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The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-05-11
WILL FIGHT BRIOH.
The Anti-DIopenonry Loader May

The Anti Dispensary Loader May
Loso His senatorship.
The dispenssry people Of York
county have organized their forces to
oust State Senator J. Steele Brics, the
anti. dispensary leader and author of
the Brio, act under which fourteen
counties have voted out their dispen-
saries.
The correspondent of The Charles
ton Evening Post, who was at Rock
Hill last week, was informed by q
number of dispensary leaders that
Senator Brico's defeat for reelection
as county chairman on May was now
practically certain; enough delegate.
have been elected last week to accom-.
plish that end.
w. FL. Stewart, who has served q
long number OF years as reading clerk
OF the Senator and who is a splendid
organizer, is to be put up to beat Mr.
Brice In addition to this a conference
IL to be held at R)ck Hill in the im
mediate future for tho purpose OF
dominating four stra'ghout dispensary
men for the Legislature.
Mr.. Brica's term as Senator does not
expires for two years and he therefore
can not be put out altogether until
that time, but hls defeat as county
chairman means almost certainly hi,
defeat as Senator two years hence anc
the elevation In his place uf Mr. Sue
art.
Mr.. Brioe attended the recent anti.
dispensary secret conference here ra
GENTLY. The meagre information given
out about its doings disclosed that 1t
was the intention Of the anti-dispen-
sary peopla to organize throughout the
State. SO itis Thought likely that the
anti dispensary people of York will
also put out legislative ticket. In
that event other counties In all probab.
fifty 70 low suit.
The York fight appears to mark the
beginning OF drawing sharp lines on
the dispensary issue in the coming
summer campaign. The storm center
at York appears to be at Fort Mill,
where q straight Stewart delegation
has been chosen to the county conven.
tiOn. The hidden hand seems to be
that of ex Representative j. r. Halle,
OF that place, who Is backing Mr..
Stewart.
The YOrkville Enquirer Ia support.
Ing the Brice faction, though all the
other newspapers Of the county are
said to have lined up on the other
side.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-05-11
RO0BGVgLT FLUNKS.
He Worked She'll Game on tho
Domoorats.

He Worked % She'll Game on the
Domocratg.
A dispatch from Washington says
President Roosevelt has completely
fiunked on his championship Of the
making bill. SO seems to bo the
general impression In Washington
among those who knew OF his having
sent for forty newspaper correspon-
dents, Friday afternoon, mostly re-
personalities OF Republican papers.
He informed them that he would
stand to the amendmont agreed upon
by tho Aldrlch element. This Ia
known as the Allison amendment and
calls for the broadcast possible court
review Of the rates fixed by the inter
state commerce commission, against
which review all the fight In the
senate or most Of 1t has been directed.
Up till Friday tn, president has STOOD
out persistently In favor OF limited
court review. He denies now that he
has surrendered, but claims that his
advocacy OF tho Allison amendment Is
In accord with his private views and
the very timing he has been striving
for. EXACTLY how he will be able to
Justify this claim Is best known to
himself. He says he ia consistent
and he doesn't care who thinks other.
wise, SO there But 1t Ia thought and
freely said that the object of sending
for these correspondents was to get
the news to the country In such way
that tho people will be fooled.
Senator Bailey, who has led the
fight against tho Aldrioh crowd, says
the Allison amendment is the broad
est court review provision that could
be drawn, and Senator Tillman thinks
that the Republicans will .low let up
on 1t to man. Tillman says he sees
no reason why they cannot Just pass
tho bill Monday, for the Democrats
are poworleSs, and the R9publioane
will stick by the president. 1t looks
like something is going to happen
now, after all these months of talk,
though 1t isn't going to happen In ac-
oordance with Roosevelt's talk. Mr..
Aldrich hasn't talked, but he's IT.
ZACH MCGHEE.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-05-11
general, in reporting to the State

GreaSurer, Baiu: &t5b
"rhe examination reveals the fact
that the bond clerk during the period
In which these transactions appear
upon the books, has falsified or erased
on tie books the numbers OF certain
tvn Is surrendered for exchange, and
les abstracted bonds previously can.
oeled, and has substituted the came
at q later date for such bonds sur
rendered; and has evidently, as shown
by the interest account, put the
bonds 30 erased and uncanceled on
the market. This In clearly ahewn
by the fact that all TRANSACTIONS dur.
Ing this ptriod appear In the hand
writing OF the same bond clerk. II
seems that the bond clerk in the
State treasarsr'S office has chargo OF
all bond transactions"
There has been some calculating to
ascertain for how much of the loss
DR.. T m herman will be responsible
aud for how much Oapt. Jenniugs, as
the bond clerk referred tO was In
Capt. Jenning' administration but
few days. However, that is a mat
ter to be adjusted elsewhere and not
by the State.
There are now two ends to the
transaction prosecution of the
bond clerk and Of Mr.. T.. J. Gibson,
Indicted In connection with him; and
the other end is the securing of the
money lost by the State. There Ia
some disposition to oritioise tho legis-
lative ccmmt tees which made par.
functory examinations Of the books
Ia the State treasurer's offlcs but
these committees are not under bono
and while morally they might have
neglected their duty, yot legally they
are not responsible and the State
5reasurers cannot and will not max.
the ff)rt to contest whether or moi
they should be anenablo after thei
oooks had been checked and approv
| n
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-05-11
Eound Last.

Several million nervous women
viii rejoice to hear what happened to
tho man under the bed" whom Mrs.
Earl Lindsay, OF Konkonio, Ind,
found. Her husband was away and
before she retired she looked for "the
man under the b3d," Brave Mrs.
Lin isay did not scream or fSint, but
got her husbands shot gun an d order.
ed the man to come from under the
bed. So he did but he ran out Of the
house and away. She chased him and
fred both barrels Of the gun at him.
One shot hit him, then policemen
caught him. He was James Wilson,
professional burglar, wanted In sew.
eral Iudiana towns
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-05-11
SHOr IT UUr.
Two Young Men Tried to Kill Each
Olher.

Two Young Men Tried to Kill Each
Other.
The Columbia State says sensa
tional shooting sff Alr between DR..
Rowland K. Smith, formerly OF 90.
lumDia, and Mr.. II. III. Brown, o vel
known lumber man OF Chaplin, oocurr.
ed at that pace Thursday morning.
Both men, 1T Ia said, emptied their
gums az each other, but neither OF
them was hit. The shooting occurred
as the train from Laurens over the Co.
lumbia, Nawberry and l. .urens rail.
road was leaving the station, and 1t IL
alleged to be the result OF the rela
tions between DR.. Smith aud the wife
Of Mr.. Brown.
1t is said by those who saw the
shooting that DR.. Smith was boarding
The train on it way to Columbia when
MIR. Brown opened fire on him from
che side Of the track. The doctor dash
cd into the baggage car and returned
the fire through the door. The passen
gers on the train were greatly alarmed
by the Hiring, but no one was hurt.
DR., Smith continued on the trair
and came as far as Irmo, where ile
stopped, and, 1t is said, went b. cs
through Chaplin on the next train
IN that direction aud went on In the
direction OF Laurens. Mrs. Btown lcf,
Ohapin on the night before the shoot.
lrg and went from there to Laurens.
n NOR has 1t that the names of DIR.
Smith and Mrs Brow have been con.
lected by gossip for some time, bu.
chat on v Wednesday they were seer
together walking In he woods and II
Whs this and the subsequent departure
of Mrs. Brown that brought the mat.
ter to crisis Thursday.
The affair was reported to President
Childs OF the Columbia, Newberry and
Lsurense rail -oad soon alter the arrlv
al oDthe train In this city. Mr.. Ohilds
investigated the matter carefully anG
announced. Thursday afternoon that
ne would place the case In the hands
Of the attorney for the company with
view to having both parties arrest Cd
for firing lutO and from the train. He
was indignant that the passengers on
his roe d sht uid have been submitted
20 this danger, and seems determined
To bring the case into the courts.
Dr.. Smith Is a son OF Capt. O. M
Smith OF Columo oia, the local agent OF
the Atlantic Coast line. He Is about
% years OF age and Is q married man
Mr.. Brown is from Virginia and Ia
connected with the lumber mill OF
Charles p. r binson Of Chaplin.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-05-11
What Is Needed.

The beautiful is needed In our com
munity life. We all have characters
to build, strengthen and maintain
We neea the beautiful. Dress and
live as savages and would soon become
savaRes In action. The city Or vii
lage totally void Of beauty would be
the abode Of the gensual, immsrol and
lawleBS. A community OF taste and
beauty must necessarily be composed
OF refined and cultured people, aud
true leads to higher morality. There
are about our village many things
that commend Ii. There are things
that are capable Of Improvement.
Public sentiment will do much tow.
Deautifying our dwelling, our streets
Ind alleys. Neatness, taste and bea.
ty will help us all OR moral life
would be higher and our social life
purer,
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-05-11
WAITED IN VAIN.
''It rakos O woman TO Change Her
Mind,v

IL takes Q woman to change her
mind. Returned by the applicant, not
lSetl" The above legend inscribed
soros3 the back Of o marriage license
eturned TO the Supreme Court OF the
District OF Columbia unused, summar-
z,d the sad ending Of the romance of
James III. MDffett, OF New York.
Moffett was ready TO marry M!ss
Harriet E Webb, OF No. 1912 Jerse, ,
avenue, Brooklyn, Thursday, to the
,xtent OF being at the trysting place
"a Washington with @ preacher, hts
license and q hopeful sniie, Kiss Webb
had promised to be there promptly o..
loon.
1t was heartrending case for Mot.
tett Of waiting at the church all the
afternoon and far In the night unti
Ia despair he was moved to send baok
The legal permit With the pathetic
commentary on the party OF the sec
ond part and her sex In general.
M. Moffstt met Miss Webb liz
Brooklyn several months ago. and the
:ourlship which began at once moved
N without hitch to its triumph,
aut and logical conclusion When she
gave her answer to Mr.. Moffstt Miss
Webb also gave q very busy imitation
" young woman who had found the
,fflntty she had knownin several states
OF previous existence and had been
AnxIously waiting for In this life.
M fat was 80 sincerely convinced
Of the warmth Of the young woman's
IF iion for him that he consented to
90 to Vast ington and make all of the
necessary ar argo uents for the cere.
nony and awaiL ie bride. elect. He
carried out his part Of the contrao
to the letter with glad heart, unit.
ne became convinced that he was
overriding the waiting end. Mr.. Moi
lett took the first train from the cap.
ital. to New York.
He is curious to know just what de-
tained Miss Webb.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-05-11
we'd Amid nebr.e,

The San Francisco disaster 30 shook
tho plans OF Montford Spinning, son Of
the Raw. Dr.. and Mrs. George l., Spin
ing, of South Orange, N. j., that his
We ding took place an oven month be-.
fore tine date ho had.set for 1t. Mr.
Spinning Is treasurer of the San Frau
c'aco Lumber Company. He was to
have Oeen married on May "a to Miss
Alice Duncan, but everything was 81
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 q quarter OF . million other San
pranoieosns, wSre homeless.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-05-11
Killed by Bomb.

A dispatch from Paris says bomb
explosion occurred In the forest OF
Vncennes Thursday afternoon, kill
Ing q Russian named Strie ano
dangerously wounding a companion
named BouSsnCff. The mon were
proceeding through the woods, each
carrying tomb with the evident
purpose of hiding them for future
use. While 80 doing the bomb which
Strie carried exploded, killing him In
stantIy. Boussnt II was struck by
fragm ents Of the bomb and fearfully
laccraded. The remaining Lomb has
not yet been examined owing TO the
danger In handling it.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-05-11
They Oan DO Nc

The Charleston Post says IF the
War Department. can't head off Faith.
er Sherman on his march to the sea It
might commission some Of the old
Confederate veterans I'm Georgia t0
stop him. Most of them were away on
the fighting lide when his father came
along to burn their homes and make
war upon their women and children
and they would not be sorry OF the
ohance to halt the younger Sherman
80 they might have halted tha elder,
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-05-11
Rent Thon A,l.

The United States exported more
goods in 1905 than any other nation
III 6ha world, AGO riding to Statistics
tabulated by the British board OF
trade. The total exports of this
country amounted to 81, 821 900, 600.
while that OF the next nation, Great
Bfitisn, only reached OIL 608 600 900.
In Imports Great Brit|an, ranks first,
the United States thied. \
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-05-11
Yee Ten Times.

A young woman In Millertop, N.
Z. Thursday received an offsr cf
marriage with request to reply by
telegraph. Going 10 the telegraph
oiiiee she asked the operator how
many words she could send for 26
cents aud be told her 10. Tnen she
wrote. Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes,
yes, yes, yes, yes" The name of the
young woman was withheld by the
tslegraph c. empaDy, as was the name
Of the lucky man.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-05-11
No Rain tor Eourseon Years,

The most parched country In the
world Ia located on the west coast Ct
South America" said Capt. Reid,
master Of the British steamship
Auchenerag, which arrived at Thomp,
sons Point, Philadelphia, from Iqai.
que and Taetal, with o cargo OF
nitrate Of soda for the Dupont nitro:
glyoerine works at Gibosboro. Whom
the Auohenerag left iqniuue 10 had
not rained for fourteen years, al
though the tops OF the Andes were at
times W-5apped.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-05-11
Blind s udont IGxooiiod.

one or the most intert sting figures
in higher mathematics, In geology
was blind student who halls from q
snail country town In North Carolina,
lie has mastered the most difflcul,
courses In higher mathematics, In geo
logy, won o degree from the UnIyersl.
ty of North Carolina, and is now work,
ing for degree Of M. A. at Harvard
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-05-11
BOLD Thief.

A horse thief operated on Broad.
way, just above City Hall Park, New
York Thursday afternoon, and pick.
Ing for pr % q handsome bay and
rubber tired runabout, valued al
Sl 600, owned by Maurice s. Looks
no. l4l Schenck street, Brooklyn,
drove rapidly away, while the owner
was In an { II! &c building.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-05-11

uAitbl'
j. g. Rawlings is forty.nine years
old, and In addition to his three sons
l8 the father OF two interesting girls,
who are now budding into woman.
hood. Milton Rawlings is about
twenty years old, Jesse eighteen and
Leonard sixteen. The boys are away
above. the average In appearance and
intelligence.
BOYS SAY FATHER IS CRAZY.
Rawlings was well-to-do farmer,
and before his numerous troubles with
Garter, and even up to the time of
che murders, was very popular man
among great number OF people. In
faot he had more friends, 1t is said,
than Garter had. He was very hospi.
table and q good neghbor and hia
homo was al ways open to his friends
where they were entertained In the
best manner possible.
Milton Rawlings, the eldest son,
has written their attorney, John r..
Cooper, of Macon, requesting him to
institute lunacy proceedings against
his father and, II pos8ible, have him
committed to the insane asylum, as he
and his brothers are confident that
the elder Rawlings is crazy man. 1t
10 understood that this will be the
next step OF the attorney, and II he 10
unsuccessful in that, the lash page of
the famous case will nave been writ
ten and Rawlings will expiats his
crime OH the 9allows as no insists is
his right.
Since Ills conviction the elder Raw
lings has spent much OF his time read
Ing the Bible. BE hasa habit OF read
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-05-08
BIG FIGHTER IS FLoATED Off
Takes Four Tugs and the Cruiser
Minneapolis to Haul the New Fight
ing Craft Into Deep Waterway
Have to Go North For Repairs
Portsmouth Dock Is TOO Small.
(Dy Associated Press.)

NORFOLK, VA. May 1.-THE ex-
tent Of the damages sustained by the
battleship Rhode Island during the
time she was stranded off York Spit,
from Saturday to Sunday night. is
yet unknown.
The big ship is under orders to
Proceed TO Yorktown for target prac-
lice. Naval officials say so far as
they know the orders have not been
changed.
1t developed today that the Rhode
island on entering the Capes about
O'Clock Saturday refused to take 4
pilot OH board. The pilot boat Relief
Of the Virginia Association spoke
the hattleship as she passed in and
IN response to signals went along
side The officer in command on the
battlcship declined the proffered as
s;stance of the pilot boat and the lat
ter returned to her station off Cape
Henry
Members of the Pilot Association
contend that If the battleship had
taken on one of their men, the big
shin would never have stranded OH
the treacherous shoals near the
mouth of York river. In the inves-
tigation to be made by court of In
quiry to ascertain the damage done
the ship and place the blame where
"a
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-05-08
CALIFORNIA RIVER DAMNED
BY. RECENT EARTHQUAKE
Capay Valley is Threatened With In.
undation From Blocked
Waterways.
(By Associated Press.)

SACRAMENTO. CAL, May IA
gigantic landslide. caused by the
earthquake. has damned the Capay
Valley. in Gold county.
The dam that has fallen from the
mountain side has backed up water
one hundred feet deep. II is hoped
mat the water will overflow gradu-
ally, but If the dam gives way there
Will he serious trouble.
me towns of Capay. Rnmsey and
oininda are threatened and the inhah-
itantS, aggregating nearly n thousand
people, are camped on the hllsldes.
The dam might have been blown out
with dynamite at the earlier stage.
put 1t is now too late to do this.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-05-08
TWO SOCIALISTS SHOT
IN ELECTION RIOTS
GuadaIoupe Is Under Mob Rule as
The Result Of q Candidate
killing his Opponents.
AMERICAN INTERESTS IN DANGER
One Report Says the Man Who Did
the Shooting Yves Only Protecting
His Property. wInI. Another says
He Fired Without provooa,ion Upon
Citizens in the st..e..
DIV Assoclated press.l


WASHINGTON, ID. c., May O.
Guadalupe. French Indies, Is under
mob rule, according to dispatch re-
ceive,l nj the State department today
from G.. Jarvis Bowens, the American
consul nj that point. Ills dispatch
says the mob is in control and the
authorities are unable TO restrain il .
Election troubles are the cause Of the
disturbance
For many weeks there has been
rioting. which is supposed to have
come to head yesterday. which was
election day.
While there are few Americans at
the place. large quantities of Ameri-
can goods are stored there.
Warship Ordered There at Once.
AT the request of the State Depart.
ment. the Navy Department has or
dered Commander William II. Sonth
erland, the senior officer in command
of the fleet at San Domingo, to send
.warship nj once TO Guadaloupe to
protect American interests from the
rioters. The sail from San Domingo
to Gnadalolpe Is hot more than lwln
~ four hours.
Guadalupe is really Two islands,
both of which are small The Ameri-
CAM consulate is Mt Pointe-a-Pitre. on
theSeastem island and the capital of
theMis0yince sis Basse-Terre.
Guadaloiipe Is about $40 miles from
Santo Domingo.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-05-08
NEW GREED is WANTED
MelhOdIsts Are Urged 10 Make a
Change 10 Present Form.
CONFERENCE IS ASKED 70 ACT
Statement of Doatrinal Faith Should
Be Modified to Meet Present Needs
of the Church, Suggest Members
From Tennessee.
(By Associated Press.l


BIRMINGHAM, ALA. May TAT
ioday's session Of Tie general confer.
ence Of the Methodist Episcopal
church, South. n resolution concerning
the preparation of new statement of
the doctrinal faith Of Methodists. was
introduced by w. +. Tillett and W.
r. I.ambnth, Of the Tennessee con.
ference. II says:
"While reaffirming our absolute
faith in orr articles of religion, we do
not believe that In their present form
they meet the existing needs of our
church as a statement Of the doctrinal
system of Evangelical Methodist Ar.
minianism.
Relieving that the different
branches of worldwide Methodism
that are represented in an ecumenical
Methodist conference can. AMI shchli
unite In the preparation of such a
statement OF our common faith as is
needed. and believing that this gencr-
al conference should take such steps
as may be necessary to secure in the
early future the cooperation OF other
representative Methodist churches
We therefore. request the college of
bishops to appoint a committe Of five
members. which shall invite other
branches Of Mehodism to unite with
MS in the preparation of such n state
ment of our faith"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-05-08
Continued on Page Four)
ATHLETE RIDES IN VAN
lynchburg Policeman Enforees Blue
Laws With a Vengeance.
VISITOR TREATED LIKE A BUM
Boy Dismissed by Justice and Now ii
is Proposed to Try the Peace or
ficer Who Enforced Ordinance as
He Saw lt-Merchants Take sides.
Especial to the Daily Press

Especial to the Daily Press)
LYNCHBURG. VA, May 7.-IIarry
AXelroth, Washington and Lee stu
dent. from Philadelphia. who was here
arranging for the athletic meet this
afternoon with Randolph- Macon Col
lege, was arrested today by Policeman
Short for carrying a vaulting pole on
the sidewalk, the act being a techni-
cal violation of an ordinance.
The policeman called the patrol wa
gon. and despite the strenuous Pro-
tests of prominent citizens, Axelroth
was hurried off to the station. only a
square off in the van.
The incident aroused storm of in
dignation in the city. and business
men and college alumni flocked TO the
station. John l.. Lee. criminal lawyer
was retained to defend the student i'm
the police court. where the case was
called half an hour after the arrest.
Many men testified that there was
no use 10 put the student in the van.
and that they offered to yolch for
Axelroth and pleaded with the police.
man to allow them to take him TO the
station.
The charge was dismissed, and
charges will be preferred against the
policeman, and Mir. Lee will prosecute
them.
Nothing has aroused so much indig.
nation here in recent years.