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The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-11-06
BLIND TIGERS KNOCKED OUT.
Constablcs Stationed at Every Place
and Give Dealers No Chance.

The Columbia Record says ''some-
time before the fair opened it was
rumored that an extra force of con-
stables would be stationed here dur
ing fair week to look after the blind
tigers. The rumor proved true, and
If any blind tiger is doing any busi-
ness 1t is done in the most clandestine
way. In fact. IL may be stated that
the tigers are completely out of busi-
ness. Every place where it was known
that whiskey was sold had q constable
stationed In 1t. These took regular
shifts relieving each other, and
there was no chance for the dealers to
do, any business at all. Several Of
them Thursday afternoon closed their
doors .altogether,- -excent,-th -uhioh
happened to have restaurant attach
ments: These had to do strictly a
restaurant business owing to the con-
slant presence Of a constable. In one
Main street restaurant visitor called
for a drink in the presence Of q con-
stable, and being informed that he
could not be served he launched out in
a general denunciation Of constablcs.
A fight resulted and there were hot
times for few minutes. The visitor
was badly handled, though he put ul
still scrap. Notwithstanding their
close watch in the city the constables
managed to go out into the country
and capture large quantity of con
traband hidden in the woods. AS q
chronicler Of the sayings and doings OF
the people the Record states the fact
that there is a good deal of kicking
among a large class Of visitors. They
want a drink occasionally at night
and they can't understand how they
Gould get 1t last week aud probably
can next, yet must not be served this
week. That's the way they talk, but
the authorities are obdurate and are
enforcing The law as it has never beer
done here before"
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-11-06
4 8 HOTEL D1spENsARY.. i
Was Ordered Closed "Wednesday by
Order OF the Governor.
In view of .the fact. that

In view OF the fact that the dispen.:
sary law Is being so strictly enforced
IN Columbia, q great deal OF comment :
mas been occasfoned by the fact that
the tourist hotel" privilege granted
the hotel Jerome was being construed
as 70 allow 1t to run night and day.
AS ls well known the hotel Is not VET
completed and is not ready for bnst-
ness, but the dispensary feature Of the
Motel was doing good business. The
law distinctly says that only guests of
Tourist hotels can be served after the
usual hours allowed by law, but the
privilege" evidently was open to all, /,
according to the report made by Chief
Constable Hammett.
Colonel Nixon, who has the license.
SO to speak, did not Intentionally vio-
late the law and evidently thought
that he was In full accord with It..
but the authorities having his bust
ness called to their attention Thought
differently. He can sell only to bona
tide guests Of the hotel, and as none
such exist now the dispensary will
have to close.
6o'SAAoA, -ou0 dOuOIuey general
ana Chairman Williams of the state
board Of dispensary directors, after
consultation Friday gave out the fol.
lowing statement to the press #
Upon the report Of Chief Consta.
Die Hammett as to violations OF the
dispensary law at the hotel erone.
Governor Hayward and Chairman Z,
y. Williams held a conference Fri
Gay morning to consider the special
privileges granted to hotels.
Chief Hammett reported that the
privilege granted to the hotel Jerome
was being abused to the extent that
persons who are not guests Of the
hotel were allowed to purchase LIQUORS.
Upon this report the governor and
Chairman Williams determined that
the spirit and the letter OF the act
allowing tourist hotel an exemption
under the dispensary act should be
rigidly observed, and instructed the
Chief Constable to notify the mana
ger of the hotel in question. that IN.
less the act was strictly observed that
6ne notel exemption would be revoked.
The view as expressed at the con
.otcuoe was G0aG the act COntem plated
that none other than bona hde guests
at the hotel should be allowed the
privileges OF this exemption, and ex
pressed determination to see that
this feature was observed at this and
all other hotels Of like nature.
Ch1ef Constable HammetJ reported
TO ohe conference that in pursuance OF
the direction Of the governor he noti-
fled the Hotel Jerome authorities that
the law must be obeyed in the strict
est manner, and they expressed most
complete willingness to observe the
law, and that they were not aware OF
!. the fact that any Of the servants or
agents of the hotel had violated the;
law, and expressed a desire to co.ope.
rate with the state authorities in OBJ
serving the strict letter of the law.n
Columbia Record.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-11-06
WHO OWNS THE RAILROADS.
About Two Million People Are Di.
rectIy Interested in Them.


Slason Thompson, head Of one of
the bureaus OF the General Managers
association, recently addressed letter
10 tne railway companies asking the
questions: Are there million own
ers OF railway securities in the United
StateS?"
"Thirty-nine Of the leading railway
companies OF the country responded, !"
said MIR. Thompson recently.
They represent 1O7, GAO miles out
OF the 202,47l OF single track mileage
in the United States. They gave the
total member of Stockholders on their
books as 191, 1887. This is pretty near
ly equal to two, stockholders for every
mile Of railway. Applying two to
one as the ratio, approximated In the
total, would give 100000 stockholders
IN round numbers for the 200, 200
miles Of railway In the United States
as owning S6,024, 2O1 sos Of capital
stock as reported June 80, 1902. AS
suming that the s6, 100, 891 sos
founded debt is as widely distributed
among bondholders, and the railway
ownership would appear to be held la
something like 10000 hands. In one
way or another the people Of the
United States own the railway Of the
United States and something like
2,O0O,O 900 persons through wages, in
terest and dividends divide two-thirds
OF the gross earnings Of sl,729, $780,
267, Q9Ol-02) among them and the
other third goes for fuel, taxes, sup
plies and equipment. -
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-11-06
A Hidcous nIurtirr.

A Special from Littleton, N. c.,
says: A hideous murder was COM
mitted on an excursion train from the
Weldon fair Wednesday night by an
unknown negro and for no apparent
cause. While the train was discharg-
ing passengers at Summit, this State,
negro walked up beside Levy All
good, colored man OF Macon, N. c.,
saying, Hello, Allgood," and thrust q
knife into bis throat, severing all tile
main arteries and wind pipe. Allgood
ran into the car and died In less than
ten minutes. The murderer made
good his escape.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-11-06
Broke His Wite,e Heart.

Mrs. Pearl Mcdowell, OF Yorktown,
Ind, died Wednesday night of a
broken heart, it Is thought because OF
the ineXplicable absence Of her young
husband, Claude Mcdowell. When
soldier in the Philippines he desert
ed, it is alleged, by obtaining sick
furlough in the name Of a dead mate,
and, coming to Yorktown, Immediate
ly married Pearl Stewart. He was
captured by the federal authorities
few days later aud taken To Fort
Thomas, Ky, and sentenced for de-
scrtlon. He twice escaped from pri-
son, each time going to his wife. The
third time he was captured he served
out his sentence. He lived happily
with his wife until few months ago,
when he myStcriously disappeared.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-11-06
PASS HIM AROUND.
The Bankers Of the state warned

The Bankers Of the State Warned
About One w. r. Niorreli.
+ The South Carolina Bankers asso-
citation through its secretary, Joseph
Norwood, OF Grcenville, is sending out
the following letter received from
EmSlie Nicholson, OF the banking firm
OF Union:
Dear Sir:-For the information of
the association it might be well for
you to report the following swindler,
who, 1t appears, has been operating in
this Vicinity, and who induced one Of
our customers to cash check for him
which proved to be forgery.
his plan OF operation is to ap-
proach merchant, buy small bill OF
goods, and then tender in payment a
check drawn by another party TO bis
order, apparently certified by the bank
on which it is drawn.
In the case which occurred here,
he gave his name as w. II. Morrell,
and presented card giving his ad-
dress as Spartanburg and Represent.
ing that he was with the A. T. T.
company. The check purported to be
drawn by w. A. Dickson on the First
National bank Of Morristown, Tennes
ssee, and was apparently certified BY
said bank.
The following description Of Nor
rell may be Of some service:
Name, w. r. Morrell: residence
Spartanburg, S. c.; nativity, U. S..
occupation, with American Telegraph
and Telephone company; criminal oc
cupation, forgery; age, 25; height
about six feet; weight, about III
pounds; complexion, medium dark
color Of hair, medium dark; eyes, wore
glasses; clean shaven.
From what our customers has beer
able to learn since the above occur
renee, this party has also been operat
Ing in Spartanburg."
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-11-06

liant, land have those manhood aspira-
tions that God planted n.them, and
degrading laws will intensity. We
are not clamoring for rich men or
men OF respectabl means. We want
smart, energetic and self-reliant men.
If Australia could be made one OF the
geatest countries on earth by; penal
convicts, who could dare say that re-:
spectacle. c0l0red men could not; also
build up nation?
1t was also proclaimed the other
night that Liberia was failure and
had played out. know Liberia, I
know Muhlenburg Station. I.pre-
sided over an annual conference there,
ordained ministers there, and I am
prepared to say that finer republic
is not to be found on earth than Lib.
eria, consisting Of 5000 civilized and
1900, 600 heather people.
In conclusion let me say that the
negro is the richest mau in the world
Il he had sense enough to know It.
We will get that intelligence, how
ever, In Gods own good time. The
American negro, with a few excep.
tions, is the lowest specimen of the
African tribes. The superior Afri-
can sold us inferior Africans to the
white men. We were slaves, hun.
dreds and thousands of yeas, to our
African masters; but this lower type
has TO return In numbers, to civilize
and Christianize the higher type, and
the white Ian has to help US to do
1t and God will see that he does it, or
the nation that owes us forty billion
dollars for two hundred years work
performed and services rendered, will
commence to wane and end in broken
fragments like the Roman Empire.
Il Grant that the outlook for
the future between the two
races appears far more pacific
than it did. But God sent the ne
gro here through his negative Provi-
dcnce, to imbibe civilization and,
Christianity from this giant white
race and then redeem the land of his
ancestors, and he must do it and will
intimately do it,"
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-11-06
The Ambitious Mrs. Bum.
Hospital.

A singular case OF domestic infeli-
city is recounted by the Fort Scott
Monitor. In the morning Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter Bum kissed each other
affectionately and Mr.. Bum went
whistling to his work. When he re-
turned ut night he found his house
empty. His wife had taken all her
belongings and had gone home to her
mother. No quarrel had ever been
had In the family, save for the reason
that Mrs. Bum persisted in taking in
washing in order to help pay the fam
lily expenses. Mr.. Bum iobjected to
his wife doing this kind of work. She
DECLARED that she would work II she
wanted to. Tie forbade her doing any
more Of 1t. She left and refuses to
return unless he will consent to her
taking In washing.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-11-06
Dies from Frieht.

Mrs. John Pittman, of Center, Ga,
died from fright at her home Thurs
day night. Her husband got up dur
ing tine night and went into the mali
to get a drink Of water. The water
bucket was In chair, and In the
dark MIR. Pittman ran over the chair
and the bucket fell to the floor with
u great noise. His wife, awakening
with start, was SO frightened at the
noise and at missing her husband from
the bed that she screamed out at the
top Of her voice. Mr.. Pittman, ran
back into the room only to find bis
wife In a spaSm, from the effect Of
which she died in a few minutes.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-11-06
KILL,Ls5HIs CHILDREN;
To Avenge His wife's Refusal /
Live with Him. $3.50

Z 3 q I
Jesse Mcclure, an Indiana farm
hand, murdered his two sons, aged
five and seven leaving their bodies in
a fence corner. While q mob was
forming to capture and lynch him,
Mcclure drove on a run to Marion,
Ind, and gave himself up. He, has
been secreted by the authorities who
fear attempted violence.
Mcclure lived near Frankton, and
had separated from his wife year
ago, she refusing to live with him and
returning with her children to her
fathers home. At noon one day Nc
Clure hired rig at Elwood and drove
to the Kilgore farm, the owner being
Mrs. McClure's father. He found the
children playing in the front yard and
induced them with candy to take q
ride with him.
He drove mile up the road, carried
the children to fence corner, and
shot them with revolver. The older
one was found dead a few minutes
later, and the younger was dying, a
piece of the candy being still In his
mouth. Mcclure fled and was pursued
by a crowd OF young farmers, bent on
vengeance. The alarm was given and
from all surrounding towns armed
pnrsuers started. Mcclure succeeded
In reaching the Jail in safety.
TO the jail turnkey Mcclure admit
ted the murder OF his two children,
and he said he had killed them because
his wife had left him and refused to
live With him. He said:
When she refused to see me I de.
cided to be revenged, and drove down
the road to little clump Of trees.
My two children were asleep in the
buggy. When I stopped, the jolt
awoke my little boy, Dee. He looked
up to me and said: Papa, what are
you going to do?'. put my hand
over his eyes and took ny gun from
my pocket and shot him in the fore
head, killing him instantly.
1.-The shot aWoke little Homer, aud
[ took him by the shoulder and fired O
shot into his head. They both fell tc
the bottom Of the buggy. 1 drove
the horse to the side of the road and
lifted both bodies out and placed them
on the grass. Then 1 drove directly
to Marion to the Jail, and am here tt
give myself up.
The neighbors will lynch me when
they find out what have done, dc
not care what you do with me. 1 am
ready to die, and expect to hang fol
this crime. All that l ask is to see
my dear little ones buried"
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-11-06
A Valuable Tree.

1t Is reported by consul general
Guenther that new plant has been
discovered In South America that
promises to supplant the sugar cane
and sugar beet. This plant is said to
contain large amount of saccharine
matter and high percentage of
natural sugar properties which are
easy to extract. 1t Is said to be easy
70 cultivate i'll climates like those or
the southern portion OF the United
States and according to experiments
made by the discoverer, the director
OF the agricultural institute OF Asun-
cion, this plant is said to yield sugar
which Is from twenty to thirty times
as sweet as ordinary cane or beet
sugar.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-11-06
AS 1t Should Re.

The Colum ola Record says for one
time the police have put a stop to
swindling, gambling games operated
by fakirs who tlocked to the city for
the fair. Visitors will generally ap-
prcciatc this move, and If any swim
dler Is caught violating the ordinance
he ought to be sent to the gang and
not given the privilege Of paying a
fine. Preventing these robbers from
plying their trade will make the fairs
much more attactive.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-11-06
Searching for Himself.

The man who murdered j. Murdock
and Mrs. Mary Reuvcns and seriously
wounded her husband at Port Jarves,
M. j., by firing two loads Of buckshot
through a dining room window last
Friday night Is known. Unless his
arrest is made soon by New Jersey
authorities in whose territory the
crime occurred, lynching is threaten
ed. 1t is said the man under suspl-
cion is one OF a crowd searching for
the assassin
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-11-06
A Faithful Minister.

Rev. William Il. Warrington, one Of
the Oldest ministers in Indiana, has
resigned from the paStoratc OF the
First Christian Church of Hagertown,
on account Of continued poor health.
lie has served as minister for almost
fifty years. His salary The first year
was $50. This was increased each
year thereafter by $50 until it reach
ed the sum OF $4,000 per year. He
then refused to accept any further in
crease, although it was urged upon
him TO do so. Rev. Mr.. Warrington
built church edifices at Darlington,
Wingate, Thorntown, Antioch, New
Salem, Hagerstown, Boston, Ind, and
other points.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-11-06
A Bold Thief.

The Atlanta Journal says one Of the
most daring thefts reported in some
time occurred Wednesday night, when
some thief rode away on a bicycle,
which had been ridden by Bicycle
Oliicer A. D. Luck, the sergeant'' Of
the West End police. He left his
wheel on Chapel street while he went
inside to serve u subpoena, and when
he returned his wheel was gone. 1t
was No. %, OF the Dayton make, and
belongs to the police deuartment. .5
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-11-06
Want to Grow Cotton,

The Belgian cotton interests is tired
of buying cotton from the United
States, and a bitter feeling, because
of the impotency, has arisen. The
feeling, heretofore expressed by the
newspaper and private interests, has
taken definite form and the Bel
gian cotton association has now
petitioned the government in strong
terms. They demand that the govern
ment begin the cultivation OF cotton
In the Congo Free State to take the
place. II possible, of mportations from
the United States.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-11-06
The Deadly Hot Supper.

At a hot supper In Rock Mills town.
ship in Anderson county Thursday
night Stump Reed and Shug Jones got
into a diliiculty, Reed drew his pistol
and began shooting. He failed to hit
the man he was shooting at but one Of
his bullets hit Jones' brother, VIII
Jones, In the eye and killed him In
Btantly. Reed tired two shots after
killing Jones and then said it was
about time for him to be going and
left the house and has not been seen
since. All parties are negroes.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-11-06
Killed. in "a Wreck.

A special from Dean Lake, Mo-,
says that Mrs. Booth Tucker was fat
ally injured In the Santa Fe wreck and
died half an hour later. The train
which started from Dean Lake for
Marcoline with the injured was de-
layed by the breaking of a truck and
has not yet reached Marcoline. MRS,
Tucker was pl o.ninent In salvation
army work. a
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-11-06
Two Negroes Hanged.

Jim Chambers and Lou Shaw, ne
groes, were hanged at Luverne, Ala,
Friday, for the murder Of Williamson
Champion, another negro, in March
last. Sale Arlington, an accomplice,
turned States evidence and was re.
leased. The hanging was in public
and the military was used to help pre-
serve order.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-11-06
STRANGE 4 {: I CASE.
/ Lives That he Flight Cuff
Blood from the Bodies.
tTMS4Tl
rTaAs NO.
D: alss:Hl3IORRIBLE NARRATIVE.
s.slssian s.sl Convict Who Uan be
either Put to Death or be
saS Flogged for His Aw.
fui>Crilne.

Patch from st. Petersburg,
'lstrs *aYs the latest Sachalm mail,
addS r. TO the minister OF the in
terlpt 3ontains the following ex-
traA cry story:
.3 4 qYict I,118, name Kaserski,
hoH S6W, ,banished to the village
OfS SIS 4, eighteen murders lately
com i:in the island have been
trac9 tdgproofsS are accumulatinR
that q guilty Of many more. He
admit ds inability to state just how
mani Sn he killed.
I'm, ,Gonvict-peasant first attract
ed til sGtention OF the authorities by
the r. Wency: with which he sold fat
tenes bgs.p He raised more than any
otheg Sported settler. at the same
timex Fsops continued to vanish in
the neg hborhood and finally house
tOsshol6R search was decided Upon. In
the hue OF convict N Number 1lI8, three
BOTTLES containing a dark fluid were
fopld eW hen Questioned, he said he
used Sthes stuff to grease his boots.
The Official thought this q lie and
ordersHt the convict to drink from one
OF thes :bottles to; show that they did
not contain poison or explosives.
We fcon vict complied with SEEM
Ing pleasure and the search continued.
Something that looked like human
loot WIS lfound5in the pig-stye, and,
suspicious heiiig aroused, the COVER
nor ordered the garden dug up, with
the result that eighteen human skulls
were discovered buried there. !.
iHsconyict then confessed that
he WaH esponsible for the numerous
disappsarances, and, maybe, for the
deathb many more persons s-he could
not redember how many he had killed
duringthe last three or four years. He
claimed ;ihat bis crimes were due to
irrssisti BILE Impulse, a. wild passion for
drinking human bloud. He said he
could M iShot exist without a BOTTLE
storedIaWny in his larder.
sAG the same time the convict was
proud tie; Show that he was not mur-
derer Sf0g.gain. The money found. on
his Gtjms, he had either secretly re.
turned their relatives (Which was
proved true, or kept at the bottom Of
his WEI from where it was recovered
bys the authorities.
,gs H econ fessed, though, that he had
made sasl use of their bodies, by cut
ting up and feeding his hogs on
q then} Enlng uhednyestigation is still con-
I Ass4ns Russia, the death penalty Is
imposed only on political criminals,
this ferocious monster will be suf-
fered to live, and the cars order
against corporal punishment, formul-
lated some two months ago, will like
wise favor him. A further report by
the medical authorities OF the penal
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-11-06
would Kiss Hor.

A Chicago wife called up the police
station and demaned the arrest Of her
husband because he refused to kiss
her. Here is q conjugal contingency
that may as well have legal prece-
dence first as last.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-11-06
Sherman Monuments.

A monument to Gen. Sherman has
been unveiled at Washington. There
are few of the 1864 style Of Sherman
monuments still standing in Georgia
and South Carolina.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-11-06
COULD BUILD UP A NATION.

When speak OF separation / do
not mean that everybody will go, or
must go; 1 am only contending that
there should be highway made across
the Atlantic (only $3.50 miles from
the City Hall Of New York, for sucn
black men and women as are self-re-