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The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-04-10

INC parks arc flied 10 overliuwIng
with nurses and children, the latter
forming probably the happicst clc-
ement of the capital city's popula-
ton.
In the center Of almost every park
is the statue Of some eminent Amer
lean, or Of a foreigner who was a
friend of America. such as LA Fay
cite and Rochambcau. The rcsolu-
ton of Mr.. Ferris proposes the cree
ton of such a statue to the memory
of Lee, who is now regarded north,
south, cast and west as one of the
greatest OF Americans,
While it is not at all likely that
ar ything will be done about it at
the present session of congress, which
unfortunately happens to be before
the election the sentiment set in
motion by this resolution will in all
probability result in the erection,
sooner or later, of such monument
to the memory Of the Confedcracy's
great chieftain.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-04-10
LUCK WENT BACK ON HIM.
He Did Not Count tho Other Side ID
Investing His Money.

Eyes" said Mrs. Taft. I'm
afraid Abner's going to be the un-
lucky kind" She gazed after her
sons retreating figure. and sighed so.
deeply that the new sur. mel boarder
rocked at her inquiringly.
Nothing awful in that line " Mrs.
Tart fastened to say. II don't mean
that. But In little singing ways.
tnat Kind o take the heart out Of
aim and touch his pocket at the same
time. III tell you. Most as soon
as he went to Boston to work Alb
ner fell IN love with a CIR, thai work
cd I'D the same store" That may
have been good, not bad luck" ven
tured the newcomer.
In Itself you couldn't say IT was
n or the other" Mrs. Taft said.
impartially. but the girl lived in
one of the towns a little ways out of
the city, and soon as he made UP hia
mind led like to keep company with
her, Abner up II bought a fifty
trip ticket to her place"
Yes, and"
And got turned down at the sec
ond call" concluded Mrs. Taft, with
a wan smile, and the ticket left ON
his hands. boston Ideal.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-04-10
DON'T Gross Your Legs.

A most injurious habit. common
alike to men and womcn Is that OF
sitting with one leg swung over he
knee Of the other. Headaches, cold
feet. varicose veins, ulcers and many
other diScoInfortS attendant on an
Imperfect circulation OF the blood
are directly traceable to this habit.
When the right leg ID swung over
the lett knee the whole weight l..
sustained by this knee, placing all
the pressure against the under part
Of the riGht leg between the calf and
the knec-cap. AT this very place are
a great number OF large veins, ar
teries and nerves; the pressure on
them crowds all the tissues together
and materially interferas with the
circulation OF the blood, and the
disturbance OF natures p. ocesses
manifests itself In many bodily evils
and inconyeniences. Many who
would not be guilty OF crossing the
logs in pablic often surrender 10 tho
temporary comfort OF the position IL!
the scclusion Of their own rooms. It
is wrong and Injurious. says the
Delincator, because IT denes nature.
whose laws are more imperative than
tho SO Of society.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-04-10
Quoting Scripture

The New York World has publish
ed a pamphlet against William j,
Bryan, and heads its list Of reason
why Mr.. Bryan should lay down the
party leadership with this quotation
from First Samuel:
And every one that was in dis
tress, and every one that was in debt,
and every n that was discontinued
gathered themselves unto him; and
he became a captain over them; and
there were with him about four
hundred men,"
The Fort Wayne, Ind, Gazette
says the parsonage mentioned in the
question is, as everyone knows,
David, the son of Jesse, and Just why
the New York World should hold
him up as a warning to Mr.. Bryan is
past comprehension. Indeed, the
prophets of Organism could find
nothing from cover to cover of the
Good Book that SO aptly fits Mr..
Bryan's case, nothing in the wide
range Of literature or history, sacred
or profane, that forms a more strik-
ing parallel, or, what was more,
Justifies more sanguine hope of Mr..
Bryan's ultimate triumph.
There q good many people who
are in de BIT distress, millions who
are in bedt land going broke every
day., millions who are descontented
under trust rule, and they have in
deed gathered themselves unto
William j. Bryan, and he has became
q captain owe them.
But the World should have pur-
sued the subject further. and have
ecounted what the captain and bis
four hundred did. It's all in the
book of Samuel, too. Like BRYAN
touring the world and returning
welcomed as no American had been
welcomed, David returned from his
wanderings, and here is what he and
his four hundred did.
Here it is as we find it recorded in
the First and Second Books Ct
Samuel:
And David smotc them from the
twilight even unto the evening of
the next day.
And David recovered all that the
Amalckitcs had carried away.
And David took all the hocks and
the herds which they drove before
those other cattle, and said, This is
David's spoil.
In the second book of Samuel, we
read:
And the men of Judah came and
they appointed David king over the
house of Judah.
Now there was long wal between
the house Of Saul and the house of
David; but David waxed stronger
and stronger and the house of Saul
waxed weaker and weaker.
Then came all the tribes Of Israel
to David into Hebron and spake,
S~ov;n~ hohol1 vo c-c 49, I r.. !
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-04-10
4 Monster Trust.

zone Of the hydra-headcd mon
stcrs that have been tightening
their hold upon the people, was the
way Representative Watkins, of
Louisiana, referred to the paper
trust, during a speech in the house.
when he advocated the removal of
the duty on wood pulp.
The newspaper. he argued, was
one Of the main civilizing agencies
of the world, and in this country,
Sheds light in 5000, 900 homes
while to-day, he said, the newspaper
industry vas working in harmony
with organized labor its operating
expenses are higher, because union
labor is morc expensive than
unor gained labor was a few
years ago.
There was, he charged. a tariff on
everything that went to make q
newspaper. This" he said, "is
purely and simply a donation to the
paper trust and a tax on the news
papers and other printing interest
Of the country" The newspapers,
he declared, had been patient and
long-suhlering. "As the mouldcrs
of public opinion" he said. "thcy
could almost cauSc a revocation ii
they would
If the government continued to
pcrpetuate monopolics. he said, I'VE
will bid farewell to state rights. to
individual liberty, to the equality Of
all men before the law, and humble
ourselves in sack. cloth and ashes
before the plutocracy Of the coun.
try. and. as supplicants, bow down
before the throngc of our rulers"
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-04-10
WHEN BABY SLEEPS.
Some Litt,o Points Of Vast Impor-
lance.

lance.
From the time he Is two months
to two years old baby should nave
at least from twelve to fourteen
hours sleep in the twenty-four, the
mount OF coutse decreasing as he
grows older From two years until
four he should have two hours sleep
during the day. besides what he has
at night.
TO keep IN infant or young child
up late at night Is abominaLle, for
the nervous habits he develops in
the stimulation of lights and being
among people at the time he should
be quiet may never be overcome.
Baby should be asleep for the night
by seven o'clock, and not later, If ne
is to have the rest necessary.
1t Is not we'll to rock him to
sleep. for the motion is bad, In
spite Of what our grandmothers
thought and did. says The New York
Evening Telegram. 1t may bring
on cerebral congestion, as a result
or the enlarged condition OF the
brain vessels, and the best way Of
fixing him for the night is to put
him in his crib on cool sheets and
let him go to sleep alone. 1t may
lake some time and trouble at first
to train him to this, but II can and
Mould be done. both for his sake
and that Of his parents.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-04-10
Monument TO Con. Loo

Representative Scott Ferris, one
OF the youngest men in the house
and representing the youngest state
in the union, Oklahoma, has intro
duced a joint resolution providing
for the erection of a monument to
the memory of Gen. Robert E. Lee
in Washington.
The capital city as is we'll known,
is so arranged that numerous parks
are formed by the Intersection of
streets and avenues, and in many in
stances, where as many as three or
four thoroughfares intersect circu-
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-04-10
Offenders, BcWnre,

There's a new hatpin that's Sound
not to come out, under n provoca
ton OF wind or speed. Where provo
cations OF this sort most abound.
namely, In an automobile, this hat
pin gets In Its spoial innings. It is
In fact, expressly designed tor mo
.oring" ladies who viii not wear the
llnless hood, and whose more beau
tifving hats are not to be kept or
by ordinary straight pins. The new
pin is a long spiral affair, ~tortuous
10 behold and getting q twisted grip
on the coiffcur which nothing snort
OF a dynamite explosion-or the
clever hand that put it in--can loos-
en.
As q weapon Of defense for unpro-
tectc fcminincs this corkscrew hat.
pin beat anything yet put on the
market
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-04-10
Living ut Home.

Under the above caption the JEFF
fcrson Citizen says suppose every
farmer in the entire South should
make up his mind to live at home?
That is to say suppose he should de-
terminc to raise all that his family
required as food, all the corn, fod-
der, peas, hay, cotton seed, and
OF cr supplies and produce nccces-
sary to carry on his business as a
farmer. What would be the result?
Try it one year and we venture the
assertion that you will try it again.
Raise what you need to eat, plant a
small cotton crop, and let your cot
ton as far as possible represent what
you will spend for clothes and those
things that you cannot make or
raise on your farm. If you will do
this you will soon see a way in which
you may become independent. Far
mcrs who have tried this plan have
succeeded and you can do the same
Think Of the successful farmers
around you and you will find they
hare already adopted this plan"
Every word Of the above Is as true
as preaching, and should the sug-
gcstion of The Citizen be carried
out We would in a few years have
the richest country on the face
of the earth. Our farmers could
then sell or hold their cotton as it
suited them.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-04-10

an. .
bool. r,ir nr c,,,, ,in, annm
n~onvino lamue to nl,rn IN. s,rs.r;h-
orc toonthnr .,i ,~inni.. ,,
trodncn the currnnt ON ia .,nscrih.
er's line ia riup ,hn tc,nnboro hnu
A "positiour in tnIcnbnro n,,Inrco
is Inc placc ocr,nind IN an onnr,,o,
each onnrotor &c IN cbar,n or , Met
tion ana hus b,, ovn ;udiridr,,
transmittcr ana roroivnr mo pnsi.
tions ar, Jivjd.d ma .rn,,n. ana oro
undcr no j~mmcdi,tn ch,rco =,
"supcrvisor." who ie held rcsnonstbIc
for the service in be, section ar ~.
vision Nv thc chior onorotor
10 tokc cara Of rnouo.ts for ali,
kinds of information q scnaroto
s~witchboard is nrovido1 ana 10 n~o
sided over nv from five 70 tnn NINA
ants in each exchange. This is known
MS inflammation +" Tboro on nira,
pertaining to direct con~,mmnic,,inns
of s,,bscrihr,a ara rarnrrod a..
among these questions are round
many whjch ara nertinon, ,na cama,an
as well. to the telephone company,s
business =
A long list of some Of these mes
tons was given the writer 1toro aro
some of them.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-04-10
WITH THE HELLO GIRLS"
They Are Called Operators by
Their Employers.
Tho Great Switchboard is Like a
Vast Network Of Nerves Over the
Human Body-Scnsitive and Alive.
Queer Questions They are Asked.


Queer Questions They are Asked.
Since girls have been the connect
ing link between lines in the tele-
phone business, they have been the
subject OF much lcvity, and in many
instances of uncanny jokes, anecdotes,
and witticisms. until the world at
large has conceived the idea that The
Hello Girl is entitled to little, If
any, consideration, and that she uses
over the telephone language which
would be coarse even on the Bowery.
TO set aside this impression II
has but to visit one of the exchanges
In this or any other city.
The telephone operators are, per-
haps. the most distinctive class OF
breadwinncrs in the whole category
OF w~agc-carning girls. But to get at
the very u%niuucncss Of the profess
sion Of the telephone operator 1t is
essential to journey as 1t were,
through one or more Of the telephone
company's huge Offices, where, in
stead Of being at nCc rough mo
touch with the 'Iiollo Girl Of the
world but who is accorded the more
dignifcd title of ~"opcratOr' by her
empl0ycrS-Onc is usually first shown
a number OF great cad~-coNHred cab
les, made up OF insulated wires which
enter III" building from the companNS
underground system. These cables,
each containing hundreds OF pairs of
wires, spread out, and each pair
~ .-.- -, - rt1 -. 90.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-04-10
Will obey the Bosses.

News comes from Washington
that William Dulancy, the Presi-
dents colorcd messenger, whose
daily duty it is also to shave the Pres
ident has been transferred from
these loWly duties to the navy de.
partmcnt and placed in the Office Of
the auditor of that department at a
salary of $l,40O year, President
Roosevelt expects to go to Oyster
Bay for the summer about June rs,
and when he leaves the city, Delaney
will lay aside his razor and will tale
up his pen as a clerk in the auditors
Office. He succeeds a white clerk
who was reduced from 81 ,G00 to $500
a year to make room for him.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-04-10
The Painless Dentist.

my work" remarked The bald
beaded dentist, lis SO painless that
my patients often fall asleep IN the
chair while | am operating.
"Hllh, that's nothing, retorted
lbs rival. My patients nearly all
iusist on having their piatrre taken
while / am at work, in order to
catch the expression Of delight on
their faces. London Tit.Bits.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-04-10

ms 't>~ " ~ ont~er, ~ wtuJoc lull
liIlment the American people viii
bear their part next November.
All that is necessary to carry out
the similc is to let the World play
the rule of Saul, and no witch of
Endor is needed to forctcll the re-
suit of the coming battle.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-04-10

As an ENCOURAGEMENT when things
are at slX"s and scvcns in the bust
ress end Of tho house. one m
has had q board burned with the
legend, even this will pass way
and hung over the kitchen sink.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-04-10

TIE president of a Chinese bank
was requested by a large number of
depositors who could not get their
money to commit suicide as an act
Of cXpiation for stealing the funds
Of the institution,
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-04-10
Lingerie Is Simple. But Fine

The vogue for figured materials
mas invaded the province of lingerie,
ana although white holds It's place
or prominence In the best models,
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-04-10

Digby-How long did 1t take you
TO learn to run d motor car?
Sk%orcher-O! five or six.
Digby-Five or six what? Weeks?
Skorcher-No, motor cars.--Cath-
Ollie Standard.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-04-10

The man who wears s,~de-whiskcrs
and a white tie may be honest hut
appearances are against him.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-04-10

4 wcll-hred man doesn't brag about
AdB dough.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-04-10

Stage money is also taint it money
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1908-01-17

A telegram was received here to-
day, sent by Fred Fornoff, captain OF
the New Mexico Mounted Police, to
Fred Higgins, local member of that
body, briefly stating that Roy McClane
had been murdered on the Mescalero-
Apache Indian reservation west OF
Roswell, and asking Higgins to come
at once and cooperate with the rang
ers in that section of the country in
capturing the guilty party Or parties.
Nothing further was stated in the
message and nothing more is known
about the tragedy. Mr.. Higgins is not
in the city and the message was op-
ened by relatives.
Roy McClane was a cow puncher for
the Felix Cattle Company, of which
w. w. Ward is manager. He has been
in and about Roswell a number of
years AID is well known among the
COW men. He was between 25 n 80
years old, and a brother of Bill Nc
Clane, formerly a we'll known citizen
of Roswell. 1t is supposed that the
murder was committed within the
last few days.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1908-01-17

ness to seem to share with the new
states the accumulated business pow
err of the old, then the Herald de-
clares that the supremest s~efishness
would dictate that the East hasten
to admit the territories, for the East
needs the vast opportunities of colo
nization, development and investment
that the territories offer.
Through the immediate admission
of the two territories, no state, COM
munity, or individual in the Union
would lose anything of value, any
just power or privilege, any fairly
gained and fairly maintained infiu-
elces, while every state, every COM
munity, and every individual in the
Union would gain in material wealth
through possessing a share in an in
creased national heritage; would gain
in power through achieving a better
balance of motion in the parts of the
machine of American government;
gain in self respect through
the removal of of disabilities unjust
" imposed upon 600, 900 fellow citi-
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1908-01-17
A Communication.

Editor Daily Record:-Having no
ticed a discussion in u paper about
charity, would like to have my little
say. There is a vast difference be-
tween Christianity and religion. See
what Jesus says about pure religion
As longs as the Salvation Army prac-
tees more than it breaches, it is the
so-called church and has my SYM
pathy. 1t is the only organized body
in this city that practices pure relig-
ion so far as l know very much and
1 say that no laurels should be un-
justly taken from it. Tle Baptist
church has a charity committee and
the services Of a physician free with
free medicines to those too poor to
pay for them. Churches should take
care that they are not Pharasees
blowing their horns on the street
that all men shall e their
good works" While l do not belong
to the Salvation Army it shall also
have my sympathy, services as a ply
stefan, usrgeon and free medicines
for their worthy poor, for the asking
G. r. Rucker, NJ. D.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1908-01-17
THE BREAKDOWN OF
THE WARD GOVERNMENT.

From tae Outlook.
A noteworthy and unexpected in
dorsement of the commission form of
municipal government has come from
a recent investigation by a grand jul
ry of a bribery scandal in ST. Louis.
In its report the grand jury declares
that the lower house of the ST. Louis
municipal assembly-known as the
House of Observation-Disclosures by wards
should be abolished and that the as
sembly should be supplanted by a
commission or a unicameral body of
limited membership. The upper house
elected at large, the grand jury finds
to be composed of men of ability, dig
nifty and standing, and it commends
their work. The lower house, compos
ell of twenty-eight ward representa-
tives, it says is "a menace to decen-
cy, order and good government" A
large part of the trouble, in the opin-
ion of the grand jury, is due to the
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1908-01-17
STATEHOOD IN POLITICS
AND CRAFTSMANSHIP.
From Ell Paso Herald.

From Ell Paso Herald.
There are four states in the Union
with a smaller population than New
Mexico now has. There is 40 reason
or justice in depriving these humid
reds of thousands of Americans of the
rights of citizenship. To continue to
ar New Mexico and Arizona from
statehood is to ~perpetuate the wrong
of half a century. New Mexico is 10y
al in support of the Union, and has
ever been so. 1t was in New Mexico
that the tide of the C~onfederacy was
turned back from the West, and New
Mexico sent more men into the war
with Spain in proportion to popula-
ton than any other commonwealth.
In ore year New Mexico a estab-
1ished so new postoffices, and the ter
b. DRY has 20 banks. There is one
county which had 500 people at the
Last census, and now has more than
10000. Over $4,000 original home
stead entries have been made in New
Mexico within less than two years.
and the increase of population in that
time is estimated at 100, 900.
If opposition to the admission OF
Arizona and New Mexico be based on
political grounds, We "a it is mighty
a politics for the dominant party
to keep the two territories out of the
Union; it might and probably would
control both of them in presidential
and congressional elections.
If opposition be based on consider
ations OF craftsmanship, The Herald
maintains that it is the statesman
ship of inclusion, not the statesman
ship of exclusion, hat has made this
country great and strong and pros
porous. No wealth, not alone popu-
lation, has ruled in allotting shares
in the national syndicate of states,
but rather the broader considerations
of natural disable area, and
capacity of development. The power
of the West in the senate ha saved
the West from perpetual and ruinous
neglect.
If opposition be based on eastern
~sefishness, lust Of gain, and willing
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1908-01-17

ward representation. THE idea" the
report continues, that any one mem
Der should represent his own locality
to the exclusion Of the interests of
the entire municipality is repug1ant
in ITSELF" Yet this is what has nap
pened repeatedly, and the grand Jury
finds that legislation of the most ben
eficial public character has been held
up and denied. Existing conditions, it
thinks, show that the charter of St.
Louis has become obsolete and that
radical action is necessary. There
fore, the report says, eve most hear
lily recommend hat our present sys-
tenn of bicameral legislative body.
with its large membership, be sup
planted by either a commission or a
unicameral body of limited member
ship, to the end hat the responsible
ty for the faithful and Efficient dis
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1908-01-17

charge OF the duties of our city Off
Gals may be assumed by men elected,
not through political pull or ward
popularity, but rather because of their
approved intelligence, character, and
ability" This instance from st. Louis
is only one among many which show
that American cities are more and
more turning to the Texas idea, first
demonstrated in Galveston and Hous-
ton, for relief from municipal ineffi-
cheney. The commission plan, center
ing authority and responsibility in a
BOARD of perhaps five men elected at
large, does away with the difficulties
of divided responsibility and conflict
ing ward interests experienced by st.
Louis and other large American
cities That it makes for efficiency
and honesty has been amply lemon
strated.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1908-01-17

Basket Ball Game Tomorrow
afternoon at the Amusement
Park. Roswell High School VS..
Artesia High School. Game call.
ed 200 sharp. Admission Csc.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1908-01-17

Charles c. Hill went to Lake Arth-
in the school 1yceum course there to-
night, and to look after his political
interests.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1908-01-17

Basket Ball Game Tomorrow
afternoon at the Amusement
Park. Roswell high School VS..
Artesia High School. Game Call
ed ZOO sharp, Admission Csc.