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The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-08-07
TOBACCO FARMERS DEsPoNDENT
Unless Prices Improve many Will
Drop Its Cultivation.

The Florence Lines says the pre-
sent condition in tho tobacco market
has greatly depressed the tobacco
farmers, and it is not to be wondered
at. II reports from other towns are
TO be relied on few il any market cx-
ccrt Florence has more than one
buyer, the representative Of the
American Tobacco company. Flor
cncc has her usual crops, but prices
here are nothing like what thcy,-were
last year, Which was Il phenomin;il
year. Last year, when tobacco was
ut the highest it had ever been known
III this section Spectators laid in large
stocks which they cannot now unload.
The prices this year really offer
spcculatorS Il good chance, but having
been burned last year they keep their
fingers OFF Of it. The Dillon cores
pendent Of the Columbia State writ
ing his paper says: The States STAFF
correspondent In letter from Mullins
echoes the sentiment Of this entire
section. Tobacco growers are simply
paralyZed. a single instance win
Illustrate: a gentlemen who was in
tcrcsted in three barns Of tobacco that
we're sold by his tenants here on last
Tuesday told your correspondent that
the harvesting, curing and marketing
OF the lot Of tobacco cost $50. The
net proceeds from the sale were S27 /,
giving nothing for land rent, guano
nor time and labor expended during
the long hot days and nights required
to make and harvest the crop. The
high prices Of last season induced
many experienced farmers to try Il
barn or Two; others increased their
acreage; a few, very few secretly let
il severely alone, when they saw that
the market would practically be under
control the next season Of the Ameri-
can Tobacco company and it will be
very hard if not impossible to in
duce such men to plant another hill
OF tobacco. One such lesson as is now
in evidence is enough. With prices
that would pay for the cultivation OF
tobacco had become al important in
duStry, 1t gave profitable employment
to Thousand besides putting into cir
culation Il large volume or cash at Il
season when without it money has
been conspicuous for its absence. The
result will be a return to the old
stand by-cotton which snaps it's
fingers at trusts and combines and
has so far defeated every attempt to
corner it," and besides it's the lazy
mans crop. He can plant it any time
from March to June, 80 in the field
occasionally and look al it promising
aworking next week 80 fishing, hunt
ing or frolicing then Knocked about
it little and in spite OF it all, it
yields more than he generally gathers
in by Christmas.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-08-07
.AEIueneiat pro6,oIlTi III

.,i Itl \ la:stated Chat the Prealdbht willl
call. an atl earlysesslon OF cungressln No.
VEN n ber TO dlscussand ifposslble So :,
tie the financial Question. file prcsi.
dent has been contributing With tho
promitcnt members OF his, party for
months, sc ing a solution for. q t,ues.
tion, which, we have been told ltl,n,s.
ands OF times was settled by the Inst
two presidential elections. When Mr..
W.sJ Bryan declared that the coun-
Try needed more money to Conduct
the business Of the country. tho no
publican party and their allies. the
gold bug Democrats insisted that tbc
country was abundansly.snpplied with
money for all needful purposes: Now
PRESIDENT Roosevelt and the leading
Republican politicians and papers aie
clamorlng for a more elastic currcnc v
to conduct the business of the coun-
try. The main question to be de-
clded Is whether the government or
the banks shall issue the new curreu-
cy. Those who seem to be posted on
Republican politics says there will be a
great battle over the matter, but we
will wager last years birds nest
that the banks will win, and will be
given the right Of managing the linan-
ces of this great country.
ln commenting on this demand on
the part Of Republican politicians fer
more money, Mr.. Bryan in The Com
moncr well says: 1T is less than seven
years since we were told, in tho cam
paign Of 1896, that we had plenty of
money in the country and did not
need any more. Since that time the
volume OF money has been Increased
over five hundred millions, and yet
money is still SO scarce that the tinan-
cicrS insist upon tho loaning Of all sur
plus money to the banks in order to
keep business going-thiS, in addition
to the asset currency defended by the
same argumcntS.n
Speaking on the same line Ne
braska banker says: THE silver dol
lar which we condemned had nearly
fifty cents worth OF silver in it, but
the asset currency which they pro-
pose may be absolutely worthless.
left the Democratic party to protect
the country from bad money. Is the
Republican party going to reward me
with an asset currency, which is in
iinitcly worse than silvcr?" This
banker evidently thinks that he has
been the victim of misplaced conii-
dcncc, and is honest enough to confess
it,
The Augusta Chronicle says: Mean
while, the undigested ane indigestiblc
securities are in dry dock and the
shrinkagc Of Wall street securities is
estimated at over one billion of dol.
lars, on the stock exchange. The
New York merchants, hotcl-keepcrS,
champagne dealers, jewellers, art sa-
loon proprietors and captains OF lux
ury are bcwailing tllc forced economy
OF brokers' spcculations and The sorcly
bitten rich, who spend freely when the
goose honks high. The money ques-
lion evidently is never settled. Like
the poor, it is always with us. PrcSi-
dent Roosevelt may be monkcying
with 4 buzz saw"
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-08-07
Stick To the DOctoIs:

Medical Talk, monthly publica-
tion Of Columbus, Ohio, is making a
hot fight on the doctors. We do not
know what the circulation of tie
journal is but it has every appearance
OF enjoying Il large patronage and In
lncnce. Its object, as stated In an
editorial in recent issue is to.giyc.
the people instruction In hygiene-anG
medicine and keep THEM from allow
ing the doctors to make victims OF
them in experimental ways. Itscems
that the object is also to encourage
the use Of patent medicines and dis
courage the employment Of physic-
ans.
Here is an extract from one ofits
editorials: There are many urgent
reasons why the people ought to
know what the doctors are doing.
They ought to know all about it. Un-
like the lawyers and artists and chem
lists, the doctors are asking for lcgis-
lation that vitally affects the home.
The day is past when the people can
afford to ignore what the doctors are
talking about and trying to do. Tie
doctors are asking for laws which will
give them authority to enter the home
and compel the people to submit to
surgical operations TO take medicine
that they are unwilling to use. The
doctors are asking for laws which
would refuse burial to people who died
under the trcatment'.of certain schools
or physicians until the services OF the
coroner have been called upon. The
doctors are asking for laws which
make it difficult, if not impossible for
people to obtain proprietary remedies
In which they have learned to have
confidence. In fact the doctor has
entered the home forcibiy and is un-
dertaking to do by legislative enact
mcnt what he has found himself un-
able to accomplish by winning the
confidence Of the people. The regular
college made doctor has failed to con
vince the people that he is any better
able to combat diseases than many
pcoble who have not been to cOllege.p
The Florence Times says: there
can be nothing in the world more vi
clons or dangerous than people trying
to doctor themselves and their fami-
lies with drugs the composition of
which they know nothing and the af-
feet Of which is the riskicst expert
mcnt that could nc tried. We do not
condemn patent or proprictorysmcdi-
cineS, but we do think that they
should be used with caution and only
when somebody else in whom one can
have confidence has experimental
with them and learned their effects.
Tue country is flooded with pr0pric-
tory medicines OF all sorts. Those
which establish themselves and win
the confidence Of the people have d0z-
ems OF Limitations which are Eoften
palrned oil on the unwary. 1t would
surprise the average citizen to know
how many patent medicine iicnds
there were through the country, pro-
pie who ruin their health by pouring
all kinds Of new drugs into their sys-
tenn. There is but one safe way to
use drugs and that is under the di-
rcction Of somebody who knows" If
you are sick the .hrreSG and only safe
way is to stick to. the doctors. They
have been with us for 10 these many
years, and while, like tho balance of
us, they do not know every thing, they
are mighty handy to have gabout
when ourloved ones are sick. =
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-08-07
Mills Shut Down.

a dispatch from Whittinsvlllc,
Mass, says large part Of the cotton
manufacturing industry In that sec
tion will suspend operations on Aug.
l for one week with the outlook poind-
ing to further gradual curtailmcnt in
several mills after resumption OF work
on Aug. 10. Notices announcing the
shut down were posted by four'of the
largest companies Thursday 1t is
thought the decision to close was in
accordance with an agreement among
certain Of the New England mills
treasurers to decrease the production
during August on account Of the
unfavorablc cotton market.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-08-07
tn kes IIin Own Life.

! 4 tiisbntch from Aiken to the State
Sa9H. Mr.. Arthur WI Cushman shot
and killed himself at 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 member Of the legislature from
1898 to 1900 and was candidate foI
sheriff Of Aiken county in 1900. Re
| ing defeated in this race lie moved
his family to Texas, where he lived
about nine months and .llen returned
to his home county, where lie has been
| farming ever since.
Mr.. Cushmauh has been very despon-
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.. Cusllman locked himself
In the room and wrote q note to his
family, giving instructions as 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 Ills worries would case. lie was
a man 81 years Of age, liked by all
who knew him, and by his death
Aiken county has lost one OF her
staunchest citizens. Mr.. Cushman
lcaycs a wife, three daughters and
four sons, who are all proStratcd with
grief at the tragic death OF the kind
and loving husband and father.
Mr.. Cuslman had threatened to kill
himself two weeks ago. At this time
he stated that there was nothing else
to do. His conlidant 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
as he was doing we'll and could get all
the financial aid he needed. 1t was
thought then that Mr.. CuSEman had
been diSsuaded from his purpose, but
the result Friday morning shows that
the idea OF self-dcstruction had taken
too iirm hold upon his mind.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-08-07
a New Kennedy.

At Pasadena, CAL, Miss Alice Dane
apparently helpless cripple and de
privcd Of perfect speech for many
years, has suddenly had the use OF her
limbs and vocal powers restored as The
result OF an accident. Miss Dane had
suffered from spinal trouble and had
TO hobblc about on crutches. and could
scarcely speak above a whisper
Whlic ascending the stairs at her home
she fell and the last step struck
against her chest. Immediately the
pains from which She had suffered for
many years left and being taken to a
couch and lying there for while sllo
got up and to the surprise of every one
walked about without the aid Of
crutchc;. Many physicians had treat.
ed the case unSuccessfully for years.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-08-07
THE COTTON OUTLOOK.
High Prices arc Predicted Even With
Large Crop.

Large Crop.
In conversation on Thursday with
a Reporter OF The State Mr.. II. H.
Wannalnakcr, 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 it, are permitted to enter
tain positive convictions and to cN-
press; their views quite cmphatically
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 materaliZc.
You have OF course forgotten
those bearish views expressed by me
last fall, and l 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 100000 bales,
1t would have been conceded without
argument, that 8 cents would be a
full price for cotton. We know that
the crop will fall very little short Of
100000, II 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 l3 -
cents, In spite OF tile fact that mil
1fnnC nP O. =
suit Of short supplies. This condition
makes the progress of the growing
crop Of supreme interest to dealers
and spinners alike. There must be ii
yield Of eleven and Il half million bales
Of cotton In the minimum, or Il con
tinued curtallment or 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 4 per cent and
the consumption of fertilizers is also
greater than ever before. AbnOr-
mally low temperature and excessive
rains throughout the belt, were very
unfavorablc for cotton up to about
the middle OF June. Since that time
however, the conditions have been
lQulIc liFOIaDlC, anu Will continued
good seasons and Il late fall, Il large
crop may reasonably De expected,
The crop however is one to three
weeks late through the entire belt,
and the chances rather favor a mod
crate yield. The crop is now passing
through a most critical period, and
the next six weeks will largely deter
mine the yield. We must have plen-
ty Of moisture through the month OF
August, and should drought develop
over any extensive area, there would
BE- sensational advance in the new
crop months"
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-08-07
HERE'S HOW TO KISS.
An Alleged Experts instruction TO
Those OF Less Practice.

Those Of Less Practice.
thousands upon thousands or well
educated people so through life and
never learn the art OF kissing. an lc-
complishmcnJ in our experience worth
more than all the learning of the
great Sanhcdrim. Very true, people
40 extract some pleasure out OF a kiss,
but they never feel that blissful rap
turc that tinglcs and dances along
every nerve from the mcdulla oblon-
gata to The very terminal OF the great
Scatic.
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. 1t is absurd to think how
few people perform kissing correctly.
All men of sentiment read carefully:
1t makes not 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 Il success she
must lend helping hand and not
dodge, Or Sqncal as if she objected
Not a word must be spoken. Never
be III a hilrry-haslc mars everything.
Put your right arm over her left
shoulder and clasp her right hand
with your left. The eight arm must
nov slide slowly down her back to
her waistc--but don't be in Il hurry
Send a 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 miStachc swccp
lightly across her lips by way of pre-
liminary do not hurry. Aim
fairly and hit sqllarcly. Let the four
lips come softly together and smack,
SO TO speak, into the sweetest homo
gencousncss. Look tcnderly into her
upturncd eyes while every tendon,
muscle and nerve quiycrs with delight
and fancy bathcS her plnmagc in Il
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
arc 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 curu whiSkey
Saturday afternoon believed to have
been assigned To Il local dealer. The
seizure was made Oh request Of the
collector or internal revenue or Gcor-
gia and will he held until an invcsti-
CATION now being made Is complete cd.
The stuff 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 office In Georgia and
when the car came back Saturday the
revenue Ullicc here was requested by
the Georgia Office to hold the car.
The dealer here finding the car
watched so clusely had it billed to
Charlotte, N. c., but the train was
stopped at Handing street station and
the Car seized. 1t contained 1G5 kegs
each holding 4 rs gallons OF corn
whiskcy valued at about Sl.5O gal
Ion. The revenue officers here will
hold 1t until the officers ut Spencer,
N. g., 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
selzcd the diStillery run byJ. d. Stan
sell in PickenS county and about 6OC
gallons Of whiskey. StanSell was
caught taking whiskcy from the gov.
crnment 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
"A Confcsscd Niur(lcrcr.

IIarman Truman Coates, who was
committed to Jail at Richmond, Va. /,
for 10 days for drunkenness and who
hls been wandering in the south for
over year, has confessed TO the po-
lice authorities that he Is a murderer.
The crime, according to his confession
Was committed at Spring Valley, N.
Y, May 10, 1902, and the victim was
Louis Hull or that town. a telegram
from Spring Valley received today
mlirms the story. Coates says he
was horn In Patterson, N. j. lie
posed as an umbrella mcndcr while
here.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-08-07
A8oY .Jan AagRAg,l
Tl's sadlstoay q. Young asiitH Caro-.
liniaii In Gcotkia. 3s..

Z - ! .1tt
"a young ihan named cleveland
Woods from. this state lies In the Jail
hospital iii Atlanta dangerously
wounded as h result OF nn attempt to
rob drug store Il day or SO ago.
Wood and u professional crook named
Schmidt were seen to enter the store
and tic proprietor fired upon them,
wounding Wood severely. Schmidt
and Wood were both taken to iail and
the latter's father, who lives in Edge
iiclu, read of the affair In the papers.
Mr.. Wood is poor man, having
eleven children, and has hard time
In making ends meet, but the ladies
OF Atlanta 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 penitentiary. 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, wounded and i'll
and lying across a cot lii the Tower
hospital, and knew that he had been
shot down Us Il criminal and was held
rs Il felOn, he broke down and went,
like child.
My son, my poor boy" he cried
out, was it for this that held you
In my arms when You were babe and
looked after you all these years?''
The prisoner turned his face away
from his 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 him keep his son from Il long
term in the penitentiary, stated that
they did not wish to be placed in the
light of persons trying to tlwart JUS
tice. but believing young Wood was the
victim OF an outlaw aud Il crook, they
wanted him to be given Il chance to
reform.
1T is for the sake Of his old father
ana mother that we have Interested
ourselves in the case" they said, "and
we believe that boy, if given u chance
to return home, will never be caught
i'll SUCH Il Scrape again." Wood is a
poor man and has IL family Of eleven
children. lie has very little money,
but says Inc will spend the last cent lie
can raise on earth to keep his son
from becoming a convict.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-08-07
]. NEWTON HATHAWAY, M. D.
g Inman B1lLlj9g 22 s Isroad SL.eet. tlanta Ga
Deadly Lightning Flash.

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 Wingfield;
while among the more seriously iniur-
cd are: Eugene Turner, Nathaniel
Morris, Tom Coleman and Napoleon
Patterson. a meeting of tho James
River Baptist Association was i'm pro-
gress. and q large number of men
took refuge under an awning, near the
building, when the storm came on.
lightning struck a tree in front or
the awning, causing the disaster, and
Throwing the great crowd on the
grounds into u panic.