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The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-11-23
n FauaI Hug,

After q day spent In Investigating
the death of Thomas Dougherty, Of
DunmSre Pa, who Ras killed by be-
Ing pierced by long needle; the To-
Cal police decided TO withdraw the
warrant that had been Issued for the
arrest OF Katie Bnrse, the girl who
Was suspected OF having caused Doug
Duogherty' death Miss Burke says 8
she had been nonding her brother q
clothes With long EaSdle, and that
on going down town in the evening
she STUCK 1t 10 5ha bosom OF her dress.
Doughef6y, who bad been 0eY sweet.
heart, hailad her and asked her 70
take walk wish him. He altamp,
ted TO embrace her, aud tae point OF
| the needle thad Was In her dress
caught in his vsst while the blunt
end rested against her corset. In the
embrace the needle waB forced into
his body, through tho fifth rib and
into the cavity between the pericRr
dium and tho heart. Hauorrhage
resulted that caused The death.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-11-23
Silver Goes Up.

Bar silver has reached o price 80
high that the director Of the mint
dec ms 1t ina6viaable for the govern
ment to make any moro purchases at
present. For several weeks the gov
ernment has been buying oliver ior
coinage, and the prices have been in.
j variably high. The purchases last
week were at as high figure as rs
per fine ounce, but the lowest bid re.
ceived Wednesday WAS 70 oents
Director Roberts thoreupon rejSctet
the bids, and announced that nc more
purchases would be made until Sucf
time as the prioa Of biz silver declines
toward the normal
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-11-23
Thoy NIust bs Closed,

A dispatch from Topeka, Kansas,
says owing to the great danger TIC
both human and animal life osused
by the abandoned sb&ftB in tile Kan.
sas and Missouri zinc llolds stepb will
Immediately be taken 10 have them
clo8ed up. In some parts of this State
thore are areas OF acres In extent
where the shafts are not more than
twenty fee6 apart, and, owing to the
wGy they are covered with GRASS,
weeds and shrubs are extremely dan
ger0us to he. As the laws OF the
state eemsno IL public sentiment wi.
compel the 0fficislB TO order the own.
ners of the property TO close up the
shsft5. 1t is generally believed In this
State that horses &nd cattle adyer.
tisod as stolen have been lest In ths
shafts and tho opinion Is also proya-
lont thai 9 very large number OF per.
sonsWho have been dc c.lbo1 IRON tipat
time as milBing" mot their deaths
Ia them, as the two States are honey.
aombed with them In soveral places.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-11-23
Enrnlor KilIoii.

Mr.. d. B. Padgett, o prosperous
tenant farmer, living alone aboub two
miles from Bfunson, was called to his
door about 8 O'Clock Thursday night
and shot to death. The killing was
discovered early Friday morning by
near neighbor. Ihe whole load from
o shotgun was fred into the head OF
the murdered man. The object OF
the killing was evidently robbery, az
Padgett was known TO have several
hundred dollars In cash. The cloth
ing worn by the dead man showed
that bhey had boen searched by bloody
hands and the money taken. The
neighborhood Ia aroused and dilligent
search is being made for the assassin
Mr.. Padgett was o Confederate vet
eran and served In Virginia In Hamp
| toms cavalry.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-11-23
GRAFT Scandals.

1t now appears that many sums of
money large and small, that were
sent from different States TO San
Francisco FOR tae relief of sufferors
from the calamity nevar reached tho
relief committee. Some OF these
amounts, which aggregated large sums
ware mailed TO the oaro of Mayor
Schmlnz. r. j. Honey, Detective
william Burns and about los govern.
msnb agents hava boon making an Ia
vestigation. President Roosevelt Ia
the moving spirit behind the inquiry,
and he declares that no man guilty. Of
diverting the relief funds shall escape
justice. The oAses oome within
Jurisdiction Of the Federal authorities
because of the interstate character OF
the postal service which IL Is alleged
was crininally tampered with. It is
said that In the aggregate the steal
ings Will amount OF 81 ;00o, 900,
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-11-23
gonided to Death.

Six nen were killed and five were
seriously injured last week when d
boiler In the power house Of the Lake
Shore Railroad, In Collingwood, @ su-
burb OF Cleveland, Ohio, blow up,
The man were close to the boiler
working on the. foundation for dy-
namo. They were all In the mouth
of subway facing the end of the
boiler that blow OUT. and the six men
were scaldod to death by the steSm.
Engineers at the power house say
the explosion was due TO the forma'
tion of o mud ring" In the tilterinR
apparatus which clarifies the water
before it passes into the boiler. The
shock of the explosion created much
excl ihenont,
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-11-23
Nogro Bank Olosod.

The WoYkingmen's Savings and
Loan company, a negro bank 10
Greenyillo was closed last week by
State Bank Examiner Holleman.
Tho books Of the bank are In o very
bad condition and Ia probable that
there will have to be complete reor.
ganization before the institution can
resume operations. 1t Is not thought
that there has been anything criminal
In connection with the bank II being
merely mismanaged. The bank has
mnde several bad Investments and
hss been running at loss for some
time The bank since It's institution
has paid dividend OF 10 per cent
annually and 1T Ia thought that this
was paid out Of the capital instead Of
the earnings.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-11-23
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BRYAN AND HRARST.
odelI Gays Thoy wouldIbe Hard to
Boat in 1908.

oueHs gays They Woutdibe Hard to
Boat in 1908.
B. B. O1ell of Newburg, former
governor and e1.ohairman Of the
Now York state republican commit.
tee, saia that the management of the
republican state campaign was the
most asinine" that he ever knew.
The whole state Ticket, he said, might
just 90 we'll have been elected. Aa
the result stands, 1t locke like de.
mocrab!c victory, and leaves the re.
publiota party In bad shape with q
national campaign coming on, The
republicans, he declared, made no
campaign at all, but put 1t all on Mr..
Hughes shoulders. Continuing Mr..
Odell paid:
"The psople Of th,s state have al.
ways resented the interference of q
ptesido0t of the United States In
their local elections. They have done
80 sincs the days Of De Witt Clinton.
think shat the interference of Presi
dent Roosevelt did more harm than
good.
I teallze now" said Mr.. Olell,
''that,l made q mistake when 40.
ceptad the Craftsmanship of the state
committee while lwss governor. Tho
people resent official and outside In.
torference In their local political
affEtrs That is why l say that the
interference OF PRESIDE Roosevelt t
In bhe last campaign did more harm
than good.
II do not wish to appear in the
role Of general critics of the conduct
OF the campaign, but, so far as I can
make ut, there was no real cam.
paign. No use was made of the re.
cord of6he republican party. 1t was
ell . cpSe OF personalities between the
candid sSes for governor. We should
have Aghod for many of the things
that MI Hearst advocated, like the
eight! 1ur Law, the three platoon
sysssa9p or the ppSice and 1remen."
issGariy eSuArssiau iss'' . poIiuioa
fSSSor ! ~ his campaign, and thai
WA,Se b o might nob be elected pYesi
dent, n q was now 8 man to be reckon
ed with In the future. He said tina
g combination OF Bryan and Hearst
would be hard for the republican, tt
| boat.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-11-23
SPEAK KINDLY.
BE Careful What You Say to All
About You.

About You.
Never speak words that are calcu-
lated TO unnecessarily wound the feel.
ings Of any ono. If you have an enc.
my, do not say harsh or unkind words
TO him. 1t will only make him great
er enemy. Life is not long and his
enmity cannot last long, and that
probably that next time you see him
he will be cold In death. Then you
viii wish you had not said hard thinga
TO him, Don't speak unkindly to your
friend for fear you make an onemy out
Of him. You need all the friendships
you can mako in this world.
II you have o mother, never say an
unkind or slight word to her but re.
member that for you she has toiled
and labored and suffered; her constant
thoughts have been employed for you;
her most earnest prayers have been Of
fered for you; hor love for you will
last though all the world may be
against you. If you have children
speak not unkindly to them. You oar
win and keep their love better by
kindness than by harsh Wolds.
IL you have 8 wife that you love
say not one cutting or unkind wore
to her, Say nou word that would
have the least tendency to wound he
feelings, GAUGE pang Of sorrow or on,
moment OF sad reflection, for If yOl
do, you my drive away the oonfdenc
abe has In you and cause her wound
that time can never heal. We shoulC
ba cautious In what we say to thos,
whom we love and whom heaven ha
| given US TO bo our own. Not ever
jostingly should we say that whicl
win make the slightest wounds, 70
sometimes even words, je8tingly O
oarelessly spoken leave . sting tina
| last forever.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-11-23
ahonId Ho Hung.

Silas Conway, minor, OF Flush
ing, Ohio, shot and Instantly killed
Marcus Plyoritbi, an Italian store.
keeper with whom he quarreled Sun.
daY-nighb. Following the murde OF
Oonawsy made his escape and q posse,
formed by Sheriff Amrine, Is now In
pursuit. TIE murder has caused
much excitement among the foreign
population of Flushing. In 1884 he
shot and badly wounded Marshal
JOS. MCConnaughy Of Bridgeport,
Ohio, and served twelve years for the
orlme In tho Ohio ponitentiary.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-11-23
TrAyoI Through Air.

Santo Dumont, since the successful
flight OF his aeroplane, "The Bird OF
Prey" predicts the early approach OF
the day whom all mankind will be
navigating the air and when flying
machines will be more common than
automobiles. Indeed he thinks, that
the flying machine will eventually be.
come the poor mans automobile. u
Ii will be SAFER, FASTER and cheaper.
He said that next year people will
be able to go to the soashore on their
aeroplanes. 1t will become the fad
and commencement of an industry.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-11-23
Killed by ExpOsion.

Don't fool with railroad torpedoes
should you happen to find one any
time unexploded by the track. A
dispatch from Gainesville, Fla, says
the young daughter OF Martin Smith,
prominent farmer, was instantly
killed by the explosion of railroad
torpedo, which she was trying tt
break open with q hammer. She hat
picked up the torpedo by the railway
track, where Ii had fallen.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-11-23
He Fought Hard.

At Milledgevle, Ca, on Friday.
Minis Devereux,a o negro, fought the
sheriff and his deputy who entered
his cell to egoort him to to the soaf
fold, After o hard fight tho negro
was overcome and was lator hanged
Previously he had tried unsuccessfully
to kill himself with brokon glass
bottle. D0yeIeux was convicted Of
killing another negro In card game
An application for Communication o.
sentence was ofuSed by the CON mis-
sion Thursday.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-11-23
BAD WRECK.
ONE MAN KILLED AND ANOTHER
FATALLx INQUIRED.
Collision Between a Work Train and
Freight Attended With
Fatal Results.

one man was Killed, announcer fatally
injured, several others severely hurt
In collision Friday morning between
o work train and o freight seven
noilsS frOEa Columbia on the road
between Columbia and Charlotte.
II. G.. Lloyd flagman, OH the work
train, vas killed.
M. w. Kelsey, white, flegman on
the work train, was fatally injured,
but was brought to Columbia alive.
j. A. Triplett, conductor, bruised
and shaken up.
G. w. Parish, engineer, slightly
hurt.
w. II. snipss, engineer, seriously
injured.
Ernest olayborn, hreman. slightly
injured.
M. t. Crouch, fireman, slightly
hurt.
All of theBe live in Columbia, OK.
cept Kelsey, whoRa homo is La
Chester. All are white. Crouch had
only recently gone to work on the
railroad, having served an enlistment
OF four years In the navy. He Is q
cousin Of Senator elect B. w. Crouch,
of Saluda.
The work train was extra No. 476,
working with limits between Colum-
bia and BY thewood, q distance OF 10
miles. The work train had orders to
protect againBt No. 828, extra freight,
northbound, 1t is stated by the
railroad officials that these orders
were diaregarded and that the work
train was on the main track when 1t
should have been on the side track,
and as usual tine crew Of the train
suffered for the oversight
Extra freight, No. 828, north.
bound, ran into the work train at
8 05 O'Clock. The Grew of the freight
train saw tho work train In time tC
Jump and mono Of them was hurt.
The freight was In charge of Oonduo.
tor e. 8. Motto and Engineer George
w. Parish. Oapt. Motifs homo Ia q,
No. 2,303 Park street, Columbia
Engineer Parish lives at No. 1,91C
Blanding street Columbia.
The work train was In charge OF
Conductor j. A. Triplett and En.
g,necr w, E. Snjpos. Conductor
Triplett's home is at No. 1,917 Tay
Tor street.
The oolllsIon occurred at the 90
mile post, seven miles north of 90
lumbia. The engine OF No. 478 was
badly damaged, and the oaboose also
A oar Of merchandise and seed wss
torn up, but the rest of the train was
not seriously injured.
Passenger train No. 80, due to
leave there att 10, was running two
!, ttsa,,ra go ard 20ino ptsslata aud reach.
'|is occurr Tho passengers iron ron
No. 81, due aere aG 10 o. M, wer,
transferred to No 90 and No. 80 cam,
back to this city, being sent to Char.
lotte by way of Spsrtsnburg. Neithe.
No. 80 or extra freight No. 828 hat
any orders In regard to the worl
train, rs 1T was the duty Of the wOrl
train to keep out of the way of tn
freight and passenger trains.
The Grew Of the freight train save
therselves by jumping, as they 80,
the work train 100 yards off and tn
engineer put on the breaks In time
1t would seem that the men on th
work train did not know anything q
all about the approach Of the freight
seriously.
Southern's surgeon, Dr. II. d. X on
dali went at once the scene Will
a wrecking train, and DR.. Ker
dali came back to tho cit
! with the injured. Capt. William
remained Of tho scene all day supel
intending the work Of clearing th
! track.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-11-23
GOING FORSrAMDARO OIL.
Tho Governmont Starts Suit to Broak
UP Monopoly.

UP Monopoly.
Attorney General Moody Thursday,
acting through the resident United
States district attorney, instituted
proceeding aRainst the Standard Oh
Company of New jersey under tho
Sherman antitrust act, by filing in
the UniSed States district court at
st. Louis petition In equity against
it and It's eeventy constituent corpo.
rations and partnerships and seven in
dividual defendants. asking that the
combustion be declared unlawful,
and in futnre enjoined from entering
into any CONTRACT or combination In
restraint Of trade.
This suit was instituted In the
name Of the United States by direc
tion OF the Attorney General, against
John d Rockefeller, William Rookie
feller, Henry II. Rogers, Henry M
Flsgler, John D. ASchbold, Oliver II
Payne, CharleB NJ. Pratt and seventy
ono corporations and partnerships
charging then with having violated
sections / and OF tho sherman anti
trust act.
The government asks for an in
junction against thoso defendant
which, If granted, will resdlt in th
dissolution OF the alleged combination
1t is alleged Ia the petition tina
John d. Rockefeller and his associ
atea, the oGher individual defendants
formed q conspiracy to monopoliz
tho commerce In petroleum and Ii
products at worry carly date-ab0u
the year 1870-and that the som0 II
diylduals have controlled the comb
: nation during all these years, In a
It's forms. and now control it.. 1t ws
. therefore deemed wise to Btate In I'll
Q pstion the complete history al
D growth Of this conspiracy.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-11-23
Rilled by auto.

BY the overturning of au ansnno.
bile, cau Led Ly the breaking Of the
steering gear, near Five mile Greek
near Birmingham, Ala, Ftiday afSor'
noon, "Jack" Martin, 3 prominent at'
torney of that oiby waB INSTANTLY Kill
ed, and David J. Fox, q we'll known
business man, was sorionsly injured
Martin came to Birmingham fifteen
years ago fgcm Olaakavllle, Tenn,
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-11-23
Farnily Traxaay.

Milton Pitts, q prosperous farme,
ak miles. from Grimm, Ga, shot and
killed his brother, Charles, 81 years
old. The elder brother, Ben, then
turned his weapon upon himself
!sending bullet through his heart,
Jealousy caused the double tragedy
Mrs. Milton Pitts having been obaerv
ed speaking to Charles after hex hus
band had warned her not to do 90.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-11-23
Shooting sorape.

During quarrel at Sayres Mine
few miles from Birminhsm, Ala,
Sunday afternoon Doc Man aud Oioar
Linn, two white men, engaged In o
shooting ARRAY In ahioh both received
mortal mi lries. Sam Stevens, q me-
gro, who was standing near, received
Injuries from which he will die.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-11-23
RriRanda Antivo.

Reports are being received at
Athens, Greece, constantly concorn-
ing the activity OF brigauds tn the
Ssl0nika. IL is declared that mum.
ber OF mon, women and children have
been masScared at Ko3siuco and Ram.
oil, and chat band killed 'fiiteOn
Greeks In the neighborhood of Nlaous4
to and carried their mu6ilatad hodies
into that town.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-11-23
Pot 20 XII Ninr2

The police Of Rome, Italy, have
been informed that several people
who are In the habit Of renting win.
dows along the route usually taken by
royal procesaions, have been approach
ed by mysterious persons who wish
to rent not only windows, but entire
rooms for the day when the King of
Greece arrives at Rome. The police
believe this to be an evidence Of an
anarchist plot.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-11-23
(aivenin Divorce.

At Paris, France, the Counters d
Castolane was Wednesday grantel
an absolute divorce from her husbap
Count Boni, and the conrt gave kf
the custody Of their two childpn'
While the Countess will hTe
charge OF her sons the decree ofdhe
conrt forbids her taking them o9 OF
France without the COURTS pefals'
sion.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-11-23
WIN Honor Hoo

The University of South Carolina
will observe In fitting manner the cen.
tenary OF Robert G Lee. Major
Young OF Charleston, one of the fayJ
surviving members OF General Lee,s
stat, will deliver an address,,
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-11-23
BMNNETTsvILLm s. O, FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 28 1908.
that the oold.blooded5 murderer of
Two wilSau policemen aud three limo

that the oold.blooded8 murderer of
Two wnSau policemen and three limo
cent negroes had been avenged.
AT shout 2 80 the posse arrived In
Asheville with the body of the dead
man, wnioh was taken at once to the
undertaking rooms. Like, wild-hre
spread tho news OF the mans death
and In less than half an hour South
Main stteat was blocked with crowd
ing, sholtipg mass of mon and wo.
men, toisse The nSan who in less than
twenty minutes had taken the lives of
five men, three Of his own race. For
some time IL was feared tbst the mob
would take tho body of the negro
from tie officers and follow out it's
threat 9f fburning 1t. But tho sheriff
ana his mon guarded the doorway of
the undertaking establishment with
loaded Sifles and the crowd later dis.
persed
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-11-23
Diea From wounds.

DR., ID, 8. McDow, who was shot hy
his brother'inelaW, j. A.. Bridges, on
bhe street Of Heath Sprlnga, died of
his wounds, Bridges has surrendered,
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-11-23
Negro Hanned.

Charles E, Grant, o negro, who
murdered o negro woman named Eya
Barnes was hanged at Washington,
D. G, on Friday.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-01-08
Tony Manning Up Again.

Tony Manning; who for several
days past has been out of jail on
good behavior WITH a charge of
being an accessory to the rob-
berry of an M. & I. freight carr.
was Up again in Judge Fender,
CASTS court Saturday Afternoon,
this time for disorderly conduct.
Manning ordered a meal at the
Palace restaurant bH6 refused TO-
settle for %. The proprietor
Fred Throm, after giving Man
ming a trouncing, notified the
police and the latter was taken.
before Judge Pendengast with
the result that he was sentenced
to- five days in the county jail
An understanding that he must
leave the city after serving his
sentence was also made.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-01-08
Good Meeting Last Wight.
lContributeah'

lCOntributeatp
The services at the M. e.
church we're finely attended yes
terday and. the heart Of the. pas
tor is rejoieed over the interest
that is being manifested sad at
the loyal support he is receiving
from people both inside and out
side of his church. The com
munion service in the. morning
was one Of exceptional impress
iveness and the fountaip Of tears
in many eyes was broken up. 1t
was the largest commaniom in
years and perhaps in the history
of the church at an ordinary
morning service. At it's close
an opportunity was given to
unite with the church and some
wisely took advantage OF. it and
others promised, to do so. saTne
I; Red and Blue contest IN the
Young Peoples Society doubled
the attendance last evening and
promises to be, a big saccess.
The improvements being made
in the interior of the building
will give this church the hand
soonest pulpit front in northern
Minnesota. Special meetings
| will be held all this week and
1 while sickness, may Interfere
some. it is hoped good Daterest
will be manifested. Nov is the
accepted time, now is the day Of
salvation
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-01-08

Rev. John S. Mcintosh, president OF
the San Francisco Theological sem
mary, is dead, aged seventy-sM years.
Japan's foreign trade for 1905 was
unprecedented, the imports totalling
s244,oOO,Ooo and the exports $160,5OO,-
900.
Howard Ch11ds, Jr., aged seventeen
years, a nephew of H. c. Frick, was
drowned at Pittsburg while playing
hockey on an ice pond
The express companies have decided
to join with the railroads in refusing
to issue passes for the carrying of
business free of charge.
The great hospital provided for in
the will of the late Charles T. Yerkes
the traction promoter, who died il
New York city recently, viii be built
at once in that city.
Representative Bourke Cochran Of
New York, who has been in Santa Bar
bara, CAL, for some days, has great,
improved in health and expects to re
turn to Washington Jan. Is.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-01-08
CITY SCHOOLS
ARE REOPENED
Small Attendance by Pupils
on Account of Dyph-
iberia Scare.

The city public schools re-
opened this morning after a two
weeks holiday vacation. All
teachers were on hand but the
attendance by the pupils was not
large today, probably owing to
the dyphtheria scare which is
prevalent in the city. Physi-
clan throughout the city agree
in that there is little danger Of
contagion and that it is compare
lively safe to send the children
to school. The disease is under
absolute control and no new
cases have been reported for
several days.