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The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-05-17
Press Association Orator.

The State says at the recent meet
ing of the executive committee of
the State Press association it was de-
cided unanimously to invite Mr.. AL
fred B. Williams Of Richmond to de-
liver the address before the annual
meeting of the association to be held
in Charleston June 13 to Is. Friday
night Mr.. Charles M. Galloway, who
acted as secretary Of the meeting,
received the following telegram from
Mr.. Williams:
81 appreciate the honor you do me
and accept With pleasure the oppor-
tunity to meet again my old friends"
Mr.. Williams vas in the newspa-
per business in South Carolina for
many years. AS editor of the Green
vile Daily News he made the editori-
al columns Of that paper read from
n end of the country to the other,
and some of his editorial writings
were classics indeed. Of recent
years he has made his home in Rich
mond and as editor of the News
Leader he has become a writer of
national prominence.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-05-17
Hills HIS BROTHER
Shocking Tragedy Occurred sun.
day Night Night Iii Saiula.
Walks Into The Bedroons OF Hia
Brother and, In a DrunI<ea Condi.

L-4NN.at HA. tEst JAW Nt4egv2 NaNHL ttNlZLI
Walks Into The Bedroon, OF his
Brother and, In a Drunken Condi.
ton, Shoots Him Down.
a shocking fratricids was commit.
TED on Sunday night I'm the extreme
acrthwes!e:a ssst.sa 4 Saiudo 8
ty when Lawton Lowery. a younr
white man, shot his brother. Preston
Lowery, to death in the home Of tha
latter.
From the meagre information OBJ
tanned Monday morning at this dig
lance from the awful tragedy 1t APP
pears that Lawton Lowery, who lives
In the home of his bro .ler whom he
has slain, came In some time during
the night, and going to his brother,s
room with a shot gun told him he
was going to kill him. The dead
man replied: mo, I reckon not; but
seeing the drunken condition Of Law.
ton and fearing he would do some
thlng rash, he ran under the bed
from him. After remaining under
the bed for q short time he started to-
come out, whereupon the fatal shot
was fired and he was killed almost
instantly. 1919
The affair is deeply dep1orel by the,
people In that section who know tho
two boys. Lawton was the older and
unmarried. Preston Lowery waa
married. They lived in the same
home and were farming together.
There seem to have been no cause
at all for the homicide and 1t is at
tributcd to the drunkenness Of Law
ton. who, 1t Is said, was addicted not
only to drink but also to the, use Of
morphine.
Realizing next morning the enor-
nifty Of his crime, it is said that the
LIVING brother is now begging that he
also be killed. The home OF the
Lowery boys is in the Panhandle
section Of Saluda coonty and close to
the Edgefeld line. They are SONS OF
Mr.. James Lowery.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-05-17

MOSTLY IN THE PAPERS.
County People Not Interested in
Proposed New County.

The st. Matthews correspondent Of
The State says more aggitation on
the subject of a new county has been
conducted by the various county pa
pcrs and their correspondents than
by the people who are most interest
ed. One meeting was held in that
portion Of Lexington county that was
to be included in the new county,
but results were not SO satisfactory
In fact no definite steps toward the
o lmation of q new county have been
taken, such as surveying the lines,
ETC., and these lines must be estab.
lished before the real fight begins. In
the meantime friends holding eacf
view of the subject are lining up fol
| the fight.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-05-17

Another Sensation Created i'm the
Walhalla Methodist Church.

A letter from Walhalla to The
State says it VIII be recalled that
some weeks ago there was an unu-
sual and sensational service at the
Walhalla Methodist church, when Its
pastor, Rev. j.. G.. Younge, made most
humble apologies for certain articles
written derogatory to certain officers
In the Methodist church.
On that day Rev. Coke D. Mann,
who Is a resident there and a mem
Der Of the house Of representatives
and former pastor OF Walhalla church
arose and said that there we're evil
men in the Methodist church and If
some one did not check their work
the church vas going to the bad in
South Carolina.
Things had quieted down; moth
ing more was scarcely heard Of the
events of that day. But on Sunday
after the pastors sermon, Mr.. Mann
asked II a he be allowed to make a
statement. This he did In language
o Scathing and denunciatOry. He
narrated briefly the various efforts he
mad made to prefer charges against a
presiding elder, and all without sue
cess.
He told of the manner OF his own
trial, where the presiding elder was
the presiding officer, prosecutor and
chief witness and after a trial last
ing several hours, with only the wit
ncsses for the prosecution sworn,
that he (Mr. Mann) was exonerated.
lie made an unmorcifnl attack upon
the ~veracity Of the presiding elder,
saying that he had as much conf
dence in his veracity as he did in
that Of Lemcrick Gadsden OF CT ris-
TOPPER Williams, two we'll known
negro characters of the town.
Mr.. Mann said he was very anxious
to prove his charges and that he
stood ready to fight these alleged
falsificrs In the church at any time
and in any way they chose to come at
him
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-05-17

WILL GET HIGHER PAY.
Schedule of Increased Salaries OF
Rural Mail Carriers.

huIal Nlit1l Carriers.
No branch Of the public service is
Of more interest to the rural popu
latfon of the country than the rural
delivery Of mail matter. 1t has had
a phenomenal development, and care
full administration and efficient man
agement has brought with it increas-
ed responsibilities for the rural car
rier. These employees are required to
veyance which they must furnish
themselves.
The p~ostofice department, having
these facts in mind, succeeded dur
ing the last session of in
securing substantial recognition for
the class Of employees through an in
crease Of upwards of $4,000, 900 in
the appropriation for the next fiscal
year.
The calculations incident to q pro
portionate distribution Of the amount
appropriated under authority of ON
gress-to increase the maximum sal
aries OF rural carriers to not exceed
ing $500 per annum-necessarily
required most careful consideration.
The work has been progressing UNI
der the immediate supervision of the
fourth assistant postmaster general
and the superintendent of the rural
delivery.
Postmaster General Meyer has APP
proved the detailed adjustment and
the new schedule, which VIII become
effective July Z, 1907, will make a
graded Increase in the compensation
Of carriers of from Q to % per cont,
based upon the number of miles ira
verSed by carriers as shown by the
records OF the department. The re
adjustment adopted will involve an
expenditure for rural service during
the fiscal year OF nearly $4,000, 900.
The schedule Is as follows:
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-05-17
WOrSr Thnn Wnr.

The people killed in a half dozer
South American wars does not bcgir
to touch the number killed and hurt
by American railways during the
course of a year.
The accident bulletin issued by the
interstate commerce commission for
the three months ending December
81, shows that during the quarter
casualties to railroad passengers and
to railroad employees while on duty
numbered 20,944, an increase of L.
O9l over those reported during the
preceding three months.
The number Of passengers and en-
ployes killed in train accidents was
174, an increase of POT over the pre-
vious quarter. The number of pas
sengers killed in train accidents in
this quarter, $50, is the largest on
rccord except that for the quarter
OF September 30, 1904. Three acct
dents, two collisions, and one derail-
ment, caused 143 deaths.
The number of employees killed in
coupling cars and engines was 81, as
agalnSt8 the preceding quarter. The
total number of collisions and derail-
ments was 1865 (2,226 collisions and
1873 derailments), Of which 391 col
lisions and 100 derailments affected
passenger trains. The damage to
cars, engines and roadway amounted
SO, 099, 228.
The most disastrous accident dur
ing the quarter was a collision be-
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-05-17
GEORGIA l. NtiCHifiG
"A Man Lynched and Ills Family
Severely whipped.

And Told To Get Out OF The State,
Tho Man Was Accused Of Shoot
ing a Planter.
The Augusta Herald says Charlie
Harris, g negro, was lynched Tues
day night about 8 o'clock, near the
Drane place, in McDuffie county, for
shooting Hardin Pearson, a promi-
nentyoung farmerresiding near Har-
lem.
According to the authentic infor-
nation Mr.. Pearson, who had the
negro employed, was giving some
directions concerning the operation
of the farm when a dispute arose
and the, negro drew a pistol and fired
five times at Mr.. Pearson, most of
the bullets taking effect.
He was dangerously wounded and
as soon Is the news reached the pub
lie a posse was organized to search
for the negro, who had fled. After
several hours he was located about
ten miles away from the scene of the
shooting and he was, taken into Gus
tody, presumably to be carried to
Thomson and lodged in the McDuflie
county Jail.
While en- route news of the dam
gerous condition of young Pearson
reached the crowd and the negro,
according to the story told by those
who had him in charge, made a des-
perate break for liberty in the cover
Of the dcnce growth of a nearby
Wamp.
The daring attempt to escape seem
ed to satisfy the posse of the danger
Gus character of the negro and his
intentions as plainly manifested en-
ragged them to such an extent till he
was promptly taken into the thick
swamp, whence he had tried to es-
cape. and was there riddled with bull
lets.
His body has not been recovered,
though it is understood that Sheriff
Halves, Of McDufie county, is inves-
tigating the matter thoroughly.
The full statement of the story as
it has been related, is to the effect
that Wednesday Hardin Pearson
went over to the farm which he had
Charlie Harris, the negro, working,
and when instructions were given as
to how some work should be done
the negro deliberately drew a revol.
yer, and shot Mr.. Pearson severa'
times, SO that now he is at the point
of death, his life being completely dis
paired of.
The negro fled when he had finish
ed the shooting, but in a short time
alarge posse was organized to search
for him and from time to time theil
number was augmented by men who
had heard of the atrocious deed. Fol
hours a hot pursuit was kept up un.
til the negro was located near the
Drane farm, about ten miles away
He was Immediately taken in charge
to be delivered to proper officials
but with the above related result
The lynching is the second to occur
in the territory within the last two
years. The other was that of a Cum
mings negro, who assaulted a young
white girl near Appling and wa
lynched on the public highway by /,
crowd of 300 people, who took hin
from Appling Jail.
After the lynching was over Wed.
nesday night, the report states that
a body of the posse went to the home
of the negro and after whipping 9th
er members of the family instructed
them to leave the section and neve,
come back again.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-05-17
to stop work in the middle of the

to stop work in the middle Of the
week.
They receive 81 a day, and that is
big wages for them when the cost of
living is considered. Mr.. Beers has
watched them making their purchas-
es OF honey and rice, -four, sugar,
pork and tobacco on Saturday night
in the stores of Rowcsville. These
supplies were calculated to last a
week and it was evident that an av-
eragc of 81 purchases all the food
that the family will need for a week.
AS nothing has to be spent for fuel
and but little for clothing, it will be
seen that the negro does not have to
work much.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-05-17

A Kansas newspaper wants: to
know what is to become of the
Philippines. Thousands Of people
in this country have their theories.
but the American public doesn't
seem to be worried at all about the
proposition, provided'we can get rid
of this white elephant some way or
other without compromising the ma
tons honor.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-05-17
YOUR GRAND MOTHER USED 1T.
She Never Had Sulphur In Such
Convenient Form AS This.

Your grandmother used Sulphur
as her favorito household remedy
and so did her grandmother, Sui.
phur has been curing skin and blood
diseases for q hundred years.
But in the old days they had to
take powered sulphur. Now Han.
cocks Liquid Sulphur gives 1T to you
IN the best possible form and you get
the fun benefit.
H~andcock's Liquid Sulphur and
Ointment, quickly cure Eczema, Tet-
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 purifos the
blood and clears the complexion
Your druggists sells It.
Sulphur Booklet free, If you write
Hancock Liquid Sulphur Company,
Baltimore.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-05-17

A drunken man in Cleveland shot
a little girl, but explains that he
vas aiming at an adult who happen
ed to be passing. Does he expect
to be released for another shot at
the man?
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-05-17

ROCKEFELIIIR'S PREACHER
Gives Him Something TO Think
About i'm Business.

itcv. Dr.. c. u. Akcd, lately of Lon
don, has become pastor Of the Fifth
Avenue Baptism church, of New York
which is commonly known as "John
ID. Rockcfcller's church." A dispatch
to the Denver News, under date Of
New York, April 2S, says that I'm his
sunday sermon, Or. Akcd "uncon-
scionsly looked straight at the pew
,nc OIL magnatc usually occupies:
Gan You reconcile your business
WIN COD? Was ystcrday's deal In
harmony with His mind? VIII your
books stand q heavenly audit? In
our ONCE dare YOU put up the pray
cf that is to say, should you dare
II you had any realizing belief in the
eIlcacy OF praycr-"Abido with me:
come no! to sojourn, but to abide
with mo- VIII you reconcile your
business methods with God? A minis
try which does not force these oucs-
tons home is sawdust and chaft.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-05-17

DIR. James II. Carlisle of WoHord
college Saturday celebrated the 82nd
anniversary of his birth. Many citi-
lzens and students called upon him
during the day and the local chapters
of the ID. A. r. remembered him
with beautiful floral tributes. He is
truly a grand old man.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-05-17

WAsHINGToN political gossips now
say that President Roosevelt has de-
cided on Cortelyou as his successor.
and that all the power of the admin
istration is to be exerted to force
his nomination by the Republican
party. q
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-05-17
The PHILADELPHIA Record

The Philadelphia Record suggests
that President Roosevelt direct Sec
rotary Cortelyou and Treasurer Bliss
to publish a detailed account of the
receipts and expenditures of the re-
publican national campaign commit
tee. This is calculated to make Mr..
Cortelyou wrigglc if not to talk.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-05-17

If the court should impose fines
against the Standard in the aggre-
gate sum of 500, 000, 900, we believe
it will be a sign that the price Of oil
is going up.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-05-17

THE Chicago Record Herald says
that Abraham Lincoln would not feel
battered by the claims of many pco-
pie that they look like him. But
II Lincoln were sensitive he would
have been heart-broken long q
over the claims Of republican news
papers that they thought like him.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-05-17

Over in London recently a man
slew a prominent citizen, and there
was supposed to be a tremendous
social sensation back Of the affair.
The murderer has Just been sen
fenced to death, after a trial whict.
lasted one day and at which he en-
tered a plea of insanity. In certain
ways the English are not so slow.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-05-17

General Leonard Wood, who was
a mere physician ten years ago but
now a major general in the regular
army, is 500 to be stationed at Gov
errors Island. There is good reason
for this. General Wood is sent to
Governors Island because is it the
best job in the army.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-05-17

The discharged stcnographer"
who sold that Hartman letter to
the newspapers seems to recognize a
hot document when he gets hold of
one.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-05-17

Former Gov. Odell Of New York
r%efcrsto political reformers as grass
hoppcrs. They seem TO have done a
good deal of damage to his crops.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-12-27
BRUTAL TREATMENT OF INSANE.
Stories of Cruelty Told of Manhattan
Hospital in New York. |

New York, Dec. 22.-Stories of al
legged cruelties and brutalities prac
ticed upon defenseless insane patients
by attendants were told yesterday in
the hearing of the lunacy commission
appointed by Gov. Hughes to investi.
gate conditions in the Manhattan
state hospital Wards Island. John c..
Mccarthy, former attendant, related
instances of alleged ill treatment Of
patients, who he said were frequent
ly knocked down and kicked for triv-
ial offenses, and whenever the attend
ants were particularly vengeful they
would be hanged and sometimes
drugged.
DR.. Mccarthy. who worked at the
hospital that he might obtain informa-
ito nconcerning conditions, described
hanging" as a method of torture DR..
Mccarthy said the process was to tie
a towel around patients neck and
twist it until the victim was on the
verge of suffocation The "hangings, !"
DR.. Mccarthy stated, usually took
place in the presence of fifty or sixty
patients, who stood trembling with
fright at what they saw. The witness
said that the attendants gave the pa
tients something that they called
green DOPE" DR.. Mccarthy declared
that there were little or no provoca-
tons for the attacks.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-12-27
LAWSON TO LAUNCH NEW PARTY
Roosevelt and Gov. johnson Will Be-
National Candidates.

New York, Dec. "a. - Thomas w
w. Lawson of Boston, who on last
Tuesday called on President Roosevelt
at the While House, and who subse-
quently said he would probably "make
statement to the public within few
days. will, according to All interview
published by the World, soon launch
new political party. It's candidate
for president and vice president. &C.
cording to the plan as announced. will
be Theodore Roosevelt and Gov. John
A. johnson of Minnesota. In his form
al announcement Mr.. Lawson avoids
any direct statement that his chosen
candidates have acquiesced in his DO
litical program.
With or Without Their Consent.
1T matters not whit to me-" said
Mr.. Lawson, whether President.
Roosevelt approves of the new party
or not, whether he consents To RIM as
it's presidential candidate or onen,v re.
fuses to do so.
He Will be our candidate, just the
same, and by the vote of the people
will be compelled to complete the ioh
he has commenced, the rescue of the
country from the Wholesale thieves
of Wall street'''
Mr.. Lawson claims to have an ar.
ganization in every state in thu
Union.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-12-27
POLICEMEN ACT AS MONITORS.
New York Sunday Amusement Pro
motors Resume Business.

motors Resume Business.
New York, Dec 24.-With policemen
as monitors prepared to stop any per-
!ormance that escaped the bounds Of
the Sacred or educational" the Sun
lay amusement promoters generally
resumed business yesterday.
With few exceptions the entertain
ments were such as had been given
before Justice O'Gorman's strict inter-
probation of the Sunday closing law in
:erfered.
The theaters, opera houses and
higher class music halls c.Atinued as
before. The vaudeville houses con-
aned their programs to sketches, mon
ologues, stereopticon exhibitions and
singing. The only departure of conse-
auence from the weekday presenta-
lions was that stage business" was
eliminated. Costumes, scene shifting
and "makeups' were barred. Dancing
vas also prohibited, but for those who
would dance for their own entertain
nent the dancing academies were
open. Skating Kinks. too, were again
n full swing
The freedom from arrests of the
lay convinced police headquarters
hat the theatrical people generally OBJ
served both the spirit and the letter of
the law.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-12-27
$50 MEN ARE IN
FLOODED Mine
ANOTHER DISASTER IN A PENN
SYLVANlA COAL MINE MAR
ROWLY AVERTED.
WATER PouRS INTO SLOPE
EXPERTS ARE INVESTIGATING
THE CAUSE OF tMINE
HORRORS.

Hazleton, Pa, Dec. 2i.-More than
$50 miners narrowly escaped drown
ing Saturday in the No. 4 slope of the
Lehigh Valley & Williesbarre Coal
company at Audenreid through the
unexpected tapping of large body of
water in the abandoned No. l slope
adjoining. The water reached to the
chins of some of the men, who got to
the surface through two separate
openings.
Officials at first thought that all the
men had been accounted for, but later
the body of a Polish miner was found
In the No. 4 slope 1t is believed he
Is the man who fired the shot that
broke the barriers between the work
lngs and the water. Because of the
confusion attending the fight from
The flooded mine the men are not GER
tain whether all are out. The rush of
air was so great when the water
broke through that the lights on the
lamps of most of the men in the slope
were extinguished.
The flood rapidly subsidized Nine
men lost their lives in this mine last
July through white damp.
Cause of the Disaster.
Pittsburg, Dec. "a. - A number of
experts who have made partial inves-
legations of the Naomi, Monongah and
Darr mine disasters are taking the DO
sition that the explosions are partly
due to climatic conditions. 1t is no
ticeable fact, they say, that the recent
catastrophes have occurred at about
the same hour in the day, in a zone
Of certain altitude, in about the same
longitude, and in places where climat-
&c conditions are similar.
Proper ventilation, with purified air,
1t Is believed, will remove to great
extent the coal dust and explosive
gases which are found to a certain
extent in every mine.