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The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-03-27
NOTICE OF FINAL DISCHARGE.

Estate Of L. D. Quick.
IIAVING this day fled in The Probate
TG Judges Office Of Marlboro county
my final return as Administrators Of estate
OF l.: ID. Quick. deceased, Notice IS here.
by given that | will apply to said Court
on the 9th day Of April 1903, for final
discharge as such Administrators:
NANCY JANE QUICK.
Mch 2G. 1903 Adm'x.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-03-27

Cheap Reading.
The Democrat and Tie SOM
weekly Atlanta Journal 9.io Ye..i
or $3.50.
The Democrat and Aalalt's
Magazine--an excellent Lad IS
Book for $1.5O
The Sunny South and tn i no
crat for only $1.5O
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-03-27

octagon saap only $31o.pse
% W. III. iIcwAas.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-03-27
"BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS.

mans Choice-in fact they are the
PrIdo Of tho Poultry World
Why not raine Thoroughbred Fowls In
atoad Of scrubs2 can coll you choice
Eggs from genuine thoroughbred B. P. Rs
OF the celebrated "Iawkins," "Miles' and
"Vsudsbilt' rttalns, and remember that It
10 )uat % easy to raise 10 Ii. Plymouth
Rock as.it Is q baby hantan, Ok Q Frirzly
Si Tor Settling OF IS EgSa.
FOR tsxcrasttinsss3 s3orggs.
~ E. o.NEwT0N, .TasuIa, g. @.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-03-27

Use nothing but Helm pure
white wine and cider Vinegar for
sale by w. M. Rowe.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-03-27
Am ORDINANCE,

Am ORDINANCE,
To prevent disorder in the Town
OF Bennettsville and prescribe
the punishment:
Be it Ordained by the, Mayor apd Alder.
men OF tho Town OF Hennettsvillo in Coun-
oil assembled and by authority Of same,
That the following section bo added to
an Ordinance, entitled as above, approved
ahd ratified In Council tho 9th day Of
March 1867.
"fhat any person or persons violating
The abosa entitled Ordinance in any Of its
provisions, upon conviction, shall be fined
MT less than Two Dollars, or imprisoned
neh less than 70 dapa.
Dono and ratified this 18th day of Feb
mary A. D., 1903.
r. a. HODGES, Mayor.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-03-27

III some sections OF hed Bluff a
small louise, or insect, has made lis
appearance in the small grain crops.
These insects increase with great
rapidity and are playing havoc with
the oats and wheat They suck the
life out Of The plants and when they
appear the grain has the appearance
of having been burnt and great
patch es in the fields are dead. No one
seems 10 be able to account for their
appearance.
Mr.. Washington Robinson, of Mont
gomery county N. G., is here on Wait
to his daughter Mrs. e. D. Frasier.
Notwithstanding the fact the old
gentleman is 81 years old he is hearty
and is as spry as many much younger
men.
March "a, 1908. U. No. Hu.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-03-27

otuntoc I.IIinaU ..as l.oep.gu
an invitation to address the gradu-
ates of the South Carolina Medical
College on the End of April, and
the business men of Charleston
will tender him a banquet on the
occasion of his visit.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1903-12-04
AN ENGLISH
AUTHOR WROTE: !:


mo shade, no shine, no fruit, no
flowers, no leaves, ,-November!" Many
Americans would add no freedom
from catarrh, which is 90 aggravated
during this month that it becomes
constantly troublesome. There 10
abundant proof that catarrh is con-
stitutional disease. 1t is related 20
scrofula and consumption, being ono
of the wasting diseases. Hoods Sar-
saparilla has shown that what il capa-
ble of eradicating scrofula, coupletly
cures catarrh and taken in time pre-
vents consumption. We cannot see
how any sufferer can put off taking
this medicine, in view of the widely
published record of its radical and
permanent cures. 1t is undoubtedly
Americas Greatest Medicine for
Americas Greatest Disease-Catarrh.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1903-12-04
GUESSES AT TRUTH.

Many a woman is 80 shallow and
artificial that her husband tires of her
as soon as he has grown familiar with
her tricks.
Apprehension Of the future depicts
everything but the thing that hap
pens.
Pleasure, habitually pursued, tnrns
to weariness and disgust. 1t is en-.
joyable only when followed with dis
cretion.
Emotionallsm is commonly inter-
preted as feeling. But the eye may
moisten, the lip culver, the voice trem-
BILE, while the heart remains unmoved.
Disordered nerves are no sign of ofac.;ve
benevolence.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1903-12-04
A LIMIT TO ALL THINGS.

He had been away on a long jour
ney, and upon his return his wife was
detailing to him number of reforms
and improvements which she had sue
cessfully engineered during his absence
AMI You know" she said, "that
closet that was locked for over month
and which you said couldn't be opened
except by a locksmith? Well,'-
triumphantly,-"I opened it.
swell, we'll, how in the world did
you do it?'
"With a hairpin."
"And the furnace door," she con.
tinued, "has been stopping around on
one hinge for ever so long just becau Sc
you were too lazy to fix it, but it's all
right now"
"Well, I'm glad you had it fixed"
Had it fixed! l fixed it myself
with a hairpin."
"And then there's that crayon por-
trait of mother that stood in the COR
ner for almost six solid weeks because
you never would bring me any picture
books"
"Well, l intended to, but"
"Oh, 'but!' Well, it don, make any
difference now; I got it up with hook
l made myself-out of a hairpin."
eye gods!'' he said.
"And there's Willie; you've been
coaxing him and bribing him for a
year, trying to break him of biting his
nails, and l broke him in a week."
"With a hairpin?" be inquired
weakly.
"No!" she snapped. "Don't be a
goosel With hair brush!"-Lippin.
COTS Magazine.
Remember, women are most perfect
when most womanly
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1903-12-04
]Buetry.
SWEET CIDER.

The dapper waiter fingers
What shall drink tonight?
1 turn, with listless fingers,
The wine list to the light;
And while scan it, thinking
That wine has lost its charm,
dream once more of drinking
Sweet cider at the farm.
From granddad's ancient settle,
Before the cracking blaze,
l watch the singing kettle
A merry tune it plays.
There, when the corn was swapping,
And apples sized and steamed.
With granddad slyly mapping,
My sweetest dreams were dreamed
The winter wind snow laden,
Coaxed up the roaring flames,
And there rosy maiden
Sat by and played me games;
There Love, who heard the cliEking
OF glasses, came and saw
Two happy lovers drinking
Sweet cider through straw.
Snug sheltered from the weathe-,
At Boreas we laughed,
And quenched our, thirst together
In that cool amber draught;
That drink of graEddad's making,
Pressed in the mill hard by,
Set no light head to aching.
Turned no bright speech awry.
Still are the clinking glasses,
Long vanished is your smile,
Oh, rosiest of lassies;
But still dream, and while
My gray mustache I'm dipping
In wine without flaw,
see your red lips slipping
Sweet cider through q straw.
Frank Roe Bachelor, in Lippincott'
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1903-12-04
THE LATEST IN WEDDING
RINGS.

The big broad gold wedding ring
has rolled back into fashion again, and
the bridegroom elect is shown a Won
derful variety of them to choose from.
The big new rings are made of what is
called barbaric gold; that is to say,
they are entirely hand-wrought of
metal so nearly pure that they will
bend easily. Broad as these rings are,
not one of them is thick or clumsy or
finished with a FURNISHED surface.
The dull, rich and slightly alloyed
precious metal is handsome and highly
decorative for any feminine hand.
Sometimes the rough tracery of a
vine runs about the outer surface of
the ring, and inside, within an oval,
are rudcly marked the initials of the
contracting parties. Not unfrequently
the lettering is done in Greek or He
brew characters with some short and
appropriate motto from Plato or the
Bible following.
The newest of the wedding rings can
be had in the red gold of India, the
green gold of Australia, or the pecu-
liarly pallid gold Of Alaska. At this
moment all those brides who like to
cherish ard encourage the newest SEN
timents present their husbands with a
ring. A plain circlet, richly carved,
and engraved with motto and initials
within, is the best choice, and this
ring is slipped on the Benedict's fngtr
by the lady just before or during the
ceremony, as she finds the time and
opportunity propitious.
Among the curiosities of wedding
rings it is on record that in the early
days rings were of rushes. Perhaps
the most curiously made ring, re-
quired on an emergency, was one hur-
riedly made by cutting it out of the
finger of glove. Another ring was
once made out of a visiting card.
Many cases are on record of rings
made of brass and iron being used, as
also curtain rings and door,keys being
pressed into service at weddings. The
Quaker and Swiss Protestants do not
use rings at their marriage ceremonies.
The Irish people have strong objec-
tion to any but gold rings. In St.
Kilda wedding rings are made of
wors'ed. The women of the Upper
Bayanz, on the Congo, wear their
wedding rings around their necks.
They are made from thick brass rods,
which are strongly welded together.
The more wealthy the husband the
heavier the ring. In some cases they
weigh 30 lbs.-Mc Calls Magazine.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1903-12-04
moment, and then, softly striking a
few chords, she began singing, in a
voice that thrilled with emotion:
sCould you come back to me
Douglas Douglas!
In the old likeness that knew,
would be 90 faithful, so loving,
Douglas, Douglas, tender and true!
s'Never a scornful word should pain you.
I'D smile as sweet as the angels do;
Sweet as your smile shone on me ever,
Douglas, Douglas, tender and true!
'Oh, to call back the days that are not!
Mine eyes were blinded, your words were few.
Do you know the truth up in Heaven?
Douglas, Douglas, tender and true!''


Do you know the truth up in Heaven?
Douglas, Douglas, tender and true!''
As she finished the verse, II was
not half worthy of you, Douglas!' she
rose from the piano, stepping through
the window and hurried to a distant
part of the veranda; leaning her head
against one of the pillars, she sobbed:
"Oh, Douglas, Douglas! where are
you? Will you never come back to
me? Will this weary waiting never
end?"
A hurried step close to her; she
turned her head and looked up, straight
into the eyes of a gentleman standing
beside her. She turned pale as death,
but before she could speak, he bent
over her, and said, in a voice too low
for other ears:
"Do you mean it, Maud? l am here
in answer to the prayer my heart has
been repeating to itself all these years?
May l come back to you? Will you
call back the days that are not! Tell
me, my beautiful darling. may be in
very truth your Douglas, tender and
trueY"
As he spoke, the color came back to
Maud's cheeks and as she raised her
lovely eyes to his when he ceased,
Douglas Raymond, for it vas he, read
through the tears, glistening in them,
her answer.
So, after ten years of waiting, they
had found each other at last "tender
and truc!''-Aev York Weekly.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1903-12-04
gelect @iscellany.
The Story Of a Song.

They were truly handsome couple,
and admirably suited to each other.
Every one who knew of the engage
ment existing between them thought
it an excellent match in every way.
Douglas Raymond and Maud Car
rington had been pighted lovers just
six weeks. Theirs was truly case of
love at first sight, and both were
young, handsome and wealthy.
Coming down to the fashionable
watering-place in the height of the sea-
son, Douglas Raymond met Miss Car
rington at one Of the hops given at the
hotel, and fell deeply, earnestly in love
with her the first time be looked into
her dark, lovely eyes.
She was the first woman he bad
ever seen who had touched his heart,
and he lost no time in telling her of
his love.
Miss Darlington gave him the an
swer be longed for. To her he was
the embodiment of all that was grand,
noble, manly. :
But the faces of these two lovers
betokened other feelings than those of
love, as they strolled on the beach in
the mellow light of an August sunset.
MAUD" said Douglas Raymond,
II asked you to walk with me here to
II was about to say, ask a favor of
you-but l will not put it so, for it is
my right. You are my promised wife,
and as such it is as much my right to
shield your name as if it were my own
you bore. | asked you once before to
discountenance the attentions of COL
Darlingford, and l am sorry to say
you seem to have forgotten all about
it. Now, say, you must let him dis
tinctly know that you do not desire
his acquaintance"
Maud Carrington's dark eyes flashed
as she raised them to her lovers face,
and crimson tide surged all over her
fair face to the very roots of her lovely
golden hair.
"Must, Mr.. Raymond!' said Miss
Darlington, "you surely forget to whom
you are speaking!'
mo, l do not, Maud" he replied;
81 am speaking to one whom 1 love
better than my life, and whom l hope
soon to call my wife, and whose honor
and name are dearer than my own.
The man who has been so persistent
in his attentions to you for the past
few days is libertine and a rogue, not
worthy the acquaintance of any lady.
| do not believe Mrs. Dalton, his sis
ter, is any better; but you must be the
judge in regard to your lady acqua;nt-
ances; the man / know to be scoun-
drel. They are both professional for
tune hunters, and your wealth is well
worth getting possession Of"
"EnougL!' flashed Maud, her eyes
fairly blaz with anger; "Mr. Ray
mond doubtless judges others by him.
self. My fortune was probably the
inducement to you to gain me for your
wife; | am glad you allowed me to
realize it before it was too late. As
for Colonel Darlingford, 1 will con
tinue to receive his attentions as long
as he sees fit to honor me with them;
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1903-12-04
PULQUE PLANT.

Luz paul IuaI prOuuceS peer ana
whiskey for the native Mexican is now
in full bloom at South Park. A stall
wart policeman who is certified tee
totaler guards it from any surreptitious
tapping by thirsty tramps. It is the
West Mexican pulque plant and is a
species of the century plant. Prof:
Cowell, the director of the botanical
gardens, says it is the only one of the
species that has ever fowered in cul-
tivation as far as known.
1t is giant among plants. 1t
stands in large tub in front of the
Albright conservatory, on top Of the
bill, in the west corner of the park.
The plant is huge rosette of leaves,
with single flower stem shooting up
in the middle. The leaves are five or
six feet long and seven or eight inches
wide and of sword shape. There are
IS or 40 of these big leaves, the bunch
rising to heig ight of six feet or so.
The single flower stem that shoots up
from the middle of the bunch towers
thirty feet above the ground. 1t con.
tains hundreds of dull green flowers
that resemble lilies as to shape, but
have none of the snowy qualities OF
most of the lilies. The flowers are
about four inches long. The big leaves
look much like the ordinary species OF
the century plant seen blooming about
here, except that the edges are smooth
instead of being sawtooth.
The flower stem started to grow on
June l and for three weeks it jumped
up at the rate of ten inches day.
"Could you see it grow?" repeated
Prof. Cowell, in speaking about the
plant to some visitors yesterday.
"Why, you could hear it grow"
"How old is the plant?" was asked
of the professor.
"Well, it really ought to be 100 years
old, if we are to believe what we are
told about the century plants" was
the reply. "You know, they are sup
posed to bloom but once in 100 years.
But this one is about twenty years
old, l think. Some century plants
bloom when they are about fourteen
years DID,"
''And it will be twenty years more
before this one blooms again?" asked
one of the visitors, looking up at the
tall structure of green.
"Oh, no, the plant will never bloom
again." said the professor. at will
die this year. The plants always die
after blooming"
In extracting strong drink from the
pulque plant, the first operation is the
cutting off of the stem close to the
leaves. A depression is then scooped
out of the top of the stem remaining
with the plant. As fast as this pit
fills up with sap the liquid is drawn
of and fermented into either pulque
or mescal One is like beer. The
other is like bad whiskey, according
to American experts.
The plant at South Park will be in
bloom until the first frost comes
Buffalo Express.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1903-12-04

Stout Old Lady (to druggists youth
full ass'stant)-"Boy, dye keep prep
aration for reducing flesb?"
Boy-"Yes'm''
Stout Old Lady-"Well, / don't
know how much I ought to get"
Roy-"Retter take all we've got"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1903-12-04
FREE ADVICE SPURNED.

"Annoying, isn't it? said the long,
lean, cadaverous individual at the
lunch counter, speaking to the man
sitting next to him.
whats annoylng?' asked the other
man.
"The way your jaw cracks every
time you open your mouth to take
anything into it. know just how
troublesome it is. I used to be-"
"1'm not particularly annoyed by
it, sir, and I don't see how it concerns
you?" RI
"Well, that only shows" rejoined
the cadaverous individual cheerfully,
"that you've got used to it. 1t must
have bothered you like thunder 1t drst
you know. The idea of a man partial
ly dislocating his jaw every time be
inserts slab OF bread and butter into
his mouth"
"Suppose you don't let it bother
you any more.
"Oh, it doesn't now. I got over it
long ago. That is what was"
Say, will you just
"Pardon me for laughing, but
couldn't help it. There goes your jaw
again. 1t sounds louder to you than
it does to anybody else, Of course, but
it's quite evident, even to-
"You'll have enough to do il you
will just attend to your business.
don't need any of your advice"
II beg pardon again, but you do.
It's an easy matter to break your
self"
"When want any information from
you, sir, I'll let you know.
"Wby, good land, you are Letting
me know every time you-there you
go again. l was going to say that if
you will eat little slower"
"Just mind your own business, will
your"
"Certainly. You will find you can't
stop the cracking by opening your
mouth at different angle. I tried
that, too, it cracks all the same.
The only thing to do is to go 3 lit
tie slower, not open the jaw quite 90
wide. With a little patience"
"Darn your meddlesome hide, how
many times do you have to be
told
Gas a matter Of fact, you don't
have to do the alligator act in order
to get in your work on q cut Of pie.
The blackberry pie Of commerce is
only three-quarters of an inch thick,
and it doesn't need q two.inch open.
ing to take it in. Now, then, sir,
have told you how to muffie that jaw
Of yours, and l don't care two straws
whether you do it or not. l felt it
to be sort Of duty, but you don't
seem TO take it kindly, and if you like
you can go on cracking aud snappiny
your way through the world, and be
hanged to you. Rather nasty weather
we're having now, isn't it?"
Here the long, lean, cadaverous in
dividual rose, leisurely walked to the
cashiers desk, paid for his luncheon,
and went out, serene in the conscious.
ness that he had tried, at any rate, to
benefit fellow being.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1903-12-04

Remember, women are most perfect
when most womanly
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-05-26
CHANCES FOR YOUNG MEN.

Success in mercantile business is
within the reach of every young man
who earnestly strives to win 1t. That
there are no chances for the young
man of today is nothing but talk. On
the contrary, chances are better now
than they ever were 1t is true that
no young man who sits down and joins
the chorus of those who are always
complaining that lack of opportunity
has prevented them from doing all
sorts of great things will ever be abb q
to accomplish anything. The oppor-
tunity to accomplish something is al.
ways there. If IN no other place it is
surely in your own brain. In other
words, if the opportunity does not pre-
sent itself, make it. The young man
of today has really much better chan
ces of success than had his grandfath-
ers. A good public school education
Is given today to every boy, and the
foundation given HIM therebyis strong
and solid enough to supply any struc-
ture that he may choose to put on it.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-05-26
NEWS ITEMS FROM FRIENDSHIP
Interesting and Newsy Notes Picked
Up There.


The weather is ideal for the farming
ininterests. The themes of discussion
are ploughiIg, replanting, varied row
and then with speculations as TO the
possible candidacy of Cleveland for
President.
Mrs. Dorm has been suffering from
severe cold since she returned from
Savannah, where she attended the
convention which convened there 9
short time since.
DIR. Boyett seems familiar figure
on Friendships streets. His friends
are glad that his practice occasionally
calls him through their locality.
Misses Georgia Harper, Carrie Wells
and Bessie McGarrah have returned
from Houston High School at Arab, Ga.
The home coming of these young ladies
means much to the social element of
this village. Old and young are glad
dened by faces of bright young girls in
whose life figure purpose as we'll as
pleasure.
Capt. and Mrs. Drane went to Amer
icus last week. Mrs. Drane extended
her visit to relatives in Baena Vista.
Mrs. Rogers has returned to AmerI-
Gus after visit of few weeks to hel
daughter, Mrs. Wilson, of this place.
Mrs. Rosa McGarrah's school gave
an informal reception to patrons and
friends Friday afternoon, The chill
dren bad decorated the class room
most attractively with bamboo, smila1
and summer flowers of varied colors
A program had been arranged consist
| ing of Rotations, compositions, letter
writing, etc. Upon request a few
questions were put to classes concern
ing the years work. The readiness Of
answers was remarkable. A lovely
gold prjza offered for penman
ship, was won by Miss Nera HoI
ley. The enthusiasm of the chill
dren is an index to the jealous work
of their teacher.
Friendship is to be congratulated
upon having a teacher with such al
exalted idea of b or work and thu
happy faculty tor Impartipg instruc
ton.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-05-26
CAN'T Be SEPARATED
Some People Have Learned
How to Get Rid
of Both,

Backache and kidney ache are twin
brothers.
You can't separate them.
And you can't rid of the back
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the rest of the system is pretty sure to
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Doan's Kidney Pills make strong,
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Mr.. Henry Murphy, of 648 Broadway,
Memphis, Tenn, professional nurse
says: "For year or two pain and weak
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1t became chronic, I got box of
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of great many others in Memphis
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For sale by all dealers. Price, so
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Remember the name-Doan's and
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