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The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-03-29
The Farmer Fcedcth All.

Very few of us appreciate the
great things the farmer does for this
country. In addition to feeding the
nation the farm still overshadows the
mill, the factory and the workshop
in providing exports. For the fiscal
year ended June 80, 1906, the surplus
exported amounted in value to $685.
600, 900, the largest ever reached by
agricultural exports for this or any
other country, and exceeding the ex-
port values of 1901, previously the
record year.
During the last seventeen years the
exports Of farmers have exceeded the
agricultural imports by Sc, 600, OOO,-
600, while all other producers find
themselves at the end of the same
period with a total on the debtor
side of $459, 900, 900. Thus, it will
be seen that the farmer saves the
balance of trade" for this country
and is the prime factor of all the
prosperity.
1t will thus be seen that the farmer
. Tile cnlel factor IN making this
great country rich and prosperous.
When he prospers we all prosper.
Yet, with all of his Importance he
gets very little consideration in com
parison with those of other callings.
Congress will do anything nearly that
the Wall street gamblers ask them to
do. But when it comes to legislating
for the benefit Of the farmer, there
are numerous reasons why it cannot
be done, or if anything is done for
them it is done in a kind of eve
don't think you deserve it air."
Why is it that the farmers are
thus treated by those whom they
send to represent them in congress
or the State Legislature? 1t is be-
cause the farmer does not hold their
public servants to a strict account
for the way they vote when it comes
to legislation that will help or pro-
tect the farmer. The farmer could
help himself if he would. He should
organize, when amember of congress
orTother public servant does not vote
to suit him, he should be defeated
for reelection. In this way and no
other will the farmer make himself
felt and respected in public affairs.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-03-29
The News of the Day.

A dispute over the merits of the
Russian army resulted in a captain
Of Siberian sharpshootcrs looping of
= princes a and being shot twice
by his antagonist, the ARRAY occurr-
ing in st. Petersburg hotel.
The Thaw trial, it is estimated,
will cost the defense a quarter of a
million and the state 500, 600.
Half Of the business portion of
Summall, Miss, was destroyed by
lire. The loss is $50, 900.
The iron output Of the Alabama
mines amounts to more than 3,000,-
600 tons for 1906.
The Millincrs' Union Of CHICAGO
demands that Easter hats must bear
the union label.
In a will case in New York the
disposal of 5000, 900 depended upon q
single word.
The governor has appointed four
constables to look after the blind
tigers in Richland County.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-03-29
Keep 1t There.

Mr.. George p. Rowell, of Printers
Ink, in writing on the scene and in.
cidents of a visit to Columbia, he
takes this state to task for erecting &
tablet in the state capitol whereon i.
emblazoncd the ordinace of secession
and the names Of the mcn who sign
ed it. He thinks the boy who free
his fathers barn should as appro
priatcly preserve the fagot which
caused the conllagration.
That may be Mr.. Rowell's opinion
but We do not agree with him. The
men who signed the Ordinance of
Secession in this and all the South
ern States were as true patriots as
the lei who signed the declaration
of independence at the beginning of
the revolutionary war, and in honor
ing their memory the State does the
proper thing. She not only honors
them, but honorS herself in erecting
the tablet Rowcll complains of:
The Spartanburg Herald is right
when it says "thc mon who signed
the ordinance Of secession were the
flower OF Southern chivalry, and the
world has found no nobler. They
we're the representatives of a race
who counted not on devastation and
ruin, on sacrifice even of human lives
when the eternal principle of right
was involved.
Disintcrcsted students of history
with one accord agree that these men
were moved by a conscientious re-
gard for what they conceived to be
their duty. Many forcsaw the con-
sequences, but they did not hesitate.
1t is not creditable to be present gen
Grafton to say that it is doubtful if
that ordinance" would be signed
by a representative body Of men Of
this day, especially with the lights be-
fore them.
But so long as mon reverence de-
votion to duty, so long as they honor
those who dare to do right as they
sec it regardless of pecuniary or
personal consequences, they will de-
sire to keep in mind the men who
had the holiness to declare South
Carolina a freeand independent state
rather than submit to what they be-
injustice, and to back it up
with their lives and their treasure"
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-03-29
Farmers and Telephones.

Many farmers do not realize the
immense advantages and labor-sav.
ing possibilities in the telephone. BY
its use, n may learn from city OF
village the state Of the market, the
probable demand, any shortage that
exists, and be prepared to take ad-
vantage of it promptly, while Mr.,
Slowpoke is finding out too late that
there was a brisk demand for the
very goods he had to sell. Market
reports in weekly papers are ancient
history whcu received these days.
What we want is advance informa.
ton. The telephone was ccrtainl,
the most valuable invention of the
last half century, and none have ben.
Gifted more by it than farmers
They can now sell their stuff in whole
or in part before leaving home and
do not, as formerly, have to take the
risk of driving to town with a LOAD
only to find the market gluttcd
There is no excuse now for making
such mistakes as this and it is safe
to say that no farmer who under
stands his business is ever caught in
such a trap.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-03-29
CURES ALL SKIN TROUBLES
Sulphur tho Accepted Remedy for n
Hundred Years.

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A we'll known citizen OF Danyille,
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years. | have used seven 5O-cent bot
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Ing to directions. Butler Edgar
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-03-29
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The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-03-29
MAN FOUND DEAD.
Merchant and Postmaster Killed
and Body Robbed.
IL Is Believed That the Person Who
Robbed Him Gave Him n Dcadlv

- ~ IlItt tI1c IcrSOn WHO
Robbed Him Gave Him n Deadly
Drug.
c. f. Ferguson, postmaster and
merchant at Newsoms, Southamp-
ton county, Va, was found dead in
an alley leading to the wharf of the
Bennett Steamship line, just off
Water street, Norfolk, Va, early
Sunday morning. 1t is thought that
death was the result of a drug adj
ministered by some one for the pur-
pose of robbery, although Coroner
Knight, after a careful autopsy,
stated that he could find no signs of
poisoning.
Ferguson, it is said, had been
drinking heavily. To support the
drugging theory is the fact that the
face of the dead man had turned pur-
pie by noon. The coroner will con-
duct an inquest, at which time he
hopes to be able to assign, without
question, the cause of the mans
death.
Ferguson wore a handsome gold
watch, with his initials engraved on
it, and to which a chain and charm
were attached. These were missing,
as was everything else the mans
pockets may have contained.
The pockets were turned wrong
side out. Nothing was left in them
by which he could be identified and
the police were for a time at a loss.
A Masoaic emblem which Ferguson
wore and which the pickpocket over
looked finally gave the police a clue,
and the body was later positively
identified by Mayors Clerk e. M.
Dardco, who had known Ferguson
intimately for many years.
Furgcson is not supposed to have
had a great amount of money, or
much else of value, save the watch
and its appcndages. Two rings of
small value were left on a finger.
Furguson was last seen Saturday
night about 8 o'clock, seated on the
sidewalk, reclining against a brick
wall, and it was there and in that
position that he was found Sunday
morning. Whether the body was
robbed before or after death is not
known. The police will conduct
searching Investigation into the case.
Ferguson vas about thirty-eight
years old and unmarried,
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-03-29
ROBBED ON STREET STREET.
A Northern Visitor to Columbia
Held Up by Thieves.

The Victim Says They Were Negroes
They Took Victims Coat. Shoes
and Money.
The State says Mr.. M. M. Hamel-
reth, a Northern man, who has been
stopping at the City hotel since Tues
day evening, was held up and robbed
Thursday night about midnight, at
the corner Of Assembly and Green
streets by two negroes. He was re-
lieved of his coat and shoes and $37
in money.
Mr.. Hamelreth was walking down
Assembly street toward the union
station and on approaching the Green
Street Methodist church he noticed
q negro coming down Green from
the direction of Main. The negro
met him at the intersection Of the
two streets, on the sidewalk, and
asked for a match. MIR. Hamelreth
replied that he did not have a match
and continued or down Assembly,
without hesitation.
Just rs he had passed the negro he
was grabbed in the collar and almost
thrown down. He tackled the negro
and was making a pretty lively fight,
when he was suddenly grabbed from
behind by another negro and thrown
to the grown. They held him firmly
on the ground while his pockets were
gone through. While the big negro
held him the smaller n took his
shoes off and told him to "scoot."
Having secured their booty, the
negroes started off down Assembly,
in the middle Of the road, at a rapid
pace. AS soon as he regained his
feet, Mr.. Hamelreth went in pursuit
of the highwaymen, running them
to within a short distance of the un-
ion station before losing sight of
them. The negroes disappeared
around a street car and it is thought
that they went straight to the rail
road tracks beyond the depot.
Mr.. Hamelreth describes the rob.
bers as follows: One about S feet T
or 8 inches, yellow, weight about
lao, mixed sack coat, ripped in the
back of right sleeve, wore cap. med.
ium negro voice; second man about
6 feet l or 2 inches, weight about
175, real black, heavy thick lips
wore SLOUGH hat, slightly STOPPED
shoulders, dressed decidedly coarse
and rough.
Just before they let go of thei,
victim, one of the said: run
Tom"
Mr.. Hamclreth reported the mat.
ter to the police within 10 or Is min.
utes after it happened, but nothing
to indicate the identity of the rob
bers has been discovered.
The hold-up was almost under ar
electric light, which was burning
brightly. Mr.. Hamelreth says he
would recognize either of the ne
groes if he ces them again. His APP
pearance Thursday night showed tina
he put up a good fight, his shirt be
ing badly torn in several places. HI
was presented with a pair of shoe,
at the Union station by a RAILROAD
employee.
Mr.. Hamelreth is an attorney a
Long Run, Ohio, and has been il
Florida and Georgia for the past
three months and was on his way
back to his home. He says he receiv
ed $40 Thursday by mail from BON,
and expected to leave Friday or Sat
urday for Ohio.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-03-29
HUMAN TORCH.
Pours Oil Over Her Clothes and
Sets Them Aflre.
RAN OUT In THE YARD.

A Neighbour Who Tries to Save Her
Beaten or Until He Knocks Her
Down. Survived Illness, but De-
licved That She Was Slowly
Going Blind md Wanted to Die
AT Once.
A terrible tragedy was enacted in
st. Louis, Mo-, one day last week.
Driven to desperation by the fear
that she was about to lose her eye
sight, Miss Mary Ollinger, 81 years
old, poured coal oil over her clothing
at the home of her sister, Mrs. Bar
bara Anderson, No. 2611 North
Broadway, touched a match to her
dress, and was fatally burned.
She was removed to the City Hos
pital, but the surgeons could do lit
tie for her, and she died, in a few
hours after reaching the hospital in
great agony.
While the flames were scorching
her flesh, Miss Ollinger fought with
persons who tried to save her, and
pleaded with them to be permitted
to die. She made no cutlery because
of pain, but was enduring the tor
ture stoically when her sister discov-
cred her and called for help.
Miss Ollinger was alone in the house
shortly after / o'clock on the day Of
the tragedy. She opened a bracket
lamp and poured the oil upon her
clothes, then lighted a match and
touched the blaze to a loose waist she
wore.
She ran into the yard, apparently
that the wind might fan the flames,
ana was standing there when Mrs.
Anderson first saw her danger.
Mrs. Anderson screamed for help
Richard Rosenkranz, an insurance
agent, who lives across the street,
rushed into the Anderson yard and
tried to beat out the fire with his
hands. Miss Ollinger, who was large
and strong, fought him with her
fists, and cried to him to leave her.
81 want to die!" she exclaimed
frantically. 81 am going blind, and
there is nothing left in life for met
R~oscnkranz could not overcome
her. SO he ran into the house, seized
a feather bed, dragged it into the
yard, and threw it at the burning
woman. The weight knocked hel
down, and he soon had smoothcred
the flames.
Doctor Oliver Bacon, of No. 436;
North Market street, administered
soothing lotions, and an ambulance
conveyed the young woman to tho
City Hospital.
Mrs. Anderson said her sister sew
eral years ago suffered a serious i'll
ness which affected her eyes. Recent
ly Miss Ollingcr imagined she was
about to lose her sight entirely anC
was subject to m~elancholia. None
Of the family, however, believed she
would attempt to destroy herself.
Her near relatives were Mrs. An.
derson and George Ollinger, a broth
! er, who is an engineer in Kansas
City. At the hospital it was founc
that Miss Ollingcr's body from the
: waist to the neck was a mass Of bis.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-03-29
Has % Mission.

The weekly country paper has as
definite an excuse for being in the
world as a be furnished by the city
dailics. Such a publication is uot
only a business guide, but is a pulpit
OF morals: it is a kind of q public ros-
trum where the affairs of the state
are considered; it is a supervisor of
streets and roads; it is a social friend.
a promoter of friendship and good
will. Edited by a board and Just
man, such a publication so treats the
different sects that they realize their
brotherhood and become in reality
what they are pictured in print. The
county weekly is not Presbyterian,
or Methodist, OF Baptist, or Luther
an, or Episcopal, or Christian, butt
does select the valuable in each
church, and thus it becomes the
harmoniZcr Of discord it binds those
whom theology would often scper-
ate. Even the so-callcd small matters
of a village or incorporate town are
small only to those whose hearts are
too full Of personal interest. 1t is
very important if some school boy
reads a good essay, or speaks well q
piece, or sings well a song, on stands
high in the class room, that kind
mention should be made publicly of
such success, for more young minds
are injured by the want of cheering
words than L made vain by an cX-
cess Of such praise.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-03-29
ANNA Bell Russell. q resnectahjf

ANNA Bell Russell, a respectable
young colored woman, was shot and
mortally wounded in Winnsboro on
Wednesday Of last week by Stork
Means, a twenty year old colorSd
boy, because she refused to ma(Vy
him. He way laid his victim and shot
her on her wav from church and
wounded two colorcd men who at
tempted to protect her. Instead of
blowing out his own brain, as such
fools usually do, Means made his es-
cape.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-03-29
Ban Young, a Waterman at a rail

Ban Young, a Waterman at a rail
road, crossing in Columbia was
Knocked down by a runaway team
and run over by a locomotive. He
will probably get off with only the
amputation Of a foot.
William DcLoch severely cut
George Blatin near Good Hope
Church in Saluda County. Both are
white and had been drinking, it is
said.
An extensive series of photographs
Of Clemson College are being prcpar-
ed for exhibition at the Jamestown
Exposition.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-03-29

SOMETIMES the hardworked coun-
try editor has very little time to
devote to editorial writing. He has
a great many things to do besides
writing editorials that the editor of
g city daily knows nothing about.
That is why the city editor thinks
that the country editor has a week
in which to write editorials.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-03-29

THE statement is again made that
President Roosevelt will not be a
candidate for reelection. Roosevelt
is no fool. He knows he would be
beaten if he was a candidate for re-
election, and consequently he won't
be a candidate.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-03-29
TiIlman Quotes Burns.

A Washington correspondent saws
one Sunday afternoon recently q
party of gentlemen met in Senator
1lllman'S rooms at the NOrmandie
and, strangely enough, the converse.
ton did not touch upon the negro
question, Mr.. Roosevelt, State rights
or any political topic. Mr.. Tillman
directed the talk to the shams and
humbugs of modcrnl life, particularly
among the class that had recently
required great wealth. His remarks,
II reported, would have made an adj
mirable sermon that could have been
delivered from almost any pulpit. Mr..
Iillman especially deplorcd and con
demned the practice that so many
men had followed of deserving the
partner of their earlier struggles
and seeking younger women with
whom to share their newly-acuuired
wealth.
ITO my mind" said Senator Till
man, there IS nothing finer or more
beautiful in prose or poetry than the
second stanza Of that gem of Bobbie
Burns, John Anderson, my 10 john
Gazing out of the window at the driv-
ing rain, Mr.. Tillman repeated the
verse he had mentioned:
John Anderson, my 10 John,
We clamb the hill thegither;
And monte a cauty day, John,
We've had wi ane anithcr.
Now we maun tottcr down, John,
But hand in hand ven go;
And sleep thegither at the foot,
John Anderson, my Jo."
Those are my sentiments exact
W. said Mr., Tillman softly, after a
brief interval of silence. "What
a world of trouble and heartache
would be saved if we would all live
up to thcm!"
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-03-29

THE Anderson Mail says lust as
apt as not in the next Congress some
member from Massachusetts may
come right out and advocate a bill
to keep ships Of any kind from en-
tcring the port Of Charleston" No
doubt they would liketo but it would
do no good, Charleston is destined
to be a great city, and the hate Of q
thousand Massachusetts, will not re-
tard her a day.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-03-29

DR.. Leon Goldburg, who has been
acting as Interpreter for the state
immigration bureau and who has
been charged with being implicated
in the seduction of q young girl who
came over in the Wittckind, has dis
appeared from Columbia.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-03-29

Albert Bailey, electrician at the
Orr Mills in Anderson, was severely
burned by coming in contact with
a live wire. His right hand was
hurt, but he expects to have the use
of it again in a short time.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-03-29

Five Belgians, who have been
working for the street railway com
pany in Anderson, have gone to Ne
braska,, where there is a large Bel
gian colony.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-03-29

JOIN d. Rockefeller has announc-
ed his intention of giving two hun
dred and fifty million dollars for the
benefit Of the poor. 1t will take
more than that to save you, John,
in the grand wind up.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-03-29

Edward Martin, q negro, was ac-
cidently killed in Saludawhile hand
ling a gun.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-03-29
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