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The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-04-15

In New York an unusual number
OF suicides, at least half of them due
to dependency because Of inability to
secure employment, were reported to
the police last week.
Three Of the six victims chose car
bolic acid as a means Of ending their
troubles, one chose death by shooting,
another by hanging and the sixth ac-
complishcd his purpose by turning on
the gas.
The most youthful suicide was Eva
Pocker, a l7-year-old Brooklyn school
girl, who drank carbolc acid after
reading letter, and the oldest, Jacob
Reiham, 60, Of Manhattan, who had
been i'll with rheumatism. His body
was found hanging in his lodgings.
The body Of another suicide, a wo-
man, who had ended her life at least
two weeks ago by inhaling chloroform,
was found in a house on east Thirty
fifth street. a note found with the
body said the woman was so deeply in
debt that she saw no hope.
The other suicides reported were:
James Finney, fireman, who lost his
work through drink; Samuel Levy, no
work, carbolic acid; EgiSto Bcrtone
stone cutter, shooting, no work; j.
Bender, a crayOn artist, gas.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-04-15
AS to BREAKFAST Foods.

The Cotton Plant says in reading
the many advertisements Of cereal
foods and their wonderful virtues it is
a matter of surprise that our ancestors
pulled through on corn bread, and the
three qualities of flour made at the
old style mills. That was about the
extent of their cereal food. To that
they added hog meat game, fish and
a little grass fed beef in the fall Of the
year. Those prepared cereals are very
good and they taste well, but let all
remember that pound of corn ground
ut an old fashioned mill has just as
much nourishment as the pound pre-
pared in the most scientific way. The
same statement applies TO wheat
Euople who have money to crafty
their taste can pay 10 to 20 cents a
pound for the same food value in a
Scent pound flour. Those prepared
cereals are very handy and healthful
and their use is quite common among
town people. With some OF the oat
or wheat preparations one can add to
an evening meal when company sud-
denly comes i'll. But farmers in the
country have to depend on the pro-
ducts Of the mills and the thinking,
ingenious housekeeper can make va
riety Of cakes and mullins and change
the bill of cereal fare somewhat every
day in the week
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-04-15
As TO Clemson Scholarships.

President Nell of Clemson and Mr..
Il. w. Simpson, president OF the board
or trustees, have asked the attorney
general through the State Superin-
tendent OF education for an interprcta-
tion Of the new act creating l2l
scholarships at the institution. The
point seems to be that Clemson does
not want 124 free scholars at one
time, especially as they would prob
ably remain for four years. Tue act
give them 500 each year and tuition.
If l24 free scholars entered Clemson
in one year the places of many pay
students would be taken up. 1t is
not known whether or not the infer
ence is that Clemson needs the money.
Her income now amounts to about
Sl5O,000. The Citadel also has many
free scholarships but the full number
of beneficiarieS do not come to the
school every four years. What The
Clemson authorities wish t) know is
If some OF these scholarships can be
taken up in 1904 and some in 1905.
The attorney general has not yet con-
Sidered the matter.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-04-15
Fighting Papcr Trust.

The resolution of Represe ntative
Lilley jnscructing the secretary Of
commerce and labor to investigate e
the hign price and scarcity of news
print paper and the causes which
have produced these conditions, was
the subject Of discussion before
the house committee on judiciary.
Don @. Seitz Of the New York World
and John Norris, business manager of
the New York Times, were heard.
Both covered practically the same
ground in statements and the Inter
national Paper con pany and the Gen
eral Paper company had divided the
United States between them In the
control of the news print paper. The
international controlled all that sec
tion east Of the Indiana line and the
General company the territory west
Of that line. This combination, it
was testified to, had raised the price
of news paper during the last four
years $li ton and during the past
year as much as So ton; it was sell.
ing paper In London, counting the
freight and insurance, at 80 per cent.
less than 1t did in New York.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-04-15
Criminal Statistics.

We have received the following
from the division of vital statistics of
the department OF commerce and la
Dor:
Few social questions are asked
more frequently than, what is the in
crease Of crime? The national census
bureau is seeking an answer to this
inquiry. 1t is undertaking to secure
record OF all the persons who are
sentenced to tue various jails, peni-
tentiaries and other prisons during
the year 1904. The wardenS of the
state prisons and the sheriifS of the
counties are being requested to act as
special agents to report certain facts
concerning every person delivered
into their custody. Some counties have
not been heard from. In some, per-
haps, there are no jails; in others,
perhaps, the local jais are no longer
used; in still others the sheriff have
possibly neglected the matter. But
the records OF the census bureau and
tile resulting statistics will not be
complete until all are heard from, and
1T is hoped that the pressure Of other
business will not cause the sheriff of
any county to block this most impor-
tant inquiry" We trust that all
South Carolina officials will comply
with this request. Such statistics are
matters of general public interest and
are of much Importance in show
ing the people their actual con-
diton as to the number Of crimes COM
mitted within their state boundaries.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-04-15
A NIystcry I1xnlnincd

The Retailer and Advertiser SAYS
even the casual observer who walks
through the retail districts Of New
York during the holiday season can
scarcely fail to be impressed with the
almost phenomenal difference in the
amount of business done in the vari-
Gus stores. He will notice that one
store seems to be constantly crowded
with customers, that the saleSpeople
are working to the limit OF their en-
durance and that the delivery wagons
are kept busy at night and day dis
tributing the goods sold In another
store in the same block, perhaps next
door, he will observe that there is
practically nothing DOING This
store is quite as attractive as the
other store. 1t handles the same
lines and qualities of goods, and per-
hapS they come from the same man
ufactorieS. The prices are equally
low, and the clerks are courteous an6
attentive. But there is much small
ler staT Of saleSpeople employed, and
even during the holiday rush they are
not kept busy. Why is there such a
remarkable difference? l have taken
the trouble to investigate the problem
and have made careful observations
in a dozen or more cases. l have in
variably found that the merchants
who were doing the business were good
advertisers and that the ones VINO
were APPARENTLY receiving but little
benefit from the holiday trade made
no use OF printers ink
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-04-15
Had whiskcy in Safe.

The Charleston Post says when
Scrgt. Healey and his raiding squad
visited Jesse Barber's store on Blake
street Thursday afternoon and asked
for the keys TO his iron safe the re-
quest was refused. a locksmith was
engaged, and the safe opened and thir-
teen quarts OF whiskey contiscated.
The radng squad had reason to be-
lieve that whiskey was kept in the
safe. When they searched the pre-
misses they found that the outer door
of the safe was unlocked, but the
inner doors were fastened. The keys
were demanded, but refused. Sergt.
IIealey sent for locksmith and after
working for some time with number
of keys, one was found which fit the
lock and the door was swung open,
exposing thirteen quarts of booze"
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-04-15
incerely yours,
o. B. Martin,
State Superintendent Education.
About Working Crops.

The mistake that many farmers
make, says the Cotton Plant, lis that
they do not begin the cultivation of
their crops in time. They have an
idea that TIE main object in cultivat-
ing crops is to keep weeds and grass
down. If they had land free from
grass seeds they would do little work
on the crop. The chief end to be ac-
compliShed In cultivating any sort of
crop is to break the ground thorough
ly and pulverize it SO that air and
sunlight may penetrate it. The plant
food is thus rendered available. AS
soon as corn is up run round it with o..
long tongue plow going close to the
corn and as deep as possible. That
will break the hard pan. In about
ten days use the same plow, running
a little outside of first furrow. In
this way the corn will have a well
broken bed two feet wide. After
that the cultivation should bc,sfre-
quent and shallow. Some people have
an idea that three or four workings
are enough for corn. In some rich
bottom lands, planted late, two work
ingS are enough. 1t Is better to cul-
tivate uplandS planted early five or
six times. After every rain run the
cultivator over it and brcak the crust
and prevent evaporation. The same
plan holds good in working cotton.
If land has been prepared we'll by
breaking and narrowing, the cultiva-
tion should be shallow. Never wait
for the grass to grow before you begin
n IL H.
that many farmers make is in waiting
for rain to fall between two consecu-
tive workings. Never wait day for
a shower. The most valuable work
is often done when land is gone over
twice between rains. 1t will do good
every time. The dryer the season
cultivate the oftener. Never stop for
dry weather.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-04-15
How TO Advertise.

j. l.. Mahlin Of Mahlin'S Avertising
Agency, Chicago, says there is great
deal Of talk about the mail order
houses, but do you know there is not
one Of them that can honestly say
that it can sell goods cheaper than
the home merchant? 1t is not the
price that sells the goods, but the
plausible reason for the price-a
plausible statement. You merchants
can beat them out every time. Meet
them with the same kind of advertiS-
ing. The oatmeal business is an
Illustration of what can be done to
make people to buy an article they
never intended to buy. People we're
opposed to oatmeal and said it was
horse feed. The manufactures had to
present the advantages of its health
funess, and he invested oatmeal with
all the desirable qualities. There is
man in Battle Creek who, it is said,
has created Il market for corncobs,
and you people pay more for your
postum cereal than you do for coffee.
~ mixture of corncobs and syrup is
made valuable by virtue of adrertis-
ing. An advertisement should always
show the individuality of the mer-
chant who puts it out. Avoid clever
ness. An advertisement which at
tracts attention to the way it is pre-
sented instead of the article advertised
it not fulfilling its purposes. Avoid
appeal to prejudces. Don't lug in
outside matter. The secret of the
success OF the SpotlesS Town advertis-
Ing is that it never loses sight of the
idea Of cleanliness.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-04-15
Located at Inst.

Cleveland, Ohio, is still addicted to
the Hell habit. a minister in that
city recently declared from his pulpit
that there is no He'll AS soon as he
had made his announcement about
Hell, the congregation gathered up
the hymnbooks and began to pclt the
reverend gentleman in the most un-
heavenly manner. We are not told
what effect this unusual argument
had upon him, but if he had any
doubts as to the existence Of Hell be-
fore, the action Of his congregation
ought to have dissipated them per-
manently Hell seems to be very
dear to the hearts OF the people Of
Cleveland. 1t may even be that
Cleveland is Hell.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-04-15
Can't Pay More Rent.

General and concerted demands of
landlords on the lower East Side of
New York for more rent will send
thousands of people homeless into the
streets within week. Unable to
meet the demand for increased rents
the tenants, who are the poorest of
the poor, told the landlords that they
are unable to keep the miserable
novels they call home. Notices of an
increase Of nearly thirty per cent
have been served. Several families
have already bean evicted and hun
dred other eviction notices have been
secured from the municipal courts
and are ready for service.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-04-15
THE SUMMER SCHOOL.
active rreparatlons, are being n1ade
for It's Opening.

for Its Opening,
State Superintendent of Education
Mar tin is busy just now in preparing
for the state summer school, which
convenes in Rock Hill on June 29tb.
The following letter was sent out
Tuesday:
To Superintend dents and Teachers:
We are preparing for a much larger
yeal. TO start with, the legislature
made special appropriation for this
purpose and we are organizing an
unusually strong faculty. We are
preparing courses in the following SUBJ
jects: Educational psychology and
child study, history and civics, city
and country school problems, nature
study and bird life, geography and
geography making, grammar, litera-
ture and library work, sight singing,
domestic science, drawing, arithmetic,
algebra and geometry, manual train
ing, nature study and botany, express
sion, kindergarten work, primary and
intermediate methods, lectures on
other school subjects of general inter
est.
More than three foufths of the in
structors have already accepted and
just as soon as all the acceptance
are received the names Of the faculty
will be announced. 1t is necessary
only to say that the faculty will be an
unusually strong one, and, in addi-
tiol, there will be series of instruc-
tive and entertaining lectures which
will be delivered to the whole school.
Winthrop college offers most excel
lent advantages for a summer school.
A low rate for board will be secured
and President Johnson and bis staff
will do everything possible for the
comfort and convenience of those in
attendance.
The State Teachers association will
hold its annual meeting at Winthrop
during the Summer school. The dates
and program will soon be announced
by President Elmunds of Sumter.
l have applied for low rates on the
railroads and think we shall get rate
Of one fare for the round trip. / hope
you will extend this notice and use
your influence to secure a large at
tendance at the State Summer school
and also ct the State Teachers usso-
citation, as both of these meetings
contribute largely to the advance
ment Of the educational interests of
the State.
Sincerely yours,
0. b. Martin,
State superintendent Education.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-04-15
a Warming to All.

The Cotton Plant says the almanac
makers ought to insert this warming
the first OF April: Look out for the
oily tOngued agent about this time. ("
Never sign any sort of paper present
ed hy these sharp fellows. Do not
even write your name on the blank
page OF memorandum. Out West
one of these fellows went around
amongst the farmers oStensibly in
trouducing some. machine that the
farmers were interested in. He was
not taking orders, but finding out
probable purchasers so as to have cir
culars sent by the house. For some
reason or other he could not write
and he asked the farmer to write his
name and address. He managed so
the name would be on the lower right
hand corner Of a blank page in his
memorandum, which page was about
the size and shape Of Il note. After
getting few of these signatures he
filled out bankable notes above the
signature, and then cashed them.
Look out fOI the agents for lightning
rods, patent churns, farming impe-
mcnts cooking stoves and deal very
cautiously with them. Always buy
such things from trustworthy mer-
chants and manufacturers and you
will not be cheated
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-04-15
No Bolter Wanted.

Because he voted for Mckinley in
1896 James r. Gordon, a leading bust
ness man of Richmond, Va, h$s been
compelled by party pressure tS with
draw from the race for othAy1r..= Mr. 6r.
Gordon announced hincself as candi-
date in response to th# request of the
clty's business interestSs. His oppon.
ent ascertained' that hen had declined
TO support Bryan and haN WARMLY in
dorsed Mckinley. This iSAroused such
a storm among the "rAgular'' people
that Mr.. Gordon is oup in letter an
nouncing his withdrawal and express
ing pleasure at bei2g relieved from
what he only undertook as AZ Spatriotic
duty. 49,
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-04-15
The Jews Crucinci.

Additional private advices from
Lompalanka, Bulgaria, where the
anti Semitic riots were reported Wed
neSday, state that the mob inflicted
injuries on the victims resembling
those inflicted on Christ. They CASH
ed the sides Of the Jews, drove nails
in their hands and feet and placed
crowns Of thorns on their heads. The
authorities took energetic measures
to crush the outbreak. The Bulgar-
ian government suppressed the news
and Is trying to prevent antagonizing
the Jewish financiers who frequently
handle Bulgarian loans
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-04-15
Who Are They?

Senator Burton, of Kansas, who
was convicted of accepting compensa-
tion to further the interests Of a
fraudulent concern before the post
office department in his admissions
made statements which must have
brought CONSERVATION among the
other senatorial grafters, but TO their
intense relief he did not mention any
names. lie said many of his SEN
atorlal brethren mad, large sums of
money "practicing before the depart
ments," some Of them making as
much as $1,000 a year We agree
with the Columbia Record that it is a
pity that the senator did not go more
into detail and tell the country who
these men are. What the people want
is to get those "hig up" in this graft
ing business al the national capital.
A small beginning has been made,
and for the good Of the country there
should be no stopping until all the
rascals are cleaned out
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-04-15
Overcome BylGae.

Oscar Severson, Edward Hammond
and Jacob Hammond, young men in
their twentieS, were all found dead in
bed Wednesday moriiing at their
home, No. sos Richmond street.
They were OvercOmewith gas.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-04-15
"A Good Law.

The legislature Of New Jersey has
done we'll in passing bill making it
crime to sell cigarettes to child
under fourteen years Of age. Though
1t may be impossible to strictly en-
force the law, as has usually been the
case with such statutes elsewhere, 1t
will doub less do some good in the way
OF stopping the abominable habit of
children smoking cigarettes.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-04-15

TwENTY-four persons, ine]udinp
some of the mos1 prominent citlzsnS,.
IN charleston we've arrested on Friday
night Tor riding on the pavementss
without lighY and they were all
taken to the ,Euarl house in the
Black Maria" -scme Of them
testing strenuojlsly against the inls
dignity. Smal9 fines were imposed.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-04-15
GIVES HIS PROOFS.
hon. 7. 3. Watson Makes Reply tt
Hon. Grover Cleveland.
MAKES oUTA VERY CLEAR CASE.
Gays he Made His Charges on
Statements Made I'm Book
Written by Fred Douglass
Nine Years Ago.
Nine Years Ago

s "a
Representative Bartlett, of Georgia,
has received the following letter from
Grover Cleveland, blstering Thomas
e. Watson for his charges concerning
Cleveland's attitude on the negro ques-
tion:
PRINCETON, March 4, 1904.
To Hon. Ohas. l.. BARTLETT, Washing
ton, D. Q.
My Dear Mr.. BARTLETT have re-
ceived q number of inquiries similar
to yours touching my invitation of
Fred Douglas to wedding reception
and signing, while governor of New
York, of bill providing for mixed
schools. 1 do not suppose that Mr..
Thomas e. Watson believed, or had
any reason to believe, either of the
allegations when he made them. At
any rate, they are both utterly and
absolutely false. cannot afford to
devote great deal of time to deny
Ing such foolish tales. / shall, there
fore, attempt to cover every phase Of
the subject now for ALL 1t so hap
pens that have never in my Official
positions, either when sleeping or
waking, alive or dead, on my head or
on my heels, dined, lunched or suppp q
or invited to wedding reception any
colored man, woman or chita. II,
however, l had desired to- 40 any OF
these things, neither tie rear or MIR.
Watson or any one as wonla nave
prevented me. Wv men was governor
Of New York d movement was made
in the Legislature to abolish scperate
colored Schools in New York city. l
opposed this measure and it failed. ]
do not find that interposed veto
and have forgotten the course the
matter took, but l know that what
ever I did was In favor Of maintain
ing separate colored schools instead of
having them mixed.
Yours very truly,
(signeO GROVER CLEVELAND.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-04-15

COUNTY Treasurer Spigener of
Richland county has issued s, 900 exc
cutions against delinquents for poll
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-04-15

IT will be easier to nominate Judge
Parker than to elect him.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1904-04-01
A wonderful Discovery.

Broadland. s. OAK, March 28.-
Quite sensation has been created here
by the publication of the story of G..
W. Gray, who after special treatment
for three months was PROSTATE and
helpless and given up to die with
Bright's Disease. Bright's Disease has
always been considered incurable, but
evidently from the story told by Mr..
Gray, there is remedy which will
cure it even in the most advanced
stages. This is what he says:
81 was helpless as little babe.
My wife and searched everything and
read everything we could find about
Bright's Disease, hoping that / would
be able to find a remedy. After many
failures my wife insisted that should
try Dodd's Kidney Pills. / praise God
for the day when decided to do go for
this remedy met every phase of my case
and in short time was able to get
out of bed and after few weeks treat
ment / was strong, we'll man. Dodd's
Kidney Pills saved my life."
A remedy that will cure Bright's Dis
ease will cure any lesser Kidney Dis
ease. Dodd's Kidney Pills are certain
ly the most wonderful discovery which
modern medical research has given tc
the world.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1904-04-01


Under date Of January 10, 1897, DR..
Hartman received the following letter
My wife had been suffering from a
complication Of diseases for the past rs
years.
"Her case had bafled the skill Of
some of the most noted physicians.
One of her worst troubles was chronic
constipation of several years. standing.
She also was passing through that
most critical period in the life of a
woman--change of life. In June,
1895, I wrote to you about her case.
You advised course of Peruna and
Manalin, which we at once commenced,
and.. have to say it completely cured
her. She firmly believes that she
would have been dead only for these
wonderful remedies.
About the same time I wrote you
about my own case of catarrh, which
had been Of % years standing. AT
times l was almost past going. I COM
menced to use Peruna according to your
intructions and continued its use fol
about year, and it has completely
cured me.
''Your remedies do all that you
claim for them, and even more. Ca
tarrh cannot exist where Peruna is
taken according to directions. Sue
cess to you and your remedies"
John o. Atkinson.