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Newspaper
Marlboro Democrat
Location
Bennettsville, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1908
Page
6
A 1908 sermon-like essay argues happiness fuels strong work and virtuous living. It links contentment to artistry, industry, and religion, condemning discontent, debt, and envy. It urges joy amid trials, citing biblical and literary authorities, and ends with a call to Christian teaching and quiet confidence.
An advertisement extols Dr Shoop's Cough Cure as harmless and safe for mothers and very young children, claiming it calms coughs and heals bronchial membranes without opium or harsh ingredients, urging readers to Denand Dr Shoop's and to take no other.
List of cases scheduled for trial from June 22 to June 26 at Marlboro County Circuit Court with defendants including Easterling Evans Keitt Bristow Dean A G L Say Goodwin La Newton Owens Wilcox Rogers and others. Dates indicate Monday June 22 through Friday June 26 with multiple dockets and law firms Townsend Rogers Livingston LeGrande and Rog ers.
Local column notes Mr Ben Stith’s solitude as wife visits kin, Miss May McMillan and Miss Leonora James visit. Pearl Ammons and Ed McDaniel wed at Baptist church. Revd JJ Douglas returns from NC with speeches for Aycock and Glenn era. J W Jackson sells apples for $900. Mrs Elizabeth Dargan hands keys to hotel Clio. Thad Newton visits Wilmington with Harry Woodley.
A fragmented item notes an automobile link or run between Jamflet Rockingham and Ellerbe Springs connected to Richmond County authorities. The report references a Rockingham Anglo-Saxon system and an entity named Pransitl, with sparse details available.
Denver reports a 555000 dollar 12600 seat auditorium opening June 27 with 101 rostrum seats 445 seats for national committee guests and 6000 first floor seats. The complete layout shows 1 073 public seats Curtis street entrance and box seating total capacity around 9 000 plus balcony 3626 and gallery 6889. Fireproof construction and iron sash details noted plus a musical band and secretariat desk connections.
A freight team shifting at the Atlantic Coast Line depot tipped a box car on Thursday. No injuries reported and the incident under investigation by railroad officials.
A box car derailed and blocked the main line for about half an hour. A wrecking train from Flore arrived and cleared the track in two hours, allowing the Sumter train to pass after a brief detainment of about thirty minutes.
The quiet wedding of Miss Julia Easterling to Mr Andrew Easterling occurred at the Easterling home with only relatives and intimate friends present. The ceremony was in the parlor amid ferns palms and geraniums. The bride wore white lace and silk, and the groom is a prosperous Marlboro county farmer. A reception followed and the couple planned a 6.35 train departure to Florence to visit relatives. Bennettsville and Reed Springs baseball games reported as Bennettsville won both, with local players reorganizing after Academy ball.
Miss Jule Gibson returned home from Littleton Female College where she has been studying. Miss Nanette Newton came home from Columbia College. The KR C club of Boykin met and elected officers for the future. Misses Hannah and Janie Gibson witnessed a recent event between Brymnettsville and Red Springs. Mrs Chas Hutsucker of Lumberland is visiting her father-in-law Mr J M Hunsucker in Gibson.
The University of South Carolina announces scholarships in the creation department for one youth from each county. Wael scholarship valued at $100 in tone oy and S18 materialition optered foo. Examination to be held at county seat Friday for admission to the university. Information requests directed to BENJAMIN SLOAN, President, Columbia, S.C. 85 A.D. 5. Also mentions purples, rashes due to body ailment and a Blood Bitters tonic claims.
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