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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-03

Bossert Bros. have been compelled
to increase their coal sheds, owing to
the large increase Of business.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-03

ENT-House on east side, near
part of city-suitable for one
two small families. B. M.
n. 20-3w
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-03

While business in the local stores is
not as rushing as it was before Christ
mas, yet it compares fayorably with
the same days of 1905.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-03

Most of the teachers who attended
the state convention in Milwaukee
last week, arrived home Saturday.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-03

Mrs. /. f. PhilIeo has been confined
to her home by a severe attact OF In
famatOry rheumatism.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-03

The contract for plastering the new
hotel at Port Edwards has been let to
George Moulton of this city, and it is
that gentleman's intention to place
Il crew of men to work Immediately
and rush the work as rapidly as is
cansiStant with thoroughnesS.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-03

A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. E. A. Peltier, on Third st. south.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-03

The NJ. W. A. and Royal Neighbors
will hold . joint installation of officers
on the evening Of January 10. 1907.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-03

A large number of u farmer
neighbors were visitors in town Satur-
day.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-03

The delivery horse Of Link & Werle,
the we'll known meat dealers, was very
sick Monday with pneumonia.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-03

Mrs. Nettie Darlington is %conhned
to her home and bed by illness,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-03

Mrs. Mayme Lyon is in charge of
the Millinery store, owned by the
Misses Lnecht, during their absent.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-03

The City Club members held forth
New Years day and evening at their
club rooms on the west side for the
reception of their friends. The rooms
were thronged all day and the time
was passed very pleasantly.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-03

L. w. Brazeau, is out again after a
very severe attact Of infiamatory
rheumatism.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-03

John Hammer injured the fingers OF
his right hand Saturday.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-03

-WANTED-A good reliable travelling
salesman, to sell at retail, monuments,
beadstones, and all cemetery work.
Applications received up to Jan. Is.
1907. with references. Sober men
only need apply. Experience in sales
manship preferred. Weeks s. Weeks,
Grand Rapids, Wis.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-03

The sudden drop in the temperature
Monday has caused no end of
trouble to those who failed to shovel
their walks early in the morning. At
six O'Clock it was thawing rapidly and
it looked as though the day would be
a rainy one. 1t began to turn cold
early, however, and before noon the
slush was frozen quite solid, making
walking extremely d~isagreeable. The
moral to this weather tale" is:
Shovel your walks early and often.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-03

When a man in search of a home or
business location goes to a town and
finds everybody full of hope and enthu-
Siasm over the prospects of the place,
he, TOO, soon becomes imbued with the
same spirit, drives down his sta IS and
goes To work with equal interest.
The injunction proceedings which
were to have been heard today by
Judge Burnell, of Oshkosh, have been
postponed until such tine as District
Attorney Theo. w. Brazeau has re-
covered from his illness. Mr.. BraZeau
is the attorney for Miss A. NJ. Gordon.
After a man has spent his whole life
as the devil wished, it doesn't look
reasonable 10 us that he "a lie TO the
Lord on his deathbcd and go straight
to heaven. In our opinion the talk OF
deathhed repentance has kept many
from entering the pearly gates.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-03

About twelve couple went to Ru-
dolph Sunday afternoon, where
they were entertained at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. c. Hassel. The party
was composed of John Hassel's friends,
and they took this occasion to visit
with him while he is spending the
holidays at the home of his parents.
A very pleasant evening was enjoyed
by the young people who arrived
home early Monday morning. De-
lightful refreshments were served.
The trip was made in rigs.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-03

There is too little brightness in the
lives of women in the country. They
have to little help in their domestic
occupations. The nurse" in a house
where there is a baby to care for ought
to be set down as one of the regular
expenses as much as the potatoes for
the family. A mothers health. both
of body and mind, is worth more than
additional acres of land, or finer live
stock. The heart should not be allow
ed to grow old. Life should not have
lost its charm. the heart its spirit, and
the body its elasticity at 40 years
And yet how many women are faded
and wan, aud shattered in mind and
health. long before they are forty. All
the joy of life is not in youths morning.
If we so will it, WI can, to the last
moment of life, be at least negatively
happy.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-03

Cattle are being used in many of
the lumber camps this winter in
place of horses which are very scarce.
Some fifteen or twenty years ago
oxen were used in great numbers oy
the loggers, but of late years horses
have taken their places and an OK
team on the streets is a curiosity.
The principal cause of using cattle
this winter is on account of the early
SHOWS which covered the ground be-
fore it was frozen, and it was claimed
that cattle can get around the soft
marshy places better than horses.
The increased price and the scarcity
of heavy teams is also the reason Of
using cattle for this work.-Marsh-
field Times.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-03

Ed. Herschleb. of Superior. is visit
ing with his uncle in this city. Ed.
is a graduate of the Howe high school
and was born and raised in this city.
Heis employed as a city salesman for
a large grocery house in Superior.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-03

For sALE-Desirable, level farm
lands, located ear this city. on long
time or monthly payments.
6 ten acre tracts.
4 fifteen acre tracts.
4 thirty acre tracts.
4-SiXty acre tracts.
2-100 acre tracts.
1-I20 acre tract.
1-323 acre tract.
Geo. N. Wood.
Fresh lime at the Centralia Hard
wear Co.'s store. tt
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-03

A meeting of all the business
and professional men of the village
of Nekoosa was held in the office
of Atty. HI. E. Fitch Friday night,
to make arrangements for the coming
Farmers institute. An excellent
program is being prepared for the
entertainment of the visiting farmers
and for the making of the institute a
time for pleasure as we'll as profit.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-03

however, in rounding the corner, and
a gentleman standing near by was en-
abled by prompt action, to get to their
heads and quiet them before any
material damage was done.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-03

Mems 1.25 caps now only ...... .90c
Mems LOO caps now only.........9Oc
Mems 75c and 85c caps now only Csc
Mems SOC caps now only ......... Acc
Large reductions on all boys caps.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-05-24
UncQunlIy Distributed.

There is considerable complaint
about the distribution of the pension
fund. 1t is claimed that some coun-
ties get a great deal more than they
are entitled to, while others are
shared out. Recently the Florence
Times called attention to the cores
pondence from Spartanburg to The.
News and Courier about the pensions
given out in that county. The cor
respondent thought that the pension
roll in Spartanburg County was larg-
er than it ought to be. He seems to
think that there are names on the
list which ought not to be there.
Spartanburg County was given $780,
600 OF the pension money. Just
about four times as much as Orange
burg County was given. W. think
there must be somethingwrong about
this distribution, but just how to
remedy it is the question.
OF ours Spartanburg has grown
in population a great deal since the
close Of the war, and many cotton
mills have been built, and no doubt
confederate soldiers have moved in
from other counties and from North
Carolina, but it hardly seems credit
able that they should have increased
the pension roll as much as it now
appears to be. Spartanburg County
has about eight hundred names on
her pension rolls. The roll should
be purged, as we are satisfied that
there are names on it that should
not be there.
The Abbeville Medium, which is
edited by a gallant old veteran,
makes a suggestion that each county
take charge Of it's own pensioners,
and provide a fund for them. W. do
not know how this would work. IN
less the different counties would
agree to pay their pensioners about
the same, such a charge would cause
q great deal of dissatisfaction. Then
again in some of the counties that
arc heavily burdencd with taxation,
the needy old veteran might be neg
lccted and given nothing hardly. On
the whole we think it best for the
! State to manage the matter. Then
the strong, rich counties can help
the weaker counties and pay the
ncady old veterans a uniform sum.
But the roll should he thoroughly
purged in every county, and the mon
ey given only to those who are enti-
tied to it. We are satisfied that
many get it now who are not entitled
to it.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-05-24
Their Pay Raised.

An increase Of 10 per cent in the
pay OF conductors over the entire
system of the Atlantic Coast Line has
been granted by the officials, elfec-
tive May |, in response to a request
made by the general adjustment
committee.
The raise will apply to freight as
well as passenger conductors, and
will practically meet the request
made by the conductors, who had
prepared a schedule Of salaries for
the conductors, computed on the
number Of miles travelled by them.
The argument used by the commit
tee in sustaining their claims for an
increase of pay was that the price of
living has greatly increased and they
are requested to do great deal more
work than formerly over the same
amount of mileage, The railroads
getting the benefit of more work for
the same amount of pay q mile.
An order has been issued granting
the increase, computing the salaries
that will be paid to conductors ac-
cording to mileage and time. This
schedule bears a uniform increase of
10 per cent, and totals really more
than was asked for by the conduc-
tors. The management of the road
seemed perfectly willing to come to
an agreement with the conductors,
and after being shown schedules of
prices paid in other sections Of the
county readily agreed To- the advance.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-05-24

matter of the killing of Mr.. Yves.
colt. Witness testimony on ibis point
is:
"He went in and took his drink
and came back out, and | mentioned
something of the tragedy and | no
ticcd he seemed somewhat affected,
a change in his complexion at the
mention of it, and there was no con
%vcrsation after that between US. and
ne soon left and went on"
Hoy had been kept in ignorance of
Cartcr's presence and testimony.
When brought into the room whore
the inquest was held, Hoy denied
that he knew w. f. Carter, denied
having borrowed the 5 cents and de-
MED that he came into Columbia be-
fore ll;30 in the morning, and sworo
positively that he did not take the
car that morning.
Carter was brought i'm and con
frontcd Hoy, identifying him at
once. Hoy then admitted that he had
borrowed the nickle but declared
that it had been in the afternoon.
Hoy gave rather indistinct ac-
~ ~ nio loVIiiicit III ColumDla,
pI. ~ WAS prou9hC ouI thaI ne pawn
eu pail ol shocS 70 (toloStcin Tor
81, SoC quart Oh \ llquor Tor SO
cents ana then went home. He could
prove by Steve Gardner that it was
pn "o Il, ,ne al.cr,ioon ne canned to
nave thc pawn tlckct at home, He
5alu INA ne ana I'm Gardner had
DOUGH- a quart OF Whlskey in the
mnoil'ils ana ne q bought thlSoth-
q T VI we a~lIerllo9n' .n.
nc coroner asked; DID you buy
w" 'tl'nty lwict VhaI Gay:
H." aa IhIcc IiineS' ! lhlhN, TWO
Or ,hTee tllncs,
". 70 you .SVaIIV puy IT mat way
eVcry gay! ~ NO. sir. .
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-05-24
a Wise Law.

One of the wisest things ever done
by the Legislature was the passage
of the law giving the County Com
missioners the right to levy a tax of
one mill to build good roads. The
law wisely provides that the tax so
collected shall be spent in the town
ship in which it is collected. We are
glad that the County Commissioners
Of this county has levied this tax and
VIC hope that they Will continue to
.oVy IT until every road in the county
IS Put in good condition. This is a
luxury that new counties like Lee,
Dorchester, Greenwood, and others,
cannot afford as they are heavily tan
ed for ordinary county purpose anG.
other necessary expenses, such as
building courthouscs, jails, and so
on. Good roads are necessary if we
want to keep up with the times. The
posto!icc Department requires the
rural mail carriers to travel only
those roads that we keep in good
condition. So it will be G how
important it is for our roads to be
Kept up. Then, too, under our road
law, there is no danger of the money
being collected in one part of the
county being spent on the roads of
another part, as it requires that the
money collected shall be spent in the
township in which it is collected.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-05-24
n Never Had Sulphur In Such
Convenient Form AS This.

Your grandmother used Sulphur
as her favoritc household remedy,
and so did her grandmother, SUI
phur has been curing skin INC Moo |
diseases for a hundred years.
But in the old days they had TO
take powered sulphur. Now iiau-
cocks Liquid Sulphur gives it to you
in the best possible form and you gct
the full benefit.
Handcock's Liquid Sulphur and
Ointment, quickly cure Eczema. Tea
ter, Salt Rheum and all Skin Dis
eases. 1t cured an ugly ulcer for
Mrs. Ann w. Willett, Of WASHINGTON.
ID. c., in three days.
Taken internally, it purifes the
blood and clears the compile ion.
Your druggists sells it.
Sulphur Booklet free, if YOU write
Hancock Liquid Sulphur Company,
Baltimore.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-05-24
The Fair Sex.

\ woman is always pretending
that She never p%rctcnds.
A woman is always looking on the
bright sidc.-of a mirror.
Comtship is the juicy grape and
marriage the appendicitis.
a quiet wedding is but a curtain
raiser for a strenuous aftcrpart.
Never Judge the dimensions of a
brain by the size OF her hat.
Mothers are not who docs the
lcvcMaking il they are allowed to do
the matchmaking.
There Is something the matter
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-05-24
DEVOUR EVERYTHING.
The Frightful Plague of Locusts in
South Africa.

From earliest Biblical times the To-
cuse has been regarded as a pest and
adestroyer of inanimate life. Swarms
of them swoopcd down upon the
green valleys of Egypt and made life
miserable for agriculturists thous-
ands of years ago. When the locusts
came, famine followed. In this coun-
try they occasionally do considerable
damage to growing crops, but the
plague has never been anything like
that in South Africa this spring.
A year ago Pennsylvania and parts
OF adjoining states were visited by
locusts but they stuck mostly to the
woodland, and the grain crops were
not much molested. In the early
morning and at shutdown the woods
was turned into a bedlam of noise by
the chirping of hundreds Of thous-
ands of them. They fed on the young
trees, and acres of them turned
brown as in autumn from the bites
Of the insects.
Not very long ago great swarms of
locusts passed over the Rand in South
Africa. The whole country, lovely
in the growth of splendid crops, and
made greener and more beautiful by
timely rains than it had been in many
years, was in a brief few days turn
ed into a bare, brown and withered
desert. The swarm literally ate it's
way through the country, and made
a clean job Of it. They consumed
whole fields of grain, and the loss to
the farmers is incalculable.
The country is at a loss to know
how to deal with the scouragc. The
ordinary methods which have been
used in the past in combating the
pest have utterly failed. Cyprus
screen has been of no Use. SO i'm
mense vas the swarm that the fields
and forests were not large enough to
hold the myriads, and they swarmed
into the towns and cities.
Streets of the city of Johonnes-
burg have been made hideous by the
c~caseless, dreary chirping. A locust
a make more noise for its size than
any other insect, and its chirp is a
weird, unpleasant sound that is par
ticularly trying to the nerves. A half
dozen Of them can make enough
noise to annoy a whole square. Fancy
the state Of things where countless
thousands Of them are holding their
daily concert.
In Johannesburg the streets are
literally a brown mass Of crushed
locusts. They have tied up the street
car traffic by settling on the rails,
their crushed bodies making the rails
so slippery that the car wheels re-
volve without moving the ar.
Men are obliged to go over the
line and sweep clear the track for
the approaching cars, and in Is min
utcs they have the job to do over
again. Already this state of affairs
has caused several bad accidents. A
motor a has been smashed. and
two tram cars have been telescoped.
The motormcn have great difficulty
in controlling the cars on the greasy
tracks, Steam cars are having the
same trouble.
In some of the smaller towns where
no particular effort has been made
to keep the streets clear Of the dead
bodies, pedestrians slide about in the
squirmy mass in a most disgusting
manner. All are obliged to remove
shoes on entering their homes after
having been on the streets.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-05-24
The economy
e special
treatment
1Mhz&n~mzMM

lVhen q man or woman, who Is wise,
enters n 10 al controversy involving
a arge amount of money, do they seek
% non In the matter Of Compel
on co noel?
Would it he economy to engage an
att rney at $75 who | st the case. when
tho one who wanted 100 could have
VIII it?
With the man or an sufforinq
from a chronic or deep seated ailment
there is much mo e at stake han with
the party who seeks the lawyer.
Th'svery day there are / ousands OF
en- and women oho are taking treat.
ment for tho wrong trouble!
They nave gone to the home physi-
c'an-a worthy man, yet whose ex-
p"rience in deep.seated troubles is
comparatively limited, ron after years
OF practice.
oh, how cad it is to SEQ patients watt :
until four or Ave d ctt rs have given
I en- up hnd then some to us when 1t
is too late!
This happens eom.timos. R"t moro
olirn we have hScn ab.o - Eject a
complete cure, even under su.h adverse
circumstances.
In nearly all of such cases it has
been our experience TINT no root Of
TIE trouble has rever been discovered,
Hnd that b t very little trt atment
would have been necessary had we had
tho ase ~ the b ginning
II you, reader. are o enjoying the
IA" tn that Nature i. teu1el YOU
sh uld, write TO Us.
In tho majority of cases it will be
cheaper in the end for you to even
make a special TIP to call upon us
for a
FREE EXAMINATION
ard consultation.
Aiter we have cen and had n good
10 : talk with you, we often can handle
your case at your own home.
Nthd for u jour- al. "Health."
Mailed free in imprinted wrapper.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-05-24

under eighteen flags" In 1884 he
got newspaper man to write a book
Of his tales, entitled Under Four
teen Flags 1t didn't get into the
ranks Of the ten best soldier Of that
day, but Mrs. Campbell's lodging
house folk said that Richard Harding
Davis had had the general in tow and
the two Of them had planned to pub
fish another book some time next
fall. They said also that Davis. got
most Of his material for his Capt.
Macklin," from the experiences of
the general.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-05-24

DID you ever stop to reflect that
1T was n thing to talk about peo-
pie and another thing to have people
talk about you? If those of us who
use our tongues a little too freely,
about Il neighbors, would stop and
reflect about this matter and know
the great evil that comes from too
much gossip and tattling, we are
sure we would call a halt and gossip
no more forever.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-05-24
SCHOOL MONEY.
The Comptroller General Issues War.
rants to Various Counties.

The comptroller general Friday
issued the warrants for the last dis
tribution of dispensary school mon
cy, the sum representing the rem
nant of the fund left over after the
old State situation went out of bust
ness. The total amount distributed
amounted to $63,409 "a, and a part
of it was on the basis Of the defcien-
cy in the amount given each scholar
by the respective counties and the
result by the enrolment. The amount
by counties follows:
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-05-24

THE st. Matthews county advoca-
ties have published a letter from a
gentleman, who hold about the best
paying office in Bamberg County, to
prove that the organization of BAN
berg Comfy was a great blessing.
No doubt it was to the gentleman
with the fat office, and he could hard
~ be expected to say anything else,
but how about the fellows VINO mont
hold office?
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-05-24

Gassaway Davis, who was a weak
running mate to Parker. Many Of
the Democrats do not sympathizc
with Bryan's government owner
ship ideas. The Nebraska man.
however, has lately made it a point
to state he would not insist upon his
theories in that regard being en-
bodied in the Democratic platform.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-05-24

BRYAN was elected President in
1898. After using millions of dollars
to defeat him and failing, the Repub-
llcans then stuffed the ballot boxes,
and in this way cheated him out of
the election. They can't do that
again, however.