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The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-09-11
a Volcano for Sale.

Tho Mexican Volcano Popoca tepetl is
for sale, it's owner Offering to sell it
for SIS, 600, 900. The value Of this vol
canU lies in the immense deposits of
sulphur it contains and the ,mountain
was originally given by the govern
-ment as a gift to General Casper
Sanchez Ochoa in recognition OF ccr-
tain services rendered by him. Re
ferring to the value Of this volcano Us
a sulphur MIN, Pages Magazine says !:
Two parties are ueclaled To bt bid
ding for 1T, one backed by John D.
Rockefeller and tue other bv .luIIn p.
and Samuel Gre,n, Of l'i,,slurp
There are two schemes by which it is
proposed to work the sulphur mine.
One is to tunnel into the volcano at
about GOO yards below the era ter, and
to remove the sulphur by a cable con
yeyor carrying buckets 100 feet apart.
These will dip into the red hot molten
sulphur and bring it out the buckets
travelling 200 feet per minute. The
estimated cost Of this equipment is
about S5O0,000. The other scheme
proposes to send a cogwheelcd railway
over the lip Of the crater down into
the sulphur lake, but it is questionable
if sufficient foundation is available to
sustain the heavy support that would
be necessary. For many generations
this sulphur has been mined in crude
fashion, and it is believed to be in
exhaustible. Its market price at
present is $40 per ton. Volcano sui
phur from Sicily has in the past fur
nished the principal Suprly.''
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-09-11
Long NinY IIc Live.

Sometimes whcn.the EDITORS mail
receipts have consisted principally
for several days OF those olninous
blue cards which the department. per-
mits country postmastcrs to shy at
defcncclcss newspaper men postage
free, bearing the name or some sub
Scriber four or five years in arrears,
stating that said subscribers paper is
not taken out, but remains dead in
that office, and giving as Il reason
therefore that it has been refused, lie
feels that Ills labors have been in vain,
unapprcciatcd and unrcmuncratcd,
and longs to lie himself away to some
deep ScqueStcrcd spot where ink, type
and print paper are unknown, and
there in the unbrOkcn solitude OF pris-
tine nature forget for a tilnc the week
ly struggle tomake ends meet and
mediate upon the ingratitude
OF man. But when he Is just ready TO
do the "hieing" act-when the prin-
ters are clamorng for their last weeks
wageS-thc gr0ceryman insisting that
he ought to come through for the
groceries he has eatcn-the woodpilc
vanishing and only thirty five cents in
sight with to buy another load then
comes along the broad guaged, whole
souicd big hearted, prompt paying
plumps ,iown a big, shin
ing, silver dollar, and JOY and gladness
once more dispel the gloom. The
prompt paying subscrlbcr-long may
he live and his kind multiply.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-09-11
No Use for Such.

Occasionally one will hear the re-
mark; Iwish l was out Of this town.
and then one feels like saying, II
wish you were, too," for man who
stands on the street corners, chewing
and splitting, telling obscene stories,
cursing the town. finding fault witt,
his grand mother because she was a
woman, claiming that the merchants
are a lot. of thieves, that the lawyers
and newspaper men would skin q man
to, a. tinishtand a whole LOT more g Is a
nuisance and an denominations. Any
town pestered with one or more or
these worthless would be justified in
exercising cowhide authority on the
bosom of their pants No one is
obliged 70 live where he is not suited.
II one hasn't helpful word for the
business enterprise and institutions
OF his town lie should $50 way back
and sit down" If things don't suit
you, move to where they do. A growler
and u sore head in Il town is an en-
terprise killer every time. It would
pay town to donate So and tell him
to move.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-09-11

TIE hotel at Hamlet, N. c., that
served breakfast to- Booker Washing
ton and other negroes recently, willie
white guests among them a. O. Bacon
of Georgia, waited outside; refusing to
sit in the same room with the negroes,
will be boycottcd by the travelling pub
lie. The affair is considered by drum,
mcrs asa disgrace to the state and an
insult to the travelling fraternity.
Already a protest and pledge not to
ever patronizc that hotel again has
been signed by over 800 travelling
salcsmcn that travel through North
Carolina. S
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-09-11

BEN EFIcIARY cadets at The Charles
ton citadel are required tosign bond
that they will teach Two years in the
public schools Of the state. This agree
mcnt is often violated and case came
before superintendent Martin recent
ly OF young man, who after gradua-
tion did not teach for Two years.
When tho authorities took the matter
up the young man claimed that he
was now exempt. The assistant at
torney general, however, advised Mr..
Martin that the young man could still
be made to teach and would be liable
for four years tuition at SOC per year
should he refuse
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-09-11

TIE Charleston Post says: Bryan
ism seems to be in pretty full swing in
Ohio, under the radical Tom John
sons direction, but the nominee for
Attorney General on the ticket with
Tom is Democrat who supported Nc
Kinlcy in 1896, and the conventions
choice for United States Senator is Il
man who was Palmer and Buckncr
Democrat in the same year. Col.
Bryan is due in the State very soon to
speak for the ticket, and he will ap-
pear first on the same platform with
the candidate for Hanna's seat. 1t
will be very interesting and amusing
to see how he will endorse the 'assis-
tant Republican, Very likely the
assistant Republican has rcpentcd."
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-09-11
BOIL ALL THE WArER.- patient

(.
BOIL ALL THE WATER.-A patient
recently came down with typhoid
fever, in whose household it had for
years been the custom TO boil all the
water used for drinking purposes. AS
the patient had not drunk any un-
boiled water away from home, her
family could not understand how she
could have acquired the disease. II
was, hoWevers ascertained that, while
the drinking water had been boiled,
the family had not boiled that used
for washing lettuce, fruit, etc. It's
this point that should 5Ebe impressed
upon the c3nmnni nity stlie2 water
contains typhoid germs, all the sW;iter
used In the kitchen should be lboiled,i i
whether it be for drinking for wash
ing articles of food, or for cleansing
dishes. In cleansing the teeth even.
the same precaution should be used.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-09-11
"GovEnSon Bliss, Of Michigan .

"GovERNoR Bliss, of Michigan
says the Buffalo Express, "has refused
to honor arequisition for a negro who
is wanted in Georgia for murder. The
likelihood that the man would be
lynched if returned to Georgia is be-
licvcd to be the reason. This is the
way State pays The penalty for a
lawlcss reputation" Which State?
asks the News and Courier. Our CO
Temporary then says Georgia would
have no particular reason to complain
if Michigan welcomed and harbored
all her fugitive criminals. If Cover
nor Bliss covcts that order Of citizens
for his Commonwealth let him have
all he wants.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-09-11

THE News and Courier says: spa
triotism" has acquired Il new signiti-
canoe in this country in the last forty
years or thereabouts. a Brooklyn
regiment is claiming months wages
under the Act Of 1899 giving to soldiers
who rendered service after the expira-
tiOn Of their enlistments for the
Yanko-Spanko war. The claims Of
the regiment, as explained by Il local
paper, $ consist in its having apparel
for one muster at its armory before
dismissal. The muster consumed an
hour and q half"
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-09-11

yer ii EEt tt1e! h6 tlrs Ia H LOB 9hfisE
pfophealp1 that. There sheu1d t3rlSs
false teachers, ,sa % the Atlanta! !1oufs
nal some ella ming even to be Mes,
slahi thefe has sbeen d regular BtiGcess
sion of'Buch imp postOrs, d differing o6ly.
Ia the b1ldhess or their claims and
the success Of their deceptiohs. The
present. 5hge alike skepticaf Sand .crei
dulous-has produced en nfsunusunlly
large mum ber OF such false claimants
to divinity. In America wethnye not
only Dowie, with his long hair for
appearance md long head for busl-
ness, butsa multitude Of lesser pr, Z
phets, setting up similar claims. III
England however, is perhaps & the
most remarkable example OF deluded
'fanatlcism in the history OF such
movements. Gaunt and huge on the
bare eminence of, Chatham hill, near
London, Stands an unfinished build
ing one hundred and forty feet square
and about one hundred feet high -an
unsightly cube, with three square
towers s-rooftleSs, and with the many
score Of windows unglazed and yuwn-
Ing. 1t was begun by sect OF religi-
Ouo Ulltiu
would afford them security from the
terrors Of the Last Judgment. Twen7
ty-years ago, according to O writer in
the Strand Magazine, one John White
obtained u vast following as q divine
parsonage, claiming to be q second in
carnation. Of the Messiah. Under his
direction this enormous building,
which was designed toireach to the
clouds, was begun and carried for
ward, largely by private subsc ription
Forty thousand pounds, OF 5000, 900,
had been eXpendedson the structure
when the leader. Of. the sect died and
The york came suddenly to an end.
His disciples scattered as did those of
Theudas in the days Of the taxing.
The great tower, like that of Babel on
the plain OF Shinar, was left untin-
ished, a monumenttto the credulity OF
the multitude and the fdolishness of
fanatlcislc. It is strange psychic
defect in the character of many per-
sons which permits them to be thus
duped and played upon by manifest
impostors. frequently, too, the very
people who most stubbornly reject the
true gospel are those who are most
vulnerable to every fairy tale of sup
crstitiOn.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-09-11

MEN may write and write and men
may think and think but without
the printer their thoughts would be
OF little value to the world. Among
all the trades there is not one more
honorable or important than that Of
the printer the man who edges up the
mentallic messengers Of thought with
humble fingers or who manipulates
with dexterous hand the key board Of
that marvellous invention which con-
tinually cXcltes intelligent wonder
and admiration, the linotype.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-09-11

Il To- H q Il
Public attention was recently at
tracted to an, imposing incident that
took. place at Oyster Bay. The com
bincd squadrons OF the United States
navy were assembled In order, as the
Washington correspondent for the
New York World puts it, TO make q
holiday for President Roosevelt, his
family, and q few invited friends"
The World correspondent says that
the bringing OF tue ships to the presi-
dents summer home involved ohe cx-
penditure OF large amount Of public
money amounting Almost to quarter
of a million dollars and all for. the pur-
poSe Of providinga holiday for the pres
ident, the members Of his family and
his guests. The World correspondent
says: Naval officers are especially
critical and point out that the Oyster
Bay meeting resulted not only in valu-
able loss Of time to the squadron,
(which was interrupted for one whole
week in the summer inaneuYers, but
also In serious damage to several Of
bhe ships and small craft. During
the review 2,G04 shots we're fired from
the six-pOunders The cost OF the
saluting charge Of Il six-pounder is 40
ccnts.n On the occasion of this re-
markable exhibit at the presidents
summer home. an accident occurred to
the Massachusetts, 1t Is said that
this great vessel was hurrying out Of
Bar Iiarbor in Il fog to catch up with
the other Ships, and that it ran onto
Egg Rock, and that had it not been
for the captains anxiety to reach
Oyster Bay with the rest of the fleet,
the Massachusetts, would have stayed
at anchor until the thick fog lifted.
The Barry and Decatur collided and
this the Worlds Washing ton CORES
pondcnt attributes to the en-
thusiasm of the president to call for a
flying wedge" 1t is estimated that
to repair the damage caused by this
naneuver at least $4,000 will be
necessary. 1t is claimed that the cost
Of coal in this utterly useless holiday
affair will amount to Il very large sum
and altogether 1t is said that the peo-
pie Of the United States expended
very nearly one quarter Of million
dollars in order to provide President
Roosevelt and bis guests with days
| entertainment,
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-09-11
srnsl Texasl tiailaVilor,if|ii

So bffs q tg II HAN fofmas asly GE
:GabCAstuE uE tduh 81 sii .:lette Il to q Ee
Eancastsf sE5t reSpohd deht of The NJ 6 ws
ahds Courier con firms the nbllptibd re-.
ports { ofsthes 9 damage being done ta the;
cotton crop in that sSta ate 4 by tile 66lt
worms. He says :sssss : The boil tdjriii:
mas; played ha voc wi th the Texas tot..,
ton crop. tt Is Inn ible 1 to etadH
and useless to-. deny the patent facG
tnmany sections Of Texas d & greati
change has come the aspect OF the cotli
ton GRO ) lin the past ten days. Mary
fields that were being estimated a5
yield or q bale to the acre have been
SO devastated tbatit is impossible to
make any estimate Of the yield. !. This
shows IlowsquIckly q mans hopes may
be darkcned when they are: based on,
cotton prospects. Bolls about ready
to open are attacked and within
week these bolls have been destroyed
TO the extent Of. two thirds Of u bale
per acre. While many previous sea-
sons have been marked by the destruc-
tive work Of the boil worm and Nfexis
can wecvll, / have never seen sea-
sun or time when the work of the
pests was as sudden and as destructive
as IL has been the past two weeks !
My individual crop two weeks ago
promised to make bale per acre.
Now have literally nothing to base
an estimate on. II we make any cot.
ton it.wlll be a September crop, and
chat is very uncertain. It is fortu-
nate thing for us that we have a
record d-brcaking corn crop. l am afraid
the making OF cotton is a thing-oE the
past with Texas unless we get. some
remedy to control the pest
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-09-11
G aesars II e eadl 3Ill II 0 tel
Z CAESARS HEADS {

900 feet above the sea. Jews intoi
several States. Temperature from 5OA
o75 degrees. Dry. air., breezy nights..i,
Home life for guests. Telephone 7andIS
daily mails. Resident physician: Fur,
man University. Hotel. !. Hack lines
from Breyard, n. o., or; Greenville, So
Q. Reasonable rates. Open from j une !:
lSt. to Oct. 1St.s For other Informal g
tion write to ] I. r. GWINN, !, NJ gr.. IS.
Caesars Head, s.. C. sSSSys ~ 5 :
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-09-11
Killcdo by caious Woman.

Mrs. Thcadore Kruzc, of Denver,
COL, wife Ola bookbinder, was shot
and killed Thursday at her home by
Mrs. Kate Rarnardine. The woman
declined to make any statement but
the cause is supposed to be jealousy.
Mrs. Krnze was attending her baby
when called to the door by Mrs. Bcr-
nardlne who fired through the wire
netting.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-09-11
Mullet! Muilet! Mullet!

and all kinds Of Fresh and Salt Water
fish and oysters. you are dealing i'm
Fresh Fish or intend to deal in them
write for prices and send your ordrs to
PERRY FISH CO., Charleston, S. C.
or COLUMBIA FISH s. ICE co
Columbia S. g. We ship only fresh
caught fish and our prices are as low
us they can be sold at. Write us.
YrY us. and be CONVINCED
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-09-11
To Prevent County Shortages.


The Columbia correspondent of the
News and Courier writes as follows
concerning an important matter: 1t
would certainly be most important
and valuable If the taxation commits
mi0n would, in connection with it's re-
port on the best plan to increase she
revenues OF the State and maintain a
cash basis. take up the matter Of the
better enforcement Of the present
laws and the avoidance Of complica-
tionS in the accounts Of the county
officers. or course it is only natural
to expect that officers should get into
trouble, but the system of making set
Elements seems to be wrong in some
way when, years after the shortage
has occurred, experts go behind the
records OF the county treasurer and
lind shortages amounting to thousands
or dOllhr. If settlements were made
every year only after an examination
Of the books by an expert all this trol-
BILE would be saved. The law provides
that each and every voucher shoilld be
examined by the county auditor and
foreman OF the grand jury or repre-
sentative Of the grand jury. The
county auditor and the foreman of the
grand jury are responsible for the cor
rectness Of the settlement and that all
Of the vouchers arc correct, and the
Comptroller General or his representa-
tive simply witness the settlement" {"
The Comptroller is not supposed to 60
into details and examine" all vouchers,
and would not have the time to do so.
II the county auditors and forcmcn OF
the grand juries do not do what is cx-
pcctcd under the law, largely from in
competency, and years afterwards an
expert has to be employed to 20
around and straighten out things and
discover and settle shortages, would 1t
not be better and more busineSS-like
to have these examinations at the out
set and have settlements that amount
to n tinality?
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-09-11
I: Nut d int tctsy God !, 9Sss 4.
1defafi afi3oil : 81 lisaloy ya aiot1e


1af FsssAIssI' i q sto9 dsFa9s 9sas ssasollssI
Alons ssafs lasS; ysi I aRld / Ss 81
otsnna aafstoo ia 4 gatheg false alhs
~ presSio iops 81 ta
nd'hpBl hem closer I, tas 9 !; thei'yaars go
'yiiSas Ry M often seems 8 g US trailss
And, thus men rise and fall and live
lpas9st n i; & understood,
Not andsrstooa; Poor s souls with
OFT measure giants by their narrow
The p5lson,ea 81, shafts Of falsehood ia and u !.
Are Oft tSimpelled 'gainst those who
mold the age. S j
s:iss s. SyNot Understood.
# Not understood! The secret springs
of.action
Which;lie beneath the surface Of the
Are disregardcd: with sclf-satisfaction
We Judge or neighbors, and they
oleen Not. sS Understood.
Not understood. How many hearts
are aching 81
For lack, Of sympathy! Ah, day by
day
How many cllcerlcss, lonely hearts are
breaking!
How many noble spirits pass away
Not understood.
4 Q God, that men should see little
clearer. n ts
Is Or judge less larshly when they can
not see!
y @ God, that men would draw little
nearer
To one anothcr They'd be nearer
And understood!
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-09-11

3leaE 4! itsh h9lsVe nDti siyitBtdtsSttIa MI
;aellptt alrekt fsatNtsu 4Ineir
Serena tl mate tlsl and mora lSss Uf
fifiist ! 4! the sun rARe ag gitatlo ang.t
land SDifer sl Mdient proof. Sos its WAS
:ssth0 0nstrat atehs sWhens tie Mli ite ninofls
sy On sotitha Carol lila took. from the
;jblaek mai orlty ID artef century ag6
!the arG ltical no osser as.;e ted I for lthern
! ;5Y 5the 4 entire power Of the nation. :
ntlre; toignore THE plan to & re !,
duCeE q southern ation. Il {
would mob enfranchise q single black
mans, it would practically extlnguish
the hopes OF the blacks; it would be
futile to any good end; it would be a
dangerous source OF sectional irrltai
tionland Jealousy. It would separate
black interests from white scp,aira-
ttoni calamitous to both,- !. while they
live together, but far more calamiG:.
Gus to the weaker race, u separation,
fatal, indeed, to the beneflcent and
hopeful future now opening to. the
American negro. y. 4
Edward NJ Shepard
Lake georgia, N. ), Y, Aug. 26.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-09-11
Fire Brick
and Fireselav.

Standard size Fire Brick and the
finest ofsFire Clay at prices that will
get your huHiness.s
The Brick are perfect in 5manufac-.:
turc and the Clayfis q the stuff that
lasts in the hottest Of fires: s.
Send us your. Inquiries and you VIII
award US ly your orders. 81
]. SHAHDS5 y. IND BUILDERS SUPPLY 4:
s:.ss;6I5g Plain IS CoTuin
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-09-11
Tanning skins.

n Many farmers, who sell the skins
of farm animals, would be glad to use
them, if they knew how to make them
usable. The following directions have
been sent in, as reliable:
Take one-half pound Of alum, one
pound OF. saltpetre, five pounds com
mon salt, two ounces corrosive subli-
mate, and two gallons OF water. Put
it in a vessel that can be covered, so
that no animal can drink It, II there
Is any flesh on the hides, lay them on
a board, flesh side up, and rub with Il
brick Or a dull knife, until it is re-
moved. After all the ingredients are
dissolved, put the pelts into the ves-
sci of liquid, and allow them to remain
two or three weeks. Large skins Will
require more liquid, as they must br
covered all the time, but make it in
the above proportions. When they are
taken out, rup and wUlk them until
they are dry, when they will be very
soft and pliablc.
A cow-hide, with long, black hair,
makes q handsome lapfobe. Sheep.
skins make handsome rugs tanned In
this way, and dyed with the ten-cent
packages Of dyes for WOOL. Prepare
the dye and put in a large vesselin
which the hide may be immersed, and
when ;itis the desired shade, rinse and
Edry 4 he cepteCsmay be made OF one
lTiiide, - iiiiG. u1a order may be nj an.
other Of a different shade. In sewing
the pieces. together, sew the seams
from the back, loosely, over and over,
so it will lie flat. Line the rugs with
some heavy material These are warm
easily-made rugs, and if bought, would
cost quite Il sum.
Rugs may be made of the skins of
dog, wolf, fox, or other animals, and
left their natural color. In piecing
these skins, be careful to have all the
hair lie the same way, and the seams
will not be noticed. Very pretty trim
mings MAY be made by tanning young
lamb skins that are still curly, and
dying them q desired color with the
dyes. Nice sets of furs may be made
for children in this way, lining the
skins with some pretty material In
cold ATTITUDES, these tanned hides
might be made into warm wraps or
overcoats for men and boys.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-09-11

A MICHIGAN genius has invented u
candle which burns slowly and gives
off an ordor which he claims, is pleas
ant to the human senses but death to
mosquitoes. II true, this man has
made a fortune and brought a great
boon to humanity. The mosquito is
one of the most annoying pests as well
ns one Of the most prolific carriers OF
diseases with which we have to con
tend.