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The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-05-24
WILL SAVE LIFE.
The Government Planning to Pre-
vent Sacrifice of Life In
COAL MINE HORRORS

That So Frequently Occur In This
And Other Countries. "A TESTING
Station is Assured. The Effect
OF Explosives on Gases VIII BE
| Noted. Demonstration of Appara-
tus Used in Europe Will BE Made
The fuel division Of the Geological
survey Is planning to make a deter
mined effort to stop the terrible sac
rificc Of life in the coal mines in the
United States. In 1906, 500 lives
| were lost in Pennsylvania mines
alone. European countries are far
ahead of tbs country in matters re-
| lating to the prcvcntation Of disasters
in mines and in caring for miners
who are entombed, by entering the
mine before the men have been
smothercd by dust or gases.
An experiment station will be cs-
tablishcd in the mining region In the
vicinity Of Pittsburg, where tests OF
the various explosives used in blast
ing coal, will be made. The explo-
sives will be projected by n mortar
into vast boilcr-plate cylinder filed
with gas, and the effects will be care
fully noted. If ignition fails after
severe tests explosives will be known
as permissible explosives" and their
use will be urged.
,,,!ll
rescue work. One part Of station
Will be fitted as miniature mine,
and miners and operators will be
taught how to save lives. 1t is de-
clared that hundreds OF lives could
be saved were 1t possible for the res
cue party to enter the mine imme-
diatoly. AS It Is now fire damp often
holds the men back for hours while
their comrades are being suffocated
or burned to death. Government eX-
perts have found an apparatus in
Europe which, worn by rescurcrs,
enables them to enter where there is
gas. The use Of the apparatus will
be demonstrated
Some Of the recent mine explosions
in one state, West Virginia, are as
follows:
Red Ash, March 6, 1906, "a killed
Rush Run, March Is, 1906, "a
killed
Blucneld Coal Dale mine, January
4, 1906, % killed.
Paint Creek, Detroit mine, Janu
airy IS, 1906, IS killed.
Fayette County, Paral mine, Feb
ruary 8, 1906, 22 killed..
Philippi Century mine, March %,
1 906, &c killed
Fayette county, Stuart mine, Jan
uary 90 1907, 50 killed.
Faycttc county, Whipplc mine,
May l. 1907, 81 killed.
If the experimental station is
erected within the Pittsburg coal dis
trict natural gas will be used for
testing purposes. Safety valves will
be placed all along the top OF the
cylinder used in such a manner that
whenever there is an explosion they
will fly open. a series Of port holes
covered with onc-half inch glass
will enable those conducting the eX-
pcrmcnts TO witness the explosions
from the observation house GO feet
away.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-05-24
HORSE ATE GOLD
That Was Stored Away In a Sack
of Wheat.
Their %14O is Gone, Father Won't
Have Horse Killcd-Two Stable

Have Horse Ixillcd-Two Stable
men Are Arrested.
Toodles, an aged roam gelding, who
used to draw wagon for the feed
store business Of Isreal Wishnosskie,
to 1898 First avenue, New York
city, might under ordinary circum-
stances bring SIT at auction, but at
the present time he is very valuable
riecc Of horscflesh. 1t is highly prob
able that If some one were to offer
$l40 for him it would be peremp-
torily declined.
Pauline, Rose and Yctta, the young
daughters Of the owner Of the horse,
take the greatest interest in the aged
beast for the reason that the suspect
he is carrying in his interior $140 in
gold coin that they have been saving
for years. Yctta, the eldest, who is
seventeen, and works at cigarmaking,
Rose, aged thirteen, had put by the
remaining $35.
They were in doubt about the best
place in which to keep their hoard
and, after a consultation, decided
that a bag Of oats In the feed store
would make an ideal hiding place for
the gold. They went to the bag at
intervals to count tho coins, and were
Mortified Tuesday morning to find
that the bag had disappeared The
girls went to the stable hands, two
polish young men, who informed the
girls that they had taken that partlc-
ular bag Of oats to feed Toodlcs, and
that a large part Of 1t had gone to-
ward his supper Sunday night and
his breakfast Monday morning.
Then a veterinary surgeon was
called, and the girls suggested that
he cut Toodlcs open in order to get
their gold. The father declared that
he would not sacrifice the horse for
the money, and a less heroic method
was tried but without success.
Then the young women sought the
aid Of the police and went to the
l04 street station, where they wept
opiously while telling the story to
Capt. Corcoran. They wanted the
two Poles arrested, and this was
done. They gave their names as Alex
ander Yesabitz and Rescio Zenkav-
,ch, and when they were arrained in
the Harlem police court they were
held in $500 each for trial in special
sessions. They denied seeing any
gold coins In the oats bag, which they
said they poured into the feed box
for TOodles.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-05-24

CURE WORSE THAN DISEASE.
So-calIcd Evangelist Whips Ills Litti'
Son Nearly to Death.

Because he whipped his 12-year-
old son for playing baseball on Sun
day, J II. Arnold. travelling re-
vivalist was sentenced to six months
on the rock pile by Mayor Dorsey,
OF Macon, Ga.
Tho physicians testified that tho
boy was lashed until the flesh was a
pulp and that he might not recover
Arnold said II was deadly sin to
play baseball on Sunday and he had
ordered his son not to play but the
latter disobeyed and was even the
captain of the team.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-05-24
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CORIGY-GIIiMAN WEDDING.
Is Roughly Criticised by the Georgian
of Atlanta.

The Atlanta Georgian thinks some
pretty hard things about the Corey
Gilman wedding. and 1t says them in
print. For instance: THE man should
have carried his bedizzened siren to
a wilderness. and there In the forest
at midnight without witnesses save
the priest yoked up with the act
ress he never ought to have known" T"
But how then asks the Charleston
Post would The Georgian have beet
able to publish three column pic
ture OF the 'bedizzened siren" and n
naring account Of the wedding on its
first page?
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-05-24
SEQU EI. or AN OUTRAGE.
Miss Nevada Taylor Dies as Result
of Nervous Trouble.

Miss Nevada Taylor who was Grim
inally assaulted near Chattanooga by
Edward Johnson, ntgro on January
10, for which crime the negro was
lyncbcd, died at her childhood home
J'indlay Ohio, Of nervous trouble
brought about by the crime. Tho
case has become celebrated one.
The supreme court OF the United
States now has Shcrif Shipp. several
of his deputies and others under a
charge OF contempt as result OF the
lynching.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-05-24
Old MAN DIES.
Said to BE One Hundred and Twenty
Seven Years Old

a dispatch from Spartanburg to
The State says Adam Frost, colOrcd,
said to he about l27 years old, died
cary Thursday morning between
Cedar Springs and Rich Hill. Until
within the last few days Adam Frost
was in the best Of health.
According to his own story, given
a newspaper man few weeks ago.
Adam Frost was born on Sullivan S
Island in 1880. Ills first owner was
a man named Hunter, who sold him
to Col Drayton. Before the Civil
War he was bought by DR. Frost and
the old negro lived with the Frost
family until after the war
During the Civil war the family Of
Dr. Frost rcfugced to this county and
located at Cedar Springs. The old
building that was formerly used as
the colorcd institute for the deaf,
dumb and blind at Cedar Springs
was built by Dr. Frost When the
Frost family returned to Charles
ton Adam remained in this county.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-05-24
TRIBE or CANNIBALS.
Have Been Discovered Who Sell and
IGat Human Flesh.
corrcspondent of IL

a correspondent Of the Cologne
Gazette writing from the South Cam
croons says that the Maka, the negro
tribe inhabitating the territory be-
tween the second and sixth degrees
north latitude arc cannibals and not
only eat captives but criminals WAC
have boon condemned to death
The correspondent observed human
flesh exposed for sale in the markets.
The smallest offenses, he says, arc
punished with death in order to Sc
cure n constant supply for consump-
ton.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-05-24

SAVED THEIR COMRADES.
Thrilling Experience in the Hold ,
u Burning OIL Bnrgc.

At New York half score of fire
men riskcd their lives in saving SiN
OF their comrades who had been over
come by smoke in the hold Of burn.
ing oil barge lying at pier in the
hudson river.
Six had gone into the hold whcr
they thought the fire had been over
come and were cutting away a par
tition when terrific burst Of flames
and smoke swept through the open
ing and cnvclOpcd them
The men dropped unconscious ant
the flames were pouring over then
WIN their comrades Drawing the fire
and choking smoke, rescued them
The rescued men were seriously
burned but viii rCCOVCr.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-05-24
NEGROES HOLD UP NEGROES
IIighwaymcn Arrested and Locked
Up in the Jail.

Last Saturday night at Castor
Shoals, where the Dravc company Is
working on the big dam across Broad
river negro named VIII Byars
held up" another negro named Da-
Wis Petty. and relieved him Of 500
Byars used .3S calbrc revolver
aa a pcrSuader ByarS was carried
to Gaffhey and lodged in jail. He also
was bound over to court on the
charge Of selling whiskey. Byars
has il brother who is also in jail for
sclling whiskcy at the dam.
4 negro named John Henderson
was also held up at the point Of q
pistol by another negro at the South
crn power plant at the Ninety Nine
islands and compelled to disgorgc
three "simolaons." This negro was
committed to jail by Magistrate Lii
gon Of BlaCkSDurg.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-05-24
HOMICIDE IN MACON.
Tom Battle, Well Known Citizen,
kills ID. VI. Berry.

Tom Battle, Il well known citizen
and foreman on the new United
States building at Macon, Ga, struck
ID. M. Berry on the head Thursday
with an iron bolt, knocking Berry
to the floor breaking his neck and
killing him almost instantly. The
homicide occurred on territory of the
United state government and war
rant was issued from tho United
States court for Battle. Berry was
&c years old and leaves a young wife
having been married but six weeks.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-05-24
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PATHETIC INCIDENT.
Bride and Groom Killed in the Same
Accident.

Ono Of the most pathetic OF scenes
was caused by the wrccking Of the
train with the Shrincrs on it In
California last week. 1t was the
death Of bride and groom, at al
most the same instant, each bclicv-
ing the other still living. They wore
thrown from the coach on opposite
sides of the train. TEL my WHO that
am alright" murmercd Ellcnton to
the physician, give her my love and
let me know how she is Mrs. lGl-
lenton In return sent message OF
love to her husband. Before 1t could
be carried the husband was dead.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-05-24
PROVED SEItIUCS.
Several School Boys Burned by II
Practical Demonstration.

A teacher in the graded school at
Darlington Thursday morning was
planning to give her class practi-
cal demonstration Of volcanic erup-
ton a pile Of dirt was heaped up
over some gunpowdcr by some
means there was q premature eH-
plosion and three or four OF the boys
we're blackcncd and painfully burned
about the face and hands. Medical
aid was summoned. however, and
there were no serious results.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-05-24
THE FAT BOY.
Small Fee Charged by Mother to Sec
the Baby.

Mrs. Herbert Brock well, OF ChcS-
terncld county, Va, twenty-seven
years Of age, is the mother of what
she believes to be the champion
heavyweight baby Of the world.
The boy, Andrew THOMAS Brock :
we'll. eleven months old, weight 90
pounds, and is physically in the pink
Of condition. The child weighed b
pounds and Z ounces at his birth. He
was born with a full suit OF raven
black hair.
The thrifty young mother. on ac-
count of the large number OF people
coming daily to see her baby mas
suspended sign from her front
porch announcing an admission fec
of 10 cents.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-05-24
NINE KILLED IN EXPLOSION


Saturday afternoon while a force
Of men were at work blasting on
the South and Western railway ON
the works Of McCarty Bros, near Al
ia Pass y. G., an explosion occurred
in which nine men were almost in
stantly killed and four others were
seriously If not fatally injured. The
men were all employers OF the rail
way company and were natives OF the
Alta Pass section.
The force had drilled for long
blast, and after placing the eXplo-
sives in the blast hole. and as the
force started to retreat, the dyna-
mite fired promaturely and the men
were hurled in every direction. Those
who were killed were terribly mutt
lated while the surviving workmcn
are badly bruised and decorated.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-05-24
KILLED THEM.


Six people are dead in Macon coun-
~, Tennessee, as the result Of drink
ing milk from COW which is suppoS-
cd TO have been poisoned by eating
milk weed
John Love, aged TO- and Harry
Moss, aged 10, died Thursday. John
NoYs father Of Harry, and Noel,
Annie and Addic Love. children of
John Love died last week. No others
are i'll as all who drank the milk are
now dead.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-05-24
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SOME GOOD ADVICE.
Given the Negro Preachers by Ne
gro Preacher.


In an address to the Virginia Ne
.ro Baptist association, Rev. X. II
Bowling. In speaking OF the progress
Of the race. said:
"It is. indeed, wonderful 10 see the
amount Of our people have given out
Of their means for their education
and thcy continue daily to do this.
Let us through the ministry lift up
the moral standard Of our race. Let
each man be the husband OF one
wife, and man with two living
wives is UNIT to preach the gospel.
/ do not hesitate TO make this asScr-
ton, let It cut whore it may. And
we must get rid OF any man who
would so around destroying homes
instead Of building them mp, and de
stroying the young girls Of our race
The negro must pay attention to MS
moral standing in this country, as
immoral people Will never be rccog-
niZcd Let us protect our women
for the hand that rocks the cradle
rules the world
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-05-24
BLOOD SHED
In the Streets of Lodz, Russia, by
Cruel Cossacks.
ATTACK MAIL WAGON.

Which Causes the Body Of Cossacks
to Shoot IndisCfiininatcly--N
Warsaw Tcrrorists Kill -Four and
Wound Nine in Bold Attack on
Railroad Office Under Guard. In.
nocent People Killed.
At Lodz, in Russiais,toIand, sixty
eight workmen, Of Kuttner's Spin
ming Mills, were shot down Friday
morning by a patrol Of Cossacks be-
cause band Of terrorists attacked a
mail wagon in the neighborhood
Killed Cossack guard and wounded
another Cossack and two postonicc
officials.
While the wagon was passing
through Longkowa street the terror
lists suddenly appeared from a side
street, opened fire on the Cossack es-
cort, seized $1,000 from the wagon
and escaped
a moment later patrol Of Cos
sacks arrived on the scene, and in
furiated by the fate of their comrades
rushed into the Kuttncr factory,
robbery occurred, and began firing
indiscriminatcly. killing 81 and
wonnding over "A persons.
The greatest indignation prevails
at Lodz, as it is claimed that the
employees Of the factorn had moth
Ing to do with the attack on the mail
wagon.
Raid Railway Omcc.
At Warsaw, Russian Poland a
band of terrorists held up the city
Office of the Vistula Railroad, on
Dulga street, at 10 o'clock Friday
morning and got away with $1,000
after severe fight In which four
persons were killed and nine wound
ed.
The Office was full OF people at the
time, and soldiers were guarding the
premises, but terrorists attack ed
them with revolvers, killed two and
wounded four of the guards before
they reached the place where the
money was kept.
Then snatching up a bag contain
ing $4,000 the men ran out Of the Of
flee. The soldiers fred at the fleeing
terrorists, but only succeeded in hit
ting some bystanders, two Of whom
were killed and five wounded.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-05-24
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SENSATIONAL AFFRAf.
Man shot Five Times Mt Joncsyillc,
Disurmed His Assailant.

AS a result Of very sensational
shootine at Jonesvillo Thursday
nipht. S. M. Gilmore who was shot
Ave times by James w. Gallman, died
at noon Friday.
After discharging his revolver
Gallman was disarmed by gilmore,
wto beat him severely on the heau
with the weapon Both men are
prominently connected
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-05-24
HIS MOTHER SHOT HIM.
Thc sad Fate That Bcfcll a Practicai

A shooting took place near Taylor
Texas, on Thursday night as inc re-
anti OF a practical joke. Returning
home Lee McFalls, young man,
appeared at the window TO frighteh
The The children OF the house. HIS moln,
ar. believing It to ie q burglar, hrea
through the wondow, iniiictmg sew
oral wounds, from the enects OF
which It is believed the young nun
cannot recover.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1907-01-03
CHAPTER XXI.
The Sinner chastens Himself.

The Sinner Chastens Himself.
How to offer the greatest sacrifice
how to do the greatest service-these
had become his problems. He con-
cerned himself no longer with his own
exaltation either in this world or the
world to come.
He resolved to stay south, fearing
vaguely that in the north he would be
in conflict with the priesthood. He
knew not how; he felt that he was still
sound in his faith, but he felt, too,
some underlined antagonism between
himself and those who preached in
the tabernacle. For his home he chose
the settlement of AMAZON, set in a
rich little valley between the shoulders
Of the Pine mountains.
Late in October there vas finished
for him on the outer edge of the town,
near the bank of a little hill-born
stream, a roomy l%og-house, mud
chinked, with a water-tight roof of
spruce shakes and a floor of whip
sawed plank,-a residence fit for one
of the foremost teachers in the
Church, an Elder after the Order of
Melchisedek, an eloquent preacher and
one true to the blessed Gods. At one
end of the cabin, a small room was
partitioned off and a bunk built in it.
A chair and a water-basin on a block
comprised Its furniture. This room
he. reserved for himself.
AS to the rest Of the house, his
ideas were at first cloudy. He, knew
only that he wished to serve. Grad
ually, however, as his mind worked
over the problem, the answer came
with considerable clearness. He
thought about it much on his way
north, for he was obliged to make a
trip to Salt Lake City to secure sup
plies for the winter, some needed arti-
cles of furniture for the house, and his
wagons and stock.
He was helped in his thinking on q
day early in the journey. Near a
suualid hut on the outskirts of Cedar
City he noticed a woman staggering
under an armful Of wood. She was
bareheaded, with hair d%isordered, her
cheeks followed, and her skin yellow
and bloodless.. He remembered the
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1907-01-03
CHAPTER XIII.
How the Red Came Back to the Blood
to Be a Snare.

How the Red Came Back to the Blood
to Be a Snare.
The red was coming back to the
blood Of Martha, the fair flesh to her
meager frame, the spring of youth to
her step and living fire to her voice
and the glance of her eyes. Her hus-
band was pleased. He had made a
new creature Of the poor, worn wreck
found by the wayside, weak, enact
ated, Keeling under her burden. He
rejoiced to know he had done a true
service. He was glad, moreover, to
know that she made an admirable
mother to the little woman-child.
Prudence, indeed, had brought them
closer to each other, slowly, subtly, in
caution.
And this mothering and fathering of
little Prudence was a work by no
mean %colorless or uneventful. The
child had displayed a grievous capac-
ity for remaining unimpressed by even
the best-weighed opinions of her pro-
tector. She was also appallingly fluent
in and partial to the idioms and meta
phors Of revealed religion circum-
stance that would not infrequently
cause the sensitive to shudder.
Thus, when she chose to call her
largest and least slightly doll the Holy
Ghost, the ingenuity Of those about
her was taxed to rebuke her in ways
that would be effective without being
harsh. 1t was felt, too, that her Of
Tense had been but slightly mitigated
when she called the same doll, there
after, Thou SOL of perdition and
shedder Of innocent blood" Not until
this disfigured effigy became Bishop
Wright, and the remaining dolls his
more or less d%isobedient wives, was it
felt that she had approached even re-
motely the plausible and the decorous.
Yet her days were by no means all
Of reproof nor was her reproof W.
harsher than the more or less pointed
selections from the moral verses could
infict. Under the watchful care of
Martha she t1ourished and was happy,
her mother in little, a laughing whirl-
wind of tender flesh, tireless feet,
dancing eyes, hair of sunlight that was
darkening as she grew older, and a
mind that seemed to him she called
father a miracle Of embodiment. 1t
was a mind not SO quickly receptive
as he could have wished to the learn
ing he tried patiently to impart; he
wondered, indeed, If she were not UNI
duly frivolous ever for a child Of six;
for she would refuse to study unless
she could have the doll she called
Bishop Wright with her and pretend
that she taught the lesson to him. find