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The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-12-20
Christmas Buycrs

| Christmas is almost here and every.
body is looking out for presents for
the little ones and the old ones too.
To these we would say buy early. The
merchants have laid in their stocks
Of Christmas goods and are ready
for the trade. 1t is perfectly evident
that those who come early will get
the selection from the full stock md
will thus have the advantage of later
Corners.
The merchants will also be able to
give more time in helping the Gus
toners to decide on the appropriate
thing and will thus in many instan.
g save the purchaser the trouble of
deciding on an inappropriate gift. 1t
is less than two weeks now until
Christmas and to wait until the
last few days will be a mistake which
will be recognized too late.
In selecting presents the tendency
is to have articles which will be of
some real use to the recipient. This
is a most sensible tendency. One
thing to be deplored about the habit
of Christmas giving, is the balancing
Off Of gifts in the matter of val
ues, and the seeming obligation rest
ing on each one to give gift for gift.
But gifts with the faint of the Gem.
mercial spirit \ nothing more than
barter, and defeat the real purpose
of the custom.
10 those who are going to remem-
Der their relatives and friends this
Christmas, it will be in many ways
advantageous to buy early and thus
approach the glad season in a tran
quill state of mind. ~
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-12-20
A Good King Conc

Good King Oscar, of Sweden, is
dead. He was seventy-ninc wears
old, and was a fine old gentleman
lie was the grandson of that Mar
shall Bernadotte, who followed the
fortunes of Napoleon and, though O
peasant by birth, rose to be the king
OF Norway and Sweden. The late
ruler never attempted to conceal the
obscurity of his ancestry, and over
the door of the house in which Ber-
nadotte was born rests a tablet which
records that there the peasant.
Bernadotte,' was born. King Oscar
was not only n of the wisest but
oneot Inc most democratic of rulers.
lie mingled freely with his people
andkneW thoirW MS and wishes well.
Inc separation Of NJ, way and SWe-
den came as a cloud upon his dcclin-
Ing years, but it Was one of the in
eVltabie steps in the development of
the two countries. The interests of
NorW ~ as mltitime nation were
not identical with those of Sweden,
ana when tie request for q sepala ate
consular system was preferred, it
was refused by Sweden. Two years
ago Norway seeded from the union
and chose q king of her own. The
grief for the dead sovereign in Eu-
rope will be deep and sincere. for,
indeed, as the Atlanta journal saws
ne was a model of that justice and
mercy which doth become the
throned monarch better than his
crown"
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-12-20

If brought at all. should be main
tanned In the name Of the State;
that the Court Is without jurisdiction
to enjoin an election ordered by the
w and authority; that the plain
ms have an appeal to the
state board OF canvassers if the
election when held Is not held in
accordance with law.
In his argument, Mr.. Welch, for
tho Attorney General, cited decisions
to sustain the points made in the re-
turn, and made a careful argument
on this line.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-12-20
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CONGO Is sstgh schooi.

~
dents at Greenfields III. Z eStbgeat4
ening to force the resignationsoY Prof
y. g. Russell. superintendent OF the
school, becaise he has introduced d
course In loye-making. PROF. RUS
sell n his wife. who is his a~ssiefant
cay they Will stick to their coiors
see the experiment through at
any cost
A mixed organization of 23 pli-
pills, 10 OF whom are girls, constf-
tute the first class to receive formal
instruction In the new branch. PROF.
Russell has giyen them three lee
lures and they have written one set
or essays on themes allied to the
study OF the literature OF love.
The Courtship OF Miles Standish.,
Is to be taken up with a special view
to the lesson to be learned from
John Alden's experience. AJohn
Alden Club has been formed In this
class. Romeo and Juliet" and STAN
lard works of fiction will be Include
ed IN tho course.
The pupils will be expected to
draw from their reading specific I'm
istruction on the following interest
Ing points.
How to take a heart by storm or
: by seige.
How to detect the advent OF the
grand passion.
How to behave IL parental Offices
ton ia manifested.
How to pay a compliment.
How to encourage a bashful sui
tor or corner an elusive girl.
How to a1lay unfounded jealousy.
How to propose marriage.
How to ask father.
The etiquette of the engagement
ring.
Derortment during engagement.
A girl Is expected to learn how
to promise to "be a sister" to him.
The boys will pick up incidental
points on how to elude persistent
young women with mistaken ideas
about afinities.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-12-20

BREAKFAST"
Is the --latest Thing in the Real Of
Society.

Tho wedding breakfast" is COM
mon enough. but a divorce break
fast Is the newest thing in these
days of novelty. Recently at, st.
Louis Mr.. Teny Ryan obtained from
Judge Meyers, in the City Court, o
divorce from her husband, Marion
Ryan. and at the same time her Sis
ter, Mrs. Mitaanda Hatfield, got a
divorce from her hueband, Charles
Hatfield. AS 500 as the two DEGREES
had been granted the happy divorces
took their mother, who had been
their principal witness, and celebrat-
ed with a divorce breakfast at o
fashionable restaurant.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-12-20

ACCORDING to Walsh's directory
of Columbia. which has just been is
sued. that city now has a population
If "a. ISL being an increase in the
last seven years Of 1861. This is
a remarkable showing, but does not
surprise us, as we have long since re
garded Columbia as a conner. Before
locating that sub-treasury anywhere
else the government should study the
Columbia figures.--.-Orangeburg
Times and Democrat,
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-12-20
A Broad Hint From Japan,

Not only did the Japanese ambas. |
sador at Washington, Viscount Aoki,
not extend to Admiral Evans an in.
vitation to take his battleship fleet
to Japan for a visit Of ceremonious
friendship, but he conveyed an un-
mistakeable intimation to the Amer
lean naval commander, at the dinner
he gave in Admiral Evans honor, Of
the Japanese wish that the fleet
should not linger on the Pacific coast.
To a representative of The New York
Herald, Ambassador Aoki denied en-
phatically that he had extended an
invitation to Admiral Evans to visit
Japan with his fleet, and he gave the
exact text of his toast to the admir-
al, writing it out for the reporter in
order that there might be no error
IN quoting it. His words were: II
propose to drink q toast to the health
OF Admiral Evans and in particular
| wish you a pleasant journey and q
SpCSuy CCuIu
The Charleston Post says cit is
rather remarkable that the signif-
canoe of this utterance has passed
without comment. 1t is as plain as
anything can be that the Japanese
ambassador intended to convey the
lint that it would be more agreeable
to his country to see the battleship
fleet on the Atlantic than on the Pa
cifc coast of the United States. Dip
!omatic utterances are always made
with a purpose, and it is unmistak-
able that the japanese ambassador
intended to make known his govern
ment's objection to the transfer of
the fleet to Pacific waters. Indeed
it is clear now that his entertainment
of Admiral Evans was made to give
opportunity for such a hint in as del
icate a manner as it could be given.
The intimation was beautifully and
gracefully made, but it's force is none
the less for that.
"The popular and the official mind
ISIS ~engrossed with the financial dis.
turbance that Tie u~tterance Of the
japanese ambassador has not made
the impression it would have made
three months ago, but the signifi-
canoe has hardly been lost on the
keen observers of the diplomatic
world, and it has doubtless been full
ly considered at the State Depart
ment. The ostentatious expression
Of a wish for Admiral Evans
speedy return from his naval ex-
cursion is the direct expression Of
Japan's protest against the move
ment. The propriety Of such an ex-
preston might well be questioned
but it will doubtless be allowed to
pass without official notice by the
Washington government"
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-12-20

COLUMBIA is working for a sub
treasury of the United States, and
we sincerely hope she will get it.
There is no better location in the
South for such an institution, and
it should be located there. Columbia
is one of the coming big cities of the
country, and it would be we'll for the
government to recognize that factin
the distribution Of its sub-treasuries
and other public utilities Orange,
burg Times and Democrat.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-12-20
Played With Dynamifc.

Near Bristol. 1'enn., four persons
were Killed and crematcd Thursday
on the farm of John DUFF, whose son
William, was playing with a stick OF
dynamite. The dynamite exploded
Killing the boy and Mrs. Nathaniel
Barns and Mrs. Elijah Moody and
g child. The house Bcaught fire
and crcmated The bodies.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-12-20
ROOSEVELT will % down IN b;sto,

ROOSEVELT will go down in history
as the freak president of the United
states. His latest order that army
officers ride thirty miles a day for
three consecutive days has created
CONSERVATION among them. The order
does not include the coast artillery
officers, and some newspaper sup-
gests that they be required to stand
on their heads in the rain for so
many consecutive minutes in order
TO prove that they are qualified for
the service.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-12-20

THE United States Supreme Court
has decided that the railroad com
missioners of South Carolina must
not stop the through trains of the
Atlantic Coast Line at Latta, S. c.,
or the accommodation of local pas
sengers. 1t held that an order of the
commission to this effect interfered
with interstate commerce.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-12-20

SO far this season eleven persons
have been killed in the foot ball
games and ninety-eight have been
injured, and yet this brutal, deadly
sport goes on. A game with so much
brutality in it has a tendency to
b%rutalize instead Of elevating those
who engage in it.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-12-20

Even when a girl doesn't want n
young mar to kiss her 1t makes her
mad If he doesn't want to.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-12-20

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1!eouoo oql soNpl uumoM D uoUM
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-12-20

Ther is something wrong with the
bride who desn't select a homlier
girl than herself for her bridesmaid.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-12-20

II a woman hasn't anything else
to do with her husbands money she
buys D lot OF useless things because
they are cheap.
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-11-23
AN OPEN SHOP

The labor unions of Chicago have purchased q cemetery. where only members of the union may be buried. News Item. All his life in union shop
 He earned his daily bread: They buried him in union grave,
 When the union man was dead. He had a union doctor,
 And he had union nurse; He had union coffin,
 And he had a union hearse. They put him in a union grave.
 When he was good and dead: They put him up union monument
 Just above his head. And then he went to heaven,
 But to stay he didn't care; He kicked because he said that some
 Non-union men were there. He then went down to the other place
 And there produced his card; Then Satan threw an earnest face
 And studied good and hard, And then he laughed, his hands did
 rub
 Till he thought he'd never stop: Lord bless my soul" said Beelzebub,
 Why, thls is open shop"
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-11-23

Curio. while in the east few years SEQ, was riding through the country east Of Auburn. Indiana, with I piano salesman. and come along in the egen- ing 10 q country school house, where they found spelling school in pro gress. They had three miles further 70 go 10 the next town, hut the sales nan suggested the TWO should step for . while. suggesting If can, spell .he whole cabOodle in no lime, l Sont want ! cent" There was big turn GU. and the teacher invited the two to .ase 2 hand in. but Crurio declined. The salesman. however. went into the fray with grea. enthusiasm, and in ,he course Of fifteen minutes had drowned all but twelve. Then Curi0 overheard growls and threats and nut sarirgs froul half dc.zar vn,irer rs>4-,
 s.1Ci Anew that he was galloping 70 his doom. Five minutes later there were only six ID, ard at the end of another fire the agent and the belle Of the school stood alone. The mptteFiugs grew louder and uUre meaacing. and Curio decided so slip GU. doors He was unhitching the team when there came q loud CIT. followed by success sion of crashes, and 8 crowd poured out through ihe door. The salesman Eas being dragged by Ehe hair Of the head, and as soon ss well out into she yard they rolled him down bank into the creek. Curio gos out with the .sam by the skin of his teeth. and, reaching town. sat up all night for the salesman. He came in aoous dsyii ght, clothing in rags. eyes bunged up. two fingers broken, and going lame in both legs. and as he fell into a char he explained: Before using and after using. I first downed the school and then the school dow ned me. and I'll be hanged if ever spell another word according 10 Webster in my life. "
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-11-23
MANS JUDGMENT

A mans man for a that. The osher day we heard man ssy of one who has passed 10 his final account :: He was his own wors. enemy" Now. what we would like 70 know is. how .he devil does he know he was. We knew the man in question many 5ears-ard he wasn't an enemy of s firing soul. If he was an enemy of himself-"bis own worst e0emy." if you rilI-~has is that 10 US: If we knew is. to find K ont for certain. we had to pry into rhe presoual secrets Of she man. which WAS none of our busi- ness and, dear reader, it was none Of TOUT business. Let us suppose that while you and were dissecting his makeup in order to proclaim 70 each other tha. he vas his own worst ene- my" he had turned the searchlighs Of inquiry upon us; the result might have been that he would have to pro- claim: They are the worst enemies of their felloEmen; they preach one thing and practice another: they up- braid the open faced man for his con- ducs-she commission and result of which all his known world may see and condemn him in a single sentence He was his own worst enemy"
 Wa. he? Have not you who pro- claim the far-fesched saying, been his Eors. enemies? Did nos your suspici- ous mutterings concerning him do him more harm than he ever did him. self?
 Isn't it 50 in every case in which cut of the goodness" Of your own sell fish and contracted heart your pity" goes out to the man who is and has been ''his own worst enemy"
 Did it never occur 10 you that the subject of your pity, might, if he was as literally inclined with his pity" fnd . fuij measure of shortcomings
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-11-23

The following verses were composed hy one of the visiting Hawaiian teach CTS and were sung to the tune of My Bonnie" at the reception rendered the delegates at Redmen's hall yester- day:
 Here's to the land of the gold fields. Hawaiia's best greetings we bring, And when We return 10 our home land Her praise we'll continue to sing.
 CHORUS Sleep on. dream on, Alaska, Alaska,
 for me. for me, Sleep on, dream on, Alaska, Alaska,
 for me. And here's to her men and her women God bless them where ever they be. For extending the hand of sweet well
 come
 When far from our homes OCT the
 sea.
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-11-23
" H I

WHY The good we do is seldom known.
 Why? Our wrongs to all the world is shown.
 Why? Our children who so we'll behave When we're alone, will kick and cave When comp'ny comes, and wildly rave.
 Why? rue largest nsnes all faII back.
 Why? We find the small end of the tack.
 Why? Death, in his blind, imperious sway, Steals men of sterling worth each day And lets quite useless mortals stay.
 Why? The person you may chance to owe
 Why? Will meet you everywhere you go.
 Why? But he who's owing you keeps clear, And, though you search him far and near. You meet him scarcely once year.
 Why? The biggest fruit is at the top.
 Why? And good resolves are first to flop.
 Why? The babies laugh when it is light, But in the watches of the night They wildly cry with all their might.
 Why? The first time that man may we'd
 Why? His purse is by the parson bled.
 Why? But let that same man wed again, The chances are the parson then Will get '.one" instead of ten. :"
 Why?
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-11-23
PRIVATE ALLEN IN RETIRE
 NFET

''So far a. know. the happiest man in this world is Private John Allen of TUpeIo,'f said Judge J. H. Neville of Gulfport. Miss. He is living on a farm near the town which is indissol- ubIy linked with his name and taking life easy. John is well supplied with this worlds goods, and while he prac- tices law he seldom takes case in which the fee is less than s2, or s3. oD0, and not even then unless he is sure Of getting the fee in a day or sso. Jim Neville, said he the other day, I am in love with the whole world. have even forgiven all the. fools in Mississippi who thought that any one would make better senator than l."
 ''John's wife is rather strict, and on certain Saturday John invited me to spend Sunday with him, but said l must obey all the rules of his house
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-11-23

Seward Gateway: Ut will not
 surprise any observing man if the cable story proves true that the presi- deGt will pick an eastern man for Judge Wickersham's place on the
 Alaska bench. Very likely it will be
 some lawyers clerk, whose patron
 wants :o give him boost. Undoubt- edIy the man will be some politician's pei. That has been President Roose-
 yeit's rule in selecting federal judges.
 ''ln his judicial appointments the president has displayed about as much judgment as rabbit and as much re- gard for the dignity Of the bench as
 ward politician. Oyer and over again he has appointed cheap lawyers to the bench in gre at cities against whose selection almost the entire bar pro- tested. and did so for 10 other ap- paren; reason than that it appeared to be good politics for Roosevelt.
 '4As an exception to his rule in choice of judges the president nas kept Judge Wickersham on the bench. an act which met the approval of uine-tenths of the people of the judi ciaI division TO which the judge is as- signed. Now that Judge Wickersham insists on resigning it may naturally be expected that the president will replace him by legal tyro from east of the Alleghanies instead of capable Alaska man." From most of which
 The Miner would like to record it's dissent. In it's opinion not only is there no good reason why resident Alaskan attorney should have been named to succeed Judge Wickresham, but there are at least some good ones why an Alaskan should not have been given the prference. These reasons are so obvious that person capable of giving the matter little calm reflect ion will scarcely need to have them pointed out. Nor does The Miner take much stock in the demand of Alaskans for Alaska" in SC far as it implies the appcin tme1t of Alaskans to office. the Gateway will not pre- tned that AIaska's experience in that respect. during the past ten years has been go wholly satisfactory as to jussi- 1 fy furber experiments in that direc- sioD. 4 desire and demand for home | rule and the privilege of making our 0wp local laws, if tgrsDted, would carry ]
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-11-23
THE ETERNAL LOTTERY


 Governor Variaman of Mississippi tells an amusing instance of the uegro's attitude toward inatrimony-
 \ darkey clergyman had married TWO negroes: and after the ceremony she groom asked, How much yo charge fo' dis?a
 II usually leave that 10 the groom, H was the reply. "Sometines am paid 6ye dollars, sometimes Ign, sometimes less" :"
 Five dollars is a lot 'o money pah- son" said the groom. "Ah'l give TO two dollars, sn' den ef ah finds ah ain't got cheated. ah'll give yo' mo in moni.
 In the stipulated time the groom returned. '.Pahsor, '" said he, ''dis here arrangements i kind O spec'la- shuu. an ah reckon rouse got de worst Of il. Ah iggers that yo' owes ne I dollah an seyeuty-iye cents -Earper's Weekly.
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-11-23
EDUCATIONAL COLUMN
(By Leo Ranney

In any pupils school life we feel that great deal of emphasis ought to be given to the expression side of education. Men and women are en- barrassed when they attempt to speak in public-and it matters little what a man may know. if he be unable to say it at the proper time. Even pupils are often unable to do themselves just ice in their daily recitations because of this undue timidity. This weakness ought to be remedied, in part at least, before school life is over: and to accomplish this in measure the upper grades have been organized into a literary society, meeting each Fri day afternoon at two o'clock. This rhetorical work is compulsory, and credit is given for work done. Each pupil appears on the program every third Friday. For time at least, nearly all the productions will be original.
 The girls of the upper grades have
 
 organized basket ball team to meet one afternoon a week at , 30. When roughness is eliminated and rules are followed closely, few things are more wholesome, either for recreation or for physical development, than basket ball.
 4 girls gIee club, including all girls above the fifth grade, has recent ly been organized. Elaine Hunt is the first president, and Lillian Majory the first secretary treasurer. Their meetings. occur in the high ,.school room at 3 20 on Wednesdays. The girls have been very fortunate in securing Miss Bedding for their director, for under her tuition the K. G. G. C. will become an organiza- tion afording not only clean pleasure, but great profit to its members, as well,