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The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-09-21
Some S,rcnuous limos.

Ohe OF the clsimS put forth by
those who wish to abolish the dispsn.
sarI 10 chat 1t Is the cause OF all the
devi)ment that takes place In the
Stats and that when 1t is abolished
81" VII b" serene ard lovely. Green
vile c0uAvy voted out the d%!sp,nsary
sometime $40, but the conditions dosa
not seem to Improve very rapidly
there under prohibition. The Green
Vile News last Monday wesk said
Judging from the cIiminal courts Ct
the municipality, Sunday in several
OF Che churches around The city, Ia
stead or being q day Of mont tonous
d'scourses conducive to sound slum.
Der, was a day q nilarlous { xoi.emept.
Snd IN moIe than &C Dngregatio...
Gathered together ostensibly for med.
iGabiuh and worship, the Evil One
mace hil"se'f Lcnifest in no unccr.
tain manner"
The News The gees on TO sly that
Two cOlcfHd v"n'hs were 9r!aip1rd he.
fore the Mayor Oh tho charge CT fl sht.
ing IN church during divine services on
Sunday befoto. Thon one WilJtam
Johnson, also colorod, was hauled up
or dlsturblig pub ic worship at ali
other chu Oh. According to the News,
Johnson was under the iI fl renee of
blue Steel" which we suppose is O.
pet name fer blind tiger whlskey, end
did not like the sermon and under.
LOOK to clean up things. Theo. Cnan
dler, another colored buclt, was re.
ported for naliciously shooting into 3
picnic at Pinoy Meant. 1t ia said
that after the first shot the red rubt.
ahlc Theodore bad the Mount all TO
Himself, all the picniccrs having pcam-
2eroi CT 10 get Ou5 Of She way OF hy.
log bullets Luckily no one Was XII
cd, Snd az yet the warlIke Theodore
hiss not been arreS ted.
Then came the R5y. G w. Bl-geps
white, swore out q warrant tefore
magistrate Stradlcy SUNDAY against
Frank Watts, white, charging him
with disturbing wDish,p, g. Gazing. !
cursing and using hlaephemous Ian
guage to the grsat annoyance lof he
"orShippers at q church in the Green.
v lie suburbs. IL Is SAID lnat Mr..
Burgess Is q Holiness" man. The
Rev. Mr.. Singleton was conducting
she services when Waits, it Is alleged,
. gan putting In D few words for the
Egh One, much to the confusion Of
the speaker and to the delight OF the
more irrtvefent. WaUss las net yet
been arrested.
II looks Ike these cases ought to be
enough for n month Tor Is good pro.
town Ike Greenvil!e, hus II
not. One day last week the
young and innocent reporter OF she
was aqaaulsed and ohoked 30 in.
sen4lbility In the mayor'7 office by q
local contractor on account OF certain
thab had appeared In his
pa per. Before the contractor at
the reporter he had baen
foupdly abused by the mayor and sn
ex'chiof of police, all OF whom wera
the mayors 0nio0 tcg6eber. All
cheese troubles, we suppose, were oaus
by 'sllSkey that WAS bough5 from
me d'spensary before 10 was voted out.
Gfeenvillo Is now a p~rohlbttion
county, and there liz no whiskoy TO be
DoughO there. But whatever the
'auso, no n Will deny that Green
vi'le mas soma strenuous times for q
dry town.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-09-21

a shooting affraY took pace at ar
early hour Friday night on the us.
u&lsy quiet streets CT Holly Hill.
Pres Johnson, a negro who Is wanted
III Charleston on a charge OF murder.
has heen sulkirg ahlu! Holly n!ll Tor
some time, his wife, Jane Johnson,
residing In tom ard many Of bis rel.
atsvts In tho vicinity. Although he
Nad made tbr.. ats asa'nst the lyas { I
at laast four residents Of the town he
h2s been sheltered by the colored pen.
pie, suproaedly his relatives He ha:
II q:ontly maze threats that he
"ouia Kill hia wife and Fc.aaY Eight
ne@rlY pnt hiH threat into * crtior.
lie FOL o7eo her TITO q Hou . wh.r.
g was q OBS fn1, str'k ng a mach,
.hrust It inio u"r faCe, WI Il re ral
Srcm hun scteamiSg, out into the
yard, he following. d o a,om Mt
ater 4 g shots r&rg Cu-6vo tak'ns
etfa3h IN rer b ok, oneK IN. C mp'etu
" through the brdY jusp above the
hip, the other bujle5 ltdaine In the
stomach. The woupis while not
necessarily fatal, are painful anl re.
ohverP. II she receivers, w / be slo~
j hnson escaped, but az his feet arc
ia bad condt' Oh fsum utinH scatled
reoanlv, he must rave nsd assistance
10 ReJ away 80 qu'ckIy ai0 complete
~. IL was ruMnad Saturday mlrn
ihg that a bury auS driver wcr3
awaiting johnson &n6 after TIC scot.
Hg he was driven away. a pogsr VS.
cut Sc ,rchinR for him Friday night,
but hc coU.d not be found. Il ...set
fro tots place waa sent 20 Charleston
at summer to tile authoritiea. tell
ihg 1T his presence IL sDd around Hoi.
ly Hi. but he has continued bis viaits
'tere, Mak'ng more or less dip,utbancc
It each vgi5 and teing Gcye0nod by
He is egain 8 fugitive and
has with him two guns.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-09-21
How Ho Thoughts klnao Should Die.

~" TO Hou9ns Nin0o ShouId Dt0.
Cramer was Voltaire's Geneva
publisher. At a rehearsal of one
Of V~oltaire's tragedies NJ. Cramer
was finishing his role, which was to
end with some dying sentences. Vol
taire, objecting to tho manner in
which that death soene Yves played.
cried out In accents Of eoatGing
soorn, "Cramer, you lived like a
prince during the four preceding
acts, but at tho fifth you die like a
bookseller" Tronchin, being pres
ent, could not help in kindness in
tcrfering. M. Voltaire," said he
deprecatingly, "can you expect to
have gentlemen to be at the expense
OF dresses and fatigue Of getting up
such long parts if you thus upbraid
them? On the contrary, I think
they all deserve the greatest encour-
agement at your hands, and as to
my friend Cramer, I declare that, so
far as am a Judge, he dies with the
same dignity he lived"
Voltaire raised his head and
glanced defiantly at Tronchin.
Doctor" he cried, "when you have
kings to kill kill them your own
way. Let me kill mine as / please"
and Queries.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-09-21
-Four in or, EAmAu

Lizzie ZJarlLan Weldon, dauehter
Of Mr.. Poke Weldon OF H~erriott,a.
Lee county, died at her home Tues.
day, the result OF q long casa ofl
y phoid fever. The little girl WAS
Only about five years old and makes
ohe fourth child that Mr. Weldon has
,osS With fhiS dreadful disease since
May 3 of this year. The little girl
q buried at Spring Hill, where the
others are all buried. At this time
Mrs. Weldon and also one more OF.
.hels children are In bed with typhoid
ieVer, with Mrs. Weldon In q serious
conoition. The sympathy OF the en-.
are community is with the family In
6heir great time Of trouble.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-09-21
OoIorod Mon Cloarod,

The following has boon Issued by
Inc citizens OF Camden, We, the
ondersigned wish TO 30 on record, as
telitylng that tho tncendisry notice
oI y secret meeting OF tho Goloreds
people + WAS 2 ssse dsss ssannas
On one streets Of Camden, was gotten
up Dy soase las,ibious psi55n siIis 0s::is
nnsenf; and that those respectable
co.2lsa ettizsls ahose names wore 81.
saoned TO tho Same, knew nothing
anous the NOTICE, until it YVES called
20 their attention by their whitn
filends. The shove wss signed bv
nc Mayo OF Camden anu n.any pro.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-09-21

in tho death Of Col. j Inn M. Knight
OF Sumter, the preas Of South Osro.
lima has sustained 8 loss which will be
deeply felt. Col. Knight was editor
OF the Sumter Herald, and he made IT.
one of the beat weekly newspapers In
the state. BE took pride In his work
because he loved 1t. In the making
Of y newspaper he did his duty, and
ne did 1T we'll. Ha war a distinguish.
cd memher of the knights of Pythiag,
having succeeded Hon. Geo. s. Now.
or as grand chancellor. He ne yer as.
PRED to public Cnloe, but he was for
years chairman Of the Sumter county
democracy. CGl. knight had baen In
g Ethical health for some time, but not.
understanding the fact that 1T was
known that his days were numbered,
he went to the meeting of the Press
Association st tie Isle Of Palms In
July, and mingled with his fellow.
workers He was Ill during the meet.
ing, but it was o satisfaction TO him
20 grasp the hands Of his old friends,
and 1t was Q pleasure to them. They
knew him and they knew hiE worth
and tho value OF his friendship. We
esteemed 1t sn honor to number John
M Knight among u frier ia.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-09-21
MURDER MYSTERY,
BABY LIPS ALONE DAN TELL The
AWFUL sEoRET.
he Rereayed Father Holds the Child
Before srppsot Vsinly Geek
ing IDENTIFY.

On the lips Of q two.yeRr-old bah;
hangs The solution Of one Of the most.
b. mtDg murder mysteries with which
tho Philadelphia police have been con
frontea In a generation.
Mrs. Norris X Ls1is, the beauti.
full 81 d cultured young wife of q com.
merc'a] sa'esm&p, was found murder,
Cd In her apartments, No. 2lO3 North
Eleventh. street, la5e Wednesday
night The body had been thrust
Into a clothes press. On the floor of
the death room played a motherless
baby boy.
Big man hurted mamms." he
lispsd, when the Mortified friends Of
the dead woman fund her and sought
to CLEAN from the child sone inklips
OF the mu,de'er's iden ttty.
The husband, who vat in Altoona,
reached Philadelphia this mornine
Just In time to participate in q highll
lramatic police irquiy y.
HGrry SOmcrs, who also boarded a.,
No. 2'o3 Eleventh. street., bad bee,
srreatad. Lewis, who had not ye;
locked upon his aeid wife, took t..
baby from the arms II q big police.
man and, walking up to the suspect,
pl :aded with the little one to ssy
whether he locked like the murderer.
Big man hurtcd mSmrua," lispl,
the b,bY.
is this the big man, dear? vailed
6he father. seeming about to sink to
the fl or.
Hurled mamma. buried mamma
ohaSted the ch'ld, thrusting blk
chubby little fists into his father's
eyes, and p3uSlog IN wondormen,
%hen he found tears there.
But no baby finger was stretched
FORTH " accusation Of the suspect. No
word wal uttered chat Gould be cor
strut d as condemnation of tho man sc
strait ely op triSl,
Sinners va taken 10 the third de-.
gree chamocr, where maintains g
stubborn silence. The police viii
confront him with the baby boy again
Thursday.
The Eleventh str OF house, where
the Lswia family he'd lived moro than
. mouth, Ia OF the better sort In 8
resp ctabie reignhorhood. IL is u
ny M es Charlotte Kelly.n The
police discovered that her real name
q Mrs. Clemere and that Somsrs ia
Known to a select few as her brother
70. Lewis Was attacked in ths
ofninP room, whore her throat waa
cut with a petr OF IcIssors. she was
dragged through 81 versl rooms and
6afust, standing, into the CLOTHES
press.
T1ere she slowly died, while the
baby, ~ho had ctept to the place
scratched on the d ,or Of her oaaot,
prison, 81 though seeking to pierce
The royaLerY that Il contained.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-09-21
Ready Rstort.

An 1rishman once met an Eng
lishman who had an artificial leg.
Being Of a sympathetic nature, Pat
inquired the cause Of the loss Of tho
limb. whereupon the EngKshman
said: ga short time ago I discov-
cred that there was somo irish blood
Ia my body and that It had settled
in this leg, so I had 1t cut off,"
Ills a pity 1t didn't settle In your
head" came the quick retort.-
Troy Timea.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-09-21
Six Mon KIiied,

The parting Of a cable on the Brit.
'sh steamer Halls In the port OF Pro,
gre'so, Yncatan, brought instant
deabh 10 nix men Thuraday. They
I ia b on4a.i boat alongside tie
steamer, Wf'ch VS. b0ing u~nloaded,
whom several tons Of boxed machinery
broke from the hoists and crashed
fairly on top Of the small boate. Two
were rescued unhurt.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-09-21
Ropp's Commercial CaIcuIster

7ILL PREVENT MISTAKES.
w relieve the mind, save labor
time al d money, and do your reckon,
ing IN the twinkling Of an eve, AZ
ltead\ Calculator and Business Arlth-
metic combined. 10 the first sc pages
III shows, at a glance. the correct an
swer TO almost every calculation that
likely TO occur on the farm, in the
Sllop, or IN the office. This valuable
3ook VII be sent postpaid to any adj
dress for rs cents in STAMPS. Address
SIMS Book STORE,
Orangeburg. S. q.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-09-21
IN TO Negro

Rev. Dr.. laws w. CLARK, Of Cincin.
H&Gi, Ono, 10 Tce'ng on effort to "a.
cure au!i5itnG money to erect o mon
ument over the grave OF the late ne.
gro poet, Psul Lawrence Dunbsr.
Rov C4&fk'1 ia1hor WaS a slS yenolder.
but he say" "tne man aho wrote
When NantJ Sings a"d Wien the
Corn Pone Is Hot deserves q monu.
m.ut.u
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-09-21

lHN suggestion OF the Southern
Lumber Journsl that the idle negroes
be forced to work for private partir q
or elso Tor the county Ia o good one,
Active police could easIly satisfv
themselves that all the darkles who
warm 20 town were at WORK or not.
me public safety demands that they
work for their living and the sooner
municipal authorities get busy about
this matter the less trouble we will
have enforcsing 1t. We commend
the matter to the earnest attention
OF the municipal authcrities With
whom We OF me In touch and urge
Them TO loao no time IL getting busy
about the matter.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-09-21
An Atlanta Traaedv.

A. Atlanta, Ca, Charles Geismar,
y Maccn, shot snd wounded Mrs, n,
-. lvey Ia the hard at hor rome and
then shot and killed himself. Geis.
mar went To the home Of Mrs, Ivey
alto Tbursdey night and demanded
1cm1ttance. This was refused aud
Hriday he returcd and began firing.
NO cause vas given for the deed.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-09-21

STRANdE shit gs are a always happen.
ing, but here is q circumstance which
but for the veracity OF the press dis
patches would be hard to behave.
John O. Putner of Dsnville, Va,
secured a divorce from his wife and
married o pretty school teacher.
Needing a cook and knowing the good
qualities of his first wife along tliie
line, he engaged her services and she
baked the wedding cake,
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-09-21
Hayward To AnseI.

Oolumbia, S. O.. Sept, 10 1905.
Hon. Martin b. Ansel, G5eenvllle, s..
@.
Accept my sincere congratulations
upon the fatterlrg vote which has
nc animated you for G )vernor Of Sout
Carolina. l hope your administration
viii be most successful In all that per-
tains to the welfare Of our State.
d. O. HEYwARD.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-09-21

congratulate Brother Aull. of
the Now5erry N.8s and Herald. on
DIS election TO the legislature. He ia
good, safe nan, and can be depend
Cd upon TO do bic duty fair and square.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-09-21
Fountain Pens P0r Sale.

we have several dozen good Foun-
tam PGns for sale. >Guaranted IA
Karat. Prlces 81 and % each, postpaid.
nAaoncr Pockets for two or three pens
% Gents each. Mail orders solicited.
Aooress SIMS Book STORE,
Orangeburg, S. q.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-09-21

LIE new State Senate has q major.
ICY OF tour for the State Disnensary
and the House has q majority OF at
least ten on the same side. This insur-
es the %purication tf the diapanssry
system.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-09-21

EDITOR Aver OF tho Florence Times
has boon sent to the House OF Re.
personalities from his county. He ia
q good editor and will make q good
legislator,
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-09-21

The situation IN Cuba ia said to be
growing more serious. There ar
thousands Of armed I'M urgent
throughout the island, and some 9 aim
that the Palma government Ia doom
cd.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-09-21
We Have For Sale

unIo 70 morse power Talbot, second hand engine in stock which has recent.
y zen overnauied. This Engine is in first class condition and will be
a great bargain for anyone who is ii the market for such q size engine
We are headquarters for anything in the way of machinery auppTes' and
prompt attention will be given to all inquiries and orders entrusted to
care. Write us when you are in the market for ANYTIME. and ba any
70 get our prices before placing your orders elsewhere.
eeNnbta Shpply Ces > GpluTbh, Sc.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-09-21
Organ

that Will last a life time is what YOU
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you with an Organ that will please IN
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delivered. Wiite us for our %special
terms of payment, and for Illustrations
OF beautiful Organs referred to.
II you prefer a Piano we have bean.
Illul.and good new Uprights from 818b
up on easy terms.
Address Ial0ne's Musio House.
Columbia, 8. y.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-06-08
MILITIA IN A BAD HUMOR.
Troops Sent to Ohio Mines Because Of
Strike Have Nothing to Do and
Are Forced to Live in Cars.

Dillonvale, O.. June Tt has
rained almost necessarily since the
troops arrived here, and but little
progress has been made in establish
ing camps. The companies are living
in cars. With no prospects ahead for
active service, the soldiers are a dis
gruntled lot.
The United States Coal company
has released it's entire force of guards.
The troops are now protecting the
mining property and residences Of the
company officials at Bradley, Crow
Hollow and Plum Run.
At Plum Run the feeling against the
discharged guards is bitter and there
may be trouble. There are five maxim
guns and thousands of rounds Of am
munition in the hands of the 1,20O
soldiers on the scene.
Wheeling, w. Va, June by a
two-thirds vote striking miners of the
Hitchman Coal company at McMechen
decided to apply for work Wednesday,
thus severing the ties with the min
ers' organization, on the ground that
the latter has not lived up to its con-
tract respecting payment OF wage
benefits
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-06-08
SEES GIRLS GRADUATED.
President Roosevelt Attends Com
mencement of School Attended
by His Daughter Ethel.

Washington, June 7. = President
Roosevelt, accompanied by Mrs. Roose
velt, Wednesday attended the COM
mencement exercises of the National
Cathedral School for Girls, an insti-
tuition in the northwestern suburbs Of
Washington in which the presidents
daughter Ethel is a student
President and Mrs. Roosevelt were
received at the cathedral school at
Mount ST. Adams by Admiral Dewey,
a member of the board of trustees, and
escorted to the reception room. Short
ly after their arrival the procession Of
graduates was formed and filed into
the auditorium. Bishop Satterlee pre-
sided at the graduation exercises.
President Roosevelt delivered the ad-
dress to the graduating class, consist
ing Of nine young women, dwelling
particularly upon the development OF
character and the need of living a
wholly unselfish life. At the conclu-
sion Of the presidents address, the
diplomas were presented to the grad
uating class and the ceremonies were
concluded with benediction by Bish-
op Satterlee.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-06-08
SEEK FOSSILIZED ANIMALS.
Expedition Will Explore Western
States for Remains of Ex-
tinct Monsters.

Chicago.-Fossil remains OF ele-
plants, camels, rhinocerosi, and
ether tropical fauna which roamed
thousands of years ago in Nebraska
anO South Dakota, near the snores OF
the cretaceOus ocean, which then COW
cred large portion of the Mississippi
valley, will be sought by members Of
the expedition of the Field Columbian
museum
0. c. Harrington, head of the geol-
ogy department, is desirous of adding
to the museums already large illus
trative collection of fossils OF the Gre
taceous age. He has sent Prof. E. S.
Riggs and ]. S. Abbot, both of the Field
museum, and T. K. Olcott, of Brook
lyn, to Hermosa, S. D., where the
party will begin researches immediate
II. Later in the summer the expedi-
tion will move to Kansas, where the
work will be completed before fall.
Attention will be devoted to the
search for fossils of sea serpents In the
"sad lands" of South Dakota, which
at one age was covered by water. 9th
CT animals to be sought include bison,
deer, dogs, raccOons, turtles and sea
lizards.
DR.. harrington declares the tempera-
ture in what now is Nebraska and
cretacean period. He states also there
is possibility of the climate again be-
coming tropical in these regions.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-06-08

ifdlly buyer will choose the article
with the freshest appearance label" I"
said Mr.. Wilson, when as a matter
Bf fact the canned meat does not de-
teriorate with age"
In speaking of the return Of goods,
he said that consignments are some
times sent back to the shippers be-
cause a nail had been driven through
q can in fastening up box. This, he
said, would cause that can to spoil
and the consignee would imagine that
the whole shipment had spoiled. Then
1t is possible in rare instances for air
to have gotten into the can and caused
1t to swell. He described such cans
as "swellers," but said there is no
danger Of these ever being eaten and
added with laugh: mot the slight
est" No one asked him why.
would it be possible to put in cans
meat which has begun to putrify?"
asked Chairman Wadsworth.
mot unless the meat were accom-
panied by chemicals such as it would
be suicide to eat" replied Mr.. Will
son. He declared that the use Of bad
meat had never been attempted by
reputable packers and that it would
be suicide to their business. At this
point recess was taken for luncheon.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-06-08
FORTUNES IN COAL LANDS
Sufficient Fuel in Mexico to Supply
the Entire Country for
Ages.

Monterey, Mexico.-According to a
recent report from the state Of Oaxaca.
there is enough coal in that state to
reVolutlonize the fuel-consuming in
Grstries OF the republic and open up
mining and smelling enterprises in the
southern part Of Mexico on ar extern
sfve scale. The coal beds referred to
are situated about 80 miles northwest
from the city of Oaxaca, and extend to
the Pacific ocean, including hundreds
OF square miles OF continuous coal
beds. The deposits are in what is
known as the MiXteca country.
Other than the few prospects that
have been made, the beds have never
beer disturbed from their slumber that
has lasted for centuries. The coal
lies near the surface and crops out in
great veins on the surface Samples
OF the coal that have been picked from
the ground have been found to run
60 per cent. in carbon. This inexhaust-
Tole deposit of coal is only waiting to
return thousandfold every dollar
thai is spent in it's development. The
feld extends nearly to the coast, maxi
Ing 1t possible to get the entire out
put of the field to the saaboard without
transportation expense.
The owners of the land on which
the deposits are located are either ig-
Lorant or Indifferent of their value.
and II is stated that the entire property
can be purchased al the price of any
other kind OF land in the state, at per-
haps the cost of single building lot
III New York; yet no one has stepped
forward to seize an opportunity that
may amass fortune as colossal as
that of the Goulds or the VanderbiIts.