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. Ct-*9 ?4 4 ? ? I .... 1 BBNNETTSVILLE3, S, C. DEMOCRAT PUBLISHING CO^ Subscription l'rlce: I 'no year. .$ 1.00 ix months.BO Three months.25 PERSONAL Miss Lizzie Moggs, of Marion, s visiting her sister Mrs. Tart. Lane Decs has returned to his ionic after a pleasant visit herc. nicklin of Chester was in own on Monday. Mrs S II McGhco of Greenwood ?s visiting her mother Mrs Lt D Jamill. Mrs. Bell Hill Blake, of Tacoa, Ga. is visiting her daughter, Mrs. 0/ . Crosland. irM Hodges of Brownsville was i pleasant caller at the Advocate jflice on Saturday* W F Pond superintendent ol' ?ho Gibson oil mill was in town Wednesday. Misses Blanche Freeman and Mazie Brooks of Hamlet are visit Og Miss Daisy Freeman. Henry Bouchier carno homo from ?he State University to spend (Castor willi his mother. J N Stricklih, editor of the 3horaw Chronicle spent last YVcd icsday in Bennetlsville. Mu? Margaret Freeman is visit ti?? nYr daughtor, Mrs K L Keayes t Ebenezer Florence county. .lohn C Dunbar of Lamar spent ; over al days in this county with . alatlyes and friends last week. Kev J T Miller of Newberry as been visiting his son Supt. 10 \ ' Miller of Murchison school. Mr. and Mrs. Dana Crosland wc returned from their bridal . ?ur. Services of Presbyterian church unday ll A. M. and 8 P. M. Ml arc cordially invited. Mr. Sam Wilkinson spent Sun ny with his sister in Bennctts 11c. - I darlington Press. lt is SUKI niau nie H loros wm ose on thc first of May at G clock every afternoon, Saturday .ccepted. DA? Goldberg lias moved his Kital office into a room over thc >W building of the Planters ational Bank. Mesdames J T Douglas, \Y ll rostand, ,1 L .Jordan, nnd Judge udson anil Percy Dees are in reen vi lie attending a musical stival there. James C Covington who has cn taking a course in cnginccr X at Clemson College is assisting L Freeman in the surveys for e map of the county. The cotton mill here is now run ing 5 days in thc week at about per cent of mill capacity mark il for produce of the mill being active. Miss [Cl?nico Grist accompanied her sister Mrs II ll Crosland turned to her home at Vorkville Friday. Mrs Crosland will spend mo ti mc in Vorkville visiting kin oplcH' Miss Lily Hodges, accompanied ' her friend Miss Alice. Glenn nilli, ol' Columbia college, spent ] ister at home. Miss Hodges ite med to Columbia on Monday ide Miss Smith went to Golds ro to attend the wedding of her other. Marlboro Chapter No 30 R A M I'-'ll pilfer ( 'hap! cr (lee.rei-.- on o^BrMO or Wi candidates froh? ie raw together with *i bunch ol :al candidates on Tuesday night, loraw Masons will at an carly to reorganize a lodge of Chapt er ison s. The following couples attended [Caster dance in Chura w Monday jht. Kit Dudley with Miss mia McLaurin, John Kverett th Miss Gully,j/ K. Weatherly >VJJA. hffes Lula JiVosland, 10. D. miner with, Miss May VVcathor and Kirksoy Mcokings, Willie .dan, and Travis Bate, All ic .t a delightful time, Vt Mr W B Kay's residence on omi avenue, Wednesday aftOr n at 3:30 o'clock, Mr LB Step son, of Hartsvilic, S, (!., and sLela Byrd, of Williamsburg $'.V, S C, were quietly married Jno G Richards, of Bennett lc, olliciating. Only a few special mis were, in attendance. Thc le is Mrs Kay's sister. Ked MR. MARTIN TO MARRY Former Pastor of Blenhaim Cir cuit Wins a Bride Tho following, taken from tho Winnsboro lotter in the Sunday's State will bc read with interest by tho many friends of Kev. W S Martin who was for two years pastor of tho Blenheim circuit. "A very pleasant entertainment was tho tea given by Mrs. W II Withorow Tuesday evening when she announced tho approaching marriage of her daughter, Mary, to Key. W Smith Martin, which event takes place at 5 o'clock Thursday afternoon, April 2!5, in the Presbyterian [church. Thc bride-to-bc is the only daughter of Mrs. W?thorow and is popular in Winnsboro as everybody's friend. She is a lady of chat ming per sonality and sweet disposition, which two traits alone are sn Iii ci - cut to account for the popularity she possesses. Kev. Mr. Martin is pastor of Rich burg Methodist church and is 0.110 of tho, ablest preachers of tho South Carolina conference. No cards wi il lie is sued." Death of Miss Jordan Miss Lona .Jordan died about nine o'clock Saturday night, at tho homo of her sister, Mrs, Sadie Weatherly, on Fayetteville avenue after a long illness. Tuc funeral services wore con ducted at Oak Ridge cemetery Sunday at J V M by Dr C G Vnr dcll, president ol' the Southern Presbyterian college and conserva tory of music at Red Springs. Miss Jordan, who became an orphan in infancy, spout a laroo part of her girlhood and young womanhood at tho homo of Dr. Vardcll, and become his ste io graphcr. She has been in declin ing health for two or three years, and came to Bennettsvillo .several months ago to live with her sister. "Death loves n shioino- mark" Blenheim News. Blenheim, April 21-News has boen received herc of thc death of Mrs. Patti Johnson Currie at her homo in Georgia last Thursday. .Mi s Currie was a niece of Rev J G Richards and loft hero about a year ago as a bride. Her death saddens many hearts at her old homo hero. Mr. and Mrs. .1. J. Matheson loft this morning for Sothcrn Pines. Mrs; Daniel and daughter, Miss Bessie, of Mullins, aro visiting Mrs. Daniel's daughter- Mrs. (?. 1). Matheson. ,1 C Campbell went to Chester hold C0Ullt5' today to look after tho plantation which he recently bought, near McFarlan. Mrs II 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 quit? a con venience to our people. Advantage to Honest Newspapers. The ruling of tho posto?icc de partment that pupers to be malla bie as second class matter must have been ordered by tho subscrib er and must bc a paid subscrip tion will revert to tho advantage of tho honest newspaper, lt was aimed at a elass of papers that aro sent to any address without pay, tho first purpose being to got tho advertisements before tho public. The publishers uso for sending ad vertising matter, often quest iona bloat that, rates that arc designed solely for carrying papers that convoy information to thc public. There will bo (?thor advantages. If 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, sonding to any one who will take it out of tho oflico and when in nflieo loading un unestablished business upon some unsuspecting individual. AU these advantages will accrue to tho honest newspa per from tho now ruling- Hudson A COMPROMISE RECEIVED In, the Deborah School Row at Quick's Cross Roads Thc men engaged in thc racket at Quicks Cross roads during the closing of tho Deborah school a few nights ago were in town on Monday and thc case was settled. That is thc ones charged with be ing drunk and disorderly, except ing J \V Odom who was innocent of any of the charges, compromis ed the ease by paying $12.50 a piece. Thc men were: S J T Quick, Ku fus Odom, Richard Odom, and Wesley Brigmun. Mr. J AN' Odom had been included in thc li rsl ind?ment but this was nol pressed as Mr. Odom had nothing whatever to do with the disturbance as will subsequently appear. j, w. ODOM'S POSITION. Mr. .1 W Odom is thc constable ot' Magistrate Mc B Hurley and was present at the closing ol' the Deborah school on the night of 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 Brightsville and was present at the school dosing but this school is in Smithville. Who'll thc dis turbance was bakimr place'Mr. Odom was in another part of the house and knew nothing of what was occuring until it was all over. Ile was asked by Mr. (?rant bo stop the fuss but being in another man's territory he cou kl not However he did induce the Brightsville men togo home and they complied with his request. Mr. Odom say.-, thal he asked Mr. Grant why he had him included in tho number indicted and that tho lattor replied that he knew he was from Brightsville'. and thought that he was in it which was in error as is easily seen andas was proven. There was an attempt made to Indeed bc determined to bc vindi cated and stood ready to carry the case to trial. He was after thc principle and showell commenda ble action in acting as he did. It is a .natter of regret that Mr. Odom should have been thus un justly accused, lie is a sworn of ficer of tho law and his record shows that ho has lived up to Ids duties and discharged every one of them faithfully. Ile was sn; pris ed and hurt thal he should have been unjustly accused in connec tion with tho above unfortunate allai r. There is a warrant against Rufus ( Mom for assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature and tho trial will come olf on the sec ond of May. Below is published a letter from Mr. .1 W Odom in connection with the a ll a ir. MU. ODOM'S KTATK.MKNT. Mr. ICditor:- I nol iced in both thc Advocate and Democrat ol'last Week, in your account of tin? un fortunate I rouble al t he closing of Deborah school, you published my name ns one of thc parties impli cated in the disturbance. I desire to make a correction as tho publi cation docs me a great injustice. No doubt but you gained your in formation from the indictment lodged in Magistrate Kasterling's ellice, when 1 with the others was charged with the violations enum erated. It vas true about me be ing present, but I was strictly so ber, and instead of aiding t hc row dies, I used my influence lo stop it and succeeded in getting the boys away I rom the place. Respectfully, White ( Mom. In a lit of insanity Dr. C O Swinney, a prominent physician of Asheville, shot, his little daugh ter and then committed suicide. The child is not expected to live. - Louis Bristow stales in the Bap tist Courier that Featherstone has withdrawn from the race for gov ernor and will support Ansel for THE KOLLOCK SCHOOL Visited Bennettsvillc on Last Fri day-Had a Pieosant Time On last Friday Miss Wilks, principal of tho Kollocks school, brought tho school children over to Bennettsvillc on an excursion. Thc B. & C. transported thc par ty free of cnargo 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 the ollicials. Then several of thc stores and other places wore taken in. The school brought along their own dinner and had it in picnic fusion, After dinner n visit was made to the Advocate ollico and they wee shown all the workings of tho 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 thc little folks enjoyed themselves to thc fullest extent. Miss Wilks has a linc set of pu pils and they are trained nicely. They preserved perfect order while on their rounds, laking great interest in everything they were shown and moreover gave evi dence of thc fact that they were being trained along practical lines. Il was a great thing for them to get out of the school room for thc day and to get away from tho books out into other lifo. It incant a good deal for the children and showed Miss Wilks thorough understanding of other requisites for schools besides books. The return trip was made in tho evening and will doubtless long bc remembered by the school folks. The following made up tho par ty: Miss Wilks, teacher, Luther Quick, Birch Driggers, Walker Quick, Harrison Crouch, Anice Montgomery Crouch, George Lash I.N.. "^J,>.?.,rtr. AToi'.roi'nr. Dn l nruuioru QUICK, xxiusiieii Quick, i Frank Driggers, Jesse Chavis, Annie Smith, Inc/. Smith, Tiner Grant, Hattie Smith, Delia Crouch, Lula (irani, Ethel Colic, Wilmer Quick, Bessie Quick, Unelo Phill, and vValinee Moore. Before the Mayor. Wm Wise was arrested on Satur day on tho charge of being drunk and 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 .lune ;i, 1908. The Confederate Veterans Association and various other Memorial As sociations have suggested that this bay bc observed throughout the South to teach important lessons connected with the life und work of this great citizen, It isa good opportunity to impress important lessons in connection with the his tory of tho Southern Confederacy and the period immediately prcced ing it . A great many schools Will close liefere that date, so I Suggest that tho schools of Marlboro take such time, as may suit best for each school, for some important lessons and exorcises of this kind. A L Fasterling, Supt. of Education. PROGRESSIVE MENTION. Waterworks and Sewerage Bonds Sold and Contract Let. Maxton has sold its $50,000 six per cent, sewerage and Water works bonds j to Robinson, Hum phrey & Co., of Atlanta at lOZh The contract for putting the waterworks and s'ewerage systems has been let to Abce& Edwards ol' Hickory, N. C.; for $40,000. The bids ranged all the way up to $58.066, There was a bid Of $|^,. 075{for sewerage alone by Chap* man & Williams of Oxford, thc town to furnish thc waler, or $25,, ! FAMOUS FOR FAT. Daniel Lambert, Who Died Ia 1000, ?ot Too Obe?e to WnbMt. The fame of Daniel Lambert a? a rhnmpion muong fat men in longland, If not In the world, Btlll remains un rivaled. Daniel was born at Leicester in 1770 and died in 1809 nt Stamford. The grandson of a celebrated cock fighter and addicted to sport through out hi? life, his dimensions wero not extraordinary, and his habita were not different from (hose of other hals un til he was fourteen years old. When twenty-three years of age, however, ho turned the Beale nt thirty-two stone, and, although he ls recorded to have Leen then able to walk from Woolwich to London, at tho Unie of his (leqAh, in his fortieth year, ht had attained the prodigious weight of fifty-two atone, or 728 pounds, and waa moro or less help less. He was a modest niau, and when he had achieved physical greatness fame was thrust upon him. He waa for a long time unwilling lo de made a show of, but ho gained n more than local reputation, and people traveled from far to see him, resorting to vari ous devices in order to be allowed to do so. At length tho prospect of profit overcame his resolution, and for four years before his death he exhibited himself in London and in the prov inces. Ile was apparently a man of some wit, for once, before he permitted the publie to gaze upon him, an inquisitivo person hud gained access to his pres ence by pretending to be a follow sportsman interested in the pedigree of a mare, whereupon Lambert promptly replied, "She was brod by Impertinence out of Curiosity." Before the days of Daniel Lambert, Edward Bright of Mulden was n well known fat man, al though his name no longer lingers as a household word. He died In 17?0 at the age of thirty years, weighing forty two stone and seven pounds, and ls stated to have been an active man till a year or two before his death, when his corpulency so overpowered his strength that his life was a burden and his death a deliverance. Both Bright and Lambert seem to have berni geninl, good humored fellows and very popular among those who visited them. In deed popularity seems to be the lot of tho corpulent in fact ns well as in no tion. Tho heroes of fiction, however, hilve the advantage In the matter of histing glory, and tho names of Daniel I^ambert and the tnt boy of Peckham Bink into Insignificance beside those of Falstaff and the fat boy In "Pickwick." -London Standard. Applied Scli'nrp, When .Tames KUBHOII Lowell was minister to England, he was guest at a banquet nt which one of the speak ers was Sir Frederick Bramwell. Slr Frederick was to respond to the toast. "At this hour of the night, or, rather, of the morning, my only Interest In ap piled science ls to apply the tip of tho match to the side of tho box upon which alone it ignites and to npply 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 Your happy talent and supply your match! --Youth's Companion. A Vntr of Mlnern. Mr. and Miss Dancer were reputed tho most notorious misers in the eight eenth century. The manner in which this couple were found after death to have disposed of their wealth waa oven i more strange than could have boon their method of acquiring lt. The total value was ?20,000, which was thus dla posed of: Two thousand flvo hundred' pounds was found under n dunghill, \ ?f>00 In an old coat nailed to the man ger in the stable, fflOO In notes was 1 hidden away in an old teapot, the chimney yielded f'2.000 stowed in nine teen different crevices, and several jugs filled wdth coin were secreted In the stable loft. ISnffland'a Hinnriiii Charin. That shriveled parchment, the chnr? ter of English freedom, was saved, it ls ten lil, by tho veriest chance from tho scissors of a merciless tailor. Struck by tho great seals attached to n piece of paper the tailor was cutting up, Sir Robert Cotton ?topped the man and gave him fourpence for tho document ho would have destroyed. It ls now in the British museum, lined and mount ed and in a gins? caso, tho seal a shapeless mass of wax and the charac ters quito illegible.-London Mull. Said MnM io Mlntremi. "Where havo you boon, Jane?" "I've been to a mooting o? thc Girls* Friendly society, ma'am," was th? maid's reply. "Weir whftt did the lady say to you?" "Flense, ma'am, she said I wasn't to give you warning, na I meant to. Bbc said I was to look upon you as my thorn-and boar it,"-Now Yorker. WlIlInicneuM. "But would you dlo for mfc?" per sisted the romantic maiden. "I would," replied the frank and eld erly Biiltor. "Even now I am using a high priced preparation warranted to restore hair to Its original color."-De troit Free Bress. That Mtiateal XCnr, Praxiteles - You porhaps wouldn't think lt, but De Bounder, tho musician over there, plays entirely by ear. Fl> ncre- Is lt possible? Is that what makes 'em so large?-Tit-Bits. A hair in tho bend 1? worth two iu THREATENED; TO SHOOT CARTER mmt?*t .?. .imt, v " PJ Jasper Berry Bound over to COST on Serious Charge. Jasper Berry of Dunbar, was bound over to court and remande-i! to jail in default of a $200 peace bond by Magistrate Mclnnis oa. Wednesday morning. He was up on breach of tho peace and waiving; a preliminary, was bound over in< tho Court of General Sossiom which meets on the 18th of Mavy. Tho charge against Berry WM lodged by L C Carter, a resided of Dunbar and a near neighbor o? Berry's. Carter alleges that Berty threatened {to shoot him and timi he was afraid to stay at home. By Berry's waiving a prelimin ary there was of course no bring ing out of thc facts at thc Magis trate's on Wednesday but Cartee was seen and related thc following story of thc trouble: Ile said that on last SimdXf morning he was lying in bed and trying to rest, he remaining Liter in bed that morning than usual be, cause it was Sunday. That som? dogs got to lighting in his yard and they make so much fuss thav he arose to drive them out. That among thc dogs was one belonging to Jasper Berry, it being a pup. Jk drove it out of thc house where ii hue come in whipping if and final ly kicking it out but not by any means being cruel to it. ISt.it Berry on learning of thc way itt which thc dog had been treated got awfully mad and threatened to shoot him Carter. That Berry we?fc to the home of Johny Swctt anti got his gun telling Swett that he was going to kill Carter. Thal. Berry went to thc woods and iaJsS in wait for him and that his life was endangered Carter lirst went to Magistrate Calhoun at Clio for a warrant but i ? i?;.?..... i .... . -.- * -J <. . nis and Deputy Sheriff Hinso* went to Berry's home and arrested him and brought him herc to jail. On Wednesday morning white Perry was waiting to bc takcxi back to jail he was sitting on the steps chewing and by his side was one of his little sisters crying as if her heart would break. She had: brought Berry some things in fi basket and while ho was stolid ano! indifferent in appearance the li ttl?: girl was sobbing, taking his pun ishment harder than he was. News Notes from Clio Miss Cora Boll Napier of the Dunbar school with Miss Mary McQueen dined oh Sunday witta thc Clio teachers and with Mr* and Mrs. A C McRae. Miss Florence Edens of Mittle? millinery department, spent Sun day at tho homo of her parents., returning to her place Monday morning after^fricndly greeting from many friends. Mr, Tom Hoper is farming th ir year but spends his Sunday in the social Mower garden of Clio, sensi ble young man. Mr. Lydia Clyde has returnee from Sumter and will bo with rel atives in Clio for a spell. Mr. Jack Mclnnis represented) thc Clio Presbyterian church ai, thc session just closed in Cheraw* of Poo Dec Presbytery, and is greatly pleased with thc results of thc meeting. Miss Corrie Weile has returnee", from King's business college* Haleigh, N. C., and will rest for R few days. Kev. J W Speakc, of-ls with Rev. I? II Shuter this wee!:: and a scries of services aro being" conducted that will in all probabil ity result in lasting benefit to the community as tho services ar? plain, earnest, candid, spiritual ef forts. Thc services will continue