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THE MARLBORO VOL XXXII j BENNETTSVILLE, S. C., FRIDAY, DEMOCRAT JULY 31, 1908 MEND WAYS OR * WEAR STRIPES SAYS MR. MURCHISON OF CAMPAIGNERS Ragsdale and EUerbe in Wsvrm Debate-Hodge*. Made Good Speech at Clio About 150 people heard thc con gressional candidates at Clio Fri day. They spoke from tho porch of thc Hotel Clio, and tho meeting was presided over by the chairman of tho Clio club, Jeff D Edens. There was very litttle cheering for any of tho candidates. The hearers stood and sat out on the ground and quietly listened to all the speeches. J R Coggeshall was first intro duced, and spoke, in part as fol lows: In my speech at Bennettsville, on July 1st, I made tho statement that, with the single exception of Camden, Bennettsville post oflicc paid more than any post office in the state for which an appropria tion had not already been made for a building; that there was one post office, the Abbeville oflicc, which w?s given a $50,000 appropriation in thc Inst bill, which paid less than Bonnettsville, and at least ten or a dozen offices in tho south which paiol Voss thui^BonncttsviUo, and that Bennettsville was, there fore, entitled to bc included in the next publie building bill. Mr. KU erbe, who came after me, staled that, with the single ex ception of Abbeville post office, tho post ollice at Darlington paid less than any ollice included in thc jjast, bill, and that there was no ap propriation included in the last bill for a building where the oflicc paid as little as Bonnettsville ollice. 1 feel that it is wy duty to my self to sot myself right in regard to this conflict of opinion between Mr. Ellcrbo and myself before leaving Marlboro county. Under the postal law and regula tion of 1902, which is the present law on thc subject, the salary of a post master is based exclusively upon tho receipts of thc office. Now, Mr. Ellcrbo said that there was no Appropriation included in the last bill for a building where tho receipts wore as small as the receipts of tho Bonnettsville ollice, and with the single exception of tho Abbeville oflice, the office at Dallington had tho smallest re v^ipts of any office included in the bill. The United States official postal guido of 100S gives the salary of tho Abbeville post master as $1,800; tho salary of the Bennetts ville post master as $1,000. Thus it appears that thore is not only an appropriation included in tho ?feiH foran ollice which pay as lil ^^lo as tho Bennettsville ollice, but one in South Carolina which pays loss than Bennettsville, and by ail inspection of tho bill and an ex amination of tho United States of ficial postal guide, it will bo found that appropriations were made, for at least a dozen offices in tho south ern states paying less than Bon nettsville. Both tho postal law and regulations of 1002 and tho United States official postal guido of loos can bo found at your post ollice, and by an inspection you can de termine whether Mr. Ellcrbo or myself is correct with reference to this matter, and 1 insist again that Bennettsville may reasonably hope |pto be included in tho next public building bill. Mr. Coggeshallsaid that ono of thc greatest evils in the country is the way the cotton and produce exchanges are run. They keep tho south drained of money. They help tho sharks on Wall strcot to control the price of cotton and .thor products. Even tho honor of gamblers is lacking with these people. Thc state legislature has pro hibited bucket shops, but our peo ple still trade through Now York exchanges. It will take an act of Congress to stop it. Tho Hepburn bill is now pending in Congress Thc Republicans have forsaken it, and it will take tho Democrats to pass it. J. E. ELLBRBB. Said bc asked for re-election on his record. Had nothing to say against opponents, said if any charges were made against him by those that followed him, he want ed live minutes to reply. Thc men of influence in Congress had been there a long time. Replying to Mr. CoggeshalPs statement about Darlington post ofllco, bc said Darlington was the smallest place in thc bill when it left thc House. Senator Gary had Abbeville intercsttd. Believe in tariff for revenue on ly Opposed to giving national banks any more power. I promised you better mail fa cilitics. I got 14 rural routes tin first year, three thc second and 2. since. When ? went to Congres: Fin ley already had 120 rural routes ii his district. This district had on ly 38. 1 huve more than, doubl?e that number. Kissing goes by favor up ii Washington. Assistant Postmas ter General DeGraw was a warn friend of Mr. Calaban, who wa part owner of the hotel at which boarded. I had my petitions in specten and the routes put into op cration while thousands older thai minc were waiting. Mr. Ellerbe spoke in favor of th distribution of seed by the gov mcnt and said he had been calle "Farmer Jim" on account of speech on that subject. lie sar he had selected Marlboro for th experiment station of the sixt district,. A soil survey will be bc gun in Morry in November. Said |io bad been able to get o rivers and harbors com m i tte where he could get appropriation for waterways. At this point Mr. Ragsdal warned Mr. Ell erbe that he wu going to discuss the Florence poi oflico matter, and thought that Mi Kllcrbe should finish his speee now instead of replying after til others finished. Thcio was son: discussion of this and M EUerbo finally went into a disco sion of the matter. Ho said tl Florence post office did not coi cern thc public here, and M Ragsdale cou hi run on that if 1 had nothing else to run on. lie said that Ragsdalo asked hi to go with him to the president order to tell him that if the n gro Wilson was reappointed pos master the people of L<1orcn< would kill him and also that Rag dale asked him to get Ragsda appointed postmaster and I would let Wilson draw the si ary. Unsaid Fit.ley and otho urged him to publish what Rag dale had said and he gave it o for publication. If he said at Ma ion that Lever urged him to pu lish it, ho did not mean to use L vcrV; name. r. A. IIOIXIKS. Said he was Stlll'fti ing with asl? headache and would not ttltetn to speak if he hail not spoken the ot her places in this county. Mr. Hodges reviewed thc hist ry and principles of th? Rcpub can and D?mocrate parties. He favored appropriations f improving waterways and roa? Millions ai e spent to reclaim t desert lands of the West, and som thing should bc spent to drain thc swamp lands of the South. He favored tho government ex perimental farm work. It shows what is best adapted to each soil. In proportion to tho develop ment of agricultural Interests, all other interests prosper. I was raised upon a farm, said Mr. Hodges, and I will use every ello rt to have legislation passed to benefit thc farming interests. The producers are entitled to just con sideration. All others depend up on them and get their support from them. Thc foundation of our hope rests in the succss of Democracy this fall. If defeated, all hope of good government and beneficial legisla tion goes down, temporarily af least. Every Democrat should do hit duty and vote for the man of his choice who will render assistance to our peerless leader, Wilban Jennings li-yan. (applause) Mr. Ellerbo said that Mr. Finbj had 150 rural routes when bc wen to congress. The records shov that he has only 144 now, aftei working all this time. Mr. Ellcrbe: Oh well, I sait about 145 or 150. Mr. Hodges: The records shov that he had only 55 on July 1, 190' Mr. Ellei bo argues the longer man stays in congress thc bette work ho can do. Take his own re cord. He got 14 rural routes th ^rst year Kttd only threo the sec opd. It would have been bette to have taken him out at the cn of thc first year, for his first yen was his best. Finley has got moi than twice as many routes as E lerbe. Mr. Hodges closed with ail o oquent appeal to tho voters t measure his qualifications bv ever test, and to vote for him if thc found him to measure up to the r quircments. (applause) WILLIAM MI: urn ISON. Mr. Murchison began by su.vu that this ellice for tia' past sever years has been sold to thc higho bidder and t'a? proceed.-, turned i to cboai) corn whiskey for tho d moralization ol' the people. 1 said bc had employed detectives ferret out those who attempt buy votes in this campaign, "ai if you will aid mo some of yo most distinguished men, unir they mend their ways will wearing tho stripes of criminals. Mr.Murchison discussed tho ti ill', trusts, finances and cd neath Ho stated that there are inoro i groes in school in Marlboro th whites. 1 Io said that thc time coining when tho white, man w sells to negroes tho land ho inhe ted from his forefathers will bc c< sidered an assassin of his ra Wants the white man to own I soil he cultivates and tho homo which ho lives. Mr. Murchison closed by say i that bo did bet expect many vo in Marlboro in the first prima but carno into a great many wi ho came into the second with majority vote of his own com behind him. ?i- W. ItAOSDALK, Mr. Kngsdalo ridiculed Mr. lerbo's statement that tho Flore post office affair did not cone the people, here. 1 lo. said tba county lino did mot hoop the wi men of Mai I boro from f , an interest in tho people p lorence whose women and c dren have lo got their mail fi negroes, I Ie made au eloquent appeal while supremacy and said that i t hor thc tarill, nor appropriai.ii nor any other question would s plant tho issue of while Sllprc cy in tho South. 1 Io said it wi serious matter with tho [ people Florence, and he did not believe that thc people in other parts of thc district, whose congressman al so represented Florence, could lack interest in thc matter. Mr.Ragsdalc went into a full discussion of thc Florence affair, which has already been published in tho Advocate and Domocrat. Ho denied that ho tried to get him self appointed postmaster. He read Senator Tillman'.- letter saying that if Ellerbe had not published that interview, he was confident bc could have prevented tho reap pointment of the negro, Wilson. Mr. Ellerbe said at Marion that Finley and Lever urged him to publish the statement about Rags dale. Lever went to Marion and said he did not urge Ellerbe to publish it, but, on tho other band, urged him not to publish it. Ellerbe now says that "Finley and others" urged him to publish it. Mr. Ragsdalc shook lils finger at ^tr. Ellerbe and dolled bim to nanicthc "others," but Mr. Ellerbe remained silent. Mr. Ragsdalc said he believed that Mr. Ellerbe had published thetinterview for the purpose of injuring him, and in doing so he had prevented thc appointment of a wliite mau as postmaster at Flor ene!;. i>ff?f Ragsdalc said that Mr. Elkvbc had told about his work V"' .the a rcat. loaders of ..the Democratic party and about thc mono/ expended by thc republi cans, but he had not told about his deserting the Democratic lead ers and going with a few other Democrats to the aid of thc Re publicans to pass thc army bill with a raise of twenty million dol lars. If the nine Democrats had not voted with the Republicans, thc bill could not have passed. Williams and Clayton and DeAr mond and tho other Democrat leaders were lighting thc bill, but ICI I cr bo deserted them and helped thc Republicans pass it. 1 Shaking his linger at Mr. Ellorbe, ; Mr. Ragsdale asked, "Isn't that ' so?" Mr. IClJerbc shock his head. Mr. Ragsdale then called Mr. Coggeshall and asked him to bring him his congressional record from his room. Mr. Ellerbe then said, "Oh, 1 voted for the bill. It wassail bun combe to light it." "Then;' said Mr. Ragsdale, "If it is buncombe to fight with the Democratic, loaders for Democrat ic principles against Republican greed and extravagance, if you e lect mc to congress, I shall engage in a great deal of buncomb." As Mr. Ragsdale was conclud ing, thc hotel dinner bell rang,' and the meeting was adjourned. ? <?? ? W. E. CROSLAND DEAD Successful Son of Marlboro Who Lived Near State Linc 'Thc Rockingham Anglo-Saxon says: Capt W. IC, Crosland died sud denly Thursday morning at his homo in Wolf I'it township, of nen raiga of tho heart. Capt. Crosland was probably tho ablest and most successful larmer in North Carolina. Ile took a waste of land 30 years ago and by energy and knowing I ow developed it into one ol'the largest and most successful plantations in this state, producing an average of 1,600 or 2,000 bales of cotton per year. Weare indebted to Ctipt. W I ICvorctt, his long life fri .end and business partner, for thc} fallow ing brief sketch of Capt Cros land^ eventful life: W n Crosland was born near i i Bcnncttsvillc, S. C. Ho entered the C. S. army when 17 years of agc. Soon after tho close of tho war ho located in Anson county and was farming on tho lands lo cated in said county bordering on Pee Deo river, known as tho Campbell plantation. While there he married Miss Virginia S Lc Grand. In the year 1879 ho, with W I Everett, purchased a portion of the Harrington lands, where bc has resided to thc date of his (loath. There were four children by this marriage, all of whom aro yet living. His wife died soon af ter the birth of their fourth child A few years later he married Miss j Lou Evans, of Cumberland county. [ To them has been born seven children, one of whom died some few years since. ? ^ Mr. Crosland was noted for his industry, integrity and good citi-|i zenship. For the past eight years he has been a member of the pen-1 [ itentiary board of the state. Much of the property and good manage mont of thc state farms is due to his experience and his success as a farmer. Ile died Thursday morning at ll o'clock from neuralgia of the d heart. He had for a day or two {. suffered a few minutes at a time from severe pain in tho arm, v shoulder and chest. During the f early part of tho day he was up Shortly pefore his death ho un- j ?j drpsscd, lay .down and but a few minutes passed before ho gasped, ii after complaining of tho pains, t and died immediately. Ile was buried at the St Paul's church Friday. He had been a [ consistent member and steward of / the M. E. church south for many fi years 's I d V C. F. Brccden's House-Blenheim I i; Church Struck A single stroke, of lightning (1 descended in Bonncttsvillo Sunday afternoon and struck tho stove > chimney of Chas F Br?cdon's hous0, r nu east Darlington street. Tho elec tricity went down tho chimney andi1; tore tho inside of tho stove out. It also damaged his electric meter. The lightning spread over thc phone and light wires, and many people in tho neighborhood thought that their houses had boon struck. Din ing tho storm last Wednes day, tho steeple of the Presbyte rian church at Blenheim was struck by lightning and considera bly damaged. Plastering was knocked off inside thc church andi v . i two of tho columns in front split The damage is $100 or more. R. F. D. Changed A chango has boen ordered in li. F. D. No. 'i so that after Aug. 1 the carrier will go oyer the new public road which has boen open ed from thc Blenheim road, near near the electric light plant, to tho Hebron road, near the Cook place. Several people, who live on this now road will bo benelittcd by thc change, and tho carrier will not have to travel over the same route in going Out and coming into town, as heretofore. Postmaster McLaurin requests that those who wish to get mail on this route have tho regulation boxes up by next. Saturday, when the. change will go into effect. Coward For Auditor M E Coward is today announced as a candidate for county auditor. Mr, Coward i-> well known to the people of Marli oro, having served i hem in tho supervisor's office, and needs no introduction al oui1 hands. Ile is al present clerk to thc county supervisor NEWS NOTES FROM BOYKIN PERSONAL AND SOCIAL ITEMS OF INTEREST W. H. Gibson Married Three Cou ples in One Day-a. Reg-. ular Squire Bailes. Boykln, S. C., July 24, 1908. The cantaloupe crop of Gibson ind Boy kin sections have been im nense this season, but tho antici >ation of high prices has not yet jeen realized. Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Smith and Urs. Int Smith are visiting rela tives in Texas and Oklahoma. Mr. Armel Dudley, cf Lakeland, Ha is spending some time at the lome of his uncle, J. ll. Liles, in irightsville. Misses Sallie Ellerbo and Ruth fennings returned to their homes ? Bennettsvillc Wednesday after very ^pleasant visit to Misses Iannah and Janie Gibson. Mrs.Chais Ilunsueker left Thurs ay for her home in Luraborton, ?. C., accompanied by her nice3 liss Ruth Patterson. Mr. B. Johnson spent Sunday pith his mother at Lumber Bridge, I. C. Quite a number of young people njoyed an evening picnic Thurs ay at "Goodwin's mill." .-Miaa-Nau?tt?-?Jnwton ia .npond. ng a few days in Bennetts vi Ile at he home of lier uncle, L. D. Now on. Mr. Ellis Haywood and sister, Manche, of Ellerbo Springs, af er a few days at the home of Mr. Ufrcd Covington returned homo Saturday. Mr. Lane Deas, of Rockingham, pent Saturday and Sunday with Ir. Henry Smith and left Mon ay to visit relatives in Bennetts ille, John C. Curry, of Laurinburg. s staying with his brother in Gib on. Miss Judie Gibson entertained uite a number of friends Tues' ay evening from 8;30 to 12. Mis. H. Townsend, of Raynham, I. C., has been visiting her pa onts Mr. and Mrs. Sim Gibson. Misses Sadie and Ethel Mooro pent a few days at tho home of 5. W. Goodwin. Miss Ruth Patterson gave quito n enjoyable party at their lovely ountry home Friday night in honor f her friends Misses Pearl Annum nd Belle Reynolds, of Star, N C. Miss Rae Gibson returned to her ionic in Bennettsvillc after a do ightful visit with her many friends nd relatives and was accompanied >y Miss Judie Gibson. Several friends gave Miss Rosa Smith a "surprise party" Fri&iy woning and all present reported a nost enjoyable time. Miss Aggie Covington is visit ng her grandparents at Ellerbo springs, N. C. Mrs. E. W. Liles and children ire visiting her father, Mr. Jojhn Miller, at. Lynchburg. Perry Adams gave a "jolly haj' .ide" Saturday afternoon in honor )f tho visiting girls. Misses Hannah and Janie Gib ion aro. visiting their sister, Mrs. Hubert Townsend, of Baynham, M. C. Frank Ilunsueker, of High Vint, N. C., is spending a short vhilo with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. ,1. M. Ilunsueker. W. ll. Gibson, notary public, narricd at his home on Sunday, Inly 20, Daniel 'lankey and Min de McCoy; Ebbie Leviner and diss Elizabeth Wattcrs: and Owen dot iee and Miss Cora Cole. The ust two couples were white. All vere from Scotland county, N. C. ?V. H. is gaining a notoriety equal o that of old man Squire Bailes d' York county, for "knot ticing" lualifications, but wo trust that ho pill not, like old man Bailes, bo oreed to Mee to more congenial abitations. Simeon Gibson spent Monday and Wednesday in Bennettsvillc. Jimmie B. Gibson, of Dillon, pent a short time tho first of tho eek with his parents, Mr. and Irs. Sim Gibson. Ho is a promi Ont attorney of Marion county. "G-~G-Club."