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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-26

HAD GREAT soLlDlTY or LUNGS

(Fron Our Regular Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, ID. c., February 25.s-
1t Is doubtful whether any man In. tiils
country has ever become SO much the
idol OF his party as was Henry Clay.
Even to-day ehere are snowy-headed old
veterans who avow with shaking voice
that his cqualsin the forum has not lived
In America. and who can scarcely bring
themselves to mention his name without
tincovcring their heads. | had always
imagined Mr.. Clay TO have been man
OF culture. suave manners, and all the
polish that distinguished old school gen
tlemen of Virginia and Kentucky My
opinion was naturally enough due to the
many stories told of his remarkable mag
netism of epersonality, which clinnged
enemies to friends in the twinkling of
an eye. si ..+.. ...-..@ -
But an old volume which i saw recently,
entitled Sketches OF America" written
by Henry Bradshaw Fearon, an English
man who Travelled in this country soon
after the close of the last war with
England, for the purpose of reporting TO
number of English gentlemen regard
ing the opportunity which America Of
fered to emfgrants, gives a rude shock 10
those to whom Henry Clay has become
the beau ideal of the political leader.
Mr.. Fearon, after describing the general
characteristics OF the two houses of Con-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-26

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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-26

Henderson was elected Speaker over
several announced candidates. largely be-
cause or nus reputation tor Delng good
fellow. Members flocHed to his support
and before the day OF election the oppos!-
ton was all withdrawn.
His exit from public life was the most
dramatic incident OF his career. In his
twenty years of service In Congress he
had, Ike most men in political life built lp
an army OF enemies at home. fhey were
never sufficiently numerous or powerful 10
nis odge him. The oppos.t on was led d in
cipaliy by former Governors Boies and
l.aril)ee
Henderson defeated Boies for the re
publican nomination for Congress and
ater Boies became a Democrat and was
the Democratic nominee Tor Congress ar
the time Henderson withdrew from thS
race and from politics. The denoucrnsnt
came in September, 1902
Henderson learned that his political
enemies had collected q lot OF alleged ma
terial of personal nature TO be used
hgainst him in the fail contest. and
rather than meet campaign OF siandey
he decided 10 quit politics forever. He
assigned political reasons for his retire
ment.
At this point in his career an old arm,
friend came TO his aid. Through the good
offices Of Gen. G. NJ. Dodge, formerly Of
Iowa: a law partnership was arranged fol
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-26
The St. Clair Claim.

l. IihNS DSGn pIEbeIll Ill iINt.iNlOlo pio-
cussions, among which We're the subjects
of Revolutionary claims and "A general
bankrupt BILL and General st. Clair's
claim The latter was the topic when
first entered the gallery of the assembly
The fact of This having advanced $3.50
of his private property for national pur-
poses was proved by receipt attestinS
1t given at the time by the next in COM
mand. wasssurprlsed that the question
of repaying this sum could be made the
subject of debate, naturally concluding
that ,n,s powerful nation would not
have suffered itself, even for moment
to be debtor to n poor individual, and
that the mere fact OF Revolutionary
general having fallen into distress re-
CURED only to be known in order that
he should be relieved. To my extreme
surprise and regret, however. / was
speedily undeceved General st. Glars
claim was SO strongly opposed that /
concluded that it would necessarily be
lost. The arguments advanced by its adj
vanced by It's advocates were. first that the
money was due to him. and, IL not paid, the
country were not either more nor less.
than swindlers, and. that, secondly, hay
ing been one of their political sayiours,
they ought to go hand and heart TO pour
oil on his wounds, and not to suffer his
gray hairs TO descend with sorrow to the
grave. The reason met with the follow
ing mercenary, cold-blooded arguments
in reply:
General st. Clair certainly has claims
upon our gratitude. and If we could be
directed by our wishes we would assent
to the bill; but we were not sent here by
our constituents to he governed by or
to leglslate according to our feelings.
The obtainment of our liberties was GER
tainly a valuable acquisition, but those
are arguments foreign to the present dis
cusson. We have now got our Constitu-
ton, and how 1t was obtained Is now
matter of little moment. We are not
eternaly TO be looking at the past. We
are now free; that is our main consid-
GRAFTON. Our duty and true policy is to
look at the future.
Speaker of the House.
1.-THE prominent leader of this side of
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-26

Speaker of the House.
1.-THE prominent, leader of this side of
the question was man gifted with great
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-26

Colonel Henderson had a pleasant voice
and while his oratory and his nartisanshin
were intense, he commanded respect and
attention even from his opponents. When
pitched in a high key and rang through
the galleries and corridors like a Scotch
bugle call.
while he made some money from his Law
practice, through a fortunate partnership
formed in Dubuque, he was never able to
save very much. His earthly possessions
are represented by a home in Dubuque,
which is said to be worth about $4,000
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-09-07
ooTroN RED spIpaR.
Has Done ConaidorAb,e Damage to
4 Cotton In thie HSntr.

Has Done considorAb,e DRmago to
D Cotton In this state.
Ne G. Titus, OF the department ST
sgviculture, has Yeosnty made n nj.
pofN on bis invest cations Of tho cot
ton Nred spider In North and South
Carolina, Georgia and Alahsu MA,
Injury TO cotton blythe red eptder,
this fepp5t Gays has been ~proyelsn6 ,ir
many sections of the cotton gro sling
area during the past two years. Til,
GAUGE Of the irjury is q minute ysr
lowisf..r red mite that feeds on tho cot
ton plant, principally on tho undei
sides of the leaves The mites usual
ly appear early In the scasoD, but do
little appreciate damage until mid
summer or later. The II jlries rarely
become serious unless accompanied by
long continued dry weather; In suoh
an event the multiplication Of the
mites Is worry rapid, and the consequent
injuries arc often sufficient to kill the
plants. :
This species was first described ia
the department. Ct agriculture in 1900
and the insects were found In Bato,
Roughe, LIS. In 1903 aud 1904 they
had caused considerable damage there.
The pest IL very probable distributed
throughout tho entire cotton growing
area of the South, although during
late years It's appearance in injurious
numbers had not been reported until
the summon OF 1903, when It caused
considerable damage to cotton in
South Carolina and Georgia. In 1904
red spiders were found at Batter bury
and IN other sections OF South O&roli
ma. During the summer Of 1905 many
reports f Its occurrence we're received
from points In North Carolina, South
Carolina, Georgia and Alabama, and
In several Of these states the lnlects
we're found In Injurious numbers.
From Investigations made In South
Carolina In 1905 1t was noticed tina,
from 8 point on the margin Of q aalt
where there were growing large poke
barry plants the infestation by the rec
spider had spread over 8 fan SHAPED
area of the adjoining cotton. The de
partment belle ye5 that when q fold II
found to be infested with the spider,
that they may be gotten rid CT b,
spraying old plantB and pulling up O
burning the young ones.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-09-07
Captain wirz a martyr.

because the women Of the South
are making an effort to collect the
necessary funds for erecting a monu.
ment to the memory Of Captain Wirz,
who sugere1 a vicarious martydom,
being made a scapcgoat for the pov.
erty of the Lonfedcracy due to the
Federal blockade, the Boston Evening
Transcript under the heading "a Mis-.
taken Memorial" INDUCES edltorially
IN the following mistaken arraignment
OF the dead. 1t does not, it says, wish
to go into the horrors of Anderson
vile for which Wirz was guilty, but
thinks 1T sufficient to state that "the
first prisoners were brought to Ander-
sonvillc Feb. Is, 1864; the war ended
in April, 1868; yet the national GENE.
tary at Andcrsonville contains the
bodies Of nearly $4,000 Union soldiers
who Succumbcd to starvation or neg
lcct while prisoners Of war there.
TO set opposite these graves a statue
of Wirz will provoke Indignation
which we hope will not be limited to
the North. The Grand Army have
sent a protest to the United Confed.
crate Veterans against the Wirz mon
ument project. We hope the Confcd-
crate veterans will see the worse than
unwisdom of honoring Wirz as a
"martyr" and throw their influence
against any movement having that
in view"
The Transcript Is cheeky. If Captain
Wirz is not a martyr we would like to
know what he is. What are the facts
In the case? During the war the total
number Of Federal prisoners can.
by the Confcderates was $1,000
rs shown by the Official records at
Washington. The whole number Of
prisoners captured by the
Federals was 100000, according to the
same authority. 1t will be seen that
Confedcratrs captured SO, 0
more prisoners than the Federals. The
lumber Of Fcderals who died in Con"
cdcratcs prisons was 22,576 and the
lumber of C~onfcderates who died In
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-09-07
N Back Sooundroi.

There was q good deal of excite.
ment In Eisley Wednesday afternoon
when 1T Wan reported thai u negro
had entered the home of Mr.. Thomp.
ston LESLEY and forced his wife tc
give him o dinner. After eating the
dinner he demanded five dollars, but
when Mrs. LESLEY told him there was
no money IN the house, he began
breaking open truDks and searching
the house. AS soon as the report
reached town deputies Chapman uno
Miller together with y large crowd OF
clti ma left in pursuit of the negro.
Mr.. LsssleY lives about Q mile and o.
nall from E.sley, just below Plokens
vile. Mr.. LESLEY was upJown at the
election when the thing happened. So
far as your currospondent h8s been
able 10 learn, thera was no attempt
assault on Mrs. LESLEY, but I'll G ne
gro was boisterous In big demands.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-09-07
WHITE FIEND.
Mrs. Matte Bryant Assaulted BY

Pinos Barton at Grantteville.
A dispatch from Aiken to The
State says q young white man by the
lame OF Prince Barton was brought
here early Sunday morning and placed
in jail charged with committing an
assault upon Mrs. Matte Bryant. who
Is said to bS a divorced roma of
Graniteville. According to Mrs. Bry.
ant, she had never seen Barton prior
TO Sunday night. She says Barton
came to her house Saturday nigh;
while she was at a neighbours. Some
Of the people In her house called hel
home, saying that Barton was q nice
young man. She agreed to ACCOM- pany
him TO an Ice cream testify val. Mrs.
Bryant says that shortly after leaving
the house Barton made an ATTACK
upon her, throwing her to the ground
She resisted as best she could, and
screamed for help. Some people near
by ran to her assistance, but Barton
fed before they arrived.
Mrs. Bryant's clothes were badly
torn, and she Was bitten on the face
and arm. She has been confined to
neT room all Gay.
Barton was Gap ured some time an
forwards In GraniteVille and brought
here early Sunday morning. Barton is
about "a years old and is a mill hand.
When seen by your correspondent
at the jail Sunday Barton said he was
not responsible for his aotion; that he
was drunk and didn't know what hi
was doing. He claimed that Mrs. Bry,
ant threw her arms around his necl
ard Baid after That he remember
nothing. He asserted that he kneq
nothing Of the assault and declared
that II he got out of this trouble b.
would cut cut" liquor.
Constable Howard made the arrest
There is no excitement or threats o
violence.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-09-07
IN yEREsrING IN GIpEN r.
paysa Dob, or Honor uf V nv Long
St&ndinG.

Standing.
Mr.. " A Brun,ou furnishes til.
following little story to the florence
FINES:
C"pG. NJ b. Stanley an old tlme
cItiz,n CT Darlington Is over from
Marion visiting at his Sister, Mira. M
ID. BurCh, his only surviving uncle
Nj. Potter a. Brunson and other nu
merous relatives and friends.
The captain states that q meeting
With Col. Richard l. Manning on the
DAY the state canvassers met at Man.
nlng, led to q happy GO.in-cidence OF
interest In the family events that oc.
CURED ONE time In 1880 or 1881.
capt. Stanley's great grandmother, 8
Mrs. Daughtry, whose husband had
died In the service OF Marion's Bri.
gade, lived on Jeffrey's Creek near the
OLD Garner settlement. Needing sail.
she was told that the colnmissary OF
General Mariop, then at Snow's IL.
land, might supply her. She set u
alone on horseback, visited Marion,
emp and procured o peck Of salt.
GA her return she met the ligion OF
Light Horse Harry Lee some whcr"
between Buroh's ferry ard Lynohe..'
creek, now in Florence county. Tie
officers and men Of the legion treated
her c~ourtsoualy, but Q young ~lieuten
ant OF the legion, Lawrence Manning,
calamity rode forward and escorted
her through the lines. Thl8 Lawrence
Manning was the great great grand
fsther os Richard |. Manning.
Capt. Stanley told Col. MINING
he had long wanted 20 repay to
the Manning family tile klndne,s
shown to his great grand mother by
tho gallant Lieutenant M&nnIng and
that he purpoSed In nome measure To
repay 1t by giving Col. Manning his
vote.
Capt. Stanley Is q victorian OF two
and wears q scar from a wound
received In the battle Of Cherubus.
during the Mexican war.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-09-07

Federal prisons was28,43a. Sofi6 ID
pears from the ofi'cial records that
more than twelve per cent Of the Cons
sfederate prisoners In Federal prtsons
died and less than nineper centof the
Federal %prisonejsi In Confederate pris4
ons died The Transcript says 1900
Union soidiersdied of ssstarqattesnpssss
understandable staryation or ii
glecto This IS knowingly untrue.
Ihey died OF inadequate food and lack
OF indictment, Just as Confederate
soldiers were dying in the ranks from
the same causes, due tosthe Federal
Y blockade and the extremely limited
resources OF the Southern Confcderacy
the latter years of the war.
Moreover, the Confederate govern.
memo negotiated an exchange OF
thousands Of Andersonyille p~risoners
an marched to the coast, where tf1ey
found no ships to receive them, fthay.
ing been decided that Grants policy
of %"wearing out" the Confcderacy by
ccasing to make exchanges was the
only feasible one and the poor feeble
forsaken prisoners Of the North lifted
up their voices and cursed the inhlm-
anity Of the government for which
they had fought. Gen. u. S. Grant
on August sent the following telegram
to Gen. b. F. Butler: "On the sub
ject of exchange, however,. L differ
with Gen. Hitchcock. 1t tg hard on.
our men held in Southern prisons not
to release them huti it Is humanity to
those left in our ranks to fight .our
battles, To commence a system ex.
change now which liberates all pris-
oners taken. W. will have to fight mn
I'LL the whole South is exterminated.
II we had those already caught they
amount to no more than dead men. At
this particular time, to release all rebel
prisoners would insure Sherman's de
feat and compromise our safety here. -
There was no exchange and therefore
Gen. Grant, and not Capt. Wirz, was
responsible for the suffering Of FEEDER
al soldiers in Confederate prisons.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-09-07
Bryan Is Riuht

W. j. Bryan ID right. He prefers to
pay ms own way and refuSos to put
himself und%r obligations to the cor
porations. Having been offered a pri
vate car and free transportation from
New York to New Haven, he replied
L do net think IT would be fair for
noe to accept favors from the rail
roads. Lot me pay fare and Tide as
people usually do" No man GAL sery
the people faithfully who puts him.
self under obligations to the great
CORPORATIONS.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-09-07
They y ruOk Ha,u

The Charleston Post says fully three
hfths Of the vote Of the city Ohales.
ION wa8 cast for Ansel. -Four hfths
OF 1T waS c st for Fraser Lyon. Tie
splendid ms lrlty given TO Ansel was
registered la the face of q worry strong
and in~telligently organized support OF
Mr.. Msnning's candidacy aud the
uatural appeal whloh Mr.. MannlnR's
personality made to friends and &C.
quaintaEeos here. But for the COM
~plimentary vote giyen to Con. You.
mana, Lyan would have polled over
ninety per ccn6 Of the Domooratio
vote OF Charleston county. And not
Il CRATER gave him q ballot
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-09-07
Wanted to Lynch Him.

at Mobile, Ala, q mob OF about
800 persons attempted to take anc
lynch William thompson, a negro
confessed assailant Of two little white
Rifls and u little negro girl. The
MOB broke into the jail yard through
tho big wooden gates and filed the
yafd. the sheriff's deputies met
them at the door armed With ri0rs
~hiOh they discharged with blank
cartfidges 0 the heads Of the n ob,
no ono being hurt. A committee OF
the mob was admitted to the i,il,
and after assurance was given tbai
the negro was not there the moi dis.
pefaed, """
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-09-07

Mail carriers have no authority to
tIcspass upon private property and
the postal law gives them no spec
ial rights or privileges as regard the
use of roads. The law prohibits n
willful interference with the perfor-
nance of postal service, but such pro.
hibition does not authorize mail car
riers to disregard state laws or NUM-
cipal ordinances as regards the use Of
the public roads, nor authorizes them
80 willful)y interfere with the rightful
use of public roads, by both parties.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-09-07
STRIFE ure-Varlcoce
Organ

that will last a life time Is what vo,,
want, Our Organs have a pure tone
and lovely cases. We can supply
you with an Organ that viii please in
every particular for only 500 and $40,
delivered. White us for our special
terms or payment, and for Illustrations
OF the beautiful Organs referred to.
If you prefer a Piano we have heau.
tiful aud good new Uprights from S18h
up on easy terms.
Adde'S dalone's Music House.
Columbia, 8 a.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-09-07
thanks HIB Eriends.
TO the Democratic Voters OF South
Carolina:

Carolina:
L take this method Of thanking tina
great humber Of voters, all Cvsr the
state, who oasG their ballots for NE
Tor Governor on the 285h inst and OF
saying that | feel deeply grateful to
them for the great confidence repos: d
IN mo. L ask the kind consideration
ana support Ct all the Democratic vo
ters o. the State in the second Pri.
mary Fec lon on September the 18th,
promising to give to the State my
best thought and ability.
Respectfully,
M l.. Ans8l.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-09-07

If we believe all the papers said
about Hoke Smith before the primary
we must conclude that Georgia will
have one of The lowest of men for gov
ernor when he goes in. But then the
papers don't always tell the truth
about Candidates.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-09-07
Tnoir Home Counties.

Lyons vote In Abbevllle, his home
county, was l,034. That Of his op.
p>nents was l ,076 Majority against
II or As.
R~agsdale's vote In Florence, his
home county was 08S. That Of his
opponents WAS 68l. Ragsdale's ma
DIRTY 407
Youman's vote Ia RloEland, his
home county, was 1854 That OF his
opponents was 1864 Youman's ma
j )rity 2l9.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-09-07
aIpnai to Negroos.

IN Il SCfOEg and clear editorial Johr
Temple Graves. in the Atlanta Geo
gan, appeals to the negro writer's
preachers and teachers of the South
for their whOlchcartcd and earnest
cooperation with the white race IL
its effort to find a remedy or a chccl
for the horrible crimes of the negro
against the white women of the cOun
try. Mr.. Graves says truthfully "Ont
thing which the white man has new
er had in the effort to suppress the
negro iicndS who assault white women
is the fun cooperation of the negroes
who lead the race" W G all know that
this broad statement is absolutely
true.
And as the Spartanburg Herald says
Il is a serious charge against the in
tclligcnt negroes ~whoOccupy positions
Of leadership among their people We
all know the bitter dcnunciation the
cOlorcd editor and preacher has for
lynching. What they have to say
about lynching and lynchers is intend,
ed for the white people to read and
hear. But we do not hear what tie,
negro preacher up before his congre-
cation has to say to the negroes before
him, warning them against the com
mission of this horrible crime which
threatens the ultimate destruction Of
the race.
The negro leaders, ministry is to
4 lAn ,,D.>lD,. 80 h.. -. .-l 80
would honestly combat lynching J c
should attack the root OF the evil. He
should TIN OW his influence into a sin.
Ccre effort to remove the cause, The
lustful worthless negro is the cause of
laWlcSSncS and unless such characters
are denounced and restrained by the
0 respectable and decent members
of the race their sins will be visited
upon all negroes alike. 1T Is the Chris
tan, as well as the patriotic duty of
the negroes who view from higher
ground the true conditions in tire
South, so throw the fun force of th1ir
influence on the side of right. Let
them preach and teach their people |
the deep damnati0n Of the crime,
which threatens their own destruction
at h hands OF the white mon, if it is
not checked, and awaken in them con-
dcmnatiOn or the deed.
|
ANsnL beat Manning all to pieces
in Charleston. Ansel got ,3l8 votes
against l08 votes for Manning. ri
those blind tiger people in Charleston
are voting for hnscl under the impress
sion that ne will wink at their viola
ton of law If he is elected we think
they will find themselves mistaken.
believe that either Manning or
Anscl will do all they can to enforce
the dispcnsary law when he becomes
governor -Orangcburg Times Demo.
crat,
TIE only way to stop lynching in
the South is to stop the horrible crime
that causes the people to take the law
in their own hands. "A
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-09-07
We Have For Sale

- "a q morse power Iai ma second hand engine in stock which, has raoant
! y a 1ssa S osoEaauI tl .nv ahis w Gngi h e, i 81 in first Class oonditiae and dS III 81 6
We are headquarters for anything in the way of machinery annn onshe Il -
prompt attention will be gvr-z&o all inquiries and orders ontrnpsttad = mu
to get our prices before placing your orders elsewhere. :" - IS sms
COlunbia Supply Cp 3 /. q Columbia. q "a
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-09-07

LIE white tiend over in Aiken
County who assaulted the lady he was
escorting should have his neck broker
as quick as he a BE tried and cony1c.
lea. He claims that-he.was drunk
When he committed the crime and
that if he gets out of this scrape he
VIII cut WhiSkeN. Such an Excuse js
not worth CONSIDERING. "
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-09-07

iF we arc in order we move 20 mako
the Georgia election unanimous. uoko
mlth came very near getting every
thing in sight, and he ought to have
the balance TO restore harmony,