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tlEMLBOROMOCMT BENNETTSVIIJIJE, S, C. Friday, Jan. 24, 1008 DEMOCRAT PUBLISHING CO., ISubscription Prient Une year. Six months... Three months ?1.00 , .50 .25 PERSONAL. Senator T. I. Rogers spent Sun day and Monday at home. Miss Nancy Edens returned from a visit to Howland last week. A II Kascoo has moved from y s Darlington street to Maple (ijr>?. ?it. Judgo J. H. Hudson has return ed from the meeting of thc bar as sociation in Columbia. Senator J. L. McLaurin is spending some time with his home folks and taking a hunt now and then. Col. Tom C. Hamer, the popular clerk of thc House of Representa tives, spent Sunday and Monday hero. Fred Rogors has bought thc house and lot on Cook street, where the late John S. Moore re sided. v Miss Annie McCall came home Monday night from Rowland, N. C., where she has been on a pleas ant visit for sometime. Dr. J C Moore, Messrs. P. Man gum, B F Moore and W G Tatum were among the visitors to town on Monday last. Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Stokes, of Darlington spent Sunday with Mrs. Stokes parents Mr. and Mrs. Smith Newton, Miss Mabel Wooton returnod to h?r ho?PQ (lt flaxton on last ?Stotur W after a'pleasant visit at the nome of Mr and Mrs J T Kason. 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. McAlister secretary of tho Mallory and Taylor Iron Works, of Macon, Ga., is spend ing a few days with his mother at ^/ratum, and was in town Monday. Dr W J Crosland has bought from L D Newton thc 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 meeting on last Wednesday night and outside of deciding to have the clerk sign all checks with thc mayor, transacted only routine business. Mr. and Mrs. E. M. La/.enby of Augusta, (ia., and Miss Alene Stanton, of Clio, C. C.. arc visit ing at the home of Mrs. E. A. Medlin on Irby street.-Florence Times. Le Roy Pearson has bought the house recently occupied by T. F. Gillespie on Jordan street and moved into it. John R. Kaster J.ing has moved into M Miltie's **iOuse, on Jordan street, which waa vacated by Mr Pearson. Mr, Mueller, of Newberry and formerly private secretary to Chief Justice Pope, of tho Supreme Court, was in town last week look ing around with a view to locating here. It is learned that he has decided to cast in his lot with Bon , pottsville who will give him a , - ?arty welcome. Charlie McEachem, a colored youth, was before the Mayor on Friday charged with being disor 1 derly and using profane language. He was lined $;if> or 00 days on the two charges. For a time it looked as if Charlie was certain ol' tho chain gang this time but ho was finally paid out. On account of the bad weather, the crowds were not Inrjre af the services conducted by Kev. Sam J. Pori or al t he Baptist church Thursday afternoon and night, but those present heard some very line addresses. Mi-. Porter is working in the cause ol' missions. Mr. W. I). Grist, of Vorkvillo, spent several days willi his daugh ter, Mrs. Henry Crosland during the first, part of the week. Mr. Grist is well known oVor tho State having- at one time boon connected with tho Vorkvillo Klnrpiiror und also correspondent for thc News and Courier from his home town. Ile is now in thc- insurance busi ness in Yorkvillc. ( Leslie McLau rin, of Florence, is in town. Thc primary on Inst Friday was quiot and a largo voto was cast. C J Stanton, from near Gibson, was in town on business Wednes day. Mr. and Mrs. C. I J. Lank ly from Smithvillo 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 Breedon was sworn in ns mayor on Tuesday, tho oath of ollice being administered by Judge Mclaurin. | Several trees in front of the postollice have been cut down and moved away, adding very much to thc appearance there. Mrs D S Trecco who has been quite sick for about three weeks was operated on last Saturday by Drs May and Carmichael. The operation was very successful and Mrs Trceco is now slowly improv ing. Clyde Adams, the popular cash ier of the Unions Savings Bank, has pneumonia at his room at tho 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. K. E, Swift and his charm ing wife, of Baltimore, Md., and Mr. A. T. Neilson, of the same city, are thc 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 thc world. Mr. and Mrs. Brown have been showing their guests around the town and adjoining country and giving them some idea of thc fine town and county which is thx pride of every pifeu. Col. John A. Fox, after speak ing at the waterways meeting herc on Monday, left that afternoon for Darlington where ho spoke yesterday at noon. Ile went to Florence yesterday afternoon and addressed another meeting there Inst night in tho interest of the waterways. Ile is mooting with success in his work and is very much encouraged ever tho results ! of his visit. Ile was very much pleased with Bonne tts vi He and said that this was one of tho finest spots he had seen in this country. Ile was greatly taken with tho rich ncssof tlic land ?nd said that bc had often heard of thc great farms of Marlboro. --0*0 Receiver's Sale. Stale of South Carolina. Marlboro Cu vin ty. In ( loin mon Pleas, A. .1. Matheson suing on behalf of himself and other stockholders and croditxirs of the Marlboro Fruit Com pany, Plaintiff vs. The Marlboro Fruit Company, Defendant NOTICE. Pursuant to an order of Court of his Honor lt. C. Watts, dated Jan uary l ll h, 100S, 1 will offer for ?ale at the Court house, door in Marlboro county , on the fir^t Monday in Feb ruary wit hin the loga) hon rs of sale: all t hat piece, or pieces of land belong ing to t he Marlboro Fruit Company, containing six hundred and ten acres, more or less, being all the land owned and possessed hy thc. said Marlboro Fruit Company, and are. situate in the Northwestern part of the Count y near osborn, and are the tracts bought from I). I). McCOll, Toney RI h?be, '/,. T. Pearson, Adeline Stubbs, Martha A tut Steen and others. Also at-the sa me time and place I will sell all th* farming Implements, tools stock and supplies of the said Marl boro Fruit Company of every kind and description owner by thc said Marl boro Fruit Company, consisting in part, of live m ul cs, two two horse wagons, one spraying machine, and merchandise Lo the value of about, eight hundred dollars, and tho usual plantation implements, Terms of sale, one-th I rd cash, bal ance in two equal Installments ai one and two years time to bu secured by bond of purchaser, and by mort gago nf tho promises, and to bear interest tit seven per cont, with privilege Lo thc purchaser of paying all cash, pur chaser to pay for all necessary papers. 15-7 Warren Moore, Koceivcr. -O^O S,0, YOUNO OK 01,1) Tin; BB8? rna. HOLD Rings Liiiie Liver riiis w WMerway? Meeting. Tho watorways mooting on Mon day last was successful from cvory standpoint and fully carno up to thc expectations of its promoters. Mr. J no. A Fox, tho special rep resentativo of tho waterways move ment, was thc speaker of thc occa sion and ho gave some vory in teresting facts as well as very con vincing ones to tho large crowd of representative citizens of Marlbo ro county who had gathered in thc 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 thc Hon. J A Fox, of Arkan sas. Mr. Fox spoke of some of the most important reasons why the waterways should bc improved. Ile said that ono of the objects of thc meeting was thc getting of public sentiment to that place where congress would bc compell ed to appropriate $50,000,000 each year towards thc permanent im provement of thc waterways of thc country. He showed where the government had spent on improv ing thc waterways during the past ten years only $19,300,000 where as they had spent live and six times that much on the army, the navy, pensions and other things. Mr. Fox then went on to show how much would be saved by hav ing thc water rate. In every case where tho water rate has come in to competition with thc railroad thc latter has been compelled to lower tho rates. And Mr. Fox figured to show that on an appro priation of $500,000,000 for water ways there would be saved every .VCiir in (he United States $18?> GOOLOO thia ??lng lli? annual re turn OH tho investment. This would come through figuring thc lowering in tho freight rates at even tho lowest reduction. Ile showed where freight would .-ost only 1-T of which it now costs by rail. Facts and figures were cited in thc speech. He showed if the Pee Deo was so improved that it would have six toot ol' navigable water all the year round then much would bf saved to Bcnnettsville and tho county through the water rates. From the northern points taking an average of o?<jht classes of goods there Would be saved in freight rates by means of the waler rates 18 cents per hundred on all these eight classes which would bc $3.16 per ton? The com merce from Bennetts vi Ho he esti mated would be about 8,000 cars, there would be saved by means of tho water rates 120,000 tons which in money would bc about $432,000 each year saved in Bcnnettsville alone. The speaker spoke of the move ment, how united action was need ed in contrast to the present work, and said that in prosecution this work South Carolina had pledged herself to raise $3,000 and of this amount. Bonnettsville was asked to give $'200. The membership fee was $6 and this would entitle the joiner to a membership card from thc national secretary. Upon motion it was decided that the President should appoint a committee to solicit members and fees and the following compose the committee: Messrs- Harris Bris tow, T S ICvans, .1 N Drake, II W Carroll, daines McDavid, W A Hogers, ?J ?P Edens, Marvin Adams and A ,1 Matheson. Following this these resolutions were odored and adopted: Resolutions adopted by mass meeting of citizens of Bennetts ville and Marlboro ( 5o. Whereas the tranportation fa cilities of the country arc appar ently not udco?unte to meet tho de mands of commerce and whereas tho niggardly policy pursued by tho national government in tho past inwards improving tho natu ral waterways has not been pro ductive of beneficiary insults Therefore bo it resolved by tho citizens ol' Marlboro Co. S. C., as sembled in mass mooting this 20th dav of dan. 1908 that we heartily endorse tho work of The National Waterways Congress in its efforts 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 the 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 and com prehensivo manner upon our rivers and harbors. Ho it further resolved that copies of these resolutions be sent to tho Hon. Jas. G Cannon, speak er of the house of representatives, and to lion. Theodore Burton, chairman of the Rivers and Har bors committee of Congress. -o+o JONES TO GET $?200 Thc Baptist Church Raises Its Pastor's Salary. At a conference of tho members of thc Thomas Memorial Baptist church last Sunday, it was agreed to raiso the salary, of tho pastor, Rev C A Jones, from 81000 to $1200. Thc motion was made by W IO Thomas, seconded by HW Carroll, and passed without a dis senting vote. The church also elected its offi cers for this year by secret ballot, which resulted in the re-election of lt N Sampson, clerk; J TDouglas, treasurer, and II W Carroll, su perintendent of thc Sunday school. The terms of two deacons had also expired and M McLau rin and A J Bristow were re-elected. A library association was organ ized for tho iNir?;pso of providing books for thc Sunday Behool li brary. Thc foo is a dollar ? year", j About 35 names were enrolled to bogin with, Ben Carlisle was received into the church. He was formerly a member at Cheerful Hope, in Rob eson county, but this church dis banded, j His membership was carried ' Yrom Salem to Cheerful I lope. A letter was granted Henry (1 Carroll to transfer his member ship to a church in Oklahoma City. After hearing a report from tho, committee which luv1, been appoin-j tod to investigate tho matter, the j church withdrew fellowship from .1 F Stewart, who hes moved to North Carolina. -o->o TO GET BENEFIT OF WATER. ?UVTES Chcraw Navigation Company to Build Line From Landing to this Place. Mr John A Fox, who was here nt the waterways meeting on Monday and tho principal speaker on that occasion, gave some interesting in formation in the meeting in refer ence to a proposed tramway from herc to a landing on the Pee Dec river. Tho matter came about when Mr H W Carroll, in the meeting, proposed that at some fu ture time the matter of connect ing Chcraw, Bcnncttsvillo, Clio, McColI, and Gibson, with a trollop lino bc agitated. Mr Fox told of tho movement which the Chcraw navigation had on foot. Much oucoiirgomcnt has been given hythe pocoplc of this com munity to tho boat line from Chc raw to Georgetown. Tho Chcraw Navigation Company has built und equipped admirable docks and fa cilities for loading and unloading the boats at Chcraw suchas will enable them to bring freight from New York, Boston and I*hilndcl* i pinn to this point 1(57 miles inland at wafer rates. The only thing interfering now in tho passage of tho boat is thc bridge at Society Hill but,this will, ?null probability, be removed ill a short time. Thc Navigat ion company is con templating tho construction of a tram road from some point near Gardner's Bluff to Bcnncttsvillo live miles away so that freight can bo handled here nt waler rates. Tdio proposition of Mr Carroll about building thc electric lino aroused some interest and is well worth consideration. Should the Pee Deo be improved and now manufacturing interest?established hero the electric lino would be RIK assured fact. -0*0 Rockingham Power Co. Work on tho dam and lines of tho Rockingham Power company was suspended for some time on account of tho failure of the Knick erbocker Trust company of New York, which holds the bonds of tho Rockingham Power company. Work has been commenced again, however. Mr. Pearson has been herc for several days surveying for the linc from herc towards Pee Dee river. The Rockingham Anglo-Saxon says of thc work at Blewett Falls: "Wc learn that there are some '200 men at work at the falls and it is said that orders have been given for many others to be put back to work. In fact, they were wanted to go to work last Mond?.". 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 could learn.'' -0*0 Attachment Proceedings. G D Willir.ms recently sold his stock of goods to Asbury Powers, and B 1) 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 bis 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 AV LeGraml, and Townsend by Judge Townsend. Mr. LoGraud objected to the jurisdiction of Magistrate Mclnnis. Mr. Mclnnis overuled the objection, Mr. Le IGrand gave notice of appeal, and thc case is temporarily held up. -0+0 j Bestowal of Crosses of Honor. j We regret to say. that the five last applications made for Crosses of Honor. carno in too late to be entered on thc list. With these exceptions, all applications have been examined and approved, by a committee from Camp Henegan, by the president of thc chapter, and by the State Recorder. With much pleasure, we announce that the bestowal of crosses will take place at the court house, on Fri day, Jan. 31st, at 11:45 a. m. The exercises will be very simple. Thc public, including teachers and pu pils of thc graded school are cor dially invited to attend. The fow remaining fathers aud mothers of Confederate Veterans, are affectionately invited to be our guests on that occasion. All veterans wdio applied for crosses, are requested to meet at the resilience of Mrs. D. 1). Mc Coll at, or before 10.30 A. M. on the appointed day At 11:40 A M. they will bo marched to the Court House, accompanied by thc Marlboro Chapter U. D. ?C. Mrs. McColl, President, U. D. C. Sawdust Still Burning. The big pile of sawdust at thc Scott Lumber Company's mill at Marlboro is still buming and smoking like a volcano. This is the place into which a negro boy fell last fall. While playing on top of the pile, he broke through the crust and foll into a burning crater thirty or forty foot below. The body of the boy has never been recovered, lt was a hopeless task to attempt to reach the bot tom ol* thc burning 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 the small demand for lumber, and tho village of Marl boro now seems almost deserted. 1 Pine Apple Cheese W. M. Rowe's. THE FALL_Of_ NATIONS How Great World Powers Have Passed Into History. MOST HAVE DIED FIGHTING. Th? Struggle Botweon th? Empire of the Ea6t and tho Empire of tho Wast, Venice, Its Gttcrot Thrco and Its Long Riign of Terror. Most countries which hnve died have gone down lighting. Tho Komnn em pire perished like that, and by the Irony of fate tho power of the Caesar* i caine to au end far away from Homo, i After it had existed for centuries the Roman empire become so vast and un- j wletdy that it bed to he divided lute two, the empire of the weat and tho empire of the east. The capital of the former was Rome. The oaipiro of tho west became so , weak nt last that lt could make no stand against its enemies. Rome was sacked hy tho barbarians and eventu ally became not tho capital of a vast , empire, but the city of tho popes, over , which the pontiffs reigned as kings.. The temporal power of tho popes last? ed till 1870, while the capital of Italy was first Turin and then Milan. F bi al ly the city was taken without a wail] fight by tho soldiers of tho klxr?c; off \ Italy. j Tho empire of the east bad! Its capi tal at Constantinople. For centuries fifi, was tho greatest power in the worlds But lt became honeycombed with vice and enervated with prldo and luxury;: also lt grew old and weak. Then in< 1422 thc Turks made a tigerish spring: on Constantinople and took it by sloflnt Tho last of tho Greek emperors dtqB* sword in hand, and his descendante are living In England today bi very; bumble situations. . ISgypt, once so powerful and so fa~ mons under tho pharaohs, .was con quered by Romo and was afterward] swamped hy tho Moslems? Tho cres cent was supremo lu tho land of tho Nile, and tho aforetime haughty Egyp tians were slave? for a thousand years. Tho great moguls used to reign in India. In the days of Queen Elizabeth tho mogul-or emperor of Delhi, ns he ?was sometimes coiled-was so power ful that he thought it a vast conde scension on his part to receive an em bassy from the malden queen. But ns time went on the great rajahs, oe tributary kines, rebelled, against the moguls. TndlfTwas rent asunder hy the* wars between rival rajahs. Thia gave tho Europeans a chance. Franco ut first held the upper hand* and nearly conquered tho lane, bat then England drove Franco back andi seized tho empire of the great moguls for herself. Tho heir of tho moguls, by( tho woy, still enjoys a pension given, by tho British government as a com pensation for the throne lost by bis on* ceators. Poland used to occupy a big place on tho map of Europe. At ono time 1? was much larger and stronger than. Russin. The czar of Russia and the emperor of Austria were only too glad to bo on good terms with tho king of Poland, and there was no king of Prussia in those days. Noble adventurers from all parts of the world Hocked to thb Polish capital ?t Warsaw, eager to serve In tho Pol ish armies. The Duke of Monmouth, son of King Charles II. of England, thought of doing this. But Poland perished through heit own faults and follies. Tho muss ot tho common people were slaves In alt but name. They were not allowed to< move from one part of the country tc another without leave, they could not own a foot of land, and they could? never be sure that they might not be sold by tho great noble they served to> n now master; hence the nobles andi tho people never stood together li? times ot danger or disaster. Poland was a big country, but It wa? dividod against, itself, and Russia, Prussia and Austria combined were moro powerful. They all three Joined hand?, und each took a largo share of Poland in 1772. That was the "first partition of Poland." The Poles sub mitted tamely, for they wcro still di vided. In 1703 tho trio of robbers made tr. second swoop. Only tho ghost of Po land was left. Another year saw the end of the tragedy. The last rem nants of Poland were swallowed up by lim.ilu, Prussia und Austrlu. Tho fate of the republic of Venice 1? one of the most dramatic in all history. For hundreds of years the City of the Lagoona wos one of the most powerful states In tho world. Its doges ranked ns tho equals of tho proudest kings. Ks alliance was coveted hy tho great est powers. Its government was ono of sheer terrorism. Tho dogo was hardly more than n splendid figure head. All real power rested In tho hands of the dreaded council of ten mid tho secret three. Tho latter woro o trio of living mysteries and were known bj' name to practically no one in Venice. Sometimes n man was ono of tho Beeret throe and his own wife and chil dren never dreamed it. Their most dreaded servants were masked mutes. If n Venetian, no matter how high hi? rank, was de: < anced by tho council of ten or tho secret three, ho know ho Wfl8 no better than a dead man. ftc? the government of Venice was a terror to Its own people and tho outside world. Then Napoleon carno upon tho scene, and "tho Hon of St. Mark licked tho dust."-Pearson's Weekly. "I have generally found that th? mnn who ls good ot nu excuso ls good for nothing else," said Franklin to a servant who was always late, but aV* ways ready with au excuse.