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The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-05-20

AAo a.-A ..o"s Was .eCoIVeG
hare by wire Tuesday morning
of the death of Mrs. Thomas
Gillespie at her home in Con
way, s. c., Mon1ay night, after
4 short illness. She is the moth
er Of our esteemed townsman
Mr. Thomas F Gillespie, Jr, and
was for many years resident
OF our county, when her vene-
rable husband practiced law in
the courts Of the Fourth Circuit.
The Colonel is still living though
in very feeble health.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-05-20
CLIO NOVELTY
Manufacturing Works

I5HE Business recently known as the
+ CLIO NOVELTY MANUFCTU-
RING CO., will hereafter he known as
rHE CLIO NOVELTY MANUFAC-
TURING WORKS, with F. Ii. IVEY
ole owner and director.
vabDa mi latest are haDs eaoS %oSa "r SU TGpsn
kinds Of Novelty work for builders use at
living prices.
Dir. p. A. Hodges is agent at Bennetts
vile and will take your orders.
Oct %, 1903.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-05-20
The Choir At Daybreak.

[ sat by the window at daybrcak.
AS the wild birds carolled the hour,
And watched the shades ofthe night time
Drop meath the mornings power.
And as the banners Of sunrise
Flung their cnlors ohnv" .ho '-cr"
lNa aHts ilEt' e-y n'U The BiTl lotl.
iatt 'er N ou IS.
bn vaa he lime. aUl gJbiu
,hen.1 ga yai aua iay
A04 MI nt ..'ioi, - the ,rcatnp5
HWuteiir zng 81 Kay
And Win noses uus luwu 10 ln9fials
With harmonies grandiy fair,
As The souls unuttered music.
They piped OH the morning air.
THE daybreak's s freshness and grandeur,
And the songs Of the happy bird.
Commingled tender beauty
That Gun not be told in words:
And gIudness settled DER me
That lifted me out of the cares
That yesterday bore upon me J.
In the burden Of affairs.
Homer p Branch.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-05-20
Call and Get One.

There are several boxes of school
books left in Co Supt's Office by the
"Lend a%Hand Library" Committee.
Any schools wishing a box should call
on the Sup't as soon as possible.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-05-20

Marguerite Bryant, Z years Of
nge in the supreme court is snir g
the city council of Orangeburg for
$4,000 damages for being run into
by man on bicycle which re-
suited in wrcnching her ankle.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-05-20
Good Advice

Learn to hide your troubles. Your
friend has troubles Of his own to hide,
help him by example. This is good ad.
vice, but when man wakes in the
morning with rigging, splitting heads
ache, not enough energy to get up. con-
slinr ed, bad taste in the mouth. tired
lcf 3 not advice that man nec
i' soa lose OF DIR. Kings R',o4 aur
biger Purify tie blood M seni
il aotnd .g. conrsing through ,ae aiI,
onl 'n &c the liver live No y ae
rlug or nauscating. "5c bo. sil
J-u, Stores.
dummy contests, ana IA,
.;as telling what the Republican,
~ in these contests. It's, I'll E3arc,
'''o the more important that t3rhe
Gratis make as strong a shtf NV nc
ble III the general election. III
ain nately the masses quit ~ tin,
irl- the primaries are over, xut a
en- Democrats the voters owetA + t
in party to make the best pt} Sssihl
N the general election,
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-05-20
TO Prospective Piano and Organ
Rivers.

1t will pay you to see Strauss
& Co, if in the market for Musi-
cal Instruments Of any descrip-
ton.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-05-20
t.,lsseI Wagons.

Mr.. p A. Hodges is opening car
of these durable wagons -one and
two borse, e,ery one OF them guaran.
tced against any defect In mate, ial
or Yofmanehip.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-05-20
Marlboro County O&cers

marlboro County 0eioers.
SHERIFF.. B. Green @
CLERK OF CLERK. A. Drake
JUDGE OF PRoBATE-M. McLsurin
CoRoNER-C. +. Covingtopa
SUpERvIsoR-M +. Coward
SUPT. EDUoATIoN-W. l.. Stanton
TREAsURER-J. II. Thomasja
AUDIToR-Chas. [. Sherrilh
SENAToR-Chas. S. MoCall.
REPRESENTATIVES, D. BtcColl, Jr.
J. p. Bunch, Welcome Quick.y
MAaIsrA1Es-C. D. Easterliag. T. l..
Crosland, Bennettsville.
II. l.. McLaurin, McColl
John A. Calhoun. Clio,
w. j. Atkinson. Blenheim,
d. ID, Stubbs, Brightsvlllc,
w. w. Irby, Smithville.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-05-20

eB Just arrived q fine assort
ment, new shapes in Ladies Hats,
Flowers &C., at the
@. B CroSland Go.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-05-20
New Line Embroideries and
Laces. at the
G. R Crosland Co.
Orr Io,un dorvernment.

MAvoR-p. A. Hsages
ALDERMEN-J. Frayk Breeden. G. s
Chaffin, A. G. Sinclaif%W. w. Pate.
CLERK & TREAsURERrMilton Nc
Laurin. Office open daily
PoLloE-J. f. David, H{C. Harper.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-05-20

Or. P. e Griffin, formerly Of Society
Hill, but now of Columbia. died in that
city Wednesday morning 73 years.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-05-20
- Fresh lot o. canned Peas,
Pears. and Pigs Feet at Claud

"a Pipes and Smche,s suppiss iu
ndieas 7sriety csn lu found al .
Doug!as y hr0
0beraw has gone back into tho
base b-l hu8incSS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-19
SEVEN IN THE BIBLE.
How MuItipIes of the Figure Recur in
 the New Testament

From the Chicago Tribune.
 The phenomena of the figure seven and its multples occurring in the New Testa- ment have been touched upon by Ivan Panin. Russian student of the Bible, who for a number of years has made his home at Grafton, Mass. This sig nficance of the seven group will not be lost even upon the superstltious who are outside the pale of scriptural points, and, as MT. Panin has shown them, their relations of their groupings to the first eleven verses of the New Testament must suggest that they were scarcely chance.
 For instance, in these first eleven verses of Matthew the vocabulary consists of forty-nine words. or seven sevens; of these words there are twenty eight, or four sevens, which begin with vowels, and twenty-one. or three sevens which begin with consonants.
 This distribution by sevens between vowel words and consonant words justly r/fht have been deemed accident but sen h.e fact that of the furty-nine words
 two of them are nouns-six sevens-
 Al seven are not nouns" is the comment qY the writer "Of the fortyztwo nouns there are thirty-five poper nouns, or five sevens, while seven are common nouns. Of the thirty-five proper names four seYens are male ancestors of Jesus and seven are not such. Not only then is the distribution of the forty nine words of the vocabulary of sevens as between vowel words and consonant words, but
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-19
GRAFT FLOURISHES IN GOTHAM CIRCLES Hannah Elias Proves a Most
 Striking Female SHE IS NOT VERY PRETTY Sad Tale of Man Who Married Three Wives and Did Not Find
 Domestic Felicity-one
 Mans Epltaph.
SHE IS NOT VERY PRETTY
BY JOHN MARTHoL.

New York, June 1S.-"Graft" is a queer
 bit of slang originated in the Bowery' which has now reached the extreme lim- it's of the immense area where the Amer ican language is used. When the sapient newspapers of my country caught up the odd phrase, it was generally supposed 10 apply to politics-particularly to the es- pecial brand of Tammany politics which fourished here and in Philadelphia, with Boston, Chicago and St. Louis rival thlrds-"them as ain't but 'opes to be. - Now l wish to say, though no admirer of Tammany, that, after long study of civic conditions, l incline to the opinion of the Rev. Dr. living. that New York is the best, or about the best governed city in the world. Vice flourishes here,
 tis true, but you are not slapped in the face with 1t as in London or in Boston And as to graft it is not confined to political circles by any means. Graft dominates ot a few of the very organs which editorially denounce 1t. For ex- ample, know a paper of considerable value. The editor Is a high-minded man. So is the owner. Yet that paper Is honey eombed with graft. Men in various posi- tions there are In league with outsiders One man writes items now and then about matters in Wall street and gets a tip rom some magnate in the swim how to bet on the game-or gets a cash consid eration for the item Another has deal with certain syndicates or outside writ CTS. accepts their stuff at certain prices, which the innocent paper pays-and gets his rake-off every payday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-19
Women in General,

The Elias case and the Nan Patterson also in the public eye just now. compel a deal of hard thinking and brown study Ing about women in general Most men nurse ideals about the odd sex and hug them--1 mean the ideas--to their hearts Poets-blank them,-rave about feminine beauty physical and moral; and though the harsh old proverb tells us that beauty is but skin deep, most men, I fear, are ready to be skinned by It. I know man Of more than average brains and of temper so sweet and even that Sunny Jim would be Forced" to own himself eclipsed, if he stacked up against it. My sunshiny friend has. had three wives. The first was ten years his elder, and, 1 sus- pect, trapped him into matrimony. She was very handsome firebrand with flashing black eyes and the finest set of natural pearls ever saw In a human mouth This lady used to beat and scratch her husband whenever the fit came on her, and between while dissemi- hated detrimental reports about him and drove him out of two towns and two excellent positions. After standing this racket several years he got a divorce and year after was fool enough to marry his ypewriter-another beauty with dove like eyes and soft purring ways-appar- ently just the opposite of the first tartar he cought Friends remonstrated with him but he was a lover of beauty and 1t was no use. No. ? was just his age and to superficial observers the match looked ideal. But No. was worse than No. + for she thought only of No. 1. Her self ishness was appalling. Unfortunately a child was born to this union and the poor devil for nine years took his daily medicine and hoped for change. Kip ling's poem, ''The Vampire never had n better illustration than this woman and an amusing thing was that, when 1t came out and was read in her presence she took 1t to herself She showed that the cap fitted.
 My fool-friend now did the crowning jackass act of his life. Having made a deal whereby he became possessed of share In considerable estate. he settled on her an income of s, GOO year Within two years my lady. while he was ab- sent. broke up her establishments sold his furniture-removed to another city and joined a faith cure association. where she Is now. I believe. a sort of high priestess. The fcol presently discovered that her marriage to him was illegal but
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-19
"ThIs ls on Me.u

This is on mel After the sad story of connubial infelicity etched above. feel l ought to communicate a joke Maybe you've all heard it before, but never did till yesterday. and I thought knew all the bright stories since Jonah was the first star-boarder There was a man in a certain town-he has many twins CT doubles all over the worldwide was present at almost as many convivial oc- casions as my really good friend Chaun- cey Depew; but, unlike Chauncey. this man was never known to stand treat, or set em up for the boys, though always ready to drink at another fellows ex- pense. Yet he was quite a conspicuous and respectable citizen and though these fellows. a rule. never die. one day he died. He left but trifle and the members of his lodge decided to bury him. When It arrived at the point of putting up tombstone, there was some discus sion among the members as to suitable inscription. "A fond parent. an indulgent father. a generous friend, was suggested and voted down with several other stero- typed banalities. Finally, when the dis cusson of the corpses character began to wax warm, a waggish fellow said ::
 Gentlemen, we wisa to do the proper thing, l take it, but at the same time We do not wish to economize the truth too much. Isn't that so. Right you are, Billy" Well. then I propose for his tombstone the following inscriptions
 This-is on mel"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-19

for the sake of the child he took no active steps to prevent her from wearing his name. Wasn't that enough for him? Oh. no; he eraved artistic completeness; he asplred to be perfect twenty-four carat jackass; so he took unto himself another beauty, who had been cast out bv her husband and dlvorced-and the foal start ed life and Inatrimony again ssunny Jim is out of the race This latest. probably not last beat the others all hol- low No. is even more beautiful than her predecessors and has contrived in two years to turn the mans hair gray and make him almost a wreck. I met him the other day in the park unshaven and with a ragged coat; but still optimistic on the subject of woman If ever I commit matrimony again said he "I shall pick out a settled woman a widow with several children-and be kind to the children. That will win her heart if shes got one"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-19
"Macaroni Wheat.v
'om the New York World.

From the New York World
 Pretty soon, the department of agri- culture predicts, all the macaroni sold in America will be made of American wheat.
 So recently as 1889 the department sent an agent abroad to look for seed of the hard wheats used in maoaroni making, and he brought home a good load of samples. The result has been that last year the Dakotas alone raised l0,5OOOO0 bushels of the new grain. which is tough and hardy and good climate resister.
 Three years ago not a single factory In the eointry was using macaroni wheat In making macaroni. This food when made from ordinary bread flour is of inferior quality. In 1903 we imported more than million dollars worth of macaroni and yermicelli
 Maearoni flour makes excellent grid die cakes; on the whole 1t seems to he case to say Welcome stranger"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-19
Nothina in a Name.

Whats in name?' said one of Shake speres most vital characters. Hannah
 Elias the most noted female econ in Christerdom. for some time scintillated In the circles of the Black and Tan haut ton under. the appeation of Bessie Davis "a name borne by one of the most intel
 leetual beautiful and refined damsels of
 Boston, one widely known for her sin
 cerety her loyalty to friends and her ac- compiishments' of literary as we'll as culinary character The four famous Da-
 wis sisters of Boston used 10 be even more
 famous than the Sutherland sisters of
 historical hirsuteness and of these four
 Bessie was the most fascinant She broke
 hearts by the score. Bessie Davis" of New fork, on the contrary seems to take the cake--in an easy cake -walk-as a breaker. not of hearts, but of bank ac- counts. It Is known now in the district attorneNs office that the antique and cu- rio millionaire. MT. Platt. is only one of her victims among the trustful palefaces fhls truly remarkable negress has amas- sed in ten years. according to calculation based on statistics, nearly two millions In fact. almost as much as Mother Eddy has hypnotized out of her idolaters
 There Is, though, one slight difference between these marvellous milkers of mon- etary men. Mother Eddy for years has had to rely on her unquestionable intel leetual abilities, instead of her physical attractions for X-Science. while 1t has kept her well. hash kept her young Her rival in the great "G R. e." game on the other hand is destitute of mental attributes. Her only graft Is her looks and her winning ways. And her looks, talks my word for 1t. dear million and odd readers, while they might not quite stop an eight-day clock. would not set any river afire with amorous ardor. She Is a very ordinary looking coon-almost negress, as the uncomplimentary papers Of color call her. You could find in any large city hundred dusky damses to whom in point of comeliness Bessie Da- vis-Hannah- Elias couldn't hold candle Jerome arrested her but we knew he had a black elephant on his hands. She has been restored to society and soon will bring an action for batting down her doors. It's fun for the lawyers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-19
As to Flats.

Landlords. or flat owners. in Manhattan should receive by special delivery a pres identia manifesto on the subject of race suicide. They are doing their devil best to discourage the propa gative or phlo- progenitive instincts of human nature. Dogs they allow to be kept in flats, but children are under q ban. It is even worse in Brooklyn, Borough of Churches as the Mulkeys have found to their cost Mrs Mulkey. who has presented MT Null Key with five little pledges. went flat hunting the other day and many days. hlghty-seVen places were visited. but when the janitors learned she had five children, they one and all said no.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-19

also as between the parts of speech
 As q further and absolute proof that these phenomena of the sevens are not accidental MT. Panin points out that the forty-nine words of the vocabulary show fourteen words that are used but once, while thirty-fve of them or five sewers, are used more than one. His conclusions, after an exhaustive arrangement of the "seven' features, are that not even the choice of the languages in which the scriptures were written was made with out marked numerical design at the threshold of the subject"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-19
A Bold Experiment and a
 Grand Success

 % @ treating % the s % dns up og Medca @ 1te T @ an upmen would or efforts o psoe @ within % 6r eaS bs % % d pp cries and inventions of the for the aeyaton and chronic unoertakng without bought and Violet Electric ebqzers Machines other things 0o sn % n as na e s the most complete cess An we are happy to say that experiment has grand achieving e09Ps the cu of our patients
 RHEUMATISM. cure in expense ever obtained by patients
 CONSUMPTION lungs hopeesy 
 hn he e @s % % % % or and mpoed @ @ a % m
  sand % r man'9 5e sseF Violet @ R s n u % ss
 BLEMsHEs, a @ a %sn w MG a s % n a @ sa fs ful mediums W ~ " " ~ pam applications
 vARcocELE sFn a an vcGse Veins cured & after the all treatments "''D " 'De '''''' A"D ''A' p''Ds 0
 LOST VITALITY from n whether from abuse nc % @ en m na o as @ condition cured under plain guarantee
 PELVIC DISEASES men and d women Without naming will give written legal services py Sn ouF ane eqap@ent of md df any other @ specialist I q abma nsaps'
 BOAST that we nave larger stock Of medicines instruments electrical appl anef M s @ massage and @ assertion treat
 TREATMENT MAIL. Pes1ns suffering with Sexual Weakness Blood Poison ndgeso Kid should write for Blanks which will be and it's successfully afflicted with wit troubles peculiar their should M s and @ 9ba our , a sense home treatment which All correspondence condolences
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-19
DRS. DOZIER & DOZIER.
 20274 First Ave-, Birmingham hIa.

have, the koran makes for justice sta- bility and civilization; while a previous explanation to the leading Imaams that that the new law was intended to en- force such and such precepts of the ko- ran would be a surer method of prevent ing opposition than any other that could be used.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-19
EXCURSION RATES
To Eastern Cities Via Savannah and
 Cteamsbips

The Central or Georgia railway and its connections sell excursion tickets to east
 ern cities and return via Savannah and Ocean Steamship company or Merchant and Miners Transportation company. at greatly reduced rates. Tickets include meals and berth aboard ship. For further information apply to nearest ticket agent or E. II. Fell. Travelling Passenger Agent. Birmingham. Ala. 6-1-eod-tf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-19
 Fair Warning.

From the Philadelphia Press.
 Subburbs-I supposed you've noticed I've bought watch dog?
 Naybor- Yes and now let me give you piece of advice. Study up all the anti dotes for poison.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-19
SPECIAL LOW RATES VIA SOUTH
 ERIN RAILWAY

Chicago. Ill.-One fare plus 50 cents round trip. account republican national convention, June 1920. 1904 Tickets sold June 16. r. IS. 19 and 20 Final limit June 20, 1904
 Eurcxa and Hot Springs Ark. and re- turn One fare plus $2 round trip. Tickets sold only on Wednesdays and Saturdays of each week during the months of June July, August and September, limited sixty days for return.
 St. Louis and return. account worlds & fair Season tickets. sixty-day tickets and fifteen day tickets are sold daily. On Tuesdays and Thursdays of each week during month of June, coach excursion tickets will be sold to St Louis at less than the one-way standard rate limited ten days foi return.
 Atlantic City, N. J-One first-class fare plus s1 round trip. account Imperial Conn cil Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine Tickets on sale July 10 and II, limited to July 2S 1904. Fourth of July Rates-One anu one-tbird fare round trip Minimum rate 50 cents Tickets sold from all points on Southern railway. Selling dates July ?. 8 and 1. linn tied to July B. 1904 For detailed informa- ton call on nearest agent or address
 J. N. HARRISON.
 District Passenger Agent R. B. CREAGH,
 Travelling Passenger Agent
 Birmingham, Ala.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-19

Compiled by the Engineering and Mining
 Journal.
 About 5000 tons of tin scrap are treat-} ed electrolytically every year in Germany yielding to 2.5 per cent Cabout 500 tons merchantable tin.
 Thermometers are now being made from fused quartz. measuring 35 cm. in length. The nickel steel scale reads from 300 degress to 75O degrees C., each divis- ion representing degrees c. Thermome- ters filled with mercury and nitrogen. un- der a pressure of GO atmosphere measure temperatures up to 72O degrees C., with oxaotness.
 Fire proof wire, suitable for electrical conductors, etc. is insulated with fine, even web of asbestos. coated with ce- fent This porcelain-like covering is very strong and flexible. and has other good qualities, such as it's resistance to heat.
 Gem garnets of rare beauty have been discovered in the Cowee valley in North Carolina. the yield in 1901 being 100000 carats valued at $20,000 after cutting. In the same year the United States produced 4444 tons of garnets for abrasive purposes, valued at sl5s.1CO. mined principally in the vicinity of Ticonderoga, N. Y
 In South Africa garnets are a by-pro- duct in diamond mining and the expan- sion in the industry has caused the aban- donment of nearly all the Bohemian mines. which fer many years supplied the worlds markets.
 "Palagonte,Y originally the name of a stone found in Patagonia, Sicily. has been discovered in quantity in Southern Cali fornia. It is used for making pigments. talcum powder and as an ornamental stone for the interior decoration of build- ings.
 Emery the common form of corundum, Is an important abrasive, found principal lv in Asia Minor, Greece and Canada. The worlds consumption Is about 25,0OO tons annually.
 The "cat's eye set in jewelry is some times chrysoberyl beautiful greenisb yellow precious stone of great rarity. which occurs in the form of rolled peb- bes in Brazil and Russia.
 The transparent smoonstone. mined in the Randy district of ceylon. the apple green amazon stone, the Norwegian sun stone and the irridescent labradorite are forms of feldspar owing their value as ornamental stones to certain effects of light.
 Agate is the banded variety of chal- cedonv: when the bands of color lie In even planes. 1t Is termed onyx. or, with alternating bands of red and white sar- donvx All are ornamental stones.
 Approximately S3 420.1 135 carats. or about F tons of diamonds have been produced
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-19
METALLICS

 Compiled by the Engineering and Mining
 Journal.
 About 5000 tons of tin scrap are treat-} ed eectrolytically every year in Germany yielding ? to 2.5 per cent Cabout 800 tons merchantable tin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-19

Fire proof wire, suitable for electrical conductors, etc. is insulated with a fine, even web of asbestos. coated with ce- fent. This porcelain-like covering is very strong and flexible. and has other good qualities, such as it's resistance to heat.