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The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-10-13
WORDS OF WARNING
The President Of a New York Bank
Talks cut
The History of the Roman Republic
May Bo Repeated Unless Graft
ors Are Checked.

ors Are Checked.
Dishonesty In high places In the
state, the Judiciary and great 1nan.
oial institutions and.corporatloGs and
palliation Of suoh by tho masses grave.
ly threaten the future Of the country,
according TO views expressed Thurs
day by r. Edward Simmons, presidents
Of the Fourth National bank Of Now
York, in an address before the Mary
land Bankers Association at Annop.
oils, Md. He pointed to the lessons
taught by the fall Of tho ancient Ro
man republic, tho reign Of terror In
France and the disasters whicn befell
Russian arms in the recent conl5 In
the far east, all Of which, he said,
were due to palliated dishonesty. II
hear voices from the east and voices
from the west" said he, IN boding
voiosS, from the pulpit and the divine,
voices from the college aud the educs.
tor, voices from the bench and the
bar, voices from tho press and its sag.
es, the voice Of the president him
self, denouncing In ringing tones and
deploring the universal spread OF
Belfshness In its meanest and most re.
pulsive form-the form of dishonesty
They bewall n universal carnival OF
dishonesty. Alas, these voices are not
unconfirmed."
He deplcred the conditions which
have led men to tolerate the terms
graft" and "grafters" and said he
feared the very use Of the words was
an indication Of mems tolerance Of a
thief and his trade. He called upon
the members Of the association to give
their assistance In remedying a cOndi
tton which makes 1t possible for men
who pose as the salt Of the earGh and
who condemn, Without reserve, those
who steal fifty dollars or forge a check
for q hundred dollars, or accept q
brlbe, to themselves make millions by
lying, by misrepresentation, by FRAUD
and by bribery, without receiving
punishment or even criticism, while
the man who steals the paltry sum Is
sent to Ill. He denounced the man
Of stainless private life, who, lin the
interest Of corporations. Of the trust,
OF the gas company, Of the railroad
company, Of the Insurance. company,
nave ecou 50 to every v~illiany damned
In The decalCguI; who docs the deed
Of a highwayman with air OF a saint"
Mr.. Simmons said that the work
ings and dangers Of great corporations
and multi millionaire enterprise have
not been and sre not as fully under
stood as their advantages. He beliey
ed that their dirk side should be In.
vestigated and set out as lUc.dly and
forcibly as their bright side. He re-
ferred to the growth Of the Socialist
movement, as shown by the last pres.
tdential elections, as due largely to
the fact, he said, that the masses see
great fortunes accu INFLATED by dis.
honest mean and when 80 accumu'a-
ted. combined to some other indiv.du.
al enterprise. He believed, however,
that the itultion was not witht Ut
hope, as the very fact tina the cut
try has awakened to the conditions,
and that fearless and able men are or
ganizing and leading a campaign
against dishonesty w grounds fol-
hope that a far.reaching remedial pro
cess has already begun.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-10-13
.Outraeeous Corruption.n

Referring to Fife insurance abus.
oy' the St. Louis Globe. d omocrat, a
republican paper, says:
Every dollar Of life insurance profits
improperly turned into the pockets Of
individuals, or secretly placed to In
huence selfish legislation, is o species
of outrageous corruption, a robbery Of
the many for the rapaCious few. The
time to apply the remedy Ia at the
moment Of detection, and no one has
a right to complain IL the sure Is stern
In Its nature.
That being true, says the Common,
er, what will the Globe. Democrat say
with respect to the suggestion that
the republican national committee
put it backp" The insurance inquiry
disclosed that one insurance company
has contributed $3.50, 600 to the repub.
lican national campaign fund during
the last three presidential campaigns.
This money belonged to the policy.
holders, and was contributed without
their consent. According to the Globe
Democrat, these contributions to the
republican campaign fund amount tc
"a species Of outrageous corruption, a
robbery Of the many for the rapacious
few" or course, putting 1T back
would be a cure stern In its nature"
but, In the language OF the Globe.
Democrat the tine to apply the
remedy Is at the moment of detection
One remedy Is to provide publicity for
all contributions to political funds,
and the prohibition Of such contribu.
lions By corporations. But lat the
moment Of detection the first remedy
Is put 1T b" ck."
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-10-13

The w ages or Sin Ie Death.

a tragic commentary on the newt.
able consequences Of sin was furnish
ed in the press OF last week when a
self confessed murderer OF thiity years
ago took his own life at San Francis.
GO, CAL, and left a note telling OF his
crime and Of the punishment and exc.
cution Of another man for the deed he
had committed. Thirty years ago this
human fiend had murdered o young
girl and escaped detection. He saw
another man condemned and executed
and himself went scot free. He went
west, married and determined to for.
get the past and live q decent life,
but the memory Of his crime haunted
him; the constant fear OF detection,
the ghostly thoughts Of two souls tent
into eternity by him tortured his
mind. Settlers from his old Ohio
home came to his new home, and for
fear OF detection he ran away to Death
Valley In California, there to live In
despair and isolation until his own
deed caused him to raise his hand
against nimself. This is as dramatic
a picture Of retribution and Of the In
exorable operation of the moral law OF
compensation as has ever been seen.
1t might form the basis OF o powerful
tragedylfor the stage or for fiction. 1t
represents the stern DEGREES Of fate
that pursue the man who sins. There Is
no eBcape from 1t, no avenue of relief;
nothing left but con fesaion and 9 free
conscience, nothing to do but to stand
before ones fellow.man, self. confess.
ed and In o true light, or commit sui
eide, and suicide said Webster,
is confession" Why, linen, asks the
Denver News, does not all Of civilia.
ed mankind recognize thia relentless
decree OF fate and escape the misery
and yemorse OF an ignominious life
and death by resisting sinP The cues.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-10-13
a BIG SYNDICATE.
President Jordan and Secrets
Chcatham Now in Now York.

SSoAo - y
Chcatham Now il Now York.
Harv'e Jordan, and Richard Cheat
ham, secretary Of the Southern Cotton
Association, arrived in New York on
Saturday and have since that tim ?
been In close consultation with the ca.
pitalists who are Interested in the l..
600, 900 bale purchasing syndicate pro,
Ject. John Martin, agent Of the Farm
ers' Union, il also In New York, and
IS interested In the same matter.
Although the plan was not formally
presented at the Asheville meeting
Mr.. Jordan has been In constant com
~aunication wiGh those Interested since
that time. He would have been in New
York before Lad 1t not been that his
many duties detained him In the
South.
The project seems to meet with the
hearty approval Of all those who are
Interested in a higher price to the cot.
ton producers for his staple, and it is
said that the New York capitalists
Who are interested Ia tue mater have
their money ready an, are willing to
1T once put up $1,000, 900 If it is de
'ircd to bind themselves to carry out
their part Of the project.
Me-. Jordan il very copfdent that
the farmers will hold for ii cents any.
way, but thinks that this purchase
syndicate would insure an 11.cent
minimum price,
The plan, as has been explained be-.
fore, Is an agreement bet Ween a syn.
dictate and the Southern Cotton Asso
citation and the Farmers Union, by
which the syndicate agrees to buy l..
OOO, 600 bales Of cotton at minirum
price of II cents a pound. The associa.
zion will obtain the cotton from it,
members, each mar selling only a part
Of his crop to the syndicate, and hold
Ing the rest for the minimum price.
The project, which is a most elabo.
rate one in its details, and which
would make the syndicate the biggest
and most powerful spot cotton factor
in the world, has been submitted to
some Of the leading tinanciers and
bankers OF New York and approved
by them. 1t is expected that an i'm
portant announcement will be made
Ia the matter In a few days.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-10-13
Got on Itght,

The president Of one insurance
company borrows 800, 600 from Mr..
McCalPS company at the interest rate
Of l | 3 per cent. per annum; then
Mr.. Mccall borrows $75, 900 from the
other Presidents company, at the
same rate. OF course, both compan.
les lost money, but why complain
The Columbia State says the policy
holdrrs should commend these gentle.
men for their moderation; they might
have taken the money and made the
companies pay them the interest.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-10-13
waa IL Rata?

Strange noises being heard from be.
hind a picture In s.. Anthony's church
In the village OF S%curcolla, province OF
Aquilla, Italy, the parish priest re.
moved the panel and discovered a
beautiful fresco, representing ST.
Francis OF Assist, evidently the work
Of IN Old master. Most Of his flock
CRY 'Miracls!" a few skeptios.
"Ratsl"
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-10-13
TO RAISE PRICE OF COTTON.
Bull Pool Has Millions for tho Pur-
u SO Says Hayno.

p SO Says Hayno.
A dispatch from New Orleans a 8
that Frank b. Hayne, the noted cot.
ton bull operator returning to New
Orleans after a three months absence
on the floor Of the New York cotton
exchange, declared that the bull pool
now operating to raise the price OF
cotton Is the richest pool ever organ
ized In America, and Is amply able TO
DO what 1t has set out to accomplish.
haynes statements regarding the
pool have broken the mystery sur.
rounding the new aggregation which
experts to put cotton on the top notch.
heretofore the Rreatest secrecy has
been maintained regarding every do,
tall of the pools personnel ard move
ments and oven Mr.. Hayhe was not
ready to give the whole matter to the
public.
lie stated, however, that the pool
was not composed OF southern men,
although many New Orleans mon, he
declared. are very hullish on cotton.
Mr.. liayne would not admit nor dcny
1na6 ne was IN the pool himself, but
stated that bis ideas were In line with
bhe IDEAS or those In the deal, which
was that cotton Is cheap at the pres
ent price, and that during no month
OF the coming year will the etanle
sell for less than 10 cents.
Iiayne estimates the crop at TO-.
800, 600 bales. The demand, he saws
Will be enormous. Hayne is very sue.
cessful cotton man, having made mil.
Hons OF dollars !n Gory short toiimo
by his deals In cotton. What he saws
on the subject OF cotton has great
weight In New Orleans, where no is
well known. He thinks cotton cheap
at ten cents.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-10-13
Average Condition OF cotton.

The crop estimating board Of the
bureau Of statistics OF the depart
ment OF agriculture in its bulletin is
sued Tuesday, reports that the aver
age condition Of condition OF cotton
on September 25 was II Q, as com
pared with 72.l on August 25, 1905,
70 . on September Is, 1904. 65. on
September rs, 1903, and q ten year
average OF 66.l The following table
shows the condition Of the cotton
crop by States on September 25, with
the ten. year ayerapps.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-10-13
hSE5
Sept. 25. Ten. Year
Killed I'm a Wreck.

In a collision between a Louisville
and Nashville light engine and q
Southern railway freight near Boyles,
Ala, Thursday, II. &c. Abercrombie,
OF Villa Rioa, Ca, extra fireman on
the Southern, was killed and M. Ful.
CHAM, engineer, Brakeman Davis and
Flreinan Glass OF the Southern and
Engineer Jones and Conductor Stew
art Of the Loulsville and Nashville
were injured.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-10-13
Voteu n

An election was held In York coun.
ty tuesday on the question OF remov
Ing the ~disponsary at Yorkvllle, the
only n In the county. Eight hun
dred and thirty seven votes we're Doll.
ed. 7O6 being against the %dlspensary,
and l3l In favor Of Its retention.
YorkVille Is the homo Of Senator
Brice, author of the law under which
dispensaries are being voted out LOT
the various counties In the state.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-10-13
Moro Graft.

The investigating en- nittee In
Greenville county, Of which Avery
Patton is chairman, continue to find
things. They have found where a
magistrate was paid Is months salary
In 1908 and 10 months salary In 1904
They have also found the county
charged with $40 for mules bought
from a certain dealer who says he did
not sell the mules 10 the county.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-10-13
Tho Improved Feminine rhysious

Iho improved Feminine PhysiQue.
Mrs. Stannard declares that the mod
orn woman Is not athletic, but that
tho tall, finely developed young erea-
ture OF the day owes her appearance
to the fact that she L no longer scourg.
ed by tuberculosis and that Rhe has
been brought up more by her mother
and more in the dining room instead
Of by persons Of lower class In rooms
at the top Of the house.-London Post.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-10-13

tioa has neve been fully answered.
1t is as old as Pharaoh and yet as
young as the deeds Of today. 1t is
as Old as human nature, and the final
aoSwer will never be given until men
are made over again into a new life.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-10-13
Found Dead.

a negress, Rachael Burkett, was
found dead near her home at John
ston. Coroner's inquest rendered 3
verdict that death resulted from o
broken neck, caused by unknown per.
sons.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-10-13
GotoT Ldobt-

Columbus w. Walker was convict
ed at Covlngten. Ga. on Monday Of
wife.muraer and, the jury having re-
commended him to mercy, was sen.
fenced to the penitentiary for life.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-10-13
HunG Him.

Peter Smith, All old negro. was
hanged at Marshall, N. O., on Mon.
day for %assaulting a young white girl.
The execution was witnese,pd by 1000
people. Smith proteste>d his limo
to the last. ire
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-10-13
se.voa Hin MuLgi

a young maj nan' te)owell has
oeah afTosScd cy cd Skates
auonorloles ON ;the sending
gu n"nn postal S9F 93ough the
ni@is w young lrbanburg.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-10-13

CALIFORNIA paper 1sys bad water
sliis " many people as had whiskoy
goes. That may ba SO, but then vso
oon't nave to pay for the water.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-10-12
g EDITORIAL COMMENT.

Trenton Times: F.
Secretary of State Dickinson has as
signed eighteen of the new voting
machines to Hudson county, and
twelve of them are to be sent into
Jersey CITY precincts. That ought to
insure against the cutting of the
county" candidates by the Record-Fa-
gan faction, if it be true that voting
machines discourage what under the
old system was known as .''vest -pock-
ct voting"
Plainfeld Courier News:
The New York Times. which is in
dependent with a democratic bias,
thinks that President Roosevelt when
he ..assests that he will not accept
ianothSg Nomination for that office is
"deci4ning the undeclinable. II
says it does not rest with him to d
eide &bether he will run again or
not. Mhie Times evidently thinks that
matters may SO turn out that the
Xmeffoan people by a large majority
will call upon President Roosevelt tc
serve them for another term with
such urgency that he cannot refuse,
and holds that in such a case ''the
promise he made in circumstances en-
tirely different would become of nc
force of weight
Elizabeth Times:
The leaders had their way; there's
no question about that. They man
aged the thing with wonderful pre-
cision, but Railway was there to "ie
liver the goods when the crucia.
moment came. And Railway played
her part to perfection. 1t looked very
much like a free-for-all convention,
but it wasn't. Those on the inside
could tell Volumes, but they won't
So there you are.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-10-12
CALENDAR OF LOCAL EVENTS.

Oct. 13-Chicken Supper, Ladies' Aid
Society First Baptist church.
Oct. ~13-14-Fair, Danish Ladies Social
A. c., L. o. G. 7. hall.
Oct. 16-17--"Alice in Wonderland,
auspices Ladies' Hospital
Auxiliary, benefit city hos
pital.
s.Entertainment Star of Grace
hodge, Shepherds of Bethle-
hem, Wilder Music hall.
October 19AChicken and waffle supper
Ladies Aid Society of Grace
Lutheran church.
Oct. 23-Teachers' course, Rogers
Grilley, high school.
Oct. 20-Ball and reception Cheese
brough Vaseline Works en-
ployes, Wilder Music hall.
Oct. 24-Ball. Raritan Social Club,
Wilder hall.
Oct. 26-Concert, Dominant Society,
Wilder hall.
Oct. 26-Marine supper, Simpson M.
e. church.
Oct. 28-Smoker, Corliss Association
Stationary Engineers, Co
lumbia Hall.
Oct. 28-Cake sale Grace Lutheran
church.
Oct. 3l-Private Halloween socia.
and dance, Braga hall.
Nov. 6-Second annual ball, Local
No. 807, Bartenders' Inter
national League, Wilder hall.
Nov. 8, 8 10-Carnival of nations OF
Ladies Society of the Pres
byterian church.
Nov. 9-Ball, Court Martha Wash
ington, Independent Order of
F~oresters, Wilder hall.
Nov. 14-Ball and reception Of the
Kamers, Wilder hall.
Nov. 16--Masquerade ball, Halcyon
Castle, K. G. L.
Nov. 17-Teachers' course, Lyric
Male Quartet.
Nov. 1S-Ball. Pc Ambo Haymakers
Association, Washington
hall.
Nov. 20-Howe Moving Pictures, aus
pices Crazy English Luther
an church, Wilder hall.
NoV. 23-Minstrel show of Raritan
Yacht Club in Wilder hall
Nov. 27-Teachers' course, E. B. Nc
Dowell.
Nov. 29-Court Amboy, F. of A., bal
and reception, Washington
+ hall.
Nov. 30-Entertainment j o |
League, Grace English
Lutheran church.
Nov. 30-"'Thirteen'' concert by Ep
worth League, Simpson M,
L. church.
Dec. 5-Dance of Young Ladies' Soc
ial Circle.
Dec. 26-Ball and Xmas tree. Danisi
Brotherhood, Washington
hall.
Nov. 27-Teachers' course, Lyric Male
Quartet.
Dec. 5-6-7-Fair, Ladies Auxiliary
Simpson M. e. church.
Dec. 1l-Teachers' course, Franz
Dixon.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-10-12
SIDE LIGHTS.


Chicago has q very crude notion OF
dealing with criminals if its best solu-
ton Is a ten-story police station,
as it is not a Frenchman who has
hallenged Castro to q duel, he had
better watch out. $500
Il If Pat Grove isglaekinga for sym
pathy he should have kept mum on
that failure to ikidnap Rockefeller.
''David Harum," the novel written
by the late Edward Noyes~ Westcott,
netted the authors estate about $685.
900, according to a statement made in
the surrogate's court, Syracuse, N. Y.
Count Franz Won Erbach, of Berlin
who married a young washerwoman
of extreme beauty in England, has re-
turned to the fatherland. He is heir
to vast estates anG will be head of the
house when the present head dies.
But on returning with his plebeian
countess he learned that the house,
law of the Erbachs did not recognize
his marriage, as he failed to obtain
the consent of the heads of the col
lateral branches. A meeting OF the
family was called, at which he was
deposed and is possessed. His love for
the washerwoman caused him to lose
an income of.Sl25, 900 a year; his al
lowance in future is to be $50 a
month, and he has expressed his in
t%ention of studying for the bar.
Constantin Schususs, a young Rus
sian, supposed to be Count Constantin
IS~tranzinski, is studying railroading
in this country. He is not taking a
course in any college or technical
school, but is at work on the New
York Central Railroad. learning the
business from the bottom up.
Mrs. Grace Shaw Kennedy stands
at the head of the Chicago women of
wealth. According to the tax assess
ors she is the owner of more Chicago
bank stock than any other woman in
that city. She pays taxes on S552, 900
worth OF these securities, and in addi-
ton is put down for 81, 000, 900 worth
of other personal property. MIS-.
Kennedy possesses more diamonds
than any Chicago except Mrs.
Potter Palmer. Her horses and car
riages and costly paintings, vases,
tapestry, china, furniture, gowns and
iewelry which the assessor discovered
at her home dazzled him, and he de-
clared on his return to the Office OF
the assessing board that $1,000, 900
was a low estimate for the value OF
this magnificence.
Once more the East Orange burg
lars must have mislaid their maps,
for after robbing only two houses
Sunday night they strayed over the
line into Orange, where they only
got two cigars. They have always
found their own bailiwick more pro-
fitable.
The more we learn of the business
the more we are surprised that the
Postofice Department hasn't issued
a fraud order against some OF those
ge~t-rich-quick ina Ance fellows.
Now. if the diRzkrats don't carry
Massachusetts, hal Miles can
ten Them whM
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-10-12
NEW YORK HERALD WEATHER
FORECAST.

In the Middle States and New
England today fair and partly cloudy
weather will prevail, preceded by
rain in the latter, with decidedly
lower temperature and brisk to
winds. On Friday clear weather
will prevail, with continued low
temperature and fresh northwest to
westerly winds, preceded and follow
ed by frosts in the northern districts,
and on Saturday fair weather, with
slight temperature changes.
European steamers now sailing
will have mostly fair weather and
moderate northwest-westerly breezes
to the banks.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-10-12

The school board has a problem on
it's hands in trying to break up the
practice of truancy. 1t is made all
the more difficult by the lack of suf-
ficient school room to accommodate
every child of school age. If there
could only be a wedding out of the
children and those who really want
to learn be given seats and the indif-
ferent ones turned away, If any must
be so treated, it would be some sat
isfaction.