Safe Blowers at Work
Safe blowers at Blenheim on last
Friday night blew open tho safe
of J .J Hood, a merchant at that
place, ami secured about 801) in
cash. Up to the present time there
is no clue to thc robbers although
every ell'ort is being mado'to locate
them.
In conversation over thc 'phone
Saturday afternoon Mr. Hood said
that tho case was simply one of
pure robbery. He said that he
went home as usual Friday night
and although he lived not very far
from the store he did not hear the
least sound of any robbers. On
going to the store Saturday morn
ing tho front and tho side doors
were found unlocked and on look
ing inside it was found that tho
sale doors had been blown oil' anil
the money which was in the safe
was gone.
Further investigation showed
that the men who did thc robbery
"stunt"" had gotten a chisscl and
an old piece ol' a mower and with
these had forced an entrance and
drilled tho boles in thc safe. It is
not known but il is presumed that
they used dynamite although no
.noise was heard.
It was stated on the streets here
Sntut'dttV afternoon that, tko rob
bois had entered the blacksmith
shop of NV Alkinson and got
there the tools with which they did
their work from that shop. It was
t?ld that they broke open the door
ol' the blacksmith shop in forcing
au entrance.
Mr. Hood lost $<>'.} in cash and in
addition his safe is a total wreck.
This will run his loss lo close to
$200.
The lever of the safe door was
wisted out and dynamite inserted
n the hole. Bolts of homespun
vere wrapped around the safe and
)iled up around it to deaden the
. MM ll . 1
' hoy iviu named
0
money evidently Loi non auvw...
thing in thc store was bothered
besides the safe. Every ell'ort is
being made to locate them and in
spite of the fact that they covered
their tracks ver,\' skilfully they
will no doubt be brought to justice
sooner or later.
.
A BEAUTIFUL DAY
Last Sabbath Was a Most Perfect
Day in ?vii Respects.
Last Sabbath was glorious in all
its beauty. Tin1 dawn ol' spring
was ushered in with glad, sunshiny
weather. Not a cloud was visible
and thc music ol' the birds almost
made one forget thal winter was
still close in the rear and Unit more
cold and rough weather was still
likely to be experienced hcforc thc
month was passed.
In keeping with the beautiful
day the various churches wc rc lili
ed and st rong sermons were beard
from every pulpit. Each pastor
scorned to feel tile spirit of the
new day and tho large congrega
tions heard inspiring and most
helpful discourses on tho Christian
life.
At thc Methodist church thc
Kev. K IO Turnipseed preached in
thc morning to a large congrega
tion and after thc sermon the sac
rament of the Lord's supper was
Observed. Al the Presbyterian
church tho pastor, tho Kev. I >r.
Bunyan McLeod, faced un imus
nully large assemblage and his
remarks received dose attention.
Kev. C A Jones, the pastor ol' thc
Baptist church, also delivered a
o st excellent discourse on the
broad of lifo.
The .services al the Episcopal
church were conducted by the
Kev. T Tracy Walsh, who deliver
ed in his usual forcible and con
vincing manner, truths from thc
word of (?od.
The fu st Sabbath of March will
be remembered as beautiful in
every particular, spreading glad
ness and good cheer on all.
PERATED ON IN FLORENCE
p
ormcr Resident of This Phv.ce
had to Have One Eye Removed.
Tho following is clipped from,
I QI
ic Slate of Saturday last, tho ac- lc
punt having been written from tl
'loronco: ^
Tho many friends of Mr Milton it
?cLaurin will regret to loam that|T
s a result of the injuries received
rom lire by Mr MeLaurin sov
iral days ago it hus become noces- o
iiiry to remove one of his eyes.
Cvory ell'ort was made to restore ii
ho eye, but without avail. Mr. 11
MeLaurin bus been living in Mar ,
on sim-e bis removal from Flor- ii
ince several years ago. He was J1
irought to Dr. Il norton s inlinn- ?
iry herc and thc operation per- <
formed. Thc operat ion was sue- j"
icssful and Mr, MeLaurin is now ,
?ul of danger. Several years ago "
Mr. MeLaurin was married to 1
Miss iCminio McMillan of Flor- j
.nee. Mr. Mc Lan ri tPs brother, h
Capt. Leslie McLaUrin, who hrs
Iiis headquarters in Florence, bas <
been with his brothel' during the 1
whole lime. I .
Oak Rid<<c Cemetery Committee, j
The next meeting of tho Oak
Llidge cemetery committee will bc
held at the home of Mrs. YV, P,
Breeden Sr, Thursday af temoin
at four o'clock March 12th. All j
interested are invited to be pres
ont.
Mrs. Sadie YVeathloy.
President of com.
COLORED SCHOOL DEDICA
TED.
Interesting Scr 'ices Held in Cha
pel on Sunday Afternoon.
Tho Marlboro Colored Indus
H y "nrl". *f thlq town ?hold
their now school building which is
attractive in appearance and com-1
modious in size, though"(not yet
completed. Tho'building is two and
one-half stories high with spacious
balls, class rooms, chapel and in
dustrial rooms for work and ex
hibits. 'Pho contractor, Mr L F
Townsend, has executed the plans
very well indeed ami is still at
work.
The colored board Ol' trustees
have worked very bard ami tho
present school house is largely tho
' result of their careful supervision,
I aided by a distrossc I and discour?
aged people and helped by thc
j white board of I rn--lees and many
kind white friends of this commu
nity. < hu* prayer is that more
! friends will come to our rescue.
The exercises on hist Sunday
Wcro brief btil inspiring. Th c
j chairman of tho t rustce board,
? Prof. IO J Sawyer, being ?ill, which
Was a cause for much regret, he
haying been in tllO fore front of
educational matters for a long pe
rind, the vice chairman. Kev .1 NV
Moultrie, presided. Prayer was
o if o rod by Doctor I?d wards, Solo
and chorus, "Count your Blcss
ings." by Mr Allen Stoney, after
w hieb Kev F NV Price, secretary
of the board of trustees, deliver
od ll practical and timely address,
full Of interest ing facts. It was
listened to with marked attention
ami was greatly enjoyed by all
present. The chairman ol' t b c
meeting announced thal the dedica
tory serv ices will be deferred and
after some remarks requested that
a collection bc taken for the build
ing fund as tho I r?steos are in
debt. Two members of tho t rus
tce board, Mr Carolina Breeden,
and donas \V Thomas, came, for
ward aud waited upon tho people.
They responded liberally a II d
quickly with a collection of $60.
The other members of tho board
of trustees present were Messrs
Sidney Tbonias and I T Townsend.
The colored people are together
and are in earnest about tho edu
cation of their children, They
bas e done well but bave not. gone
quito half way in tho completion
and furnishing of their now build
ing. They are encouraged, and
arc solidly and heartily; They
deserve tho support ol' the entire
community. Now is tho time of
need. Who will help?
J W Moultrie.
i>th Were nantir Obtainable In the (
I,mid Which tit? rroie?iorKnew
Nothing Abouf, - \
Canadians are very touchy on tho
lbjcct of climate, as Rudyard Kipling
iscovercd when he somewhat though t
sslj- dubbed the dominion Our Lady of
ie Snows. When Arthur Stringer, the
nmg Canadian poet and authur, iirst
x'ut to Oxford, lie carried With him
.tiers from Prof. Goldwii. Smith, of
oronto, to Prof, York Powell, the dis
ngulshcd historian of Christ Church,
iys thc Philadelphia Post.
The old Dxford don. like oiie or two
(her Englishmen, had very vague
leas about Canada, ami somewhat sur- .
riscd thc young stranger by Inquiring
' he got along nicely on Bngflsh rons! '
nilton after living so long on frozen
cal meat. Thc young poet gravely pro
csted Hint he perhaps missed his whalo
lubber ?1 little, but thc next day cabled
ionic, and In less than a week '.he finest
askct of autumn peaches ever grown,
n Ontario, carefully packed in saw
IllSt, was on ?ts Way to Oxford. A
bort time afterward the young nu
llor was again dining willi the rcgius
irofessor :it Oxford, ami iba't gcntle
iinn produced at the meal a fruit dish
oaded with tremendous peaches.
"Most extraordinary," said tho old
irofessor, "bul these pench?s were,
cul to mo lo-diiy, ?iml I'm blest if I
enow who seiil tl.em. Prom thc south
>f Prance, 1 suspect, so 1 saved a few
)f them foi- von, Stringer-1-they Will
DC such ;i novelty, you k ll OW I"
Thc Canadian very quietly took a
steamship company's bill of lading
from his pocket and handed it lo Ibo
irofessor. The professor gn/Ctl til thc
bill, and then at thc fruit, theil nt thc
poet.
"1 had some whale blnbin?r, too. pro
fessor," said that young man, "but I
simply had to eat that. These oilier
things were grown oil my uncle's farm
near Kent county, Ont., you know. Ile
has 200 bushels of them every year, and
he sent mc over a basket of little ones,
along with the whale blubber."
A TAMK WILD RABBIT.
An Animal Thai 1? niillouli to Domes
tiente-A Ilmiter'n Story
of Ono.
Two spoi lsmen lay in a Montgomery
county Held the other day, smoking and
rejoicing in the possession of a good
string of rabbits, says th? Philadel
phia Record. "Did you ever see a
tame wild rabbit?" said one of the
men. "No, they say they can't tame
the wild ones," the ot lier answered.
.?;V ' .. ..-.>'! <M Im VA some domestic
would make naturally for the woods
mid underbrush, though if a dog got
after it it would kite like the wind
for the house. A very taine wild rabbit.
My boy kept it in tlie yard with a taine
guinea pi# and alligator. .Sometimes
he would toko all three out for an air
ing, and it was funny to see, oil the
pavement, going slowly along behind
my boy, thc rabbit and guinea pig,
with the little alligator waddling awk
wardly In thc middle. They were the
best of friends, but some had young
sters from next door broke into thu
yard ono night ami killed them with
an ax. That rabbit of my hoy's was, I
guess, (he Only wild one ever known
to bo tamed."
WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.
13 ? pc ri men tx on Communication Ile?
(?Veen Itiillonn.i si\ niles Apart
11 lld On.- lill.- ll |irh,
1 Experiments Were lately nindc ut Vi
enna on the possibility ot' communica
tion between balloon- am! wireless
telegraphy, ami they met with some
success. \ ?optivo balloon takes thc
place of the tail mast ns used in thc
Marconi system. A Clipper wire is
stretched between it aid tlc.- earth,
whore the transmitting apparatus is
placed, the second baildon, which as
cends freely, carries the receiving in
strument and is furnished with a wire
On feet haig hanging downward fro n
the basket. The balloons received mid
transmitted messages np to a distance
of six miles and at an elevation of about
a mile, of c..inse, the great dllltculty
will be to establish a lransinltthi(j sta
tion in a free balloon, both on account
of t he weigh t of the necessary apparatus
am! also because there is danger of
discharges from the powerf.il con
denser so near tho i 11 tiammahle ?ras ol'
the balloon. Puturc experiments wilt
be looked for with interest by all who
are engaged in making a study of wire
less telegraphy.
Color in Commerce.
The United States consul gell C rn I in
Frankfort says "that it ls Important to
study thc taste of people in the matter
of color, as well as in regard to shape,
in designing goods for a foreign mar
ket. Saxon makers r noodles drove
England out of Pia/ ppi'ig
their goods in pink ad of
black-. Other Oerma: lng to
Die fondness of luiSSil 1 their
dress. France recent! ?w dis
tasteful green is to ? but it
cost a pood deal of 1 kc the
discovery."
Where lint- Ai n.
There are parts o re the
lint is unknow n exec] s. The
men, when they neci , tie up
their head*, and the lowers.
Volcante So
The southern part , of vol
ennio origin and tin . neigh"
borhood of Kimber! thuruna
that even
TO THE INAUGURATION OF
THE NEXT PRESIDENT
The Peo Dee Advocate and the Marlboro Democrat are going to send a party of six
o Washington on the occasion ol'the inauguration of tho 27th President of the United State*]
m Mandi I, 11)09. M'
Three ol' the party are io be selected by tin; readers of the Advocate and the Democrat, The
party will be composed of the following:
1. The most popular minister in Marlboro r. aunty.
2. Tbc most popular public school teacher in Marlboro County.
!.}. The most popular young lady in Marlbco county,
.I. The person who scuds in the largest amount for subscriptions to the Pee Dee Advo^?p
fi The person who scuds in the largest amount for subscriptions to tb?) Marlboro Demo^Pt
0, Thc person who sends in the hugest amount for subscriptions to ihe Advocate and
Democrat together.
Each of these persons wp' be given free railroad tickets to Washington and return, so as to
include March 4, 1909, the date of the inauguration of President Roosevelt's successor.
Tho party will probably go to Washington a day or two in advance of the inauguration, so
as lo witness the closing scenes of the present Congress, which will adjourn sine die on March
4, 1909.
The party will nlso be given a free trip to Mt. Vernon, Ya., the old home of George Wash
ington. There can be seen the house in which the First. President lived and died, the furniture
which he used, thc carriage.in which he rode, the tomb in which he is buried, and many other
relics.
Al Washington can be seen the beautiful Capitol, the White House, the U. S. Treasury, the
Bureau of Printing and Engraving, where money is made. Statuary Hall, Congressional Library,
Nntiona1 Museum,Smithsonian Institute, Corcoran Art G?llery, and many other things of nat
ional interest.
A trip will be taken to to the top of the Washington Monument, whioh is u.55 feet high.
Prom it the whole city ofWashington can be seen, with the Potomac ?i/er windi ag along its
border. '
v
Conditions of the Contest
1. Ivich person who subscribes for the Pee Dee Advocate or the Marlboro Democrat will be
entitled, for each cent paid on Subscription, to one vote for each of tho persons to be elected. If
$1 'iO is paid for the Advocate one year, the subscriber will be entitled to ino votes for a minister,
a pUblic school teacher and v young lady. Eighty cents for th3 Advocate six months will on
title the subscriber to 80 vote?. One dollar for the Democrat a year will entitle the subscriber
to loi) votes, The votes mus? be given in at the same time the money is paid.
2. Every agent of Hm Advocate or Democrat will be entitled to as many votes as will the sub
scribers whose subscript ions ne or she gets. An agent who gets 10 annual subscribers for the
Advocate, will be entitled to L500 votes Ten for the Democrat will give him or her 1000 votes.
Agents' votes must also be sent in with the money.
8. A ballot wi be printed in each issue of the Advocate and Democrat, which, when cut out
and 5ent in before the expiration of the date printed in the ballot, will count as ten votes for one
?>ovQon in eneb of the three classes in the contest. These ballots will not be counted unless th ny nra
;db . I . Iii -.vp i ra iii u oi ?'?t? fhu<? jcinte'cl in the tyvlU?j
' . ; ': hi .;?!'... oil td i iii*.) ''i . i.'. . .' ion-, ami votes us cn teri as pos
'?,;V.'.- ,. w r-A u< c-",.?.;5- li ire I up ! i; ib t/ef eire a. '. . v. ? \ \ ?.:?! Hamm, money and votes,
...t. .? ':??...<.{?. will ? e cWdUcd with uv?ry cont ?i?hl in. ami wi il th< benefit of .be t..:dal. .v.t 'he,
ii o cou! yt No p. soi /ill iii : Counted m.- M a M it, however, '.ill he ot; she sends in d
?rt \ . . person, appears to be emttleu
to more than orte trip, then one of the trips will b gwen to the person who sends in the second
largest amount for the Advocate and Democrat combined. If the same person still seems to have
two trips, one ol' them will be given lor the third largest, amount, for both papers combined.
0, Besides being allowed the voles indicated above, and having a chance to win a free triplo
the inauguration of the next President, all agents will be allowed ten per cent commission on all
money collected by them. This applies to renewals as well as new subscriptions. Tobe entitled
to commissions, ah agent must send in, at first, as many as throe subscriptions. After that, one or
more may be sent a time by the agent.
7. No subscription will be taken on credit for anybody. We do not keep subscription accounts
8. The votes received by each person will be published in each issue of the Advocate and the
Democrat, revised up to the ?dose ol' thc proceeding week
9. The contest will close at 0 P. M. on tho filth day of February, 1909, The votes will be
counted and the trips swarded by a coininit.ee of three citizens of Marlboro county who are also
io bc elected by the voters themselves. There is a place on e..(di ballot for the names of the cit
?zens whom the voters choose to count the votes. The time for voling lor this committee will
(dose just a wcids before the regular contest. The ballots for them will be counted by the editors
of the Advocate and Democrat,ami Hie three highes! will bc declared the managers of tho election.
Their naines will bc published in lim paper preceding tim (dose ol' thc contest for the free trips.
In case any manager elect cd c.tnnot serve, he or she will be allowed to name a substitute.
This ballot, if in thc office of thc Pee Dec Advocate and thc
Marlboro Democrat before 6 P. M. of Mar. 14, 1908, will count as ten
votes for each of the following three persons to receive free trips to
Washington and Mt. Vernon, to thc inauguration of the next President
of thc United States:
Rev.
pastor of the.
teacher in thc
church
school
yoting lady residing in
This ballot will also count as ten votes for thc following citizens
as managers of election,
.of.
of.
.of.
Thc ballots to bc sent in with subscriptions have a little different form from the above. T
arc printed separately ami can bc obtained at thc olliee by any agent, or subscriber who will i
or write for I bein.
The contesl is now on. Begin to send in your votes at once. The sooner you get y
favorites in thc lead, the better chance they w 1 have of winning.
Subscribers will bc entitled to the same number of votes, whether paid nt the olliee sent
mail, or paid to an agent. But. in every case the votos must come in willi Hie money, or <
they will not bc counted.
Agents should go l<> work at once.A subscriber [licked up here and there, every now and t
will amount to a great deal by the time the contest (doses. ADDRESS,
FREEMAN & CALDWELL