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The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-08-28
"A Now Industry.

According to The States correspon-
dent several Anderson dealers are en-
gagagcd in buying mules in the coun-
ty which will be shipped to Tennessee
to be fattened during the fall and
winter Next,spring thehanimals will
be shipped south again aid sold for
good prices. 1t is said thai a very
large corn crop is being made, TEN
nessee this year and that a good profit
can be made In buying mules in this
section and shipping them there to be
fed on the corn. a great many Of the
mules that are now going to Tennes-
see came from that State last spring.
Asa rule the mules are Of second grade
quality and many Of them are being
taken by the dealers from people who
bought them on credit and will not be
able to pay for them.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-08-28
A Boston Denial.

The BOSTON Herald protests most
sCrcnuously against the vcracity Of Il
statement credited to Senator Money
to The effect that last year in Massa-
chnscttS 1000 white women were mar
ricd to negroes. The Herald cxclaims
that this asserSion is 'bcsmirching
Massachusetts," that it is an sarrant
falsehood," and Il Sheer invention
for political purposes. This vehe-
mcnt Boston paper declares that in
stead Of 1000 there were only so
such marriages last year in that State,
and not one among people of any
social standing or influence" the
white participants being usually OF
foreign birth. This is a showing for
Massachusetts that we are glad to see;
since 1t demonstrates that the spirit
of race integrity is pretty strong even
there, but is it not evidence that the
door of hope" is shut in the ncgro's
face in that abolitionist common
wealth? Is 1t possible that Massa-
chnSetts not only does not encourage
but does not even condone social
equality, of which the only and logical
end is intcrmarriagc? The State.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-08-28
Shown by The Abolition Of The once
OF Phosphate INSPECTOR.

OI Phosphate INSPECTOR.
The abolition of the Office OF phos-
phate Inspector marks the dccadence
Of an industry in this state, which at
one time was the largest in it and
which brought into the treasury Of
the state several million Of dollars
after the phosphate deposits began to
bc.workcd. When Tilman was elect
cd governor he caused some Hesitation
to be passed which the Coo Saw COM
pany, which had a practical mononoly
OF the business, claimed was inimfcal
to the industry. The legislation un-
doubtcdly put that particular com
pany practically out OF business, but it
is doubtful where the course pursued
had amy effect on phosphate min
Ing generally. However, the trouble
OF the industry began and increased
about the time, for yalucablc deposits
were found in Florida, Tennessee and
other places, which could be worked
cheaper than our own phosphate de-
positS. The business in consequence
grew less and less until now is com
paratlvcly nothing as compared witE
former years, or ;lS compared with the
business done in other states.
Statistics show that from 1870 to
1900 the state received in royalties
SD, 2l2, 968.53, the royalty in ono year
1898, amounting to S23f,15O. For
the past three years isfhas amounted
to only S25, 900 annually. This money
is placed in the sinking fund and is
pledged to be used for the education
OF the debt.
That Il great industry has been
practically destroyed is to be regret
ted not only because IL takes away
from us IL pre- cminencc we once had,
but became SO many have had to seek
employment elsewhere, and because
thc state loses IL great source or rove
nue.. Still we have some consolation
in the though that it is no fault or
ours that this industry ha;; passed al
most, for nature made it so that we
can no longer complete with sections
which have boen more favored in this
particular. Columbia Record.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-08-28
No Negr0cs Wanted.

1
The State says Elwood, Indiana, is
another northern town which will not
allow negro in It's limits. An In
dianapolis dispatch says that several
liorscmen who had animals to exhibit
at the ElWood fair this week and en-
ploy negroes To care for the horses
were waited on by these employees and
told that they dare not enter The
town, as they had been warned not to
approach the place" THE horse
men" says the dispatch, consulted
the local authorities and were inform
cd that the people Of Elwood and cs-
pcclallY Lhc employees Of the Factories.
are greatly prcjudiced against negroes
and that no negro had ever been
allowed to come into the town" And
this is in Coy. Durbin'S common
veal til!
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-08-28
Dead Body in n Can.

The blood stained corpse of FIVE.
year-old boy was discovered Wedncs-
day evening ,y baggage ::4:n a. y.
Mcdonald on a PiMsburg, Virginia
and Charleston railroad train en- route
to Davcrsb,rg, Pa. The little body
was packed tightly in Il largo coffee
can two feet high and IS inches wide
and was wrapped in the blood -soadcd
folds OF IL woman's dress. The only
marks on the body was a bullet hole
In the breast, probably The cause OF
death. When DavcrSburg was
reached a man and woman who had
deposited tile can in the baggage car
at Waltcrsburg were arrested and
taken TO jail in McKccsport. They said
their names were Mr. and Mrs. Isaac
Juiblcr, Of Tucker and that the boy
was their son, who had accidentally
shot himself with his fathers rcyol-
yer. When they found him he was
dead. Thco decided to keep the mat
ter quiet and hurry him quietly to
Davcrsburg.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-08-28
STRUNG HIM UP,
Negro hoy Commits Horrible
Crime and Is LHnchcd.

At Halifax, N. c., Thurday eve
ming between z and s o'clock the dead
body OF Mary jenkins, 10 years old,
was found in the stable of Capt. Grif-
fin, her grandfather. Her throat was
cut from ear to ear; and the body was
tied up in a bag. The girls grand
mother had been looking for her, and
going to the stable, found it locked.
She put Mary's little sister through an
opening in the door, and the girl stun
blcd over the body in the bag.
a negro who is employed at the ho-
tel and also by Capt. Griflln is sus-
pectcd or the crime. When searched,
he was found to have the keys Of the
sthble in his pocket, a bloody knife and
blood on his hands and his clothes
lie is now under gaard Of a large nun
Der OF citizens, as we'll as deputies and
constableS, awaiting the arrival of
bloodhounds from Weldon, to be used
To track him from the stable. The
whole town is thoroughly aroused, and
crowds of men have come in from We'll
don armed with rifles. Ii ia not
Thought the negro whose name Is Nan
ma fonton, will live TO see daylight.
Later news says crowd gathered
and securing the negro, hanged him
TO Il tree and riddled his body with
bullets, The negro after the moose
had been placed around his neck con-
feSscd to tho murder of thc little child
and having criminaIly assaulted her.
After disposing Of the negro the crowd
which had made no attempt dt con-
cealment, dispersed without any fHrth-
CT disorder. 81. ,i9 is .s
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-08-28
Some Hangings Needed.

There sccms to be u band OF ineen-
diaries abroad in the land. Many
barns and dwellings in The sparscly
settled districts Of this state are being
burned and requests DO the governor
to offer rewards for the apprehension
Of the guilty parties are being received
daily. Wednesday reward OF $l0C
was offered for the parties who burned
the barn of Francis Manual, in Laur-
ems county. This makes the eleventh
reward offered in the past two days
Tor this crime and 1t is Il noticeable
fact that few rewards Of this kind are
ever claimed.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-08-28
Stole nm Engine.

At Charleston Edward Robinson,
colored, was arrested by the police on
the charge Of stealing stationary
engine, the property of G. G Pardue..
II IS alleged that Rebinson, with the
assistance Of another negro, carted the
engine from Mr.. Pardue's premises on
Sheppard street during the night to
the outskirts Of the city, where he
broke 1t up into bits Of iron which he
attempted to sell to junk dealers.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-08-28
Knocked Down.

Edward Mikcll, a colorcd barber.
setting himself up as good as any
white man and pressing the PROPOSE
ton In an offensive way upon j. A.
Storcr alderman from Ward II in
Ghar!estnn, wa; given 81 hard nnncl,
in the face by Mr.. Storcr Monday
morning while the two wore riding
on q trolley car. Later in the dag
Mikcll sought Mr.. Storer at his store
on King street and ATTEMPTED to re-
new the discussion, drawing q razor.
] Ic was knocked down, remaining un-
conscious for some time, s
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-08-28
.sfi s!fafi 4 ~ IS IS . az 4 ..i
Carolina Judge.

At Charlotte, r.. g. J, In a clarge:to
the; grand jury Judge Walter H. Neal,
Of the superior court, laid special en-
phasis on the suppression organizing,
having direct reference to bucket
Shops.n sfi.igi
He called the attention OF the grand
jury to the fact that there is a law on
the statute books OF North Carolina,
enacted by. the legislature Of 1889,
which makes a contract in futures
void and also provides that any per-
son who buys or sells future contracts
may be indicted. ttAs long as that
law stands On the statute books" said
Judge Neal, lit is tie duty OF the
courts to enforce it, and feel it my
duty to bring the matter to tile at
tention Of this grand jury. You have
no more right, in. the discharge Of
your duties, to discriminate between
gamblers, for dealing in futures. is d
species Of gambling, than to discriInin-
ate between other yiolatorS of the law.
All gambling is indic.able, whether 1t
be playing cards for gain, shooting
craps Or any other form that some
people might consider innocent. y . I = !,
Judge Neal moralized. on the evil in
lluence Of gambling, especially gamb-
ling in futures. lie called attention
to the belief OF many that they had
an inherent right to spend their own
money in such ways as they thought
proper, and, while this might be true
us an abstract proposition, it was also
true that they were subject to this
qualification: No man has the right
to dispose Of his money or, property in
manner detrimental to good morals.
Continuing his remarks along the
same line, Judge Neal spoke OF tile
trouble and disgrace caused by so
many. good men falling by the way
side by gambling. For instance, =
he said, there is the man engaged in
handling funds belonging. to lother
people. lie inst stakes his own money
and loses it. In trying to recoup his
losses, with no intent to steal,. lie
takes the money that belongs to an
other. Again fortune goes against
him, ana he becomes a defaulter and
an cmbezzler, and his family is dis
graccd." The temptation is so great
along this line, continued Judge Neal,
that the State 1t the exercise of its
sovereignty, has placed ban on all
forms Of gambling and declares that
contracts in futures arc void.n s5i
No charge delivered by any judge
in Charlotte in recent years has been
talked OF more than the remarks Of
Judge Neal TO the grand jury. Char
lotte people have: become accustomed
to seeing onslaughts made on poker,
craps and other. forms of gambling,
where the stakes may be a few cents
or a few dollars, but no one has seemed
to think OF inveiEhing against gam?
bling when the stakes amounted to
hundreds and B thousands of dollars,
On every hand people have. asked: |:
What action Will the grand s Jury
take?' Will any one be indicted for
dealing in futures?' 55
1t may be remarked in passing that
no one would be surprised to see we'll
known men of this city summoned be-
fore the grand jury and put under
their oaths to tell of their connection
with transactions in the cotton
futures. Virginia Carolina Chemical
nor others A tlaY1ta Journal ..r
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-08-28
THE TILLMAN TRIAL.
Largo Crowds Expected to Attend.
The prisoner + Comfortably Fixed. e.afi

| 81
\ a special dispatch from Lexington
to the Spartanburg Journal under, date
Of August 1s says: About month
hence is expected that this little towr,
will be entertaining the largest nuns
Der of visitors ever known in it's his
tory: The trial OF JUS. II. Tillman
for the murder Of. N. G.. Gonzales lin
Columbia Is set for that time, and it
is generally believed, will be delayed
been summoned to appear in this case
by the opposing sides. .-5
Allayailable space in the hotels has
been engaged weeks since by interested
parties, and how the immense number
of spectators sure to be on hand, will
be accommodated, is an interesting
problem. The last census gave the
town something over 300 Inhabitants.
It is thought that at least 5000 will
be here during the trial. lt'
Meantime the prisoner occupies his
cell in the Lexington County jail.
Sheriff Caughman has made him as
comfortable as possible, putting him
on the shady side or the building on
the first floor near the sheriffS own
quarters and occasionally permitting
him to exercise himself by walking II,
and down the corridor. AS IL rule the
sheriff does not lock the cell from the
outside but leaves the lock for Tillman
TO turn il he SO desires.
Three times a day Mr.. Marks, who
| IN, r ,ot1
can be seen bringing the prisoner his
meals. Tillman states that he finds
his quarters here pleasanterthan those
in The Richland jail, where he was inn
priSoncd during some warm days Of
May and June.
Many visitors attracted by curiosity
or other motives go to.scc the noted
prisoner. Some time since his wife and
little daughter spent several days in
Lexington with relatives and made
frequent visits TO the jail. Others Of
ills khiSTOTk have been here from time
to time. Tillman'S little nephew, a
handsome boy OF seven or eight sum
mers, is staying in the Jail to wait up.
on his uncle and is said to be general
favoritc with the prisoners.
Speculation as to the verdict in the
case is almost useless. AS stated
above, Mrs. Jas. H.. Tilllman has re-
lativcS in the town and also in the
county and people feel much real sym
patly for hea. 1t Ks doubtful If the
same feeling exists in her husband IS
case. The belief Of almost all those
who have read the newspapers and
care to express themselves is that the
act was genuine murder and should be
punished. At the same time it should
be remembered that Senator Tillman
has always had a large following in
the county, whatever his nephew's
following waD, and that ti1lS fa1uz..,
almost sure to influence some .jllrNma ans
So far sentiment does, not Seem%to
have crystallizcd, but it will be Il sur
prise if Tilllman is either acquitted or
sentenced to-bc hanged as result of
this trial Not a few look for mis-
trial and then another application for
bail.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-08-28
KiIlcd iiinnselr Aiter AN.

Herman II. CoaStcs, who murdered
i.oiii" Hal at Spring Valley X. y,
OH May 10, 1902, committed suicide in
The ltockland county jail Tuesday by
cutting his throat with Il rusty razor
which he obtained In some unaccount-
able way. Coates was brought from
Richmond, Va, where he was arrest
ed for vagrancy. While there he con
fcsscd to the murder Of Hull. On
Sunday he jumped from an Old Do
minlon steamer of Sea Girt, but was
rcSGucl
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-08-28
Ordered Him on.

The Macon Telegraph says that the
BOSTON IIerald's indignant denial OF
the prevalence OF intcrmarriagc be-
tween negroes and whites I'm Mass
achusetts recalls to mind the story
Tom Dixon tells in his great book
"Phc Lcopard's Spots" Of the Boston
Republican politician who advocated
the Oblitcration OF the color line, who
took up an ambitious young negro,
invited him into his home, allowed
him to sit and chat with his daughter
by the hour, but when the honestly
dcludcd young man proposed marriage
he became cnragcd and ordered him
OH the premises"
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-08-28
DEATH TO CHRISTIANS.
Thne Is the Cry OF the Turks, Who
Arc Ready TO XIII. IS

fierce battle is reported to have
occurred in the neigborhood OF Mon
astir, Macedonia. Three Turkish bat
talions attacked Thousand insurgents
and after the fight had ragged for six
hours the Turks were repulsed, with
the loss Of 210 men killed or wounded.
The insurgent loss Is not given. .s'
Reports received here from Constan-
tinople, and believed to be authentic,
confirm the previous statements to the
effect that when the Turks rccaptured
krushcvo they slaughtered the entire
Christian population without excep-
tion, and it is pointed out that among
those killed were the employees OF the
government tobacco establishments
which were under European control,
rs the proc eds from these establish
mcntS were assigned to the service OF
the Turkis! debt. 7'l
\ A reign of terror is reported to
prevail ut Uskub, where the Christian
inhabitants are afraid to leave their
houses. The -yali has issued the
strictcst orders to the Mussulman
population to remain on the quiet and
not molcst their Christian neighbors,
but the MusSulmans in meeting in the
mosque have resolved at n given sig.
nal to massacre the whole Christian
population, Immediately after the first
insurgcnt band appeared near Uskub
or on any preteXt. The Christians are
tcrrorizcd. The Turkish troops, who
are their only protection, do not SHOW
the slightest disposition to aid them.
The attitude OF the Turkish troops re-
Gently was plainly manifested when a
trainload OF soldiers, shortly after
leaving Uskub, fired on the Bulgarian
workmen who we're rcparing the
track. Three OF the workmen were
killed and their bodies were left lying
on tho line
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-08-28
Chinese Crusier Sunk

The Canadian Pacific railroads IS
steamer Empress Of India, from Van
couyer, B. G., July 81, and Yokohama,
Aug. 10. for Hong Kong, collided near
Hang with the Chinese cruiser Huang
Tai. The war ship sank an hour az
ter the collision. The Empress of In
dta saved 10 Of the crew OF the cru
iSer. The captain Of the Huang Tai, I,
who refused to leave his ship, and 3
OF her crew were drowned. The En-
press Of India was badly damaged
ifnidShin.l \
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-08-28
Seven Hundred Killed,

Dispatches from Zunguru, dated
Aug. II, gave details OF the distruc-
tion Of the town of Rurni, in north
ern Nigeria, by a British force Of &c
whites and 500 natives rank and file.
The encmy's loss was 700 killed, in
Guiding the former sultan OF Sokota
and 4 majority Of the Chiefs. The
British loss was II men killed, includ-
Ing one officer, and 62 men wounded.
The enemy made adcsp0ratc house tc
house resistance 7
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-08-28
Born On a Train.

Austin and Green Murray, twins,
we're born ON the Iron Mountain train
near Piedmont, Mo-, while their
mother was en- route to the city hospi-
tai at st Louis. The conductor and
brcakman secured the services of !,
physician. and both the babies arc do
ing we'll. The mother named the BOYS
In honor Of the trainmcn.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-08-28
Sent Bnck to Chinn

Forty-four Chinese prisoners were
:.akIcn through Spartanhurg Wednes-
day afternoon on the late Southern
train; on their way from Norfalk to
China, via San francisco. They slip
ped into the country by way of Cana
da, and were gathered together from
different Parts Of the East. They
were carefully guarded on the train.
They attracted much attenton at the
depot While tho train was waiting.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-08-28
Wanted for Murder.

James Dennis Edwards, wanted in
-Greenyllic. for a murder which he is
charged With having committed In
1901, has been arrested In the oil fields
of Beaumont, Texas, Luther Taylor,
Edwards companion In the crime, is
now serving a sentence In the Peni-
tcntiary.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-08-28
Don't Want Him

y
The aristocratic circles Sof Madden
the sedate residential suburb Of .Bos-
ton are stirred up by the advent OF.
Joe Walcott, the negro light weight
puSslist. Walcott, through an agent,
recently purchased a house adjacent
to the home OF Col. Harry Converse,
one Of the wealthiest and most pros
mhent citizens and in close proximity
to the palatiel residence Of e. S. Con-
verse, the multi millionaire rubber
manufacturers and philantllropist.
Walcott paid $4,000 for the house,
stable and land and through an agent
expended $1,000 in improvements.
The neighbors looked for swell fam
lily to move In and after the furniture
had been unloaded they were started
to see the new tenants. The outfit
consisted Of the champion negro pugi-
list, his mulatto wife, four pickanin-
nies, his white mother-in-law and a
| yellow dog. 6t
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-08-28
3BR U1TA 1',lE| BJJ CHER u
Of -Four Years Old Boy at Detroit,
Michigan.
OF UNUSUAL ! { cuNn1Ha,
He Commits "a Revolving Crime and 4
Leaves No Trace OF His ID en-. .
tity. The Police.
.l;Puzzled.G u

Y .Fhe mutilated body Of .four-year-old 1
Alphonse Wilmes, whose father lives,
on Staubln& avenue, Detroit, Mich.;E
was found Tuesday In q lot at the rear
Of the Michigan Stove Works at sAdairs
[and Wight streets. The body was dis
covered by a workman about 1 O O'clock
wedged in between two molding boxes.
The hands were tied behind with wire
and a red handkerchief had been stuff:
ed down the little fellows throat for o,
gag. q, b; s 81. ISL h ! a 8
a The body was partly stripped Of.
clothing. The abdomen was slashed
open and the left wrist was nearly
severed. Both things also had long
deep cuts in them. All the wounds
had apparently been made with q very
sharp Instrument. Alphonse had been,
missing from his home since Sunday
noon. Nothing was thought of his abb
sehce at first, but when he did not re-
turn for supper a search was begun
that ended, with the; identi ficatton Of
the body by his father at the morgue
Tuesday afternoon. ..5s 4.
s 1t IS evident that the murder was
not committed near where. the body
was found, for although scarcely a
drop OF blood was left in She little fell
lows body, there was practically no
blood on the boards where he was
found. "A search for blood stains to
and from the scene was inaugurateds
without result. Perhaps the strang-9
est phase of the mystery is that there
were only a few SMALL stains on the
body and clothing OF the lad, despite
the horrible character of his wounds
1t looks as though the murderer, after
committing the deed, washed the
blood from the body, and then carried
| 1T TO the lot where it was found.
The police are satisfied that the boy,
was murdered by q maniac and are
working along these lines alone. The,
officers are inclined to believe that the
child was killed in some house and
that afterward the murderer carried
his body, in a sack or a wagon, to the
lonely spot where 1T was found Tues
day. There have been several other
| crimes against children In the city re-
Gently and many persons believe that
maniac of unusunl cunning Is re5pOn-
sible. ~ s5
A SIMILAR CASE. . 81
a dispatch from Rockford, Ill., says
the murder OF the Detroit boy is iden-
tical in circumstances. with the mur-
der. Of Dick, ,Tibbitts, a seyen-year-old Id;
ne'S sboy, here last month s The de-
!, ,aaI!:S corTespond SO Z closel y!st hat the.
IA .antho les bel eYes the murd dererS,
was the same man d FlunatfcS OF isthes
Jack the Ripper type, and are now.
communicating with the Detriot police,
department on the subject. :2f Y sSs5sS :s,