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THE MARLBORO DEMOCRAT VOL XXXHf BENNETTSVILLE, S. C., FRIDAY, JULY 17, 1908 NO. 29 MAN KILLED * IN THE CITY FRANK BARR SHOT OLIVER EDWARDS ?VO Negroes Fell Cut bout "Cheating in Gambling Barr Escaped Oliver Edwards was shot and almost instantly killed by Frank Barr near tho Coast Line water tank about eleven o'clock Satur day night. Coroner George N McCall being too unwell to hohl tho in quest, it was held by Magistrate Cl) EaStcrlingSaturday night ami Sunday morning, and the follow ing facts were brought out. Several negroes, including Barr, Edwards, Lol Cain, Eph .lohn, 11 wi ry Buchanan, Willie Johnson, Bink Anderson and Mary Smith, assembled near tho water tank af ter tho train froth Sumter passed Saturday night. Some ol' them were gambling and drinking. Barr' called Anderson oil' and told him bo wanted to ber row his pistol; he was going oil' in the country, and would return the pistol next thorn ing Anderson let him have it. Barr then went to Edwards and thc two sat down and went to gam bling, playing "skin*1 in the moon light. Barr passed a soda water ticket on Edwards mid Edwards accused him of passing bad money. Barr denied it, and they commenc ed cursing- each other. Edwards threatened to shoot Barr if bc did not give him his money, and Ed wards put his hand to his hip pocket. Harr drew a pistol and shot Edwards. Ile walked a few steps and fell without speaking. Bar escaped. When last seen he was going in the direction of Crosland's spring, lie was a brakeman on the B and C railroad, and came from North Carolina. Edwards is a well known car penter in Bennettsville. Anderson is in jail, held as ac cessory to the murder. Sherill' Groen is doing all he can to catch the murderer. MCLEAN VERDICT REVERSED Railroad Not Responsible for In-1 jury to Passenger on Caboose. The supreme court has reversed the Darlington j u r y which found a verdict for $10,000 in fa Cheraw, whose son was killed by the overturning of a caboose, near Lumber, in 1904, The evidence showed that the Darlington baseball team, with which McLean was playing, was going from Darlington to McColl to play. Some of the boys left the {passenger coach and went on lop ol'the caboose, in the rear. At thc time of thc accident McLean, .1 W Wilcox and Fred Rowe were riding on top of thc caboose. Mc Lean was fatally injured. Ile was brought to Bennettsville for treat ment, and afterward carried home where he died. The supreme court holds that the railroad should not be held respon sible for McLean's death, since he exposed himself to danger by rid ing on top of the caboose, that if he had been riding in the passen ger car provided for passengers, he Would not have been hurt, and that his death was due to his own negligence and carelessness, and not that of the railroad. A new trial has been ordered. HinshoLW for Sheriff. Capt W A Uinshaw of Clio is today announced as a candidate for sheriff. Capt Ilinshaw is well known to tho most ot' the people of the county, especially tlioso who remember the trying days of 'TO, when Capt Hinshaw was a leader* in tho efforts to free tho county and state I rom carpet bag and negro rule. Me has always been a staunch Democrat and an active supporter of tho party and its policies. Capt Hinshaw was a candidate for sherill' four years ago, and re ceived quite a nice vole in thc county. BAND ORGANIZED Bennettsville Boys arc Preparing to Make Music. The Bennettsvillc band has been j organized and is composed of tl number of young nam with musi cal talent. N A Smith cd' .Marion will be the instructor. lie has been instructor of the Marion band [luring the past year. The instru ments have been ordered and are expected this week. Below are those who have been enrolled as members of the band: Fred Rowe and C YV D.idloy, jornots; Lauch Freeman, trom bone; John Carlisle and Willie Jordan, tenor horns; Tom Fate md Ralph Crosland, alto horns: Frank Moore, baritone, horn; (i V Beard and G L Dixon, base horns; Travis Pate and Colin Covington, drums. The band needs two or three more men, especially two for clari onets. They will probably be ob tained in a few days. Dr. McLeod Naturalized. Although Dr Bunyan McLeod has been in Bennettsville several years, be bad not been naturalized till a few days ago, and remained u subject of the British crown, be ing a native of Nova Scotia. Here tofoie he. has not been able to vote here or exercise other political privileges of a citizen of the United States. At the last term of court, how ever he received his naturalization papers,having taken the oath of al legiance to thc United States. Abel Lathrop, the assistant district at torney, came up from Charleston for the purpose bf getting Dr Mc Leod nau ral i zed. Dr McLeod hus secured his registration certificate, and is now prepared to cast his ballot for the candidates of his choice in tho ap proaching elections. HOW IT OCCURRED Horse That Hurt Negro Boy Was Frightened by Automobile. The Advocate has been asked to liorrect some errors and omissions in the article about tho little negro boy, Willie Met iill, getting hurt last week. John Wilkinson says that he was in charge of the peach wagon; that tho negro boy was not driving, hut was going along to assist him. Hie wagon was standing in front of the express ofllco and Mr Wil kerson was unloading the peaches into tho express office. Willie was holding thc horse by the bits and the lines were lying across a wheel, lillian McLaurin came along in bis automobile, which scared the (torso. Mr Wilkerson grabbed the lines, but the horse lumped and broke them. Willie then grabbed the bits with both hands anti held on. After making a few lunges, th? horse, with his knees, knocked Willie loose, and tho wagon ran over him. His arm was broken and he received some bad gashes on the forehead and nose. Willie is now doing very well und seems to be on the road to re covery. MADDOX MUST SERVE TIME FOR. TTEMPTING TO INFLU ENCE A JUROR He is Out on Bond and is Si\id to he in (ieorjjkv ?vt Present Time. W C Maddox must serve six months on the chningang, or for feit !i?s !?(>IM?, for trying to tamper with a juror, B 1'" Smoot, who sat on tlio case of thc town of MeColl against NV A Stutts, \\ i?o was charged with disorderly conduct. ir sectus that Maddox was doing hi? best to got Stutts acquitted. A cording to Mr Snioot's tcsti- 1 many, Maddox took him into a 1 private room and Saith 1 'This boy has not done a damn thing. I am on his bond, I am go ing to slick to him to tho last. 1 have sold out my business, lock,'? stock and barrel. 1 want you to < do all von can for this boy; I want : you to clear him for me, and if you will 1 have got between li) and 20 good paying customers that have been trading with me, and 1 will carry them all down there and put them to trading wi tn you, and wherever 1 say trade thev will trade." Mr Smoot testified that "I told him as far as the Lord gave me brains to decide between right and w rong that was the way I would decide." Maddox was convicted and sen tenced to serve six months in the chaingang, without any alternative line. 1 lis attorneys .1 W LeOrand and Gol Knox Livingston, ap pealed to tho surprcmecourt.Mad dox gave a six hundred dollar bond, signed by ?I ?J Pearson, The surprcme court has dismissed the appeal. Maddox is now said to be in Georgia. Maddox had previously been tried for selling liquor and main taining a nuisance at Met 'oil, but was acquitted. WILLIAM J. BRYAN. The Democraiic Nominee For President. Teachers* Institute. The teachers' Institute, which opened on Monday, has boen mos - ing along neely. Thc attendance was small at (irst, but increases steadily, 1 ew names being added to tho roll every day. It is hoped that still others will come and avail themselves of tho courses offered? Miss Carmichael is giving ins truction in primary methods, Miss Carswoll in drawing, and Mr Mckittrick in Algebra, Civics and Literature Tho daily program is as follows: 8:30 to 9:30 Prinyuiy. 9:l>0to 10:15 Civics. 10:15 to 11:15 Drawing. 11:20 to 1'2 Literature. 12 to 12:15 Algebra CONTRACT FOR WATERWORKS LET TO ABEL AND EDWARDS OF HICKORY Work to bc Begun by August 13, and Completed by Decem ber 14. Tko contract lor thc wntcrworko system,foi' Bennettsvillc was let last Tuesday afternoon bv thc hoard of public works to Abcc <\\ 1 Edwards of Hickory, N. C. Their linal bid was about $20,300. This is for thc pipes and tank, and docs not include the wells and pumping I machinery. There wet o several j other bids, anda number of engin eers and contractors were here the Jay the contract was let. The next lowest bid was about i>i>0,000, by Mo<Teary & co, ol'.\llanta. There are to be nearly six miles of pipe, which will practically cov er the town. The tank will be of steel, 180 feet high, and will hold 100,000 ?allons. The tank will bo located on tho public square, where the market house now stands, '.rho county commissioners granted tho town the right to to erect tho tank on public square on condition that water be furnished free for tho court house and jail. There will also bc three drinking places, one in front of tho court house, and one on each side of tho public square, for which water will bo furnished free. Mr Minshull, whodrcw tho plans, was in favor of putting tho tank at tho no ?vcr house below the de pot, but Mr Bandy, who is to bo tho supervising engineer, thought it ought to be up town. Ile said that greater pressure could then bi secured and more water obtain sd from the tank in a given time, as the friction of tho pipe to convcj tho water from a tank at the power house up town, would bo ?limin?t ed. The pumping station will be a the power house, and from then the water will be pumped into thc tank on the public square. Then will bo enough shallow wells t< furnish 15,000 gallons por minute Tho contract with A boo & lid wards provides that tho work shal bo begun within live weeks an completed within live months They aro now putting in a systoi: for Maxton, and will move thoi foree from there to Bennettsvill within the next few days. Mr Abee stated before leavin hore Tuesday evening that h thought that they could finish tl work hore within live weeks af ti it is begun. They will bring aboi 200 hands with them. ,1 M Bandy & co, of Grccnsboi will be tho supervi imr engineer They will bo paid by tho town, has not yet fully dedided whet lu they will get Si per cont of t l cost of the worlc. or whether th( will be paid a salary. Either wt they will probably get somcthh I i ko $1,000. Tho salo of the sewerage boin nas not yet beim quito complete' It is hoped that tho sewerage COI mission can got to work, howov in time to have Mr Bandy supt intend tho work of both systems thc same time,thereby reducing t cost of tho supervising engineer, The $35,000 waterworks bon were sold at 96, so that thc mon received was $33,600, The boa of public, works deposited 87,? of this in tho Union Savings bai $7,500 in the Planters Natioi bank, and tho balance in tho Ba of Marlboro. The board of public work's composed of II L McColl, ch? man; IO h Hamilton and Jacob Isnacsohn. Thc sewerage coin-' mission is composed of T K Mc Call, chairman, CSChallin, PA Mc Kellar, F (i Hollis ami Dr ,1 K K iuiicy. MR.. HODGES WINS APPEAL Action Cannot be Withdrawn After Counterclaim is Set Up. , The supreme court mis decided in favor ol' Mr Hodges thc appeal in the ease of I unman & Co against j P A [lodges. Inman & Co brought suit against Mr Hodges for $372.70 and inter )Stv alleged to be due them OM transactions while Mr Hodges was niying cotton for them. Mr Hodges answered b.y certain deni ds, and further set up a counter ?laiiu for SI, H'M". 03. Inman & Co then tried to with Iraw theil- suit, but JttdgQ Dantz er refused to allow them to witli Iraw it. Then they appealed to .he supreme court, for leave to ivithdarw the ction. The. supreme iourt has decided that they cannot! liscontintie their action, since the counterclaim has been set up igainst them. Thc case will now nive to be tried by a jury on its nerits. Inman & Co were represented i),y .) W LeGrando and Burke, Rivers abd ErOkman. Mr Hodges ivas represented by Newton cc )wens. A Marlboro Man. Thc Upperville correspondent 3f the Kauquier (Yu.,) Democrat in an account of Confederate mern >rial exercises, has thc following to say of an address delivered by Maj. Robert McIntyre, son of Col l{ C McIntyre, of Beauty Spot: "A most eloquent and befitting iddrcss by Maj. R A McIntyre, jf Warronton, was delivered from :he portico of Dr Ri liker's resi lencc and to say it was enjoyed by ill, is to use a mild term. Thc Major was in the pink of condition md while he was always quite popular, bc added still more laur els to his wealth: may he come oftener." JOHN W. KERN. rho Democratic Nominee For vice-President. Stop that tickling cough ! Dr. Shoop's Cough Cure will surely itop it, and with perfect safety. It is so thoroughly harmless, that Dr. Shooj) tells mothers to use nothing else even with very young babies. Tho wholesome green loaves and tender stems of a lung healing mountainous shrub fur nish the curative properties to Dr. Slump's Cough Cure It calms the sough, ftnd heals the sensitive bronchial membranes. No opium, no chloroform, nothing harsh used bo injure or suppress. Demand Dr. Shoop's. Take no other. J. T. Douglas. REST OF THE CANDIDATES TO SPEAK IN BENNETTSVILLE WEDNESDAY. Those Who Ward Stale Offices to Address Voters of Marl horo July 22. Tho candidates for state olHees will speak in Bennettsvillc next Wednesday, duly 22. Thc meet ing will he opened in the court house about IO o'clock by the coun ty chaiiinan. Cold N Drake. Those who are. expected to speak are: For Governor-Martin F Ansel of ( i reedville. Lieutenant Governor---Thomas (i McLeod, of Bishopvi.1 lo. Secretary pf State- li C Mc Cown of Florence: Attorney General*-?d F Lyon of Abbeville; Comptroller General--A W Jones of Abbeville and . N W Brooker of Columbia; Adjutant General-J C Boyd of Greenville and Henry T Thomp son of Columbia; .. ,. Superintendent, of Education IO C Elmore of Spartanburg, Stiles K Mollichamp .of Orange burg and. J E Sweuringen of (/reen wood; . . Railroad Commissioner--B h Caughman of Lexington, James Cansler of Tirzah, F C Fishburne of Charleston, ,1 A Summerset of Columbia and ll W?Richardson of Columbia. The candidates will arrive here Tuesday night from Bishopville, where they speak Tuesday. They will go from here to Chesterfield, to speak Thursday. THE GREAT "PASSION PLAY" at School Auditorium, July 20 ANOTHER PAPER SUSPENDS Thc Rockingham Record Was Not Able to Establish Itself. The Record, a paper which was started in Rockingham a few months a go, has gone out of busi ness. It publishes the following obituary of itself: KA KKW BU.I The Record some months was launched. It has tried to be faith ful to its missions. But the newspaper business is not fun and The Record linds it hard to "pay as it goes." So it has decided to stop going, lt has been printed in Oharloste at quite an expenso. It was up to the Rec ord to buy an outfit pr buy out our neighbor, the Anglo-Saxon. The Anglo-Saxon didn't wish to sell and The Record has concluded to go out of business. All parties indebted to The Record will please settle. It certainly "needs the money." It has "sunk" quite a little bit of money aral has still other obligations to meet. If sub scribers and others who are due it will pay up The Record will not have to stand for still further loss. The Record will pay every cent it owes. All unfilled subscriptions will be lilied hythe Anglo-Saxon. If this is not satisfactory any sub scriber can get his or her money back upon request. We wish to go out of business with a "clean sheet." The Record has its friends. They were good to it. It appre ciates their kindness, and will al ways feel kindly toward them. Adieu for all time! THE RECORD. July 6, 11)08. THE GREAT "PASSION PLAY" at School Auditorium, July 20 adi.?