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Heart toHeart
 Talks.
By EDWIN A. N
Copyright. 1908. by Edwin A. N---.
HIS SACRIFICE.

At the town of Paris, Ill.. Lawrence Friend, a railroad brakeman. died to save his fellow men.
 It was this way:
 A heavily loaded passenger train was approaching at high speed. The freight train on which the brake man was employed stood on the track. The engineer of the passenger train did not know that. In flash Law renee Friend saw his duty. It might mean death to him. Nevertheless he threw the switch. The train went on to the siding and was saved.
 But the brave brakeman was caught in the wheels and ground to death.
 Somebody had blundered.
 It may have been the train dispatch CT who made the mistake or an en gineer or a conductor. However that may be, when the man was wanted at his post to die he was there.
 He gave to the supreme moment all he had-his life.
 Of course there was an "investipa- tion," which means that the railroad officials charged some employee with neglect or breach of duty and that the employees showed the lack of safety appliances, and so on, after the man. ner of such hearings.
 Lawrence Friend was dead. He had not stopped to argue. His not to ques- tion why. his not to make reply. bis but to do and die. And on the instant ho q ba
 He died for his fellows.
 Men do that every day.
 Sometimes we say that men are no longer moved by noble motives. We say the age is commercialized. We say men will do nothing except they be paid in dollars or in position
 It is not true.
 EspeelallH is 1t untIae of the great host Hf railroad mer who hourly put their lives ill jeopardy and whose in- itlal instinct it is to save the lives of those who are given over to their care
 tnd in the rank and file of our indus trial army men are found as brave az any soldier on any battlefield-every, :, day heroes of our common l'fo
 1nese N r"n -e,en show a supreme courage and disintcres'e1 motive. and their deeds are matters of course. a part Of their days work.
 Lawrence Friend had no tilau"ht of being called heroic. It was bis duty to save the train. He did it as he would do any other duty Of the day and took the consequences,
 Tn the olden days acts of heroism were so rare that mon'iments and shrines were built to mark them Places of self sacriflce were holy.
 All places are holy where nan dies to save his fellow man. Measured thus. there is much of holy ground on our .Arlerican soil
 And SO. were there shrines to mark tlc places nf self sacrifice. one would "ocd; he built hy the side of that witch at Paris.
 The man@led body of Lawrence Friend lying bv the side of the track, waS a holy e"r'.f"c
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-09-08
WASHINGTON FARMER
 SHOT FROM AMBUSH
R7sssss.s.e'5s5:sESs1 fIsF1Ts:ss

Prairie Grove, Sept. 7.-J. w. Mur- ray, prominent farmer, was shot from ambush at D. m., yesterday and killed. He lived two miles north of Lincoln Bloodhounds were brought from Fayetteville and the murderer was chased to a point where he mount ed horse and escaped. The author- ities have strong suspicious of his identity, but refuse to disclose the name of the suspect.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-09-08
NEW RAILROAD LAW
 IN GEORGIA

Atlanta. Sept. 5.-Like Texas the Georgia legislature has passed a law requiring railroads to use electric headlights on the locomotives of all through trains. Representatives of the railroads say that the law will be resisted as unconstitutional, on ac- count of compliance with the reg
 ulations relating to bills which are passed in one house and rejected in the other, and which subsequently, are exchanged by one house or the other.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-09-08
NEWPORT ELE-
 VATOR BURNS

Newport, Sept. IT .e American Wholesale Grocer grain elevator was struck by lightning at 9 o'clock last night and burned to the ground with the refrigerator plant and the freight sheds, the loss being about s35,000, heavily insured.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-09-08

41tnred at Postoncs aI Pine BluR. A1k, % second class mail matter.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-09-08

Impure blood runs you down makes you an easy victim for organic diseases. Burdock Blood Bitters puri- fies the blood-cures the cause builds you up.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-09-08

Baby won't suffer five minutes with croup if you apply Dr. Thomas Eclec tric Oil at once. It acts like magic.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-03-27
SEN. TILLMAN SICK
HAS BEEN QUITE ILL FOR SEW
ERAi. DAYS.
But His Physicians DO Not Fear
Anything Immediately Serious
From Present Attack.

The State says it was reported
from Trenton, S. c.. Saturday that
Senator b. II. Tillman is quite a sick
man. II is said that he is not in
an alarming condition, but that he
Will not be able to return to his
duties for some time. Dr. j. w. Bah
cock, superintendent OF The State
Hospital for the insane, who went
down TO Trenton TO see Senator Till
man, came back Saturday night and
gave out the following statements:
Senator Tillman Was taken seri-
ously i'll Thursday night. He spoke
Monday in Washington and after
two days at Clemson College he went
to his home at Trenton, complain
ing Of the heat. That night he had
an attack. evidently due to ha I'd
work, and the unusual heat, which
produced nervous trouble similar to
that from which he suffered three
years ago when he consulted eminent
specialists in Philadelphia. who did
not find any signs Of organic disease.
After q short rest the senator was
soon at his post again.
TN the present attack the old
symptoms of nNmbncSS and tingling
of the left side have returned. but
they are %lcssening in the last "a
hours. Ills physicians, Drs. Hunter
and BabcOrk are Hgrrpd that there
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-03-27
MOB LYNCHEs TWO MEN.
Florida Farmers Shoot Two Alleged
MuIdcrcrS to Death.

At Perry, Fla, tween one and two
O'Clock Friday morning a mob OF
armed citizens surrounded the
county jail and took Richard Smith
and viii McMullcn, both charged
with murder, from the Jail CARRYING
them quietly to a secluded spot on
the outskirts OF the town, whore hey
were securely tied to a post and their
bodies riddlcd With bullets.
The bodies were fornl early next
morning 10y the authorities. Smitl.
Was charged with the murder of a
whit" mar a few DAYS ago and Nc
Mullen was awaiting trial Tor the
murder of another negro. Nc
Mullen VAS a desperate character.
and 4 few days ago ovcrpowcred the
Tailor, king his escape. He was
rccapturcu by Marchal Hawkins.
The citizens OF Perry are Of the
opinion that the mob was formed OF
farmers Of the surrounding country.
no further trouble is feared, 4
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-03-27
THEY ARE NEEDED.
SOUTH BEFORE THE
HOUSE COMMITTEE.
Delegations from Columbia, Orange
burg and Sumter Present Claims
Of Their Towns.

sto
Tho{ Washington of
The News and Courier says Column
bia, Orangeburg and Sumter. through
their representatives. had a hearing
Thursday before a subcommittee on
buildings and grounds with refer
enCc to securing Federal appropria-
tons for public buildings i'm those
places. These delegations were com
posed of the following: From sum
ter, r. |. Naming, Marion Noise. Geo.
d.. Shore, II, II. Reardon, DR.. j. A.
Mood and w. II. Seal; from Colum-
bia, b. +. Taylor, Geo. ID. Higgins.
Willie Jones. Dr.. Cain, f. II. Hyatt.
Micah jenkins and II. B. Stackhousc;
from Orangcburg Mayor j. w. IL.
Dukes, r. II. jennings, j, w. Bow
man and A. d. Webster. These gen
tlemcn were met upon arrival at
Washington by Representative Lev
er and showed every possible atten-
ton.
At 1880 O'Clock the hearing be
gan. While the arguments put forth
by the different speakers were in
the main the same, they differed in
a few particulars. MesSrS, Manning,
Noise and Shore, who spoke in be-
half Of Sumter, called attention to
the fact that their town was the best
in the State, which statement was at
once challenged by Columbia and
OranEeburg. They said all they want
ed was for The members " the COM
mittee who had this matter in hand
to so there and they would see that
their town was entitled to better post
Office quarters than it now enjoy
ed.
For Orangeburg Messrs. Bowman
and Webster called attention 10 the
rapid growth Of their town, and said
that from a hamlet With practically
no business to speak Of few gears
,ago.;it had grown in the last ten
years to afp!nce OF such Importance
ashamed Of its present DC&toticc
building. Every phase OF Orange
burg 5 commercial life wa touched
upon. Postmaster Webster conclud
ed his remarks By statiE% tl,at AT the
present time Orangchurg WAS trans
acting its postal business in Il build
ing p by 81 feet, and that the com
mcvcial interests of the town and
the people demanded butter iacili
ties.
For Columbia there appeared Il t.
TAYLOR, Postmaster lluggns and Mo
ior Micah jenkins They told at
some length the story of ColuG>",a $
rise from the ashes OF war aud her
commercial Importance OF the pres
cnt time. +. II. Hyatt told the COM
mittcc that Columbia was like The
little boy who had outgrown Ills
pants, he ought to hay" u new pair,
Of if he couldn't have a new pair his
old ones ought TO mo patched That,
he said. was the condition in Column
bia With respect to the postothc"
building.
The members Of the committees
asked numbers Of questions and seem
cd interested in the information
given them. 1t is probable that Nh
Lever viii havc a delegation visit
South Carolina some Time during
the present session OF CONGRESS- 20
take a look AT the places Wapilh@
Federal aid, and he viii cndnaNor t"
convince them that Columbia ou%hl
TO have $500 900 with which to en-
large her present buildimG; sumter
100000 Tor cnlarging here: and or
.onurhurp 100000 with which to
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-03-27
TWO ELEPHANTS AT LARGE
Escape from Circus in Florida and
Make for Georgia.

Chief OF palicc Dampicr. Of Val
doSta, Ca, received Il telegram from
the Van Ambcrg Shows. at White
Springs, Fla, stating that two OF
their elephants and escaped and were
headed Tor Naldosta, where the cir
Gus wintcrcd
later reports which have reached
mere say the elephants have beer sur
rounded ne miles from Gcona, Fla,
by a Gro l Of farmers With guns,
and that the big animals were fred
upon. the shots only infuriating
them and causing them to dash away.
Three or four trainers from the
circus are hurrying to the scene to
try and capture them. kilograms
from White Springs say the people in
the country through that section are
almost tcrrorizcd and are organizing
in great numbers for a big elephant
hunt. &
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-03-27

BADLY Burned by Coming I'm Contact
With a Live Wire on the Streets
Of Florence.
A dispatch from Florence to The
News and Courier says the biggest
Verdicts ever awarded by a Florence
county jury were recorded Thursday
IN the cases of Mrs. Maude Laughlin
and her little son, Lawrence Laugh
lin, both of whom were horribly
burned by an electric wire in Flrr.
ence last August, against the Flor
chcc Electric Light and Power Com
pany and the Southern Public Service
Mrs. Laughlin, who
asked $4,000 damages, was award
ed $4,000. and Lawrence Lauyhlin.
whose suit was for $4,000 damages,
obtained a verdict for $4,000.
Judge Dantzler promptly oyerrul-
ed a motion for a new trial. as no
had previously overruled a motion
Tor a %non-suit, based on the ground
that it had not been proven that the
Southern Public Corporation was in
any way connected with the Flo -ence
Light and Power Company. The case
viii be appealed to the Supreme
Court. This was one OF the biggest
cases ever tried in the Court Of Com
mon Pleas in this county.
Mrs. I.auglin is the wife Of Mr..
George w. Laughlin Of Florence.
The injuries for which she has been
awarded damages were received on
the 18th OF last August, while she
was trying to rescue little Lawrence
her only son. who had become en-
tagled in the street near the corner
of Ravenel and Chcevcs streets. Both
mother and son were so badly in
jurcd that it became necessary to
amputate Mrs. ~Laughlin's right hand
and right foot, and the larger por-
ton OF Lawrcncc'S right hand. <
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-03-27
SHOOTING or JUDGE BUCHANAN
Fntal Bullet Accidentally Fired by
One of Two Boys.

A dispatch from Edgefield says 1t
is now certain hat the ball that
killed Ex-Judgc Buchanan came
from a rifle in the hands Of II Of
two boys who were hunting. and it
is authoritivcly stated that the shoot
ing was entirely accidental. While
the boys are known, the informant
OF the correspondent OF The News
and Courier at Wards refused to
give names, nor have they, so far as
is known here, beer made public or
any confession or statement made
as to their unfortunate, though not
criminal, connection with tho sad af-
fair. No omcial Investigation has
been made. "
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-03-27
DROPS DEAD.
While Looking ut the Corpse Of p
Drowned Baby.

In Dunklin Township, in Green
vile County, three miles from Green
willie, the l-year-old child Of Joe Say
les, colorcd, fell into Il tub which
drowned. The child's mother had
left it alone to go into the house and
when she returned it was dead.
The news quickly spread through
the neighborhood and a number OF
people gathered at the house, among
them Joe Jordan, the 1~S-year-old
son of Mr.. j. b. Jordan. He walked
up to the tub, in which the child had
been drowned, looked at it and drop
ped dead.
Mr.. Jordan says his son had a mar
row escape from drowning in tho
same name when a child. The hoy
had a weak heart and it Is supposed
that the recollection OF his narrow
escape when n child and the horror
OF the negro child's death caused q.
shock to his system which resulted
in his death.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-03-27
NEGRO CHILDREN BURNED
Three PickanninnicS Perish in IL Fire
Near Wnlhalla.

Three negro children persisted in
the flames when the house of ELLA
Davis, Il colorcd man living rear Wal
hu,ia, was burned Thursday night.
-Four Children alone in the house
were playing with n torch mead q
sack OF seed cotton, which caught
fire, lgnlting their clothin6. Though
tho door stood open the three young
est children were too f~reightoncd to
6ssapa. "
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-03-27
RAN AWAY FROM SCHOOL.
Young BOY Killed While Riding Un-
dcrncath Express Car.

Young Dean. the son Of a promi~
nent citizen Of Langley. was killed
Tuesday afternoon on the electric car
limo between Langley and Warren
vile, near Aiken. 1t seems that he
slipped off or ran away from school,
and got on the Augusta-Aiken X
press car. 1t is supposed that he
either fell off or was shaken off,
falling on the track and was then
run over by the car. The mon on
the express car, it is said, did not
know anything about the matter and
the boy remained on the track until
tho car bound for Aiken came up a
little later. The affair is avery de-
plorablo one
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-03-27
RObbCr Injured.

A dispatch from ASheville to The
state says in an effort to make a
quick "get away" after he had brok-
on into and robbed the Arden post
Office, william Millor, a young man
from South Carolina, attempted to
board q MOVING freight train, but
fell beneath the wheels. One foot
waa cut of and he 10 otherwise badly
Injured. "
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-03-27
TALE OF Horror.
Men and Women Beaten on Ger
tain Islands.
HORRIBLE PICTURE

Seen Children Beaten Until Their
1Sp blood Covered the Ground Around
Cocoa Plantations. Plea to Por-
tugcse Government to Have 1t
Stopped.
At Washington a vivid description
Of atrocities alleged to be perpetuat-
ed upon slave laborers on cocoa plan
tations on the Stands Of Principe
and Saint Thome, Portuguese West
Africa, was given in an address on
"Children's Lives in Africa" by
Gen. Joubert Pienaer, Of South AZ
RIGA, of the International congress on
auspices Of tho National Mothers
Congress.
"The atrocities | have witnessed
in Portuguese West Africa have TAX
ax,n such a hole upon me-" declared
Gen. Pienacr, that | cut myself
loose from all my business and leav-
ing my family thousands Of miles
away, | have cOnscCrated my life to
the freeing of the men and women
that are daily being done TO death
and the little children that ] lave
seen beaten until the blood flowed TO
the ground"
The speaker said hat he had form
ed an association with the intention
Of petitioning the Portuguese gov
eminent on behalf of the slaves to
establish missionary settlements to
c~iviliYe II Christianize them and
to act as Il guard over the slave
trade and to report the atrocities TO
the association
"This seems to me-" he said, the
only effective way of putting a stop
to this iniquity." He asked for the
J. support or the Mothers Congress in
his mission of humanity. #S.,
After stating chat :" the cruolties
,meted out to those degraded human
beings on the mainland were be-
yond description" General Picnaer
continues: 'childrcn are torn from
The breasts OF mothers and sold as
slaves. Slaves in the employ Of their
task masters are beaten 60 death,
Yln,en aud Womcn and child"9n arc
mutilated. OFTEN a native has been
doue to death he is Qu.ctercd and
the different portions OF his body are
hung on the trees to tcrroriIr the
other natives.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-03-27
ASSISTANT OBSERVERS WANTED
weather Bureau Service Offers OPP
] p%oltunity to IounG Men.

An opportunity is offered young
me to become assistant Observers in
the United States Weather bureau
through the civil service, as 'Xami-
nations will be held by the civil ser
vice commission OF April 18TH, PROV
imo, at the following places in South
Carolina on that day: Charleston,
Columbia and G~rccnville.
The position Pays $3.50 with the
prospect of rapid promotion after the
probationary period of SIX months
has ended. Application for informa-
ton in relation to the examinations,
and for admission to the same,
should be addressed TO the u. ). Civ
il Service Commission, Washington,
ID. c.. r
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-03-27
FIGHT "A DUEL.
Gen. Fock MortaIly Wounds Cen.
Smlrnoff.at Close Range.
PISTOLS WE'RE USED.

ficcr's Qualities in Memorandum
.on seige OF Port Arthur. puel
Takes Place in RcgimentaI Riding
School in st. Petersburg i'm the
Presence Of Men n Women.
At st. Petersburg, Russia, Lieut.
General Smirnof was probably fat
ally wounded in a duel fought We'd
nesday morning with Lieut.. Gen.
Fock.
The men were in the riding school
Of the Chevalier Guard regiment and
fought with pistols, standing close
to each other when the shots were
exchanged.
The duel was caused by a memo
randum written by Gen SmirnoT on
the seige OF Port Arthur, in which
he questioned the courage Of Gen.
Fock.
The latter considered that his hon
or and reputation was involved and
challenged the author Of the memo
randum.
The duel, occurred with the full
knowledge and appreciation Of tho
military authorities. 1t was Witness
cd by several officers OF high rank.
and it is even reported that several
women we're present.
Shortly before 10 o'clock Gems.
Flock and Smirnoff appeared at the
riding school. Without saluting they
too the places assigned by their
seconds.
The duelists were instructed to
fire until one or the other was hit.
AT Rocks fourth shot Smirnoff groan-
and sank wounded in the abdo-
above the hip.
The word fire" was given by Gen.
Kirsieff. the Russian authority on
duelling.
At the third exchange SmirnoT
accidentally fired prematurely, but
Flock magnanimously declined TO
shoot at a defenceless opponent, and
the fourth and final shots were then
exchanged.
The duel will be followed by
another between Fock and Gen. Cor
batoffsky who was criticised by
Flock during the court-martial pro-
ccedings.
Gen Smirnoff was acting
dant Of the Port Arthur fortress dur
ing the seige and at the time Of it's
surrender to the Japanese. After his
return to Russia he prepared a Sc
report Of the defense Of Port Ar
thur which was the basis of the
indictments on which Gen. Stossel,
Gen. Fock and Gen. Reiss were tried
for their lives before court mar
tial.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-03-27
Fatal Explosion.

The boiler at tho saw mill Of G.
w. Moore at Homeland, Ga, blew
up Friday morning, killing Mr..
Moore, the proprietor, Instantly, and
seriously scaldlng three other mon
Mr.. Moore was one OF tho wealthiest
men in that section Of tho State. =
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-03-27
Shot Vito and Self.

Mad with love for another woman,
determined to sever the bonds that
bound him to a woman he did not
lovo, George Willoughby, prominent
in business and church circles al
Milwaukee. Wis, shot his wife dead
Friday morning and twice wounded
himself. '
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-03-27
Jumped Eiyc Storics.

AT New York Mrs. Sarah Schcrry,
a dcspondont widow, killed herself
ny diving from the front window of
her tlfth-story apartment at Ga east
l03rd Street into a crowd OF women
on tho sidewalk, most OF them who
had children In arms or II baby car
ttaGaa, .
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-03-27
legally Mnngcd.

At La Grange, Ga, Ingram Cana
dy, a negro assailant, VAS hanged in
1:l6 O'Clock. Cnnady was convicted
OF the last November torn OF court
OF crminally assaulting Mrs. Rosa
JoaeB. Q
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-03-27
THE COTTON CROP
FOR hAsT YEAR GOES OVER
ELEVEN MILLION BALES.
The Census Report Issued by the
department of Agriculture Gives
the Total Figures.

NDephPtment of Agriculture Gives
the Total Figures.
The census report issued Friday
SHOWS that the cotton CROP grown in
l9of aggregated 11,361,16S running
oaies, counting round as half bales
and Including linters, and showed a
total ofS27,b77 active g]inneries for
1907 This is against l~3,3O5,2G5
oalesEfnt 1906, and 1~0,725,602 in
1905.S
me statistics include 177,646
oales returned as remaining to be
ginned after the tiem of the Marcn
canvass. The total number Of run
hlng Sbales as given is equivalent to
ll,3Q2sS72 OF SOC pounds each.
me average gross weight Of the
bales for 1907 is SOILS pounds. The
item Tor the crop Of 1907 are TO-
798.,b96 square bales; 19S.549 round
bales; S6.79S sea island bales: 1885,
54s round bales; S6,793~ sea island
bales; linters 276.5OO bales.
Ine number Of running bales by
states follows: Alabama 1,126,02S;
Arkansas 76O.162. Florida 57,816,
Georgia 1~,S91.90O. Kansas 81, Ken
lucky 4,205. Louisiana 67G,Sz3, Mis-
sissippi 1~,464.207, Missouri 35,-
9s7J New Mexico Az, North Caro-
Ina 648.517. Oklahoma S64,lO6.
South Carolina ~1,175,"75, Tennessee
274,b36, Texas 2,27l,724, Virginia
9.486, kentucky's total includes lin
ters OF establishments in Illinois and
Virginia.
The Enters included 2T6.50O bales
for'f907, 322,064 for 1906 and 23O,-
497 for 1905. Round bales arc t9S,
$40 for 1907, 26S,219 for 1906, and
279,S36 for 1905. Sea island bales
are S6,S93 for 1907, $3.50 for 1906,
1l2,b39 for 1905.
Average gross weight of the bales
for 1907, including lintcrs as given,
is against SOLO for 1906, that OF
the rolnd bales is 246.1 pounds for
1907 compared with 245.1 for 1906,
,anaftbeSsea island 391.6 pounds for
itsv,, a3mparod with 3S7.2 Tor
1906. -
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-03-27
Ten Were Injured.

Ten persons were injured, mono
seriously, In q trolley car accident ae
philadelphia yesterday.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-03-27

HEAVY
GIVEN MOTHER AND LITTLE SON
WHO WE'RE

BADLY Burned by Coming ia Contact
With a Live Wire on the Streets
Of Florence.