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The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-06-12
Let Justice lie Done.

Near Greer, in Spartanburg Coun-
ty a negro named Fowler shot and in
stantly killed a young white man of
nnsavory% reputation by the name Of
Boyce Stone, who was attempting to
o ttrage Fowler's wife. Fowler said
that he fastened to his home in re-
Spouse to his wife's calls for aid and
found three white men assailing her.
Stone knocked him down, but he re-
covered himself, seized his gun and
killed the would-be-ravisher. The
other men, Hammett and Duncan,
ran away. They we're later chased
by officers and arrested. lmmedia-
tely after the shooting Fowler sur
rendered himself to the sheriff.
Stone, who was a vicious young
desperate, seemed to have met a
deserved death at the hands of a ne
gro who was justified in protecting
his home. Strange to relate Magis-
trate Wood, who acted as coroner,
permitted the two men arrested as
accessories to criminal assault to APP
pear in the role Of principal wit
nesses, and that as the result of
their testimony their intended vic
tim is held as an accomplish to the
killing. by her husband, of the ring
leader in the assault!
Fortunately such travesty on JUS
tice was not allowed to stand. The
people of Greer were indignant
when they heard that Fowler's wife
and a number of other witnesses
had not been examined and because
the testimony of Hammctt and
Duncan at the hearing was at com
plcte variance with statements they
made in the hearing Of a number Of
responsible citizens prior to their ar
rest. Because Of these facts, which
convinced them that there had been
q miscarriage of justice, a number
Of prominent citizens headed by
Mayor Burgess, made representa-
ton to Deputy Sheriff Becknell suf-
Hcicntly strong to aus another
hearing before the coroner.
At this hearing the verdict was
practically the same as the first one,
but the charge of being an accom-
plice against Fowler's wife was dis
missed. The evidence was sutli-
GENTLY strong against Hammett and
Duncan to Justify their being held
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-06-12
Another Lie Set Adrift.

AS 0 o as one campaign lie on
Bryan is run down and choked off
another is started. Sometime ago
it was asserted that Bryan called on
Senator Tillman while he was in
Wdshington and begged the Senator
10 "lLndraw his objection to the IN.
struction Of the delegates from this
state. This vas such a clumsy and
~barcfaccd lie that only one or two
papers attempted to use it against
Mr.. Bryan, but they soon abandon
ed it as they soon found that no one
believed it. Then another yarn was
started that Mr.. Bryan had quit the
Presbyterian Church and joined the
Methodist Church, of which Mrs.
Bryan is a member. This lie will
have to run it's course like dozens of
others started about Mr.. Bryan as
he can't afford to notice the little
campaign lies that are set drift by
those who arc working in the in
terest of the Republican party and
the Trusts.
The latest lie started by the
agents Of the Republican party and
the Trusts on Mr.. Bryan is that if
he is nominated he will not run be-
cause he is so infatuated with the
idea of his money value as a plat
form lecturer, due to his political
prominence, that before he will risk
losing this opportunity of making
money by a possible defeat at the
polls, he will withdraw from the
race.
This lie which is the most absurd
yet started on MIR. Bryan, is credit
to one Koohlsaat, who was at one
time a Republican editor Of Chicago.
He says "Mr. Bryan must appreci-
ate that his value as a lecturer and
writer will be gone if he is nominal
ed and defeated for the third time.
On the other hand if he sacrifices
his political prospects by urging the
nomination of another man, he will
be hailed as a great patriot, and his
worth as a lecturer and publisher
will go upward with a great bound.
| He will be a bigger drawing card
than ever on the lecture stage"
This is about what Koohlsaat
would do if he was in Mr.. Bryan's
place and had his brains to make
a successful lecturer. 1t is impossi-
~~- ~rahhnre
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-06-12
TRANSMIT SIGHT APPARATUS.
Tclautophote VIII Bring Distant
pOintS to View.


In ,reiul0us minds will probably be
exercised over az announcement o.
the invention OF an instrument.
'ro"r a. Tho te'autC"hotu. which =
'ppn"taily Designed - bring all 6
mote part Of tie earth into closer
touch by rendering distant and per
aaps now invi" U.e objects to View.
TIC new mecn0nisn hv electrical
aid, T. is :aid, would cradle a New
vor'er te; ploning his wife In chi.
cago. ia tturn home to StuSy her
expressions during the conversation.
t wouII | akn'a San francisco prize
light or q Denver convention some
day as vi ible from the Flatiron
Building MS a Firth Avenue stage.
present, however. the ~tclauto-
photn will serve only as an attach
ment to the telephone, and its invcn-
tor. Mr.. Sidney Rothschild. Of No.
AL Eight Avenue, New York, states
tina In this connection it will give
complete satisfaction.
After two years OF arduous work,
ipcnCing hours every night at work
on his invention. Mr.. Rothschild, who
is but twenty~six years old, proved
his INVENTION n theoretical success.
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The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-06-12
Democratic convention of that. State
,,nOr SIC Io1onotoc 70 no,1n,

Democratic convention of that. State
upon it's delegates to Denver.
"Wednesday the Democrats of
New Hamshire held their convention
and elected delegates without in,
structions. The four men chosen
to represent the State at large, now
ever, + all for BRYAN, SO they will
swell the Ncbraskan's score. New
Hampshire has been counted against
Bryan heretofore, in the impartial
estimates Of the Denver convention
lineup. SO Bryan's capture of four
of the votes of the State in the ma,
tlonal convention is a marked gain,
which, while scarcely needed to in
sure his nomination. is still interest.
ing as indicating the trend Of party
sentiment.
The count now shows 4S7 dele
gates elected and instructed for Bry-
an and forty uuinstructed but practi-
cally assured to him. That is a to-
tai of 527 already in hand. a total
exceeding the majority of the con
vention's membership by exactly the
total number Of votes in sight for
Johnson, of Minnesota. There are
to be elected pa delegates who will
probably be for Bryan; and if these
materializc he will have TAI votes
certain on the first ballot. rs more
than the two thirds needed to nomi.
nate. That is without counting the
New York delegation. which. accord
ing to well Informed political obscr.
vers, will cast its solid strenG h Of rs
votes for the Nebraskan. The nom.
ination of Bryan has been a practi-
cal certainty for ma weeks and it
will soon be written upon the record
in actual figures"
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-06-12
liinling's Day on.

Literary enthusiasts are somewhat
likely 20 forget that authors are not
.iwdys Ike their works t least,
II ;ppc. rance and in thj connec-
Non an amusing story is told OF a
Young iady who had for years boon
an ardent admircr Of the Jungle
Cooks" and plain Talk from the
Kills"
I'll long she had been eager To- 500
- dol in the flesh. and n day. to
Ter great 10y, she was introduced.
Sat whcEi she met Mr.. Kipling faco
o +. @. the young lady's countcnan"e
fell somewhat, for she realized that
ne was not. after all, the exact coun-
telpart Of the Apollo she had pic
;drcd bin.
Are you 8udyard Kipiing?" she
oricl, staring at the author in dis
may
Mr.. Kirline naturally felt some
wh"' embarrassed. and murmured
YES mcckly.
Bat thoughts explained the
lady, VITO could not over her disap-
.roir tncrt, II thought I thought
o worN quite different"
- an oh, am, madam" MIR.
<i@liae FASTENED to assure her in
c~ouGdcnual tones. 81 am indeed!
Only. YOU see, this is my day Off,
Answers.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-06-12
Almost Human Intelligence.

Something new and interesting
florist. For a week or SO he mad
been bothered by ants that got into
boxes of seeds. which rested Oh q
shelf.
TO get rid OF the ants he put into
execution an old plan, which was to
place a meaty bone close by, which
the ants soon covered. deserving the
boxes of seeds.
AS soon as the bone vecame thick
ly inhabited by the little creepers
the florist tossed it into a tub OF
water. The ants having been wash,
ed OF, the bone was again put 10
use as a trap.
The florist bcthouS1lt himself THAI
he would save trouble by placing the
bone In the center OF n sheet Of ny.
paper, believing that the ants would
get caught on tho sticky ny-Dapaf
while trying to reach the food. But
tho florist was surprised to find that
the ants, upon discovering tho nature
OF the paper trap, formed a working
force and built a path on the u
clear to the bone.
The material for tho work was
sand, secured from a little pile near.
by. For hours tho ants worked
and when the path was completed
thoy made their way over Its dry sur.
face In couples, as In a march. to tho
bone.-Nature.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-06-12
Negro Republics Failures.

The appeal of Liberia for aid to
the United States confirms the edi-
torial that appeared in The State q
few days ago on the decay OF the
Back Republics. The State says
tn" eyes of the thinking men of
ttc word nave nrrn On Llbclla 1or
a long time as he most perfect ex-
pertinent of a negro republic and as
a test of the negro to rule himself
under the most favorable conditions,
and the result is proof that the
race is and will always be, the infant
in the of men on earth" The
views expressed by The State in the
article we copy below is held by
many of the best friends the negroes
had at the North. Take Charles Fran
els Adams as an example. He has
become convinced that the negro is
incapable Of self-government and
that separated from the white man
he has no future, He has reached
this conclusion after studying the
negro for nearly fifty years. Here
is what The State says:
The fate Of the black republics
is one Of the most striking, and at
the same time me of the most de-
pressing, facts in modern history.
There were no negro nations in
ancient times, at least none that
could properly be SO called; and it
is only in very recent times that the
experiment of a genuinely black ma
ton has been assayed. There arc
now but three OF these independent
black rcpuhlics---Liberia Haiti, and
San Domingo. The causual classiti-
cation of Abyssinia among negro
nationa!itics is, Of course, due to
c%arelessness or ignorance. The true
A~bysSinians I of the liamitic
type, q people very much more ad-
vanced and very much more richly
endowed than the negro. Leaving
out of consideration the petty and
mongrel principalities and so called
States Of Darkest Africa, the only
real negro governments of the world
are the three we have mentioned
Liberia, which we founded; Santo
Domingo, which we control; and
Haiti, which we govern. All are
manifestly doomed to early EXITING
ton.
Liberia seems confronted by at
! least two dangers. either of which
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-06-12

t"an the main cell chat every point
rpYrrcl "hr controlling coli thus
'rHn5 ornS every point OF light into
N electrical Impulse ANA sends 1t
by wire to a distant receiving sta
mn.
VI tho receiving 'tatiOn is Il Dcit.
with ~p"rrcndicl' ar slots. rotating so
Lat a pulley with horizontal Slots
,;.>sinG ii causes points Of light to
jpnCar as one SLOT meets another. The
ign ON" from a vacuum tube with
the belt. and 1t varies n accord
wi,' the intensity O: the electrical
aren't from the sending station
iotn receiving and sending apparatus
$ 7 spontaneously By regulated mo,
OrH.
The ltght which appears at the
ols varied at each point to the
-. d,srce with the light at the
transmitting station, throws tho fig
are seen at the transmitting
.:aUon through a lens lpon
3rouhd glass screen. As the
hcnomonon of continuation OF Wis.
o." rrours in the moving picture, the
.arNing figures on the screen. which
appear as lighted by a single fash,
proScnt every movement Of the oh
oct ~iiscerned.
Mr. Rotchsch,ld was born in New
rk II WAS n graduatA of its pab-
ic ) uUOiS. He early undertook tha
study o.. electricity, building motors.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-06-12

a orincipie anu tne oiuer oI ms su-
porlor. so that the first question
asked by Il prospective recruit is the
momcntous question OF pay, and his
hrSt mental action is a comparison
between the soldier pay and that OF
his former occupation. The attrac-
tive recruiting posters do not state
much about the aetna advantages OF
d soldiers HE from a patriotic point
OF view; they dwell upon the pay
ana the allowances. II icy or
course upon the change OF life In
volVed.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-06-12
Bryan sins Nircnt Lead

The Charleston Post has been do
ing some figuring on the Democrat
ic nomination for President, and
finds that "of 1913 delegates elected
last week to the Democratic nation
al convention, 154 were instructed
for Bryan and two are favorable to
his nomination. Twelve uninstruct-
delegates were elected, who are be-
lieved to be favorable to Judge
Grav. Johnson. of Minnesota. got
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-06-12
THE SOLDIERS BUSINESS.
a Modern Army Should be OrgaDiH,
ed So As no Attract Good Men.

q oSsS army pi'outN nc Nfg1%b''
cd So As no Attract Good Men.
IN the old days Of chivalry the
soidior did not receive direct pay 81
the exact sense that he Toes today
Lat .oi his scr.it.'a rewards " az
due. and necessarily SO. to preserve
III HIM prope! 5ubord nation. His
Keep II his weapons were furnish.
e. him by his "uvel~lorl," aud with
t>eli food and laiment, and certain
I.iriiegcs pertaining 10 his art. now
know ana included in the modern
term loot
The rule has passed down the ages
ttat Il fiShting nan must needs fight
for something more substantial than
prlncipio. and more satisfying h u
patriotism, sc that ven in the Rev.
oluIion, the obscure pages OF history,
~ found this momcntous question OF
pay, and right troubling as it was at
that time.
In the War of 1912, a better rcgu,
lation had come into effect and the
allowances for rationS and clothing
and pay were saner and more salts.
Tying, as indeed was true in the
h''ei ""i win MeHiGo' ana IN the
s'e"' .tepei'loh OF sol me slde
"oh "hlch had lhe money Dehlnd IT;
we armies "hlch were icd II cloth
gu an" PAID were maintained NJ
cne'.i'c S.'ehs'h during the terri
bic later days struggles, While The
less fortunate opponents found theft
fighting strength dwindling away,
true perhaps, owing TO physical ex.
''"''io"' pu' heNeltncless equally
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-06-12

for in that year the Hearst papers
fought single-handed for his cause.
The effect of such a total absence Of
journalistic support in New York
city can only be surmised. In the
Empire State, New Jersey and Con-
rec,icut. the solid opposition of the
cliy press that is most read might
be very disastrous to Mr.. Bryan,
but in the Middle West ard trans
Mississippi region it is possible that
the spectacle would do him more
good than harm. The West. be-
fore it votes, will ask, perhaps, how
| Wall street feels, ard if it should
appear that Mr.. Taft was the only
candidate that the New York press
tolerated, the outcome might not be
easy to predict. Those who most
earnestly desire Mr.. Bryan's defeat
would be better pleased by far if
one or two Of the New York papers,
for the sake Of the moral effect up
on the entire country, would sup
port him." All the so-called Demo
cratic papers in New York, are
trust ridden. and their opposition to
the peoples candidate should bring
the balance Of the country to his
support. Bryan's tremendous hold
on the people is the result Of the
war made on him by papers in all
the cities Of the country owned and
controlled by men who are the ben
~eiciaries of the special privileges
granted them by the Republican
party to fleece the people out Of
their hard earned dollars. Some of
these papers that are published in
the South claim to be Democratic
because the Republican party is not
strong enough in their localities to
support them, but they are really
Republican in all but name. Happi.
ly such papers have no influence, as
the people have found them out.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-06-12
Kcw York Fights Bryan.

cit begins to look as if Mr.. Bry-
an, in cas- he were nominated at
Denver, would not have a single
newspaper Of consequence in New
York city supporting his candidacy"
says the Springfield Republican.
"The Hearst papers will have their
W sideshow this year. The World
has worked itself into such a fury
of opposition to the nomination that
support in the campaign is evidently
out of the question. The Times and
Brooklyn Eagle would pass a years
dividends rather than to have any
thing to do with the unspeakable
one. The Sun is clearly preparing
to support Mr.. Taft on the ground
that he would prove conservative in
the presidency. Wall street and The
Sun will not be far apart in this
matter. Mr.. Bryan, therefore, is
likely to enjoy less newspaper favor
in the big city than in 1896 even,
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-06-12

and killed another mar out in the
West. From what we can hear
Fowler did the proper thing in rid
ding the earth of such a monster.
When killed ne was attempting to
commit a most hienous crime and
we are glad to know that the good
VIII tie people Of Greer are deter
mined to see that Fowler gets just
ice.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-06-12
ENpcCtln1 Defeat,

A staff correspondent of the Bal
timore Sun writing from Washing
ton says "the of opinion
at the capitol, if it could be accur-
ately as%certained, would disclose a
belief on the part Of the Republi-
cans that their party is confronted
with a prospect of defeatin the next
election both as to the Presidency
and as to the control Of the House
Of Representatives.. Moreover, some
Of them are reconciled to defeat in
anticipation, believing that through
it alone can the country escape the
consequences Of Mr.. Roosevelt's
usurpation Of power and their own
weakness to resist him. To some ex-
tent their nonrcsistance is due to
their belief that defeat is bound to
follow at the polls and their desire
to escape the responsibility for this
defeat being placed upon them
through their having made a breech
IN the party organization by open re
sistance Of the executive" 1t will
be seer from the above that the Re-
publicans don't think Bryan is such
an easy candidate to beat as some
of our Southern papers would have
us believe.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-06-12
Barley Cured Bcri-Iseri.

Some time go, the rice supply be-
Ing hort, prisoners in Japanese jail9
were fed largely on barley. Tho re.
suit was the immediate cessation OF
new bel ,-beri cases.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-06-12

FRANCE has imposed an income
tax on government securities. and
as more taxation will be necessary
here to meet Republican eXtrava-
gance and loss Of revenues by req
son of vicious policies, we may have
to eventually, like France. tax in
comes on government bonds.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-06-12

throw round the turbid black do
minion the widening boundaries of
the imperial republic. The other is,
Of course, the inherent decay Of ali
black governments. The race in its
unmixed strains, has yet shown 10
trace of political ability. Whatever
capacity it has had here and there
in politicol affairs has come through
an infusion of Caucasion blood. Ii
IBERIA, therefore, is about as good as
done for. 1t has utterly failed to
provide a rallying point for negro
progress and civilization. a nucleus
Of the future negro power. Even
now its submergencies into Darkest
Africa--commingling its own blood
with that of the parent stock
would, if anything, add a little
darker augmentation to the darkes
region of the world.
''As to the other black republics.
whose case may be treated al
most as if they constituted but a
single petty domain, as they make
up but a single island, the peril that
lowers v e them is partly political.
| rti ~ OiAii Sio't PoI liy VI tIlC
warp and wool of that modern few
cr of the nations--imperialism.
They also are beset by the danger of
decay from within. and would soon
perish of that malady. were it not
that a surcr and swiftcr fate awaits
them. The first visions that France
and America had of a canal through
the Isthmus of Panama marked the
doom of both these black republics
as it very likely marked the doom of
of other petty dominions and loosely
moored islands of the seas in which
are "the still-vexcd Bcrmoothes,"
though no longer remote or n
pied or undesircd. When the Pan
am canal became q necessity in the
further development or commerce
along lines that would continue to
favor this country, the doom Of
these little black splotches on the
map became as certain and as I'M
changeabie as a decree Of the Modes
and Persians."
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-06-12

AS the capacity Of Republican
Congressman diminiShes their trick
mess increases.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-06-12

DAVID b. Hill is going abroad and
will be absent during the Presidcn.
tial campaign. 1t is a pity nc did
not go abroad in 1896 instead Of
helping to carry New York against
the Democracy. All such men as
Hill ought to come out openly for
the Republicans.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-06-12

THE Republican ''let US alone"
platform won't do. We want tar
if and currency reform; we want
some real trust busting; we want
the railroads properly curbcd. The
party that lets things alone should
be put out Of business.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-06-12

a TEXAS woman committed sui
eide because her husband did not
kiss her goodbye,
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-06-12

EVEN the four delegates elected
last week to Denver from Florida
turns out to be for Bryan, Looks
like the Great Commoner will cap.
ture ell the doubtful" States.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-06-12
The Federal rcns,on I.,s,.

The Virginian Pilot says: Forty
, three years have passed since the
fall of the Confcdcracy. Yet there
are still moro than a million names
on the federal pension list, or 400
600 more than were enrolled from
first to last in the armies of the
South. The appropriation for sup
port Of these pensioners aggregates
for the coming year $lG0, 600, 900, or
nearly six times greater than they
We're 80 years ago. The bounty has
been extended to collateral objects
from time to time. until now the
bulk of it goes to persons other than
the veterans. In q New England
village Of today a survivor Of the
Civil war who is unmarried is
sought after by the young girls of
the vicinity as though he were a
youthful Adonis; for when he tot
tcrs to the grave already yawning
before him the widow will fall heir
to his annuity and can then seek a
u'' on WIZ noi ie", S"~ee'near>
We are told that in that section a
superannuated soldier stands no
moro chance of escaping the clutch
Of one of these rapacious Hcbes
than a Junebug would of cscane
when thrown into a coop of turkeys.
No one objects to supporting the
men who actually fought the bat
ties of the Union; but it is pretty
hard to be taxed for the benefit Of
an army of substitutes. bummcrs
and lately made wives and widows
anu hc'lctlous ueacenoahtS'
A Johnson Bureau sends out the
following: "The Chicago Tribune
is authority for the statement that
William Iopn;nrc p,.u,n l au.1