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The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-05-04
Eighty Year Old Woman Cured.
Had Suffered Tortures from Rheumatism
for Twenty Years.

No matter how long you have been sick, no
matter how discouraged you are from having
tried 80 many remedies in vain, there ia at lesi
hope Of a complete cure for you. The new
scientific remedy ~RHEUMAoIDE, has CURED hun.
dreds of cases of Rheumatism, Soiatica, Gout.
! K iitnrrS' T 1qdigE9,stion, c@onstipation, Liver and
biood Poison, after all other remedies have
JAILED, KHEUMAoiDE cured James Kenealy and
Rhe4matism, after all the specialist at the fam
GUS Johns Hopkins Hospital had failed. Rheu.
maoide cured w. II. Hughes of Atkins, Va, az.
ter noted New York doctors had failed.
liere is the case Of a woman eigty years old.
who was cured by Rheumaoide after abe had
suffered for 20 years.
High FONT, N. G., July 10.
After suffering for about 20 years with In.
lamatory Rheumatism 1 was induced to try a
bnttle of Rheum ,oide. After taking one hot
tie l have felt Eve years younger, I am now
eighty years of age and wish to testify thatI
believe Rheumaoide is the best remedy foo:
Rheumatism. And I heartily commend It tas
al who are suffering with any of the forms Of
thls dread disease. "Very trnlv.
"MRs. MARYE WELBoRN.n
Your Druggist soils and recommends RnEu.
MACIDE.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-05-04
The Lobbytot Arc Welcome.

a Republican Coz gresS Is a rich field
for the corporations and trust to get
in their work, and when a b II is pend
Ing that is intended to plumber the
people their lobbyists gather around
the corridors Of the Capitol like buzz
yards at a feast. When Mr.. Carlisle
and Mr.. Crisp were speakers Of a Dem
ocratic House, the corrupt lobby was
eliminated. But how different now.
Reciting the events on the considera-
tion of the ~Ship-subsidy b IL by the
House Committee on Merchant Marine
and Fisheries, a New York newspaper
says: Lobbyists overrun the commit
tee room and their leader occupies a
place at the head Of the table prompt
ing ~Grosvenor, Littleficld and Minor
when any witness argues against SUBJ
sldy." Comment on such a national
disgrace is unnecessary, but voters can
draw their own conclusions about who
to vote for next Fall, for it is hardly
necessary to say that all the Demo.
cratic members Of the committee are
opposed to the bill and every Demo-
cratic member Of the House is in line
TO vote against it. Why President
Roosevelt recommended this corrupt
legislation is a mystery, but that he
encouraged the lobbyists and grafters
to corrupt his party Is certain.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-05-04

lT rs very dlsquieting to the nerves
of Republican Senators when Senator
Tillman each day reads to his colleag-
a letter, material or anldavit,
setting forth some particular instance
OF unreasonable railroad hates or the
abuse or power by the coal trust
against the little coal shippers. This
Is the way Senator Tillman gently
stirs up the Republicans and reminds
them his pitchfork is still in good Or
der This accounts for Hopkins lat
tack on Tillman.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-05-04

w hito Fiond This limo

Ofilcers OF Hamilton county, Texas,
are securing the county Ia search OF a
white man who assaulted the SIXTEEN
year.old daughter OF J.. w. Moore, O
farmer. The girl was in the cotton
field when attacked and was subject
ed to most inhuman treatment. She
lost consciousness and remained In
this condition several hours. Her
continued absence alarmed the family
and she was found In the field atill
unconscious, but later revived. She
gave an accurate description Of her
assailant. Ii her assailant is caught
he will undoubtedly be lynohed.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-05-04
TEE RICH AND THE POOR
All Fared Alike in the Great San
FEanoisoo Earthquake.


A dispatch from San francisco
says the distress Of the rich equaled
that Of the poor. Not q building In
the business district escaped. Not a
residence In fully three-fourths of the
city but what a burned or shatter-
ed. The artillery and d%ynouite used
tn blow down buildings broke win
dows and shattered chimneys which
the flames did not reach.
The people fed to the forts and
parks and hills. Roughly speaking,
the burned district is five miles
square. A smart breez, was blowing
the smoke and ashes away
and for the first time the Dimensions
Of the damage became apparent. In.
surance adjusters now on the ground
estimated that the property loss will
not fall short Of $3.50. 600, 600.
The insurance loss will aggregate
e1O0, 600, 900 less. Whether or not
all the companies will be able to pay
ts a question upon which depends In
large measure the future of San Fran.
cisco. The prediction has been made
that not more than 60 per cent. In
III Will Uo pblu. NO auJ ubUol
places the total to be paid at more
than 76 per cent. Of the entire insur.
ance loss.
The destruction of life was not as
great as the reports indicated. The
exact number Of those that perished
will never In all human probability be
known, for many bodies were entirely
destroyed. Mechanics pavilion was
used for 8 time as q morgue and as q
place for the injured. After 200 dead
had been taken there and several
hundred Injured the fire reached the
building. No attempt vas made to
remove the bodies, all attention be-
ing paid to the injured. The result
was that not less than 200 bodies,
few Of which had been identified,
were cremated.
Many more deaths will not be in.
directly attributable to the fire.
These will be caused by explosure and
by fright. Thirty-six babies were
born ut the Preside grounds Wednes
day. They and their mothers are be-
Ing taken care OF by the Red Gross
society.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-05-04
THOUSANDS BEING FED.
An Idea Of the Task Confronting the
Food Committee.

Food Committee.
a dispatch from San Francisco says
an idea Of the task which confronts
food committee may be gained from
the fact that throughout the city ra-
tions for 349,440 persons were distri-
buted Thursday. This Is an average
estimate based on reports from q few
of the food depots. At one point
Thursday provisions were given out to
672 persons an hour for ten hours.
This station Is neither one Of the larg.
est nor one Of the smallest and 30 It's
reports were used as a basis to strike
an average.
All flour that was received In sacks
Is exchanged at bakeries pDupd for
pound for bread. Almost all the bak-
cries In the burned region hav0 opened
and are selling bread at 8 cents o loaf.
There Is no danger Of a meat famine.
Representatives. Of the Western com.
pany In south San Francisco reported
to the relief committee this morning
that there are 10 In the yards 1,bOC
cattle, 800 sheep and 500 hogs.
More than 200 cattle are killed and
dressed daily and sheep and hogs are
put under the knife as fast as they ar.
rive. The full quota of employees is
at work. The Southern Pacific order.
ed all cattle cars to be rushed to San
Francisco with precedence over pas
senger trains.
Wholesale grabbing of supplies by
some while others are In want has
oaused the military authorities to or.
der q new system In the distribution
of food. Beginning Friday kitchens and
mess rooms will be established where
meats will be supplied to all who an.
ply, but no food will be given out TO
be carried away.
In the distribution Of clothing pre-.
caution against fraud will be taken by
squads detailed to visit each tent or
each shelter, list the occupants and
tabulate their wants. Orders will be
given out emitting the holders to the
needed clothing, bedding or other
stores.
Pitiful stories Of suffering from OK.
posture, ignorance and helplessness are
flooding the relief committee from all
sides. or the great refuge camps that
In the Preside, which Is under gov.
ernment control, seems most thorough.
~ systematized, and that In Golden
Gate park most disorganized, though
IL Is rapidly assuming a habitable
basis.
Many tons Of fresh fruit were distri.
buted free Thursday and Friday. Bun.
ches OF bananas and boxes of oranges
were given unsparingly to the people,
who locked from the tents along the
bach and about Fort Mason,
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-05-04
Ta--i1 sor Rovenus op,y.

There Is no crop raised In the South
ern states that Is protected by the
tariff from foreign tax on tobacco, bu6
1t does not protect the grower, for like
wheat and corn, the price is fixed by
the exporting demand. there being q
surplus raised Of all those products,
which must be sold in the markets Of
the world in competition with other
countries which also raise a surplus.
The price Of these products for home
consumption Is therefore largely fixed
by what the surplus exported will
bring. Cotton, the money crop Of the
South, is on the free list and there is
absolute free trade in that staple.
But everything the Southern plant
er buys is protected by the tariff and
Is taxed from 25' to 175 per cent, which
prevents most. people from buying the
imported goods on account of this tar
III tax being added to the price the i'm.
ported goods cost abroad. The trusts
and combines that manufacture SINH
lar goods here take advantage OF this
tariff taxation and add to the profits
they charge for their products nearly
what the taIiff tax would be on the
Imported articles over and above what
would be a fair'protit. So the Ameri-
can consumer, be he planter, or who
ever he Is, Is compelled to pay the
trusts and corporations pretty nearly
the same tax that would be paid on
the imported goods. The difference be.
Ing that instead Of the gov, rnment
getting the tax the trusts and cOrpor,
ations collect it in increased profit.
AS some Of the border Southern
states elected Republicans to represent
tfem in Congress, the voters must
have been led TO believe that the pro.
t%ective tariff was an advantage to
them and that trust high prices were
a blessing ! n disguise. But with wheat
corn, tobacco and cattle and protected
by the tariff and yet selling at a low
price, while cotton entirely u~nprotect-
ed selling at a fairly god price, the
Republican argument that the tarin
protests the planter and farmer is
shown to be but campaign talk and
not borne out by actual conditions
The ideal condition for the planter
and farmer is to have the unobstruct.
ed right to sell in the dearest market
and buy In the cheapest market. That
can only be brought about by the Dem
ocratlc plan, OF a tariff for revenue
only, to produce enough money to run
the government, when honestly and
economically administered.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-05-04
NEW SCHOOL BOOKS.
state School board About to Make
Contracts for Five Years.

Contracts fox Five Years.
The stats board CT education will
zoe adopt the EsFics Of text books,
that are to be used In the public
schools Of the state. The adoption
by the state board means q great deal
to the people Of the state. 1t means
the selection OF such text books as are
to be used for tho next five years BY
tens of thousands of children.
The adoption made by the state
board applies to the public schools.
The graded sob DOL or special school
districts rs a rule adopt and use their
own text books.
There Ia already the sharpest rival
ry going ON Over the forthcoming
adoption Of text books for a period Of
five years. Governor Howard has
appointed q strong and able board,
and the outlook Ia that the adoptions
will be made with care and In tine
best interest Of the school children
and people of tho state.
The form Of contract agreed upon
by tho state board of education Is q
very long document. The facts Of
chief interest to the public are as fol-
lows: Q) The person with whom is
made to furnish books to the schools
or tho state must have from Septem-
Der l, 1905, TO August 81, 19t1, not
less than three repositories or agen.
oios In each county, with q sufficient
number Of the books agreed on to
meet the demand and to be sold at
the prices named in the contracts.
The books must be sold to anyone in
the state at the same price-same
prices must be maiptS,ned at all de
positories. (2) There must DO O cen.
trail depository at Columbia, from
which tho other repositories will be
supplied. At least 10 per cent dis
count allowed to agents. Books must
be delivered free of charge for trans,
portation. (3) Exchange prices to
be named, at which old books will be
replaced by new. This arrangement
to end or September l, 1907. Prices
agreed on are to DO good for five
years. (4) Books must be equal to
samples furnished. (5) Prices must
not be higher than those paid by any
other state or territory for the same
books. (6) House, firm or company
printing the books must not be q
member Of o trust or combination.
90 Acts Of the state legislature re-
ferred to in contract" are a part of
the contract.
1t will be of interest to note that
there are to DO several histories Of
South Carolina offered to the state
board for adoption. Some Of these
volumes are being especially prepared
to be submitted for this adoption.
Several Of the general histories that
are to DO offered the board have been
written by South Oarolinisns and
others by those who have lived and
worked here for o long time.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-05-04
N I'M POLITICS.
Campaigns Costs Both Parties Largo
Amounts OF Money.

Amounts OF Money.
Did the late Mark Hanna spend six.
teen and o belf million dollars on
the Mckinley. Bryan campaign OF 1896,
In AID OF the republican, adminiBtra-
tionP That is the question people are
asking since the statement made on
the floor Of tho house a day or two ago
by Representative Sulzer, Of New
York, while discussing the national
publicity bill. The difference between
Hanna's sixteen million of gold and
Bryan'B half million Of silver is too
great, they say, to carry great weight
with 1t. His figures, they believe, are
pulled too wide apart, especially as
Bryan, in 1896, had the silver inter.
ests OF the country back Of him and
could, and did, probably spend much
more than the gum accredited to him.
Lincoln was q good spender when 1t
came to politics. In his race against
Stephen Il. Douglass for the presidon.
cy he spent 800, 600, while his demo.
cratic opponent used just half that
amount. -Four years later, in 1864,
Lincoln, when opposed by George b.
Mcclellan. 8pont 1926, 900 and Nc
Olellan $4,000. Grant, In his first
campaign Of 1868 against Horatio Sey-
mOur, spent $50, 900, while the latter
used s75, 600. In his second campaign
Grant spent $3.50, 900, then q large
amount, as against practically the
Same sum In behalf Of Samuel j. Til.
den. Two yeas later James A. Gar
field running for president against w.
8. Hancock, used 31, 100, 900, and the
latter 1856, 900. When James G. Blaine
opposed Cleveland the first time In
1884, 1t cost $1,000. 600, and Oleve-
land used D little 400, 900.
In 1888 Benjamin Harrison used 81,-
400, 600, and Cleveland 1856, 900, whilo
In 1902 the same candidates cost their
supporters 1850, 900, and 90, $50, 900
respectively, Cleveland again using
more than his republican opponent. In
1896 Mckinley is said to have spent
SIG, 500, 600 through Mark Hanna, IL
Representative Sulzer's figures are
correct, while William j. Bryan spent
6676. coo. In 1900 Mckinley spent co.
500, 900, and Bryan 9426, 900, while
the ROOSEVELT. Parker campaign cost
90. 500, 900 and 81, $50, 900, respective.
ly.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-05-04
A ROMANTIC MARRIAGES
In Which a Greenville Farmer Plays
q Leading Part,

s@J
Leading Part.
The Greenv:lls News says an in.
ternat,onal marriage with savesal nn-
usal features illuminated Monday
evening In the marriage at Toney
Crock, in lower Greenvllle county. of
Miss Agnes Thompson of Yorkshire,
England, and Mr.. E. Holbert Acker,
one of the most substantial planters
and best citizens In the county. Sew
eral years ago Mr.. Acker was visiting
relatives In Alabama and met Miss
Thompson, also visiting American
kin. They became great friends and
Mr.. Acker was Of considerable service
to Miss Thompson In facilitating her
return to England.
A correspondence that en8ued result
cd in an engagement, and last Friday
Miss Thompson landed In New York,
having crossed the Atlantic on the
Campania. She was met by Mr..
Acker. but tho marriage which had
been arranged to take place imme.
diately upon her arrival did not take
place. Mr.. Acker felt some delicaoy
In allowing Miss Thompson to marry
him until she knew him better and
had q more intimate knowledge of
what her environments would be. SO
he proposed that she come to South
Carolina with him, spend several days
In his community, and then make her
decision. If she should feel that her
life would be happy with him, they
would marry at once; II she were dis.
appointed, she should return to Eng
land and he would defray her travel
ing expenses.
They were In Greenville for q few
hours Sunday on their way to Toney
Creek. The prospective bridegroom
would not talk, pending Miss Thomp.
sons decision. They went ON to his
handsome country estate in the lower
part Of the county, and presumably
Miss Thompson found conditions salts.
factory, for D telephone message from
TOney Greek said that they were
married tho previous afternoon. The
bride ia a handsome and very attrac-
tive young woman, about twenty. two
years Of age. Her husband is q
WidOWer, sixty or moro, with several
grown children and many broad acres.
His home is mi Of the most comfort
able In the county, and he has been
known Tor many years as o good citi-
zen, q generous neighbour and q fine
farmer. His family Is one of the best
In the Piedmont and bis children are
respected and valued oitizens of sew
raj OOmmuntties
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-05-04

At Chicago eight hundred negro
mon and women shook Constitutional
A. M. E. chbroh with applause Thurs-
day night when Ida Wells Barnett
advised the black nan to put a revol.
YER In his pocket and anticipate the
white man In his deviltry." The &C.
casion for the speech was q meeting
called to protest against the mob vic.
lence that has marked Springfield, Mo.
the last few days. Wick the speaking
had ended resolutions were adopted
urging President Roosevelt to take
some steps to protect the negro race
from destruction st the hands of the
whites.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-05-04
HGrs. HoywaTa 8 fatronoss.

The State says Mrs. D. O. Hayward
Thursday received a New York tale
gram from Mrs. Donald Mclean, Mrs,
John A. Logan, Mrs. Judge Roger
Pryor and other prominent women
asking that she lend her name as pat.
roness In the work of raising food,
clothing, ETC.. for the San Francisco
sufferers and particularly the child
ren. This request Mrs. Hayward was
only too glad to grant and sent o mes.
cage to that effect,
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-05-04
Sninnn County.

An interesting case argued In the
supreme court was that Of w. T.. CAS-
Ties as administrator OF the estate OF
John L. Morrison, against the county
OF Lancaster, a suit for $50, 00J dam
ages for tho lYnohing Of Morrison, q
white man, who shot another white
down on the street. The appeal
was from the order Of Judge Gage,
granting o change Of venue In the case
to York county. Citizens of Lan0as-
ter Were implicated In the cage.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-05-04
Strung H.m UP.

At Oakwoods, Texas, a seventeen
year old negro boy was lynohed Thurs.
day bv q mob Of seven men, who took
him from the custody Of the officers.
The negro had entered tho home Of q
widow near town. He was caught
and fully identified and was awaiting
transportation to the county seat.
The deputy sheriff who had tho pria
oner In charge fred several shots at
the members Of the mob but without
effect,
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-05-04
ThroO Killed.

At Santa Rosa, GAL, an Incident
caused by the recent earthquake 70.
suited In the death Of three men at
the Great EASTERN quicksilver mine.
AS the cage was being hoisted from
the mine o grant boulder dislodged
by the shaking earth fell down the
shaft. wrecking the cage and killing
Its occupants.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-05-04
MnrderaG.

j. III. Fitzgerald, q well. known rail-
road contractor, was killed by Italian
laborors Ii Giles county, Va, on
Tuesday. Tho murderers escaped,
but nine were caught.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-05-04
Wants Her Back.

Charles Jones, Of Jacksonville, Fla.
offers $50 reward for the return of his
2~3-year-old wife. who oloped with his
brother, Oliver Jones, some days ago,
taking q 2-year- old son with her. The
brother who ran of with Mrs. Jones
La % years Of age.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-05-04
Killed Himself.

At Ashton, &C., Mr.. jake Roob!n
committed suicide Thursday by shoot.
Ing himself, the ball entering near tho
heart. He is survived by ayoung wife
and several brothers. Dependency is
assigned as the cause Of the tragedy,
but what caused the dependency is
not atatpd.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-05-04

THE Baltimore Sun very aptly re-
marks that Senator Hopkins must
be a genius when he can explain bank
looting In Cbicogo by asserting that
his inquisitor, Senator Ti!lman, fav-
ors lynching negroes"
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-05-04
Found DoAd.

Mrs. Mollio Glover, aged 80, was
found dead In bed on Tuesday night
In Bristol, Tenn, her head having
been split open with an axe. Oyl
Luttrell, q railroad man, has been ar
rested, charged wish the crime.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-05-04
ShoG hiD wife.

Shot tiiB Wito.
AT Memphis, Tenn, Mrs. J.. w.
SKINNER, wife Of the manager OF q
LOCAL manufacturing company, was
shot and instantly killed by her hus-
q Thursday night while seated on
the veranda OF q local club housa.
Skinner when arrested. claimed that
the killing OF Mrs. Skinner was aoci.
dental, that the bullets which atrnolr
the woman were intended for Roberb
Sim pson, an expert golf player, who
was seated near Mrs. Skinner, ana
whom Skinner alleges was responsibT
lor domestic disagreements in his
household.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-05-04
K.l!od BT lightning.

Mr.. Thomas Price, q we'll known
farmer living nea Ridgeway, was
struck and killed by lightning Thurs.
day night.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-05-04
Won AZ Leet.

Capt Richmond Pearson Hobson OF
MerrlmaC and kissing fame was nomi
mated for congress from the 9th dis
triot OF Alabama on Monday, having
defeated Congressman j. II. Bank.
head by 495 votes.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-05-04
We Have For Sale

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