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The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-01-31

mentary character OF such memories
which hasten to escape US sven as W,
are trying to rcall them.
One thing fairly certain Is that thu
ghosts Of the dead have no power tc
communicate with us, unless it be IL
dreams. If they possessed such DOW,
or they would undoubtedly exercise
III yet Quitting aside all the phcnom.
ena OF so-caled ''spiritualism" as
hopelessly discredited) they give us
no opportunity of the kind, though
we would SO eagerly grasp it.
Deep down in the human mind
there exists a belief that tho dead.
generally speak ing, are hostile and
dangerous to the living. Hence the
dread which will withhold not only a
chlld, but almost any grown person
ol elthor sex from passing alone
.hough a graveyard at night. Indeed,
u is safe to say that nothing in the
world, or out of 1t, is regarded with
such universal fear as a ghost-this
co., notwithstanding the fact that no
authenticated instance is on record
III winch a SDccre or apparitiOn of
any kind did harm to Il living crea-
lure The SuperStitution in question
is doubtless an inheritance from our
0 remote ancestors, who believed
that the dead were liable to assume
the guise and role Of malignant de-
Wis; but 1t seems strange that mod
orn enlightenment should not have
done away with SO nonsensical a no.
ton.
Oddly enough, however, when in
our dreams We encounter the ghosts
or the lead, we are unterrined. TO
DO SO, indeed, appears quite natural
II a matter Of course. For under
such conditions the point Of view is
changed. We ourselves are phan
toms likewise (according to Profess
SOr Bacr), and we meet them, those
others, on an equal footing. They
are not afraid OF us, and why should
we he afraid Of them?
AT The bottom Of tho ghost-fcar is
Il dread Of the mysterious, the un-
known and the intangible. But,
when your soul has made a temper
AIRY escape through the minds back
door, it finds itself in Il world where,
as n might say. all the relations Of
things are altered. 1t has arrived,
so to say, behind tho scenes. and Gas
circumstances OF the Stagc)
the mystery becomes mere matter Of
course. In~tangibility is normal in
the realm Of the acknowledgements
~, when oneself is a part Of it.
Professor Bacr advances his ideas
the subject not as a statement of
aSccrtaincd fact, of course the mat
tor being II respecting which OK
knowledge is obviously impossi-
as a theory, which, he
thinks, finds endorsement in definite
and logical evidences. II is not prac-
ticable hcrc, for lack OF space, even
IN cun,m vino tl>N"~ 1919 If. ''
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-01-31
IN all uiliencu.

,..~u., .u", me urcam Ire is IN Il
merely Il magic lantern show in
which imagination uncontrolled, in
fantastic colors, paints a multitude
of slidcs"-may be put, rs he offers
them tentatively, i'll the form Of
questions:
TO begin with, what is this strange
realm which We visit in our dreams?
Professor Baer believes that it is
actual. and by no mcans purely in
~aginary. 1t is not ever an ''undis-
covered country" for we spend there
no small part of our time limit. But
where are w to suppose that it Is
located? Is it near or far away? Or
are we tt suppose that it IS simply an
invisible world, through which we
unconsciouSly wander In our waking
moments, thourgh unable to discern
the people (viewless under waking
conditions) who inhabit it?
Again, shall We. after we die, as
Stunning in permanent fashion the
habitants Of his mysterious country?
And. If SO, what will be II condi-
ton therein? Shall We be happy, or
otherwise? In classical literature
one finds again and again the idea,
which the scientists seem to have
persistcntly entertained that the
souls Of the departed suffer from a
chronic melancholy. Thus the heroes
of the Trojan war, as Ulysses found
them when he ventured into lladcs,
continually lamcnting their lot, wish
ing that they we're alive again. But
has such a notion any proper basis?
Professor Bacr's belief is quite OPP
positc. At all events, he deems 1t a
mistake to believe that the ghosts
we meet in our Wandcrings through
the domain in the Beyond are pur-
suing. like the phantoms OF Hector
and Achilles which OdySscns met. an
altogether aimlcss and vcgctative cX-
~istcncc. He thinks we may rather
suppose that they have occupations
Of one sort or another, useful In
ways we know o of.
If the wandcringS of the ghost, IN
sleep are under any sort OF control
" MoNib W. iIl''I 'pNiir w - -
what they are directed. Nothing
seemingly, could be moro haphazard
Scenes and Incidents follow II an
other In no orderly sequence, ap
parcntly, and people come and sc
without any obvious rhyme or roa
son. Many dreams, Of course, arc
very plcasurablc, while others arr
far from agreeable and sometimes
even terrifying. But, as Profcsso
Baer suggests. there IS no reason 70
supposing that in The region OF tn
Hercafter-if his theory, identifying
it with the country we visit in on
%slumbcrs, be accepted Is a place dc
void OF unplcaSantncSses.
The ghost that walks in dreams
according to his idea, Is none Othc
than tho subconscious, or secondary
self-the strange double" which II
habits every one OF us. doing muc
: OF our thinking for us, yet only
: rare instances revealing itself in sue
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-01-31
TRAGIC ENDING.
MerIymakcrs Are Driven Into Their
Homes and Burnt UD.

A dispatch from Sofia, Bulgaria
says news has reached here of n ter
rible tragedy which occurred at the
village OF Dragosh, near Monastir,
n town in Macedonia, several days
ago. While Il festival was in pro-
gress and the villagers were dane
ing upon the lawns in the public
parks, n large band of Greeks sud
after driving them into their houses,
set IRE to the buildings and burned
them to death. The victims includ-
ed m and children. and mum
bcrcd, it is said, between twenty-five
and forty-ive.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-01-31
OFFICER KILLED.
Skot BY a Convict Who Escaped
Two Months Ago.
Policeman w. A. Clyde, Of Sumter,
Shot to Death While Trying to Ar.
rest n Negro Convict.

Policeman Clyde, of Sumter, was
shot and killed about twelve O'Clock
Monday night by Toney Moses, col
orod, an escaped convict, near Bos-
sards, Sumter county. Moses es-
capped about two months g from
the Sumter c%haingang. He was To-
Gated Monday night at a house near
BosSards. officer Clyde and Consta-
bic Nunnamaker went out to can
ture him, as a reward had becn Of
Sered for his capture. The officers
vent to the house and demanded adj
%nittance. Mr.. Clyde went to one
ioor and Mr.. Nunnamaker to another
ioor. Mr.. Clyde forced his way into
NE house with his characteristic
bravery and found Moses under a
bed.
He called upon Moses to come out
and surrender, but Moses reply was
a shot from a shotgun, which took
effect in Mr.. Clyde's abdomen. The
popular and efficient officer succumb-
cd to the terrible wound within q few
hours, exhibiting are fortitude and
forbearance. Mr.. Nunnamaker went
to the assistance of his injured
brother officer and medical assistance
was secured as soon IS possible.
Mr.. Clyde meanwhile being taken
to the house Of MIR. Marion Dorm,
where he died about two O'Clock
Tuesday morning. The affair has
created CONSERVATION in Sumter and
is regretted beyond expression. Mr..
Clyde's brother officers Of the Sum
ter police force are using every
means to locate his murderer.
The city Of Sumter has offered a
reward Of 500 for the arrest OF
Moses. While public sentiment is
very bitter against Moses still it can
not be said thai excitement runs
high.
Less than a month ago this gen
ial and kind hearted officers little
2-ycar-old child was burned to death.
The coroncr's jury returned a YER
dict in accordance with the facts,
and implicated Daphne McDanicls,
one of the women in the house at
the time OF the shooting, who was
placed in Jail.
The murdered officer has many
friends in ~Orangohurg, having lived
h""o '~"" """", ~hoo ni~ rntnor ---
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REFUSED AID TO HIS SISTER
And So He Shot Down and Murder
ed M. SviridoH.

At Krasno-Ufimsk, Russia, Sylri-
doff. president Of tho local Zomst-
vo, was shot to death by a brother
Of Mile. RagoZinnikova, the murder
csS of General MaximoTSky, director
Of the department Of prisons of the
ministry Of the interior, on October
rs last. 1t is supposed that the muir
der was committed in revenge for
the refusal OF NJ. Sylridon to make
any move In behalf Of Mile. Rago-
zinnikova during her trial.
Mile. R~igoZinnikoya was a daugh-
ter OF "a teacher iii the imperial
conservatory of Music of Perm pro
vince. She presented herself at the
weekly reception Of General Maxi
moifsky in st. Petersburg, and when
admitted to his presence. drew a re-
volvcr and fired seven shots at the
general, six bullots taking effect. On
Oct. 3 Mile. RagozinnikoVa was
hanged.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-01-31
DREAMS AND GHOSTS.
Meeting and Talking with Spirits
of Living and Dead.
Prof. Bacr, Of Berlin University,
Says During Sleep Our Spirits
Wander About Heaven and Earth.

The mind has a back door.
The brain has often been called
the house of the mind. One should not
be surprised to learn that it has q
back door, like other houses.
1T is through this exit that the
soul escapes in the silent hourS-in
the hour when we are in the strange
death-likc condition which we cal
sleep. AT such times it roams abroad
in search of adventures, and FIRE
%qucntly it finds very curious and ever
astonishing ones.
In sleep W. pass out OF the body
into a wonderful region, with which
in our waking moments we are not at
all acquainted. What and where is
this region, and who arc tho people
who inhabit 1t. Such questions are
most interesting, and now for the
first time comes forward a wise man
who ventures to answer them.
The wise mans name is Professor
Moritz Bacr, who occupies the chair
of phycho-physics in the University
OF Berlin. lie says that the mys-
= iouS country width We WISH Ill our
dreams is the Hereafter, and that the
people We meet there are in reality
ghosts. Some day, after we arc dead,
we may come to know them better.
Each day of your existence on
earth, a Professor Bacr, may be
regarded as a life in miniature.
Night comes, and you dic-tcmpor-
arily. The whole term OF your sur
vival in the world is a series Of little
lifc-times, interrupted by brief per
iods of seeming death, which We call
sleep.
The likeness OF sleep to death has
been the subject OF a vast deal Of
philosophical comment. BUTT is much
closer and more striking than is gen
orally imagined. When you fall into
Slumbcr, your eyes turn upward,
your heartbeat SlaCkcns, your pulse
becomes fccblcr, and your breathing
slows down. Your condition, i'm Il
word, co%unt"rfcits death most re
markedly.
If the de-, were real, your soul
would take its departure for good
and all, ncVc to return. But in his
temporary state according to the
theory Of Professor Bacr) it merely
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-01-31
A GENTLE ROAST
Given Secretary CorteIyou BY
Senator TilIman Because He
FAILED TO RESPOND

To Resolution of tho Senate in
Reference to tho Issue Of Panama
BondS.-ScnatOr Aldrich Defends
Cortclyou and Make Excuses for
Him, Which Causes Senator TIL
man to Use Some Caustic Remarks.
Just before the United States
Senate adjourned Tuesday Senator
Aldrich received a letter from Sec
rotary Cortelyou explaining the de-
lay hat has been experienced in his
reply to the resolution calling on
him for information concerning the
recent Panam canal bond issue and
the letter was promptly laid before
the senate. Earlier in the day Sena-
tor Tillman INDUCED in caustic COM
ment upon what he characterized
as the sccretary's apparent disc
bedience" to a senate resolution.
In his letter Mr.. Cortelyou said:
II am sorry thai there should
have been Il misunderstanding as to
the time when my answer to the
senate resolution regarding the
treasury operations would he sent in.
Had | been advised Of your request
to know whom it might be expected,
! would have replied that ! required
a little moro time to go yer the
mass Of figures it involved. 1t is my
desire, of course, that all business
Of this kind shall be disposed OF
promptly, but this matter is SO i'm
pOrtant that | have felt it desirable
that every feature of the report
should be clearly stated, both for the
Information OF the senate and in
Justice to the department. 1t is my
desire and intention to submit a
complete response to the resolution
and | hope to have it ready in the
course OF the next few days-in all
probability about the beginning OF
next week.
THE amount OF work involved in
the preparation of such Yoluminous
data may not be fully appreciated
by some, but it should be remembers
ed that the force in all the bureaus
here, which have to do Intimately
with financial matters, have been
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This" he continued. may civ;
some light as showing why the sec.
rotary finds 1t SO difficult to answer
inquiries we have propounded. This
Is the letter giving reasons why he
refused to recognize bidders for
bonds"
In reply Mr.. Tlllman read from Ed
wards letter: You are advised that
under tho reservation made by the
department allotment was first made
to individuals and institutions for
remainder was allotted to the highest
national bank
This course was Followed the
letter continued, because 1t was not
deemed wise in tho currency strin-
goncy making allotments to individ-
uals which resulted in leaving 90
per cent. purchase price in the
banks and allowed them to take out
circulation on the Panama bonds.
This circular made no reservation
OF bids declared Mr.. Tillmau.
This Is purely an executive function
and when the facts arc brought out
| think they will show that the sec
rotary Of the treasury has utterly
disrcgarded tho law in his anxiety,
laudable as it may have been, to
supply currency to New York against
other parts of tho country"
Mr.. Tillman then turned to Mr.
Aldrich and INDUCED in some per-
sonal references to him. He decla"-
ed that nothing could have consider
alton in the senate whilo the chair
MAJ Of the finance committee was
out OF tho chamber.
eve have to sit here" he said,
until his great parsonage zones
through the door"
Mr.. Tillman declared that the Re
publican side had to await the nod Of
the chairman of the committee on
nance. The senator" added Mr..
Tillman. looking at Mr.. Aldrich,
knows the great power and innu-
ence which he dcscrvcdly holds with
the senate and with the country,
and it is not worth while for him to
AFFECT mock modcsty. He is too great
a man TO have any alIcctation of any
sort"
Mr.. Aldrich said he had great
confidence in the secretary Of the
treasury and did not wish to discuss
this question until he had before him
the statement and suggestions Of the
secretary. He was satisfied that in
a short time they would be laid be-
fore the senate and he thought the
secretary should DC given time to
reply in the best possible tanner
lie was sure the secretary had done
what he thought was best.
Mr.. TilIman disavowcd any intcn-
ton OF saying Mr.. Cortclyou had not
done what he Thought the hest. I'm
he added, lin this
try we find ourselves subjected to
what appeals to some Of us rs uSur-
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MI. iIIIiiidH op,ii.u .iIIo question
in the senate by lnuuiring whether
the vice president had received n re
ply to the resolution from the score
tary OF the treasury.
Nothing yet responded the vice
president.
ut Is a little curious that an Of
hcer OF the government should be
willing after we have given him CON
siderable time to send in the infor-
nation" said Mr.. Tillman. Tho cur
rency bill Is to be brought In and
pressed for consideration and it
seems strange that the secretary OF
the treasury who is directly respon-
sible for our financial affairs should
refuse to send in a report giving the
information we need"
Chairman Aldrich OF the finance
committee, who was out Of the room
when Mr.. Tillman made the inquiry,
reentered the room at this juncture.
Just as Senator Plat suggested that
he DO called.
I'VE are told" said Mr.. Tillman,
that Secretary Cortelyou is III. but
no was not too Ill to go to New York
to make Il speech. 1T seems extra
ordinarily phenomenal that we can
not get q report from him"
"The fact Is" said Mr.. Aldrich,
"the papers were in form to be pre-
N.entod and they were placed before
Secretary Cortelyou, but he found In
order to make the presentation to
tho senate In a form satisfactory to
himself would require q longer time
than Il supposed.
"The criticism in Tho senate as to
that action led the secretary to make
"A frank and explicit answer to all
suggestions as to what was done
with the bonds and certificates OF
y this morning that he is prepar-
ing this matter as rapidly as posi-
BILE"
as no definite time nxcd?" asked
Mr.. Tillman. "As soon as possible
means between now and doomsday."
"Thosc Of us who know Mr.. Cor
%telyou,' said Mr.. Aldrich, know
that he Is never delinquent in his
public duties, and | think if tho SEN
ator from South Carolina would find
an opportunity to talk this matter
over with him he would be satisfied.
ct did not take that long to issue
the bonds insisted Mr.. Tillman.
"'ihat was IA simple matter" re-
tortod Mr.. Aldrich. "Thc senator
from South Carolina does not realize
that he can put down on paper in
quirics that Will take many months
and much work Oh tho part OF the
force Of a great department 10 All
swer. 1t Is much easier to ask QueS'
lions than to answer them.
e. "Tho senator will recall" inter.
ruptcd Mr.. Tillman, that these
questions wcro asked by his owl
committee. Now [ Will give some
additional reasons why we wou.C
have this information forwarded to
us. / have n letter from Mr.. Klo
borg lnclosing n reply he received
from Assistant Secretary Edwards.
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trolled by mere physical limitations
such as rctard and impede the move
mcnts Of the body.
We often meet in our dreams poo
pie who, as we wen know, have long
been dead. Vet, somehow, we arc
not in the least surprised. We talk
to them, and hear them speak, as if
it were quite a matter OF course. Why
should this be so. Professor Bacr
says it is simply because ghosts arc
the most natural kind OF persons to
encounter in the country of non-liv-
ing.
II is in the realm Of the Hereafter
these people dwell; arealm in which
ESQ Professor Bacr bclicvcSl We must
some day take up our own residence.
1t sens TO be a country of shadows.
But, unfortunately, the glimpses we
get OF it are too ficcting to enable us
properly to judge. Or rather. 1t
might be said that, for some reason
not easy to explain, our waking mem
cries Of our experiences in that mys-
tcriouS region are so feeble and in
distinct, save in rare instances, that
they serve only to puzzle and confuse
our minds.
The dream folk, who dwell in the
land beyond the threshold of waking
consciousness. appear to be cheerful
enough. If we can Judge Of the con
dition of the dead from what we see
of them when we visit the strange
country they inhabit, it would not
seem that they are otherwise than
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-01-31
SHE HIM.
A Frail Little Woman Held Burglar
Until Police Came.

At Waterbury. Conn, Mrs. Lizzie
Wolff, u frail woman, wife Of Ad-
rian +. Wolfe, superintendent Of the
tool roo in tho Scovillo compuny's
works, held up n Nat thief in their
home on Ridge street Friday night,
made him disgorge, and then with a
revolver, held him cowed in a cor
nor until the ponce arrived, eighteen
minutes later.
He is Arthur Rosenthal, q Boston
crook, sentenced for burglary in Con-
cord, March %, 1906 and having 81
long criminal record.
Mrs. Wolff was at supper when,
hearing n noise, she grabbed a re-
%volver, swung the electric switch
lighting the apartment, and found
] him ransacking her chamber.
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THE UNWRITTEN LAW.
Woman Acquitted for Killing Man
Who Wrongcd Her.

AT lei paso, Texas, having follow
ed Robert j. Schram to his room and
shot him down after he refused to
right her wrong by marrying her
just two days after the verdict Of
not guilty in the Bradley case, in
Washington, Mary Adloff was found
not guilty Of murder and released,
both on the plea of "unWritten law"
and temporarily insanity.
She admitted killing Schram, but
said after she nursed his dying wife
at LaJounta, Col, he made love
her, promised to marry her, and then
betrayed her and left for Eel Paso,
where, whom she followed and asked
him to keep his promise and marry
her, he struck her.
Women hugged her as she stepped
forth free and they squeezed the
hands OF the jury and said, "God
bless you" t.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-01-31
C011U.j GlNNtD.
Little Over Ten T%housandu Bales
Up to Sixteenth of January
Which is Nearly Two Thousand Bales
less Than the Number Gmned Up
to the Same Time Last Year.

The census bureau Thursday is
sued a report showing that the cot
ton in the United States ginned from
the growth OF 1907 to January 16
was 10,337,607 bales, against 12,-
1850 bales for the same period
last year, and 9,9S9,624 bales for
the same period in 1906. Active
ginneries numbered 27,37O.
Round bales were counted as half
pales. The number of round bales
included 1852 for 1908, 258,7I7
br 1907, and 270,669 for 1906. Sea
bland included 8O,187 for 1908, So
l26 for 1907, and 104,71O fol 1906
The distribution of sea island cot
ton for 1908 by States is as follows:
Florida, 27,421; Georgia, 4O.S36;
South Carolina, 1890.
Running bales ginned by States
follow:
Alabama, 1,o7o,1os bales; s,441
ginneries.
Arkansas, G67,lse bales; 2,1oa
ginneries.
Florida, So, 47s bales; 247 gin
neries.
Georgia, 1,771,913 bales; 4,5ss
ginncries.
Kentucky. 1,341 bales; 2 gin
ncrics.
Louisiana, 59c,47G bales, 1,s4o
ginncrics.
mississippi, 1,2s7,s27 bales; $50
ginncries.
Missouri, 2o,37s bales, rs gin
ncrics.
New Mexico, 800 bales; 2 gin
neries.
North Carolina, 591,356 bales, o.
nc ginneries.
Oklahoma, 779,65O bales, OH gin
neries.
South Carolina, ~1,o9a,7o7 bales;
3,177 ginneries.
Tennessee, 2$s.434 bales; G6s
ginncries.
Texas. 2,14G,54S bales; 1915
g%inncries.
Virginia, s,212 bales; 1o1 gin
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-01-31
ONE BELIEVED Killed
Costly Fire Does big Damage in the
City Of Chicago.

A dispatch from Chicago says ono
man is believed to be Killed and over
Il score severely injured and a prop
crty loss Of $550,000 caused by a fire
which broke out in the printing cs-
adjustment OF the w. y. Dunn com
pony, Sunday night, and for q time
threatened to get beyond control Of
the fircmCn.
Tho building occupied by tho print
ing concern was completely Quilted
and tho Hotel Florence adjoining
also destroyed.
Guests In the latter, and also In
the Grand Pacific, were thrown in g
panic.
Famed by a mile-a-minuto gallo
tho flames beat nerccly against the
sky scrapers in tho compactly bull
| district.
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fashion as to be distinguishable from
the self we know and recognize. Con
sidercd from this point OF view, the
spectre Of II nocturnal visions is
extraordinarily interesting as a sub
joct Of study. What a pity hat VIC
cannot grasp it and study 1t at leis.
ure!
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SHE FOOLED HIM.
y Georgia Farmer Who Had Faith
i'm II Takers Story.

i'm n i'aNcr'S Story.
A special to The Augusta Chron-
icle says a Russell county farmer
claims to have lost $45 by consult
ing a clarivoyant in Columbus, Ga.
Slaughter had a barn of his burn
ed some weeks since, and came to the
~clairvoyant to find out who fired the
structure. He was told hat in ten
days he would be told, and the
mind reader" incidentally inform
ed him that gold vas to be found
on his land. He paid down $45 with
the agreement that he would be told
in ten days exactly where to locate
the gold. He returned when the ten
days were up, but the clairyoyant
had fed.