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The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-07-24
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The Rncc Ouestion.

The race question Is attracting con-
siderable attention at the North, and
tits being discussed by the pape RS Of
that section IN a way that ithas never
been discussed before. The Indiana
polls Scntin,l says: THE situation
is serious. 1t is likely to get worse,
before it gets better; the race problem
has become an Indian problem; men
or all parties may as well look the
facts in the face and bethlnk them
selves how they are to be dealt with"
In speaking OF the conflict between
the races in Evansville, Ind, in which
several people were killed, the SEN
tinel says: Behind all these manifes-
tatiOns Of lawleSsncss arc conditions
which may we'll give pause to thought
full men. The fact Is that the cam
munity has been debauched and cor
rupted by politicians who have i'm
ported hordeS Of the most ignorant,
most worthless and vilest negroes,
causing an enormous increase in
paupcriSm, vice and crime, and reduc-
ing materially the average intelligence
and virtue Of the people,
This is IA serious Indictment and
sets forth a condition OF things that
communities in the south can fully
understand and appreciate. While
the original trouble grew out Of the
act of Il lawless negro, the Sentinel
declares that he had been removed
from the city and the only apparent
motive Of the rioters has been to
make trouble in order to give vent to
their lawless feelings. The Courier,
OF Evansville, Ind, says:
The cause Of the present reign of
terror in this city can be directly
traced to the vitiation OF the negro
for political purposes. BEFORE election
tlon time the advertisements are sent
up and down the river among the
ShlfLlcss negroes, stating that they
can get money for their votes at
Evansville. The idea, ignorant and
vicious flock here; they are colonized
in saloons; they are gathered In herds
the night before election, even in the
custom house and the temple OF JUS
tice, debauClcd with free beer and
corrupted with free dollars, when they
are properly ready TO he used ON elec-
tion day
Commenting on this the Indiana
polls Sentinel says: There is moth
ing to be said in behalf Of the mob or
any of it's members. But there is just
as little to be said for those who have
deliberately debauched and demoraliz-
ed the community by introducing for
political purposes Il dangerous and
vicious element and practicing
methods which whenever tolerated
are certain to produce disastrous con-
sequences. The wind has been Sown,
the whirlwind is being rcapcd." The
Augusta Chronicle says NC are &C
cnstomcd to this sort of preaching
from the Northern newspapers to
Southern communities, but it sounds
strangely addressed by an Indiana.
polls paper to All Indiana audience.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-07-24
Forty Days of lair Weather.

Last Wednesday was ST. Swithin's
day and according to an old legend If
the day is clear, forty days of cloud
less weather will ensue. The old
legend runs as follows. Swithin was
the bishop Of Winchester and most
dcvout man. His death took place in
1892, and, in accordance with his
wishes, he was buried in the church
yard where the sweet rain Of heaven"
could fall on his grave. When the
bishop was canonized an attempt was
made by the clergy to remove the
body from the church yard to the
choir Of the cathedral as IL mark OF
much greater honor, July l5was set
for the removal but when the day
came 1t rained in such torrents that
The plan could not be carried into cf-
feet. 1t continued to rain for 40 days
aftcrward by which time the clergy
we're fully convinced that the good
bishop, now the sainted Swithin, was
satisfied to have his bones remain
where They we're, and they let them
rest there
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-07-24

City oi savannah.
w. II. Haslip, of Philadelphia, Pa,
is in Savannah, Ga, to dig for buried
treasure on an adjacent set island. 1t
il, not wild, Captain Kidd kind OF an
adventure he is on, however The
treasure he is after was buried on
Warshaw island In 1869 by a Confede-
rate soldier of the name of Amos
Berien, who died in Philadelphia last
week. Berien, who had been in the
employ of Mr.. Haslip for the past ten
years, often told that gentleman that
he had, treasure buried on the Georgia
coast Shortly before his death he
told Mr.. Haslip that in his trunk
would be found certain papers and
parchments t. at would be of value to
lhim,iand thata the property was all ito
be Mr. Iaslip's a fter Berien died
" Mr.. HaSlin inv ltSpct nf1 = tho FRI, n iy.,
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-07-24
a Young Lady Drowned.

A dispatch from Anderson to The
State says: News reached the city
Friday night that Miss Ethel Harri-
son was drowned Thursday while visit
Ing friends in Florida. Particulars of
the distressing accident were not
given. Miss Harrison was sister Of
Mrs. George Baker and of Mr.. Walter
Harrison, who at one time was in the
employ OF the IIill-Orr drug store in
this city but who now lives at Pied
mont. She formerly resided at Pied
mont and had many friends through
out the county who will be shocked to
learn of her tragic death.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-07-24
"A Routing Fool.

One brave man has developed in Illi-
nois. TO the Chicago Chronicle he
says, speaking Of the negro: II think
that one who is industrious, honest
and true to his country is thousand
times better and more to be esteemed
than Il million Of rebels whose claim
to superiority is bottomcd only upon
the possession Of Il white hide" The
Columbia State says at latest ac-
counts this man had not been lynchcd.
or course he meant to say a ''half
million rebels for it was that num-
bcr which kept the two million Of the
true to his country and ''hot for a
bounty interested for four years.
The survivors have been cndcavoring
even since to keep the surplus in the
treasury reduced. But the Illinois
water Is nOt-a survivor; at least 800
miles separated him from the nearest
Skirmish lines.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-07-24

CORN FOR POULTKY--Corn is one Of
The staples as poultry food, and y, We
can trace a large per cent. of tile fail
urcs to its oblisc. l given to fowls
daily it will produce fat and this in
time completely ruins the fowl so far
us laying is concerned, but If fed in
moderation, as a change from oats,
wheat and peas, it makes an almost
Indispensable supply. 1t is excellent
also for growing chickens, but these, as
with the old fowl, it must be fed
sparingly. During very cold weather
without corn 1t is we'll nigh impossi-
bic to keep the hens laying, but even
then best results are obtained by par
TALLY roasting it. For fattening poul-
try for market meal takes first place,
and the work can be accomplished sew
eral days quicker than when other is
used. When preparing poultry for
market feed all they will cat but
when feeding hens for eggs let corn be
only an occasional feed, or only a par
tial ration If given daily Oats should
DE the principal grain food for laying
mems, the corn being used simply as a
change When thus fed it produced
most excellent results.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-07-24
Changing Their Tune.

The Augusta Chronicle says nothing
more notable has occuored in the last
year than the radical change in the
treatment Of the negro question by
Northern newspapers. For years
past The ChTonicie has urged the going
or negroes to Northern states, beliry-
ing that these very changes that ba yc
come about would result, and that
Northern communities having this me-
gro problem to deal with to face among
themself, and not simply to preach to
Southern audience would see things In
new light. The following are some
OF the recent expressions by Northef IN
men and newspapers based on the race
trouble and lynching in Delaware, in
Illinois, or Indiana:
The st. Paul Pioneer Press saws we
are tired OF negroes and the negro
problem, and we are outraged with
negro preachers denouncing lynchilig
!Withoutia word of cnndcmnationSf for
the negro brutes thaticause them. - -. :,
The Kansas City J Jonrnal says The
negro race is but one Seneratfon: :onteI
Slavery, and but a. few generations out
Of bnrbarism. Yhen he reverts to
barbarism and H commits crime
against womankind the punishment
will be fully as swift and horrible in
the north as In the south.
The Minneapolis Tribune says: The
wave Of black horror that is creeping
over the country will soon or late be
met and topped and overwhelmed by
a wave Of horror that will leave the
superior race rid OF everything OF the
inferior but the brutal barbarous
passions and hibit the conflict has
bred. The dark; horror that hangs
over the south is creeping across the
Potomac, the Ohio, the Mississippi
and menacing the north as we'll.
DR.. Lorimer, the famous pulpit ora
tor and platform lecturer, declares
Instead Of holding meetings to de.
nounce lynching, we should hold meet
ing with u view of forever stopping
barbarons assault on the women Of oul
land. They arc too frequent, and
what wonder human nature boil.
over before such bloody deeds? we
should make it plain that white mer
will not tolerate attacks upon thcil
wives and daughters. This is the i'm
pcrative duty Of the hour, and
trust it may not be overlooked by oul
colored citizens in their talk about
racial prejudice. The lynching is q
regrettable affair, but the wantor
murder Of defenseless woman is
more SO. This butchery of our wo
men must be blotted out some way o,
other. aT
We reproduce these statements by
staunch Northern and Republican
Journals especially for the benefit OF
the negroes, and that our readers,
generally, may see what a change has
come over Northern sentiment on this
negro question.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-07-24
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6f The Press Association to tho Lats
Editor or Tie State
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The following resolut!dns were pre-.
sented and adopted at the session OF
the Press assocIatIon atsWhite, Stone
Springs the evening before Qdjoura.
ment:
Your committee IN Ghs death OF
Mr.. N. G. Gonzales would offer tile
following US it's report, s-'.iis
In view Of the sudden and lament.
able death Ofour- brother Journalist,
Mr.. NarossO Gener Gonzales, on
January 10, 1903, let lis add tribute
to I his work and to his memory.
ln him we recognize a. man of the
highest type. He was a man OF
true principle. He hated the low
and mean with an extreme hatred
He exacted from his fellow men,
especially those in public position, the
same irreproachable conduct he re-
quircd from himself. He was man
Of decided conviction. He thought
clearly and logically and always knew
what he believed. If he made mis-.
takes at times in the application of
principles to conditions and actions Of
others, so that he was judged to be
unfair and even unjust, yet his
positiyeneSs and frnness in convic-
tions, as to what he thought would
be right, won for him the respect of
those who did not agree with him.
He was an independent thinker, and
often advocated movements and
policies In advance of those above him,
which, of course, meant frequent
differences Of opinion and opposition
to his views. He was careful and
accurate man, and yet his was a quick
and penetrating mind. His position
was always positive and clearly defin-
ed. These qualities won for him sue
cess and emtnence as a journalist. He
wa' the founder Of the Columbia State
in 1891, and soon made 1t one OF the
best newspapers In the whole south.
His services to Columbia, South Caro-
lima, and to the south, cannot now be
measured. lie was a patriot Of the
truest type and a worthy public ser
want. In him we have lost one Of the
most brilliant and successful editors
OF the new south, and this association
has lost an active, efficient and loyal
member. Let US emulate his virtues.
j. @. Mace,
w. H. Grcever,
II. II. Watkins.
Committee.
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! IN 1A!lH!!, I !! !! eT.AlH.Hl,s J. ! !. !! ! !,
Fhs happenings ii 8 varlons see,lans
of South CarolIna nrletly Told. I

OF south Carolina Briefly Told.
"a new, s25, 900 OIL mill has been
olganized at y Jonesyille.
james H. TIllman was taken to
Lexington jail oD Monday.
The State Farmers Alliance viii
meet In Columbia on Wednesday, the
22nd. rs 81
Julius O. Smith, q prominent r..
spected citizen OF Greenville, died on
Monday, aged "a
Rev. JOHN Attaway, an aged Metho.
dIst::minister, fdied at his home at
Williamson on Tuesday. s e
Plains are maturing for adding a
$50, 600 building to the plant of the
Columbia Female college.
The people of Winnsboro have
voted down aproposition to establEh
a beer dispensary In that town.
The Anderson Mail says: "a sue
cessfnl farmer who lives near the city
has sold 5000 worth OF cabbages fr m
six acres this year, 5
The work Of paving the streets Of
Anderson began on Tuesday and will
be completed in four months at a
cost of about S25, ,000.I
Eddie: Smith, q white boy Of l3.
was killed In Charleston on Sunday by
falling from tree which he had
climbed In order to rob a birds nest.
The Pacolet mill Stockholders met
In Spartanburg on Tuesday and voted
to increase the capital stock from one
million to two and to rebuild at once.
y. Walker Mauldin of Pickcns coun.
ty was shot and killed on Monday
night Will. trying. 20 get his friend
Burt Moore out Of house OF i'll re-
.pute. Moore is accused of doing the
shooting.
Will Holland, n young man of re-
spectacle parents, was shot and killed
early Tuesday morning in house of
Ill repute in Columbia by J. w. Burk-
halter. formerly Of Waycross, Ga. +,
now telegraph operator in Coluln-
bia.
Judge Dantzler at Laurens on
Wednesday granted bail to .Jno. II.
Wham, tn slayer of Fayette Ralnage,
in the sum of $4,000. The defendant
was represented by ferguson &
Featherstone and w. r. Ricbey, the
state by Solicitor Sease and o. L.
Schum merit
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-07-24

Inclr Lost ChtCkcnS.
We do not want the people Of the
North and West to judge the negroes
Of the South by the Vagabonds who
are committing all manner of crimes
among them. There are plenty of
good negroes in the South, and tile
ones who commit the crimes Of rape
and assassination are the vicious ones
among us, and we feel sure the same
is true everywhere. a writer in the
Augusta Chronicle says:
The recent brutal outrages per-
petrated by the negro in Indiana,
Illinois, Delaware and other northern
localities furnish happy Illustrations
Of his marvellous progress In moral
culture during forty years freedom and
would seem to suggest this as an ap-
prOpriate time for our brethren across
the line to pass around the hat for
another monument to John Brown.
While the collection is being taken
the chair might stimulate their
righteous zeal by singing,
as we go iynching un,''
to Il shot gun accompaniment by the
orchestra.
"Thc mills Of the gods grind slowly,
but they grind exceeding tine," and in
tho tide Of time the chickens turned
loose by bayonet suffrage, political
recognition and wife house hospital
ity are coming back to roost in north
ern homes.
They're coming Father Abram
A hundred Thousand strong;''
They're coming home to roost
Where they rightfuly belong.
The writer is neither prophet nor
Il pessimist, and yet as the black hor-
ror'' casts the shadow Of its brutal
menace farther and farher into north
ern hearthstones, it may be that even
under the pale Of Faneuil Hall there
will come some day dim regret that
Stonewall jackson fell ere Gettsburg
was fought.
Orn S,,,,o,,,
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-07-24
HOW CROPS FARED.
Heat Not Excessive ut Any Time
During the Past Week.

| curing VIC -tlSG w eek.
SECTION Direction j. w. Bauer had
issued the following report Of the crops
and weather for the past week:
The week ending 8 a. M, Monday
July 18th, had mean temperature oI
80 degrees, which is practically nor.
NAL. The heat was not excessive al
any time, nor was there wide daily
range between the day and the night
temperatures. These conditions were
favorable on crops, but there was a
deficiency in sunshine over the cast
ern and central parts that was harm
ful to a Slight extent.
HEAVY RAINS IN SOME COUNTIES.
Locally, there was excessive prccipi-
tation In Edgefeld, Marion, Marlboro
and Saluda counties and almost daily
excessive rains from the Savannah val
ley in Barnwell and Hampton north
ward to southern Clarendon and Will
llamsburg counties, and in western
Sumter. In this part Of the State the
rainfall amounted to from 3 to over 6
inches. This area includes the region
OF heaviest rainfall during June when
1t amounted to from 10 to IS inches.
The rains in other parts we're bancfi-
cial, and some places in the northern
parts are in need Of more rain. The
weeks average for the State was 2.U9
inches.
The weeks weather was favorable
for crop growth and development, with
The above exception, and for farm
work, cultivation having made consid-
cradle progress, especially in the west
crn counties.
With the exception of a number Of
localities that report the contrary, old
corn is a fair crop and is about laid by
In clean condition. Much corn wns
destroyed on low lands where tile rains
were excessive. Young corn has a good
color and looks promising.
COTTON GENERALLY IMPROVED.
There was general improvement in
cotton, though some sections failed to
share in it, but reports from most sec
tl0ns Indicate that the plants are max
Ing rapid growth, too rapid for proper
fruitagc in the Pee Dee counties,
though they are still small and late in
blooming. Blooms are more common
than last week. Lice remains on very
young cotton, in spots, but they no
longer threaten injury. In the western
counties most fields are clean, but
grassy fields Is the prevailing condi-
tion in the eastern ones. Cotton is
poorest, and yellow, OH sandy lands,
but most of it has healthy color, cs-
pccially sea island cotton.
Tobacco curing continues and the
crop as a whole has improved. Melon
shipment are not heavy, as the crop is
light as yet. Planting fall truck
crops is underway. NIino crops con
tinue to thrive. Peaches still rotting.
Other fruits fairly plentiful. Pastures
are excellent. Farm laborcrS are scarce
in many parts of the State
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-07-24
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The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-07-24
A Tollsl, Story.

A Columbia, Mo-, dispatch to the
New York Sun says: The Missouri
river flood has given P. G. Nuckles of
hocheport new house, completely
furnished. The high water drove Mr.
Nuckles away from his farm, and when
he returned to it he found on his land
q comparatively new house, which was
In good condition, despite it's water
Journey. There is nothing about it
to Indicate who the owner is"
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-07-24

TWENTY-FIVE Thousand men labor
Ell from early morning till late at night
in the Kansas wheat belt Sunday. In
20 counties where the harvest is ready
thousands OF reapers we've in action.
Church services in many rural dis
tricts were wholly abandoned. Many
women helped the men and others
carried water TO the fields for the
harveStcrS.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-07-24
White Stone Lithia Water. el1t::I.
= Hf bEsTL1TnIA WATER IN AMERICA THE LARaF n
Brick HOTEI. IN THE CAROLINAs or GEoRaiA &
RESORT IN TIE STATE 81
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sead what the noted Dr. = Stephens
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hesitate
of
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water OF powerful peculiar adap
as op Bghts disease diabetes
mas been noted frequently coming here
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For rates addres
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The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-07-24

The Supreme court of Florida has
confirmed the Sentence OF death
against William Sylvester, who was
convicted of numbering Edward Bpr.
ton, master mechanic OF the S. a. L.
shops at Fcrnandina, for discharrInp
him. Unless pardoned he will be
hanged.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-07-24

Edwins d. Phelps, a millionaire
resident of New York city, committed
suicide by inhaling Illuminating gas
on Monday. III health was the cause.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-07-24
A WILD GOOSE CHASE.
City Of Savannah.

Seeking Buried Treasure Near the
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-07-24
COMING HOME TO RQOsT.
Their Lost Chickens.

The North Beginning to Get Back
New-York tribune., 1903-03-05
SELLS SKULL FOR $500.
Physician Pays Hard Headed Man
in Advance of Death.

BY an agreement duly drawn up, signed and
witnessed, James Mandy, twenty-five years old,
a cigar store clerk, living at No. POI East Sew
enteenth-st. has contracted to sell his skull to
DR.. NJ. A. ziter of No. 50 st. Marks Place, for
the sum of $780, the skull to be claimed otter
Mandy's death. By the terms of the agreement
Dr. liter is paying Mandy $5 a month install
ments, and is to pay them until the sum Of $500
has been given to Mandy. Should Mandy die
before the amount has been paid the doctor is
still to get the skull. The agreement says that
the purchase is made in the interests Of medical
science.
The existence of this contract became gener-
ally known last night through the momentary
fears Of Mandy. He told Sergeant Farrell, in the
East TwentY-second-st. station last night or
the contract. and said that friends had been
whispering in his ear that the existence of the
contract might tempt some one to do away
with him. The sergeant told him that he could
do nothing for him, and then Mandy said he
gussed his friends talked too much, and that
the doctor vas all right and he guessed he was
safe. He said that the trip to the station had
eased his mind a bit. and he would go and tell
the doctor what had been said.
Mandy was exhibiting in a Fourteenth-st
museum last November when he came under
the eye of DR.. liter. He performed feats that
would kill or at least render unconscious the
majority of men. These consisted in breaking
heavy china plates. chair legs and heavy glass
ware over his head. After watching the per-
formance for some time DR.. liter engaged
Mandy in ton, and eventually the con-
tract was made.
DR.. liter was seen later at his home, and said
1T is true that made a contract with Mandy
to pay him $500 his skull. and it is true that
am paying him in instalments of So month.
His skull is the most remarkable one 1 have
ever come in contact with. It is all in one
piece apparently, and that makes it SO solid as
to effectually guard the BRAIN That Is why a
severe blov does not render him unconscious"
When told about Mandy's visit to the station
house Dr. liter was much surprised He said
that if Mandy desired he would release him
from the agreement, but he thought Mandy was
too sensible to be affected by such tales. He
said that he would talk the matter over with
the "hard headed" young man, to relieve
anv doubt that might lnger in his mind.