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The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-04-19
Why They n

Earnest P. Bickell, head of the
Chicago Bureau of charities, believ-
es he has found the reason why men
leave home. He has been investiga.
ting the cause Of wife-desertions
for over a year. He names the
chief cause as the lack of means to
keep a family in anything like com
fort with the present cost Of living,
which he says is a great deal more
than it was q few years ago.
Bickell's report shows that there
are 10000 deserted wives in Chica-
go, most of whom have been left to
shift for themselves because their
husbands find that they cannot pro
vide for them. This is true in q
special manner when the husband is
father of q growing family. In such
a case he finds that while his moder-
ate earnings were sufficient to keep
him and his wife, they are not
enough to support them and their
children.
Yet one hears the cry Of prosper
ity on all sides. But when the mat
ter is investigated it is found to be
a myth, and that there is really no
prosperity, except for a few. 1t is
said the farmers ought to be pros
porous because cotton is worth twice
as much as it was some years ago.
But it should be remembered that
everything the farmer buys costs
about twice as much as it use to.
Consequently he cannot buy any
o with his ten cent cotton than
he could with his five cent cotton.
This applies to all other callings.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-04-19
Intelligent
treatment at
your home


O-e of the greatest mistakes MAIDS
by p op]e residing in tho country and
sma | towns is their fai ure to consult
the experienced specialist for their
deep seated or chronic disorders.
They suffer along day eiter day,
shortening their lives by months and.
year, either through igno' ance Of what
the sp"oia list could do tor them r the
belief hat special ireatm mt would 70.
quiie their removal to tho city. :
II is not neoes' y that you should
resi- Q in the same city in order to re-
ceive benefit of our special treatment.
we invite al ,uffereIs from deop-
seated, loDe.sia ding troubles OF Heart,
Head: Lungs, Stomaoh, Bowels, Liver,
Bidder, Blood, Nerves, or diseases pc.
cui ar 10 either sex, to write or call
upon us and learn what we hay. done
for others similarly afflicted, and what
we cnn 20 for them.
There is no charge for this copsu'ta-
tion, and 1T 10 W. nth your time aud. OF
tort whether you decide to begin treat
mem or not.
For uo,e than twenty years, I, and
hos pcci ilists asst ciated with me, have
given our entire time, thought and
study to the cure Of the deep seated
chr nj" or aerVous disorders. " hioh
have bai1ed the less experienced all
round physician.
Whatever you may think your ailmont
is, ia ID not probable that you can DO
quite tnre Of your own ~diagnosio or
that of the ordinary physician. >
Or you may write US, frat, Ia entiro
condolences. If yon choose. Some ostes
do not 'eed a personal visit, although
alway "a adv cable.
Send Tor III booklet on Drain and
Nerve Exhaustion" Mailed 3rea In
imprinted wrapper
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-04-19
RURAL CARRIERS
Are Allowed to Carry Packages. I'm
der Certain Conditions.

uSE StEl}t}l SOlluIllOuSs
On and after July / the pay of
rural carriers on the routes in this
county will be paid $500 per annum
This should enable the carriers to he
fairly paid and to have the means
necessary to pay for the maintenance
Of their horses and vehicles.
A carrier Is entitled to carry any
package In bulk larger than that
which the postofice department will
take, but he is not allowed to receive
remuneration for his services from
the person who sends the package.
In all cases he must collect for his
services from the recipient Of such
package. Ht
If a carrier was allowed to col
lect from a merchant who desired to
ship goods to local patrons by means
Of the carrier it would influence the
carrier to try to increase the bust
ness Of the merchant having such
facilities for delivering and at any
rate would cause people to buy at
the store Of such merchant, because
1t would be convenient.
This would necessarily work a
hardship with the merchant who did
not employ the carrier as a delivery
agent, and for that reason 1t Is best
that all packages carried by the ar
rier which do not conflict nor COM
pete with his regular mail business
be collected for at their destination,
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-04-19
to see what the thing was.

| w w az IN bliiilh q
The Australian bushman, as prev.
iously observed by scientists, wa.
regarded as the lowest existing type
of He possesses many of the
characteristics mentioned as belong.
ing to the new ape-man described
here, but not the apelike formation
of the thumbs and great toes. He
has the prominent eyebrows and
jaws, the flat nose and the lank
limbs.
With all their degradation and say.
agcry the bushmen possess skill of @
certain kind. They are the construc.
tors Of the wonderful boomerang.
which when thrown for a distance OF
hundreds Of feet comes back to the
hand of the thrower and damages
him unless he knows how to receive
1T. The bushmen r also noted for
their 'corroborees' entertainments,
at which they initiate the play Of va.
rious animals.
The newly discovered ape-man rep
resents m distinct stage lower or
farther back in the scale of evolution
than the bushman. Whether the
Dboiiiiicil 10 q ollCCI QcoCCilubIlI Ol
the ape-man or q cross between two
races will be an interesting question
to decide.
The newly discovered ape-man con
s%tltutes a most important factor in
the evidence that establishes the doc
trine of evolution. DR.. Dubois, the
Dutch army surgeon, had already
discovered in Java. which IS adjacent
to Northern Australia, the remains
of an ancient creature, which he call
ed Pithecanthropus Erectus, or
"ape-man who walked erect" This
creature possessed even more ape
like characteristics in it's skeleton
than the man now discovered by Pro-
fessor Klaatsch, but yet in it's erect
attitude and the formation of it's
skull it proved itself much nearer to
man than any existing ape. Now we
possess four links in the chain Of ev-
olution which proves the descent of
man: These n the ape, the Pithe-
canthropus erectus Of Dubois, the
ape-man of Klaatsch and the Aus
tralian. There is no longer an mex
plicable gap between the ape and
man. There is no longer a missing
link.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-04-19
Greek vs.. Bulgaria.

Macedonia is the scene of a
bloody contest between Greeks and
Bulgarians. These two nations de-
clared war against each other six
months ago, but as several hundred
miles of neutral Turkish territory
lay between them, an actual state
of war has been impracticable This
anomaly of hostilities does not
prevent the Bulgar and Greek from
engaging in actual strife.
There are thousands of rowing Bull
garians and an equal number Of
Greeks in the buffer state, Macedo-
MIA. These have espoused the cause Of
their native lands and are engaging
in a war of determination on about
the same scale as characterized the
bloody feud between Turks and
Armenians. The result is that every
time q Greek and Bulgar meet there
is a fight to the finish. The stories
told by those who escape are harrow
ing in the extreme.
One Of the favorite modes of at
tack by the Bulgarians is to catch
the Greeks, while they are in church.
In a recent slaughter they destroyed
a church by throwing bombs int it
when it vas crowded. Greeks (, ere
killed in great numbers. AS the
survivors we're rushing from the
church they were killed as they left
the church door. Only a few es-
capped and these had their tongues
torn out OF were manned in some
other way.
Both Greece and Bulgaria are So
called Christian nations, yet they
are carrying on a war, the cruelties
of which would cause an Indian to
blush. if such a thing was possible,
Neither Of them could tell what they
are at war about, or what is to be
gained by it. Some way should be
found to put a stop to such a a
Why don't the adjacent powers in
terpose, and teach the foolish GreeAs
and Bulgar q lesson in common
sense. If one nation don't feel like
undertaking the job, let them all
join in and do it. BY some means
this most foolish war should be stop
ped.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-04-19
Christian

Because too great Christian intim-
acy" existed between the Rev Scion
H. Bryan and Miss Ellen Newly, Of
Millen, Ca, both are involved in O
scandal that will be aired before the
Methodist conference when it next
convenes. 1t appears that the Rev.
Mr.. Bryan was preparing Miss New
by for work in the foreign field and
that he took more time for his teach
ing than was deemed necessary, by
his wife and members of the congre-
cation. They declare that he was
seen going and coming from Miss
Newby's millinery parlors at all times
of the day and night.
Finally the wife objected and was
given a sound beating for her pains.
The pastor was arrested by neigh
bors IN the charge Of wife beating,
but the wife repented and bailed her
delinquent husband out Of Jail. Bry-
an has been suspended from his con-
ference and will have to stand trial.
When approached concerning the
affair Miss Newly said: Only a
Christian intimacy existed between
Mr.. Bryan and myself" But the
people Of the town refused such a
plea, and are Of the opinion that the
intimacy went a little to far. ,
1t Isl pity that such men cloak
themselves with the garb of a min
lister, and by their acts bring re
proach upon the sacred ministry and
the church. And it is astonishing
how many men do it. The misdeeds
of such men, unfortunately, lessons
the respect of the people at large
for the ministry. There was a time
when a minister of the gospel was
looked upon as being different from
other men. The fact that he was
a preacher carried weight with it,
and he was regarded as a good mar
because he was a preacher. But
that day is passed, and preachers
are now judged after they are
known, as other men are. The ras
calls who have entered the ministry
has made this necessary. But VIZ
thank God that a large majority O.
all the ministers are cl%eanhanded
and would rather die than bring re
proach on their holy calling or tn,
church to which they belong.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-04-19
ARREsrnD ON SERIOUS CHARGE
Farn,es ~-enset..-: Mar charged
With Assault ON Negro Woman.

T. d. Mitchell, who at n time
lived in this city and was on the
city police force has been arrested on
q serious charge in New Brooklyn,
near Columbia. The charge is that
ne attempted e criminal assault upon
Emma Lowman, a young q wo.
man in Now Brooklyn last Saturday
night. We take the following facts
relating to the case from the Column
Die record. They were brought out
petore the magistrate who heard the
case, and granted Mitchell bail.
1t seems that Mitchell followed
tnis negro woman to her home and as
she was entering the gate he grabbed
her by the arm and attempted vioA
lence. Mitchell, al he grabbed hold
OF her stumbled over q board in the
gate and fell into the yard. This pre-
vented him. 1t is said, from carrying
out his purpose. The matter was at
once reported to the town authorities
but Mitchell was not arrested until
Monday.
Mitchell denies the charge aud
claims that 1t Is a made up affair be-
tween this negro woman and n white
man of Brookland, who chad 1t in
for him, and devised this plan Of get
ting even. The Record says "trouble
was narrowly averted Saturday night
In Brookland when the matter be-
came generally known. Negroes were
very indignant and threatened trou-
BILE and Mitchell came across the RI
YER into Columbia and stayed in this
city all Saturday night, Sunday and
Sunday night and went back to
BrOokland Monday morning when the
woman had him arrested"
Mitchell was q witness in behalf OF
j. II. Tillman when he was tried for
the murder of the late N. G. Gonzal-
or. Later on he was charged with
others Of 6tuffing the ballot boxes In
Brooklyn and they we're all convicted
and fined. The Record further says
last summer he was arrested one
Sunday afternoon for gambling in
the woods near Lexington and was
fined SIS or sentenced to CONTINENT
In jail for three hours. So 1t seems
that Mitchell has gotten into consid
orable trouble since he left Orange
burg.
Mitchell says: ut is q Matched u,
plan on the part OF two white men il
Brooklyn to dispose Of me in som,
manner and to get wen for u mino,
matter and to do this they cooked VI
this scheme with this colored woman
She Is a woman Of the worst sort ant
bears a disreputable name in thi
town. l am going to fight the matte
to the end and will prove to the peo
pie Of this place and Columbia tina
| am not guilty Of the charge unde
which l have been bound over t,
higher court"
The Record says when Mitchell
was arrested he seemed to be sur
prised. He vas not in the cutsod,
Of the magistrate long before Mr.. p
II. Stallings and Mr.. G. II. Weed, tw,
citizens Of Brookland, appeared to &
on his bond. The bond was fixed a
$3.50 and was promptly signed b
Messrs. Stallings and Weed, where
upon Mitchell was released.
The charge against Mitchell is
very serious II and should he b
convicted of 1t he would undergo
long period Of Imprisonment. II
does not say who the white men ar
that he claims put up q job on hir
In collision with the woman, but w
suppose their anne will come on
inIfhe trial
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-04-19
A Grcat County.

The Ncwberry Observer soys:
"Orangeburg is a great county.
Thursdays Times and Democrat pub
lished reports Of fifteen state banks
in that comfy, aggregating q CAPT
tai Of nearly $500, 600 and deposits of
about n million. And these are
only state bann there are national
banks also, which are not included in
this list" AS the Observer saws
Orangeburg is q great county, but
she has no national banks within her
borders. There are only two other
banks in the county besides those
whose reports were published in The
Times and Democrat two weeks ago.
The deposits in the banks whose state
ments we published was nearer two
million than n million as the Oh
server has it. The Times and Dem
Orf11- .-s
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-04-19

AENHtWENH 80
You look sick this morning.
yes woke up with ;sss.4a,iy d
ache, q coated tosgue and TINT darse
bfown taste in the modth.0
"Dttn,t you have pains In your
joints Iii muscies.' STl
9 AS my old negro NANNY
useda tcMsay, have misery In my
"Better take a bottle Of Rheurna-
eide, old man.
What does Rheumacfde do?o
why Sltheumacide is the moat
pcWerful ~ effective blood purffier
IN the world. ii sweeps ali the eermaS
ano polsons out OF the blood and
makes you we'll all n
Ever try 1t yourself.5i
sure ! take o couple OF bottlaa az
It before spring begins. Give nv
blood a spring cleaning. And Rhen.
macide puts me in such. fine shana
that l never have that tired feeling
We'll, | am going to try thfsl
Rheumacide you say is the best ever.
That's right. All the druggists
sell It. Better get n bottle today.
You start to get we'll with the. first
dose. The proprietors say that Rheu-
macide gets at the joints from the
inside and makes you we'll ell over.
;And that, the truth, old man"
CURES ALL SKIN TROUBLES
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-04-19

OF FAITH
Enabled n Poor Drunkard to Give Tn
Strong Drink.

Tine Chester Lantern says our old
friend Mr.. r.. NJ. Nunnery, Of Fort
Lawn. was In town yesterday. He
says ne was once n drunkard nut has
not touched liquor In IL years and
mas no desire for 1t. He was q slave
10 the pipe until four years go, when
no threw 1T away and rover smoked
'asaih. mo smell OF n pipe is now
disgusting to him. He chows tobac-
co to some extent but saws no viii
quit 1t at once If no determines that
1t is injuring him. He attributes his
deliVerance from these bad habits
and the desire OF indulgence In them
to the prayer Of faith.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-04-19

Shot Self In Store.

At Boston Motifs Mosessohn, a
pawnbroker. committed suicide Fri
day by shooting. Recently Mossos-
sohn reported to the police that his
homo had been robbed OF jewelry
valued at $4,000. After an investi-
cation the police arrested the man
charging that he himself had ran
sacked his house with the idea of re-
covering insurance.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-04-19
LETTER PARTY.
A Suggestion for u Good Evenings
Entertainment.

Boys and girls, as we'll as those OF
larger growth, Will greatly enjoy. hav-
Ing their wits sharpened at q Letter
Party" and for this the following
set Of questions to be answered by
one, two or three letters Is merely a
suggestion:
Name q beverage r
Name n bird ]
Name one of the human orgaps I
What Is jealousy NV.
What Is 1T to SUPPRESS others XII
Name a summer dress goods PIX
Name the condition OF winter
pavement &c
Name q county in England SIX
Name too much OF something KS
Name a sailors response III
Name n creeping plant Nv
Name q kind OF pepper KIN
Name a void MT
Name q composition SA
Name a mournful poem LEG
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-04-19

THE Rev. John johnson, D. D.,
died at his residence in Charleston on
Sunday night. During the war he
was q Major Of Engineers in the
Confederate army, and engineer in
charge at Fort Sumter for fifteen
months, covering the period of it's
heaviest bombardments by the enc
my. 1T was through his energy and
skill as engineer that the Confcdera-
ties we're enabled to hold the old
fortress to the last, and his name
will be forever linked with the sue
cessful defence Of Charleston, q dc.
fence that was and is the wonder
and admiration Of the world for
heroism and endurance Of those who
took part in it.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-04-19

THE Socialists have announced
that for the present they have aban.
doned effort to carry certain States
among them South Carolina. The
Socialists had out a candidate fol-
governor last year in this State, and
he polled three votes. We dc not
blame them for quitting under the
circumstances.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-04-19
AFTER TWENTY YEARS
Man Turned Loose After Being I'm
4. Prison that Long,

Gov. Hoch, Of Kansas, one day
last week decided to parole Wilde
Sells who has served nearly twenty
years In the Kansas penitentiary, for
numbering his father. mother, sister
n brother in March, 1888. Sells
stoutly maintained his innocence. It
'wae~argued in his defense that ha
was g, sickly lad Of thirteen years
When"the crime was committed, 1t,
had been a physical impossibility for
MIN to have committed the crme.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-04-19

L 3eLI t rE-H
The School Improvement Associa-
ton Of South Carolina has decided
&c oger rs prizes to the schools OF
the State for the most decided ma
tsria! Improvement made during the
given leanth of time. Five Of the
prizes are to be 800 each. and 10
are to be $50 each. Regulations
concerning the IL prizes are as fol-
lows.
/. improvements must be made be-
tween January / and November 16,
1907. :
2. Prizes will be awarded to
schools whore the most decided ma
terial improvements have been made
during the time mentioned.
8. Under the material improve
ments are included local taxation.
consolidation. new buildings, libra
ries, interior decorations. beautify-
Ing yards and better general equip
ment. W
|! 4. No school can compete for any
OF these prizes unless It is q rural
go rno .o"n CAly Win more
.nan ooo population shall be eligible
- ing contest.
o. All VINO wish TO enter this con-
test must SEND names and descrip-
eiohs or SCHOOLS. before improvements
are made, to tho president, prior to
October 1.
6. All descriptions, photographs,
and other evidences showing improve
ments must be sent to the president
oetore November L.
Z. Prizes Will be awarded in checks
sent by december l. h prizes are
10 DC used Tor further improvements
III the scnoolB receiving them.
prize winners last year were
us o
aurens. :. :. wallace Lodge
norh. :. :. .Guthriesville,
florence. :. -. :. .Sardis
marlDoro >. Pine Grove,
Darh"eil, timers and Healing Springs
arenao :. =. Trinity
Ones.er. :. Oakley Hal
Dorchester. =. :. :. .Stalibville
MARION. -. -. :. :. :. ..Olivet
~ mlsht Do interesting to know In
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-04-19
The Train Fell.

One person was killed and about
Is injured in a wreck on the st. John
bury and Lake Champlain railroad,
about two miles east OF Hardwick,
VT, Thursday. The entire train, a
w~estbound passenger train, with the
exception OF the locomotive left the
rails and plunged down a 40-foot en-
bankment.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-04-19

President Roosevelt says Harri-
man is altar, but he does not deny
that Hartman raised a big campaign
fund for the Republicans in 1904.
He knows better than to do such a
thing as that. IF he did, Hartman
would put him in the Ananias club
by hauling the record on him.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-04-19
tSpeeclIcss and Paraiyzed.

f. Summoned to the Office Of DR.. John
w. Ballard, OF Logansport, Ind. sup;
posedly for a friendly call, H.. b.
s%toughton, q farmer, found Ballard
and others assembled as q lunacy
board to inquire into his sanity. my,
GodGJohn, would you send me to the
mad house?" he screamed, then fell
unconscious from his chair. When.
resuscitated. he was speechles5 and
totally DaralyZed.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-04-19
Gets Good Job.

The president has appointed r. w.
Tyler. a negro Of Columbus, Ohio, to
be auditor OF the treasury for the
navy department. Tyler Is the man
who 1t was announced had been con-
sidered by the president for a federal
position in Ohio. But the Republi-
cans III Ohio would not have him.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-04-19

The new dispensary law is quite a
bonanza to the press of the State.
Every county has to call for liquor
bids through at least two daily pap
ers and one weekly paper. This
amounts to a neat little sum in q
year, two-thirds Of which goes to
the dailics.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-04-19
It seems more than probable that

1t seems more than probable that
one of the principal issues in the
approaching campaign will be the
question of Federal and State rights.
Both Democratic and Republican
politicians and newspapers are inclin-
ed to raise this issue in order to de-
termine popular sentiment concern
ing legislation enacted for the con-
troll of trusts. corporations and rail-
road companies.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-04-19

If Roosevelt is not a candidate for
a third term how can there be a con-
spiracy or the part of the great f.
nancial interests to defeat him? This
is a question that even the faithful
Loeb can't answer.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-04-19

The political contest in Ohio is
not q contest between Foraker and
Taft but contest between Roose-
welt and his enemis led by Foraker.
AS a choice between two evils we
hope Roosevelt will win.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-04-19
They Come Hiph.

Hens must be held in high esteem
in Jonesville. One strayed over into
the yard OF a neighbor Of her owner
and was killed and now the owner
10 suing his neighbor for fifty cents
for the hen and one thousand dol
lars as a balm for the lace
rated feelings.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-04-19

CAPT. j. D. Browne died in Column
bia on Sunday night. He was a gal
ant soldier of the Lost Cause" and
by his death South Carolina loses one
Of her most loyal and patriotic sons.
Peace to his ashes.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-04-19
Train Porter Hentcn.

A dispatch from Huntington, Tenn
says that an enraged mob boarded
the Louisville and Nashville train at
Irrelevant Thursday, seized the negro
porter and gave him a terrible beat
Ing, from which he is reported dead.