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BENNETTSVILLE. S, C. Friday, Jan. 24, 1908 DEMOCRAT PUBLISHING CO., ?Unburrlption Fried Uno year.$ 1.00 Six months.50 Throe months.25 PERSONAL. Senator T. I. Rogers spent Sun day and Monday at home. Miss Nancy Edens returned from a visit to Rowland hist week. A II Rascoo has moved from <? s Darlington street to Maple Judgo J. IL Hudson has return ed from the meeting of tho bar as sociation in Columbia. Sonntor J. JJ. McLauim is spending some time with his homo folks and taking a hunt now and then. Col. Tom C. Hamer, thc popular clerk of the House of Representa tives, spent Sunday and Monday hero. Fred Rogers has bought thc houso and lot on Cook street, whore thc late John S. Moore re sided. Miss Annie McCall carno home Monday night from Rowland, N. C., where she has been on n pleas ant visit for sometime. Dr. J C Moore, Messrs. P. Man gum, 13 F Moore and W O Tatum wore among thc visitors to town on Monday last. Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Stokes, of Darlington spent Sunday with Mrs. Stoke.?; pOT?ptS Mr. and Mrs. Smith Newton, Miss Mabel Wooton ret urned to her home at $foxtoi\ on Ijwt Stitur-i UM after a'pl?asant visit at thc nome of Mr and Mrs J T Fason. Mrs, Mowry, of Englewood N .1-, is visiting her sons, W S Mow ry and John L McLaurin, and her daughter, Mrs. Throop Crosland. Charles A. Mc Al ister secretary of thc Mallory and Taylor Iron Works, of Macon, Ga., is spend ing a few days with his mother at XTatum, and was in town Monday. Dr W J Crosland has bought from L I) Newton tho place re cently owned and occupied by Col. Tom C Hamer, at the corner of Cook street and Fayetteville ave nue. The.city council held its regular mooting on last Wednesday night and outside of deciding to have tho clerk sign all chocks with tho mayor, transacted only routine business. Mr. and Mrs. E. M. La/.enby of Augusta, (ia., and Miss Alene Stanton, of Clio, C. C.. aro visit ing at tho homo of Mrs. E. A. Medlin on Irby street.-Floronco Times. Lolloy Pearson has bought tho house recently occupied by T. F. Gillespie on Jordan street and moved into it. John R. Enster Aing has moved into M Mittlers blouse, on Jordan street, which was vacated by Mr Pearson. Mr, Mueller, of Newberry and formerly private secretary to Chief Justice 1'opc, of tho Supremo Court, was in town last week look ing around with a view to locating hore. It is learned that he has decided to cast in bis lot with Ben nottsville who will give, him a , '.".arty welcome. Charlie, McEachern, n colored youth, was before the Mayor on Friday charged with being disor derly and using profane, language. Ho was lined ?:>.*> or 60 days on tho two charges. For a time it looked as if Charlie was certain of thc chain gang Ibis time but ho was tinnily paid out. On account of thc bad weather, tho crowds were not large nt, tho services conducted by Hov. Sam J. Porter at tho Baptist church Thursday afternoon and night, but those present heard some very lino addresses. Mr. Portel is working in the causo of missions. Mr. W. i). Crist, ol' Yoi kvillo, spent, several days with his daugh ^ ter, Mrs. Henry Crosland during tho lirst part ol' thc week'. Mr. Grist is weil k nown oxer I bc State having at ono lime been connected with the Yorkvillo Enquirer und also correspondent l'or thc News and Courier from his home tow n. Ho is now in thc insurance busi ness in Yorkville. I-.-mam-- M" Loslio McLaurin, of Florence, is in town. Tho primnry on last Friday was quiet and a largo voto was cast. C J Stanton, from near C4ibson, was in town on business Wednes day. Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Lank ly from Smithville were among tho visitors to town on Friday. Miss Matilda Davis, of Mars Bluff, is visiting at tho homo of Col. lt. C. McIntyre near the City. L J Broedcn was sworn in as mayor on Tuesday, tho oath of ollice being administered by Judge McLaurin. | Several trees in front of the postoffice have been cut down and moved away, adding very much to thc appearance there. Mrs D S Troceo who has been quito sick for about three weeks was operated on last Saturday hy Dis May and Carmichael. The operation was very successful and Airs Treccc is now slowly improv ing. Clyde Adams, thc popular cash ier of the Unions Savings Bank, has pneumonia at his room at the Adams house. Ile is resting well and is convalescent. The audience at thc waterways meeting on Monday was largely made up of farmers showing the interest they have in this needed improvement. Mr. lt. E. Swift and his charm ing wife, of Baltimore, Md., and Mr. A. T. Neilson, of tho same city, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Sol Brown. Mr. Swift is the representative of Haywood Bros. and Wakefield in two Caro linas and Mr. Neilson represents Simmons Manufacturing Com pany, one of tho largest in the world. Mr. and Mrs. Brown have been showing their guests around the town and adjoining country and giving them some idea of the fine town and county which is tl\c pride of every citizen, Col. .lohn A. Fox, after speak mg al the waterways meeting herc on Monday, left that afternoon for Darlington where ho spoke yesterday at noon. Ile weill tn Florence yesterday afternoon and addressed another meeting there last night in tho interest of the waterways. Ile is meeting with success in his work and is very much encouraged ever tho results of his visit, lie was very much pleased with Bcnncttsville and said that this was one of the finest I spots lie had seen in this country. j IleWttS greatly taken with thc rich nessof t?a? land and said that he had often heard of tho great farms ol Marlboro. --0*0 Receiver's Sale. State of South Carolina. Marlboro County. In Common Picas. A, J, Matheson BU lng on behalf o himself and other stockholders an< creditors of thc Marlboro Fruit Com pany, Plaintiff vs. The Marlboro Fruit Company, Defendant NOTICE. Pursuant-to an order of Court o his Honor l.t. C. Watts, dated Jan nary 14th, IMS, l will offer for Bale a the Court, house, door in Marlbon county , on tho firub Monday in Kell mary within the legal hours of sale all that piece or pieces of land belong lng to thc Marll>oro Fruit Company containing six hundred arid ten acres more or less, being all thc land ownei and possessed by the. said Marlbor Fruit Company, and are situat e ii tho Northwestern part of the Count near Osborn, and are tho tract bought, from I). 1). Mccoll, To ney K! Jerbo, V.. T. Pearson, Adeline Stuhl)? Mafbha Ann Steen and others. Als at the s;nuc time and place I will sol all tht farming Implements, tool stock and supplies of the said Mar boro Fruit Company of every K ind un description owner by thc said Mar boro Fruit Company, consisting i part of live mules, t.wo two hors wagons, one spraying machine, an merchandise to the value of a bon eight hundred dollars, and tho nsui plant.at iou Implements. Terms of sale, .Iie-thlrd cash, ba ance in two equal Installments al on and two years time to bo secured ii bond of purchaser, and by mortgage) the premises, anti to bear interest ?i seven per cent, with privilege Lo tb purchaser of paying all cash, pu chaser to pay for all necessary pa pei: IUI Warren Moore, I {ceci vcr. -o ?bo TOR YOUNO OU OI.? x?fcv ^\ THE lir.ilT PILL HOLD /jr^cS h? Rings if? W Little Liver Pills W Waterways Meeting. Tho waterways mooting on Mon day last was successful from every standpoint and fully carno up to tho expectations of its promoters. Mr. J no. A Fox, tho special rep resentativo of tho waterways movo mcnt, was thc speaker of thc occa sion and ho gave some very in teresting facts as well as very con vincing ones to the largo crowd of representative citizens of Marlbo ro county who had gathered in the court house to hear him. It was exactly at noon when President A J Matheson of tho board of trade under whose auspi ces thc meeting was held, called tho meeting to order and introduc ed tho Hon. J A Fox, of Arkan sas. Mr. Fox spoke of some of the most important reasons why thc waterways should bc improved. Ho said that ono of tho objects of tho mooting was thc getting of public sentiment to that place where congress would bo compell ed to appropriate 8^0,000,000 each year towards tho permanent im provement of thc waterways ot thc country. He showed whore thc government had spent on improv ing thc waterways during thc past ten years only $19,300,000 where as they had spent live and six times that much on thc army, tin navy, pensions and other things. Mr. Fox then wont on to show how much would bc saved by hav ing thc water rate. In every cas< where thc water rate has come in to competition with tho railroac thc latter has been compelled tc lower the rates. And Mr. Fo> figured to show that on an appro priation of $50?',000,000 for water ways there would bo saved ovcr^ year iii thc United States $187, G?o/jt'O this being thc annual rc turn oil tho investment. Thii would como through figuring tin lowering in tho freight rates a' oven tho lowest reduction. 11< showed whore freight would cos only 1-7 of which it now costs b; rail. Facts and figures wore cited ii tho speech. Ho showod if tho Pe Doo was so improved that it woul< have six foot of navigable watc all thc your round then niue would bo saved to Bennottsvillo an tho county through thc watc rutes. From thc northern point taking an average of eight classi i of goods there would bo saved i I freight rates by means of tk water rates 18 cents por h und re tm all these eight classes wine would bc $3.16 per ton. Thc con merco from Bennottsvillo ho cst mated would bc about 8,000 car; there would bc saved by means ( the water rates 1'JO,000 tons whir in money would bo about $1.32,0( each year saved in Bcnncttsvil alone. Thc speaker spoke of tho mov ment, how united action was ncoi t'd in contrast to thc present wor] and said that in prosecution th work South Carolina had plcdgt herself to raise $.3,600 and of th amount, Bennottsvillo was asked give $200. Tho membership fi was $5 and this would entitle tl joiner to a membership card fro tho national secretary. Upon motion it was decided th the President should appoint committee to solicit members ai fees and thc following compose tl committee: Messrs- Harris Bri ?tow, T S Evans, .1 N Drake, ll 1 Cai roll, Janies McDuvid, W Hogers, J P Edens, Marvin Adat and A .1 Matheson. Following this these resolutio were olVcred and adopted: Resolutions adopted by inn mooting of citizens of Bennett ville and Marlboro ( o. Whereas the tranportation I cilities of tin* country arc uppi ditly not adequate tO meet thc ( mauds of commerce and when tho niggardly policy pursued thc nat ional government in I past towards improving tho nat ral waterways has not been pi ductivO ol' beheliciary results Therefore bo it resolved by t citi/.ons ol' Marlboro Co, S. C., i scudded in muss melding this 2C day ol'Jan. 191)8 that wo heart, j endorse thc work of Tho Natioi Waterways Congress in its offorts to secure larger appropriations for rivers and harbors and thereby, adequately improved rivers to bear a share of tho nation's commerce. That wo pledge it our moral and financial support to tho end that tho whole country may bo inform ed and educated in regard to tho matter, and that tho Congress of tho United States may bo induced to spend not less than $50,000,000 annually in a systematic nnd com prehensive manner upon our rivers and harbors. Bo it further resolved that copies of these resolutions bc sent to tho Hon. Jas. G Cannon, speak er of tho house of representatives, and to Hon. Theodore Burton, chairman of tho Rivers and Har bors committee of Congress. -0*0 JONES TO GET $?200 Thc Baptist Church Raises Its Pastor's Salary. At a conference of thc members of tho Thomas Memorial Baptist church last Sunday, it was agreed to raise thc salary, of tho pastor, Rev C A Jones, from 81000 to ?1200. Thc motion was made by W EThomas, seconded by II W Carroll, and passed without a dis senting vote. Thc church also elected its ofii cors for this year by secret ballot, which resulted in thc re-election of R N Sampson, clerk; J TDouglas, treasurer, and II W Carroll, su perintendent of thc Sunday school. Thc terms of two deacons had also expired and M McLaurin and A J Bristow wore re-elected. A library association was organ ized for tho ptir^pso of providing books for tho Sunday school li brary. Tho foo is a dollar a year". About 36 names were enrolled to bogin with, Ben Carlisle was received into tho church. Ile was formerly a member at Cheerful Hope, in Rob- j eson county, but this church dis banded, ? His membership was carried ' Yrom Salem to Cheerful ? Hope. A letter was granted Henry G Carroll to transfer his member ship to a church in Oklahoma City. After hearing a report from the committee which had been appoin ted to investigate the matter, the church withdrew fellowship from J E Stewart, who has moved to North Carolina. -0+0 TO GET BENEFIT OF WATER. RATES Cheraw Navigation Company to Build Line From Landing to this Place. Mr.John A Fox, who was herc at tho waterways meeting on Monday and the principal speaker on that occasion, gave some interesting in formation in the meeting in refer ence to a proposed tramway from here to a landing on thc Pee Deo river. The mutter came about whon Mr H W Carroll, in thc mooting, proposed that at some fu ture time tho matter of connect ing Cheraw, Bennottsvillo, Clio, McColl, and Gibson, with a trolley line bo agitated. Mr Fox told of thc movement which the Cheraw navigation had on foot. Much cucourgement bas booti given hythe pocoplo of this com munity to tho boat linc from Che raw to Georgetown, The Cheraw Navigation Company has built and equipped admirable docks and fa cilities for loading and unloading thc boals at Cheraw such as will enable them to bring freight from New York, Boston and Philadel phia to this point 167 miles inland at water rates. The only thing Interfering now in tho passage of the. boat is tho bridge at Society 1 lill but this will, in ?ill probability, bo removed in a short time. Tia" Navigation company ls con templating tho construction of a tram road from some point near (lardner's Bluil to Bennottsvillo live miles away SO that freight can bo handled here at waler rates. Tho proposition of Mr Carroll about I building tho electric line aroused some interest and is well worth consideration. Should the Pee Doo be improved and new manufacturing interests established hero the electric line would be an. assured fact. -0*0 Rockingham Power Co. Work on tho dam and lines of the Rockingham Power company was suspended for some time on account of tho failuroof the Knick erbocker Trust company of New York, which holds the bonds of thc Rockingham Power company. Work has been commenced again, however. Mr. Pearson has been here for several days surveying for the linc from here towards Pee Dec river. Thc Rockingham Anglo-Saxon says of the work at Blcwett Falls "Wc learn that there are some 200 men at work at thc falls and it -is said that orders have been given for many others to be put back to work. In fact, they were wanted togo to work last Monday. This is good news, if it is true, and wc hope it is. On account of the severe rains of last week the river rose to a considerable extent, covering the entire dam. No damage was done to the dam so far as we coidd learn." ?-0*0 Attachment Proceedings. G D Williams recently sold his stock of goods to Asbury Powers, and B D Townsend brought action to attach the goods on account of a debt due him by Williams. It is contrary to law for a mer chant to sell his stock as a whole without first paying all his debts, or else making a list of his debts and an inventory of his stock and notifying all his creditors in ad vanced Williams was represented by J W LeGrand, and Townsend by Judge Townsend. Mr. LeGrand objected to the jurisdiction of Magistrate Mclnnis. Mr. Mclnnis overulcd tho objection, Mr. Le Grand gave notice of appeal, and thc case is temporarily held up. -O.|.0 Bestowal of Crosses of Honor. We regret to-say. that thc live1 last applications made for Grosses | of Honor, came in too late to be entered on the list. With these exceptions, all applications have been examined and approved, by a committee from Camp H cn egan, by the president of the chapter, and by the State Recorder. With much pleasure, we announce that the bestowal of crosses will take place at thc court house, on Fri day, Jan. Hist, at 11:45a. m. The.I exercises will bc very simple. Thc] public, including teachers and pu pils of the graded school are cor dially invited to attend. The few remaining lathers and] mothers of Confederate Veterans, are affectionately invited to be our guests on that occasion. All veterans who applied for crosses, are requested to meet at] the residence of Mrs. D. D. Mc Collat, or before 10..10 A. M. on the appointed day At 11:40 A M. they will bo marched to) tho (Joint House, accompanied by thc Marlboro Chapter ll. D. C. Mrs. McColl, President, I J. D. C. Sawdust Still Burning. The big pile of sawdust at the Scott Lumber Company's mill at Marlboro is still burning and smoking like a volcano. This is thc place into which a negro boy fell last fall. While, playing on top of tho pile, ho broke through the crust and fell into a burning orator thirty or forty feet below. The hotly of thc boy has never been recovered, lt was a hopeless task to attempt to roach tho bot tom ol* thc hunting mass where his cremated remains still lie. The sawdust pile is very little reduced in si/.e. although it has been burn ing for several months. The mill has been shut down on account, of tho small demand for lumber, and the village ol" Marl boro now scorns almost deserted. Pino Apple Cheese. W. M. Rowe's. THE F?LL OF HOTS How Great World Powers Have Passed Into History. MOST HAVE ?1ED FIGHTING. Th? Struy nie Between tho Empire of tho East and the Empire of tho Wont, Vonice, lt-.-, Qucrot Tinco and Ito Long Reign of Terror. Most countries which have died have nono down fighting. Tho Roman em* piro perished Uko that, mid by tho Irony of fate the power of the Caosavd I came to an end far away from Keino, i After lt had existed for centuries the Hornau empire became so vast and un- i wlekly that lt had to he divided Into two, the empire of the west and tho empire of the east. The capital of the former was Koine. The empire of the west became so weak at last that lt could make no stand against Us enemies. Rome wa' Backed hy tho barbarians and eventu ally became not tho capital of a vast empire, but the city of tho popes, over ? which the punthi., reigned as kings. The temporal power of tho popes last ed till 1870, while the capital of Italy was first Turin and then Mllau. Final ly Ure city was taken without a Ktth] .light by tho soldiers of tho kl . off i Italy. ? Tho empire of tho oast had fte' capi tal at Constantinople. For centuries fi: was tho greatest power in the worlds But it lwcame honeycombed with vice ond enervated with pride and luxury;, also it grew old and weak. Then in< 1422 the Turks made a tigerish spring: on Constantinople and took lt by stemm.. Tho last of tho Creek emperors didS' sword In hand, and hie descendants are living in England today In verr humblo situations. Egypt, once so powerful aud so fa mous under tho pharaohs, ,Avas con quered by Homo and was afterward swamped by tho Moslems, Tho crea eont was supremo lu tho land of tho Kile, and the aforetime haughty Egyp tians were slave? for a thousand years. Tho great moguls used to reign ia India. In the days of Queen Elizabeth tho mogul-or emperor of Delhi, as he waa sometimes ea lied-was so power ful that he thought lt a vast conde scension on his part to recelvo an em bassy from the malden queen. But ns time went on Uie great rajahs, oe tributary kings, rebelled, against the moguls. TndliTwns rent nsumler hy the* wara between rival rajahs. This gave tho Europeans a chance. France at first held tho upper hand and nearly conquered the land, but then England drove Franco baek andi seized tho empire of the greaS mogilla for herself. Thc heir of the moguls, byj tho way, still enjoys a pension glveu bj' tho British government os a com pensation for tho throno lost by his aa. costers. Poland used to occupy a big place on the map of Europe. At one lime o': was much larger and stronger than Russia. The czar of Russia and Uie emperor of Austria were only too glad to be on good terms with tho king of Poland, and there was no king of Prussia in those days. Noble adventurers from all parts of tlie world Hocked to the. Polish capita* at Warsaw, eager to serve In tho Pol ish armies. Tho Duke of Monmouth, son of King Charlea II. of England, thought of doing this. But Poland perished through hor own faults and follies. Tho mass of," tho common people wero slaves in alt but muna They were not allowed to> movo from one part of the country to? another without leave, they could' not own a foot of land, and they could uovor be sure that they might not be B?hl by tho great noble they served to a now master; hence the nobles and the people never stood together l?r time? ofi danger or disaster. Poland was a big country, but it was, divided against Itself, and Russia, Prussia and Austria combined were moro powerful. They all three Joined hand?, und each took a largo ?hare of Poland in 1772. That was tho "first partition of roland." Tho Poles sub mitted tamely, for they wero still dV vided. In 1703 the trio of robbers made e. second swoop. Only tho ghost of Fo land was left. Another year saw the end of the tragedy. The last rem uants of Poland were swallowed up by i! M: .nu, Prussia and Austria. Tho fate of tho republic of Venice 1? one of the most dramatic in all history. For hundreds of years the City of the Lagoons was one of the most powerful states In the world. Its doges ranked ns tho equals of the proudest kings. Its alliance was coveted by tho great est powers, its government was ono of sheer terrorism. Tho dogo wa? hardly more than a splendid figure head. All real power rested in the hands of the dreaded council of ten and the secret three Tho latter wero a trio of living mysteries and were known by name to practically no ono in Venice. Sometimes a man was ono of tho eecret three and his own wife and dill droll never dreamed lt. Their most dreaded servants were masked mutes. If a Venetian, no matter how high his rank, was denounced by the council of ten or tho Secret three, ho know ho was no better than a dead man. So tho government of Venice wa? a terror to its own people and tho outside world. Then Napoleon came upon tho scene, and "the lion of St. Mark licked the dust."-Pearson's Weekly. "I have generally found that tho mun who ls good at an excuse ls good for nothing else," said Franklin to a servant who was always late, but al? ways ready with an excuso.