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The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-05-18
rate L~eeisIat,on.

The railroad rate bill is still the
storm c"nter In politics. The Demo
Gratis generally, favor measure that
would give adequate relief to the PEG.
pie without doing injustice to the rail
roads. The consolidation OF transport
tation facilities has reached such q
point in this country that seven COM
binations contol practically all the
railroads and WELD such vast power
that the people are unable to prevent
abuses. The Democrats want q law
giving the Interstate Commerce Com
mission authority to fix reasonable
rates and forbiddlng any interference
by the courts, OF such a limited court
review, as will prevent the rulliica-
tion Of the work Of the Commission by
i~nterlocutorY court orders, and leave
tie rates fixed by the Commission in
full force until the final hearing and
decree in the case. But a number Of
broadcast possible review by the courts
including the power to suspend the
Commissions rates by an interlocu-
tory order or temporary injunction
before the final hearing. Judging
from the debates in both Houses,
Congress will hardly pass the bill
without providing for some sort of
court re view; but the Democrats win
Insist on limiting that power.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-05-18
s.swarasc

The man towhom he gave q per.
tlon Of food during the Spanish-Amey
can war has willsd Charles Mathues
Clerk In the prothonotarv,8 office az
Media, Pa $4,000. William Her.
KING Gtea at his homo la ISmpajs
last week, and among his requests
was I und this item: u hereby leave
the SUM OF S5, 900 In cash TO Oharlss
Matbues, OF Media, for o service
which he rendered me when In dire
d%iBtiSBs.p Mathuea was o memDer OF
tho sixth Pennsylvania. His COMPANY
was cont to Camp Alger. Camp 4
alongside them was the second Tee
nessoe. There was brGuole about ~
lions for the men of the South, and
while the men from Pennsylyania
were eating fresh meat and baked
bread, the Others were compelled to-
take bareback and salt meat for their
share. This continued for q time,
when ,sswithout warning, the proyiE-
ions were almost entirely cut of. 1t
was at this point that Mathues met
Herkins. and, learning OF his condl-
ton, gave him bread and meat.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-05-18
Year Old Woman Cured.
Had Suffered Tortnres from Rheumatism
for Twenty Years,

No matter how long you have been sick, no
mater how discouraged you are from having
tried so many remedies in vain, there is at last
hope Of a complete cure for You. The new
dreds of cases Of Rheumatism, Soiatica, Gout.
K itnrrh' T 1%dlgEesti \, cSenstipition, Liver and
Blood Poison, after all other remedies have
1ai 1 KmEuMAoIDE cured James Kenealy and
RheImatism, afterall the specialist at the fam.
gus Johns HoPkips Hospital had failed. Rheu.
ter noted New York doctors had failed.
nere is the case q, q woman eigtyyears old
suffered for 20years.
faYN IIigh Point. aaGi
"Aftar suffering FOR abont 90 S1th I'M
itap,atory R~henmatisn 4 was induced to try
Y tile of Rheumacide. After taking ono hot
tie l have felt five years younger, / am now
eighty years of age and wish to testify thatI
believe Rhenmacide is the best remedy for
khe mstism, And l heartily commend 1t to
all who are suffering with any of the forms OF
ms dread disease. very tinly,
"MRs. MARYE WELBoRN.D
Your Druggist sells and recommends RHEU.
MACIDE, "
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-05-18

doubt a to whether it was n Case OF
suicide or murder. The woman who
had appeared mysteriouBly on the
plates had been o passenger on the
steamer, end tito young widow had
stated thai 10 was her opinion that
she was implicated even II she hsd
not done the shooting herself.
Tbs photographer, Wishing 10 tes6
the phenomena more thoroughly, had
brought several Witnesses to observe
Miss Manning's third sitting. One Of
these witnesses had made q separate
exposure simultaneously with one of
the regular cameras pictures. This
plate showed the ghostly yisltor stan.
ding behind the girl, with the dagger
above her head. The large camera re-.
vealed him in the same position,
though In n case it vas q 'front.' view
and In the other q profile.
Miss Manning is not q student Of
psychology or metaphysics. II she
has any theory for the explanation of
her strange pictures it must be guess.
cd at, for she will not discuss the
subject,
But der mental processes, whatever
they were, resulted in speedy G Tor.
Not t%wenty-four hours after examin-
Ing the plates q letter was on it's way
to Lieutenant Waters notifying him
that he might consider himself a free
man. 1t Is said that she frankly
admitted the photographs were the
cause.
Lieutenant Waters has by nc means
given up the fight. He has sent far
and wide for books on the subject and
written to eminent authorities. He Ia
at present at q loss for an explana-
ton, but Is said to suspect his defeat
ed rival Of In some way tampering
with the plates
Lieutenant Waters is endeavoring
TIA obtain his furlough at once and to
get to tho bottom OF the mystery
when he reaches England. He hopes
that bis broken romancs will interest
scientific men TO help solve the mys-
terry and win back for him the girl he
loves,
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-05-18
We'd Amid Debris.

The San Francisco disaster 80 shook
the plans OF MontfCrd Spinning, son OF
the Rev. Or. and Mrs. George l.. Spin
Ing, OF South 0 apge, N. j.. that his
wedding took place an even month be.
fore the date he had. set. for 1t. Mr..
Spinning Is treasurer Of the San Fran
cisco Lumber Company. He was to
have been married on May "a to Miss
Alice Duncan, but everything was SO
changed by the calamity that despite
the fact that the home which had
been made ready was ruined, the two
were welded on April "a, when they
With @ quarter OF q million other San
FfanciScans, we're homeless.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-05-18
shoee.

Lay them away, stained by a moSher's
Precious keepsakes through the COM
ing years.
The baby's shoes, the tips now slight
]y worn
Their spring heels frayed by running
DER the floor
Lay them away, with heartsirings
wrenched and torn,
For baby's feet will wear them never
ore.
But through the gloom Of all the com
The baby's shoes will ope the fount OF
Lay them away, and sacred mem
DRY
VIII cluster 'rnund them till his face
we see
Until in robes of angels purest
white,
With harp swept by his little fingers
blcSt,
His smile shall Danish all the gloom
Of night
And call us to his Fathers endless
rest.
Those little shoes! Through all the
coming years
They'll speak Of him, and fill our eyes
with tears,
Lay them away! No more will baby
feet
Run to the gate with pat ring music
sweet.
Upon the shores of brighter endless
day
He stands. lie smiles and waves his
hand,
And after we have quit life's weary
way
Wen greet our baby in that better
land.
And so We'll keep these shoes through
all the years
That they may Danish all our doubts
and fears.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-05-18

Tie United States government and
various states spend at least 81 600 on
the health of sheep and cattle for
every dollar they spend to protect hu.
man life," said DR.. w. A. Evans di-
rector OF the Columbus laboratories,
in a lecture at the tuberculosis exhi-
bit at the municipal museum recently.
mat is easily accounted for. The al
mighty dollar is our national god.
There Is money in sheep and cattle
sequently we raise sheep and cattle
and let men die. DO you see the diff
ference?
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-05-18
the Government be prevented.

by the Government be prevented.
Already the Department. OF jus
tice has taken up tins matter OF + o
OF the Standard OH Company
and the various railroads involved, on
the facts learned by Commissioner
Garfield. In this conn ction 1t should
co noted that the report presented TO.
day Is only on one phase OF the oil
situation-that relating to trapspor.
tatlon and freight rates. There are
six other branches of the general sub
J ct that the Bareau Of Corporations
is still considering and On which 1t
will report later.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-05-18
Increase over returns. 8 1876
Us,,d Bribery.

The Inquiry bJ the Interstate com.
MERGE commission into the relations
bet Seen tie Standard Oh Company
and railroads Of the country began 6 {
Ch'cago Thursday. Two points, uccn
which, 1T i, said, the Ia vestlgation win
endea 'or to throw light, are the pipe
lines OF the Standard Oh Company,
which are laid along the railroads.
rights Of ways, and purchase of tho
Galena oil by the railroads for head.
light and signal purposes. E M. VIII.
holt, Of Topeka, now an independent
OIL operator, but ten years ago an
agent OF The Standard Oh Company,
testified that while In the employ of
the Standard Oh Company he had In
following out the Instructions Of his
superior ctiicers, bribed clerks in the
Ill, es of the railroads and employees
OF independent oil concerns to obtain
information Of the details Of the bust.
ness done by rivals Of the STANDARD
OH COMPANY.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-05-18
h Luck Means.

Lack means rlsing not later ths n
SIX O'Clock In the morning, living on a
dollar a day If you earn two, mind
Dg your W business, and not med
ding with other peoples. Luck means
The appointments you have never
tailed to keep, the trains you have
never failed to catch. Luck means
trusting In God and your own re.
sources.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-05-18
Government Maps.

1t may not be known to some Of
Oar Folks that the Government OF
the United States is making a min
ute survey Of the entire country, and
is issuing complete and accurate
maps Of the parts suryeyed-includ
Ing every road, every farmhouse,
every cottage, creek, together with
water shed and elevation; and that
these maps are for sale, so far as
printed, at q merely nominal pfice-a
few cents oach. TIE person to write
10 ior information is Ohas. ID. Wal.
fott, director Of the United State
geological Survey, Washington, ID.
}. IL may be that your particular
I.teighoorhood has not yet been sur
leyed and mapped, but perhaps 1T is;
We have told you how to fad out,
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-05-18
ItemcInber This.

The following time table should be
preserved by every mother, as 1t Ia
often a source Of tho greatest anxiety
TO RnoW whether or not q child will
develop a disease after having been
exposed toit. Ch%ickenpox, symptoms
usually appear on the fourteenth day;
diphtheria, second day; measles four
teenth Gay, mumps, nineteenth day;
scarlet fever, fourth day; small pcx,
twelfth day typhoid fever, twenty.
hrst day; w%hoOp'ng cough fourteenth
day.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-05-18
I,rnr,ena-

For some time engines have been
taking water without stopping, and
mail cars have been picking mail
s 1ok5 from posts without so much as a
pause. Now an appliance for coal.
Ing engines without stopping has been
invented and experiments with 1t are
said to have been satisfactors. The
next movement to save the running
time OF trains will be q device for
throwing passengers on board and off
without BtOpDinU,
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-05-18
AILWAY
Are Nearly Doubled by state Board
Of Assessors.

y NS"h'J Dohoiou ny StSCo bONru
Of Assessors.
The state board OF railroad assessors
last week raised the assessments
against the railroads to forty million
dollars above the returns made by the
roads, approximately doubling it, and
similar raises were made In the cases
Of the telegraph, telephone, Pullman
and express concerns. The car cm
Germs assessed by this board are the
Aiken and Greenvllle and Columbia
and Charleston companies, which were
'lso raised st I'll :. The assessm hts
In the total for the ra.lro Ids are near.
IL thirty millions higher than last
year. The increase over returns In
the case OF the y ,ast Line Is fifteen
ntll!OLs. Southern sixtt en- millions,
5 aboard three millions, Charleston
and Western Carolina nearly three
mtll!Ous other companies one and O.
half millions. Following are some
interesting totals taken from the re.
pot:
Atlantic Coast Line r. b
Returned by company. 80 4 293 1856
ASS ssed by state board. 10 944 470
Increase over returns. 1915 651, O85
Southern Railway
Returned by company. ...8 7 $50 22u
Assessed by state board. "a OCT TOT
Increase ovsr returns ...s16. 108, 4S7
Seabord Air Line
Returned by company. 8 3 1872 1923
Assessed by state board. 7,6ll, 265
Increase over retn"~ . 80 3 748. 442
Charleston 81 We te. II Carolina
Returned by company. 80 1.7l3 933
Assessed by state board... 3.O88 929
Increase over return. Us $500 238
Local Railroads.
Return at......... 1893 1872, 843
Assessed by state bard. 1888 929
Ipnroooa ouor ,ot,.no N 900
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-05-18
Many Killed.

At Habana Thursday the pillars
supporting the second floor and roof
or The rear part of q large now cigar
cite factory belonging to jose Genar,
collapsed and 40 men ard women
working IN that part Of the factory
were caught In the falling brick and
timber debris. Six were taken out
dead and o dozan more YER tniur-
ed
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-05-18

DIVORCE DEGREES granted in one
state do not bind the defendant IL he
or she resides in another, according to
a decision Of the United States SUI
preme court, and as a result thousands
OF men and women who, after separa-
tlon In states where laws arc lax have
married again, face the possibility OF
having themselves declared big
amists, and their children illegiti-
mate.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-05-18

Gle AR your mind of every gloomy,
selfish, angry or revengful thought.
allow no resentment or grudge toward
mar or fate to stay in your heart over
night. Wake in the morning with a
blessing for every thing on your lips
ard In your soul. Say to yourself.
Health, luck, usefulness, success are
mine. l claim them. Keep thinking
that thought no matter what happens
just as you would put one fooo before
another If you had a mountain to
climb. Keep on, keep on, and sudden
ly you Will find that you are on the
heights.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-05-18

1T was only a year or two ago that
Senator Lodge voted to strike out the
Imprisonment clause Of the antitrust
act and now he proposes Imprisonment
for railroad managers guilty Of grant
ing rebates. Has Senator Lodge re-
pcnted or is he using that old Repub-
lican dodge of trying to tool the peo-
pie?
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-05-18
A PlanOr or An Organ Por You.

10 the hoad of every family who Is ambi.f
tions for the future and education OF his ohiI!;
dren, we have a Special Proposition to make.
No article in the home shows the ev;denna
OF culture that does n Piano or Organ. No 40.
complishment gives rs much pleasure or ia OF
as great val9e In after life as the knowledge
OF music and the ability TO play we'll.
our small Payment Pla o makes owner
ship of a high grade Piano or Organ easy.
just a few dollars down and q small payment
each month or quarterly or semi annually and
the Instrument is yours,
Write us today for Catalogues and our Spec.
tl Proposition of Easy Payments.
Addres Malone's Music Co.,,
Columbia, s. q.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-05-18
Two Murdered.

James Mucohio and his wife, Celesti,
aospnfous Italians were found muir.
trtd Thursday morning In their
&c ms IN Brooklyn. They had their
jngular veins out. An Italian who
boarded with the couple ia missing.
The police believe burglary was the
motive OF the crime.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-05-18
An Old Preacher.

A Methodist minister who had been
preaching for seYenty.seven years is
worth some little attention. The dis.
tinctiOn belongs to Rev. Richard Ry.
mer, Of Brixton, England. He was q
preacher when William Nv was King
Of England and Andrew jackson wa
President Of the United States.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-05-18
Fatal RunawRy,

w. O. Agnew and his sister Miss
JAMIE Agnow and two Of his daugf-
tiers Of Abbeville county were return
Ing In their carriage from Abbeville
on Wednesday when the horses ran
awey. Mr.. ARnew was 80 badly hurt
that he died, and the sister is repor
ted fatally hurt,
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-05-18
/ electa
ktliine Frost.

= A dispatch from Norfolk, Va, says
Information was received In this CITY
~~'rom the superintendent of the North
on i~srolina test farm at StatesVnle stat
az that all the cotton and corn In
XhxMdt 8 ctioh was killed by the frosts
st week. O5ner crops are believed
have suffered ST verely. Cotton has
cen killed or injured In many Of the
bates, and farmers nave had to plant
;er.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-05-18
Rad Follow.

G. Raymond berry OF Dillon, the
d~efaulting county superintendent Of
education In Marion county haa been
heard from again. He was shot in
Tampa Fla, last week by q man
whose wife he hadbaon annoying. Berry
tried to climb In the window and was
shot In the arm, but not seriously.
Most OF us count mp everything else
but u blessings. Right there our
adding machine stops. 1t isn't right
though,
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-05-18
They now pare potatoes and was
dishes by electricity.

dishes by electricity.
A package or O. velcps sealed With
white of egg cannot be steamed open.
Fifty years ago one woman to ,ery
ten mon worked for wages. Now
the ratio Is four to one.
II member, you train yourself
to throw off wo ny, In the same way
that you acquired the habit.
Let your brain be a burying ground
Tor other peoples secrets. LIS q
good place for your own, too.
Wireless telegraph may pc compar-
atively now, but the kick under the
liable Is as old as marriage.
The queen of Siam has the smallest
foot OF any titled parson In the world.
SIZE wear a No. l l 2 shoe.
II you bake the soil in which fine
tl)wer SEED, are to be planted, you
vii not be troubled 80 much with
weeds.
Half q lemon dipped In salt will be
fou q gu to as SO! vics able as oxalic
acid III %ciIaning articles Of copper and
brass.
In Austria O. man and a woman ar.
supposed To be CAPE be OF conducting
d nome OF their ~ from the age OF
tOurGeen.
In the German colonies white wo.
men are scarce, tnere being only 254
IN East Africa and 800 Ia the G rm IA
islands in the Pacific Oc-an
One Of The bost known New Yo:k
actresses, Mss Blanche b Gss, has
turned farmer, as a relief from tho
nervous strain OF theatrical Wcrk.
In Bavaria the ome clean the
streets. l. IL only a TOW years back,
when trains we're In fashion. chat wo-
men performed tie same work syze.
The only woman firearm agent in
the world is pretty Nellie B>nnett OF
lie yer, who sells powder and SHOT
guns and represents the OI5ao.r l. fe
Magazine.
a man In Pannay lvania sold his wife
for 80 and then spent che money for d
oar quet 10 the pu. chaser, Some wo
mem would sell thier husbands for
less.
An Indiana woman succeeded In
laying In q stock Of fourteen husbands
before the authorities deemed 1t best
to Interfere and clip the wings tf her
monopolistic spirit.
The nan who breaks cff an engage
mont without an explanation, should
be waited upon by the girls father or
brother and IN explanation demand
ed. This will be- merely for satisfac
ton.
Randolph Milbourne, the Washing
ton. d. @, music teacher, who wears
woman's clothes, has got around |
gel 0 csions by wearing a large sill
v-r badge bearing the In cription,
r. lndolpn M.lbourne. am o man."
To shut out az o'j4cional view
from side or rear windows mix a lit.
tie mastic varnish and white lead la
equal q lantities and apply to the In
side OF the panes with an old paint
brush. 1t will be q good imitation Of
ground glass and will wear a long
time.
A ChicSgo professor recently pre-
dicted thai the industry OF the TWEEN
ty first centu y would be controlled
by women; and Supreme COURT JUS.
tice David A Brewer, In an address
before Vassar, suggested that the
next half c injury may extend full
suffrage throughout the nnion.'
When you've a. good wife and true,
WAC, let fortune be foul or fair,
or Whatever may come to you,
VIII cheerfully bear her share;
Who has proved she's q brave, true
helper,
Perhaps far more than you know,
1t viii Tighten her end Ct the burden,
II you kiss her and tell her so.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-05-18
Younp Man Dead,

Benjamin Kennedy, comman.
mt Of the WEIGH Neck High School
Hartsville, died In Columbia We'd
bday night after an illness OF six
eks. He vas twenty. eight years of
b, having been born In u nesvlllo,
ion county, ON March 10, 1878.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-05-18
Hard to Please,

Two men were arrested recently In
New York for causing q lot Of citiz ns
to laugh and cheer and and another
man was gathered in on the same day
ter refu log to look pleasant when
ordered to GROSS the street. The
police are growing awfully particu.
Ar .t . .".Hr |N. HINrH-t'
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-05-18
70 man eve gains anyth ng by try

70 mar ever gains any tn ng by try
ing to belittle others. Remember this
young man and act on it.
THE Republicans in Congress are d.
ded on every proposition that looks
towards reform, but they are all unit
ed on the pork biIl' and "for the old
flag and an appropriation"
KANSAS undertakes have formed a
trust. Hereafter funeral expenses
must be guaranteed or the deceased
will not be buried. Thus do many a
mans woes pursue him to the grave.
IMMIGRANTS are coming into Texas
at the rate Of 1000 a day, and New
York and Boston at 16, 200 a day. This
country will have to continue to do
some tall assimilating to digest so
much raw food.
REPUBLICAN, senators seem to
dread to vote on the Sm oot case.
and many Of them intend to repudiate
the bargain made with the Mormon
church by Perry Heath in 1900 which
gave the Republicans the electoral
vote of Utah,
THE Ship-subsidy steal Is one vote
SHY of being reported fayorably by the
Committee of Merchant Marine and
Fisheries, and Gen, Grosvenor and the
lobbyists have expended all their eff
forts so far for nothing.
A Ger nan scientist says the time
will come when the supply Of water
Will not be sufficient to supply life on
this earth. This may be true, but
the trouble is too far Off fer us of this
time t. worry over 1T.
THE standpatters will hardly dare
stand out against abating the tarifFon
building material to the unfortunate
San Francisco sufferers, though they
will still continue the tariff tax on
homes for the balance Of us.
The advantage Of an indirect tax
like the tariff is, as one Of the princi-
pal standpatters said, the foolish
geese dOn'tknow who Is plucking them
but the Republicans are discovering
that the voters are getting their eyes
opene'.
AN eminenu minister of the gospel
says n~inety-fiYe per cent of the son. Of
rich men are worthless and do moth
ing but spend the money they inheri-
ted. While this may be true, yet they
are some use in the world by robly
helping to keep money in circulation.
THE city Of johannesburg, South At
RIGA, prohibits all advertisements re-
guarding liquor and gambling on a
penalty of $l2, or two months impriS-
onment. That is good law, and better
still we are told it is strictly enforced.
TIE people Of Porto Rico have found
that wearing shoes Is a cure for the
'lazy bug" disease. That is not al
ways the case in this section Of the
globe. Some folks here who have two
or three pair Of shoes have the "lazy
bug disease to an alarming extent.