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both in the city and in the smaller towns.
 San Diego's Rivalry
 In speaking of the supremacy of Los Angeles iii the indu s.rial and coni- mercial life of Southern California, it is due to San Diego 10 say that it makes claims 10 rivalry of Los An geles. But so soon as the latter man ifested degree of success, it drew to itself men who had confidence in the town and men who were accustomed to achieve that which they started to do. And while Los Angeles was dra w. ing that class of people, a series of misfortunes befell San Diego, and the people who were there lost confidence in themselves. beca me utterly discour- aged. and instead of uniting for great works. the San Diegans came to quar- rel with themselves, and internal strife practically ended the era of achieve ments.
 That this is to remain forever the condition of San Diego is inconceiv- able. The distance from Los Angeles to San Diego, laid along the Atlantic coast. would traverse score of busy cities. There is room for both these cities, and while one may be greater than the other. the petty jealousy be- tween the cities would be unworthy of school-childreu. -..
 Without undertaking to say that San Diego will rise to full competi- ton with Los Angeles, one cannot measure the prospects of San Diego without recalling the fact that the Southern California Mountain Water Company is constructing for San Diego county lands the most extensive storage irrigation system in the South west, and probably in America. The further fact must be taken into con- sideration that the 5OO,OO0 acres of the Imperial lands in this country lie in San Diego county. With the county given the greatest storage irrigation system, for fruit orchards, and the greatest diversion irrigation system for general farming, the statement can hardly be made that the fate of San Diego is hopeless. If the growing degree of prosperity is sufficient to in- spire the San Diegans with grain of self-confdence, the place which San Diego can come to occupy in the next few years is great one.
 San Diego people are making a sur vey for a railroad to open a gateway through Imperial to the East. The
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Two Great Cities

.nt of Inc epoc of chaos
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-07-19
Peabody Scholarships.

An examination for tho scholarships
in tho Peabody Normal college, an
nouncod somo timo ago, will be hold
at tho following piaooe: Columbia,
Spartanburg, Groonvillo and Charleston.
Tho questions will bo furnished by the
Peabody Normal ooliogo committee at
Nashville. They will bo sent to tho
State superintendent of education, who
will aond them to tho various commit
toes. The questions will bo answered
by the applicants, in tho presence Of tho
committees, and the papers all forward
cd to tho contral committee in Uolumbie
who will determine tho successful ap
plioants. There are four appointments
to be made, The scholarships are good
for two years, and are worth 800 per
year and tho students railroad faro to
Nashville and roturn. After the frst
year tho amount may bo reduced from
500 to $50. Tho examinations will
begin at 8 O'Clock, Tuesday, July 23rd.
The following committees will havo
charge of tho examinations at the vari
GUS points: Columbia, Professors A.
G. Rembort and o. w. Balm; Gree n.
vile, Mr.. 0. b. Martin and Prof. 3.
N. Greer; Spartanburg, Mr.. u. g. Ell
moro and Mr.. Goo. 8. Briggs; Charlos-
ton, Mossra. w. r Tato and Claude L.
Logge. Instructions have boon received
from Mr.. John M. Bass, secretary Of
tho collogo, that tho appointe 60 shall bo
required to make an average por cont.
not l0Wor than 65.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-07-19
Port ROYALS Station.

Port Royal is 10 be made one Of the
principal recruiting stations for the
Navy. Secretary Long has adopted the
report of the board Of naval officers re-
cently appointed to examine various
sites along tho Atlantic coast and to
recommend tho most desirable location
for the establishment Of naval ron
devious. Tho former naval station at
I Port Royal is to DO transformed into q
recruiting station for ore.sslandsmeil, q and
lii ITO be conducted 5 on tho same lib.
H A
naval apprentices is maintained at New
port, RI. Capt V. II. Oottman, in
charge Of tho reoruiing bureau OF the
navy, says the secretary has decided
that Port Royal shall be fitted up as q
frst.olass station. All Of the buildings
formerly used in connection with the
Port Royal dry dock will be converted
into quarters for recruits. 1t is also
desirable and neoessary that number
Of additional buildings shall be erected.
Negotiations arc already pending by
which the government proposes to 40
quiro ownership Of the entire island on
which the station is located. The ad-
dltional space is required to allow am.
plo accommodation for quarters and at
the same timo afford plenty of facilitioa
for training, exercise and recreation,
while tho recruits are undergoing pro.
limlnary instructions. Three hundred
apprentice boys and landsmon are al
roady located at Port Royal, and the
training ship Topeka is thore for prao-
tioo in practical seamanship.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-07-19
Rat,lrns To Work

A speoial from Newport News Va,
says: The strike Of the maohinists is at
an end. The climax oamo euddcnly
Thursday at a mooting attended by prac.
tioally all the maohinists from tho ship
yard whom by unanimous consent, the
men docided to return to work Monday
at the old scalo. The facts that the
maohinists could not obtain funds with
which to support the idle mon, and that
the shipyard management demonstrated
its ability to fill tho vacant places are
responsible for tho defeat Of the strik-
ers. This morning committee waited
on Acting Superintendent Hopkins Of
the yards, and asked that tho mon +.
allowed to return to work Monday at
the old wagos. This request was grant.
cd, Mr.. Hopkino informing tho com
mittee, that the mon many Of whom
have left tho city would bo giving their
old places back and would bo allowed
ton days in which to return to work.
Ho told the committee that immediate
action waa nc oeasary on the part of the
maohinisss IL they would head off the
now mon dostinod for this place. This
Immediate action was takon Friday
night and kilograms were sent stopping
tho shipment of outside maohinists to
this city. The end of tho strike is hail.
ed with Joy here.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-07-19
Falls Through q Rridoe

A 0peoial to the Plain Dealers from
Oonneaut, Ohio, says: just after 10
O'clock Friday, throo cars Of the cast
and local freight went through tho
Nickol Plato Bridge at Spring field !,
Penn. The train loft Oonneaut only a
fow sninutes before tho accident, in
charge of Nngineor William Griffith,
Of utfalo, and Conductor Phil A.
Moore, of Buffalo, Tho latter was
killed outright. Tho bridge gang was
at work on the bridge, and the ten mon
injured arc mostly workmon. A fill
was being made at tho bridge and about
taonty-tivo workmcn wore about tho
structure. Tho horrible affair occurred
jdst after Passenger Train No. 3 had
pulled through. The local, after tho
passing OF the passenger train, pushed
three oarg heavily loaded out on tho
structure to unload stono for the masons
working beneath on the largo stone
foundations. Tho work of unloading
had hardly begun whom without any
warning the whole structure, bearing
tho threo cars, filled with laborors, foil
with an awful crash into the valley. So
Auddon was tho affair that only one
man had ohanoo to leap in time to
save himsolf from injury. The list Of
doad inoludos Conductor Phil A,
Moore, Buffalo; j. Soaboss, workman,
Clevcland; George Swart, workman,
Springfield; Honor Beokwith, ,sforoman,
Connoaut; five Italians, namos un.
knoHn; - Randall, West Springfield.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-07-19
Some Census Figures.

The census off 10 issued q bullstin
Thursday concerning tho urban popula
tion Of the country. II shows that28.- !
al, ,6S8 people in tho United Statesliyo
in ci,ies and towns Of over 4 900 popu.
!lasiony Thissis 81 oop Is $afs$$ tl,s
ontiro population, a gain OF almost s
per cont. sinoe tho census Of 1890, whom
the percentage was 1913 Compared with
the returns of 1880 Lno report shows q
gain in the urban population OF more
than third in percentage and of oon-
siderably moro than double in ao.ual
numbers There wore in 1880, $50
placos Of moro than. 4, 900 persons each,
with an aggregated population Of IL,
936, ITO or 26.7 per cont. Of the the q
population. About ono-hslf Of tho
urban population of 1900 was contained
IN cities Of ovor 100, QUO poopls. Ihero
were 38 ,oities with combined popula
tion of Ia, 208,347 There aro now L.
l58 places Of over 1000 people in tho
country as agasinsL 800 IN 1890. Tho
population of tho DISTRICT of Columbia
IL regarded as urban. Ia tho Siatos and
territories the por oontago of people llv-
ing in oltios and towns US com pare with
tho population Of the plAoo, ranges from
81. q in Rhode Island to 2.5 IN Indian
Territor}, tho ontire list boing as tol
lows: Rnodo Island 81 6; liasssohu
sotts 869; New York II 2; Nsw Jorsc >
3 rs; Oonneoticus G5.5; Pennsylvania
81 |; Illinois 51.O; Callfornia 4S g;
Maryland 48 2; New Hampshire 46.7;
Ohio 44,8; Delaware 4l.4; Uololado
4l2; Michigan 81 Q; Washington 36 d
Malnc 36 2; Missouri $40; Wisconsin
81 8 Minnesota 310; Indiana 30 g.;
Ucah 29,4; Montana % 8; Wyoming
28 8; Oregon 27 6; Hawaii rs 5; Lou,sl
aua rs l; V,rmont 2l.O; Nebraska a
2O.8; Iowa 300; Kontuoky 10 z; Kalsas
1872; Florida 1916; Virginia l6 5; raxas
lI.9; Tennessee II |; Georgia 13 8;
SCUM Carolina lit; West Virglasa
1l.6; Arizona 10 6; Nevada 10 s; Ala.
bama 100; North Carolina s o.; South
Dakota 8 2; Arkansas G2; Idaho z;
Now Moxloo 81; Norlh Dakota 5.4;
Mississippi 5 3; Oklahoma 0; Indian
Territory 2 5.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-07-19
Navy Recruits.

Recruits for Uacle Sans navy are
arriving almost daily at tho Port RoaysI
Training station. Some forty mon and
boys from the upper aootion of South
Carolina who had bson enlisted as
Landsmen and apprentices by recruit
ing party which left Beaufort for
Columoia, 8. o., woek ago haVo boon
assigned to duty aboard tho training
ship Topeka. Many Of tho apprentices
arc mere boys in their icons who have
boon resigned by their parents or guar.
dians to tho government until thoy
arrive at twenty.one years Of age. Most
Of these msn and boys hall from the
Pieumont section of South Carolina
and have meyer before soon salt water
and consequently their observations are
often very aufmusing to their moro ex.
porionced ship,matos. Ono incident
that caused deal Of amusement was
related 10 your correspondent by an eye
witness. A number Of landsmen were
instructed to get into email center
which Law along tho port side Of the
Topeka, they complied in an awkward
manner and whom botawain's mate
took his seat in the stern Of the croft
and gave tho command, Sup oars oaoh
of tho eight landsmen soizsd metal
oar look in his hand and hurled II in
tho bottom OF tho boat with suoh foroo
as to almost spring tho outten boards.
The lads arc being well treated, how
ever, by their superior officers on ship
board and will soon learn tho ropeG in
spite Of their awkardnoss which is not
surprising when tho fact that they have
nevor soon tho ocean is tskon into con-
sideration.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-07-19
.PYTHIAN SCAN Dali.
Aps'icIt Of 1926, 900 That mus.
30 Mace Ooc d.
HlNsEY REsIoNB.
His Prosecution In Civil Court
soems cartaIn. Hsw Tho
Great ord.r win
Raise Deficit.

John A, Hinscy, former president Of
tho board Of control Of tho endowment
rank, Knights Of Pythias, appeered be-
fore tho supreme lodge Thursday and
admitted tho report submitted Tuesday
to DO true showing q deiioit Of 1926, 900
which puet DO made good if tho ipsur-
epoe features Of Tho order 10 30 continue,
This report shows that tho affairs Of tho
endowment rank under Hiusoy's man
agoment driftod into practical insol.
vcnoy. Tho former president Of the
board OF control declared no had done
his host to keep the treasury in sound
condition but that doath claims had
mounted up, investments had turned
out failures and it had boon frequently
necessary TO overdraw tho rank a account
at tho bank, The report, which was
compiled by tho prcsont board Of con.
troll. excepting Hinsoy, doos not charge
tho latter and othors with misusing tho
fnnda, hr.! ststes that they woro mis-.
used. Hinaoy occupied tho floor dur
ing tho cntiro foronoon session Of tho
investigating committee.
70 reporters Hinsey said:
III am prepared to dofoud my ad.
ministra'ion against any and all comers.
My oondu,t Of tho oflioe was perfectly
open aud above b,ard Tho invest
ments woro good aud gitim ste and all
will turn out all right. is
John a.. Hinsey was ordered We'd
ncsday night bv tho supremo lodge Of
the knights of Pythias to appear be-
fore that body and show cause why he
should not be expelled. This folloSs
as q direct result Of tho alleged irregu-
laritics which Tho now management Of
tho endowment rank hos found In the
books undor his twelve years adminIs-
tration as president Of the board Of CON
troll. Tho supreme lodge Of tho
Kniehts OF Pythias adopted by vote
OF 130 to tho report of the supreme
chancellor, with all its oritioismaofIMr
Hinsey'd. management, andAord6red it
published as an official record Of the
condition Of tho endowment rank. y,
Though $500, 900 assets. are in bad
condition, and though almost $500, 900
bohind hand in tho payment Of death
claims, the aupreme lodge does moi pro
pose that it shall loao 81 anding booaussle
of tho troubles that have boon disclosod,
BY q unanimous vote ofa tho slotl lge s. an
ordor has boon mad that jIn3 The future
no laysstIa eIta ,shal
aoyen NON bers of tho board Sof control
of the rank, This was formally ADOPT
cd Thursday and no ono man manage.
mont will DO possible in the future.
La addition to this resolution is be-.
ing considered to raise the rates Of pay.
ments on insurance about 80 per oent.,
SO that moro funds will bo provided
to mcot death claims and enough in
addition to make good the losaes and
creato surplus in the future.
Ii this additional burden on bone.
6oiarios Of insurance policies shall not
bo enough, the supreme lodge will also
consider plan to assess all Knights Of
Pythias 80 conts or 81 oa,h for tho
benefit Of tho rank. The lower sssoss
mont on $500,000 mombers would bring
in $3.50 900.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-07-19
A Strange Suicide.

\ Q. L. Kingsley, civil engineer oom.
mitted suicide at Blaoksburg Friday
aftornoon about O'clock in his rooms
at tho Iron City hotol by taking an
overdose Of laud anum. He loft o noto
giving instructions for his burial and
money to defray tho expenses. His in.
struotions woro to bury him in Q choap
coffin and at night, whom no ono was
around, no preachers to be present and
to employ four negroes to carry his
body to the grave, oaoh to bo paid ono
dollar for their aervioos. Mr. Kings.
10y was a resident Of Hlacksburg for q
number Of years and was regarded aa q
fine civil engineer, we'll educated and a
man far above the average Intelligence.
He would occasionally get on q spree,
but was apparently sober when he com.
mittod this act: Little, II anything, ID
known here Of Mr.. Kingsloy's femily
connection, but 1t was gonerally sup.
posed his people Sosidod) at Raleigh,
n. ", aud that he came from thoro 10
Blaoksburg as 4 civil ongineer in the
employ Of the Augusta division Of the
old Charleston, Cincinnati and OhioAgo
railroad. sss3
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-07-19
Hard on White Slaves.

Serious charges aro brought against
certain labor contractors in soourin q
mon to work on tho Henquin plsnta.
tiona in Yuoatan Moxioo. Reoontly it
is alleged 18 msrriod mon with thoir
familics and "a einglo men woro ongag.
cd to go to Yucatan undor promiao Of
roceiving 81 por day. They wero ON.
barked at Tampioo and it is olaimod
woro kept botwoen docks during tho
voyage, being fod on hard tack and rioo.
On reaching Yuoatan thoy wero
taken to tho plantation, whore they
claim that their wages woro but 81
cents day. Several mon with thoir
wivos and ohildron ran away but
woro pursued, caught and it Is re.
ported bru,alIy whipped, tho mon
receiving 30 lashos caoh, tho women 2b
and tho boys six. (.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-07-19
ASSAULT AND MURDER
Upon Young Girl and an Old
Woman

jessie Kinport, tho 14-yoaro'd
daughter Of Mrs, Carrie Kiuport, who
rosidcs at 110 West Ninth avonue,
Donvcr, Colorado, vas assaulted and
horribly mutilatod in hor. room, during
tho absenoo Of her mother Tuesday
night. Mrs. lkinport upon returning
home found tho doors opon and in her
daughter . room tho bod clothes w:ro
s'rewn about and blood spatterod over
tho room She aroused tho noighbors,
who about midnight found tho girl 10 q
vaoaut lot nearby, unconscious and With
humorous outs on hor body. Tho
authorities wore notified but not before
Chris Jonssn had boon brought to tho
station by Policeman Lsmbort, who had
arreatod him on tho outakirts Of Donvor.
AsL,mbort approached Jcnscn whip.
ped out knife aud shouted to the off
oer that he would not bu takon to js,I.
Lsmhort disarmed tho man and brought
him to tho station. Ga tho way no ro
peatedly spoke Of having boon com
pollcd to dofond himsolf from woman,
saying that ho had cut hor up pretty
badly. His knifo was covered with
blood. Ho is beloved to be demontcd d
and to bo tho man who lately commit.
tod numerous assaults on women.
Jensen confessed to the polico that
he assaulted jessie Kinport and also
said no stabbed another woman dnrinS
the night near the ond Of tho University
Park osr line.
Searon was at onos begun aud tho
dead body Of Mrs. Armenia A. Bulls,
about go years old, who conducted a
dairy, was found Wednesday morning
at tho plaoo described by Jenson. She
had boon stabbed in tho brosst and tho
blado Of tho knife had penetrated the
heart, oausing instant death. The body
lay in the roadway and there was no
evidenoo of struggle. Jensen said the
woman was "after him" and for that
reason he killed hor. She livod on a
ranch nearby.
Later reports from Colorado says 1t
has developed that young man was at
tho Kinport homo calling on the girl
and remained until after 10 O'Clock.
Jonsen was arrested about 9:45 o'clock
in the evening making it impossible for
him to havo committed tho assault.
A crowd Of several hundred gathered
outside Of tho city j.il Wednesday
night and made throsts Of lynohing
Jonson. Tonight he was taken to
Colorado Springs.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-07-19
More Gets 10 Years.

The court Of appeals has confirmed
the conviction OF robbery in tho frat
degree found against William A. E.
Moore, Of New York city, and Moore
mutt sorvo out his sontonce of 10 years
at hard labor in Sing Sing prison. This
is the closing chaptor in tho Moore.
Mahon badge" case, which osoatod
much intoiost two years ago. Martin
Mahon, Now Yorker, was ontiot d ,
according to his testimony, by Fayno
Mooror, 70 apartments in Naw York
CITY hotol and was surprised by William
a. ~ Moore, hor husband who, st tho
point Of pistol oxtorted $40 in money
and a promissory noto for $5, 600 from
Madon. Moore was tried and convict.
cd Of robbery in the first dogreo 10 Uo.
combor, 1893, and sontonood to 10 years
Ia prison. Tho court Of appeals has af.
firmod the conviction and rofu sod his
petition for now trial.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-07-19
WILLING TO BALANCE ACCOUNTS.
Russia Will. vaoate Raised Tariff If
u s. Will Do tho Same.

Another important change has oo.
CURED botwoon the Russian government
and tho United Statos relative to the
tariff. The Russian minister OF franco
NJ. DeWitte, has proposed that Russia
will vaoato all tho additional dutios
levidcd on American goods since tho i'm
position Of tho sugar differential il tho
United States will yaoato it's action on
tho sugar difforontial To this Seoro-
tary Gage has ropliod that tho offer Of
the Russian government cannot be &C..
cepted as the question Of the sugar
ditserontial is now in tho hands Of the
court. thus prooluding action by the
executive branch.
Tho propos,ti tion Of tho Russian min.
lister of finauoe was tho result OF
Secretary Hays note Of about two
weoks ago. In that noto MIR. Hay
pointed out that tho aotion taken a, TO
petroleum was not now, nor was it
meant 10 have any connection with the
previous action Of tho government on
sugar. This appears to havo recon
cilod Russian off ,ials in thoir view
that tho pnetroleum order was only an
othor step in tho policy previously "
takon respecting sugar.
NJ. DeWltte's response is not long,
but 1t is quito to tho point. It makes
no further issue es to tho petroleum
ordor. The chief attention is given to
sugar and tho specific ordor is made to
vacsto immediately the increased du
tics which Russia has levied, if tho
Unitod States will vaoato it's action on
sugar. This would amount to re-
establishing tho status quo which OK
listed before tho United Statos took it's
initial action relative to Russia.
The Russian propos tion was com-
munioated to Secretary Gage, who re.
spondod promptly that as tho sugar
question is now before tho courts it is
not possible for him to avail himself of
the Russian suggestions. Thus tho
matter stands.
The reductions which would have re-
suited under M. DeWitte's tender arc
thoso affecting cast iron waros, manu-
faotures of iron and steel, boiler work
tools for artists, factories and work.
shops, gas and water motors, motors
and dynamos, sewing machines, port
able enginos, not including threshinp
machines, fire ongines,- and other ma.
chinery cf iron end steel; else white
rcaio, galipot, brewers pitch and
bioyoloa.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-07-19
Two Italians Murdered.

A special from Greonvillo Miss., says,
Two Italians were killed. and anothor
was seriously wounded at erwin, 80
miles south of Greonvillo some time
Thursday night. John Sorio, aged 80
years, and his son, Vincont Sorio, wero
killed, and Salvadator Liborto was
dangerously wounded. They all oamo
from Oefaula, Sicily. Tho thleo had
boon living noar Glon Allen, but on ao
count of somo trouble were ordered to
loayo by the oitizens. The mon located
at Erwin. While thoy woro aslcop at
Erwin the three mon were riddled with
bullots, two boing killed. outright while
the third was seriously shot. Gov.
Iongino was notified Of the occurrence,
whilo tho Italian consul at Now Orleans
was also apprisod Of tho killing.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-07-19
Chance for Single Mon

Roso O. Davision, Hawaiian commits
sionor to the Buffalo Pan. American,
Fair is at tho Sherman Houae Id Wash,
ipgton. With hor are two Hawaiian
women, NJ. Mapaaano Smith and yITl
Karpo Phillips. Miss DAWSON said. {
ST have como to learn something that
might add to tho folisity of our Island
people. Frankly, Il don . expect to
lind II. We are sufficient unto otrsI ts
solves. X our. ovorTorkod Chica9o
youths ought to como out to Tie island
and marry. uono Of tho 4 niceb HkWaiini
who have plenty ofs aonay and who
want white huebAads. They aro lovely
aa dreams and 90 gioh ae the ordinary.
AmefioAn heireaa, slss