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The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-01-19

After. nature ref ,ctiOn I am con
strained to recommend that the cuun.
ty board Of control be abolished, and
the dispensers appointed by tho state
board OF directors upon the rec0mda=
tion OF the legislative delegations OF
the various counties.
1t should never be the policy of The
state to force dispensarios upon coun-
ties desiring prohibition, nor to main
tain them when 1t Is the Wish of the
majority OF the people to substitute
prohibition In their stead.
Legislation should be enacted at
this session to free the system from
the abuses which have crept In, t.
emphasize Its restrIc I've features, and
to ensure proper compliance with the
strict letter Of the law. This m after
will certainly be brought to your at
tention at this session of your body.
L sire rely trust that you will give
it your most careful consideration
and that you will, with q realization,
of your responsibilities make fear
less and determined effort to er,c
such changes as will! at least relieve
our state Of the reproach which Ger
tain features OF the djspensary system
have cast upon US. need not assure
you that in the discharge Of this duty
| am ready and willing to aid you In
every way that lies In my power.
The enfo' 9 ;ment Of prohibition In
counties which have voted out dispen
saries presents serious problem The
present law, as | construe 1T, makes it
the duty Of the governor, whenever he
is satisfied that there are violations of
law In such counties, to appoint con-
stables; these constables tC be paid
from the special tax levied for that
purpose. During the past year have
been confronted with many difficulties
because Of local conditions and d.
verse public sentiment, but have en-
deavored to do what / considered my
duty
My experience in the enforcement
Of this law has convinced me that
certain changes are necessary for the
mutual interests of all concerned.
While / believe that special officers
are necessary to prevent violations,
and that such officers should be paid
oy the counties, l also think that
these officers should be selected by 10
oal authorities and be under their di
recton and control.
/, therefore, recommend that In fu
ture this course be adopted, and trust
you will 80 amend the law. The law,
ls it now stands, will give rise to Sc
tious complications, and these should
1e avoided as much as possible,
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-01-19
no Bit mtal sessions.

The joint Legislative Committee
appointed to look into the alleged II.
legality OF the proceeding under which
the biennial sessions" amendment to
the con 'titution was adopted by the
legislature two years ago and ratified
by the people at the general election
In 1904, Tnursday submitted it's re,
port. La this document 1t is set forth
that the constitutional exactlons and
requirements wore not observed In
the enaction OF this joint resolution,
and the joint committee recommends
that the whole transaction be started
anew and THAI the matter be again
submitted to the people for ratfica.
tion. This will postpone biennial ses.
Sions or the Legislature a few years.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-01-19
Cheatod Tho Gailows.

Booker Glass, a negro confined In
Selma, Ala, for the murder OF X &c..
Allen, young white man, and senten-
ced to hang January 10Th, cheated
the gallows in q daring dash for liber-
ty Tuesday, IN which he %as shot to
death by deputies. The negro filed
OF his fanacles with shoe iron and
tried to wrest q revolver from guard.
Two men we're required to overpower
the negro and one deputy shot him at
the risk OF the others life. The dad
negro was named for Booker Wash
ington. Tin dinner plates were found
folded over his heart when the body
| was examined.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-01-19
Should bo Punishcd.

a dispatch from Gaffney to The
State says 1t seems that Cherokee
must appear before the public in q
bad light. The last horror here is the
arrest Of white man attempting to
criminally assault negro woman, and
failing in the attempt shooting her
The charge is that Scruggs stole a
Winchester rife at the Cowpens bat
tle.ground on Saturday and came back
by Coupons station, where he bought
some cartridges. He walked on back
towards town, coming by Tnickety,
where he attempted to buy some long
cartridges A negro woman, about
%. years old, Lois Glover, passed and
Soruggs followed her for two miles.
Scruggs says that he made a proposal
to her when she cursed him and drew
pistol from her stocking and pointed
it at him, when he loaded his guu and
shot her. She lay In the road for some
time before she was found and carried
to her home. The authorities were
notified and from the description CIV
on Scruggs was arrested. He was
carried before his victim, who identi
fed him.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-01-19
MANY CFfICES VACANT.
The General Assembly Will Fill I'm
portrait Places.

M elections will be held this
year by the general assembly than
usual. There are vacancies occurring
in six OF the judicial circuits and the
chief Justice Of the supreme court is
to be elected.
OF course much interest will centre
In the election Of the three dispensary
directors and the State Librarian Is
also to be elected. There are two,
vacancies on the board OF penitentiary
directors.
New members must be elected on
the boards OF trustees Of South Caro-.
lima college, Clemson, Winthrop, the
Citadel and the State colored college,
at OranReburg.
Chief Justice Y. j. Pope's term ex
pires this year and SUCCESSOR must
be chosen to serve eight year. Justice
Pope Is filling an nexpired tt. m. The
judges Of the Clrclit courts whose
terms expire and their respective CIR
cults are; G. G. Dantzler first; James
Aldrich, second; r.. 0. Purdy, third;
r G. Watts, fourth; G. w. Gage. six
tn ard j. G Klugh, eighth. These
judges serve for four years each.
The term OF State Commissioner w.
O. Tatum expires, and also the term
OF chairman Of the bond OF dspensary
directors, III. III Evans. The terms of
the two directors, John Bell Towill
and l. w. Boykin, also expire. The
term Is two years.
Succn ssors to j. A. Wingo and D.
D. Pcurifoy Of the board of peniten.
tiary ust be elected to serve two
years each. The State librarian must
be chosen for a term Of two years
Miss LaBorde being the incumbent.
The college trustees whose terms
expire this year follow, all being cleo.
tod for six years each:
South Carolina College-W. II. @.
Bates, j. q. Davis. August Kohn.
Clemson--W. d. Evans, A. T. Smy
the, l.. a. Sease.
Winthrop E S. Joynes, w. j
Roddey, A. M Lee.
Citadel. j Lucas, E M. Blythe,
State Colored College w. II Low
man, ID j Btadham.
There are plenty Of Candidates ou
for the variCuI Offices and there vii
be lots OF log rolling before next Tues
day or Wednesday, when the luck,
ones will get the plumS.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-01-19
Want tho IOn.

Candidates for places on the dispen-
sary board are looming up. Itis said
chat III. III. Evans, Chairman OF the
Board, will have no opposition. The
candidates for the other are: Mai
John Black, some time ago shipping
clerk at the dispensary; Mr.. J. M.
EaWlinson, q member OF the house
from Richland county Mr.. r.. Fulton
Dukes, menb,r Of the house from Or,
angeburg county and son OF a form.
or director of the dispensary; Mr.. j.
B Wylic OF Chester, who offered FOR
this place once before. Mr.. Towill
and Mr.. Boykin will not stand for re.
election.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-01-19
OUTRAGE IN sUMTBR.
White Men Commits n Crime That
Calls for Lynching.

OaliG Tor LynCn1nR.
A dispatch from Sumter to the
News and Courier says the facts In 8
disgraeeful affair that occurred In the
puaesI mill village on Wednesday be
! - :. H q !. ,on white
men who have been WORKING iii Z ~
mill at times got drunk and while la
that condition went to the home OF
Mr., John Scott and made determin,
ed effort to commit q criniI al assault
on negro girl about Is years old.
who was employed by Mr.. Scott as o
nurse.
Mr.. Scott and all the other adult
members OF his family were at work
In the mill at the time, and they were
under the impression that they could
accomplish their heinous crime un-
molested They went into tho house
and locked the doors, but the girl
could not be made to yield by threats
and when they attempted to use force
she screamed so loudly that the men
became frightened and ran Ctf. The
girl went at once to the mill and
reported the eff air to Mr.. Scott.
The girls parents, who are respec
table negroes, went before Mag s'rate
Hardy and hed q warrant issued fol
the men, but they have left town anC
have not been apprehended yet. Tho
crime was premoditated, for they
tried to inducs another young man tt
go with ttlem an assist In the assault
on the girl. This is case that call!
for severe punishment, andif the mer
are not captured soon reward shoult
| be offered for their arrest.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-01-19
Mangledby rrn1n

At Erie, Pa, Frank Hineman and
John Marasst, snploy56s of d iooai
malt house, were instantly killed at
German street or0ssing OF the Lake
Shore railroad Wednesday morning
The men stepped from one track to
another In front Of passenger train.
Their bodies were horribly mangle0.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-01-19
MIlied Hi1nAoif

Chas. G. Near, charged With en-.
be2zllng $40 900 from his employers
In San Francisco, CAL, committed
suicide on q Cunard liner just as 1t
was entering New York harbor. He
was being brought back from LiVer.
pool, where had been arrested,
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-01-19
ArrcBtei.

j. r.. Poden, an alleged agent OF
South Carolina cotton nllls, was ar.
rested In Knoxville, Tenn, on Tues.
for trying TO entice laborers to come
to South OArolna. lie is said to be
representing u mills. 3,"D
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-01-19
MANY ktlled.

A caolegrsm from Toxic, Japan,
says that on the dbn instant an exs
plosion set t,lre to o mine at Az! As!!ts, !t:.,
on tle main Island Of Japan, and
thao l0l persons lost their lives,
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-01-19
Y. j. Pope, G. j.,
Eugene b. Gary, A, ,
Ira B. Jones, A. j.,
O A W0nda. A /

The action Of the court means that
the dispensaries must be and must re-
main closed In Greenvllle, Spartan
burg, Anderson, Laurers, Union,
Pickens, Newberry, Cherokee, Horny,
Ooonee, Darlington, Marion, York,
Lancaster, E1geneld and Saluda
counties. Greenwood and Marlboro
have never had dispensaries. VIII
liamsburg voted the dlspensaries out,
but the election was illegal and the
result was so declared.
Thus 10 Of al counties have already
declared against the dispensarY sys.
tenn and In 20 others there has been
no election. Two counties have stood
by the dispensary, Florence and FAir
field. In several Others the people
want elections but are being KEEP,
from an expression Of their views.
Those counties which now have dis
peDsaries must contribute OF theil
school fund to the Counties In which
there are no dispensaries unless an en-
tirely new system De enacted.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-10-04
State Capital Notes
Weekly Budget Gathered by Special CORES.
pondent Madison.

Madison.-The Wisconsin state tax
commission has announced it's valua-
ton of all taxable property of the
state for this year. 1t is upon this
valuation that the so-called state tax
is levied This state tax consists of
the common school tax, amounting to
about $1,200,000; interest of state in
debtedness, $157 $50; aid for graded
schools, $4,000; aid for free high
schools, 100000; aid for state univer-
sity, $565,000; aid for state normal
schools, $230,000; the total of all of
which will be about $2,400,000. There
is considerable sentiment among the
three members of the state board en-
powered to levy this taX-Goy. David
son, Secretary of State Houser and
State Treasurer Kempf--in favor of
remitting one-half or more OF this ST.
400,0 or in other words, levying
only about one-half of this amount and
taking the remainder from the gener-
al fund of the state treasury, as they
have authority to do. The total val-
uation of all the taxable property of
C1C 0CoCS IAlAO SO11 Ao lAACO CT PSsAG9s
100000, as against $1,952, 100000 last
year, an increase of $172, 100000, or a
little less than ten per cent. The val
uation of the real property of the
state is fixed at $1,671, 142,204, as
against SIS 1885, S2 last year, an in
crease of $157, SO6,S22. The valua-
ton of personal property is fixed at
$453, 657,79G, as against $439, 1854, 61S
last year, an increase of S14 ITS.
The largest increases are of course
in the wealthiest counties, which are
| Milwaukee and Dane counties. The
valuation of taxable property in Mil
waukee county is fixed at SAILS, 1854, 900,
an increase of $17,372,150 over last
year, and in Dane county s97 $40,
an increase of $6,7S5,415 over last
year.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-10-04

WRESTLING IN SCOTLAND.
Athletic Sport on the Famous Field at
GraSmere.

GTdSIlCICs
The sports field at Grasmere lies at
the foot of a characteristic ridge OF
fells. very narrow at the top and as
steep nearly as the side of house.
AS you sit in the grandstand this
ridge rises up in front of you.
On the bare, precipitous slopes OF 1t
the guides race is run. On the ver'
dant lawn on which the grandstand
is placed the wrestling matches are
held and those spectators who are not
in the stand make ring around the
lawn. There are coaches and car
riages, too, all around, on which PEG.
ple sit and watch and have picnic
luncheons, and it all looks rather like
Lords cricket gro nd reduced In size.
In Cumberland VIZ sting the fall IL
won directly man is thrown co the
ground. There is no need to pin the
shoulders down as in GraecO-Roman
wrestling. Here at Grasmere all is
ended lust when the Graeco-Roman
Observation-Disclosures would be get
ting to the serious work. Were 1t not
so the Grasmere sports would last all
the year round.
Many of the men had their tights
embroidered with wonderful flowers
or designs in silk or wool-the work
of their women folk, who were now
straining to get glimpse OF how the
charm worked from the swaylng
ranks of the people around the
ground.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-10-04
Democrats lndorse Platform.

Wisconsin's Democratic nominees
in convention assembled for the first
time under the provisions Of the new
primary election law adopted the same
platform that was constructed at their
state convention in Milwaukee in
June, reelected II. Fl. Manson, of
Wausau, chairman of the state central
committee, selected new committee,
made w. G. Brawley, of Mauston, Sec
rotary, and after listening to cam
paign speeches by John A. Awkward,
Of Madison, the nominee for governor,
and Martin l.. Luck, of Juneau, nom
inee for attorney general, and Col.
George w. Bird, of Madison, adj
journed. George w. Lewis, of Madi-
son, attempted to secure the adoption
Of a resolution asking the state to
make an effort to induce immigrants
to locate in Wisconsin, but 1t was
tabled after a debate.
The following state central commit
tee was elected: First district, r. B.
Hodges, Green; J. J. Cunningham,
Rock. Second, Col. George w. Bird,
Madison; G. II. Smith, Markesan.
Third, Jackson Silbaugh, Vernon; T..
C. Fielder, Iowa. Fourth, Peter Barry,
Milwaukee; Henry Schmidt, Hale's
Corners. Fifth, w. A. Scholle, Wauke-
sha; Frank Faust, Milwaukee. Sixth,
George w. Theisen, Dodge; w. p.
Joachim, Ozaukee. Seventh, Stephen
Richmond, Trempealau; Charles lille,
Jackson. Eighth, George Hilton, Osh-
kosh; William A. Hume, Chiffon.
Ninth, Joseph F. Martin, Brown;
Thomas H. Ryan, Outagamie. Tenth,
Thomas Hogan. Amigo; julius G.
Thielman, Merrill Eleventh, +. A..
Partlow, Polk; E. T. McCausland,
Douglas.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-10-04

brought the unconscious woman to
shore
Saved Two from Death.
Then there was the brave rescue
by Mrs. Frederick r.. Crane, OF Brook
Ign, Of her ten-year-old daughter and
the latter's playmate. who together
fell off pier into deep water at Say
brook, n. j. She went in after them.
Encountered by her heavy clothing,
she performed great feat of physi-
cal prowess in bringing the two girls
safely to land, where she herself sank
exhausted from the shock and strain.
And not least among the water he
roines is Miss Mamie Sheehan, of this
city, who few weeks ago plunged
into the Navesink river and saved the
life of James Edward Connolly, a re-
tired merchant of Washington, and
personal friend OF President Roose-
welt. Miss Sheehan swan long dis
lance to reach Mr.. Connolly, who had
fallen into the water from a canoe and
could not swim. With consummate
skill She brought him safely to land.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-10-04

for half a dozen years suddenly went
mad. 1t pursued Annals fiye-year-old
brother Harry into the room In which
she was sitting and had sprung upon
the boy to bite him. Instantly the
girl rushed to the child's assistance.
drew the dog to herself, and a fierce
fight for life ensued. The girl got
her hands around the beasts neck and
chung and choked him with desper-
ate grip. She held on until she had
strangled him to death.
The summer has produced many
little girl heroes. The prompt and
brave action of 11-year-old Fannie
Haskowitz, of No. 81 Hopkins street,
Brooklyn, saved the life of her four
year-old sister Julia. The children
were crossing the street, when a Sum-
ner avenue care bore down on them.
Fannie had crossed safely, when she
saw Julia knocked down by the fender
of the car and carried beneath it ia
the swiftly moving wheels. Fannie
was instantly down at her little sis.
ters side, dragging her forward and
out until she had pulled her away
from the wheels. Julia tainted, and
when the ambulance came it was
found that one of her legs was broken
but her little-mother sister had saved
her life.
A still younger heroine is Madeline
Spinello, of New Haven, who rescued
little boy playmate who was drown.
ing in the river.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-10-04
Work of Republican Convention.

The Republican convention adopted
platform which the committee on
resolutions had been working upon
for ten hours. The platform indorses
President Roosevelt's administration.
The tariff plank reads as follows:
1--WE adhere to the Republican doc
trine of protection to American labor,
but believe in the REIMBURSEMENT of tar
iff schedules in ali cases where pro-
lection is employed for the benefit of
capital to the injury of the consumer
and the worllingmap."
Reference to United States Senator
La Toilette is made in the following
language: I'VE indorse and approve
the past administration of Gov Robert
La Toilette, which was conSpicuouSly
progressive, honest and economic, and
point with pride to his advocacy of a
faithful compliance with party prom
ises made to the people of Wisconsin
in the past. And we specifically point
out, among the important measures
secured during his administration, the
laws affecting primary elections, the
state railway commission and equit-
able method of railway taxation, the
law prohibiting improper legislative
lobbying, and other laws of great
value to the people of Wisconsin. We
approve the work recently done in
congress to secure similar legislation,
and we urge upon our senators and
representatives in congress TO join in
a in nn1,tn f
islation that will insure in national af-
fairs the same reforms as have been
enacted into laws in Wisconsin, and
heretofore and now recommended by
the platform Of the Republican party
in this state''
Gov. James o. Davidson's admins
tration is Endorsed and the party
pledges itself to enact a law providing
for the regulation of rates of service
of all public service corporations sim
| liar to that exercised over railroads.
The enactment of law regulating the
| issue of stocks and bonds of all public
| service corporations, giving to the
| Wisconsin railway commission super
visOry control over the same and by
appropriate provisions preventing the
issue of any such stocks and bonds eX-
| cept for actual value is also promised.
| An amendment to the primary cleo.
ton law such as will strengthen it is
| favored.
| The state central committee as
chosen as congressional districts is as
| follows: First district, p. G. Wilder,
Rock; w. III. Armstrong, Racine. Sec
ond. A. L. forge, Dane; l.. A. Wright,
Columbia. Third, d. o. Mahoney,
| Vernon; T. r. Monday, Iowa. Fourth,
DR.. ]. NJ. Belle, Milwaukee; w. II.
Dick, Milwaukee. Fifth, Gustav J.
Jeske, Milwaukee; DR.. w. A. Jones,
Oconomowoc. Sixth, Roy Reed, Fond
! du Lac; e. 3. Mattoon, Sheboygan.
Seventh, p. j. Schmitt, Eau Claire; w.
V. DOrwin, Pekin. Eighth, Florian
Lampert, Winnebago; DR.. F. H. Gehbe
Manitowoc. Ninth, j. p. Douseman
Brown; J. A. Van Cleave Marinette,
Tenth, A. IT. STANCE, Lincoln; e. T.
Winch, Wood. Eleventh, DR.. p. Fl,
Lindley, Chippewa; A, w. Mcleod,
! Bayfield,.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-10-04
Prohibition Party Platform.

Sixteen nominees for state and leg
islative offices attended the prohibit
ton state convention held at Madison
to formulate party platform and
elect a state central committee. The
convention was called to order in a
hall on the fourth floor of the capitol
by State Chairman w. ID. Cox, of Mil
waukee. He was elected permanent
chairman and Fl. A. Larson, of Wau-
paca, was chosen secretary. The plat
form declares that "the public must
exercise effective control over all mo-
nopolistic enterprises in which compe-
tition has been virtually stamped out.
Public ownership should follow only
where public control has proved made
quate; but in that event it must fol
low The people must be protected.
The trusts and other forms Of vast
wealth in our land constitute Seri-
Gus menace to our industrial and pO-
litical freedom" Total suppression
OF the manufacture and sale, for bev-
erage use, of strong drink, is demand
FED, adoption of the initiative and ref
erendum favored, arbitration of indus
trial and international disputes
called for, and a wider eX-
tension of the principle OF
reciprocity in our foreign trade re-
lations On the question of woman
suffrage the platform says: eve be-
lieve that the time has arrived when
the constitutional privilege in Wis
consin of granting to women the right
of suffrage on school matters should
be extended; and we are averse to
the bestowing of that sacred right
upon the ignorant, the incapable and
the vicious"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-10-04
Social Democratic Convention.

1t took the Social Democratic state
convention only Is minutes to go
through the formality of organizing,
adopting a platform and electing a
state central committee. State chair
man Victor T.. Berger, of Milwaukee,
called the convention to order in a
hall on the fourth floor of the capitol
promptly. He made few opening re-
marks, in which he said that the con-
vention was a mere formality held
to comply with the primary election
law. The platform had been adopted
by the Social Democratic party by a
referendum vote and according to the
rules of the party could not be
changed or altered by the convention.
Carl d. Thompson, of Milwaukee, was
elected secretary. A committee, head
ed by Assemblyman w. ]. Alldridge,
of Milwaukee, was appointed to rec
ommend two members from each OF
the IL congressional districts to serve
as a state central committee.