The Marlboro democrat. (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, April 24, 1908, Image 9
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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
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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