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The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-03-13
The PRESENT HOT SPELL.
Is q Record Breaker AS tho Record
VIII Show.

The high temperature Of Sunday
was q record breaker for the first
ur"nde * March. having risen 10
SO degrees. The previous highest
temperature for the same decade Of
4harch was 81 degrees on the Sd and
4th in 1899. This was followed in
about two days by q minimum tenn
perature OF 81 degrees, causing what
greenness that had appeared to turf
to withcred black.
The highest March temperatures
in the last p years occurred on the
22d and 90 in 1894, followed on the
24th by q minimum temperature Of
PA degrees. The trees were green
with tender foliage, which was com
plctcly destroyed. Roses were in full
bloom and the rare spectacle was pre-
scented of full blown roses encasod
in a half inch covering of clear ice,
rain having fallen when the surface
temperature was below freezing. In
that year fruit was largely destroyed
and many forest trees in which the
sap had risen burst their bark and
died from the effects Of the sap hay
ing frosen beneath the bark.
The present hot spell is not gencr-
al, the temperature in the upper
Mississippi valley having been from
zero to rs degrees below zero Sun
day and the line Of freezing temper
atures carried along the Rockies to
the Mexican border south Of Arizona.
The entire cotton belt shared in the
unusually high temperatures during
the last few days.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-03-13

himself with his own particular can
die.
In a moment we are in the gallery.
the hot cutters over onto our I'm
gers and We slant the candles back to
the horizontal.
At the end Of a long gallery. where
4 second shaft descends. We cump out,
penetrate a gloomy, narrow passage
In which heaps Of ore lie waiting to
be trucked away, and c~rOucn.ng enter
from below n little chamber. some 8
by s feet, blasted in the rock.
Here, where the air is still fun Of
tho odor Of geliEnite. is a driller at
work with his machine. we squeeze
ourselves Nat and bend low against
the sloring walls and watch.
The heavy iron arm shoots out and
In, striking the face OF the rock tull
square perhaps hfty times a minute,
every blow falling with the weight
Of 200 poNnds. twisting as it strikes
as if TO bore through what it cannot
break away. Tie man behind the
drill turns on uS an impaSsivr face.
No one speaks or would be heard FOR
the echoes Of the thrust and thud and
the vibration Of the machine We
wonder that beneath such blows and
amid such din ;hc sleeping masters or
gray underworld should not awpkr
and bring the foundations down up
on MS.
Az the bottom of the shalt we wait
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-03-13
Should Be Instructed.

Herman Ridder. editor of a New
York paper. recently travelled
through the South urging, so the
the New Orleans Times-D Democrat
says. the Democrats Of this section
to see to it that Mr.. Bryan is not
J. nnn;Nu Love H. III inter-.
view with the Times-Democ1at Mr..
R.dder says: 81 am convinced that
Mr.. Bryan can not carry a northern
state, and | would like to suggest to
our southern friends that they
should not instruct their delegates
for Mr.. Bryan, but that they should
go to Denver unrestricted, SO that
the Democrats all over the country
may consult and advise together in
regard to the best man to put at the
head of the ticket. Perhaps by
that time Mr.. Bryan himself will
come to the conclusion that by his
public uttcrances he has made him
self impossible and will agree with
the other Democrats in nominating
a winning ticket"
But why should the rank and file
Of democracy leave to their repre-
sentatives the duty Of doing what
the rank and file should do? The
men whom MIR. Ridder represents
would, according to the Philadelphia
Press, be satisfied with "anybody
but Bryan" Why not trust the
rank and file to say what the party's
course shall be- SO far as Mr.. Bry-
an is concerned he has not asked
and will not ask for the vote of n
man or of any state. He does say,
however, that it is the duty of Dem
ocrats IN precinct, county and state
convention to instruct their dele
gates as to the choice for the Dem
ocratic nominee.
The New Orleans Times-Democrat
puts it we'll when in referring to Mr..
lNddcr,s no insn ucticn plan" it
SAYS: We think that the will of the
constituencies can not he made too
plain. An uninst,uttd convention
would present houudlcss possibilities
OF chicane. No candidate should be
considered, unless his record will
stand the probe of popular scrutiny.
Under our primary system, we have
to1rtd to judge cardiGatts on their
merits and have forever foregone
the assistance Of the midd'emcn who
used to pack conventions and thwart
the peoples will. We once labored
under the delusion that United
States senator's could not be chosen
without days and weeks of wrang-
ling in state legislatures. But, hap
PLY, all that has been changed and
we can not see why the democracy's
standard-bearer should not be Sc
lected IN like fashion. Whatever is
done. let it be done in the pen
The dark horses should be kept in
1tnh'7 ord 90 should the lock-
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-03-13

.,as run in from all the little water
drains n especially through those
nearest the top Of the ground. and
many times il gets in from the top
OF the ground. Now this rush Of
water from the top and through the
earth's pores carries along with it
all the impurities in reach. Many
times the death germ is taken into
the well this way. Now when you
draw all this water from the well
when it is full. You bring out the
germs carried in by this rush Of wat
er. We drew all urs out a few
days ago and left a pure stream of
water rushing in near the bottom.
Clean up about your well and raise
the earth around it SO the water will
run off. Don't have pig holes and
chicken holes about the we'll.
II know of an incident or two
which happened not SO far from here.
A tenant had a nice horse when he
moved to a place where the we'll
water was bad. This horse soon af-
ter began to look bad and to got
in bad condition generally. This
continued during the year, and the
man moved to a place where the wat
er vas wholesome and good. The
horse soon got back to his old self
and remained so afterwards. This
was true also Of the family.
my friends, when your COW,
horse, pigs, or chickens are not doing
we'll, examine your water supply, and
make sure that is is all right. | was
called to see q sick member Of a
large fun ily. al once advised the
man to clean up around his home
and fill up the puddle holes. He paid
no attention to this advise. Several
of the family were sick and one died
during that summer and fall.
"If you feel bad and look bad, ask
Yourself what kind Of water You are
drinking. Have you done anything
for the last three or five years to
supply your family and stock with
pure, sweet water? There are a
great many families who look pale
and bad all the time. Much OF this
is caused by bad, gcrm-ladcn drink
ing water. All Of you readers who
have not been in the best Of health
now for sometime, Just look into tho
condition OF your drinking water.
Then after you know it Is pure, use
a plenty OF it inside and out and you
will feel and look better.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-03-13
HOW ABOUT THE WELL.
What Sort of Water Are You
Drinking This Year.
Is 1t Pure, Use Plenty OF ii Inside
and Out and You WI Feel and
Look Better.

ana Out ana You VIII Feel an0
Look Better.
What sort OF water are wc going
to drink this year" is Il question that
concerns every reader of this paper.
lor upon the water we are going to
drink depend the health and even
the ives Of very many of us. We
commend the following extracts from
u letter written to the Progressive
Farmer by DR.. III. f.. Freeman on the
subject OF drinking water:
The water we drink goes to max G
more than two-thirds of the blood
which flows through. our veins. The
olood a about four functions to
perform. This stream of blood is
the medium which receives from the
outer world the different matters
which go to make us well or sick.
AS 1t passes through every part of
the body, the various tissues of the
body take out Of this ruddy stream
the materials necessary for their
nutrition and health. 1t is the med
1um which takes up or asorbs the
dead or refuse matters from the var
lous tissues and carries this poison
Gus or dead matter TO the various or
gans whose business it is to throw
or and ont OF the lody this dead ma
tcrlal. 1t warns, moistcns and in
Vigoratcs the whole body when
healthy.
Now you see the need of pure
water, '.r the water you drink is
making t~"o-thirds of the blood from
which So many fever and aguc germs
come. How about your drinking
water? Is it pure? Many hundreds
of cases Of sickness and death have
been traced directly to contaminated
water. y you concerned about it?
DO you know that this water O
drink is carrying into your blood
the germs which it contains? That
is just what is being done. And if
1t were not for natures forces while
strong alG vigorous, you would soon
be sick. But let some of thes nat
ural forces get wrong, Il sore rose
or a tap off, and YOU are siU.> at
once and The doctor has to come and
tighten things up and set these forces
to going again. This costs more,
though. than it does for Won To clean
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-03-13
Fares Reduced.

The Atlantic Coast Line ana South
crn Railway have decided to reduce
their passenger fare to . - cents
a milo to so into operation April +.
Those roads, We are glad to state
have made this reduction voluntarily
in South Carolina which will make
the saving all the more thankfully
received by the people. 1t is always
far better Tor tho railroads ana the
people to work in harmony because
what Ia for the interest Of n should
DO for the interest OF tho other.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-03-13
Doing a Good Work.

Mr.. James Horny Rice, as repre-
sentative of the Audubon Society, is
doing a good work which ought to
be encouraged by all who believe in
protecting our game and other birds.
The Wanton slaughter of game birds
by hunters and the killing of song
birds by the small boy should be
stopped at all hazards. There are
not sc many mocking birds as there
were twenty years ago, and every
thing should be done to encourage
the nesting and raising Of young
birds by these sweet singers which
have always been one Of the chormS
Of our Southland.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-03-13

-, ...--. ti.. G. 30. ~n%'9
The Washington Herald says this
obvious truth. uttered by the recent
secretary of the treasury, and refer
ring especially to the republican sit
uation in Iowa, is equally applicable
to the country at large. Party lines
are broken everywhere. All we'll
informed republicans like Mr.. Shaw
keenly appreciate that no "walkov-
or" is in prospect for 1903.
Discussions are the rule, not the
exception. A great party is work
ing at cross-purposes. 1t is at log
gerheads as to men, wide apart as
to measures; uncertain. undeter-
mined. and afraid.
1t is as a house divided against
itself.
Six months before Harrison's ov-
erwhelming defeat in 1892, possibly
party conditions were as bad as they
are today, hut certainly no worse.
Roosevcltism is almost, if not
quite as strong as ever it was, in
spite of adverse material conditions;
but Rooseveltism, as everybody
knows, is not republicanism. and
the only republican who, apparently
can keep alive the whole Of this
Roosevcltian sentiment. Roosevelt
himsclf---has eliminated himself
from urcpcsiGontiai equation.
Mr.. Shaw luts it mildly enough
when he say eve are not likely to
have a walkovcr in 1908" Rcpub-
leans of somewhat less prominence
are saying, we shall be lucky if we
escape defeat" They are fast com
ing to believe. in fact, that but one
OF their numbcr--Hurhcs, Of New
York--cen safely insure the party
salvation, and Hughes, Of New
York, strange to say. is not to be
permitted to have the nomination,
If the administration can prevent it.
Hence the clouds now lowering
over the g. o. y.
If the democratic party is really
lacking in optimism at this momen-
tous Juncture, a S it seemst to be, we
can account for it only upon one of
two thcorics--eithcr it does not read
the signs of the time Alright, or made
sick at heart by hone long deferred,
its pcssimism is become chronic.
And the most hopeless type of pessi-
mist, We may add, is that still too
ubiquitous democrat who obstinate
y refuses to see in William Jennings
Bryan the man of the hour---the
democrat Of all democratsto whomin
1908 the presidential nomination will
he least likely to prove q forlorn
hope.
If Rooseveltism passes, be prepar-
ed for Bryanism.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-03-13
COL. BANKS
Presented With Il Loving Cup BY His
Committee.

The State Il y one OF the
pleasant incidents OF the pres
cnt session of the general as
scmbly was the presentation Thurs
day Of a handsome silver loving cup
to Representative j. a. Banks OF Or
augsburg, the chairman OF the ways
and means committee, by the other
members Of that committee. MIR.
Banks has worked hard to make a
record while in charge of this, one
of most important parts of the gen
eral assembly, and his committee has
been an unusually harmonious n
But Mr.. Banks had not an inkling
OF the pleasant surprise III store for
him when the committee met Tb lrs-
day morning.
Mr.. Dick was selected to make the
~~rAenrtatinn sneech and in a few
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-03-13

A WASHINGTON lettet to the Au.
gusta Herald says there is no get
ting around the fact that Senator
Tillman is a very popular mar
among the people at large, if one
may believe onc-half Of what he
hears concerning the South Caroline
senator from men who are gathered
in Washington from all parts Of tn,
country daring the sessions Of con
gross.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-03-13

Of his friends. that he would on ac-
count of business reasons. hardly ask
for legislative recognition from the
baby county. Calhoun" However.
the other members OF the committee
state that Mr.. Banks must come back.
even If it il necessary to elect him
State senator and send him to tho
upper branch Of the general assem-
bly,.
The cup is a handsome one and is
engraved with the date and the en-
time membership Of he commit
tee. =
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-03-13

~. w. Bayard," Wanted in Aiken,
Located In Philadelphia.

J.. w. Bayard who went to Aiken in
the guise Of a tourist" a few weeks
ago. ~nd, representing hi:n:clf 10 be
the close personal friend or Mrs. Mat
tic j. Brown, Of Philadelphia, secur,
ed $120 from Mr.. G.. II. Holley, OF
Aiken, upon u worthless check drawn
upon the Williamsburg National Bank
and then skipped, has been located
in Philadelphia, after considerable
effort on the part OF the Aiken au-
thOritieS.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-03-13

A white man Was acquitted in
BarnwclI or the charge Of murder
but, The State says nov he is in
real trouble, being charged with at
tempting to steal from the treasury.
Murdclera and scientific graltcrs
need not worry. but the white thief
is froWncd upon"
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-03-13

IT is a pity that the work of tic
dispensary commission has fecn in
terrupted by the Ur tied States
Court, and we hope that the matter
can yet be amicably arranged so as
the good work being done by the
commission can be continued.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-03-13

SOME papers r finding fault be-
cause too many candinates are com
ing out. This is a free county and
every man who feels like it can run
for office, and we don't think the
gentlemen Of the press should OBJ
iect.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-03-13
Looted u Bank.

A telegram from Chihuahua, Mex
leo, late Wednesday afternoon says
that the Banco de Mincro, owned by
Ambassador Crccl has been robbed
OF $295,000 in Mexican money. No
persons have been arrested.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-03-13

FRANK H. Hitchcock has resigned
as first assistant postmaster general.
He will be succeeded by Charles p.
Granfeld of Missouri. Mr.. Hitch
cock will take charge of the Taft
boom, and see that the colored bro
Their is kept in line for his man.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-03-13

Speaks Cam on's little prcsidon-
tial boomlet Ihas met with great
encouragement by being endorsed
by the republican committee of Gull
ford county. N. G.. Mr.. Cannon
was born in that county.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-03-13

The coon hunters Of Three SpiiAgs
Huntington county this state. rcconi
ly freed a coon. shot il. ana then had
q dog fight under the tree, and all the
fun and excitement belonging 20 a
genuine coon hunt. only to find later
that it was somebody's tabby cat.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-03-13

THE three most popular and most
thoroughly trusted men by the mas
G in the United States today are
William Jennings Bryan, Theodore
Roosevelt and Benjamin Ryan Till
man.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-03-13
Record For Good Cows

James Miller, of Srhultzvillc, Lack
awanna county, Pa. las a herd Of l6
cows that yielded 1881 pounds OF
milk in one month. an average of al
most 1000 pounds n COW, or about IL
quarts a day.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-03-13

There are now in Germany 1lG
cities with special schools for back
ward children. The total number OF
these schools is 2O3, ana the numDcr
of pupils is 1900. Berlin has 81 OF
these acc S.orY schools.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-03-13

err eminent defender of tur nation
al honor" is now engaged in a tus-
sci with the sheriff and q bunch of
legal wits. The idols continue to
fall
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-03-13
Bread in Sixty Minutea.

Rcaping began on a iiclu Of wheat
at B!ocklov, in Worcestershire. at .
o'clock In the morning and was serv-
ed rs bread just GO minutes after
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-03-13
Don't BE Fooled.

No gentlemen. don't 0atter your
self that Spring has come to stay,
because she han not. There is some
more cold weather to come yet.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-03-13

BY emigration Europe loses $50, 600
natives every year, and in ..le same
period 100000 roturn.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-03-13

Mas motto for framing. Keep busy
and you won't have to read books
on how to be happy.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-03-13

The laws of Norway compel a man
who chops down one tree to plant
three sapllngs.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-03-13

When a man gets away from homo
can wear a blue shirt with n rcd
necktie,--if he wants to.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-03-13

Some weddings are little else than a
drees suit case.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-03-13

"lIow fast does your automobile
go?"
II can't say" replied the motorist.
ut all depends OF how many shur-
ifs we meet on the route"
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-03-13

the annals OF this industry DeIeii me
crew OF the steamer Greenland on
March 20, 1898. UP off Labrador at
this time winter has by no mean
spent it's fury, and on this eventrui
day, while her two hundred men were
scattered over the foes, a binding
snowstorm began, with a startling
drop In the temperature. the vessel
was driven helplessly seaward. and
the hapleSs crew were leil to their
fate. no other ship being near and
they being far from land. When ..e
tempest ended, after two days and
nights, It was found that forty-seven
had pertshed and sixty-tbree were &C.
verely ~frostbittcn, some SO severely
as to be manned for life. The story
Of the Sulferings of the wretched par
ty WAS appalling. A few years ago
the steamer Huntsman was pcnned
IN a noe off Labrador and driven
against Il rocky iSlet. where she went
to pieces, forty-two men perjshing
within an hour amid the contending
ice. reefs, and fragments of the YES
sci. The rest of the crew crossed the
noes 10 the lana; but Il Il named
French. had been left behind, uncon-
sciouS. As the ship struck, he was
flung against the rocks, having his
shoulder, two fingers and two ribs
broken ana his head badly gashed.
But he was wcdged in a c|revice, and
when consciousness returned he
crawlca, with the aid OF his uniniured
hand. to The top of the rock. where
he lay for forty-two hours drenchcd
By the spray and battered by chunks
of ice, lacking drink and food. and
aGcniacd from the pain OF his wounds,
till The ice closed in solid and enabled
him to make his way to the coast,
which he did safely and ultimately
recovered. THAT am man, aged 70,
wns Seal-lunting this year, it being
his 54th consecutive season.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-03-13
OF SEA-AuNTERS
Their Occupation Is Fraught
Win Penis ana 1l.iuol.po.
OF LONG EXISTANCE

No Marine industry in These Days
Brings Such Hazards-DaiIy Dur
ing the Sealing Season Hundreds
of Men Risk the Dangerous Ice
Flows.
There is a seal fishery which has
had a far longer existence than the
fur-seal fishery of the Pacific. and en-
joys greater vitality, II mat is the
hair-seal fishery OF Newfoundland and
Labrador. No marine industry i'll
these days brings Such hazards to
crews and ships as this Il Daily
during the sealing season hundreds OF
men risk their lives on the foes. and
the vessels face arctic "nips' which
often crush them. When the hunt OPP
ems. stout steamers, built for his
fishery and carrying 5000 men. sail
from various ports in quest of mighty
foes swept south from Greenland.
Somewhere amid these tho herds will
be found. the mothers having mounted
the ice to drop their young, which
are Graded there, the parents fishing
III the adjacent waters for their sub
%sistence. The scal-ships must ven
turc amid the foes for their quarry,
and the seal-mcn must hunt these
"pinniucds,' as scientists call them
across The frozen wastes, subjected 10
al tie pctiiS OF such Il pursuit, With
out tents or Ot,.vr shelter. lire, or
the means Of making any and no
chance OF retreat to their ships ii a
blizzard bcscts them when they are
far from the vessels. and often they
go six OF eight miles across tne cryS-
tai wastes in the excitement OF the
hunt.
The crews always start off at day
break and rclnain out Till night. They
are clad in flannel underwear and can
vas outer garb, but carry no over
coats. that they may travel tue easier,
and lake along only a little food, for
the same reason. Hence, when biz
azTds assail, they are i'll provided to
defy them. and II the storm Is pro-
longed, they canno withstand the RI
gors OF a night On the foe, with It's
benumbiRg cold and gnawing hunger.
Never a year passes but some seal
ship will shelter ten or twelve hun
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-03-13

TIE Ncwbcrry Observes saws
who shot up Brownsville, "cxas?
has become as famous a question as
Who struck Billy Patterson? or Who
killed Cock Robin" We do not
know who hit Billy, but the Spar
row confessed hat he killed Cock
Robin with his little bow and arrow.
and we are sure Brownsville was
shot up by the negro soldiers.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-03-13

Many a girl %eurrenders at tho piano
forta
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-03-13

THE News and Courier says: The
difficulty of the situation is that the
independent Democrats have reach
ed the point that they absolutely re-
vel in party treachcry' 'pprndy'
assistant Rcpublicanism,' etc, etc"
That is true and yet The News and
Courier wants the party to be con
trolled by that gang.