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The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-06-17
WEATHER AND CROPS.
a Very General Improvement In tho
Cotton Crop.


Cotton Crop.
Section Director Bauer Monday
issued the following report Of the crop
conditions for the past week:
The week ending a. m, June 9th,
had mean temperature Of 7S degrees,
which is practically normal. The ex-
tremes were maximum Of 98 at
Clark's Hill and Little Mountain on
the 4th, and minimum or SO at
Greenville on the 3rd. The relative
humidity was about normal, and
much higher than last week. The
winds were generally light to fresh
southerly. The sunshine was slightly
below normal
The weeks rainfall averaged nearly
twice the normal amount, with a
maximum fall Of 3 O5 inches at Wal
hala. 1t was well distributed, but
was insufficient in parts Of Charleston,
Chesterfield, Barnwell, Marion, New
berry, Richland, Fairfield, Williams
burg and York counties where the
drought was only partially relieved
In number Of localities the rainfall
Wdo CACCoSlNO WOlo JddlS
washed, damaging corn and cotton to
slight extent. A few places report
the occurrences of damaging hail on
May 3lst
Although teamwork was interrupt
ed by the heavy raiuS hat rendered
cultivation impracticable, it Is gen.
orally up with the needs of field crops,
but with numerous reports of grass
and weeds springng up rapidly since
the rains, especially in cotton fields.
Such reports originate in localities
where the rainfall was heaviest and
where the crops could not be worked.
Generally al field crops are clean.
There was general improvement
noted in the growth and color Of corn.
Bottom lands and stubble fields have
been planted, and the late paintings
are coming up to very good stands.
Early corn has received its third culti-
vation, and some has been laid by.
Stands Of cotton have improved,
since the rains, OH red and clay lands,
with late paintings and replantings
all up to good stands. There Is gen.
eral improvement in color and looks
of cotton, extending to the sea-island
variety that was suffering seriously
from lack of moisture. The week IS
growth was rapid, due to the more
favorable moisture and temperature
conditions. The whole crop is now
quite promising. Squares have been
noted in COlleton and Hampton coun-
ties; lice in Greenville county.
The rains 5benetitted both. wheat
and oats; harvest; saahade, slow snro;
l. sae's.':->--Tsaieu'- growing hicely, and
June sowings have begun. Tobacco is
doing we'll, but is small, and it con-
tinues too dry in places. ~ large
number Of sweet potato slips were
transplanted. Truck shipments con-
tinue heavy, with generally poor yields
of white potatoes. Peach shipments
are increasing; the quality of peaches
Is normal. Sugar cane has poor stands.
Melons are late but have improved,
as baye pastures and gardens. All
minor crops are ilourishing.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-06-17
The Deadly lightning.

The Columbia State says Jane and
Rena Fair wife and 3-year old daugh-
ter, respectively, of Myers Fair, a
Taylor street negro resturanteur who
has accumulated much property, were
instantly killed Tuesday afternoon
near the tin bridge" by bolt OF
lightning which descended the trunk
Of tree under which the woman was
at work washing clothes. The mother
and child were together, but they
were thrown In opposite directions
from the base Of the tree. /.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-06-17
a SntI Story.

At Norfolk, Va, on Friday, e. H..
Jones, trolley car motorman, tried to
lift a fallen wire out of the way of his
car. lie climed on a shed and took
hold of the wire He fell to the ground
dead, still holding to it. His wife,
standing upon her front piazza, saw
the accident and rushed out to extri.
cate her husband She too was in
stantly killed. Jones and his wife
leave six small children, three of whom
saw their parents killed.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-06-17
Cruel to His Beaat.

A dispatch from Eastover to The
State says the Star Band OF Mercy,
the local branch Of the Society for the
Prevention OF Cruelty to Animals,
succeeded in having a negro, Paul
Grant, convicted OF cruelty beating
an OK. He was sentenced to pay q
fine OF Sl5 or work ON the chaingang
for 80 days. The society has the law
on It's side and Mr.. Trumble, the prsi-
dent Of the bank, expects to prosecute
vigorously every case Of cruelty to
animals reported to him,
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-06-17
Jumped Overheard.

At New York George Billups of
Norfolk, Va, a cabin passenger on
The Old Dominion line steamer Prin-
cess Anne, from Newport News to
Norfolk, jumped overheard Friday
while the vessel was steaming up the
lower bay )ff the Romer shoal. The
ship was stopped and a lifeboat
launched. Within 20 minutes Of the
time Biilups jumped through the port
hole the beat was alongside the steam.
er and the man taken on board In a
dying condition. Every effort was
made to restore life, but without
avail A dispatch from Norfolk saws
lS=A si1asie sE=zA ses s-e ~
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-06-17
THE COTTON STALK wsEv1L.
Director Bauer Says the Matter Is
Much Overdrawn.

The cotton stalk weevil," new
insect which has made its appearance
In Georgia and is almost as dangerous
as the boil weevil, according to the
Augusta Chronicle, does not exist in
this State, so far as Section Director
Bauer Is informed and believes. Mr..
Bauer Was shown this clipping from
the Augusta paper Friday:
"A new insect, known as the cotton
stalk weevil, has made Its appearance
In Georgia and is raising havoc with
the young cytton in Terrell county.
State Eutomologist Willmon Newell
has just returned from Dawson, where
he made a thorough examination of
the weevil and Its work, and he Is now
arranging for treatment of the
cotton plants which have been at
tackled by the insect and for remedy
that will completely destroy it.
The insect attacks the stem or the
stalk OF the cotton and nearly every
plant attacked dies very shortly after
wards. The farmers in Terrell coun-
Jy are very much alarmed over the
appearance Of the new kind Of bug.
Entomologist Newell states that he
has never seen or heard of such an in.
sect before.
THE bug is almost as dangerous as
the boil weevil, as it destroys the
stalks OF the cotton before the boil
weevil appears. II the insect should
scatter over the State as fast as 1T is
scattering in Terrell county it will be
a serious thing for the farmers to con-
tend with this yeal, and the cotton cot
ton crop in Georgia will be materially
shortened.
"Entomologist Newell says he will
exert every effort to destroy the in
sect before it makes spread of the
State. He does not think that the boil
weevil has as yet made it's appearance
in Georgia, but he regards the new in
sect which has appeared and which at
tacks young cotton stalks as a very
| dangerous factor anu he is anxious to
get rid Of 1t as soon as possible"
Mr. Bauer thought after reading the
clipping that about the only thing
that could be calmly reported as hay-
ing been discovered was an excited i'm
aginati0n OF another Georgia news
paper reporter. He was of the opinion
that the Georgia State entomologists
estimate Of the Importance of the sub
ject had been very materially changed
and co!ored almost beyond identihca.
tion after percolating through the
brain af the newspaper, man.
Never heard of such an insect"
MIR. Bauer said. There is none such
in this State. so far as 1 have been in.
formed and don't believe it exists
In Georgia.
1t will propably end like my new
hickory nut insect ended this week. A
correspondent in Charleston reported
the appearance. there of new insect
which he thought would eventually
put the hickory nut out of business. ]
wrote him to hold his :base while he
sent me up some specimens OF these
terrible pests. l forwarded them to
Clemson and have just received for
NAL report from that institution to the
effect that our new insect was a very
old and very common insect indeed and
to dismiss any harassing fear 1 or my
correspondent might have regarding
the future OF the hickory nut crop"
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-06-17

and then heard q noise and it seemed
to knock me down. don't remember
much, then"
The Officers who went to the Pouch
home say that Pouch, with his hand
on the door knob, shot himself in the
right temple, and was still leaning
against the door when 1t was forced
open.
The little daughter was directly in
the path Of the body as it fell. She
was dead, and In q short while the
father also died. The boy, dazed and
bleeding, was curled up near the head
of the father. New York Ameri-
can
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-06-17
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n
qat I represent some OF
ORANGE Companies
IS to Terms and Rates.
JNO. S. MOORE.

mile this side OF Hopkins Friday.
From letter found in a pocket it
was learned that the deceased is e. l..
Hay who has been an employe of the
Richland mills. Coroner Green, Dep
dty Sheriff Cathcart and DR.. S. T..
Fishburne went out to Hopkins to
make any investigation that circum-
stances might warrant. The body
was brought to Columbia Friday night
and put in morgue. The physician
will examine the body to ascertain the
probable cause OF death. 1T is beliey.
ed that young Hay was riding on a
freight and fell off sustaining mortal
injuries. His body was found about
four feet from the railroad track.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-06-17

OF consolidating Brooklyn, Manhattan,
The Bronx and adjacent cities in Great
er New York and succeeded in carry
ing out the plan. For many years he
was distinguished for his civil SER
vices, and it was from these that he
gained his title,
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-06-17
Read This BOya.

The board of directors of the Ma
tional Union blnk OF Rock Hill in
meeting Friday adopted rule where
by no one who smokes cigarettes can
find employment in that institution. :
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-07-29
IN THE ABSENCE OF RULES.

N A pig is no fool, and not nece9-
sarily a hog. In fact, this particular
pig is clever enough to make a rat
Ting good RED Saunders" story in
the August McClure's. Henry Wal
lace Phillips is the biographer OF
s'Foxey Bill" the porcine hero of
big Bend" How ''Foxey Bill
came to his own, and how he fought
to maintain it., is a yarn mighty
we'll worth telling, and Mr.. Phil
lips is the man to tell it. It is q
woolly blaatin' ram that challenges
Foxy Bills right to rule, and for q
time prevails, but the day of reckon
ing comes. There is q royal, In
the Absence of Rules, " and the pigs
is full and sweet. A. B.
Frost's pictures reflect the humor
of the story perfectly. They are as
funny as the text and that is enough
said.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-07-29
MINI. VETERANS ASSOCIATION

MINI. VETERANS ASSOCIATION
This association, composed of all
the surviving officers and enlisted
men of all the regiments and other
military organizations raised in
Minnesota during the Civil War and
in the War with spain, will hold it's
annual reunion in the State Capitol
building, in St. Paul, on Wednesday,
August 31st, during Fair week. 1t
is earnestly hoped that the regi-
mental reunions will all be held in
the morning of that day, SO that the
business may be concluded and
luncheon be taken in tine for the
regular afternoon reunion of all the
regiments at 2:3O % clock. Address
es will be made by United States
Senator Moses E. Clapp, Governor
Samuel R. Van SAINT, and other
distinguished speakers. Every I'M
ion soldier in the state is cordially
invited to attend this meeting.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-07-29
Mortgage Foreclosure Sole.

nBFAULT having been made il the pay
ment of the sum of twelve hundred and
eli
($Se.02) heretofore paid BY the mortgage
hereinafter named! a. such, for taxes and In
premises hereinafter described, and interest
thereon from the, time ofpay nent, w hich sum
Of, twelve hundred and eiRhty.six and 92-1OO
due at the date OF this notice. upon a certain
mortgage. duly executed and delivered by II.
V.TMilar and Hannah Millar his wife mort
:besfins date the: 18th day OF November,
contained, duly recorded in the Office 81 the
.bies and state ofMinnes sofa on the End daY of
December. 1896, at o'clock p. M, in book
20 of mortgages on page sos; and no action
or otherwise, to recover the debt secured 81
'a now %GfffaSEs Rf eag sNst s!fo
h q s snas ssr.s
pqovidsd, Ne said Mortgage s viii BE- fore are
sna ny sd S. .s hi Ee9k
~ In Park Addition to the Village 81
of minnesota, with hereditan,ents ana ap-
purtenances; which sale will be made by the
Sheriff of said MOBILES County, at the front
SGer ua X said County staee %
the .s1st day Of, August 1905, &C 10 o'clock
in the forenoon Of thai. day, TO the highest
skys sd asSt as e.
lars ISL ,2s6. 90, J and Interest and the taxes
if any on said premises, and twenty i've dol
and By said mortgage in case OF foreclosure
and the disbursencnts allowed by law; SUBJ
ject to redemption at any. time within one
We ar from the day of sale as provided by law
Dated July ~, A. D., 1904. III
" '4e xts5l ELIZABETH MCGEE
= 8 49, Mortgage
5.s5{ Attorney for M ortgagee -FFg3 $iTy55S
Il, State Bank Building -5s;si 5$l <
/ Worthington, Minnesota.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-07-29
:, ALL iDRUHl3ISTS

j.. - 80 ALL OhO>1&TA0 Isl. ~ H.;
askEths readers OF this paper who
ara suffering with indigestion ,,or
:dyspepsia to call on them at once
;anA.gst 4 bottle at Kodol Dyspepsia
Cure re sou knew ths. yalue 81 Til
rsnaeiy awe now 4, would
not suffer another day. Kodol Dys-
pepsias Cure is I thosough digestant
and tissue building tonic. q we'll
It is endorsed personally BY hundred req
Of people whom it has cured Of in
digestion, dyspepsia: palpitation. Of
the heart: and stomach ), troMhea
! generally. 5Kodol Dyspepsia Cure
digests what you. eat. It j. pleasant,
palatable and stpsagthe &
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-07-29
PRODUCES sEEDEEss APPLE.

PRODUCES SEEDEESS APPLE.
After experimenting for seven
years, John F.. Spencer, Of Grand
Colo, has succeeded in
perfecting a seedless apple. The
new fruit very much resemble the
seedless orange, in that the meat is
solid and there is a slightly hard
substance in tho naval end. Spep-
Ger says he began experimenting
with the apple shortly after the
seedless orange was placed on the
market. He originally produced
five trees that would bear seedless
apples and experimental to see If
be could make the buds reproduce
others. In this he succeeded, and
secured forty additional trees. From
these he has budded 1000 more and
his seedless apples are now assured.
He hos kept his experiments to him
self for all these years, and now re-
fuses to divulge his secret.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-07-29
NOTICE OF SALE OF; TOWN

The Board Of Supervisors Of the,
Town Of Ransom, 4 Nobiss ca, Mimi
'esota, will receive all bids at the
Office Of the Town Clerk o. the
Town Of Ransoi ! II oblse CO, Mimi
esotl son thS tlil ~ d a q u so4.
&c ono o'clock, z. = Z, r 7 % y
willrbe opened md al ss33 s
the sale Of bonds sof I'D Town in
the sum Of ones Thousand dollars
$4,000 Said bonds Is 10 o tho
denomination oft Two hundred dol
lars (e300) each to bsar date d July 7
1st., 1904, and tovte payable 90 fol-
lows: One on the first day of July,
1909, and one on. the Int day of July
Of each year thereafter until Ill are
fully paid. Said bonds to bear in
terest. at four per cent Per annum, I
payable annually On the let day Of,
July Of each year. .a:::2I 4. 4.
The proceeds Of the sale Of said
bonds to be used exclusiv ely in pay
ing for rebuilding four steel
bridges in said Town Of Ransom.
The Board Of Supervisors reserves
the right to reject any or all bids.
Bids may be addressed to Robert
Shore, Rushmore, MINI.
By order Of the Board Of Super
visors Of the Town Of Ransom, Mob
les Co., Mimi. - ~ Al s $:E
Ransom, July 16, 1904. r.. -. ..s ~
Robert Shore, Town Clerk. !.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-07-29
INDIAN LAKE.

Z B. e. Brayton, of Devils Lake, s.
D., arrived last week for q two
wseas visit with parents, Mr.. and
MIS-. Fl. Brayton.
Miss Esther Peterson, of Pillager,
was calling on old time friends and
relatives last week.
- The Judin Wonder Ball Team met
the Round Lake team last Sunday
and were defeated, score five to
eleven.
Automobile No. 1, of the Worth
zington Automobile Factory, made g
couple Of flying trips thru our town
last week.
David Anderson, of Worthington
came out Monday, and is getting hi
threshing machine in order and viii
be at threshing again this fall.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-07-29
'LESLES' MONTHLY MAGAZINE
FOR AUGUST.

Ralph Conner begins q new novel.
1.-THE Prospector," in tho August
Fiction number of Leslie's Monthly
Magazine, and the first chapters
promise better story than either
1.-The Sky Pilot" or BLACK Rock. I"
There are eleven other stories in
this number, by such people as
George Hubbard, Henry c. Rowland
Alice Mac Gowan, Holman F. Day,
II. l. Greene and Rex E. Beach,
and they cover.nearly every variety
of up to date fiction. J. Adam Bede,
the humorist of the House of Re-
representatives., has most amusing
article on "The Spellbinders, whom
we all expect to listen to during
the next few months, in which he
tells a number of good stories.
There are also remarkab bic photo
graphs of the st. Louis Fair and por-
traits of the men who created that
and a helpful little
sketch of the cost ola visit to St.
Louis this summer. The delight
full verses by Kennett Harris, with
some remarkably good drawings by
Birch, are an attractive
feature of the number, and Mrs.
Calls monthly paper on 1.-The Free!
dom of Lite, ''as. dSaAi, is we'll worth
reading and thinking about. ~ =
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-07-29
LOCAL..

y slfrs. Wilso, Ager and daughter
Jessie went to Wilmont Thursday
for : visit with Mrs. q: W. Ager:
The rarest combination Of eot,d
things ever put together is Hollis.
ter's Rocky Mountain Tea. It cures
pimplee, indigestion, constipatioo,
rheumatism, sick head ache: IS
cents, Tea or Tablets. F. NJ. Rick
man. " - .t@ /! - +
A new cement walk has been put
IN on the school house block ON 18th
st. A few of the large cotton wood
5tress on the school grounds have
been cut down because they are to
thick and it il too shady for the
grass to grow. .:E - =. ~ Z
John 81: Davlin, Houston-Was
all run down; nothing did me any
good until I got hold of HOLSTERS
Rocky Mountain Tea. Now am
strong and we'll gained forty pounds
IS cents, Tea or Tablets. F. M:
Hickman. -s's3s.s, : ~. " r,
The coroner has held q autopsy
on the body Of Rosa Hacker, who
died under peculiar conditions last
week and the result Of the autopsy
was to the effect that the girl died
while in an, epilepticszt tit, to- VIII ich
she was subject. 4. w.. :. . ,.,.S /.
Alta meeting Of the Commercial
Club held Tuesday evening, the
treasurer report showed that $162
AS was their part Of the carniva
money. This amount is that LEFT
after all expenses were paid and ont
half was given to the Fair Assocla
tiun. = ). < :.S -.>. !. 4s
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-07-29

The ever incrs asing crowds at tho
lake shora evenings j show plainly
! that the laksis being appreciated.
For the last three nights there have
been at least fitty bathers IN the
water d one time, young and old.
Wednesday night there were nearly
two hundred interested spectators
seated along the rip rap and in car
riages and il il hard to say who en-
joyed the sport the most, the particle
pants or the n-lookels. !, "a
! The bath house has been complet-.
ed and 3 telephone and eleertic
lights were installed. a diving
platform was built and put in about
sixty yards from shore in six feet Of
water. Nearly everyone who went
in negotiated plunge or q flop
from the top which is about twelve
feet from the water and some Great
ed great applause on shore. Sever
al were stunned more or less by
striking bottom and one fellow said
he hit so hard he went in the mud
up to his ears. With q little practice
the divers will be able to avoid hit
ting the bottom. e5. s.@@:f s ,ss / 4. Il
The ladies too, have boon doing tie
high dive act but not from the
diving platform however. It is not
iceable that most Of the boys dive
similarly to the performer with the
carnival company even to hes.tat-
ing q long time before plunging in.
Of course . gentle breeze on the
ground seems gale on the top Of
the ''lofty tower. = But tho real
reason is, it looks about five times
higher from the top than from any
other point ct view. /
The belle Of the lake shore is Will
without question. -, The
sensation he produces when he ap-f
pears in his dainty dark blue bath
ing suit, trimmed with red, rumes
and dives smoothly into the drink,
is something worth witnessing:
Berumed suits promise to be the
''th1ng." II
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-07-29
BIRTHS.

Born-To Mr.. and MIS-. Ed Allen,
. boy. 1. sy5
Born - II: and Is Mrs M J A.w: Lit
tie, a boy. In, ,.,.,.. :
.Born-z-Te Mr.and Mrs: Ned Jones,
Sunday, July "a, a girl. Nv. =
Born-To Mr.. and Mrs. q. ".
Ager, of Wilmont, Monday, July IS,
q hoy. 4 49, i Z y, .>".' z.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-07-29
SAFEGUARD THE CHILDREN.

Notwithstanding all that 'is done
by boards of health and charitably
inclined persons, the death rate
among small children is very high
during the hot weather Of tho sum-
,mer months in the large cities.
There is not probably one case of
bowel complaint in a. hundred, how
ever, that could not be cured by the
timely use of Chamberlain g Collie,
Cholera and Diarrnoea Remedy
or sale by F. M. Hickman. =. -.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-07-29
RULES FOR HOT WEATHER.;


There are a few simple rules for
comfort and safety in hot weather.
They are: Absence Of worry; avoid-
anoe of haste, a light dlet not meIS-
II in minimum OF meat and the snb-
stitution of fish and fowl, but light
in the amount of food eaten. 10
not overload; eat deliberately
that should be the watchword in al
things for the heated term elibef-
alton. Be careful as to drink avoid
alcoholic drinks ;a9oid much ice-cQld
drink. There is a difference beween
cool drink and ice-cold drink. Dress
comfortably, and for these who need
it, have. a flannel projections cover
ing the digestive tract. particularly
at night. This sort of regimen viii
enable anybody to have during hot
we ather as nature meant man
should have-as plants have-the
most tlourishing life of all the ,seas-
ons. A person in perfect heelAh
should weigh more in hot weather
than at any otuer time of the year
and have the enjoyment of this fac
ulties at the highest. Who're ii is
not 80 the victim is simply abusing
himself and neglacting the oppor
tunity that nature provides for him.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-07-29
AnnOOnc G mel

N ! hereby announce myself q :
candidate for the office
Of Register Of Deeds for considera-
ton or the voters at the Primary
election Tuesday, Sept. 20.
I'd 81. Hawley.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-07-29
-HAZARDlNG HUMAN LIFE.

Baltimore American.
The accidents which seem to be
making themselves q feature of the
year emphasize the fact that whole
sale slaughter of passengers will
continue until criminal carelessness
:Aor willful neglect on the part of OPP
orators and owners of transporta-
5tion facilities Is made subject to
penal legisla ton, and every derelic-
ztion in duty to the public is visited
with impartial and summary pun
,ishment. The risks taken with
human life are plainly approaching
the extreme of recklessness.