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?illi?ll?i? BBNNBTTSVILLB, S, C. Friday, Fob. 7, 1908 DEMOCRAT PUBLISHING GO., Subtfi'.rlptiOM Crlce: ?/iie year. Six months.. . Th reo months $ 1.00 , .50 .25 PERSONAL Miss Parrott, of Hurtsville, is visiting Mrs Percy W allace. L. S. Welling, of Darlington, was in town lari week. Miss Oar ris Pegues, of Cl ie raw, is visiting Mrs A. C. Sinclair. L JS Mattie McCall is in Max ton on a visit to her sister. The legislative delegation spent Sunday and Monday woth homo folks. Kev. C. A. ?Iones spent last 'week in North Carolina on busi ness. E. M. Rowe has moved to C. li. Crosland's new house on Cook Street. Mrs W. li. Sanders, spent Sun day with her Eather, C. Price, at Darlington. The crowd in town on Monday was large and a rushing business Wffrl done. \V M Stevenson of tile local bar, spent several days in Columbia lust week. Miss Hell Jennings, of Fayette ville, is the guest ol Mr. and Mrs 1 knights Jennings. ?I. li. Owens spent several days last week in Virginia, laking in Richmond on the trip. Miss Alice Hird, of Williams port, Penn., is visiting at the home of Architect Richards. A. ?J. Matheson is building some more back ollices on tho lol back of the burned Skye hotel. The weather Wednesday was sleety, and that morning sleet was falk'og bul il did not last K)no. W. H. Sanders has . wnppcd for a lol from li. W. Carroll, on Ma ple street, and is building a house there. Mrs A. I ). Rogers, returned re cent'y from Maxton where she bab been spending sometime with relatives. Miss Crace Mitchell, of Colum bia, spent several days recently with her parents returning to col lege on Sal urduy'i T. W. Williams, who has been living in Robeson county, N. C.. has moved back io Marlboro and is now having the. Advocate sent to him tit ( 'bo. Thc old ollice fixtures in thc of fice ol' tin- Probate .Indee was sold at auct ion on Monday avid brought $11.30. New lire proof fixtures have been installed and there was no longer any use for thc old ones. Mr/'J. K. Iliickabec, from Dil Jon, was in town on Monday. This was Mr. Iluekaboe's first visit hero, in live years and ho lound ninny changes. Ile came th rou uh the country by private conveyance. Mi. md Mrs Krank Crosland have ? .oved into their handsome new homo on Darlington street, non ?/ th1 Methodist church. Mrs Alit. 'vi. Moore has moved into tho I oh io ?it tho corner of I )ar lingtoii and Parsonage streets, vacated by Mr. and Mrs Cros land. Tho dance which to have boen given last Friday evening in tho hull ovo Crosland's store was post poned until Monday evening on account of t ho bad weat her. Mon day evening lound tho weather lino and the dance wil$> enjoyed by all those who wore fortunate enough to attend. "Health Coffee" is really tho closest col?ee imitation over yet produced. This, tho finest oolloo substitute over made, has recently bee., produced by Dr. Snoop of Racine, Wis. Not a grain of real coil : s In it either. Health Coffee is made from pure toasted cereals, with malt, nuts. eic. Really it would fool un expert who might drink it for coffee. No twenty or ) thirty minutes boiling. "Made in a minute," says thc doctor, li. D, Hogers & Bro. TWICE ARRESTED AND RE LEASED N. B. Cohen vs the Chicago Crayon Co. -Thinns Rather Mixed. N.B. Collen, a white man, was brought from Rockingham, N.C., on Monday by constable Lee Hub bard and lodged in jail here charged with embezzlement. The warrant was sworn out by one Paul Finch and charged Cohen with appropi ating tho funds of tho Chicago Crayon Company for his own uso. Cohen was arrested in Kooking" ham and brought hero, he agreeing to como without requisition papers. The preliminary w as held Wed nesday afternoon. Thc ?ase was tried before Magistrate Kasterling. Paul Kinch, who swore out the I warrant, for the Chicago Crayon ' Company appeared and gave his sido of tho ease. Mr Lei J rand? who represented the defense, said that the company should show in writing their claims of being a corporation. Judge Easterling ruled that if tho company was a corporation they should have it in writing to prove their claims. Thereupon the warrant was with drawn. The Chicago Crayon Com pany then had another warrant taken out for Cohen on the charge of breach ol' trust with fraudaient intent. But while the warrant was being taken out Cohen skip ped and left the Slate. .\ ord had been sent to Rocking ham and when Cohen walked into that town he was arrested, lint jon Constitution he was released by tho otlicer at that point for they claimed that they hail no warrant for him. lt was stated this morning that the attorneys for the Chicago Crayon Company has gone io ("lio j to have a warrant taken out be ! lon? Magistrate Calhoun and t. ey ?baby dead in bed. When they re turned I he night before, the child seemed perfectly well, and the J cause of its death is not known .--.-^ ^? * ? . Teachers' Meetinjj The County Teachers association met iu the court house on last, sat urday morning at ll o'clock accor ding to previous announcement. The meeline; wa-, ( ailed to order by President Melvin rick. Owing to tho inclement state of thc weath er tin1 crowd was slim and thc allen dance was not tts good as was hop Oct for, However thous who were present manifested a lively and keen interest in the proceed i ii gs and all felt as if the meeting would re sult in much good. 1 )r. Bunyan Mel >eod, t he pastor of the Presbyterian'Church here, de livered an instructive and inspiring address which was listened to with close and marked attention. The j others on tho program, from thc reason that the number present , wen? few, did not carry out their parts but will do so at ti latter meei . ; "lg. j Those present were: President Me K itt rick, Misses Meares, Bell, Dees Atkinson, Wells, Morris, Mrs. Adam , and Messrs. lOastcrling and Moore, The next meei mg of the asso ciation will be held in the court j lionne on tho first Saturday in March at I ?'clock, lt is hoped j that the \ euther will permit a large 'attendu. The,January meeting vv ns Hoi i,eld oil account of the bad Weather find tho meeting Saturday was slim for t he same reason. The President and the committee will If ve a good progam ready for thc March meeting and ii is expected that a largo crowd will bo present provided the weather permits. Before thc Mayor. On the blotter of the Mayor's court the following cases appeared this week : John B, Hubbard, white, drunk and disorderly, $1?0 or twenty days Fine was paid. Eil Stewart, colored, drunk anti disorderly, $10 or fifteen days. This lino was also paid. COUNTV BUDGET FOR 1908. j Tbc Levy This Yc?.r HOLS Been Fixed ?A t Six Mills. The county Board sometime ago made out the comity budget lor the coming year and it is hero iii von : For auditor. $300., for county commissioners and (dorks, $1(500.. for treasurer, $H2f>.. for county ? hoard of equalization, $200., for jury, witnesses and constable tick ets., $o,000., for clerk of court, 8700.. for sherill' ?2700., for ma gistrates and constables $1015., j for coroner, $'200., for poor house and poor, $2500., for repairs on roads and bridges, 814,000., for repairs on public buildings, $100., for hooks, stationery and printing*, s;?!)!)., foi- contingent expenses, |$800., for post mortem examin ing lunatics and conveying, $500., for jury commissioners and in surance, ?200., for court house, 8200., for jail, $800., lor physi cian und attorney's fees, v:iT.'>., j for interest no money to bo bor rowed. $000., for dispensary con ' stable, $840. Here is the estimated revenues for the coining year other than ! laxes: Fines and costs for magistrates, .tl,OOO, lines and license from clerk of court, $1,000., commuta tion road tax, $4,000., cornily sup crvisor $200., other sources. Total to'be raised by taxation, $25,080. Thc levy for the past year was six and one half mills, this bring ing in taxes to the amount of 'i^t', 74*1,26, The levy for the coming j year has been llxcd at six mills, a reduction of on * half of a mill. This estimate is made out and handed to tho delegation in thc legislature and they ha\'e thc hwy fixed, which, as stated above, has been made six mills for this year. Mrs. PcArsoiVs ?louse Burned. X-. I... i.. ? 1 home just in time to sec her house burning down. Mrs Pearson and children moved from Bcimcttsvillc the first of thc year to tho place which I hey had bought in North Carolina through tho real estate agency of K Cosby New ion. The place had a very nice residence on il. Tile Ip.ss is estimated at $2500. The friends of Mrs. Pearson sympathize with her in lins new misfortune which has been added to her many recent troubles. The Record Right. Thc Columbia UccoKl says: A rule to be effective mus! be invariably applied. 'flu' Record has maile a new rule, effctivo Mare!) 1.1i)()8, and lhere will no exception to it. A fter that dato no one. HO maller how rich, can re move The Record by mail without having paid for it in advance, whether for a week, a month, a (punter, six months, a yetti" or any other length of titne. Heavy losses through unpaid mail subscriptions have caused tho determination to adopt this policy, Similar looses , have boon suffered by publishers who credits mail subscriptions. All of them know they ought to adopt the cash in advance policy but with most of thom because of thc fact that competing contempora* rios have not adopted such ll policy keeps them from doing what they know they ought to do. Tho pos tal authorities have, taken a K>11?4 step m tho right direction by pass ing a rule thai a daily newspaper cannot be sent as second class pos tage rales to a subscriber who OWOs for moro than three months, livery publisher w ho is extending credit Wishes the rule had boen made that no paper could bo sent at all unless paid for in ad vance." .??.? ? ..... Militia to be Inspected. Lieutenant Charles ll. Cabincss ?lr. ?. S. A., and Col William T. Brock, assistant, adjutant and in spector general, will begin their tour of inspecting the state mili tia on March :>, nt Sumter. They will inspect the Marlboro Guards, (company IC, 2nd infantry) on March 24, i THE THRIOE-A-WEEK WORLD lu the Presidential Oatupaign Year, More Alert, More Through and More Fearless Than Ever. READ IN EVERY ENGLISH SPEAKING COUNTRY. A President of the United Slates will bo elected this year. Who is he and who is the man whom he ?viii beat? Nobody yet knows, but tho Thricc-a-Week edition of the New York World will tell you every step u. <. every detail of what promises to be a campaign of the most absorbing interest, ll may may not toll you what you hope, but it will tell you what is. Tho Thrice-a-Wcol< World long ago established a charter publica tion ol' news, and this il will main tain. Lf you want tho news as it. really is subscribe to the Thrico-a Weok edition of the Now York \\ orld, which conies to you every other day except Sunday, and is ihus practically a daily al the price of a weekly. T ll K THRICK-A-WKKK WORLD'S regulay subscription prico is $1.00 per yoar, and this pays for I ;'><> papers. We oller this unof|Ualled newspaper and Demo crat together for one year for $1.80. The regular subscription price of thc two papers is 82.00. This groat offer will only hohl foi- a limited timi4 and send iii your names at once. This offer is opon alsolo old subscribers who renew for one year. <> Stop that tickling cough! Dr. Shoop's Cough Cure w ill surely stop it, and with perfect safety, ll is so thoroughly harmless, that Dr. Shoop tells mothers to USC nothing else even with very young babies. The wholesome green leaves and tender stems of a lung h eal in ir mountainous shrub fur i fouirltis, Patronize Home Inuustrics. Mount Carmel, 111 , Jan. 1 7. Ayougmunof Wost Salem recently j purchased a pair of trousers from a mail order house. In thc pocket was the following note: "Should tliis fall into the hands of a good looking young man who de sires to correspond with a young lady of sweet disposition, kindly address ".MlSS Cl,AKA CLARK, Alton, III." Ile wrote Miss ("lark and within a fortnight I he credulous swain re ceived the following discouraging reply: ''Sir,lily w ife has just received a letter from you addressed in her maiden name, [fifteen years ago, when she worked in J; sweatshop she. might have written the note. She ?snow the mother of six chil dren anil my lawful wife. If you don't cut Owt writing to her, there will he something doing." Thc young man has decided to patronize home indiist ries in select ing clothing and sweethearts. PRISONERS TAKEN TO VIR GINIA Krause Alii\s Linncrt Facing a Charge of Forgery. Thc man who was arrested in Maxton some days ago and brought herc and lodged in jail on th:1 charge ol' forgery and w ho gave the lilinie of A Krause proved to be August Linncrt, of Holland Va This information reached here when ollieer W T ?Johnson, of Suffolk, Va arrived for the prison er and id?ntillcd him as Linnert. .Johnson and his prisoner left for Va on Tuesday night. No requisi tion papers were, necessary as the prisoner agreed so go without. Linnert alias Krause was arrest ed for passing a forged chock at Met'ell on the Bank of Holland in tho state of Va. I le was apprehen ded nt Maxton N C and it is said that he was wanted there for some reason but what charge is against him there is not known herc. Walters-Wiggins. Red Springs, Jan, 30.--.Beauti ful in every feature was thc marri age Thursday evening at seven o'clock of Miss Minnie Kssie Wig gins to Mr. W. P. Walters both of Wak ul la. Tho ceremony which took place at tho home of the brides parents, Mr. and Mrs G. II. Wig gins was performed by Kev. S. L. Morgan of tho Baptist church ol* Ked Springs, Tho parlor was ar tiatically decorated with green and pink while iu tho middle of tho room was au arch of bamboo from which was suspended a largo wed ding bell, under which stood thc bride and gi oom. The bridal par ty entered tho room to tho strains of incndelsshons march. The muids-of honor entered from tho left side while tho ushers entered from thc right. Th \v met at tho arch so as to form a circle for thc bride and groom. Thc attendents was Miss Leone Thomas of Che raw, with Mr. ,J. F. Shepherd of Kow hind, Miss Fannie Walters 01 .lohn Station with Mr. Q, 1*. Ohil ty also of Rowland. Noxt entered thc groom upon thc arin of his best man Mr. Ky.nx J. Walters his brother, while, thc bride entered from the left with her damo-of honor Miss 10. II. Wiggins sister in-law of the bride. The bride was Lccomingly attired in a net dress over white silk and carried a shower hoquet ol brides roses while thcdamo-of-honor wore gray gown of silk*. The maids of honor wore white over pink and carried pink carnations. The bridal party left the room to thc strains of Lohcngrirs bridal chorus faultless ly rendered by Miss Kia Steed of Philadelphia High school. Immediately after the ceremony all repaired to the dining room which was beautifully decorated willi green and while, whore a de lightful slipper was served. The cut glass ami silver ware ami other valuable pres cuts were received. Mr. and Mrs Walter-, left on the nine o'clock train for Fayetteville, Dillon ami Rowland, Lo visit rela tives of thc groom. The bride is one of Robeson's most charming and popular yotmg ladies and she is Holed foi* her lovillCSS lill who know her love her. She is tho youngos! daughter of Mr Wig gins and tho only daughter of Mrs Wiggins while tho groom whose former home was at Howland, but is now in thc merchandise business at Wakullll where ho has resided for i he past t wo years. I Ie numbers his friends by thc score and is well known in Ked Springs. Me is a young man of liol de character and has many busi ness qualities. Notice of Final Discharge. Having bled in the Probate Judge.s ollice of Marlboro county my lina! return as guardian of Si las M Spears, UH Spears, W H SpCars, K F Spears, Tilla Spears, Alton Spears and Forest Spears notice is hereby given that I will apply to said court on the 3rd day of March 1908 for letters dismis sivry ns such guardian. William Spears. ft-9 p. Guardian. Feb. 3rd 1908. - - . +m*- -j--' R.. F. I). Leave Earlier. ( )wing to thc H &C schedule thc post ollice department luis changed the rural carrier schedule to 8.00 a. m., instead of leaving at 10.30 a. m. This will give tho mail to the rural i atrons several hours earlier although they will not, re?oive tho daily papers until tho next morn ing. ? - -. - ? --?. ( ?rippe is swooping the country. Stop it with Preventics, before it gets deeply scated. To chock early colds with those little ("andy ("old (.'uro Tablets is surely sensible and safe. Preventics contain no qui nine, no laxative, nothing harsh or sickening. Pneumonia would never appear if early colds were promptly broken. Also good for feverish children. Larg? box, 48 tablets, '25 cents. Vest pocket boxes 5 cents. Sold by J. T. Douglas. THE DANCE MONDAY Was A Most Delightful and En joyable Affair The dunce which took placo Mon day evening in Crosland'^ Hall was a most delightful affair. Tho music was furnished by tho Ben nottsvillo String Hand and this ad ded much to tho enjoyment of tho evening. The following were present. Misses Lula Cropsland, Kinma McLaurin, Nancie Kdens, Annie McCall, Mattie McCall, Ju lia Leaf, Kathcrloin M cokings, Mary L. Smith, May Weathley, Josephine Bobb, Annie Mae Ric aud, Kate Meares, Agnes Byrd, of Penn, and Messrs, W, D. Kason, .lames Drake, ICorksoy M cokings, Tom Breeden, J. A. Weathley, C. T. Dudley, Willie .Jordan, John Covington, C. K. Weatherly, D. K. MeColl, Travis Pate, R. ii. Crosland, Julian McLaurin, Me lvan Weatherly, t?dgar Norris, Laurin Crosland and Gibbons, of Wilmington, N, C. -0*0 FOR S A LE. 12 milli's I two Poise wagons 4 one horse wagons willi gin, also farming tools for a 12 horse farm, will soil cheap for lack of use. W. S. MOWRY 7f>-18"A I). A weak stomach means weak stomach nerves, always. And this is also true of the heart and kid neys. IC a pity that sick ones continue to drug the stomach or stimulate the heart and kidneys. The weak nerves, not the organs themselves need this help. This explains why Dr. Shoop's Restor ative has, and is promptly helping so many sick ones. It goes direct to lin? cause ol these diseases. Test this vital truth and sec. Jno. T. 1 >ouglas. If you have catarrh, lid your self of this repulsive disease. Ask Dr. Shoop of Racine, Wis., to mail you free, a trial box of his Dr. Shoop's Catarrh Remedy. A sim ple, single test, will surely tell you a catarrh truth well worth your knowing. Write to-day. Don't sillier longer. J.T. Douglas. -, \ i . '. "itU -'Ob UilU Lil P. Stubbs has made suit to me to grant unto them letters of Admin istration of the estate of and ef fects of Jas. L. Stubbs, deceased. Those are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kin dred and creditors of the said Jas. L. Stubbs, deceased, that they be, and appear before me, in the court of Probate to be held af Bennetts villo, S. C., on the Cth of Feb. 1908 after publication thereof, at 1 I o'clock" in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted, (liven under my hand, the 21st day of .January A. I)., 1908. Milton McLaurin, 4-8 Judge of Probate. Receiver's Sale. State ot' South Carolina, Marlboro County. I n i 'oinihon Pleas. A..I. Matheson suing on behalf of himself and other stockholders and creditors ol' the Marlboro Fruit Com pany, Plainbll? vs. Tbc Marlboro fruit 1 'ompany, I >e fondant NOTICE. Pursuant to an order ol' Court of bis Honor lt. C. Watts, dated Jan uary 1 U li, 1908, 1 will oller for salo at the Court bouse door in Marlboro county , on the lirst Monday in Feb ruary within th? legal hours gf sale; all that piece or pieces of land belong ing to the Marlboro Fruit ('ompany, containing six hundred and ten acres, moro or less, being all thc land owned and possessed by thc said Marlboro Fruit Company, and aro situate, in thc Northwestern part of the County near osborn, and aro the tracts bought from i>. i>. McColl. Toney Bl Icrbe, '/. T. Pearson, Adeline. Stubbs, Martha Ann Steen and others. Als? at thc sumo time and place I will sell all th? farming implements, tools stock and suppl ios of tho saki Marl boro Fruit Company of every kind and description owner by tho .said Marl boro Fruit rom >any, consisting in part of live mules, two two horse wagons, one spraying machine, anti merchandise to tho value, of about Dight hundred dollars, and the usual plantation implements. Terms of saie, .no-third cash, bal ance in two equal Installments at one and two yea rs ti me to bo secured by bond ol' purchaser, and by mort^aRC of tho premises, and to bear Interest at seven per cont, witli privilege to the, purchaser of paying all cash. Pur chaser to pay for all necessary papers. 3-7 Warren Moore, Receiver.