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THE SOLDIERS* GRAVES To Be Marked by the United States Government A few .years ago Congress pass ed a bill directing tho War Dep artment to furnish headstones free of charge laid down ?it tho nearest freight dopot for tho unmarked ??raves of all soldiers who had fought in any war for thc United States. In accordance with this Act of Congress tho war Department is ready to send headstones upon re quest to any one. who will locate tho graves and provo tho services of soldiers whether they fought in the Revolution, war of isl'J, Mex ican war, skirmishes with Indians or in any way bore anns in de fense of the United States. The Daughters of the American Revol ution in this state have taken tip the work of trying to lind a n d mark forgotten and nameless graves of Rovolutionary soldiers. By rescuing these names from ob livion and reviving memories and traditions of these brave men we pay them tardy honors which are well deserved. The circular of information is sued by the War Department states that "upon application to the Quartermaster General. U. S. Ar my, headstones will bo furnished for unmarked graves of soldiers, sailors and marines who served in the State militia or the Army or Navy of the United States during any war whether regular or vol unteer, and whether they ?lied in tho service or since their muster out pr discharge therefrom. These headstones arc of best American white marble, 119 inches long, 1 'J wide and 1 inches thick, the top slightly rounded and tho portion of the stone which will be above ground when set in sand rubbed; each headstone is inscribed with the name, rank (if above private), company and state regiment or other organization to which tho deceased belonged, cut in relief within a sunken shield. No devia tion can bo made from these speci fications which arc prescribed by the Secretary of War and the law does not provide for any expendi ture for fences or for any purpose except the headstone as above des cribed; neither is it lawful to make any money allowance in place of furnishing a headstone. Head stones will be shipped, freight pre paid by tho Government, Only to the nearest railroad station o r steamboat landing; they will not be delivered to street addresses or to thc cometory." livery I). A. R. Chapter i n South Carolina should be earnest ly and actively interested in this noble and praise-worthy work. B ittles and skirmishes were fought all over thc state from thc moun tains to the seaboard: the British and Tories invaded all portions of the country and almost every able bodied man and youth had to join the militia in defense of home and families; hence there are thousands of graves of Revolutionary soldiers within our borders. It will re quire much time, patience and careful investigation to Und these graves and obtain all the necessary information, therefore Chapters should begin work at once. Noti ces should be inserted in tho lead ing papers of each county Calling attention to this liberality of the Government and asking assistance from everyone who can give in formation. (lountry churchyards and plantation burying grounds must be examined; and all tradi tions thoroughly sifted for the truth that is almost sure to bo found. When tho graves aro located, thc next step is to lind some reliable person in tho neighborhood who will consent to have the headstone sent to his address and will agree to put it iii proper position when it arrives. This should bc done before any application is made to tho War I >epartmont for a bead stone, The services of thc soldier must next bc proved. Oflieial proofs are necessary, taken from this or Oth?r states, the United States pen \ t sionollico ortho War Department. It is almost impossible to got in formation from thc South Carolina state records; tho.)' have never been indexed and tho ollieials in charge of them are not yet ready to I uri)isl) any data. Some time ago {'The State" published lists ol' KevOluiiunai y soldiers, which were copied from the records through ihe courtesy ol' Secretary ol' State tbuilt. Those lists were arrang ed alphabetically but unfotrimutc ly their publication ceased with thc letter (J. These lists will he of aid ii) verifying tho services ol' soldiers whose names begin with I lie first letters ol' the alphabet. A true copy ol' the roll ol' Sum ter's Brigade was furnished by Mr. J'. T. Gantt, while secretary of State, to the fourth report of the National I). A. Lt. published by the. Smithsonian institute. This contains the names of bundie ls of soldiers and will bc of great as sistance. The Commissioner of pensions in the Department of tho Interior at Washington will reply very promptly and fully to letters OU quiring for the records of soldiers. It is better to write a separate letters for each soldier. Thc War Department will reply to letters from Chapter Regents signed ollicially, giving the names of the Chapters. After tho services of tim soldiui have been proved, then write tc the Quartermaster (ieneral, U, S. \ Army and ask for app 1 i c a t i o i blanks for headstones for soldiers' graves. Fill out the blanks exact ly according to directions and re turn to the Quartermaster (ieneral, If it meets with his app roba tioi then a card will be returned say in?, that "the application will be fillet in its regular order. Request! are received for thousands of head stones annually and considcrabh time is required to accurately lis ! thc names for the printer, mal? proper records thereof, have tin headstones cut, and lettered undci contractas required by law am ship them by freight to places dis tributed all over tho United States whore they aro transferred to ap plicnnts.lt is impracticable there fore for tho Department to lix un; definite date when those headstone: will reach the points of delivery but applicants are assured that tin headstones requested by them wil bo supplied in every proper casi and at the earliest possible date.' experience has shown that il i I generally twelve months before ? stone is shipped, so C! h apt e r should begin work immediately a the delays are ninny and vexali otis. Mrs. P. II. Midi F Louise Mayer 41 Kate Lilly Blue. Committee, The. I', s. Census of Pension for isp) gives the following list o Revolutionary soldiers living i Marlborough District af that date ?lohn lhtskew William Hodges Lewis Stubbs, Senior William Coxo William Lister, Senio Brownsville News Notes Brownsville, March At special meeting held here last Fr day, Feb. l2S,th it was decided b an almost unaniinos vote to lev an evita tax of four mills ?orHh school district. This has been long felt need and the trustees au patrons are to be congratulated o tho success of the movement, i hereafter' it will enable them i tim the school free the until terni. The farmers of this seel ion scoi io be moving alono satisfactor willi their work'. Mis. ,1. S. Fair and dtttlgMl are Visiting in BennetIsville. Wan in Poor llftftllh W?t Yema Ira W. Kelly, of Manaftold, Pu., v rite "I wan ia poor health fer two yearn, NU fi ring fruin kidney nial bladder tronido. ?pent cotiBidornble money commiting phyn oifuin without obtaining any mnrked hen lit, hut svaH eared hy Foley'H Kidnap Gui and I deni re to add my (Ofltimony that amy he. (ho CHUKO of restoring the health iitlieot" llofUAO milmtitutOH. Reid & C TEST CASE TRIED Last Saturday i n Magistrate's! Court A ease of very general interest was tried in Magistrate Kastor line's court on Inst Saturday, bc ina" tin?, suit ol' Messrs. llcarsey ami Napier, tho public cotton weighers, against C IO Kxum and K I) .Moore for their lees on a certain amount ol' coll?n. Thc eas" was a test ease more tl upi anything else and it is also desired that the courts pass upon the law establishing Hu' cotton weighers iii certain places and exempting oth ers ill th?' stale. The tacts in the case are those: On the 21 st dav ol' February lust Mr. li I) Mooro purchased from Mr. tl YV Townsend at his planta lion near Drake's 00 hales of cot lon, Mr. Townsend guaranteeing tho woights to Mr. Moore and de livered the cotton to thc latter at Drake's. Mr. Mooro shipped tho cotton over the Honncttsvillo and Cheraw railroad to llennottsville whore it was unloaded and deliv ered to Mr. Kxum. Mr. George NN' Horn sey, ono of tho public coll?n weighers, asked permission to weigh tho cotton. Mr. Lix um declined to have it weighed. Mr. llcarsey stated to Mr. ICxum that he thought that he and Mr. Napier, the other pub-j lie weigher, had the legal righi to weigh the cotton and that if Mr. Kxum did not wish the cotton Weighed that the public weighers wore entitled lo the regular foes for weighing. Mr. F/xnm took the position thal he did not think thal tho public weighers Wore entitled io fees under thc circumstances. In order lo have tho court pass upon the law it was agreed that Messrs. llcarsey ami Napier should bringan action against Messrs. Moore and Kxum for the fees. The colton weighers brought suit in the magistrate's court for $6.06 damages, basing their action on tho principio that t hey had a legal right to weigh tko cotton and that the right had been intorforrcd with by Messrs. Moore and Kxum and that they were therefore en titled to damages. Thc defendants in their answer setup lour defenses: lirst, a gen eral denial ol' right claimed by plaint ill's; 2nd, that the transfer of the cotton to Mr. Kxum came un der the exception provided in the law which does not require sales on plantation to be weighed by public cotton weighers; ;>rd, that t he public col ton weighers them selves had not conformed io the re quirements in thal they had not provided suitable platform and scales nor facilities for handling cotton. For a Uh defense tho plaintiffs claimed that the act itself is unconstitutional. M?. Kxum requested a with drawal of the third defense inas much as it was desired lo test tho two questions as to whether or not the law is constitutional and if the law covers such sales as the one in question, After argument the magistrate staled that he would allow the higher courts to pass upon the constitutionality of the act and that he would lind for the plain tills. Thus the ease goes to the circuit court on appeal. Tho defendants are attacking tho constitutionality of the act on tho ground that it is a violation of article ,'5 section 21 sub division I I which reads as follows: "In all other cases where a general law can be made applicable no special law shall bo enacted," and that it is a violation of article I, section ? which says: " The privileges and immunities of this state and of the United States under this constitu tion shall not be abridged, nor shall any person bo deprived of life, liberty or property without tine process of law, nor shall IW.V person be denied equal ptjotcntion of tho laws." \ 'rho defendants take [\m posi tion thal thc original ?iel, winch provided thal certain ijouutics should be exempt from lli/o opera tion ol' the law makes thcl law a special law and applicable to cer tain portions of the state only and thal; this abridges the privileges and rights of tho. citizens of those counties in which thc law is oper ative. , Tho plaintiffs will contend that th? law is a general law ami thal the exemptions of certain count ies is a special law. Anyway the ease will non- go to tho circuit court and possibly to tho state supremo court for lina I .settlement. * <m> * REBUILDING COMMENCED Modern Stores Goin/{ up on Dis frict which was Burned. Preparations for rebuilding of thc business district which was burn ed by tho great lire six weeks ago hist Friday aro going on now. In fact tho actual work of rebuilding has commenced and in a few short months the lire will only bc a memory as far as any evidences ol' it are concerned. C. B. Crosland has purchased the corner lot from A. ?I. Mathe son and will erect a handsome three story building on the spot. This stand was formerly occu pied by the Marlboro Drug Com pany and is an admirable location. The first Moor will be. used by 10. I J. Hamilton for his giocery store. The second story will lie fitted up for o?iccs ami rented to professional men and whoever else may want oflicos. The third story will be Inuit for secret orders probably the Knights ol' Pythias. The next lot adjoining this on Darlington street is owned by S. ,). Pearson and ho has al read ly let thc contracts and has begun thc work ol' rebuilding a handsome two story structure. Pearson's jewelry store will occupy the first Hoot" while the second will be fixed up for ofliccs. Sol Brown "Tlv Furniture inan" has purcascd tho next lot from C. K, iCxutn and is to also have a two story building erected. Ile will have his furnturo store on the li rsl Moor while, tho second will lie fixed up for the Bennetts ville Commercial Club. C. E. Ex uni will also rebuild on his lot which is just below this but has not yet quito decided on th? plans. The oflicc buildings of Dr \V, ,1 Crosland and Mrs. Frank Cros lund are being rebuilt. The oflicc building of Dr. A. S Townsend which escaped in tia lire arc bo.ng repaired for thc^ wore damaged considerably. A. ?I. Matheson bas already built some warehouses in (be real of the bumed district and on hi: return from Ku ropo will probably rebuild on the lol where the Skyi Hotel formerly stood and on bc low lois on Marlboro st root. Tims out from thc ashes wit arise modern and up to date build ings und soon thc block', wliicl new lies in ashes, will be the seem of t he daily t rade transact ions am mice more the busy mart of th city. Tom Leitch at Dillon. Dillon, March The series o revival meetings conducted at th Methodist church by the Rey (Thomas Leitch, lasting fou weeks, closed Sunday night. Fo profound impression upon the en tire community it surpassed an.\ thing of the kind in the histoy o Dillon. Denominational line completely disappeared, the pa< tors of the Baptist and Presb\ terian churches earnestly enterin into the spirit of the occasion an doing much by their hearty c< operation. About 50 gave i their names for mombershij among them some of the niOi prominent men in the business an professional circles of Dillon. The State. -o+o " 1 Icaltii Coffee" is really th closest coffee imitation ever ye produced. This, the finest colic substitute over made, has rccontl been produced by Dr. Shoop < luicinc, Wis. Nota grain ol'rei COll'cC in il either. Health Coli? is made from pin e toasted cereal; with niall, nuts. etc. Really would fool an export who luigi drink it for oolloo. No tu en ty c thirty inimit?s boiling. "Made in minnie,M says the doctor. R. 1 Rogers ?fe Bro. MEETING OF SCHOOL ASSOCI ATION: Lanie Number Were Present and Good Work Done. Tho School Improvement Asso ciation of Marlboro eounl.y met in thc court house on Saturday last. With a goodly number ol' teachers I ? resent. The ladies were largely in tho majority, there being- only three men in sight. No regular program had been arranged, bul some time was spent in hearing reports from local asso ciations. Quito a number ol' oth ers made interesting little talks in response, to the, inquiry as to what is being dono toward improvement in their respective schools. Many of these talks were very encourag ing and served to remind all of the great number of little things that eau bc done to make a school room neat and attractive. Miss Decs then read her report as delegate to the meeting of the State Association in Columbia. After hearing her account of this meeting's work- told in her own animated and happy style-we al most felt that wc had been there. The association raised thc a mount asked for as its part of the money for this year's prize offers. Af tor adjournment, the presi dent of the. County Teacher's As sociation took thc chair and a short session was held, lt was decided to have a lina! meeting on first Saturday in April, program to be announced later. This account must not close without making mention of the de lightful innovation introduced by the ladies. When the meeting was over they began to open up what they called a "hinch," but which proved to be a real picnic dinner, and we all enjoyed if sumptuously. -o+o Why is there no substitute for Linnonctto? Ask em at Mittlc's Store. 81-85 A 1). -~-?Oft?-"??. I . i('? THE MUSIC CLUB. Gave <v Kitchen Shower in honor of Mrs. Fred D^vid' Last Friday afternoon from four to six the members of the Ben ncttsvillo Musical club entertained af a kitchen shower for its bride, Mrs. Kred David. The club room was unusually pretty in its decora tions of wedding nells and hearts. | Mrs libbie D. Moore and Misses i Annie May McLaurin and Kath leen Mcekins were the hostesses for this most pleasant occasion. After Mrs David had been recei ved and congratulated hy those present an interesting "kitchen utensil contest," was introduced at which Miss Louise ICpps, was the winner. Lach one had brought with her ? a favorite receipt that she was re quested to pin in a book that was presented to the honoree by Mrs. Moore in quite a happy impromp tu speech. Dainty refreshments were served after which Mrs. Da vid came into possession of her own." Miss Leaf added much tothe Suc cess of the afternoon by her sing ing. Those present were Mesdames Fred David, Kilbie I) Moore, K K Howe, Tom C Hamer, Il B Kuller, Phil Miller, R L Freeman?Throop Crosland, A (i Sinclair, Misses Annie May McLaurin, Kathleen Mcekins, Kinma McLaurin, Louise Kpps, Leaf, Eloise Kidson, Daisy Freeman. IO. IO. Sinclair, Reporter for (did). March ??>, 1908. -o+o MUST RESIDE IN CHERAW It is Reported That Judge Wsvtts Said This About Stenographer. As will readily he recalled the legislature at its recent session created two now judicial circuits and elected t wo judges for the10 circuits, Inder the provisions of this law the position of stenog rapher is vacant in this the 4th circuit, tho prosont stenographer K F Covington being being a resi dent of Marion which is in tho now I2tl) circuit. This 1th circuit is com pood of the counties of Chesterfield, Darlington and Marl boro and tho judge is his Honor Judge Watts, ol' Choraw. When it became known that the circuit was chango I and that the position of court stenographer was vacant a young niau, a resident ol' this city and who is in every way qualified to lill tho position, filed his application with .Judge Watts. It is said that tho judge replied to his hitter of application by inform? mg him that ho would not appoint anyone who was not a resident of Choraw to the position of Court Stenographer. Now there is no kick coming 1)0^ causo tho Bonncttsvillo applica^^ did not ?rot tho position. In spite of tho fact that he is in every way qualified for tho position thc mat ter ol' appointing the court sten ographer is thc Judge's business and ho can appoint whosoever ho pleases. But there has been somo comment here on thc fact that tho judge would not appoint anyone to the position except a resident of Choraw. Choraw is Judge Watts home and that is their gain but it was presumed that anybody in tho district stood as equally a good chance for thc position as a resident of Choraw. If tho fact th:vt tho court stenographer must be a resident of the same place as thc presiding jud TO becomes gen eral then it is likely that the mat / ter of changes in ofiice will bo in augurated by the people because every county composing the cir cuit has as equal a right to posi tions in tho circuit as the county in which the .Judge happens to bc living. What isLinnonetto season ? Ask em at Miltie's Store. 84-85 A D EPISCOPAL SFRVICES Series of Lectures At Episcopal Church Next Week. Beginning Monday evening March 16th at 8 o'clock, tho Rev T Tracy Walsh general missionary ot' the Episcopal church, will do liver a series of lectures on somo principles and customs of the Episcopal church. Those lectures are not to be of a controversal nature, but explana- r^ tory. A special effort will bo' made to correct misunderstandings and prejudices. Non Rpicop?lians are specially and coidially invited to attend. They may be assured that nothing will bo said that would offend a fair minded person. A question box will be placed afc the door. If possible, some musical features will accompany thc lec tures. The Kev A K Kv ison a no ted tenor solon ist of Charleston ls expected to assist in the music. SUH.IKC.TS OK T1IK I.KCT?RK8 Monday 8P M "Tho attitude of tho Episcopal church toward SO called worthy indulgences." Tuesday l P M-"Why Baptize Infants '." Tuesday 8 P M "A Church Idea of Religion and the Church. Wednesday l P M-"Contirma-'? tion and Commuion." Wednesday H I* M- "Forms of Worship." Thursday 4 P M-The Condi tion of Thc Dead." Thursday * P M-"The Contin uity of The Church From Aposto lic Times." Friday t P M-Apostolic Sue-' cession." y Friday 8 P M --"Church Unity."' J. A. Kai son, Warden, Stomach trouble ls but a symptom of. and no? tn Itself a Ono disease. Wo ihtnk of Dyspepsia. Heartburn, ?nil Indigestion as iwl diseases, yor. they aro symptom! only of a certain spoclflo Nervo sickness-nothing else. lt was tlifs furl Unit first correctly led Dr. Snoop In the creation of that now very popular Stomach ; Remedy-"fir. Shoop'9 Kostnmtlvo. Going direct to tho stomach nor vos. alone brought that success ami favor to Pr. Simon and lils llestoratlvo. With ont that original and highly vital principle, no surli lasting accomplishment!! were over to bo had. For stomach distress, bloating, biliousness, b*<J brenlh and sallow complexion, Uv Pr. Shoop'fJ Uest oral Ivo* Tablet? or Liquid-ann seo for your self what it can and will do. Wo soil and choor tully recommend Dr. Slioop's Restorative JNO. T. DOUGLAS.