonderful in it's strength and courage,
a tree climber on occasion, not immense
OF size, but with limbs and claws great,
out OF all proportion to it's size, with a
muzzle almost hoglike, but with great
white fangs, the beast had still an
element of the grotesque in it's makeup,
with it's sweeping. bushy tail and the
broad bands of yellow white upon it's
back and shoulders. Woe to the small
er beast or the deer upon which it
dropped from some great low hanging
branch or before which it suddenly ap-
peared in the dense windfalls!
Or all the continent, the Michigan
peninsula was the chosen habitat of
the wolverine. and he struggled long
before backwoodsmen drove him from
his heritage So enduring was he. so
desperately courageous, that his name
became a synonym for pluck and
proWess, and proudly the people of
Michigan accept the nickname which
has been given to him.-Outing.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-01-22
TOnSilitis.

An attack of tonsilitis can usually be
warded off by painting the infamed
tonsil with tincture of iodine. If you
are unsuccessful in the attempt and the
tonsils ulcerate. swab them at once
with guaiacum and repeat in five or six
hours. This l learned from a well
known throat specialist of st. Louis,
and l find l can almost always recover
without the services of my physician.
Good Housekeeping.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-01-22
Pigeons Milk Not Il Joke.

The joke about pigeons milk has a
foundation in fact After the incuba-
tion of the young has been completed,
the crops of the parent bird become
thicker and secrete sort of curd. with
which the young are fed. This de-
scriptiOn of nouriShment is necessary
for them. for if the young pigeons are
deprived of it during the first week or
two after Matching they are sure to die.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-01-22
His Apology.

"iou mustn't eat with your knife"
said the city relative reprovingly.
Excuse me-" answered Farmer
Corntossel penitently. 81 thought they