The Marlboro democrat. (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, April 24, 1908, Image 10
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?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."
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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.
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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.
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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