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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-06
His Courage.

docs your father ever kiss your
nanny, Willie?" asked the. lady who
had once been the gentleman's sweet
heart.
Eyes, every morning when he goes
away to the city" 80
Dear me! And to think that once
doubted his courage. '-ChicagoR Record
Herald. >#.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-06
Il THH7Z#F7FEz=s Z%HN11L5
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As Indicated.

That fellow" remarked the propri-
etor Of the corner grocery, sis evidently
a crank on electricity" ss55
Why Go you think SOP" asked the po-
liceman, as he T oyed away from the
cracker box. - 80. 81 n:
Because he's always wanting things
charged" answered the man behind the
cnunt"r.-Chicago Daily News. ~ zs
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-06
One Thing He Admitted.

Swiveller-Speaking OF Smallweed. I
consider him the most modest, unas-
Stunning man I ever met in my life.
rQuilp- Then he doesn't think too
much of himself?
Swiveller-Not at all; not a bit con-
ceited, though he admits that any man
possessed of his abilities would be.
Tit-Bits. @. -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-06

Husband-We shall really have to
economize. dear. Don't you think you
could try and make your own dresses?
Wife-1'm sure 1 couldn't, dear; but
I'll tell you what I'll do, if you like
I'll try and make you suit of Clothes
Ally SlOper.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-06
Getting Ready.

why do you keep calling Pettifog
:Judge?' He never sat on the bench,
did he?" ~
mo. But want to try to borrow $50
from him as s9on as can get chance
to speak to him alone. 2 2 Chicago
Record-Herald. =
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-06

so you>won't tell who gave you your
new ball"
mo. 1 heard mamma say never to tell
you anything. because you cLuldn't
keep it."-Chicago American.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-06
Up-tO-Date.

thine, eight p. m. He calls. They
meet.)
"Jack!'
"Jessie!'
my ounce of radium!"
"My liquid sunshine!"
CThey clinch. )-St. Loui.: Post-Dis-
patch.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-06
Probably Lost the Job.

II should like to have my hair
dressed in the newest STYLE" said the
lady entering the hairdresser's.
Eyes, ma'am," said the girl attend
ant; will you wait for it or shall We
send it hOme?"-Yonkers Statesman.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-06
Answered..

Just as he was asking if he could not
be the light of her life the fathers voice
was heard calling from an upper hall
way: .-----s-r--~-~--
"It's half past eleven, daughter! Time
for all the lights in the house to be put
t!"-Detroit Free Press.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-06
Securing a Substitute.

Ncn--I was awfully sorry to learn of
your favorite poodle's demise How can
you ever:c6nsole yourself, dear?
Bess (sobbing)I don't know:
but l suppose I'll h-have to get
Unmarried. Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-06
Two Too Many.

TWO 100 Many.
"Triplets,' said wee WinkletcD, with
very knowing air, always tome to
poor families. It's when God seE::s them
a whole line of samples to pick from,
and they hasn't enough money to pay
the expressman to take two OF ,em
back. "-Lippincott's Magazine.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-06
Two Ways of Looking At r.

Single Man-How many children are
you blessed with?
Married Mani buy shoes for six-
N. Y. Weekly.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-06
The Successful Suitor.

He laid his true heart at her feet
His rival better planned,
Who laid, with shrewdness hard to beat,
His checkbook in her hand.
PHILADELPHIA Press
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-06
On the North Side.

On the North side of Chicago one may
find the fringed gentian and the closed
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-06
A Difference.

When I beg to stay up late at night
They say it will not do,
tbs time you got your beauty sleep.
Such little girl as your
But when there's dishes to be washed,
And lots Of work to Go.
They say: Come. Mildred. you can hell
Such a great big girl as your
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-06
Long Chances.

did you go to DR.. Skillman's as l
suggested?" inquired the :horseman's
friend. -.,~..
NO." replied the horseman, "the
sign on his door said ten to one and
wouldn't monkey with long shot like
that "-Philadelphia Press.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-06
THE MODEST POS|ES..
DELICATE WILD-FLOWERS CON-
TINUE TO GROW IN CHICAGO.
COUNTRY FARMS IN CITY
During Many Months of the Year the
Nat5:e-Lover May Gather
Treasures of Blossom
and Branch,

Chicago.-Chicago has tremendous
population, Chicago is sooty, Chicago is
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-06

Mr. Black-Mistah Checks, sees yo
raZzah hand an calls yo' wild nah
cleavah! "-Chicago Daily News.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-06

Shelves, she's engaged to Smalley,
although she once told me that she
wouldn't marry the best man living. ~
He-Well, she has stuck to her state,
ment even if she does marry Smalley.-
Chicago Daily News.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-06
Example Given.

Tommy-Papa, what IS obscurity?
Tommy's Papa Obscurity my son, is
best exemplided by the husband Of
successful woman. The Barbershop.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-06
A Field of Unburied Treasure

Just beyond Jackson park, on the
South side, there lies a most wonderful
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-06
Purple and Yellow.

In this field daisies, white and yellow,
short and TALL large and small abound;
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-06

Mr.. swelle Observation-Disclosures. dresses,
dresses! Ny goodness, woman. do you
never think Of anything else? -
Mrs. U.-Why, now that you mention 1t.
Henry. do need a new bonnet.-Boston
Globe. =>z. &
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-06
Agreeable Takers.

An agreeable person is one who talks
to you about yourself. ~
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-06
The Evanescent Plunger

The Evanescent PIunger.
The race horse once again is here
The betting man is or the spot,
The race horse will be back nexs gear.
It's to the man will not -
Washington Star
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-06

Fruit Blossoms and Spring Flowers
When the time of blossoming trees
comes, then | HE me to a certain sDOt
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-06

First Young od-These-aw-dances
are fearful.
Second Young Blood-Awfully fearful.
First Young Blood-The worst of it Is
one feels so awful.
Second Young Blood-Oh! fearfully aw-
full.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-01-15
Enforce AN Laws.

The News and Courier thinks there
would be more legal hangings or few
er murders In South Carolina IL the
machinery Of the law were as ener-
getlcally worked against murders as
it is against dealers in Illicit whiskey.
Undoubtedly, says the State in re-
ply, and by every proper means let
the decent citizens strive to have
that done; let the pulpit and the press
awaken Others to their obligations to
7civilize society. But we cannot do that
by condoning or excusing any infrac-
tion of law; we cannot sympathize
with blind tigers who are hunted down
because murderers are not punished.
1t is difficult to3redeem community
froma laWless state; it cannot be. done
in a day or a month. Public sentiment
must be educated, and it is educating
public sentiment:in tho right direc-
tion when any laW--particularly one
that has been openly and generally
violated-is enforced" Now let Char
lesion act on the good advice given
her by the State, and enforce the dis.
pensary and all other laws both In the
State and city courts.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-01-15
! CAUSED 4 STRIKE.
six Painters Were Discharged for Re-
fusing to Work Sundays.

The Augusta Evening Herald says
because refusing to work on Sunday
half dozen painters were discharged,
three hundred workmen, painters,
plumbers, carpenters and woodwork
men, who had been employed at the
new tourist hotel "The Park In The
Pines" at Aiken, laid down their tools
yesterday afternoon and walked out
leaving the contractors without work
men and thus delaying the progress OF
the work. The strike was wholly un-
expected and coming at the time it
does, Is an almost destructive blow to
the contractors and the owners of the
hotel who have made all arrangements
to complete the work and open the
hotel on January15. Contractor Ong
is paying forfeit Of $50 for every day
from January 1, until the completed
building Is turned over to the owners,
and the strike will, unless quickly
raised, fall heaviest upon him. For
several weeks past the force of work
men employed at the hotel have been
working on Sundays in order to has
ten the completion Of the building,
and on last Sunday night the painters
who are working under Wesley Royal
of Aiken held meeting and organ
lied union. agreeing at the time not
to work on Sundays on the same wage
scale as during the days of the week.
Yesterday the half dozen painters who
organized the union, we're discharged
by MIR. Royal, and an indignation
meeting at which were gathered the
800 workmen followed. Demands
were then made thai Contractor Ong
not only take back to work the dis
charged painters, but that he also dis
charge Wesley Royal, and when this
was refused, the workmen struck as
one man." The authorities should
stop the Sunday work il the hotel new
er gets finished. So
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-01-15
NEGROES TO GET MAIL.

Congressman Lever Wants Them to,
Receive Benefit of Rural Delivery.
A special dispatch from Washing
ton to the Greenville News says until
very recently the Post Office Depart-
ment has ruled that the negroes of
South Carolina were not to be con-
sidered as worthy of notice in the
establishment of rural free delivery
routes. That they ere now counted
in this matter is due TO the efforts OF
Representative Lever. In every
locality where rural free delivery was
applied for, the inspectors, acting
under orders from the Post Offlce De-
partment, would make an adverse. re-
port where there was not a certain
number Of white people, say about rs
per cent Of the whole populations.
Now, in the lower part OF South Car
Olina there are some black belts, and
the representatives from those dis
tricts could get nothing but adverse
reports on routes applied for in those
belts. So Mr.. Lever concluded to
make special trip 10 Washington
and talk the matter over with Fourth
Assistant Postmaster General Bristow.
When: he got there MI. Bristow was
disposed to laugh at him for his pains,
but In unmistakable terms Mr.. Lever
reminded the postal official that he
and his party had held up their hands
in holy horror at the suffrage lawstof
South Carolina, and that If they per-
sisted inanot allowing the negro free
delivery the country would be remind
ed that the Republicans could force
the negro down the South's throat,
but would not accord him the privi-
| lege OF other citizens when it came to
getting mail; that they seemet, to
think the colored man fit to vote tut
not to receive his practical service
from the government. MIR. Bristow
was too smart not to see the logic Of
the position of the South Carolinian,H
and not to realize that his party would
not look well in such a light, SO now
matters are being handled otherwise
in South Carolina.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-01-15
Robbed of Hupe Sum.

Chicago must be an awfully wicked
place. With persons busy in offices
all about him. David, freedman, a
jeweler with offices on the sixteenth
story Of the Masonic Temple building,
was held up by two men Wednesday
and robbed OF 1900 in currency, dia-
monds and watches. A dagger Yves
pointed at Freedman's heart and, yhe
was threatened with instant death,
he says, and forced to go down on his
knees and open his safe. The men
forced their victim to open his safe as
we'll as the show cases containing the
jewelry. He was then locked in a
small closet used as lavatory. No
one saw the marauders, their quick
intimidation Of the jeweler being fol.
loved instantly by drawing down the
curtain covering the large window
looking out of the Masonic Temple
rntnpda
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-01-15
Stopped the Train.

Five hundred striking miners OF the
Merchants Coal company in Somerset
county, Pa, gathered at Garrett,
Saturday night and held up a special
train carrying about sixty negroes to
the Boseil mines of the company, on
the Berlin branch Of the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad. The switches
were naised dow n and under but one
consideration were the men willing to
permit the engine and cars to be
switched upon the Berlin branch.
This consideration was that the cars
be emptied. By this time the negroes
were In terrible state of excitement
and many Of them jumped through
the windows and made Off. The min
ers made 20 attempt to injure the ne
groes, bat were determined that their
importation into the field should not
be accomplished.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-01-15
THE ALLIANCE CASE.
Supreme Court Dismissed the Appeal
I'm Reocivership Matter.

lh hIttCclVeTSn1l 01dIIcr.
The State says the celebrated
Brookshire case came up In the su-
preme court Friday and an ordr vas
issued dismissing the appeal.
The case is all in ttangle, certain
members of the Farmers alliance seek
ing for ttra "a rr rofnGmeIiLsvr q receiver
for the funds OF the Farmers Alliance
exchange.
The supreme court Friday Issued
the following order in the now famous
Brookshire case:
The order Of Judge Gary made at
chambers, from which this appeal was
taken, provided for the appointment
OF receiver unless the defendant cor
poration entered into bond In the
penal sum Of s33, 1000, with sufficient
surety.
1T is agreed by counsel on both
sides that the bond provided for in
the order Of Judge Gary pursuant to
section 265, subdivision 8, OF the code
of civil procedure) has been given by
the defendant corporation and approx
ed by the clerk of the court OF com
mon pleas tor Rlchland county with
in the time required.
II is therefore the opinion Of this
court that the hearing Of this appeal
is unnecessary, as the entering into
the bond on the part OF the appellant
vacated the order Of Judge Gary in SO
far as the appointment OF receiver
Is concerned.
1T is therefore, upon motion Of the
appellants attorneys ordered that the
appeal herein be dismissed"
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-01-15
To "A Doctor soldiea.

A bronze statue of the late DR..
Hunter Mcclure, who was Gen. Jack
sons medical director, and one of the
most celebrated surgeons in the south,
was unveiled in the capitol square at
Richmond, Va, Thursday. The veil
was drawn by his little grandson.
There was q parade, and the Howitz-
ers fired n salute. a large crowd was
in attendance. Judge George L..
Christian, grand commander of the
Confederate veterans OF the State,
presented the statue to Virginia, and
Gov. Montague received it. The ora
ti5n was delivered by Maj Holmes
Conrad of Winchester. Va. who
served with DR.. Mcclure on Gen.
Jackson's staff.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-01-15
ANOTHER Ii HERO GONE. i 3
Gen. John B. Gorden Has Pasted
Over the River.
sooN FOLLOWED LoNasrREET
He Was One of the Best Soldiers
or the OWL War. and serv-,
ed With Gen. Lee to
the End,

Lieutenant General John Brown
Gordon died at his winter home near
Miami, Fla, at tl0:o5 Saturday night.
His fatal Illness, which overlook him
last Wednesday, was congestion OF
the stomach and liver, following an
acute attack of indigestion, to which
he was subject.
General Gordon was Ill with this
same trouble-that is, very seriously
so-before, but rallied. The last
time he suffered an attck 1t was at
New Orleans, during the reunion of
the United Confederate veterans, OF
which organization he is president.
and to which position he has re-
peatedly been elected, testifying the
warmth OF affection In which he was
held throughout the South. He was
very Ill at the time, but rallied to
treatment given him. It was noticed,
however, how his strength was taxed
q t that time and attending physicians
in New Orleans said that the next
attack meant the death of the
patient.
When he became i'll this week 1t
was Immediately seen that he was In
dangerous condition. His strength
was gone. He could not take nourish-
ment. DOCTORS Gramling and Jack
SON advised that the family be sum-
moned. 1t was believed on Thursday
night and again on Friday night that
death was at hand, for the stupors
into which he would fall were dis
heartening to the attendants. -.
Ihe beginning Of the end occurred
Saturday Afternoon, serious cG1.sa;pp,i.ooa cG1.sa; plea
t1onssetting In, and by night his physi.
clans had abandoned all hope, as his
Kidneys refuse, to secrete and uranic
poison was very decided. His death
was quiet. He fell peacefully to sleep
and ali was over. AS stat ted, the cause
OF death was acute indigestion. Prior
to the New q leans attack he had
suffered from the same trouble in
Mississippi several months ago.
at III O'Clock Thursday morning
consultation Of physicians was held
and it was found he was seriously, IL
not critically i'll. His son Major Hugh
Gordon, who resides at Biscayne. was
with him. A telegram was sent. to
his daughter, Mrs. Burton Smith of
Atlanta, calling her to his bedside.
She was with him when he died. Gem
eral Gorden grew steadily worse until
Saturday when he way ancnnscion
most OF the time. ~
General and Mrs. Gordon had been
In Florida this winter only three
weeks before his death. His health
had been unusually good prior to his
fatal attack. He had bought q win
ter home at Biscayne three years ago
and had since been spending portion
of his winters there.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-01-15
AGraftar E,scanes.

At Omaha, Neb., on Friday the
trial OF Senator Charles n. Dietrich
for alleged bribery, In connection with
the appointment OF postmaster at
Hastings, Neb., came to an abrupt
end, when the United States circuit
COURT J udge Vandeyanter presiding,
held that Dietrich was not a senator
at the time the alleged acts occurred.
The opinion was lengthy one and Is
said to be precedent. Upon this
decision, District Attorney Sum-
mers entered nolle prosequi in other
cases against the senator, with the
statement thai the construction
placed on the law by the court pre-
cluded further. proceedings against
either Senator Dietrich' Or Postmas-
ter Fisher, both Of whom were dis
cborUad
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-01-15
A Strange railroad Accident.

One OF the strangest railroad acci-
dents on record, is reported from
Hammond, Ind. A hotel keeper, Chas.
Stahlbohm, was driving home one
night last week, and, coming to q
railroad track, tried to drive his horse
across ahead OF the fast freight. The
engineer did not even know that he
had hit anything, but kept up the
speed Of his engine until he pulled
into station fifteen miles beyond the
scene. Then he got down , oil his
engine an was lightly started to see
Stahlbohm sitting on the cow catcher,
a whip in one hand and the end Of
somc reins In the other. He shook
him few times, and when the h)tel
keeper came to he asked where his
hat and horses were. ..IIe did not
know that the train had made them
into soap stock.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-01-15
SOME STARTLING FIGURES.
Lynchings, Suicides, Homicides ana
Defalcations Last year.


The lynchings reported for 1902
showed Q decrease OF twenty-nine as
compared witt, those of; 1901, butlthe
last year they have Increased again,
the, list standing l04 for j 903, as COM
pared with ninety six in / 9O2. or
these lynchings, twelve occurred in
the North and ninety-tWo la the
South. OF the victims, eighty-siy
were negroes, seventeen whites, and
one Chinaman. One woman was lynch
ed in Mississippi and one in Louis
lana. Z IS;
The number of legal executions In
1908 was 123, as compared with 144
in 1902, 118 in 1901, and II 8 In 1900.
There were seyenty.seyen persons
hanged in tho South and forty-six In
the North. Sixty-three were whites
and sixty blacks.
Suicides are steadily increasing In
the United States aud the value of
human lite steadily cheapens. The
suicides of one year closely resemble
those Of another year in causes and
methods. No special feature stands
out conspicuously except the ease with
which the victims can obtain poison
from the druggists. Poisoning is the
most common method of committing
suicide, and carbolic acid Is the most
common poison in use.
The total number of cases reporter
during the year is 8,597-5, 1885 med
and 3,212 women-as compared with
1921 in 1902. How, steadily suicides
Increase annually is shown by the fol-
lowing figures: In 1899 there were
5,340 cases; in 1900, 6,755; In 1901,
7,245; In 1902, 1921, Physicians, as
usual, head th. list among profess
sional men, the record standing. ply
sicians, 35; ministers. S; lawyers, 4;
artists, 4;1collete professors, 2; actors,
i; bank officials, IL.
The record Of embezzling, forgery, !,
defaulttng and bank-wrecking for
1903 showsa slight decrease, being,
ST, 562 165, as compared with SO, ,769 )
l25 last year, The losses are distri-
buted as follows: Stolen by public
officials, S6l5, lie; from banks, 81 $780,
1852; by agents. s1,7l2,9l2: forgeries,
S2l8,Sl7; from loan associations, sIS8-
2S8; by postal employees, Sl7 ,967;i
miscellaneous stealiEgs, SO, 2,IT4, 153.
The number Of homieides in 1903
shows small increase, being s, ,976 as
compared with 1884 In 1902, and u
852 in 1901. There was an increase
in the number Of murders by burglars,
thieves and hOld.up men. y
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-01-15
BADLY Rurned.

The Augusta Chronicle says Mrs.
Charley Lane, Of Powclton, Ga, was
frightfully and, perhaps, fatally burn
ed, at an early hour this morning.
1t seems that she had arose and
gone down stairs and while waiting
for breakfast had kneeled before an
open fire In prayer, as was her custom.
While thus engaged her clothing
caught fire and she was enveloped In
flames before realizing her peril. She
made an effort to wrap some bed cloth
ing around her body, but the fire
burned SO fast that the was unable to
extinguish 1t. She is quite young, be-
ing not over eighteen years Of age, and
has been married bpta few months.