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The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-02-17
Sold Stamps AT Hair PRICE

Postoffice Inspector e. J.. Pulister
had arrested in Spartanburg Wednes-
day afternoon young white man, who
appears to be tramp. This man,
who gives several names as his proper
cognomen, was selling csnt postage
stamps In lots OF 75 or 100 at half
price. i!s is in the station house and
bis case Will be Investigated in United
States Commissioner McGowan's court
next Monday. He states that his
home was In Augusta, Ca, and that
his name is Harry e.. Swain,
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-02-17
Found Dead.

a dispatch from Spartanburg says
the body OF an unknown negro was
found near the side OF the track which
leads of from Wexford to Tucapau
cotton Mills Wednesday morning. 1t
is believed that the negro froze to
death during the night. He was s. eo
about Wellford and was drinking
freely. He evidently started for his
home and being overcome from drink
fell down in the sleet and froze to
death.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-02-17
KiIicu hY arrnin.

Miss Magnolia Waters, a young
lady Of Westminster was run over
and killed by the fast mail Monday.
The deplorable accident happened at
Harbins, about four miles south Of
that place. Miss Waters was 81
years old and was sffl cted with deaf
ness, which probably accounts for
her not having heard the approaching
train
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-02-17
JuInped TO Upnrll

II. Q. Swift, rs years old, who
came to Savannah from Stockton,
Ga, eight months ago, jumped from
n window Of bis home there Wednes.
day night and died Thursday. He
had been suffering from glip for sew
eral years. Mr.. Swift was a resident
OF New York, but came south seeking
Il warmer climate.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-02-17
pleaded Guilty

In the court at Towanda, Pa, Wed.
nesday Blgler Johnson pleaded guilty
to the charge that he murdered his
wife, Maggie B. Johnson and her
niece, Annie Benjamin, ten years old,
on September l8 last, and afterward
burned thelr bodies. He Is 28 years
old and his wife was 40.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-02-17

Which shows q balance IN banks of
S570.40 over amount the books and
vouchers OF secretary OF state show.
Under the present law charters are
granted on payment OF one mill on
the dollar Up to 500, 900, and in a
great many instances the state re.
ceives only fifty cents, and in some
instances as low as five cents, and 1t
costs the state as much to grant one
Of these small charters AS it does one
capitalized at S 900, 600, where the
fee is 500. Therefore, we recommend
that the law be changed by the secre-
tary OF state.
There are about eighteen or TWEEN.
ty books containing the records OF
corporations damaged by fire In this
Gfiica, and while not destroyed, the
bindings and edges have been de-
stroyed and it il almost absolutely
necessary that these books be tran.
scribed. Therefore, we recommend
that these records be put In better
shape and condition for proper hand.
ling and preservation, and that a
small appropriation be made to carry
this into effect.
Respectfully submitted,
On part OF the senate.
II. B. BUTLER.
On part Of house Of representatives.
j. q RICHARDS JK.
II. Ii. RAINsFoRD.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-02-17
Cut Acreage and Hold Crop.

At meeting of the Greenville
County Cotton Growers association
held Monday the farmers present
pledged themselves to decrease acre.
age 20 per cent, buy less fertilizer
and to hold cotton on hand until paid
10 cents q pound.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-02-17

visit Washington on February goth,
to take up the special work called for
by the resolution looking toward the
enlargement OF foreign markets for
cotton products.
/ trust 1t will be convenient for you
to see the 'eommittee, and that they
may have your cooperation in this
movement.
Hoping to have from you a favor
able reply, I haze the honor to be,
Obediently yours,
ERlsTER AsHCRAFT.
Secretary Special Committee on For.
eign Trade, Cotton Growers Con-
vention.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-02-17
Charged with Boine Fugitive.

Charles E. Taylor, being partner of
Mrs Alice Webb; Duke. has been ar
rested at his office at Chicago charg-
ed with being fugitive from justice.
He Is alleged to have been Implicated
In swindle at Nacogdoches, Texas,
involving $4,000.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-02-17
Assigned 10 south Caroiina

Postonice Inspector Gregory has
been assigned to duty in the lower
part OF South Carolina, succeeding In
spector Marie, who has been called to
Washington for Bervlce at that piaoo
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-02-17
florence, Ala, Feb. O. 1908.

'VE0HOOi hfh'i UVU. VI I6UO.
Hon. Victor III. Metcalf, Secretary OF
commerce and Labor, Washing.
ton, D. G.
Dear Sir: Pursuant to resolu.
tion adopted by the cotton growers
convention In New Orleans, January
10Th, special committee, OF which
ex-senator Jno. Lowndes McLaurin
OF South Carolina ia chairman, will
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-02-17
ter the expiration OF the several quar-

! Cer 1ue expiration OF the several quar-.
ters.
Your c,mmitte begs to report that,
as the report Of receipts and disburse.
ments will show, hereto appended,
the secretary Of state has deposited
In bank several hundred dollars In ex.
cess OF amounts shown by his books
or evidenced by proper vouchers in
NIB ohce, as having been collected for
!ees. In this amount, no doubt, is
included some Of these excess collsc-
tions, sent by mistake by different
parties throughout the state and
which do not belong to the state, but
should be refunded to the proper par
Ties when the charters were issued.
We found by mere chance that one
item OF Sl20 SO for charter OF the
Union Ware House company OF Co.
lumbia, chartered on the 18th day of
January, 1902, during Mr.. Cooper's
administration, was presented for pay
ment In June, 1904, and has not yet
been turned over to the state treasur-
er, being, we are informed, now in the
office Of secretary of state. There may
be other items of Mr.. Gantt's pre-.
decessor still outstanding, but, as we
stated, we did not go back that far.
a letter was then sent by Mr.. D.
ID. Means to Chairman Butler OF the
committee stating that although the
cash book OF his Cfflce had been lest,
he was really to check up all of the
accounts except the receipt book. A
letter was accordingly sent Secretary
CAN'T asking for these books, but a
reply was received stating that the
fire which Quilted the room made i'm.
possible for them to be found as yet,
but that SO far as he knew Mr.. Mean 8
accounts were always accurate. The
committee then concluded as follows:
In justice to MIR. CAN'T, we beg to
state he informed us the reason his
books were in bad condition was due
to the fact that his time was occupied
securing valuable and necessary In.
formation for Senator Tillman to aid
MIN IN collecting certain funds from
the national government, and we are
sati6ed he did good work.
The books and accounts since Mr..
r. NJ. McCown has been acting as
chief clerk have been kept In much
better condition, and since our thor
ough examination In June II is very
easy matter to keep track of the funds
and vouchers.
Too much care In keeolng the books
IN this office cannot oe spared, for, as
will be seen by the folio wing state
ment OF receipts and disbursements
during the years of 1903 and 1904, q
large amount Of money goes through
this Office:
Amount received from pre-
decesSor :. .S 2,67O 80
Deposited In banks. ...... 3l,430 80
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Home Instinct in Cattle.

There are 5000 head Of cattle running
loose in the Pinal basin of Arizona and
they are owned by 20 men. Each animal
has q brand on his hip as broad as
ham, and crops, bits and underh1cks
galore in. his ears. Beyond these marks
of ownership he is as free as a deer.
and should he so elect, could wander
from the Mexican border to the Can
adam line without running up against
a barbed-wire fence. Yet such is the
simple nature Of cattle that they "use"
in the country where they are born and
only the utmost stress of wind and
weather will suffice to drive them away.
They are "home folks" and stick to their
barren canyons and water holes with
all the devotion of untutored rural man.
The calf runs with his mother and
learns her ways, which become his ways.
1t is upon this home instinct that the
practice of western cattle raising rests.
Sunset Magazine.
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Street Railways in Smyrna.

The first line of tramway in Smyrna
was lnaugurated in 1879 with about
three miles of track. 1t is known as
the Tramways des Quais, and is oper-
ated by French company, Of which
the president, secretary and general
is Anne Tissot. twenty-five
horse cars are in use on this line,
which has recently been extended five
miles. The only other line operating
in Smyrna is the Societe des Tram
ways, SmyrneGuez-Tepe. This line be-
gan to run horse cars in 1886, with two
miles of track; subsequent extensions
have given them nearly five miles, and
they require about 20 cars to accom-
modate their traffic. This is an Otto
man company, the president being NJ
Harentz, of Constantinople; treasurer
and secretary, Bedros Boloubeyan;
general manager, A. Harentz.
RUFUS W. LANE.
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SAVINGS BANK ACCOUNTS.
There Are About Seven Million in
the United States and
Increasing.

The number of depositors in the saw
ings banks of the United States has
doubled in the last II years. The total
amount of their deposits has increased
from 1926, 247,371 in 1887 to $780,
2O4,S45 during the year 1908. The OFF,
cial statistics for 1903 show 7,a05,228
individual depositors, says Success
Magazine.
About one-half of the amount depos-
tied represents the savings Ut tho
wage earning class. The figures here
given not only show an increasing
prosperity among those of small in
comes, but they also indicate an in
creasing frugality.
OF the total deposits of the entire
country not less than 1876 Per cent
are in the state of New York.
The part of this grand total of de-
posts which is credited to the wage
earning class does not represent all Of
the savings Of that group. The build
ing and loan associations, with total
assets of more than $500,000,0 900, are a
favorite form Of investment for many.
Then personal boarding, life insurance
and even modest investment in stocks
and bonds, are other means of accu-
mutation. Many wage earners in coun-
try towns and small cities own their
homes. All this shows that the wage
earners of the United States have a
large share in our national prosperity.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1905-03-23
AhooRA GOATS THRIVE.
Good Grazing Lands in New South
Wales Productive Of
Fine Stock.

From 1856 to 1875 about 800 Angoras
were imported from Asia Minor into
Victoria and South Australia, but sue
cess seems not to have attended the
efforts Of the pioneers. Some OF the
failures were due to the fact that An
goras were tried on unsuitable coun-
try, but probably the chief factor in
causing breeders to lose interest in
them was the profitableness of the Me-
rino sheep in those early days when
there was such an abundance OF rich
grazing land available in the two states
mentioned. Now the best of the graz
ing land is occupied and the situation
is reversed.
The common goat and the Angora
are as unlike as the wild sheep and the
Lincoln. The common goat will browse
and yield milk-beyond that it is worth
only its skin and is looked upon as a
pariah in the land of the stock raisers
Not so the Angoras; they are highly
bred animals and look as we'll on q
farm or station as any of the breeds
of sheep or CATTLE
The Angora goat and mohair indus
try in Turkey, South Africa and the
United States is a very considerable
and profitable one. Asia Minor is the
home of the Angora, and the rearing
of the animals there has been carried
on for an unknown number of genera
tons. In South Africa and in the
United States it is of comparatively
modern development. British manu-
facturers, finding the supply Of Turk
ish mohair insufficient for trade re.
quirements, secured the introduction OF
Angoras into South Africa, and now
the supply of mohair from that quar-.
ter is double the output of Asia Minor.
The recent rapid development Of the
Angora goat industry in the United
States has been brought about much as
the business might develop in Aus.
tralia, namely, by the stocking of bush
land with Angoras for the purpose OF
bringing the land into condition for
grazing or tilling. All Angora goat
breeders do not, however, run their
stock solely for preparing the land for
grazing. They run goats for mohair
precisely as Australian sheep herders
run their flocks for wool and mutton,
Once they enter into the business they
are 10th to give it up.
The flock masters Of Australia are
now beginning to take an interest in
the Angora, and mohair growing may
yet become an industry of considerable
importance there.
F.W. COOLING.
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All-Powerful.

IT," said the mysterious stranger,
yet not boastingly, "am more power
full than the law, the courts or the
will of the people. l am that which
Furnishes the innocent and lets the
guilty 60 unwhipped of Justice.
send upright men to Jail and rogues
to the legislature. overturn the will
Of the majority and cast out of Office
the honestly elected candidate
Are you some mighty captain?"
asked we, timorously.
"Oh, no." was the courteous reply
II am that of which you have often
heard, but probably have never seen,
namely"
This with an amiable grin:
"A Mere ."-Pittsburg
Post,
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Dignity Out Of Place.

A pompous Individual from the east.
says Texan newspaper, happened to
be travelling in western Texas and
stopping at hotel when trouble
started among some cowboys, who
prepared to conduct the argument
with revolvers. STRANGER said =
Texan to the pompous man, 1T would
be a good idea fur you to lay down
on the floor till this s!spute is settled"
1T does not comport with the dig
nifty of Boston gentleman of my pro-
fession," said the pompous gentleman.
ito wallow in the dirt "a the floor"
"You may be right, stranger" an
swered the Texan, as he prepared to
recline, "but my opinion ~ that you
had better lose yer dignity fur the
time bein' than to have the .,aylights
let into your system by AZ. De-
troit Free Press.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1905-03-23

God only knows" I responded, al.
though had made up my mind that
death awaited me.
Here, take my place!" he cried, ex-
citedly. You are q married man, and
T."
He had no time to finish. The rate at
which the bucket had been ascending
had lessened the distance to the top of
the shaft with frightful rapidity, and be-
fore could answer mo-" we were out in
the sunlight.
For moment saw the earth, the riv-
err the mountains. Never had they
looked more beautiful. l saw John and
Evan jump-and fall back into the black
pit. heard cry of horror from the men
who stood helpless at the mouth OF the
shaft Then the bucket struck the cross
timbers, careened, and threw me for
ward. My hands caught something. As
l gripped it knew that l was hanging
on the lower circle of the sheave-wheel.
Then as l heard the dull crash of the
bucket on the rocks twelve hundred feet
below me sickened, and everything
swan dizzily before my eyes. How did l
manage to hold my grip until help
reached me? do not know.
Some things can explain. learned
afterward the cause of the accident that
took the lives of my comrades, and l
found that it was by another accident
that my life was preserved.
At that time-20 years ago-we had
only single engine, geared to the hoist
ing-drum by pinion wheels. 1t was not
reversible engine. 1t had a large fly
wheel to carry the crank over the center.
and was, in general, like most of the old
fashioned hosting machinery used in
shaft sinking.
: They told me that hardly had the en-
gineer started the engine on this occas-
ion when he discovered that he could not
control it. The disk in the throttle
valve had loosened in some way. The
engine gained speed with each revolu-
ton, and could neither be stopped nor
checked. -
Rushing out of the engine room, no
gathered the men at the top of the shaft.
They saw the bucket shoot up, saw John
and Evan fall back, and saw me catch
the sheave-wheel and hang suspended
over the center of the shaft.
Grasping a rope, the head man hur-
ried up the ladder to the cross-timbers OF
the headhouse Making moose in the
rope, he lowered it under my feet and
drew it up round my body. Not a moment
too soon, for as the moose drew taut l
tainted dead away.
Most wonderful of all was the part the
sheavewheel played in securing my
safety. The wheel hung closely between
the two cross-timbers that supported it,
and was revolving rapidly. But when
the bucket struck, the rope was thrown
off the wheel, and falling between it and
the cross-timbers, gagged" and stopped
it.
Had the wheel continued to revolve, It
would have torn off my HANDS in an in
slant and flung me down to death with
my companions. Lives are risked as
we'll as lost every day in the anthracite
regions, but have never heard Of a mar
rover escape than mtne.-Youth's Com
| paniOn.
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MATRIMONIAL ELIGIBILITY.
Some of the Many Various Reasons
That Prompt Men to Pop
the Question.

The reasons which prompt men to
make offers of marriage to women are
as many and various as the number anal
New York Times. Not alone are the
natural graces and charms of femininlty
the foci of attraction for the average
man. Acquired accomplishments often
count for great deal, and it frequently
happens that women are eagerly desired
for qualifications, which, while strongly
appealing to those who desire them.
would not in the least appeal to others
occupying different point Of view.
These very general and not altogether
luminous reflections are suggested by a
news item which reaches us from north
ern New York of an avalanche of mar
rage offers which has overwhelmed two
estimable young women. the daughters
Of farmer at Schuyler. They are not
described as beautiful. So far as We are
advised, they are not distinguished for
accomplishments of the kind which
make for social prominence. Perhaps
they are not more amiable, more affec-
tionate, nor more practical in the gen.
eral duties of housewifery than Others
Their claim to distinction is that they
KILLED, cleaned. scalded and hung" two
300-pound hogs without masculine as
sistance.
Instantly an overpowering passion
took possession of the heart of every
eligible bachelor within what may be
called buggy radius. The rural delivery
carrier has had to provide himself with
4 wheelbarrow to transport the offers
of marriage which come by mail, and the
conoourse of vehicles which is strung
along the paternal front fence every
day and evening suggests that a con-
tinuous funeral is in progress within.
Perhaps it is. A great many nascent
hopes of domestic happiness along
strictly bucolic lines perish in the fam
lily "settin' room" every "a hours, and
enough broken hearts are left behind
by departing suitors to fertilize the farm
II their fragments could be composted.
The young women are said to decline,
firmly but kindly" the offers of mar
rage which are pressed upon them. 1t
may be that their unique claim to dis
tinction puts them in class which
makes it an impertinence for the sutton
to offer them the commonplace life of
the farmers wife, who can count upon
hog killing not oftener than once q
year. Their sphere of social triumphs
obviously lies in Cincinnati or Chicago.
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Japan Was Loaded for Bear.

1t was virtually admitted by the
Russians months ago that they would
not have treated Japan as they dill
in the negotiations preceding hosti!!-
ties had they supposed she would fight.
The lack of preparation proves that
the Russian officials were blufins.
With an unbroken series of defeats III
the far east, and strikes at home de-
veloping into a revolution, the regret
of the Russian grand dukes that they
did not know Japan to be loaded when
they played with her can be imagined.
-Philed elphia Record.
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A Bad Witness.

Lawyer-Madam, this man, your
husband, is accused of arson. Will
you swear that he has a mania for
building fires?
Witness-No, sir! He never got up
in his life until I'd built all the fires
in the house.-Detroit Free Press.
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RECKON WE'LL GIT THAR UT.

We wuz always a-sayin'. vixen trouble
como roun':
81 reckon We'll git thar yit!'
Amt enough rain fer lily to drown
Reckon We'll git thar yit!
It's jest human natur' to growl an COM
plain:
Ruther have sunshine than oceans O rain;
But-spite O. wild weather. I'm tellin' you
plain,
Reckon We'll git thar yit!
An we carried that counsel the rough way
along
Reckon Wen git thar yit!
It lightened the burden-made sorrow a
song
Reckon we'll git thar yit!'
He wuz only toiler in bloom an in
blight,
With Hopes star a-shinin'. full-blaze. in
his sight;
But he looked to the light, FRIENDSHIP
looked to the light
"Reckon we'll git thar yit!"
IF. L. Stanton, in Atlanta Constitution
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Conscious Superiority.

"Bliggins is one of the men who
think they know more than anybody
else."
WELL" answered Miss Cayenne, "if
that is all he gives other people credit
for knowing, l don't blame him for
being so pessimistic in his general
views of human nature. Washington
Star.
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Consoling.

Composer-My latest composition is
4 work of art, but it needs to be we'll
executed.
Fr1end-I have no doubt there will
be plenty of people willing to WELD
the ax,-Detroit Free Press.
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Years and Spirit.

Clara-You don't mean tD say that
at so he is making love 70 you? Isn't
that rather young for an ole man?
Maud-Yes. But he is the most
precocious old man I ever met.-N. Y.
Sun.
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His Point of View.

The Maid-Do you believe that mis-
cry really loves company?
The Bachelor-I'm sure of it. Just
consider the enormous number of we'd
dings during the holidays.-Chicago
Daily News.
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Real Dignity,

There is q healthful hardness about
real dignity that never breads contact
and communion with others, however
humble.-Irving.
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Japauese Tobacco Law.

The japanese strictly enforce q. law
which prohibits the use of tobacco by
boys under 20 years Of age.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1905-03-23

"a And when 1t left that place 1t
wasn't led by a string either! And the
professor has no further use for his
hat and umbrella. ::
The 'Finest Fighters in the World"
There is no state in existence whose
soldiers would encounter the victors of
Port Arthur in equal numbers with any
certainty of victory. Indeed there have
been incidents in the siege, like tho
storm of Nanshan or of 203-Meter hill.
which have compelled experienced SOL
diers to doubt whether the japanese
are not the finest soldiers in the world,
and whether Kuropatkin is not right in
demanding a grand superiority in num-
bers as the first, indeed the essential,
condition for any victory by the troops
under his comman1.-London Spec
tator.