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The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-04-24
News Notes from Clio

Miss Cora Bell Napier Of tAe
Dunbar school with Miss Mary
Mcqueen dined on Sunday with
the Clio teachers and with Mr.
and Mrs. "A G McRae.
Miss Florence Edcns of Mittlcs
millinery department., spent Sun.
day at the home Of her parents,
returning to her place Monday
morning aftcr.,fricndly greeting
from many friends.
MIR. Tom Roper is farming this
year but spends his Sunday in the
social flower garden of Clio, sensi.
ble young man.
Mr.. Lydia Clyde has returned
from Sumter and will be with ret.
ativcs in Clio for q spell.
Mr.. Jack McInnis represented
the Clio Presbyterian church az
the session just closed in Cheraw,
Of Pee Dee Presbytery, and is
greatly pleased with the results of
the meeting.
Miss Corric Wolfe has returned
from Kings business college,
Raleigh, N. c., and will rest for q
few days.
Rev. j w Speake, of---is
with Rev. L II Shulcr this week
and a series Of services are being
conducted that will in all probabil-
ity result in lasting benefit to the
community as the services are
plain, earnest, candid, spiritual ef-
forts. The services will continue
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-04-24
PERSONAL

Miss Lizzie Mcggs, Of Marion,
IS visiting her sister Mrs. Tart.
Lane Dces has returned to his
home after a pleasant visit here.
MM Hicklin Of Chester was in
town on Monday.
Mrs S II McGhcc Of Greenwood
IS visiting her mother Mrs l. ID
Iarrall.
Mrs. Bell Hill Blake, Of Tacoa,
Ia. is visiting her daughter, Mrs.
CO y Grassland.
FIN Hodges Of Brownsville was
\ pleasant caller at tho Advocate
office on Saturday.
w + Pond superintendent Of
5he Gibson oil mill was in town
Wednesday.
Misses Blanche Freeman and
Maize Brooks of Hamlet arc visit
lng Miss Daisy Freeman.
Henry Boucher came home from
jhc State University to spend
Caster with his mother.
in Stricklin, editor Of the
Jheraw Chronicle spent last We'd
ncsday in Bcnncttsvillc.
MgG Margaret Freeman is visit
ng Mr daughter, Mrs r l. Rcavcs
1t Ebenczcr Florence county.
John G Dunbar Of Lamar spent
evcral days in this county with
relatives and friends last week.
Rev II Miller of Newbcrry
as been visiting his son Supt. f
y Miller of MIurchison school.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dana Croslard
i've returned from their bridal
tOur.
Services Of Presbyterian church
unday II A. NJ. and s p. M.
\ll are cordially invited.
Mr.. Sam Wilkinson spent Sun
Gay with his sister in Benefits
ville. darlington Press.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-04-24
PROGRESSIVE MENTION,
WaterwOrks and Sewerage Bonds
Sold and Contract Let.

Maxton has sold its $50, 900 six
per cent. sewerage and water
works bonds to Robinson, Hum
phrcy & Co., Of Atlanta at 1034.
The contract for putting the
watcrworks and Sewerage systems
has been let to Abcc & Edwards
of Hickory, N. c.; for $40, 900.
The bids ranged all the way up to
$58 $3.50. There was a bid Of SIS.
075jfor sewerage alone by Chap
man & Williams Of Oxford, the
town to furnish the water, or $25,,
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-04-24

Indeed he determined to be vindi-
Gated and stood ready to carry the
case to trial. He was after the
principle and showed commenda-
bic action in acting as he did.
1t is a matter Of regret that Mr..
Odom should have been thus un-
justly accused. He is a sworn Of
liccr of the law and his record
shows that he has lived up to his
duties and discharged every one Of
them faithfully. He was suIpris-
cd and hurt that he should have
been unjustly accused in conncc-
ton with the above unfortunate
affair.
There is warrant against Rufus
Odom for assault and battery Of a
high and aggravated nature and
the trial will come off on the sec.
ond Of May.
Below is published a letter from
Mr.. j w Odom in connection with
the affair.
MIR. oDoM'S STATEMENT.
MIR. Editor:--l noticed in both
the Advocate and Democrat of last
week, in your account Of the I'M
fortunate trouble at the closing of
Deborah school, you published my
name us one of the parties impli-
Gated in the disturbance. | desire
to makca correction as the publ
cation does me a great Injustice.
No doubt but you gained your in
formation from the Indictment
lodged in Magistrate Eastcrling's
Office, when | with the others was
charged with the violations cnum-
Grated. 1t was true about me be-
ing present, but | was strictly So
Der, and instead Of aiding the row
dies, | used my influence to stop
it and succeeded in getting the
boys away from the place.
Respectfully,
White Odom.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-04-24
A COMPROMISE RECEIVED
In the Deborah School Row at
Ouick's Cross Roads

The men engaged in the racket
at Quicks Gross roads during the
closing Of the Deborah school a
few nights ago were in town on
Monday and the case was settled.
That is the mes chal gcd with be-
ing drunk and disorderly, except
ing j w Odom who was innocent
of any of the charges, compromis-
cd the case by paying $3.50 a
piece. The men we're: S j T
Quick, Rufus Odom, Richard
Odom, and Wesley Brigham. Mr..
j w Odom had been included in
the first Indictment but this was
mol pressed as Mr.. Odom had
nothing whatever to do with the
disturbance as will subsequently,
appear.
j.. w. ODOM'S POSITION.
Mr.. NV Odom is the constable
of Magistrate Nc b Hurley and
was present at the closing Of the
Deborah school on the night of
the disturbance. He was not en-
gagged in the disturbance as was
reported last week and it is Il mat
ter Of regret that he was included
in the Indictment. Mr.. Odom lives
in Brightsvillc and was present at
the school closing but this school
is i'll Smithvillc. When the dis
turbancc was taking place Mr.
Odom vas in another part Of the
house and knew nothing Of what
was occurring until it was all over.
He was asked by Mr.. Grant tc
stop the fuss but being in another
mans territory he could not
However he did induce the
Brightsvillc men to go home and
they complied with his request.
Mr.. Odom says that he asked Mr.,
Grant why he had him included in
the number indicted and that the
latter replied hat he knew he was
from Brightsville and thought that
he was in it which was in error as
is easily seen and as was proven.
There was an attempt made tC
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-04-24
FAMOUS FOR FAT.
Dnnfel Lambert, Who Dicd In 1900,
Got TOO obese to wabbIe.

GOt 400 Obesc TO
The fame Of Daniel Lambert as a
champion among fat men in Dngla nd,
If not in the world, still remains un.
riyalcd. Daniel was born at Leicester
in ITO and died in 1909 Mt Stamford.
The grandson Of n celebrated cock.
fighter and addicted to sport through.
out his life, his dimensions were not
extraordinary. and his habits were not
different from those of other lads un.
til he was fourteen years old. When
twcnty-thrcc years Of age, however, he
turned the scale at thirty-two stone,
and, although he is recorded to have
been then able TO walk from Woolwich
to London, at the tiIle of his deaah, in
his fortieth year, he had attained the
prodigious weight of fifty-two stone, or
72S pounds, and was more or less help,
less. He was n modest man, and when
he had achieved physical greatness
fame was thrust upon him. He was
for n long time unwilling to be made
a show OF, but he gained q more thar
local reputation, and people travelled
from far to see him, resorting to vari.
GUS devices in order to be allowed to
Wv " "a iSiSth IL IOSDcCl Ol DTOlll
orercame his resolution, and for four
years before his death he exhibited
himself in London and in the prov.
tnceS.
lie was apparently n man Of some
wit, for once, before he permitted the
public to gaze upon him, an inquisitive
person had gained access to his pres.
ence by pretending to be a fellow
sportsman interested in the pedigree Of
q mare, whcrcupon Lambert promptly
replied, "She was bred by Impertinenco
u of Curiosity" Before the days OF
Daniel Lambert, Edward Bright Of
Nader was n well known fat man, al.
though his name no longer fingers as
q household word. He died in 1850 at
the age OF thirty years, weighing forty.
two stone and seven pounds, and is
stated to have been an active man till
a year or two before his death, when
his corpulcncy so o~verpowered his
strength that his life was n burden and
his death q deliverancc. Both Bright
and amber seem to have been genial,
good hundred fellows and very popular
among those who visited them. In
deed popularity seems to be the lot of
the corDulcnt in fact as we'll as in nc.
ton. The heroes Of fiction, however,
have the advantage In the matter of
lasting glory, and the names Of Daniel
Lambert and the fat boy OF Peckham
sink into insigni1cance beside those of
Falstaf and the fnt boy In "Pickwick."
London Standard.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-04-24
EngIand'n Magma Chsrtn.

That shriveled parchment, the char.
ter Of English freedom, was saved, it Is
said, by the veriest chance from the
scissors OF a merciless tailor. Struck
by the great seals attached to a piece
OF paper the tailor was cutting up, Sir
Robert Cotton stopped the man and
gave him fourpencc for the document
he would have destroyed. 1t is now in
the British museum, lined and mount.
ed and in a glass case, the seal q
shapelcss mass Of YAK and the charac-
tiers quite illegible.-London Mail.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-04-24

cat this hour Of the night, or, rather,
of the morning, my only interest in ap.
piled science is to apply the tip Of the
match to the side Of the box upon
which alone 1t ignites and to apply tho
fame 80 obtained to the wick Of a bed.
room candle"
A moment later Lowell tossed n pa.
per across the table to him bearing
these two lines:
Oh. brief Sir FREDERICK, would that all
could catch
Your happy talent and supply your match,
Youths Companion.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-04-24

bradford QUICK, nalsllen Guich,
Frank Driggers, Jesse Chavis,
Annie Smith, Inez Smith, Timer
Grant, Hattie Smith, Della
Crouch, Lula Grant, Ethel Collie,
Wilmer Quick, Bessie Quick,
Uncle Phil, and Wallace Moore.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-04-24
snid Maid 60 Nt,tye.a.

"Whcre have you been, Jane2"
"Ive been to a meeting OF the Girls
Friendly society, ma'am," was the
maids reply.
"Well, what did the lady say to you?'
"Pleasc, mo'am, she said I wasn't
to give you warning, as / meant to.
She said I was to look upon you as my
thorn-and bear it."-Now Yorker.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-04-24
Blenhtim News.


Blenheim, April 21-News has
been received here Of the death Of
Mrs. Patti johnson Curric at her
homo in Georgia last Thursday.
Mrs Curric was niece of Rev j G.
Richards and left here about a
year ago as a bride. Her death
saddcns many hearts at her old
home here.
Mr.. and Mrs. j.. j.. Mathcson
left this morning for Sothcrn
Pines.
Mrs. Daniel and daughter, Miss
Bessie, Of Mullins, arc visiting
Mrs. Daniels daughter. Mrs. q.
ID. Mathcson.
G Campbell went to Chester
field county today to look after the
plantation which he recently
bought, near McFarlan.
Mrs II G Brabham and children
expect to leave next week to visit
her relatives in Kentucky.
Blenheimnow has two passenger
trains a day; which is quite a con
vcnicncc to our people.
Advantage to Honest Newspapers.
The ruling Of the postollicc d.
partmcnt That papers to be malta
bic as second class matter must
have been ordered by the subscrib-
CT and must be a paid subscrip-
ton will revert to the advantage
Of the honest newspaper. 1t was
aimed at a class Of papers that are
sent to any address without pay,
the first purpose being to get the
advertisements before the public.
The publishers use for sending adj
vcrtising matter, often question:
bic at that, rates that arc designed
solely for carrying papers that
convey information to the public.
There will be Other advantages. 1t
will make it harder to start an un-
called for newspaper enterprise; it
will prevent an INSCRIPTIONS poll
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-04-24
THREATENED; 70 SH00T
CARTER
Jasper Berry Bound over to CoEr
on Serious Charge,

Jasper Berry Of Dunbar, wsa
bound over to court and remandeA
to Jail in default of a 5000 peacc
bond by Magistrate McInnis On.
Wednesday morning. He was us,
on breach of the peace and waipglg
a preliminary, was bound over ts
the Court Of General Sessions
which meets on the 18th of MAY.
The charge against Berry was
lodged by L G Carter, a resideah,
of Dunbar and a near neighbor at
Berry's. Carter alleges that Bersg
threatened Ito shoot him and thaS
he was afraid to stay at home.
BY Bcrry's waving prelimin-
airy there was of course no bring.
ing out Of the facts at the Maeis-
trate,s on Wednesday but Carter
vas seer and related tho following
story Of the trouble:
He said that on last Sunda5
morning he was lying in bed and
trying to rest, he remaining later
in bed that morning than usual be-
cause it was Sunday. That sot1lo
dogs got to fighting in his yard
and they make SO much fuss that
he arose to drive them out. That
among the dogs was one belonging
to Jasper Berry, it beings pup. E4
drove it out Of the house where Il
hac come in whipping it and final
ly kicking it out but not by any
means being cruel to it. Tat
Berry on learning Of the way in
which the dog had been treated
got awfully mad and threatened to
shoot him Carter. That Berry wcr&
to the homo Of JOHNNY SWEET and
got his gun telling SWEET that he
was going to kill Carter. That
Berry went to the woods and laid.
in wait for him and that his life
vas endangered
Carter first went to Magistrate
Calhoun at Clio for a warrant but
d. rlL yuia as NJ 81 ~ III
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-04-24
Before the Mayor.

VIM Wise was arrested on Satur-
day on the charge Of being drunk
and d~isorderly. He put up a sic
bond and forfeited this by his non
appearance for trial.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-04-24
Willingness,

"But would you die for me?" per-
sisted the romantic maiden.
III would" replied the frank and cid.
erly suitor. Even now I am using a
high priced preparation warranted to
restore hair to its original color."-De.
troit Free Press.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-04-24

1T is SAID UnaC tic stores Will
q ose on the first Of May at 6
. clock every afternoon, Saturday
nycepted.
D&' Goldberg has moved his
d ,ntal Office into a room over the
aw building Of the Planters
ational Bank.
Mesdamcs j II Douglas, w II
{ rosland, j l. Jordan, and Judge
I! udson and Percy Does are in
{ rcenvillc attending a musical
( stival there.
James G Covington who has
: en- taking a course in engineer
q at Clemson College is assisting
+ l. Freeman in the surveys for
G map of the county.
The cotton mill here is now run
ing 5 days in the week at about
sc per cent Of mill capacity mark
for produce Of the mill being
Inactive.
Miss Eunicc Grist accompanied
HN her sister Mrs II II Crosland
3 turned to her home Mt Yorkvillc
% Friday. Mrs Crosland will spend
5 metimc in Yorkvillc visiting kin
y opl&
Miss Lily Hodges, accompanied
Wv her friend Miss Alice Glenn
NTH, of Columbia college, spent
J lstcr at home. Miss Hodges re-
turncd to Columbia on Monday
1ilc Miss Smith went TO Colds
horo to attend the wedding Of her
y other.
Marlboro Chapter No 30 r. NJ
Rpnfcr Chapter degrees on
0aDl0 or ~ candidates from
llcraw together with a bunch OF
candidates on Tuesday night.
lcraw Masons will at an carly
tie rcorganizc Il lodge Of Chapter
Dbl lSOnS.
The following couples attended
b Easter dance in Cheraw Monday
yht. Kit Dudley with Miss
ana McLaurin, John Everett
til Miss Gully, U. r.. Wcathcrly
VIZ hsAs Lula Grosland, f.. d..
inner with Miss May Weather
and Kirkscy Mcckings, Willie
) dan, and Travis Pate. All re-
It a delightful time.
Vt Mr. w p Rays residence on
ond avenue, Wednesday after
aeon at3:30 o'clock, Mr. LB Step.
'c son, Of Hartsvillc, S, c., and
sLcla Byrd, of Williamsburg
&y, s G., were quietly married
Jno G Richards, Of Bennett
Ic, officiating. Only few special
nds were in attendance. The
pialc is Mrs Rays sister. - Red
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-04-24
Applied Science.

When James Russell Lowell was
minister to England, he was guest at
a banquet at which one Of the speak
ers was Sir Frederick Bramwell. Sir
Frederick was to respond to the toast.
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mis- and Deputy Sheriff Hinson
went to Bcrry's home and arrested
him and brought him here to jail
On Wednesday morning whiye
Perry was waiting to be taken
back to Jail he was sitting on the
steps chewing and by his side was
one of his little sisters crying as if
her heart would break. She had
brought Berry some things in a.
basket and while he was stolid ana
Indifferent in appearance the little
girl was sobbing, taking his pun
ishment harder than he was.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-04-24
Thnf AInninnI nnn.

Praxiteles = You perhaps wouldn't
think It, but De Founder, tho musician
over there, plays entirely by ear. FL,
ncre-Is 1t possible2 Ia that what
makes EN- SO large2-TIt-Blt
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-04-24

Louis Bristow states in the Bap-
list Courier that Fcathcrstone has
withdrawn from the race for gov
crnor and will support Anscl for
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-04-24

A hair in the head is worth two In
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-04-24

In a fit Of insanity Dir. G 0
Swinnoy, prominent physician
of Ashcvillc, shot his little daueh-
ter and then committed suicide.
The child is not expected to live.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-06-11

1t is queer thing about gratitude
Her thanks for the first bill would be
heartfelt, but by the time l had reached
the first hundred she would have
grown tired of thanking me, and
verify believe that before 1 had hand
ed in the last bill she would have
asked me if l couldn't be little more
expedient. Thus usage dulls the
senses.
On the other hand, do you suppose
that IL were sued for a thousand dol
lars l would pay the complainant In
good green money? No, a thousand
times, no. / would purposely buy the
smallest blank check that l could find,
and in my most minute chirography,
and with an autograph that was bare
ly good, l would sign it, and thus
would feel that l was getting off
cheap.
In some things most Of us are in
tensely mean, and among the expendi-
lures that offend mems souls are those
paid into a railroad companys grasp
ing NAV. / hold myself no better
ludu luo resi-, ANU IL pOSSlDle, L dl-
ways travel in company with another,
and before we start out l give him
money to cover the expenses, and he
buys the tickets and feel that l have
not spent SO much.
One objection l have to royalties is
that they always come in the form of
a check-when they come at ALL One
time, though, my publisher varied it;
instead of sending a check he sent
bill. You see, had given at least
ten copies of the book at Christmas
time, and, Of course, the balance was
in his favor. Do you know, l really
enjoyed the thing for a change.
By the way, that receiving of royal
ties, even If they are paid in check
form, is good game. You sell your
stories for SO much, and then, when
they are all printed, you are induced
to make a book of them. Well, you
have already been paid for them, so
that you stand to gain, whatever hap
pens. 1t may be only ten dollars
that will come to you, but it may be
$4,000. and the Joy of looking
forward to royalty day is one
that cannot be expressed In words.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-06-11

A lawsuit had been tried on the
veranda of the crossroads store, and
when it had been settled Limuel Juck-
lin, who had watched the proceedings,
took the homemade chair, vacated by
the justice, leaned back against the
wall and rermkaed: Rather bad, this
thing of goin' to law. And amt it a
peculiar state of society that educates
men to stimulate quarrels? We may
say that they amt trained for that
purpose, but unless there are misun-
derstandin's the lawyers work is cut
off, and he's got little too much of
Old Adam in him not to look out for
his own interest"
you take wrong view of the mat
ter" replied young lawyer
THAT Is just about what expected
you to say. But grantin' to the lawyer
all he can claim for himself, it must
and shortsightedness of the human
family give him the most of his excuse
for livin'. A perfect state of civiliza-
tion would argue perfect honesty, and
If such were the case the lawyers
would be powerful scarce. There is
no denyin' of the fact that some of the
greatest men have been lawyers and
that the most of our presidents have
practiced law. And so have some of
the immortal geniuses been soldiers,
but if man had been just and peace
able there never would have been
any need for the soldier"
According to your view, then" said
the lawyer, there is no real need for
anybody that"
THAT doesn't build up" Limuel
broke in, winling at his former
friends. Every man ought to produce
somethin'. If he don't he's livin' on
somebody that does. The only real
occupation is the one that makes the
world better. Understand, now,
have nothin' against anybodys calm.
I'm just expressin' my opinion and 1t
must be taken for what it i3 worth
But the lawyer shows us one thing if
nothin' more-how keen a mans mind
may be whetted. l recollect once that
a fellow sued me. We had swapped
horses"
"And you had got the better of him,
eh?" said the lawyer.
well, that's the way 1t looked to
him. The horse 1 let him have died
that night. He asked me if the horse
was sound and l said 1 never had
heard any complaint, and I hadn't. He
had never been under the care of a
doctor so far as l knew. His appetite
was good and he'd bat his eye when
you motioned at him. l might have
seen him fall down-have seen men
fall, but didn't think that they were
goin' to die. told him a child could
drive him. A child did drive him out
Of the garden that day. Well, we
swapped, and, as l say, his horse was
taken sick in the night and died be-
fore day. He came back to me and
swore that had swopped him horse
that know'd was goin' to die. l told
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-06-11

There sat the little tea-service star
ing at them with dumb pathos. The
three succeeded in rolling the safe
with all its precious documents ar
ranged within, out into the street
Nothing else mattered much-to Cor
don. But other things were saved,
and Jim gallantly tossed out every
thing he could lay his hands on before
Gordon ordered everybody out for
good and ALL 1t was no longer safe to
be within. Gordon was the last one
out. He carried a battered little tea
kettle in his hand. He looked at 1t in
a whimsical surprise as if he had not
known until then that he had it in his
hand. Obeying sudden impulse, he
held 1t out to Louise.
Please take care of-my poor little
dream" he whispered with strange,
intent look.
Before she could comprehend the
significance or give answer, the judge
had faced about. He bore the girls