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The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-08-07
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KILLS. HIMsELF,
A pfoiiIiiicnf AikSii 0oiiiity sshfilici'
Takes IIic own Life.

Il dispatch from Aiken to :fhe State
says Mr.. Arthur w. Cushnan shot
and killed himself Mt his home, eight
miles northeast Of Aiken, Friday
morning at o'clock. Mr. Cushman
was one of the most prominent men
In Aiken county and had hosts OF
friends throughout the State. lie
was a member Of the legislature from
1898 to 1900 and was candidate for
sheriff Of Aiken county in 1900. Be
ing defeated in this race lie moved
his family to Texas, where he lived
about nine months and then returned
to his home county, where lie has been
farming ever since.
Mr.. Cushman has been very dcSpOn-
dent for some time owing to several
financial reverses. He was very am
bilious and could not bear defeat in
any manner. His family have known
for some time that he was continually
brooding over either real or imaginary
troubles and they have watched him
closely and kept all fire arms, etc,
out Of his way.
Thursday one Of Mr.. Cushman's
SONS went hunting and on returning
left his gun in his room. Friday
morning Mr.. CusEman locked himself
In the room and wrote note to his
family, giving instructions Us 20 his
burial, and placing the shotgun
against his heart pulled the trigger
and killed himself instantly.
MIR. Cushman has been very success
full with his farm and all thought
that his worries would case. lie was
a man 81 wears of age, liked by all
who know him, and by his death
Aiken county has lost one OF her
staunchest citizens. Mr.. Cushman
lcaYes wife, three daughters and
four SONS, who arc all prostratcd with
grief at the tragic death OF the kind
and loving husband and father.
Mr.. CuShman had threatened to kill
himself two weeks ago. At this time
he stated that there was nothing else
to do. His c0niidant and friend talk
cd TO him at the time and tried to en-
courage him, telling him that there
was no need to do violence to himself
us he was doing well and could get all
the financial aid he needed. 1t was
thought then that MIR. CilShman had
been dissuaded from lis purpose, but
the result Friday morning shows that
the idea of sclfdcstruction had taken
too firm hold upon his mind.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-08-07
THE COTTON OUTLOOK.
High Prices are Predicted Even With
n Large Crop.


In conversation on Thursday with
a Reporter of The State Mr.. II. H..
Wannanakcr, one OF the largest cot
con dealers in this State made the fol-
lowing prediction in reference to the
cotton outlook: ''Onc popularity
about the cotton business is that by
mutual consent all the men who are en-
gagged in 1t, are permitted to enter
tain positive convictions and to cX-
press their views quite cmph;i tically
on all occasions, and should ones
Judgment prove wrong ten times to
one that it Is right, everybody is cX-
pccted to see the correct guess, and
never mention the prophecies that
failed to materaliZe.
You have OF course forgotten
those beariSh views expressed by me
last fall and 1 now rise to remark
that the developments in the cotton
trade the present season have aston
ished everyone.
Had it been admitted in the early
part Of the season that the crop
would approximate 1l,000,00O bales,
it would have been conceded without
argument, that . cents would be a
full price for cotton. We know that
the crop will fall very little short Of
100000, If it does not exceed it,,
yet the consumption has been on sucll
an enormous scale that we practi-
cally have famine, and strict mid
ding cotton is easily worth IL -
cents, In spite Of the fact that mil
lions Of Spindlcs are idle, as the re-
suit Of short supplies. This condition
makes the progress of the growing
crop Of supreme interest to dealers
and spinners alike. There must be Il
yield of eleven and IA half million bales
Of cotton In the minimum, Or Il CON
tinued curtailment Of consumption,
if prices are to be kept within reason
able bounds the coming season.
The acreage is the largest on re-
cord by probably, 3 to per cent. and
greater than ever before. Abnor-
mally low temperature and excessive
rains throughout the belt, were very
llnfavOrablc for cotton up to about
the middle OF June. Since that time
however, the conditions have been
quite favorable, and with continued
good seasons and a late fall, a large
crop may reasonably be expected.
The crop however is one to three
weeks late through the entire belt,
and the chances rather favor mod
crate yield. The crop is now passing
through most critical period, and
the next six weeks will largely deter
mine the Yield. We must have plcn-
ty OF moisture through the month OF
August, and should drought develop
over any extensive area, there would
BE- a sensational advance in the new
crop months"
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-08-07
]. NEWTON HATHAWAY, M. D.
s. Inman Building, 22i s. Bro;
Deadly Lightning Flnsl,
s: Broad Street, Atlanta, Ga.

at o'clock Thursday afternoon
three persons were killed and more
than score injured by lightning at
New Hope Church, Appomatox Coun-
ty, Va. The dead are: Paul Gowen
Charles Austin and Aubrey Winghcld;
while among the more seriously iniur-
cd are: Eugene Turner, Nathaniel
Morris, Tom Coleman and Napoleon
Patterson. A meeting of the James
River Baptist Association was in pro
gress and 4 large number of men
took refuge under an awning, near the
building, when the storm came on.
lightning struck a tree in font of
the awning, causing the disaster, and
throwing the great crowd on the
grounds into panic,
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-08-07
HERE'S HOW TO KISS.
An Alleged hSncrt's instruction TO

L
Those OF Less Practice.
thousands upon thousands or we'll
educated people 80 through life and
never learn the art Of kissing, an ac-
complishmcnt in our experience worth
more than all the learning of the
great Sanhcdrim. Very true, people
do extract some pleasure out of a kiss,
but they never feel that blissful rap-
turc that tingles and dances along
every nerve from the mcdula oblon-
gata to the very terminal Of the great
Sciatic.
Every son Of fallen humanity should
feel and know the ecstatic Joy. The
following rule is freely given to all
those who have blundercd over SIM
pie little kiss. is absurd to think how
few people perform kissing correctly.
All men Of sentiment read carefully:
t makes not a particle Of difference
whether your girl is young or old,
homcly or beautiful, low or tall, thick
or thin, the only absolute requisite is
love. 10 make the kiss success she
must lend Il helping hand and not
dodge, or squcal as if she objected.
Not Il word must be spoken. Never
be i'm Il hurry haste mars everything.
Put your right arm over her left
shoulder and clasp her right hand
with your left. The right arm must
now slide slowly down her back to
her waistc but don't he in ii hurry.
Send Il little thrill down your arm,
and press her Gloss To your heart.
Look lovingly into her eyes and bend
your head Till your lips almost touch
hers till you feel her soft balmy
breath. Let your muStachc sweep
lightly across her lips by way of pre-
liminary do not hurry. Aim
fairly and hit squarcly. Let the four
lips come softly together and smack,
SO TO speak, into the sweetest homo
gcncouSncss. Look tcndcrly into her
upturncd eyes while every tendon,
muscle ana nerve quivcrs with delight
and fancy bathcs her plnmagc in a
sea Of bliss and scars through an at
mosphcrc rcdolcnt Of joy where every
passion and appetite inherited in
Adams fall Is refined and purified and
all is swallowed up in love and YOU
are a natural born idiot If you hurry
now. Johnnie g., in The Athcnian.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-08-07
LIQUOR SEIZED.
Car Load of stuT Taken Charge OF
by Officers.

by Officers
A special from Columbia to the Au-
gusta Chronicle says: Revenue officers
here seized Il carload OF corn whiSkey
Saturday afternoon believed to have
been assigned to Il local dealer. The
seizure was made on request of the
collector OF internal revenue Of Geor-
gia and will he held until IN invcSti-
CATION now being made Is complct cd
The stun passed through here some
time ago being consigned from Spcn-
Ger, N. c., to Savannah, Ga, which is
the way local dealers work, making
the shipment interstate and safe from
the hands OF the constables. The con-
stables, however, got busy with the
internal revenue oilice In Georgia and
when the car came back Saturday the
revenue Office here was requested by
the Georgia Office to hold the car
The dealer here finding the car
watched so closely had it billed to
Charlotte, N. c., but the train was
stopped at Handing street station and
the car seized. 1t contained iG5 kegs
each holding 4 rs gallons of corn
whiskey valued at about Sl.50 gal
lon. The revenue officers here will
hold 1t until the officers ut Spencer,
N. O., where the car originated, as
certain whether the government tax
is paid or not and if not it will be con-
tiscated. If it has been paid the stuff
will be released, us the government
has nothing to do with the states
law. Meanwhile the constables will
not lose sight Of the car as long as it
is-in this state and the local dealer is
simply out Il carload OF whiskey.
Constable Cureton this morning re-
ported to Chief Hammett that he had
selzed the distillery run byJ. D. Stan.
sell in PickenS county and about COO
gallons Of whiskey. Stanscll was
caught taking whiskcy from the gov
ernment warehouse for illegal pur
poses and as the government gaugcl
violated the law in letting him have
it, he will be prosecuted by the United
States government
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-08-07
BOY ssl;|al',nl, 4 j, 5AsgRAY,Y 4 4
Tia sad ;;tosy ST Young s5utti Gard.
linihh In Gcotkia. :. 6

/ So ~ ~ ~ hASts
a young ihan named cleveland
Woods from this state lies III the iail
hospital iii Atldntt dangerously
wounded rs h result ofnn attempt to
rob q drug store day or SO ago.
Wood and 4 professional crook named
Schmidt were seen to enter the store
aud the proprietor fired upon them.
wounding Wood severely. Schmidt
and Wood were both taken to jail and
the latter's father, who lives In Edge
field, read Of the affair in the papers.
MIR. Wood is q poor man, having
eleven children, aud has o hard time
in making ends meet, but the. ladies
Of tlanta hearing or his condition,
and feeling. sorry for the boy who has
been led astray, have interested them
selves and will endeavor to keep the
boy out Of the pcnitentiary. The
Atlanta Constitution Of "Wednesday
in speaking Of Mr.. Woods visit says:
When the story Of L. e. Woods
trip to Atlanta to see his burglar son
was read sympathy for the distressed
father caused several ladies to take an
interest in the case and they will assist
Wood in his efforts to get his son out
OF trouble and take him back to his
home in South Carolina. The ladies
called at the tower Wednesday morn
Ing and were present when father and
son met. The jailOr states that when
| Wood saw his son, wouEdcd and i'll
and lying across cot In the Tower
hospital, and knew that he had been
shot down rs Il criminal and was held
as felon, he broke down and wept
like child.
My son, my poor boy" he cried
out, was it for this that L held you
In my arms when you were babe and
looked after you all these ycars?"
The prisoner turned his face away
from Ills gricf-strickcn parent, and his
eyes, too, were filled with tears. The
ladies who went to the Tower and
promised Wood to do what they could
to help bin keep his son from IL long
term in the penitcntiary stated that
they did not wish to be placed in the
light Of persons trying to tllwart JUS
ticc. but believing young Wood was the
victim or an outlaw aud a crook, they
wanted him to be given chance to
reform.
1T is for the sake Of his old father
and mother that we have interested
ourselves in the case" they said, and
we believe that boy, if given chance
to return home, will never be caught
in sucll Il Scrape again." Wood is
poor man and has a family of eleven
children. He has very little money,
but says he will spend the last cent he
can raise on earth to keep his son
from becoming convict.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-08-07
n Confessed Murderer.

IIarman Truman Coates, who was
committed to Jail at Richmond, Va,
for 10 days for drunkenness and who
has been wandering in the south for
over year, has confessed to the po-
lice authorities that he Is murderer.
The crime, according to his confession
was committed at Spring Valley, n.
", May 10, 1902, and the victim was
Lcuis Hull or that town. A telegram
from Spring Valley received today
mlirms the story. Coates says ht
was born in Patterson, N. j. II(
posed as an umbrella mcndcr while
here
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-08-07
which aha1ll 80 hep'.

psEA$ fich ti,ah MID shad sho chIiateh,
\ i,fdpJsed ECU : tilSS poUr nieighb0t tfliQ
& had .beYctis to- ltdiseS Stjne, dfI them, hid
sent, tllnt iieHswotld give them prop
erty ienough to make themselves and
theit other SIN children comfortable
for life. iS ls5si sfa
Which shall It be? Which shall.it be?
/. 4 looked at j John--J ohm looked ut ME,
and when found that must speak,
NY voice seemed strangely low aud
weak. y. y - i''
.'Tell me again what Robert sald;n
And then I listening, bert my head,
rms Is hls leSssssil vlllrivc T, +i3
A hoIsc and land while s. Oh shaliilivc,
If, IN return, from out your sevcn
One child to me for aye is given"
{ I looked at Johns old garments worn:
I Thought of all that he had borne,
or poverty, and work, and care,
Which T., though willing, could not
I Thought of seven young mouths to
feed,
or seven little childrens need,
And then Of this. @
Come, john" said I,
''We'll choose among them rs they lie
Asleep So, walking hand in hand,
Dear John and 1 surveyed our band,
First to the cradle lightly stepped,
Where Lillian, the baby, slept.
Softly the father stopped to lay
His rough hand down in a loving way,
When dream or whisper made her stir,
And husl1ily he said: Not hcr!'
we stopped beside the trundlc bed,
And one long ray Of lamplight shed
Athwart the bOyiSll faces there,
In sleep SO beautiful and fair.
saw on James rough red check,
a tear undricd. Ere John could speak,
He's but u baby, too" said l,
And kissed him as we hurried by;
Pale, patient Robbic's angel face,
Still in his sleep bore slirering's trace.
mo, for a thousand crowns not him"
He whispered, while our eyes were
dim.
Poor Dick! bad Dick! our hayward
SON
Turbulent. restless, idle one
Gould he .e spared? Nay. lie who
gave,
blu us DeIrlcnu nlm TO the grave:
Only 4 mothers heart could be
Patient enough for such as lie;
And So" said john, y would not
dare
To take him from her bedside prayer. :"
Then stole we softly up above,
And knelt by Mary, child of love.
Perhaps for her 'twould better be,
| said to John. Quite silently
He lifted up a curl that lay
Across her cheek in wilful way,
And shook his head, Nay, Love, not
thee"
The while my heart beat audibly.
Only one more, our eldest lad
Trnsty and truthful, good and glad.
So like his father. mo, John, no:
l cannot, will not, let him go"
And so we wrote in courteous way,
We could not give one child away.
And afterward toll lighter seemed,
Thinking Of that Of which we dreamed,
Happy in truth that not one face
Was missed from it's accustomed place;
Thankful to work for all the seven,
Trusting the rest to One in Heaven.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-08-07
Pointed I'araprnnI,s.

A well wlshcr is one who invests
his coin in oil lands.
The less wit a man has the more
others many appreciate is.
The will Of the people disinhcrits
4 good many candidates.
EYES fondncss for apples was a
mighty good thing for tailors and
dresSmakcrS.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-08-07

Lightning struck S. j. Walters aw
mill near Grand Bay, Ala. Tuesday
Afternoon, causing the boiler to cx-
plolc. William Carter, Alfred Wash
ington and Lewis Johnson, negroes,
were killed. Calvin Forte, white was
badly Scalded and will die. Two other
white men were less seriously injured.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-08-07
The Toy Pistol Pest.

Chicago has taken up in earnest the
very important question Of toy pistols.
An ordinance is pending in the coun-
Gil OF Ghat city which is intended to
stop the use and sale of the pcstiferous
little weapon by means Of which hun
drcds OF boys arc killed every year. In
Chicago about l5 deaths caused by
toy pistols have taken place since the
Fourth Of July, and Others will doubt
less follow In Pittsburg about half as
many victims have pcris,led in this
manner In the small city or Wilkes
barre, in the anthracite coal region,
six fatal cases Of l0ckjaw have been
traced to this summers crop OF toy
pistol wounds. Cincinnati and Clcyc-
land have had the same experience,
and SO it goes through the country.
AS the toy pistols do no good any
where: there ought to be no donbt
about the passage Of the pending Chi
cago ordinance or the enactment Of
like legislation in other places. At
best the pistols are q public nuisance,
and at worst they cause terrible de-
Structlon Of life. Boys who die OF
lockjaw arc in agony long before the
end Of the deadly disease. Many Of
them are bright and promising lads,
and their lives arc well worth saving.
Harsh measures are not alWayS hest
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-08-07
Caesars Head Hotel,
CAESARS HEAD, S. G.

1000 feet above The sea. Views into
several States. Temperature from so
to IS degrees. Dry air, breezy nights.
Crystal spring water. Popular resort.
Home life for guests. Telephone and
daily mails. Resident physician. Fur
man University Hotel. Hack line
from Brcyard, II. O., or Grcenyille, s..
G. Reasonable rates. Open from une
lst. to Oct. lSt. For other informa-
tion write to j. T.. GWINN, Mgr.
Caesars Head, S. c.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-08-07
White Stone Lithia Water.


BRICK HOTEL L ,sSs
sSa e5Nag
An modern
Well
Springs pleasure. "
until he says 4
Greenvlle, S. c. October 10, 1902:
After service Of one season White Stone Ltia resident
drink Tor length time been perfectly marvellous Invariably
undoubed powerful
meal with themselves entirely
the water aonenature's
from I.
For ates esandpar tcuas addr 3.<
White stone I>ithis. w s,ter Co,
S. c.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-08-07
August for :s2 Years.

The following data, covering a peri
od OF 81 years, have been compiled
from the Weather Bureau records at
Charleston, South Carolina, month OF
August for 32 years.
TEMPERATURE.
Mean or normal temperature, 81 de-
greeS.
The warmeSt month was that of
1900, with an average OF Sc degrees.
The cOldeSt month was that OF 1874,
with an average Of rs degrees.
7 The highest temperature was 100
degrees on August 18th, 1890.
The lowest temperature was 62 de-
grccS on August 10th, 1879.
Average date on which first "kill-
ing' frost occurred in autum, Novem-
Der 30th.
Average date on which last "kll-
ing" frost occurred in spring, March
Bird.
Average for the month, l. % inches.
Average number Of days with .0l
Of an inch or more, l3.
The greatest monthly precipitation
was -. Is inches in 1885.
The least monty prccipi tation was
0. 40 inches in 1900.
The greatest amount Of precipita.
tion recorded in any 24 consecutive
hours was $3.50 inches on August I0tl
and 3lSt, 1885.
CLOUDS AND WEATHER.
Average number clear days, 8; part.
ly cloudy days, rs; cloudy days, I.
WIND.
The prevailing winds have beer
from the Southwest, 20 per cent.
The highest velocity Of the wind
was 96 miles from the East on August
18th, lS33.
Station: Charleston, S. G.
Date of issue: July %, 1893.
l.. N. Jesunofsky,
Local. Forccaster, Wcal her Bureau.
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The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-08-07
Nervous Debility

etc. which gradually weakcns nm
the true nature OF his trouble. Nc
the eyes, .dcspondency, etc. often 9
neglected serious results nre sure
symptoms Of weakening OF his maj
under my skillful treat inent you wi
hood. Whether you consult ME or
ready made medicines, free sample
The body ure involved, and only al
booklet, Nervous Debility and II:
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-08-07

Harsh measures arc not always best
--as the woman who marrcs man
TO reform him is apt to discover to
ller sorrow.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-28
DOWN
Mr.. GOMPERS
Central Labor Union of Philadelphia
Refuses to Grant Request
of Leader.
President Roosevelt Was Criticized
and a Motion Favoring Social
ism Was Sidetracked.
New York Sun Special Service.

New York Sun Special Service.
Philadelphia, Sept. 2S.-President Com
pers of the American Federation Of La
Dor received decided turn-down yester-
day afternoon at the meeting of the Cen
trail Labor Union of Philadelphia, and
for his course in requiring all printers in
the government employ to take the oath
of allegiance. Both turn-down and crit
fcism were in connection with a circular
letter sent by Mr.. Gompers to the body,
indicating the eight-hour and the anti
injunction bills as the two measures for
whose passage by the next congress or
ganized labor should concentrate Its ef-
forts.
They were passed by the house at the
last session. but lost in the senate. He
wanted candidates for congress as we'll
as present members communicated with
and put on record. John M. Gilbert char
acterized the whole thing as a Jolly
This was resented by Delegate Aschen-
bach. Then Edward Moore of the print
ing trades section, complained Of the waste
of money and energy in lobbying for legis-
lation and asserted that President Roose-
welt had impugned the loyalty Of mem
bers of the International Typographical
union to the government by requiring
them to take an oath of allegiance.
Ernest Kreft, printer, wanted the
GOUlpG1S ISJSClCu anu Lie +SClIl oil
Labor union to recommend to its mem
bers to vote the socialist ticket. Shelby
Smith, another printery objected to the
idea of the fifty men present assuming to
represent $4,000, and thought the Com
pers circular and the recommendation to
vote the socialist ticket should be referred
to the affiliated local unions, their dele
gates to receive instructions and report
at the meeting on Oct. 25, when a vote
will be taken. It was finally passed in
this form by a vote of II to 1S.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-28
WORK
IMPERILS LIVES.
Incendiaries Start Half a Dozen
Fires in Harlem and the City
Is Terrorized.

New York. Sept 2S.-Five fires were
started in the cellars Of as many fat
houses in Harlem during Sunday by in
eendiaries. In each case it was found
upon investigation that kerosene had been
and property worth thousands of dollars
endangered. The burning early Sunday
morning Of the Church Of the Archangel
in st. Nicholas avenue also is believed to
have been the work Of firebugs.
When the rumor of firebugs spread thru
the eastern section of Harlem where all
the fires were discovered terror pre-
vailed among the flat jewellers. Scores Of
policemen in citizens dress are now. at
work In the district but no trace OF the
miscreants has yet been secured In
some cases it was found that old mat
tresses had been dragged into the base
ment of a building, soaked with kerosene
and fired. Robbery is the only possible
explanation.