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BENNETTSVILLB, S. C. JEMOCRAT PUBLISHING CO^ Subscription prtcet ?.me year. .$ 1.00 ix months.BO Throe months.25 ?ERSONAL Miss Lizzie Meggs, of Marion, s visiting her sister Mrs. Tart. Lano Decs has returned to his tome after a pleasant visit here. IfyM nicklin of Chester was in . own on Monday. Mrs S II Medice of Greenwood ;s visiting her mother Mrs I J I) Tarrah. Mrs. Bell Hill Blake, of Tacoa, :.Tiv. is visiting her daughter, Mrs. 0/ . Crosland. FTM Hodges of Brownsville was i pleasant caller at the Advocate milico on Saturday. AV F Pond superintendent of oho Gibson oil mill was in town Wednesday. Misses Bl ancho Freeman and Milzie Brooks of Hamlet arc visit ng Miss Daisy Freeman. Henry Bouchier came home from ;ho State University to spend Kastor with his motlier. J N Strieklin, editor of thc )horaw Chronicle spent last Wed nesday in Bennettsville. Muy Margaret Freeman is visit tig ukr daughter, Mrs R L Reaves t Fbenczer Florence county. John C Dunbar of Lamar S])ont av?rai days in this county with ilativos and friends last week. Kev il T Miller ol' Newberry as been visiting his son Supt. K ! Miller of Murchison school. Mr. and Mrs. Dana Crosland ive returned from their bridal . ?ur. Services of Presbyterian church imday ll A. M. and 8 P. M. \ ll arc cordially invited. Mr. Sam Wilkinson spent Sun iy with his sister in Bennetts 11c. - Darlington Press. lt is sam that tue stores wm ose on thc first of May at 6 clock ovcry afternoon, Saturday icoptcd. DiC* Goldberg has moved his mtal ofliee into a room over thc nv building of the Planters ational Bank. Mesdames ,1 T Douglas, W li rostand, J Lt Jordan, and .Judge tldson and Percy Dees are in roonvillo attending a musical ?tival there. James C Covington who has en taking a course in cnginecr ? at Clemson College is assisting Ii Freeman in tho surveys for c map of thc county. Thc cotton mill here is now run tig 5 days in the week at about per cent of mill capacity mark el for proditco ol' the mill being ictivc. Miss Funice Grist accompanied her sister Mrs ll H Crosland turned to her home at Yorkville BYiday. Mrs Crosland will spend motimo in Yorkville visiting kin opie*' Miss Lily Hodges, accompanied - her friond Miss Alice (denn nith, ol' Columbia college, spent I ister at home. Miss Hodges re . rued to Columbia on Monday lile Miss Smith wont to Golds ro to attend the wedding ol' her other. Marlboro Chapter No 30 ? A M ll^pnfer Chapter degrees on o^^JrlO or 1'2 candidates from ii?raw together with a bunch ol ?al candidates on Tuesday night. lOraw Masons will at an curly te reorganize a lodge of Chapter ison s. The following couples attended . Faster dance in Cluiraw Monday flit. Kit Dudley with Miss mia McLaurin, John Fverett Lb Miss Gully, U'. K. Weatherly >vJ& ???fts I ii i hi ^rostand, F. D. inner willi Mifis May Wcathor and Kirksey McokingS, Willie .dan, and Travis Pate. All re .t a delightful time. Vt MrW P Kay's residcnco on ond avenue, Wednesday after n at3:30 o'clock, Mr D B Stim son, ol' Hallsville, S, (!., and sDehi Byrd, of Williamsburg (J?y, S C, were quietly married Jno (? Richards, of Kennett - le, olliciating. Only a few special nds wore in attendance The le is Mrs Kuy\s sister. Ked MR. MARTIN TO MARRY Former Pastor of Blenhaim Cir cuit Wins a Bride Tho following, taken from tho Winnsboro lotter in thc Sunday's State will bc read with interest by the many friends of Kev. W S Martin who was for two years pastor of tho Blenheim circuit. "A very pleasant entertainment was thc tea given by Mrs. W II Witherow Tuesday evening when she announced the approaching marriage of hor daughter, Mary, to Kev. W Smith Martin, which event takes place at 5 o'clock Thursday afternoon, April '215, in the Presbyterian [church. Thc bride-to-be is thc only daughter of Mrs. Witherow and is popular in Winnsboro as everybody's friend. She is a lady of channing per sonality and sweet disposition, which tWo traits alone are sullici cnt to account for the popularity she possesses. Kev. Mr. Martin is pastor of Kichburg Methodist church and is o.ne of the ablest preachers of tho South Carolina conference. No cards xviii be is sued." -+.^m-+ Death of Miss Jordan Miss Bena .Jordan died about nine o'clock Saturday night, at the home of her sister, Mrs. Sadie Weatherly, on Fayetteville avenue after a long illness. Tue funeral sor vicos were con ducted at Oak Ridge cemetery Sunday at 4 P M by Dr C (i Yar ded, president of tho Southern Presbyterian college and conserva tory of music at Ked Springs. Miss .Jordan, who became an orphan in infancy, spent a large part of hor girlhood and young womanhood at the home of Dr. Yardell, and become his ste to graphcr. She has been in declin ing health for txvo or three years, and came to Bennettsville several months ago to live with her sister. "Death loves a shininc marlr" Blcni. "im Nexvs. Blenheim, April 21-News has been received here of the death of Mrs. Patti Johnson Currie at her home in Georgia last Thursday. Mrs Currie xvasa niece of Kev J G Richards and left here about a year ago as a bride. Her death saddens many hearts at her old home here. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Matheson left this morning for Sothcm Pines. Mrs. Daniel and daughter, Miss Bessie, of Mullins, are visiting Mrs. Daniel's daughter. Mrs. G. I). Matheson. ,J C Campbell went to Chester field county today to look after the plantation which he recently bought, near Mc Karlan. Mrs ll C Brabham and children expect to leave next week to visit her relatives in Kentucky. Blenheim now has two passenger trains a day; which is quite a con venience to our people. .- -.??*?-? - - - Advantage to Honest Newspapers. The ruling of the postollicc ck partment that papers to bo mai la bio as sOcond class matter must have boen ordered by the subscrib er and must bo a paid subscrip tion will revert to tho advantage of thc honest newspaper. It was aimed at ti class of papers that are sent to any address without pay, the first purpose being to get the advertisements before tho public. Tho publishers use for sending ad vertising matter, often qucstiona bleat that, ratos that are designed solely for carrying papers that convey information to the public. There will be other advantages. It will make it harder to start an un called for newspaper enterprise; it will prevent an unscrupulous poli tician from starting a personal or gan, sending to any one who will take it out of thc oflicO and when ill alli?e loading an unestablished business upon some unsuspecting individual. All these advantages will accrue to the honest newspa per from the new ruling- Hudson A COMPROMISE RECEIVED In the Deborah School R.o\v at Quick's Cross Roads Thc men engaged in the racket at Quicks Cross roads during thc closing of thc Deborah school a few nights ago were in town on Monday and thc case was settled. That is tho ones chai god with be ing drunk and disorderly, except ing J W Odom who was innocent of any of the charges, compromis ed the case by paying $12.50 a piece. The men were: S .J T Quick, Rufus Odom, Richard Odom, and Wesley Brignmn. Mr. J W Odom had been included in thc first inditmcnt but this was nol prossed as Mr. Odom had nothing whatever to do with tho disturbance as will subsequently appear. .1. W. ODOM'S POSITION. Mr. ?J W Odom is tho constable of Magistrate Mc B Hurley and was present at the closing of the Deborah school on the night ol' thc disturbance. Ile was not en gaged in thc disturbance as was reported last week and it is a mat ter of regret that he was included in the indictment. Mr. Odom lives in Brightsvillo and was presentat the school closing but this school is in Smithville. When the dis turbanco was taking place'Mr. Odom was in another part of tin1 house ami knew nothing of what was occuring until it was all ox er. | lie was asked by Mr. (?rant to ; top the fuss but being in another man's territory he could not However he did induce the Brightsvillo HUM. togo home and they complied with his request. Mr. Odom says that he asked Mr. (?rant why he had him included in the number indicted and that the latter replied that he knew ho was from Brightsvillo and thought that he was in it which was in error as is easily seen and as was proven. There was an attempt made to Indeed he determined to bc vindi cated and stood '. cady to carry the case to trial. He was after the principle and showed commenda ble action in acting as he did. It is a matter of regret that Mr. Odom should have boon thus un justly accused. He is a sworn of ficer of thc law and his record shows that he has lived up to Iiis duties ami discharged every one of them faithfully. Ile was sn; pris ed and hurt that he should have been unjustly accused in connec tion with the above unfortunate allai r. There is a warrant against Rufus ( Mom for assault and battery of a high und aggravated nature and the trial will come ol? on the sec ond of May. Below is published a letter from Mr. .1 W Odom in connection with thc all air. MU. (?1 KIM'S STATK.MKXT. Mr. Editor:- 1 noticed in both thc Advocate and Democrat of last week, in your account of the un fortunate trouble at the closing ol' Deborah school, you published my name us one of thc parties impli cated in tho disturbance. 1 desiri* lo makoa correction as the publi cation docs mc a great injustice. No doubt but you gained your in formation from thc indictment lodged in Magistrate EasierTmg's office, when 1 willi the others was charged with thc violations enum erated. It vas true about mc be ing present, but 1 was strictly so ber, and instead of ?liding the row dies, I used my inlluenee to stop it and succeeded in getting the boys away I rom the pla.ee. Respectfully, White Odom. In a lit of insanity Dr. C O Swinney, a prominent physician of Asheville, shot, his little daugh ter and then committed suicide. TJl?child is not expected to live. Louis Bristow states in tho Bap tist Courier that Featherstone has withdrawn from tho race for gov ernor and will support Ansel for THE KOLLOCK SCHOOL Visited Benncttsvillc on Last Fri day-Had a Pleosant Time On last, Friday Miss Wilks, principal of tho Kollocks school, brought tho school children over to Benncttsvillc on an excursion. Tho B. & C. transported thc par ty free of cn argo and were glad to have them como over. They ar rived in tho town about 10 A. M. First they visited tho court room while tho court was in session and shown all around by tho officials. Then several of the stores and other places were taken in. The school brought along then own dinner and had it in picnic fusion. After dinner a visit was made to thc Advocate ellice and they wee shown all the workings of thc newspaper plant. From this place they went over to the graded school and were shown all around that building. Other pla ces in tho town was taken in and tho little folks enjoyed themselves to thc fullest extent. Miss "Wilks has a linc set of pu pils and they aro trained nicely. They preserved perfect order while on their rounds, taking great interest in everything they were shown and moreover gave evi dence of thc fact that they wer*1 heine- trained along practical lines. Ii was a great thing for them to got out of thc school room for the day and to got away from thc books out into other life. Jt meant a good deal for the children and showed Miss Wilk's thorough understanding of other requisitos for schools besides books. The return trip was made in the evening and will doubtless long be remembered by the school folks. The following made up the par ty; Miss Wilks, teacher, Luther Quick, Birch Driggers, Walker Quick, Harrison Crouch, A race Montgomery Crouch, George Lash I/.- :K. Un.ynno Mo rim >'nt. Ha l m amore .V?U1CK, ixaisncn 1<?UICK, Frank Driggers, Jesse Chavis,1 Annie Smith, Inez Smith, Tinorj Grant, Hattie Smith, Delia Crouch, Lula Grant, Ethel Colic, Wilmer Quick, Bessie Quick, Undo Phill, and vVallacc Moore. Before thc Mayor. Wm Wisc was arrested on Satur day on the charge of being drunk arid disorderly. He put up a $10 bond and forfeited this by his non appearance for trial. A Suggestion The 100th anniversary of tho birthday of Pres. Jefferson Davis will occur on June 3, 1009. The Confederate Veterans Association and various other Memorial As sociations have suggested that this bay be observed throughout the South to leach important, lessons connected with the life and work of this great citizen. It is a good opportunity to impress important lessons in connection with the his tory of tho Southern Confederacy ' and thc period immediately prcccd I ing it . A great many schools will ; close before that date, so I Suggest that the schools of Marlboro take such time, as may suit best for each school, for some important lessons and exercises of this kind. A B Eastcrling, , Supt. of Education. --? ? - -. PROGRESSIVE MENTION, Waterworks and Sewerage Bonds Sold and Contract Let. Maxton has sold its $:>0,000 six per cent, sewerage and water works bonds, to Robinson, Hum phrey & Co., of Atlanta at I03i. The contract for putting tho waterworks and Sewerage systems bas been let to Abco & Edwards of Hickory, N. C.; for $40,000. The bids ranged all the way up to 858.056. There was a bid ?f $D3, 075/for sewerage alone by Chap? man ec Williams of Oxford, thc town to furnish thc wator, or $25,, FAMOUS FOR FAT. Paulet Lambert, Who Died Ia ISO?, ?ot Too Obene io "Wnvbble. The fnuie of Daniel Lambert as n rhampieu among fat men in England, if not iu tbe world, still romains un rivaled. Daniel waa born at Leicester In 1770 and died In 1800 at Staniford. The grandson of a celebrated cock fighter und addicted to sport through out bin life, bis dimensions were not extraordinary, and his habits were not different from those of other lads un til bc was fourteen years old. When twenty-three years of age, however, he turned the scale nt thirty-two stone, and, although he is recorded to have been then able to walk from Woolwich to London, at the Ik.c of his dc:??h, in his fortieth year, ht bad attained the prodigious weight of fifty-two stone, or 72S pounds, and was more or less help less. He was a modest man, and when be had achieved physical greatness fame was thrust upon bim. He was for a long time unwilling to bo made a show of, but ho gained a more than local reputation, and people traveled from far to see bim, resorting to vari ous devices in order to be allowed to do so. At length the prospect of prollt overcame his resolution, and for four years before his death he exhibited himself In London and In the prov inces. He was apparently o man of some wit, for once, before he permitted the public to gaze upon him, an Inquisitive person had gah < d access to bis pres ence by pretending to be a fellow Sportsman interested in the pedigree of a mare, whereupon Lambert promptly replied, "She was bred by Impertinence out of Curiosity." Dofore tho days of Daniel Lambert, Edward Bright of Malden was a well known fat man, al though his name no longer lingers as a household word. Ile died in 17H0 at the age of thirty years, weighing forty two stone and seven pounds, and is stated to have been an nctive man till n year or two before his death, when his corpulency so overpowered bis strength that his life M'as a burden and j bis death a deliverance. Both Bright and Lambert seem to have been genial, good humored fellows and very popular among those who visited them. In deed popularity seems to be the lot of tho coupaient In fact as well as In ac tion. The heroes of fiction, however, have the advantage in the matter of lasting glory, and tho names of Daniel Lambert and the fat boy of Peckham sink into insignificance beside those of Falstaff and the fat boy In "Pickwick." -London Standard. Applied Science. When James Russell Lowell was minister to England, he was guest at n banquet at which one of the speak ers was Slr Frederick Bramwell. Sir Frederick was to respond to the toast. "At this hour of the night, or, rnthor, of the morning, my only Interest In ap plied sclenco ls to apply the tip of tho match to the side of tho box upon which alone lt ignites and to apply tho flame no obtained to thc wick of a bed room candle." A moment later Lowell tossed a pa per across the table to him bearing these two lines: Oh, brief Slr Frederick, would that all could catch Tour happy talent and supply your matchl -Youth's Companion. A Pnlr of BIlHem. Mr. ond Miss Dancer were reputed tho most notorious misers in the eight eenth contury. The manner in which this couple were found after death to have disposed of their wealth waa even more strange than could have boen their method of acquiring lt. The total Value was ?20,000, which was thus dis posed of: Two thousand flvo bundrod pounds was found under n dunghill, ?600 In an old coat nailed to the man ger In the stable, ?000 In notes was bidden away In an old teapot, tho chimney yielded ?2.000 stowed lu nine teen different crevices, and several jugs llllod with coin were secreted ?n the stable loft. K II ll Inn <l'n Milium Chr.r(n, That shriveled parchment, the char ter of English freedom, was saved, it ls said, by tho veriest chance from tho scissors of a merciless tailor. Struck by the great seals attached to a piece of paper the tailor was cutting up, Slr Bobeit Cotton stopped the man and gave bim fourpence for tho document ho would have destroyed. It ls now in the British museum, lined and mount ed and in a glass caso, the seal a shapeless mass of wax and the charac ters quite illegible-London Mull. Sntd Mrvlil to Mintremi. "Where have you boen, Jane?" "I've been to a meeting of the Qirln' Friendly society, ma'am/' was th? maid's reply. "Well, what did the lady nay to yon?" "Flense, ma'am, sho said I wasn't to give you warning, ns I meant to. She said I was to look upon you as my thorn-and bear it."-Now Yorker. -WIUIitKncMN. "But would you dlo for me?" per sisted the romantic malden. "I would," replied the frank and eld erly Bailor. "Even now I nm using n high priced preparation warranted to rostoro hair to its original color."--Dc troit Free Press. 'i iuit Miinicnl ICnr, Prnxltelos - You porhaps wouldn't think it, but De Pounder, tho musician over there, plays entirely by ear. Fi acre-Is It possible? Is that what makes 'em so large?--Tit-Bits. A hair in tho head 1? worth two in THREATENED; TO SHOOS CARTER ?maw - ? ? -i .u* \ ' )", Jasper Berry Bound over to Coer on Serious Charge. Jasper Berry of Dunbar, vvasr bound over to court and rernaiuLafi to jail in default of a $200 peace bond by Magistrate Mclnnis on. Wednesday morning. Ile was ?ff? on breach of the peace and waiving ii preliminary, was bound over fa the Court of General Sessions which meets on the 18th of Mavy. Thc charge against Berry WAI lodged by L C Carter, a resided of Dunbar and a near neighbor o? Merry's. Carter alleges that Berrr threatened {to shoot him and Mu? he was afraid to stay at home. By Berry's waiving a prelimin ary there was of course no bring* mg out of the facts at tho Magis trate's on Wednesday but Carter was seen and related tho following story of tho trouble: Ho said that on last Sunday morning he was lying in bed wit. trying to rest, he remaining later ia lied that morning than usual be^ cause it was Sunday. That some dogs got to lighting in his yani and they make so much fuss th av he arose to drive them out. Thai among thc dogs was one belonging; to.Jasper Berry, it being a pup. drove il out of the house where ii baecomc in whipping it and final ly kicking it out but not by am> means being cruel to it. Ha.it Berry on learning of the way ia which tho dog had been treated got awfully mad and threatened tc shoot him Carter. That Berry wedt to thc home of Johny Swctt and got his gun telling Swctt that be was going to kill Carter. Thai. Berry went to thc woods and Jsi? in wait for him and that his life was endangered Carter lirst went to Magistrate Calhoun at Clio for a warrant but il , , .' ' ; nt- * ii? -J <- - ?is and Deputy Sherill HinsoB went to Borry's home and arrested! him and brought him herc to jaiL On Wednesday morning white j Perry was waiting to be takexc ; hack to jail he was sitting on the ?steps chewing and by his side wac jone of his little sisters crying as if' her heart would break. She ha? brought Berry some things ia a basket and while he was stolid andi indifferent in appearance thc litfch? girl was sobbing, taking his pun ishment harder than he was. News Notes from Clio j Miss Cora Boll Napier of the Dunbar school with Miss Mary ? McQueen dined on Sunday willa the Clio teachers and with Mr, and Mrs. A C Mc Rae. Miss Florence Fdcns of Mittles millinery department, spent Sun day nt thc home of her parents, returning to her place Monday morning after^friendly greeting from many friends. Mr. Tom R?per is farming thic year but spends his Sunday i" Dur social Mower garden of Clio, sous? blc young man. Mr. Lydia Clyde has returnee J from Sumter and will be with rel - atives in Clio for a spell. Mr. flack Mel nuis repr?sente/.!, thc Clio Presbyterian church aS> the session just closed in Cheraw.e of Pee Dec Presbytery, and is greatly pleased with thc results of thc meeting. Miss Corrio Wcile has r otu meal from King's business college? Haleigh, N. C., and will rest for * few days. Kev. J AV Speake, of-ls with Kev. F II Shuter this week, and a scries of services aro being conducted that will in all probabil ity result in lasting benefit to the connnunity as thc services are plain, earnest, candid, spiritual ef forts. Thc services will continue