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The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-03-23
a FATHER,s ApRnAL.
He Wishes to Find His LiteIo Son
Who Was stolen.

....-.H aN.aHLa H.ssIH-lt tNNN" - ..a..
line little son or DR.. s. T.. Byers,
OF Seeleyyille, indiana, was stolen
from his home n year ago last May.
DR.. Byers has spent his entire re-
sources in search for his child and he
says unless the big hearted members
Of the p ems come TO his assistance
his 0 will grow up an outlaw and
an ontcast among the lowest people
OF the earth. It Is a cause that should
appeal to everyone and no father
reading these lines can do 80 without
a quickening Of the heart and a sym-
pathetic throb.
1t Is believed that If this article, is
reprinted In the newspapers ii will
form an endless chain that will un.
cover the lost boy g concealment and
return him to his distracted parents.
Dr. Byers believes his boy ia now on
some h~ouseboat op some river wait.
Ing to take the road in the Spring.
There Is a reward OF $500. awaiting
any information that will lead to the
boys rec very. No questions will be
asked and II the abduoter himself
would deliver the boy to his parents
he would not be molested. The be.
reaved parents are heart broken with
grief and want only their child.
If each journal will reprint these
lines, they will travel to very ex-
change table in thu Uaited States
and bring back to q wretohed home 8
child who is row no doubt suffering
with cold, unfed and wretched TO a
degree. Think of what your own
feelings would be under similar DIR
cumstancesl This appeal Is indicated
originally by a publisher who saw DR..
Byers only once, has no personal in.
terest In his quest other than, the
bond OF sympathy that makes the
world akin, and Ia inspired from the
belief that the lost boy can only be
found through the united ef jrt OF
the country press Of which he IL
proud to be a member. His rec, very
will be a triumph In advertising AND
no editor whose heart Is placed right
will refuse this appeal. Remember
1t may be your child nexti The fol
lowing Is a description Of the lost
boy:
Richmond Byers, If alive was {
years old last July, Is Of light com
plexlon, has gray eyes, left eye MOTTO
IDLY crossed, has a small V shaped
nick In the edge Of the left ear, has 8
sharp chin and and q narrow projeco
ting forehead. He Is rather small To-
his age and is unusually bright and in
%telligent, talking after the manner o,
a boy much older. DR.. Byers ha.
searched among the rowing bands tina
frequent the United States and be
lieves that his son can be fount
among travelling junk dealers, 80 call
cd horse traders or movers. Ae doe,
not think the boy was stolen by GEM
inc gipsies. He thinks he was takel
by a wandering band that used hin
Tor the purpofe of begging In til,
towns along the route.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-03-23
Hurt In q Runaway

The Columbia State says "Mr. Gao
l.. Baker, who vas painfully Injured
by being thrown from q runaway al
Otangeburg Tuesday afternoon, is
improving and Is expected to be able
TO leave his room In q day or two. Mr..
Baker, DR.. j. j. Watson, DR.. E. M
Whaley and Mr.. Brown Hyatt were
returning from q hunt about four
miles from Ofangeburg when the ac-
cident In which Mr.. Baker was injur-
cd occurred. Mr.. Hyatt and Mr..
Baker wee In a buggy together and
in some way one Of the shafts broke
and the vehicle ran upon the horse.
The animal became frightened and
dashed Off throwing both Of them out
aud dragging Mr.. Baker some dis.
lance. He received q severe blow on
n OF his ewes and three ugly SUITS on
the back OF his head besides being
badly bruised about the body, Mr..
Hyatt's back waS badly wrenched and
nc was otherwise bruised. He has
sufficiently recovered to be out on the
streets. The physicians did every
thing possible for them and all re-
turned to the city after the accident
on the night train.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-03-23
A WAY WARD GIRL.
An Atlanta Young Woman who Ii
Stage Struck.

Stage Struck.
Atlanta. Ga like other places has
some foolish young women amop9 her
residents. One OF these Is Blsnche
Winters, a handsome 17yes 4,
whose home is on West ieashteee
street. The foolish young woman
prefers the life on the stage to that of
any other, and wanted TO cotnmit
suicide because her mother had her
taken from the Star theatre in Allan.
ia and sent her to the Home OF I'll q
Good Shepherd In Cincinnati.
Miss Winters, who Is an unusually
prepossessing looking girl and has
been raised we'll, recently disappeared
from her home. Her mother institu-
ted a search and located the recreant
daughter In the chorus Of the Star, a
theatre of the b~urlesque class and
which Is frequented only by men.
Policemen found the girl in q squat.
le room, Uttered with the remnants
OF a late supper, and carried her TO
the police station. When her mother
and Recorder Broyles tried TO extract
a promise from the young woman to
give up the stage she exclaimed dra-
matically:
II wi l die before I give up the
When the Office started back to the
cell wish her she begged him for his
revolver with which tt blow her baains
out. She said she had rather die than
go to the Cincinnati home. She was
carried to CINCINNATI homo by Mrs.
.Bonefeld, police matron. Her mother
Is heart-broken over the girlB's &C
tiOna.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-03-23
KILLED HER OWN SISTER.
"A TerriblU Tragedy in Atlanta
Caused by jealousy.

At Atlanta on Friday Mrs. Edward
nj. Sandifer, aged 25 years, shot an6
killed her sister, Miss Ohappell Whise,
mant, aged 10, alleging that she COM
mitted the deed because of her hus-
bands attention to her victim. The
dead girl was to have been married
this week to a young business man
Of Seneca, s. G., and all plans for the
marriage had been practically COM
pleted.
Mrs. Sandifer went early Friday to
the home Of her brother. in-law. d.
p. Durham, With whose family Miss
Whisemant made her home, and an
tered the sleeping room of her sister.
What words passed between the two
were known only to the two, but soon
four shots rang out and Miss Whise-
nant fell, wounded In in the breast
just above the heart, and Ia other
vital parts. She died half and hour
later without having spoken.
Mrs. Standifer went to her home
and telephoned to her brother. in
laws home, asking If Miss Whisenant
was dead. Being informed that she
had died, M g. Standifer expressed no
regret for her act, and said she
would follow Mr.. Dunham's advice
and surrender to the police. She was
arrested later. During the day she
c~onvsrsad freely with the police off
clals, declaring she had avenged
her outraged womanhood."
E. M. Standifer came to Atlanta
about two years ago from Gadsden,
Ala, where he married his wife. Hls
father, he says, Is w. e. Standifer,
United States marshal at Gadsden,
and his uncle, w. H. Standifer, he
asserted, is assistant United States
district attorney at that place.
He was detained at the 20.
lice station after his wife was arrest
ed, on the suspicion that he may
have had some guilty knowledge Of
the crime. The dead girl Is said to
have been engaged to be married to
j. e. SittOn, OF Seneca. s. g.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-03-23
Two NAVAL cADETsHIpa.
A Chance for some Of Dur Briaht
Young MenI

The following notice, published by
request of Senator Tlllman, will
doubtless be read with interest by
many ambitious young mon and their
parents In South Carolina:
/ hereby give nj tice that an exam
ination will be held in the State
House at O0lun ola, hegiuniug at
8. 80 O'Clock, Tuesday, April 10, 1909,
under the direction of State Sapsrin-
dant of Education o. b. Martin aud
two assistants. TIE examination will
be written, and ba by numbers, anc
9he physical examination will be CON.
Quoted by DR.. j. w. BAbcopk, With
the assistance Of two physicians whom
he will select. The physical examina
tiOn will be held first and no boy who
falls In this, can take the mental ex.
animation. Candidates in order to be
admitted to the Academy must be
well versed In reading, writing, spell.
Ing, punctuation and capitals, gram
mar, geography, United States histC-
~, worlds history, arithmetic, alge-
bra and geometry.
The physical n quirements are: M
candidate Will be 40 mitted who Is un.
der Is years Of age or over 20, who is
deformed or afflicted with any disease.
He shall not % less than five feet two
inches, between the ages OF 16 and 10
and not less than I've feet four inches,
between the ages OF IL and 20.
At this examination two principals
Will be named to dill the vacancies now
existing, and three alternates for
each McancY. The alternates are
name 80 tnat In the event of the
principal failiug mentally or physical.
ly the better quail. fed alternate may
succeed to the vacancy.
Inasmuch as some Of the %alternates
whom l have appointed heretofore
have failed to put themselves to the
necessary expense Of appearing for OK
animation, l give notice that in this
case boy no will be permitted to stanC
the examination who does not pledge
himself to comply with this require
mont, should he be given the place o.
alternate.
After the selection of principals ant
alternates by this examination those
selected will have to report the SECOND
Tuesday In April. at q place here
after designated for examination, ply
sically and mentally by the represent
atives OF the civil service commissions
In case OF failure then another oppor
tunlty will be offered at Annapolis OF
the third Tuesday in June.
This examination Is only open t,
South Carolina boys who are oOna fid'
permanent residents of the State ant
white.
I will be obliged If all State caperl
will copy this notice.
b r. TILLMAN.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-03-23
MADE AaREsT UNDER RIVER.
Polioeman's Duty Took Him ID wp
Shaft and Into Tunnel.

A New York policeman had a queer
experience recently. A dispatch from
that city says Ioatrolman Norton Is
taking it easy" at his home after
making an early morning arrest under
conditions remarkable for even the
New York police department..
Down a 100 foot shaft In q buoke,
and then through a suco .ssion OF al
locks to q pOint more than 100 fec,
III. under the &c ,st river In search OF
o negro desparsdo, who had jus:
smashed q comrades skull with ;
steel drill, is not an ordinary morn
ing's job. even for q patrolman. A
quarrel over 8 crap game led to the
assault.
Out there, 1875 feet from the river
bank and 165 feet below the surface
the world seems far away and remote
The wounded mans companion stoot
by and saw the thing done, too fasci
mated with terror to move a finger t,
save him-until 1t was too late.
Fatfoiman Norton learned of tht
assault shortly after 1t had taker
place, and that the negro, Coleman
~ III VIC oil lOCAs III
hastened to the shaft head and hat
the er glneerit q staff lower him dowI
the clesr hundred feel, between til,
olammy, dripping rock walls, in tht
email bucket chat even the sand hog
are careful with, to the bottom, wher,
he started Off into the yawning black
ness of the tunnel M nth toward tn
first air look.
He finally reached a po!rt where III
could communicate with the half doz
en- men, among whom was Coleman
remaining at the head Of the line
next to the shield. He ordered then
TO come out and they came wil.inI
enough, especially the negro, who en-
deaVored to push by the policeman
But the latter was too quick for him
and had him safely under arrest be
fore he reached the foot Of the shaft
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-03-23
n Good Law,

The S~portanburg Journal says the
police are keeping a watchout on the
cocaine "sniffers" since the cocaine
and morphine ordinance, passed at a
recent meeting Of the city council,
went into effect. The ordinance
makes 1t unlawful for either drug to
be sold In the city except by a pre-
soription from a regular licensed ply
sician. The use Of cocaine was becom.
Ing widespread among a certain class
Of colored people. but now that q
stringent ordinance prohibiting, the
sale Of the drug the ''snifrers" will find
a difficult matter to secure the white
powder that furnishes them so much
delipht
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-03-23
Jail ID livery.

Douglas, Ca, had q wholesale jail
delivery Wednesday night. While tue
liler, S. O. Bro "n. was away, Eve
negroes, Il charged with murder,
three with assault with intent to
murder, ard INT with a misdemeanur
saved eff the hinges OF the" d )or and
walked out with no one to hinder.
Track dogs were Oh The scane within
half an hour, but it was found that
the esGap,s had washed their feet
With the disinfectant left In the cor
rld)r and the dogs failed to take the
trail. &c .sbman BrowD, 6 lored, I'M
der a charged assault wish intent to
murder, refused to go and Is now the
only prisoner I'm the jail.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-03-23
Caught I'm a Storm.

The steamer T%avinul, from the Sa-
moan Islands, bring additional details
OF the storm which swept over Society,
Paumatu and Cook Islands on Febru-
airy 8. The only white person who is
known to have perished was q care
taker who was drowned. The dam
age to the harbor at Papeele is esti-
mated at 5000, 00J and on the whole
island OF Tahiti 5000, 900. 1t Is be.
lieved that three schooners were lost
at sea. Heavy seas swept over many
Islands, natl yes seeking refuge by
climbing cocoa palms. SIX lives were
lost on the island Of Tahllc Including
Father Paul. o Catholic missionary.
twenty-five persons were drown.
ed on Anae Island and six on the is.
land OF MOtutOnpa.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-03-23
Benevolent Assimilation

According to the dispatches from
the Philippine Islands some more
benevolent assimilation has been done
over there. The assimilated we're
a band Of Moros, and it Is carefully
explained by Gen. Wood In the off,
cial reports that they were a band OF
outlaws. It SEEMS that Gen. Wood
and his troops made q clean job Of it
The Moros, who were to be ass mila
ted, were caught In the crater Of an
extinct volcano. They were surround
ed In this death trap, and SIX hum
dred of them, including women
and children, were "~pacifed" In
death. No prisoners were taken, as
Gen. Wood says the action resulted in
the determination OF this band OF out
laws. Frequently we get a report OF
this sort from ~ Philippine posses
sions. There is never any report OF the
number If outlaws wounded. There
Is never any report Of the number Of
prisoners taken. The brigands are
always extermipated to q man. But
the thing we would like to know"
says the Atlanta Journal, lis this
are these people reelly5 outlaws, inthe
ordinary, accepted sense Of the term,
or do the government reports call
Them outlaws simply because the adj
ministration does not wish to admit
that It's program in the archipelago
has never met With the endorsement
OF the native population, and that, as
a matter OF fact, armed rebellion has
never ceased; ard never will cease so
long as some of the natives are able
to get thu armbp If these people who
are being slaughtered are merely dam
gercus brigands, who In no way rep.
resent the real sentiment Of the ma.
tive population, there is some hope
that the inhabitants Of the islands as
a whole will one day become reconcil.
ed to American rule. But If they are
really rebels waging q hopeless war
for what they conceive to be their
rights. and really represent the feel
Ing of q large part of the natives to.
ward Americans, 1T must be very evil
dent that the cheerful, government re-
ports concerning the manner in which
the Filipinos have become reconciled
to American rule are very highly col.
ored. 1t would be to the advantage
Of all parties concerned IL the admin
~istration would be quite frank about
the matter and let us know whether
we are killing outlaws or killing rebels
In that country"
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-03-23
Laborer Cruehed TO Dea,b.

William Wilson, colored, an en-.
ploye Of the Chicora Phosphate comp.
any, was crushed last Thursday be,
tween two cars, dying instantly. He
was loading a car when another Cal
was being pushed by several laborers
into position for loading. Wilson was
between the cars that he was loading
and the approaching car, but he seem.
ed to be unaware OF its approach and
was horribly mang ed The empty Cal
was pushed back and the body extr'c.
ated, being sent to his home on Mas.
sau street. The found nc
blame on the men who showed the
empty car upon unfortunate man and
they were not arrested. This Is the
sec ond death from mangling In three
days, the elevator conductor of the
Royal Bag and yarn factory having
met his death In being crushed on
Tuesday between the elevator and
the jlOOr
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-03-23
HAVE TO WOO By Law.
Aud Unlawful Tor Mon to Part Hair
In Middle.

in Middle,
II 3 bill which has been introduced
In the mousse Of the Mississippi legisla-
ture becomes q law men will be- de-
barred from parting their hair In the
middle. no male prior to his twenty
fourth year may pay court to a girl,
AID bald-headed wild wers above forty
and red headed widowers under that
age will not be permitted by law to
pay attentions to any girl under
eighteen.
Race suicide Of the Rooseveltian
GRAND was the su jact of the bill
which was presented by Representa-.
tive TOlbert. The interest displayad
by the members after the title was
read proved 80 great that it was read
IN full, but the hitch occurred when
toe question arose as to what commit
tee tn assign 1t to.
Charles Doherty, of Tunica county,
manager agent of the racing string
of Il ward CorriRan during that turf
mans invasion of Eugland, moved
that the @ ure be referred to the
liquor traffic committee. 1t was final
ly ordered to the Judiciary committee.
Should 1t become Q law Wholesale
changes in tactics used by young and
old lovers are sure to occur There
Will DO less counting and flirting and
more marriages, and according to the
author Of the bill there will result a
notable multiplication Of the human
+ ce.
No man will DO permitted to part
his hair in the middle, and before he
may pay attentions to u girl he must
first gain consent OF the parents. He
will be REQUIRED to make af1davit that
his attentions are serious and that
there will be no flirting.
B Id headed widOwers over the age
Of forty or red"headed widOWers under
forty will be restricted to cturtship
among girls In their home county past
eighteen years Of age. Exception is
made for officers of the state guard or
TO the state legislature, who are de.
pended on to use their own conscience
In love affairs.
The measure also provides against
any young woman wearing glasses be-
cause 1T is stylish. She must also
make amda"it when desiring court.
ship Of q widower that she IL receiv.
ing attentions with the idea OF form
Ing matrimonial ALLAN &c, and that
she will find more pleasure in frying
batter cakes and sewing on buttons
than in playing with poodles and pet
cats.
Provision Is made for any couple re
garded as members Of the old maid.
old bachelor GLASS to have them pre-
sorted with q baby carriage by the
county board II supervisors and tina,
the couple will be exempt from al
tax.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-03-23
Tho Very Strange Experieno of an
Iodtana PhYsioian.

dispatch from Ladoga, Ind. says
in 1879 DIR. Byron MahoRey, one Of
the promising young physicians In
that section OF the state, whose home
life was ideal, strangely disappeared.
His relatives aud friends searched
every we'll and all the streams and
woods for many miles around and ad
vertised for him far ard wide.
Five years passed and the family
became c)nvir ced that he was dead,
John Mahoney, his father, spent o
small fortune In the search, but at last
gave up In despair.
I'll en- Mrs. Mahoney went to Uaion
City, Kan. believing that II her bus.
band vas not dead she had been de-
serted, she obtained a legal separation
Later she m.ri!rd again and is now a
mother 81 six children. "
SatulG~Y a we'll dresstd mar, whose
hair was sprinkled with white and
who was apparently in good health,
stepped from q Monon train at the
Lsdoga depot. Not one recognized
aim and he locked about in complete
10 Iluoi lu'uU. LILO Indu ulEcu lOI
DR.. j. O. Mahoney and was taken to
his home. Neither recognized the
other.
DR.. J. @. Mahoney was finally con
vinced that his long missing brother
Byron, had returned. Then came the
discovery that the mans mind waS
absolute blank as far as the past was
concerned. He could tell nothing OF
where he had been. He did not even
know whore he bad boarded the Mo.
non tr In. He see ms entirely unable
t. real 70 the great changes that have
been wrought in his absence.
About hls first request was to see
his little boy" who vas three when
DR.. Mahoney disappeared from L.
doga twenty eight years ago, and he
seemed unable to understand shat his
little boy'' is now u man thirty one
years old.
DR.. j. @. Mahoney will keep his
brother at his home, and will give
him treatment In the hope of restor.
ing his mind. The only statement
6bat throws any light upon his condl-
ttnn is one one he frequently make.
MY head hurts" His hands are
white and smooth, showing that he
has performed No manual labor recen-
5ly. Many are inclined to believe
that he hat been confined In some
asylum.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-03-23
II v " ulinm ID. shon DEAD

Rev William d. Shea, n of the
Oldest and best known ministers In
The Methodist church. In the South,
died at his home in Atlanta, Ca. Last
Thursday, aged n years. Mr. Shea,
was III his early life, was a resident OF
Roswell, Ga, was an attendant at
tile wedding Of President Roose velts
mother. He was for Is years presi.
dent CT Homer Female college, Louisi
ana, moving afterward to Texas,
where he attained prominence as a
Methodist minister. He was super.
anhuated In 1893, when he returned
10 Atlanta, where the remainder OF
his life was spent.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-03-23
$ nook, Il the Nation.

Btief comment on the recent battle
In the Philippines vas made in the
House N FIiday by Mr.. Jones, who
said, maRilg every allowance for the
onyno al leiations known to exist be.
Tween tie president and Gen. Wood,
nc vas unable to understand how the
president could endorse the kill
ing Of women and children. 1t had
shocked the whole nation. "In my
ldVment,"h he continued, this action
on tho part Of the commanding gen.
sral Of II forces in the Moro provir,
cos cannot be condoned or excused
lie regarded az highly improbable
Ghat the Moros took their children In
their arms as shiel6s and charged the
Amer otu troops. The Moros cCult
not fight in that manner.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-03-23
Accidentally shot g,mseIf,

Mortally wounded by a pistol which
had fallen from his pocket and which
had c dentally discharged It's loaC
lnto his abdomen, A. &c. Batele, night
Waterman at the plant Of the Virgin.
ta-Caroline Chemical company, lay fol
Il I've hours calling for help Thursday
night. Tne accident occurred shortly
hftcr q o'clock ard Batele was picked
up by the crew Of q switch engine
after II o'cI OK. lie remained con
Scious until the end came about
O'clock and gave a full statement OF
thc peculiar accident. He was sixty.
nine years Of age and vas highly es.
tocmed by all who knew him.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-03-23
Wanted Parkhurst Killed.

The report of alleged plot to kill
Rev. Charles Fl. Parkhurst was made
public In New York Wednesday. Mr..
Parkhurst has been prominent for
years as o police reformer. 1t Is un.
derstood that the district attorneys
Cfice has prepared to summons sever
al witnesses in connection with this
plot, which Ia said to have originated
because of q raid made on q disorderly
house by agents Of the Parkhnrst 60
cletY some time ago. According 10