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The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-11-23
FINDS A PEARL.
While Dating Raw Oysters in q Now
York Cafa.

1850 NNAnS As"W OybterS In q Now
York Cafs.
At New York William II Bloom,
manager OF the Ohio Brass oompany's
works In Mansfield, Ohio, STRUCK q
mine OF pearls In an oyster In the
Cafo Savarln Thursday. Mr.. Bloom
10 staying in the Hotel Broslin.
Thursday he went down town and
dropped into the Savarln for o bite to
eat. Mr. Bloom Thought he would
like some raw oysters. So the man
opened him half q dozen.
With four OF these oysters shis
story has nothing to do, The fifth
oyster was the one that concealed
seven beautiful pearls valued at $500.
II he swallowed them whole, Mr.,
Bloom would have returned to his
happy Ohio homo ignorant forever,
perhaps. Of how much he was worth
himselfd inside. But In Mansfield
they chew thoir oysters. AZ Mr..
Bloom bit into the fifth oyster he
felt somsthing round between his
teeth.
They have faileu to properly mani.
cure these oysters" he said, aud eiso,
ted the gritty object from his mouth.
1t was q luscious pearl. In quick
succession he produced six more
pearls.
II presume that when you serve
oysters on the half shell all that comes
in tho shell belongs to the guest? p In.
quired Mr.. Bloom, Of Waiter Gustav.
Gustav admitted that such was the
rule.
Well, you should have some 70.
ward" said Mr.. Bloom as no picked
up one Of the pearls. Il shall leave
you the remaining OYSTER"
And he wrapped up all the pearls
and told Gustav to thank MIR. SaYar.
In for him on account OF Mr.. Sayarin's
kindness and generosity and went
away.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-11-23
BROuDIMG OVER LOSS.
"A Lady Attempted to XIII Horsolt
With Poison.

In 8 fiji Of dependency Mrs. Joe
Steine, wife Of the heaviest loser In
the recent fire at Warrenton, Ca,
made o desperate attempt to commit
suicide Thursday a. noon in Augusta
by drinking poison.
Sho had been visiting friends in
that oity hoping to overcome tho
strain which has resulted from the
great loss by the fire Of last week.
The Steine store and building sui.
fered 3 loss Of twenty Thousand dol.
Lars by fire and there was only six
thousand dollars insurance, which IL
SEEING was not much more than
enough to pay outstanding obliga.
tions.
Mrs. Steine was stopping at Ola
Broad street and some one happened to
Observe her as She took the deadly
dose OF poison and promptly summon.
ed Oity Physician McLaws, who sue,
ceeded In pumping up most OF the
poison and giving oounteraoting dos,
es, which put Mrs. Steine out OF dan
ger after the employment of stringent
means.
In o statement to the physician
and others present she said she wish.
to die as the work OF q lifetime had
been destroyed In . few short mo-
ments by the flames and she Old not
feel able to begin anew the struggle.
She is reported as resting very we'll
now and out Of all danger from her
desperate action.
The family is we'll known through
out that section OF the state and mum.
erous friends have expressed their
sympathy over the loss Of their prop.
erty.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-11-23
SENATOR Knox, who nv tha ass,e

SENATOR Knox, who by the assis-
lance of the Pennsylvania Railroad
and the geneious help Of the Standard
Oh Trusts represents tho corporations
In thu United States Senate, has
been called into consultation at the
White House to know just what ought
to be done by the numerous land
best attorneys in the country, TO pre-
pare the case against the Standard
on Trust with unusual care" 1t
might be suggested that most any
honest oornhsld lawyer could get
John D. Rockefeller in stripes, IL the
Federal Judge and jury can be relied
upon, but 1t would seem to o lsyman
that it would DO advisable TO keep
Knox out Of the case.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-11-23
WAvaW UR8azx OH
NO easstton IN f~soignos aaRSslessnsas
AZ pittsbnSa. IA.


With detectives from sstiess IL
neighboring states who are there il, sha
hope OF finding crooks OF nationsI 8.
putation, there has been no apparephs
cessation I'm crimes that ava affrrad
Plttsburg Within the past two waeisa
During Wednesday and early Thura.
DAY morning scores Of people were az.
rested on the streets as suspected
characters.
Shortly after midnigat Thursday i
negro who entered the homo az naytd
Roney, P%orryvilie Ave. Allegheny.
was heard In tho lower portion OF tho
house by q maid, who ~immeaiately
notified MI. Ran0y. Mi, R~IpeySifed
several shots but the negro escaped.
Roney's homo La located to o row Of
ten house nine Of which have been
robbed during the past two evenings.
Dispatches to the Associated Press
Thursday night from neighboring
towns says the reign Of Ia lessness has
never before been equalled In these
suburbs. At South Sharon, Mercer
| County, the police found John Mo.
Donald lying In an alley, almost dead
from exposure and fractured skull. At
Washington, Pa, bloodhounds have
started on the trail of robbers who
assaulted Mrs. Cole, wife Of the tax
c5lleotor of Green County, whose CON-
dition Is preoarious.
AT Beaver Falls, Pa, q thief enter.
on the home Of Mrs. Mary MoMiller
and failing to find money checked her
nearly to death. The woman finally
broke away from her assailant and
graphing an iron poker struck him
several times over the head. Three
white men were arrested Thursday
night at Somerset, Pa, charged with
stealing $3.50 and several hundred dol
lars worth Of government stamps from
the wife Of q government revenue COL
lector while she vas riding on q street
car In Greensburg, Pa, Thursday.
At New Brighton two men were
held-up and assaulted T,hursdsy
night by highway men. Both men were
seriously injured, A general man hunt
ts In progress at McKeesport, Pa, sev.
eral miles from here, in an endeavor
to capture James Taylor. who murder
ed Isaac Garter Monday evening. At
SwisBville, q suburb, extra police were
added to the force Thursday night ab
q special meeting Of the council.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-11-23
Hoist BY ais own Potnro.

One Of two burglars who attempted
to break open q safe in the Office of a
large manufacturer at Borin, Ger, has
met with Q singular death. He and
his accomplish, finding their tools
not sharp enough or tempered enough,
determined to burst open the safe
with come explosive. They stuffed
tina look full with the explosive, pre-
sumably gunpowder, and attaching
an iRnitod fuse, waited for the result.
AS tho fuse burned slowly one Of the
robbers approached the safe to has
ten matters. At that moment the
gunpowder exploded, and tho door Of
the safe flew open, smashing In the
skull Of the burglar, His accomplice
escaped, and as the explosion made
hardly any noise nothing was known
Of the affair till next morning.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-11-23
Profit Not Cost.

Mr.. Sterrett. Tate, replying to
quotation from the New York Herald
TO the effect that as cotton can be
grown at five cent per pound, 1t is
unreasonable for the producer to ex.
peot more than ten cents for 1t. Mr..
Tate successfully ridioules the prop.
csition that cotton can be grown at
live cents q pound and shows that
ten cents Is too low for the producer
to make the reasonable margin of pro.
fit to which he is entitled.
1t Is q very simple matter Tor o
n Newspaper o Thousand miles away
from the fields to tell the cotton pro.
ducer what 1t costs per pound to raise
cotton, but whom reduced to It's last
analysis advice from the neighhor-
hood OF Wall street Is OF no more
value to the average cotton farmer
than would be the opinion Of the
average cotton producer to o New
YORK %Bpeoulator who might be seek'
Ing evidence as to the latest move.
merits OF the Parision bourse.
Every item entering into the pro.
duotion of cotton has vastly increased
during the past few years. liz costs
more to buy land, fertilizers, stock,
utensils, to pay for labor and to meet
the expenses OF living than over be.
fore. The COST entering into the pro.
duotion of . bale Of cotton today is
almost double the cost If the making
of q bale ten years ago. While 1t ia
true that ten cents will perhaps meet
actual expenses and give the producer
and his family q living, it Is not Just
for the world to expect the cotton
grower to be satisfied With only ao.
tual living expenses,
The cotton grower ia just as much
entitled to o reasonable return on his
effort. his onergy, his time and his
Investment as the Wall street broker
Ia entitled to his profit. What would
Wall street think If the cotton pro-
ducef should take tho position that
Its brokers and business men should
be entitled to no more than actual
living expenses out Of their business
and yet that ia tho position assum-
ed towards the cotton growers by q
great many people the world over.
What Wall street doesn't know about
the cost Of making cotton would a!l
q great many books.
In the meantime The constitution
again urges the cotton producers of
the south to let Wall street alone,
and to make Its srrangem ,nts indie.
pendent of advice received from that
direction. The s~ecretary CT the
Mississippi division Of the Southern
Cotton Association was right when
he warned the producers Of the south
against the bear movement emanat.
Ing from Wall streot, and 1t Ia n tioe.
able that 1t comes this year ON
some Of those who only a year go
we're ooddling the farmers Of the
south with the view, evidently, of
working into their confidence to bag
Dig game this year. Notwithstand.
Ing this cotton has gone above elev.
en- cents, and every pound now on the
market Ia worth that much at least,
aud IL marketed slowly will bring 1t.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-11-23
A wtso woman.

There is o wise woman In Pough-
keepsie, N. Y. She ia Mrs. James
Crawford, who for years has support
ed her husband, who drank up all the
money he could get while ahe did sew.
on washings q week. Little by little
she kept putting away savings from
her meagre earnings until sue had
500. She caused her husband to be
summoned before Justice Carpenter
and offered him the 800 II he would
sign an agreement to leave The village
and never come near her again. Cr&w
ford signed the paper and took the
money,
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-11-23
Tired OF Life,

Mr., William B. O1gen, bookkeepel
In the Charlotte branch Chloe of the
Philip Carey Manufacturing Co. com
mitted suicide hero early Thursday
night by ssphyxlation. The act was
q most deliberate one. After writing
adtzan or more notes to his father,
wife, several relatives and friends, he
drew the shades In the office, made q
pallet on the floor with pillow Of ex-
colslor, cut the gas tube leading to
the small heater and tied the free end
to his neck. After turning on the
gas he threw a folt blanket over his
head and was dead In o very short
time. He leaves o wife and two
children. Profound melanoholia,
brought about Aby poor. eyesight, ia
said TO have been the cause OF the rash
deed. In note to his brother, Mr..
E. z. TlngBley he said:
Il am afraid Of myself. Sometimes
| have been tempted TO take all
the folks with me, but have resisted
the feeling, do cot think 1 can do
so any longer"
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-11-23
burned TO Death,

At Aikon on Thursday afternoon
little Ryan, tho 4-year-old son Of Mr..
A. j. Haight, waB SO severely burned
that death resulted Friday morning
at 5 O'Clock. The ohlld's clothes bo,
came ignited and before 1T was res
cued 1t was burned fatally. The body
@a carried to Biaokville for inter.
ment. Mr.. and Mrs. Haighb have
tho sincerest sympathy Of all In their
aad bor0ayement.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-11-23
No Ohnea Rantad

A dispatch from Richmond, Va.
says by resolution the Virginia Bap.
5iSt O%onvtntion Wednesday broke of
all relations with the American So.
oiety and refused to uae their publ.
cations. The trouble grew ou1 OF
printing by the house Of bibles foI
Asiatios, In which the Greek WORD
"bsptlso" was translated "dipred,'
The American Society contend their
TRANSLATION is correct and refused &c
change IL In Baptist bibles.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-11-23
Put Them to Flight.

While e. r.. Goodshall and Others
were Attempting to kill q bull at I'm.
ion the infuristed animal turnsd on
them and put them TO light, dnring
which Goodshall fell and tho bull at.
lacked him, inniotlng several painful
wounds.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-11-23
Fatal Fight.

AT Grand Rapids. Mich, Mike
Word, the pugilist, OF Sarina, Ontar'
10, died Friday morning at 6 az
O'Clock as the result Of a knockout
In q fight Thursday night with Harry
Lewis, OF Philadelphia, Ward died OF
oerbral hemmorrhage, according to the
physicians who attended him. Harry
Lewis, Referee Byan, Of Detroit, and
Frank O'Brien, Lewis trainer were
placed under arrest.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-11-23

ARIZONA which is entirely under
the control Of the Federal authorities
reports o lumber trust ~plunderinp
her people. Yea, II we fly TO the
uttermost parts Of tho earth the
trusts, undor this Republican policy
OF tariff foste ling, pursue us and oven
under the protection Of the federal
oiicie}s appoipood by PresldentJRooee
volt, the people find no rest from.
trust exaotions.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-11-23

THE Spartanburg Journal rays;
The one.sided political conditions in
South Carolina form one of our great
est drawbacks. Tn.s state and the
other Southern states need a strong
minority party" The Journals views
could 500 be realized II the registra-
tion laws are made more liberal, but
wo fall to sec the benefit to be doriv-
od
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-11-23
Eight Mon Buriod.

A dispatch from Douglass, Arizona,
says that eight men were buried un.
der tons Of rock by tho premature ex.
plosion of giant powder at q line
quarry near there. employees from
tho smelters have been sent TO dig
them ont.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-11-23
OutlAWs Killed.

a punitive expedition, which has
been operating In Kreutzberg district
Rusfia, for the last week, has killed
ninety peasants belonging to the re-, :
olutlonary organization, termed For.
est Rangers, who levied tribute on
the surrounding country.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-11-23

WHEN Uncle Joe Cannon began to
dae statistios In his speeches he borrow.
ed trouble that will stick TO him, for
his tigers provo lust opposite to what
he intended. The people are too wide
awake to be fooled any m IRE by these
Republican statesmen sloshing around
In o sea of STATISTICS they don't under
stand.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-11-23

IHH Atlanta Georgian printed
complimentary ~reference TO Senator
4I1lInnan and walked up the Ghesleatsss
PosG and Columbia State, and acoorda
ing TO the Spartanburg Journal these
performed the came old stunts they
have been doing for 16 years only
proving that q prophet ts not without
honor except In his own country.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-11-23

THE Sugar Trust very naturally
demurs to being indicted for Yeceiv.
ing rebates from the railroads: bur
the evidence shows the managors are
guilty, but under the extraordinary
antics Of tho administration the
trusts will bo fined and the real law
breakers 60 free.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-11-23

NoTlNa that Mr.. Howard Gould Ia
angry because he has a Chinese broth.
erin law, the Houston Post sagely
observes that he ought to be thank
full 1t Isn't Harry Lehr. There's
genuine optimism for you.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-11-23
PRESIDENT Roosevelt should Gall

the attention Of the First Assistant
Postmastor. General to the Republican
campaign book In which 1T Ia declared
that tho cost Of living has not in
creased percoptibly. That hardly az
grees with the Official request for in
creased pay for postal clerks due to
the inoroage In tho cost Of living.
Those who are paying high trust
prices oRn hardly have much faith In
Republican statements which nave
evidently been manufactured to de.
ceiv0 them.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-11-23

SECRETARY Wllson has agreed to
let the packers label their steamed
beef IS roast beef" He oslls IL a
concession to the packers" The
pauperizad beef packers are sadly In
need of some concession,
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-11-23

WE agree with the Macon Tele-
graph that tho trouble In the SoptAghac-'
ern Cotton association La tho same
that has beset every aesooiation orza-
nized by southern farmers. The OIL
GERS could not restrain their ambition
TO branch out,
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-11-23
STORM SWEEPS
OVER NORTHERN MIssIssaPPi
AND wEsTnRN TENNEsyEn
On Last Saturday Might Leavirg
Death and Destruction
In Its Wake.

Telegrsphio and telephone oommu-
nications received Sunday night from
points in Mississippi, Arkansas and
Tennessee for o distance Of seversl
miles, report that territory to have
suffered Saturday night and early
Sunday from one of the most destruc-
tive rain and wind storms experienced
in years.
Only meagre details are as yet OBJ.
tainable, but five lives are known to
have been lost and great damage done
TO property and crops. Railroad ira flo
Is completely demoralized by numsr-
GUS wash0uts, aud many trains have
necest o lily been Rnnulled. From Che
reports 30 far received the great dam
age occurred In the central and Delta
regions Of Mississippi.
At Winona, Miss, the Catholic,
Christian and negro Methodist ohuroh'
es and tho Hesty brick yard were de.
moltshed, and numerous buildings I'M
rooted and badly damaged. Among
1.-THE largest buildings damaged at this
pace are the p~ostoflce, Opera House
the oil mill, the Compress, ware house
OF the Jackson Mercantile Company
and the residence Of Il. j. Dunkston.
Besides these, about twenty. five
smaller Buildings were almost COM
pletely destroyed.
or those buildings not totally de.
stroyed, the compress was probably
the most badly damaged. The roof
OF this building was torn eff by the
wind, which al times reached almost
tornado.lik velocity, falling on the
home Of IL. j. Dunkston, $50 yards
away. Tho wind storm was preceded
and followed by heavy rains, causing
serious washouts along the route OF
the Illinois Central Railroad, and
badly damaging crops.
at Mathison, Miss, serious damage
Is reported to have occurred and O
woman killed by q falling building.
At Tehula; q falling tree striking q
small frame building, caused it to DO
set attire o woman and child were burn
ed to death. AT Nonconnah Greek D rail-.
road trestle fell under the weight of q
switch engine plunging into tho swoll-
en- stream carrying with 1t Engineer
O. V. Peterson and Fireman A. r.
R!tchie, who were drowned.
West Point, Columbus aud Maben,
Miss, are reported to have suffered
serious damage, but as these points
are completely cut of from communi.
cation 1t Is impossible at this time
to ascertain the extent.
Wolf River, q small stream in the
vicinity Of RossYille, Tenn, is out of
It's banks, the water flooding the sur
rounding territory for many miles.
The entire town of Rossville is mum.
dated, tho water in the public square
reaclling q depth Of four feet and
great damage has been done to proper.
ty at this place and eastward.
A railroad employee reports the
people in y state Of panic, the flood
being the worst In the town g history.
Quantities OF loose cotton has been
aashed away, as we'll as many small
buildings and livestock drowned. For
8 distance Of eight miles, between
that place and Moscow, Tenn, the
water is from one to six feet deep on
tbs tracks of the Southern Railway.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-11-23

The failure OF two Savings Banks In
Washington In IN week, shows
that Republican prosperity is not uni.
versal.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-11-23
Organ
We fiaYe FOR Sale

We Have FOR Sale
One 20 horse power Talbot, second hand engine ii stock which has racsu1.
" Dee oVerhauled. This Engine is in first class condition and viii ipa
a great bargain for anyone who is in the market for such q size engine.
we ar headquarters for anything in the way of maohinery supplies. and
prompt attention will be given to oil inquiries and orders entrusted to maj
care. Write uswhen you are in the market for anything, and be suro
to get pourrices before placing your orders elsewhere.
astnnbie Suopiv g.. aelamhie q q ia
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-11-23

THE endorsement Of Senator Bailey
by q large majority of the Democratic
State Committee OF Texas indicates
that his ~implacable enemies ara mora
noisy bhRn numerous.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-11-23

THE bedeviled policy holders of the
Life Insurance companies are now
being bled to elect their cRn officers
and only two years ago they we're be.
ing bled TO elect Roosevelt. Their
lou couid be no worae II they were
Federal officials,
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-12-14
INDEPENDENT.
From all Around fhe Town and
County.

R. w. Levitt and r. w. Reed, of
Arlington, were in the city Monday.
Mrs John Osmond, of Manchest-
er, visited Mrs. Squires the first of the
week.
H. V. Foxton went to Iowa
Thursday to look after business in
terests.
The republican county central
committee were in session in this city
Monday.
Mrs. H. G. Wing, of Arlington,
visited friends in this city the first of
the week.
#. Schaub occupies space this
week to tell what he offers in the way
of Christmas goods, and quotes prices
on the same.
-Chas. E. Ely has been quite i'll
the past week of blood poisoning. He
has been on the gain, however, the
last few days.
ID. II. LOTUS calls your attention
to his handsome window display and
also to his adv. in this issue telling of
his Christmas offering.
Mrs. Helen Remington went to
Brookings Thursday intending to re
main all winter with her daughter,
Mrs. Aubrey Lawrence.
We understand that a bank is to
be established at Manchester in the
near future. We are not able to give
the particulars at this time.
Friday morning of last week fun
eral services for w. r. Ruskell were
held at the family home. The remains
were taken to the old home in Wis
consin by the entire family. Burial
took place at Belmont, that state.
The setting of advertisements
has taken most of the time of our of
fee force this week. Read what our
merchants have to say. Quality and
prices offered by our merchants make
De Smet the best trading point in
this part of the state.
"A few of the friends and neigh
bors surprised Mrs. Thos. Mears at
her home Tuesday evening and re-
minded that lady that it was her
birthday. The company left as mem
entoes of the occasion some handsome
china and silyerware. 1t was a pleas
ant affair for all concerned.
Rev. Henry Preston, of the NJ. f.
church of this city, went to Huron
Wednesday to attend the annual
meeting of the church federation of
this state. Little by little the denom-
nations are drawing closer together.
1t is a good thing. The closer they
get together the more good they will
accomplish.
&C. j. Stromback, of Arlington, an
old-time merchant of that place. de-
parted Saturday last for Norway where
he will spend the balance of his days
with his family, whom he could induce
to move to this country. Stromback
at one time was one of the leading
merchants of that town and made a
comfortable little fortune, a part Of