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The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-10-21
FOND OF CONTENTION.
AS individuals, as families, com n,

AS individuals, as families, commu-
mites and even as nations we seem to
be coming more fond of contentious.
1t Is contentious more than any other
one thing that takes from the Home
Circle It's every charm. Russia and
Japan at the present time are only
samples OF the contention that can be
found in too many homes. In this
country where our blue skies are full
OF robins and doves and meadow larks,
we select rs our national symbol the
fierce and filthy eagle. In Great
Britain where they have lambs and
deer their symbol Is the merciless
lion. In Russia, where from between
her frozen north aud blooming south
all kinds of beasts abide, they choose
as their Smybol the growing bear.
So fond are we of contention that we
climb out through the heavens and
baptize one of the other planets with
the spirit Of battle and call it Mars
after the god OF war We suppose
cur readers have noticed how
warmly in love dry goods stores
are with other dry goods stores,
and how highly grocerymen think
of the sugars Of the groceryman
in the same block. You have no.
ticed in what a eulogistic way allo-
pathic and homeopathic doctors speak
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-10-21
Lost in Terrific Gale.

~ dispatch from Chatham, Mass.
says small part Of the forward sec
tion OF the hull and a slanting fore
mast stood as mute reminders of the
tragedy enacted there Friday night
when the three. maSted schooner
Wentworth OF Moncton, N. B. (, struck
on Chatham bar during a raging north
ery gale and all on board perished in
the terrific seas. With the exception
OF the loss OF the steamer Portland in
November, 1898, the wreck Of the
Wentworth is the worth dis slster that
has occurred on the Cape Cod coast
during the last decade. OF the IL
persons who were on board the strand
ed vessel, not one reached the shore
alive, although two bodies were res
cued from the surf Friday morning,
one OF them that OF a woman, be-
lieved to be the wife Of the captain.
With her three children she was ac-
companying her husband on trip
from llillsboro, N. B., to Newark,
T
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-10-21
Stands by His Guns.

The Republican machine in Indiana
is making desperate eff JrtS to embar-
rasS the cJlored man who Is running
for Co gress In the indianapolis dis
trict as an independent Republican,
but the colored man stands by his
guns and declares he will not be bull.
o)zed. There are some five thous-
and colored voters In the district, but
the Republican machine has never
permitted them to get within smell
ing distance Of the "doughdish," al
though 1T has always claimed their
votes as by Divine right. 1t is the
same way in Massachusetts, where
an intelligent colored man, who
had servi d mis- party we'll, dared aspire
to congressional honor. He was one
OF three candidates at the Republican
primaries and was beaten uut OF sight
An analysis OF the vote cast showed
that every white Republican had
voted against the colored brother
No wonder intelligent colored
men at the North are getting
tired Of this sort OF treatment and
are breaking away from the par
~ which cares not for them, but only
for their votes. The Democrats could
not treat them worse if they should
try. The Northern negroes are tired
Of being used as Catpaw to draw
white Republican chestnuts from the
tire without being allowed to even
taste them. BIT the Southern ne.
gro can be relied on to stand by the
white Republicans who hold the of.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-10-21
a BIG HAUL.
Constables Seize Two Hundred end
Fifty Gallons Whiskey.

The dispensary constables Thurs.
day night made the largest haul they
have got in some months when they
seized $50 gallons of corn whiskey.
They think 1t is the fair week suppl,
OF Sellers, King of Blind Tigers.
Sellers announced about two months
ago that he was going out OF business
and his place on Gervais street is now
operated by a man named Moore. Mr..
Moore has been up before DIR. Stanley
for selling liquor recently, however.
But the cons,ables think Sellers is
still at 1t. On Friday, September
30th, they learned that 25O gallons of
corn had heen shipped here over the
Southern consigned to mo. I, Colum-
bia." After midnight the CIR was
unloaded and next day Sellers pre-
sente1 the bill of lading, properly en-
dorsed to the agent. The constables
have been looking for the 25Ogallons
ever since.
Thursday night they found it in an
clubhouse on the lot, corner Plain and
Huger streets, two blocks from the
penitentiary. The name Of the man
residing in the house was given to the
cOnstables as "Artie El!son," but no
such name appears in the directory.
The place is on the same block as the
house in which Mau1e Allen was mur-
dered. E lison will be brought before
the recorder Friday morning to tell
how the whiskey happened to be on
his premises. 1t was sail Thursday
night that he had rented the clubhouse
to Sellers, and unless he can substan-
tiate some such claim as that he will
have to answer to the charge OF stor-
ing contraband liquors.
The information leading to the dis
covery Of the liquor was secured by
Constable Garner and the seizure
Thursday night was made by Con.
stables Garner and Eson of District
Chief Osb )rne's squad
That blind tiger should have the
nerve to import $50 gallons of whiske,
into Columbia is re narkable enough
but that the car should be unloade
in the dead OF night is even more dar.
Ing. This incident may bring still
further trouble upon the consignee.
The liquor, 1T Is stated, was sent
from Asheville and it should be easy
enough TO ascertain the true pur-
chaser. 1t was sent prepaid, of course.
Sellers has done the same trick sew
eral times before and the frequent
visits Of the constables only seem to
him-he keeps at t.-Co-
INN bia State
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-10-21
"A Blind Murderer.

A triple tragedy occurred about
three and half miles east OF Plano
Texas, Thursday afternoon when Win
Cochran, a blind man who has been
separated from his wife for about six
weeks, led by his nephew, fifteen
years old, called at his mother-in-
laws house, entered the front door,
called for his wife. When she sat down
by him he grabbed her, stabbing her
to death with a dirk and then killed
his mothcr-in-law, Mrs James Skel-
ton, seventy-three years old. He then
walked around the house about
twenty-five yards, stuck his dirk in
the ground, and pulling out a pistol,
shot his brains ont, and died Instantly
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-10-21
a Private eaIitarium

DR.. L. G. Corbett, for so long at the
head of the Kecley Institute In South
Carolina, and OF late connected with
the original Institute at Dwight, Ill. I,
has returned to South Carolina and es-
tablished at Greenville Sanitarium
Tor the treatment Of nervous diseases,
and the drug and liquor habits. His
friends and former patients know that
his ability is unquestioned; and as he
Is enabled to give. this service atamore
many afflicted with these maladies are
availing themselves OF the. benefit to
be derived there.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-10-21
WHAT SHALL WE READ?

Paul once stirred up Ephesus with
some lively sermons about the sins OF
that place. Among the most import
ant results OF these sermons wes the
fact that the citizens brough5 out
their bad books and papers and in a
public place made a bonfire of them.
One OF the wants of this community
Is q great bonfire Of bad books and
newspapers. We have In this vicinity
enough Of such fuel to make blaze
500 feet high. Take forth this trash
and put it into the fire, and let it Be
known In the presence OF God anG
angels and men that you are going to
ria your homes Of this curse OF protl
gate literature. We believe it is in.
tended that the printing press Shall
be means for the worlds rescue and
evangelization. The great last battle
Of the world will not be fought with
swords and guns, but with types and
presses, a purified literature triumph
Ing over and crushing out forever
that which is depraved. The great.
est blessing that ever came to this
nation is that Of an elevated litera
lure, and the greatest SCourge has
been that of unclean literature. This
last has It's victims In all departments
Of life. 1t has helped to fill insane
asylums and penitentiaries. The
London plague was nothing to it.
What books and papers do you read?
A newspaper is only book in a
switter and more portable shape. In
selecting your papers do you make no
distinction between the tree Of life
and the tree Of death? Cherish good
books and newspapers. Beware OF
the bad ones. Benjamin Franklin
said that the reading OF Cotton Math-
er's essay on Doing Good" nodded
bis entire life. May not the reading
Of this Home Circle Column, crude
though it maybe, have an influence
upon your children in molding their
lives while they are yet easily i'm
pressed. We strive hard to keep the
Columns OF this paper clean and pure
SO it can be warmly welcomed into
the best homes OF this community.
In our next issue we will have some
thing to say about novel reading.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-10-21
Rcpub,icans for PnrI,er.

a dispatch from New York SAYS
wealthy and influential Republicans
and Independents Of Plainiield, N. j.,
including New York commuters, have
organized Parker Independent club
and will wage vigorous campaign
there, pleading that the Democratic
candidate for president represents
constitutional government. There will
Ue no lack OF funds to defray the tx
pense OF weekly mas meeting in the
Casino, and the distribution OF cam
pliga literature has been arranged.
George S. Clay, New York lawyer
and private secretary to Judge Dillon,
has been chosen president Of the club,
Isaac l.. Miller and Samuel Hunting
ton, both New York lawyers, are vice
presidents, and Deuson NJ. Van Yeet,
a retired member Of the New York
Produce Exchange is secretary. All
are Republicans. John O. Stevens,
secretary of the Postal Telegraph Ca,
BILE Company an Independent Repub-
lcan IS treasurer. Judge Stewart, au-
ditor OF the American Smelling Co.,
Of New York, Republican, is chair
man Of the Advisory COMMITTEES. No
doubt there are many thousands of pa.
trio c Republican, for Parker and
Davis, and if it.was not for the i'm
mense corruption fund which the
trust have contributed to the Republi-
can cmapaign chest, there would be no
pDubt Of a sweeping Democratic vic.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-10-21
In Each Others Arm.

a suicide has resulted in the death
OF Miss Minnie Itland, 20 years DID,
and Lulu Cook, IA years old, daugh.
ters of farmers, 20 miles south Of
Kankaker, III. Clasped in each others
arms, the two, drank the contents of
an ounce bottle OF strycnnine. Death
came before medical aid could be sum-
moncd. The reading Of trashy novels
Is said to have led TO the suicides.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-10-21
a Corruptton Fund.

The New York World, Brooklyn
Eagle, and New York Times are all
after Roosevelt and Cortelyou with
sharp sticks for the alleged holding
up" OF corporations In the interest OF
The Republican corruption fund.
These papers charge that system Of
political blackmail has been adopted
by the Roosevelt managers and that
railroad companies, banks AMI other
corporations, some Of which are legit-
in ate business concerns and not in
sympathy with the policies or candi-
dates of the Republican party, have
been threatened with the "displeas
ure" Of the administra tion If they do
not forthwith con. ribute large sums
to the already swollen bank account
IF the Roosevelt highbinders. The
Bro Iltlyn Eagle also gets after Boss"
Odell, and charges HIM with having
admitted to friend that he had ar.
ranged to spend $500, 000 in an effort
TO elect the Republican state and na-
iionai ticket i'll New York. The
Eigle, Which Is one OF the most con-
servative and truthful newspaI ers in
the conn,rj, and responsible for it's
utteranct gives details in making
this grave accusation and calls upon
Boss Oaell to make specific denial
if he dare. That the Republicans have
wiu 6 an enormous amount Of money
from the trusts and corporations is
heyon1 question. That they will use
mi lions Of this blood money corruptly
no honest man doubts But they have
done the same things, though In lesser
d' gree, in previous years, and yet lost
the election. a vigilant and unpur-
chaseable press has heretofore aroused
the public conscience and prevented
,e deiigned theft OF the Presidency.
THIS is the only hope of electing Par
ker and Davis. If the. Republican
PARTY can find the votes to buy they
have the price, and they will carry
the election their way.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-10-21
Must Toe tho Mark.

Charles e. Murphy, leader Of Tam.
many Hall, said Thursday that he had
sent notices to the so or more candi-
dates on the county Democratic ticket
requesting them to decline endorse.
ment by any party other than their
own. Democrats must be Democrats
and nothing else," said Mr.. Murphy.
The Populists have endorsed num-
Der Of candidates.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-10-21

TIE facts that Chairman Cortelyou
has been promised the office Of Post
master General, and that while he
was Secretary Of the Department of
Commerce and Labor, he became
familiar with many important cor
poration secrets, and that as head OF
The Postolfice Department., he will
have to deal with large mail-carrying
railway systems, explain the power lie
mas as chairman to pull the legs OF
the corporation bosses.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-10-21

THERE Is nothing the thoughtful
voter should investigate SO closely as
the government expenditures and
receipts. The Roosevelt administra-
tion and the Republican Congress
seem perfectly reckless about how the
taxpayers money Is expended. While
under the last year Of the last Demo
cratic administration the Army and
Navy cost SS2 600, 900, the present
expenditures for those purposes are
costing $2l7, 900.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-10-21

MEMBERS OF the Republican Ma
tlonal Committee are figuring upon
victory without New York. 1t is pos.
siole, but 1t has never been that a
candidate for President won without
the State of New York.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-10-21
TIE Republican state convention of

Tie Republican state convention of
Montana, which nominated William
Lindsay for Governor, felt constrained
to take a hand in Colorado politics
also, which it did by accepting a
resolution denouncing the Republican
Governor of the latter state for his
h gh-handed and unlawful action in
citizens for alleged crimes,
Without 'due prOceSs Of laWn
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-10-21

1T IS stated that the Panama Canal
Commission has already spent 81, ,0OO,-
900 for supplies without advertising
for bids, as the law requires. This is
but one of the early items Of the great
Panama graft.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-10-21

boil wee,
do. Short.
! Clemson Colt,
weevil to be
throughout the Ell.
The adult we.
square to the boil in IT,
her eggs which are pi.
square or boil through h.
by the female by means o.
SnOut with jaws at the end of /.
egg in about eight days develops C
the larva which at once begins feeding
on the substance Of the plant in which
it Is encased. The presence of an egg
inside the square or boil may be Ger
tainly detected" says Prof. Cham
bliss, by the presence of a small dark
wart on the outside, where the female
has bored into the plant
AS to the dangers Of bringing the
weevil into tnis state Prof. Chambliss
says that in winter the boil weevil in
habits houses, bins, barns or anywhere
where shelter may be found and hence
the great danger Of importing Texas
grain which may contain the weevils
In large numbers
Another important fact" says he,
is that the pupa in it's cell resembles
very closely the cotton seed itself and
the two cannot be distinguished ex.
cept by trained eyes.
The pupa, which is the intermedi-
ate stage between larva and adult, is
found imbedded in the bolls and when
the cotton is ginned these pupae fall
through with the seed without being
hurt In the least and II the seed are
shipped away the pupae go too and
soon we have another infected dis.
trict."
On the mount which Prof. Cham
bliss has prepared is a striking picture
showing the similarity between cot
ton seed and the pupae cells. The two
are the same size and outward apear-
ance and 1t would be impossible to
clean infected seed after the cells are
once mixed, unless they were picked
out one at time, which would be al.
together out OF the question.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-10-21
Mullet! Mullet! Mullet!

and all kinds of Fresh and Salt Water
fish and oysters. If you are dealing in
Fresh Fish or intend to IDEAL in them
write for prices and send your ordrs to
TERRY FISH CO., Charleston, S. G.
or COLUMBIA FISH s. ICE co
Columbia S. G. We ship only fresh
caught fish and our prices are as low
they can be sold at. Write us. Try
us and be convinced.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-10-21
"WuIsKEps, Pefrer b.o nono =, =,

WHISPERS" PETER has gone on the
stump for his first love, the "Grand
Old Party" but his influence Is more
than Offset by the fine work being
done on the Democratic stump by
General James B. Weaver. The
Iowa man proved his popularity In
1892 when he ran for the Presidency
as a Populist, and 2olled more than
one million votes.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-10-21

The Beef Trust is for Roosevelt. of
course. j. Ogden Armour, speaking
for himself and associates, said in a
recent interview; "We are going To
support Roosevelt, most empnatical.
~. We have been satisfied with lis
administration, and will be we'll salts.
lied to have him continue In Office y
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-10-21

COuGlQu6 in
e of rohbing the
JemOcratS are not
j money from such
lust look to the people
.lvor OF Democratic sue
the campaign chest with
: contributions. There are of
some rich Democrats and some
,ratiOns that contribute to the
mCcratic fund, but all the money
nus obtained would not equal the
tat fried out Of SINCE trust by Roosc-
velts man, Cortelyou.
The Democratic National Commit
tee needs money and is not ashamed
or afraid to say so. George Foster
Peabody, the treasurer Of the commit
tee, would be glad to receive contri-
buttons, large or small. He would
welcome sums as small as halfa dol
lar. Mr.. Peabody encourages the max
ing Of small contributions. He would
rather receive 500 from one ltindred
persons in sums of one dollah each
than the like sum from single, indi-
vidual. MIR. Peabody hopes 70 be raw
ored with many small contributions
from the south. Himself native OF
Georgia, he says it would please him
immensely to have the Democrats OF
his old home state evince their inter-
est in the cause in this practical way.
He would be glad to have the Dem
ocrats in other southern states join.
And why not? No portion OF the
country would receive greater benefit
from the election Of Parker and Davis
than the south; no portion has 80
much to fear from the election of
Roosevelt as the south. 1t would be
a handsome thing for Orangebulg
County to raise at last one hundred
dollars TO help the good cause along.
The Times and Democrat expects to
make small contribution to the
Democratic campaign fund and would
gladly receive contributions from
others for the same purpose. All con-
tributions will be acknc wledged In
these columns. Let every man do his
duty
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-10-21

an,
feet
clay WI.
be painte>
kings palac>
come clear hai
power OF DRAWN,
and the red, the &.
pie rays Of the sunlil
an opal. The sand vii.
hard and white, and hav,
Of drawing to itself the blL
the sunlight and become a S.
The soou will become the hardeA
whitest substance known, and
changed into dimond. The wat,
in the summer is dewdrop, and In
the winter chrystalizes into star.
Even so the homliest lives, by draw
ing to Themselves the co!oring Of
truth, sincerity, charity and faith,
may become crystals and gems "of
purest ray serene"
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-10-21

'Stth SpiltlOt
money to buy those voters
ep them bought. This is, Of
., pretty tough statement to
.ke, but it is nevertheless true, for
mere is always In national election
from 10000 tc SO, 900 votes in Indiana
for sale to the highest bidder, and the
party that has the money to buy those
votes will win the election.
REPUBLICANS GIVE UP INDIANA.
Democratic campaign managers see
in the refusal Of the national Republi-
can committee to send any Of its
prominent speakers to Indiana an
abandonment CT the state by Republi-
cans rather than belief that the
state Is safely Republican without
further campaigning. That the
excuse given by the Republican
managers is both bald and lame is
shown by the fact that Indiana
leaders are wroth at the determine
tion of the national committee 10 give
NeR York and other states all the
good things in the oratorical line,
while Indiana gets lesser lights. If
the state were safely Republican, ask
Democrats with smile, why should
the action Of the national committee
cause such construction in Republi
can ranks.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-10-21


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The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-07-30

generalship at Warsaw. From War
saw he was promoted to the post of
procureur at the st. Petersburg high
court.
Here he distinguished himself by
| the activity and success with which he
investigated nihilist conspiracies. 1t
was due to his energy that the at
tempted dynamite outrage at the Win
ter palace was discovered and all the
conspiratOrs arrested. In 1881 he was
appointed chief Of the department of
political police and member of the
commission which has been called into
existence "to devise measures to as
sure order and tranquility in the en-
pire.'
These posts he held until 1884, when
the Gar Alexander III. sent him to
the ministry of the interior with the
rank Of assistant minister. In this
capacity he was closely identified with
the more repressive side of the czar's
policy. He was the author of the
measures aimed at the German colo
nists in Russia, the nobility Of the
Baltic provinces, the Jews, and all
other non-Orthodox elements in the
empire. In 1894 Senator Plehve be-
came chief Of the codifcation depart
ment of the council of state and in
1901 he was appointed secretary of
state for Finland.
The following year he became minis
ter Of the interior to succeed M Sipi-
aguin, whose policy he adopted.
He spent about forty years in the
public service.
M. Plehve was not man Of learn
ing, but from his youth he had been
brought up in official circles and he
slowly but surely pushed himself
ahead. Before the emperor called him
to take the portfolio Of the interior
department he had already passed
about forty years in official work. The
educated young men of Russia are
said to have been bitterly opposed to
NJ. Plehve, owing, it has been assert
ed, to his turning on his own people,
the Firms, and to the drastic charges
which he inaugurated or advocated.
The last great public work of Won
Plehve, so far as known, was the
drafting of the peasant code, early
this year. This is a scheme for peas
ant reform, ordered by the emperor
in his recent manifesto. By this
scheme members of the nobility in
each province and district will be al
lowed to elect Representatives in local
committees, to be established through
out the empire, but the representa-
tives of the Zemstvos will be APP
pointed by the governors.