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The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-06-26

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George Conser's house was reached
nextbutthe family succeeded In saving
their lives by rushing to the upper sto-
rfes, the house being carried down the
creek thrce-quarters Of mile. Res
cuers found that the house had been
but In two and Mr.. Conser was stand
ing In water up to his neck, holding
his wife upon the roof and keeping
her from slipping from lis outstretch-
ed arms. DIR. McSwat and j. Ayers,
who we're living in the same residence
were drowned.
Oscar Miners house was next de-
moliShed and Mrs. Miner drowned The
rest OF the family succeeded In saving
their lives by cinging to the roof. AL
or the Wells family but two we're lost
and the house was carried away. With
the Wells residence went the house Of
George Swaggcrt. Mr.. Swaggcrt's
two married daughters were drowned
with their five children. The Mallory
house was carried $50 yards and was
found lodged against Il store and Mr..
Mallory, Il crippled old man, was found
safe, holding Il baby. James Matlocli's
was next. Mis-. Matlock was drown
ed but his family was saved. DR..
1iigg's house also vent.
The house or Mr.. Boyd and Mr..
Walton were also destroyed and bot h
families lost.
Mr. Barton succeeded in saving all
persons In his residence, although they
were badly bruised The house itself
was washed away.
- Ipri1 nc fhp trroo toct lf,cc nf e.,
occurred at the lIeppncr hotel.
This house, which was run under
the managemcntof.Jo Jones & Ashbaugh,
was carried away. 1t is supposed
that there were about so guests in
this hotel, all OF whom are reported tn
be lost. The proprietors themselves
were saved, but their families are
among the dead
The house Of benjamin Patterson,
Mr.. Dunn and Mr.. Noble were entirely
demolished and all persons in these
three families drowned, us were the
families Of James Jones and Henry
l'irk. The barn Of DR.. Swinburn and
The big livery stable Of White s.
Meadows we're entirely destroyed. T..
j. Farnsworth and Phillip Cohn were
also drowned The entire residence
portion of lIcppncr was destroyed but
the business houses, being on higher
ground and being generally built of
Drick and stone, were not so badly
damaged. The school house and co urt
house, which stand on side hill, were
saved, but two churches, the Mctho-
dist and Presbyterian were completely
wrecked.
Around the depot the rising water
left great heaps Of driftwood piled
higher than the roof of the station and
The rescling parties were forced to
demolish these pyramids OF timber in
order to extricatc the corpscs which
were tangled in the brush. Undoubted-
ly many Of the drowned bodies were
carried by the running waters down
tile valley.
Gangs OF men are at work clearing
away the piles of debris, rocks and
timbers7 which lie piled in .hca ps in the
streets and taking out the corpses
which are thus concealed"
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-06-26
Got II in tic Neck.

Kr0usbcvan, the notorious Jew
batter and the editor Of the anti Semi
Tic organ in Kischinelf. The Ressar-
abcth, the articles in which are be-
ileved TO have been largely RESPONSE
pic lor Tho massacre OF the Jews in
CiSchlnen, was attacked by IL party
OF Jews in the street OF Petersburg,
Russia, Wednesday. lie was stabbed
IN the neck by one Of the jews. The
wound Is not believed to be fatal.
Ills aSsailant was captured and prov
ca to be a former student Of the poly
tecilniC school at iiiciT.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-06-26
"A Fientlish Murder.

Henry Belts of South Cumberland,
Md, age %, shot his mother and STEP
father, Rome, with a double barreled
shotgun Wednesday evening. The
mothers face and breast were torn
away. She will die. Rone's right
arm was mangled, but he will live.
Belts does not live at home, and, on
being refused money, procured gun
and returned to the house and fired
on his mother and stepfather.y Belts
went to a physician and told him
that two people were shot at his home.
He then surrendered to officers and is
in iai1 Y.f
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-06-26
a Steamer Sank.

Part OF the crew OF the Belgian
steamer Rubens, which sailed from
Sunderland on June 10 for Pillau,
Prussia, were brought here today.
The men reported that their vessel
had capsizcd and sank. Six of the
sailors the captain and mate were
lost. Seven Of the crew drifted about
lor % hours. Before they were pick
cd up three Of them died from expos
llrn
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-06-26
Fourteen Killed.

a tcrrlticc and fatal explosion oc-
Cured in the lyddite factory at Wool
wlch, England, Thursday morning.
Five buildings we're completely wreck
ed Reports Of casualties are conflicting
but the latest places the dead at a
and injured at 13. The killed were
blown to atoms and their remains
were gathered up In buckets.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-06-26
Will Now Hang.

John Brownlield, colorrd, who kill
cd Deputy Tax Collector Jas. G.
Scurry while in the discharge Of his
duty three years ago, and who appeal
ed TO the Supreme courts of the state
and the United States, was rescntenc-
ed OH Tuesday by Judge Gary, the
date OF his execution being set for
Friday.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-06-26
n Bad Record.

One hundred rulers of countries have
been assassinatcd since the year 946
when Edward !, of England was
stabbed with a dagger. Or the mum.
ber seventy three were aSsasSinated
during the century just closed; which
marked it as singularly unfortun-
ate hundred years for royalty. Al
ready, in this new century, there have
been four heads Of governments as
sassinatcd. and the century is not four
wears old
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-06-26
No Vulgar Murder.

In Speaking Of the murder of the
King and queen of Scrvia the Chatta-
nooga Times says at any rate, it is
interesting to note that the affair was
not an ordinary, vulgar mur-
der, committed by an anarchist, but a
regular Hcntlcmanly assassination,
conducted after the most eminent
prcccdcntS and the best accepted tradi5
tions OF the European courts, furnish
ing us free American citizens evidence
OF the ample Justification for the mo-
mcnLous anxiety Of crowned heads for
their own personal safety.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-06-26
Reviewed the Cadets.

a special dispatch to The State
from Lexington, Va, says Governor
d. Q. IIcyward Of South Caralina,
upon the special invitation OF Gen.
Scott Snip, superintendent Of the
Virginia Military institute, reviewed
The battalion OF cadets Wednesday ar
ternoon. A salute of II guns, the
governors salute, was fired i'm honor
OF the distinguished Carolinian. Gov.
licyward expressed himself as much
pleased with the military bearing Of
the young soldiers.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-06-26
Villages DESTROYED.

The British consular reports of the
recent earthquakes in the vllayet OF
Of Van confirm previous advices that
twenty three villages were affected and
some completely destroyed. Seven
hundred and eighty-tive lives are
known to have been lost and it Is
feared all were killed in outlying dis
tricts not yet enumerated.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-06-26
Bride Killed IIcrsc,c

Within half an hour after her second
marriage, having been previously
divorced, Miss Hattie A. Thomas OF
New Orleans on Tuesday swallowed a
cose of laudanum that proved fatal,
leaving note to her parents to pray
for her.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-06-26
A Moving Matter.

Down in Texas the other day a man
named Whcle married Miss Barrow,
and the editor Of the local paper had
no more sense Of the fitness OF things
than to print his account of the we'd
ding under the head Of "Whele- Bar
row."
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-06-26
a Sad Dnnth

John G. Harvcley Of Greenwood, who
was acting as telegraph operator at
Hamlet, N. c., was run over and kill
ed there by train on Tuesday. He
was only nineteen years old.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-06-26
Gave mn tho struggle.

J. II. Williams, a farmer of Lam
caster county, aged 35, committed
suicide on Tuesday night with a shot
gun. He was respondent on account
OF Ill health and inability to work his
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-04-02

steam engine which propelled the first
stcam-power press in Vermont. The
growth and development of the paper
and its printing business has been con-
tinuous from that time to this. To its
original building. more than doubled in
size. has been added a larger building in
the rear and the ten floors of the two
are filled with busy workers. The names
on its payroll are nearly twenty times as
chimes set as much matter as dozen or
more compositors at the case. To
the old hand press have sue
ccedcd two presses, each of which
throws off from eight to ten thousand
sheets ali hour. printed on both sides at
once and folded. Tho Job press room con-
tains ten power presses, of various sizes
in place of the little card press which once
occupied Il corner of the composing room.
The best equipped bindery in the State
has been added to its plant. 1t prints
many times more Geographic and local
news every day than it printed in the
entire month of April. 1853. The circulation
of it's daily and weekly issues has in
creased in like proportion, being more
thousands of copies than there used to
be hundreds, and the end of it's
progress is by no means in sight. In
standing and influence and prosperity, the
paper rewards the care and enterprise
that have been expended upon 1t.
If the recurrence of this anniversary may
! permit the rarely claimed privilege of a
personal allusion 10 himself. the editor of
| the Free Press would like to say that he is
! graf efuliy conscious of the kindly and
consdorate regard with which the read
crs of the FREQ Press have received his
efforts for the public and in their behalf
during all these years that while he re
calls some sharp contests in which he has
| taken part. and knows that in the course
of what hc deemed to pc his duty he has
trodden on the toes Of many aspirants to
| political and civil honors. he is not con-
scious of animosity towards any man living
or dead that he expects still to do som"
| good work in hrs calling, and that he
desires to complete his career with malice
toward none. charity for all, and the
sincercst good wishes for the welfare OF
al members of the community in which
he has been so fortunate as to have his
lot.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-04-02
NEW OFFICE BUILDING
To Be Erected by Burlington Light
and Power Co.
Three Story Structure to Be Located
on South Wirooski Avenue ork
to Be Begun at Once-Descrip- ..
ton OF the Building.

The plans for the new office building to
be erected by the Burlington Light
X Power company on South Winooski ave-
nue. just north of College street have been
completed and preliminary operations will
be begun at once. The plans for the struc-
ture were drawn by Charles 4. White, Jr.,
architect for the American Gas company,
who is stationed in this city to superintend
the construction of the building. 1t is the
policy Of the company to have only the
best material used in the construction of
the building and when completed it will
he an ornament to the street and a pleas
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-04-02
New Hampshire's License Law.

The license law which has just been
enacted in New Hampshire resembles the
Vermont local option and license law in
the fact that it Is compromise measure,
but otherwise it differs materially from
the liquor legislation now in force in the
Green Mountain State. While the New
Hampshire law is nominally local option
measure, it in reality makes 1t impossible
for those opposed to the granting of Ii
censes for the sale or intoxicating IL
quor to prevent the traffic entirely for
beverage purposes Even though the legal
voters vote not to grant licenses the
statute provides the means whereby the
no-license vote of any community may be
oyer-ridden by State board of license
commissioners. The State commissioners
may in their discretion grant licenses to
hotel keepers anywhere in the State, and
that at fee ranging anywhere from So to
81, 900 a year.
This feature of the Granite States law
was in all probability formulated for the
express purpose of conserving the inter
ests of the commonwealth's summer Wis
itor business. 1t is, however, n manifest
violation of the spirit as well as the letter
of local option, and it in reality grants
| local option only 10 the liquor interests
as to whether they shall have licenses
through local commissioners or through
| the State board.
The State commission of New Ilamp-
| shire Is constituted much the same as are
the local commissions in Vermont. The
body consists OF three commissioners who
are appointed by the governor for six
years. four years and two years, respec-
lively, so that the term of one of the com.
mssioners will expire every Two years
Tho commission is bipartisan, the com,
missioners who have just been appointed
by Governor Bachelor under the act In,
clude two republicans and one democrat
The compromise feature provides that
| i'm no license towns hotels authorized b,
the state commission TO sell liquor shall
not furnish liquor to residents and shall
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-04-02
Fifty Years in the Free Press.

On the first Of April 1853, nifty years
ago Wednesday, the Free Press became the
property of George W. and G.. G. Benedict.
The Weekly Free Press had then been
published for twcnty-siX years. The
Daily had been for five years the first
and only daily in Vermont. The paper
and printing office had been owned and
edited for seven years by Gen. Dewitt
Clinton Clarke, (whosc military title
came to him from his having held the Of
flee Of ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of Vermont.
General Clarke was II witty and able cdi-
tor, but was unsuccessful financially; was
obliged to assign his property for the
benefit Of his creditors, and the paper and
the Free Press building, erected In lS32
by the former proprietor, Henry Is. Stacy,
for his printing office and residence, which
has been the home of the paper for over
seventy years, was purchased of his
assignccs by the Bencdcts, father and
son, who thereupon became the editors
and publishers, The transfer was made
without flourish of trumpets. The name
of &c. w. Benedict, editor and publisher
new owners in place of that of General
Clarke, al the head of the first column
on the first page. was the only immediate
visible change, though that something had
happened might have been inferred from
| The circumstance that the first editorial,
after the transfer of the paper, was on
preventive legislation and in support
/
months before. which measure at that
| time as in recent months. had been the
| CHIEF issue in Vermont and had had no
support and some opposition from tho
precious editor. In 1850 the elder Bcne-
dict. whose health had compelled his alb
| sence from home in warmer climates for
several years, retired from the paper, and
Mr.. G. G. Benedict, who had then been
for three years or more the editorin-chiei
in fact, assumed the chief charge in name
a position which he has occupied con.
| tinuously for the last forty years, and
still occupies. His experience in journal,
ism thus GOV ers fifty years-a period long
er than that of any journalist in Vermont
and c0ualcd by few, il any, journalists
in the United states,
The half century thus elapsed has wit
messed great changes in nation ana Stat,
and town as well as in this journal FIFTY
years ago Franklin Pierce of New ilamp
shire was the President of the United
States OF his eleven SUCCESSORS in tina
Cffco, three of whom fell by the assassini
bullet, all hut two have had the supper
OF the Free Press. The period has scel
the departure of the Wing party. to which
the Free Press belonged, and the organ
iZation OF the Republican party. 1t ha
seen the civil War enlist its millions ant
claim its hundreds Of thousands of lives
and slavery die in the fire OF the conflict
During the fifty years the cables hav
threaded The ocean beds the continen
has been eridironed from sea TO sea witt
steel rails; The telephone and trolley sys
TENS have been inausurated and man
other inventions of vast importance TO
the comfort and pleasure of man haV
been installed
FIFTY years ago John ). Robinson o
Benninston-the only dsWocralic rAH.srAo
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-04-02
Good Roads and Rural Free Delivery

When the rural free delivery service
was first instituted probably few people
dreamed that the demand for facilities
Of this character would have a farreach-
.ng influence on the problem of perma-
nsnt highway improvements yet present
indications are that the necessity of pro-
viding good roads in order to accommo-
date this service will be one of the most
potent influences working to that end.
1t is we'll recognized fact that though
people may recognize the need Of public
improvements like the construction OF
permanent highways, they are often
backward about carrying out the same
until circumstances compel action to be
taken We all realize the value and econ
omy as well as the need OF permanent
highway construction, yet most towns
neglect TO take even the first steps in
the direction of building good roads UNI
Ill forced by legislation to act.
Word comes from Washington that tho
protractcd wet weather Of the present
season has served to convince the posta
authorities of the necessity of the pro.
vision of better roads, if rural free deliv-
cry is to be extended to the expected
limits. The wretched condition of the
roads now used by many of the free
delivery carriers has greatly retarded tho
mails and brought the department face
to face with Il serious problem.
What action will be taken with refer
ence to those free rural delivery routes
already established can not be stated al
this time; but fear is expressed that some
of the routes must he abandoned unless
the local authorities pay more atten-
ton to the provision OF good roads
In relation to proposed extensions of III,
service one of the most important ques-
tons manfesty will be whether or no
the new territory is TaVersed by high
ways that are passable in all conditions
OF weather; and it will bohOovc every
town desiring rural free delivery to lool
TO the condition Of its highways.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-04-02

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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-04-02
THE HEBREW PASSOVER
To Be Observed in Burlington from
April II TO April 10.

April IL to April 10.
The celebration of the Hebrew Passover
will begin at sunset Saturday. April II,
and continue until the following Saturday
at sunset. This is, according to the He
brew religion, tho 14th day of Nison. Of
tho year 1865. Nison is tho name OF tho
month according to the Hebrew calendar.
Services will be held in the Archibald
and the Hyde Street synagaEues in tho
morning from about until 1l;N o'clock
and in tho evening for about an hour and
4 half for the first two and the last two
days of the celebration. The services at
the Archibald street synagogue will he
conducted by Rabbi Sacks, and at the
Hyde street synagogue by Rabbi Mo-
sovitz.
These days have been celebrated by the
Hebrews since the time they became a
nation. which is over 800 years ago
When they were celebrated in their OWL
country, the sacrifice, which is known as
the "Korhan Pesach.' was offered. The
Zion movement, which is an effort to raise
enough money to purchase land in Palcs-
tine and erect another temple, has been
lately begun. ana if successful the sacri-
fees will again be offered according To
thor ancient customs. In the larger
cities the business houses are closed Tor
the first two days Of the celebration. but
in city of this size it is not often done.
1t is expected that a large number of
Hebrews from the surrounding towns VIII
come here to attend the celebration.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-04-02
BRATTLEBoRo EXPECTS A BOOM.

Brattleboro Is fairly launched upon a
nice little building boom which has for
its foundation the requirements of several
large enterprises recently started. Among
these are the plant of b. Souto * Co. :
furniture factory, the brick store and
tenement building on Elliot and Flat
streets TO be built by ~. l.. Emerson and
the big. high class apartment house which
c. o. Robbins is building at the cornor
of Oak and High streets. Plans are al
ready arranged for new dwellings to he
erected by Chief-of-Police Hall and his
brother, l.. T.. Hall, with sites respective
~ on Western avenue and Gulford street
and J. Gilbert Stafford has laid the foun-
dalton for house on Guilford street near
the creamery. Another important work
the addition and enlargement of the Home
for the Aged and Disabled. S. \. Smith
y. j.. Smith and c. H. Smith who were in
New York city last week as the repre-
sentatives of S. A. Smith Co. at the meet
ing of the manufacturers interested in the
formation OF the National Novelty cor
poration, returned Saturday, and $. A..
smith informed a Reformer reporter that
there is every reason to believe that the
proposed corporation will be organized
soon. The air is full of rumors of other
business industries soon 10 be started
and the passing of the new dam charter
by the New Hampshire Legislature, ex-
pectcu every ttHr Will flldht INV fSldDllSil-
ment OF many of these enterprises, prac-
tcally assured. A representative Of Hay
ward Bros. chair mandatory at Gard
ncr, Mass, was recently in town looking
over the held for the establishment of a
branch factory here, and has secured an
option for the purchase OF an acre of
land on Hunt = meadow below the village
for a site for the proposed factory. II
this proposed enterprise is carried out 1t
will give employment to several hundred
men, The report IL in circulation that
the Boston & Maine railroad company in
tend to construct some extensive new re-
pair shops and that they will be located
in Brattleboro, TO provide homes for
those employed in the new industries al
| ready assured is hound 10 mean the con-
struction OF many dwellings and tene-
ments and the possibilities are vastly
greater in this regard. If the founding
| OF these other prospective enterprises are
| realized Messrs. G. II. Crosby and l.. f.
| Adams have not Vet fully decided about
building on their recently acquired Main
| street property, but the chances are tina,
| nothing will be done for another year at
| least