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The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-06-03
a Big Fire.

Yazoo City, NJ S., is under martial
law as Il result of Wednesdays con-
llagration. Several negroes, who were
caught in an attempt to steal salvage,
have been arrested. Two military
companies patro the burned district
The loss is vario lSly estimated at be
tween Sl,500,000 and $2,000,0 900. In.
surancc will probably approximate
fifty per cent Of the loss. The devasta-
ton OF the business district Is COM
plete. Twenty-eight blocks were
swept clean by the flames. or the
200 buildings destroyed, fifty were
splendid residences, many OF old
colonial architecture and occupied by
some Of the wealthiest citizens of the
south
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-06-03
THE WEATHER FOR JUNE.
What tho Conditions Mny Be ne Indi-
Gated by the Past.

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he ioiio"ile ua0a' covering d Pc
rlod OF thirty-three years, have been
complied from the weather bureau
records at Charleston and ore ,ssned
to chow +,,o oo,d,.,o,, 49,. h.u
vo;1aS w I a,,.,a vas ' 4hn Iiao ~. hase pre-
,ha ahoua par;os yn un ns na,.o - 49, utne ~.
not not ha n oon,tr,,aJ | o. o, saso,Ot Oto iso ,sS
weathar - M % nnnd;t;on. d @ ,o. aso t.a o;rss ~ ;ne
n,ontb. ~ -,'
Msans ~ ,o-n,., : +on,,,oro "a A.
gress Tna ast ,aontb 80 ths
ne 1871 1n;tb on : ns,.a re ne o, %ao aas.s on@o
Tba coldest month ,.ss s SIt tba - te5a. eoa
with m avsraae @ nf. M 20 q ,sas.raas S Ill.,
p, 4, IS
fsas 90 s sSisaz . ) fT5
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-06-03
Horror Turned to Laugh.

John II. Stewart, of Fort Lee, N. j.,
was hurrying along l30th street early
Wednesday morning to catch the
North river ferry. AS he came In
view Of the pier whistle warned him
that the boat was about to start.
Mr.. Stewart attempted to run, but
was unable to make rapid progress.
a runabout driven by two women
overlook him on its way to the ferry.
AS the horse swept by he turned sud-
denly and attempted to grasp the
back of the seat to get lift" In
doing so, however, he slipped, and be-
| fore the Mortified occupants of the
carriage could pull back on the reins
the hind wheels had passed over one
Of Mr.. Stewards legs.
| The women stopped, jumped out
and ran back to his assistance. One
of them took off her light tan coat
and folding it with trembling hands
rs pillow, offered it to the prostrate
man. The other had gotten a little
brandy flask from her handbag and
was about to raise 1t to the dusty lips
OF the man, when he raised on his
elbow and excla med:
Never mind. What are you try
Ing to do?"
Your leg,". replied one of them In
a whisper.
The man brushed the dust from his
hat contemptuously. Then he pushed
up on one foot, with his injured leg
hanging limp.
"Legr" he exclaimed, THAT'S ali
the trouble. That's why / missed
the boat. It's wood"
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-06-03
Horse SIays Womnn.

Mrs. Robert Rogers, wife Of a we'll
to-do farmer Of Mecklenburg county,
n. c., wa3 instantly killed Friday by
an infuriated horse. The accident hap
pened at the dinner hour between II
and O'clock last Friday. The horses
had been ungeared and were turned
loose in the stable lot during dinner
time. One Of the horses, young ami.
NAL, managed to break out Of the lot
and Jumped over low fence into a
wheat field In the rear Of the house.
Not wishing to call her husband from
his rest, Mrs. Rogers crossed into the
field and attempted to drive the horse
out. The brute became infurated at
the attempt and rushed at Mrs.
Rogers. She attempted to escape but
the animal rushed on her and threw
her to the ground. Before the men at
bhe house, who were attracted by the
screams OF Mrs. Rogers, could come tC
her rescue she was ground into a pulp
by the fore feet OF the frenzied ami.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-06-03

Mars + Wagner, Jr.. OF Cleveland,
O., a STUDENT at the Asheyille school,
the faculty, the student body or his
family knows OF mis- whereabouts. He
left the dormitory - days ago. De-
tectives have been employed in the
case i'll an attempt to locate the young
man. There are numerous stories in
circulation regarding the boys disap-
pearance out the facts as near as they
can be aScetained are that rather
than submit to Il reprimand for break
ing a college rule he left the institu-
tion, Prof. Newton Manderson OF
the schoo refuse, to discuss the mat
ter but admits hat the young man
left without info ming the faculty.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-06-03
Curing Case of LOckjaw.

The Columbia State says one of the
few lockjaw cases which have been
successfully treated in this State is
that OF the l4-year-old son OF TanSy
Anderson, colored, OF 1923 Pulaski
street, Columbia. When the physi-
clan, whose name Is withheld at his
request, was called to the patient
lockjaw had set In in its worst form,
caused by large splinter which had
been imbedded in the ball of the boys
foot two weeks. Improved methods
were employed to get nourishment in
to the patients system, and after two
weeks treatment he Is now able to
get his jaws open at an angel of about
80 degrees. He will recover.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-06-03
Caught with Bloodhounds.

Mr.. j. M. McAdams, who lives near
Antreyille in Abbeville county, suffer
ed severe loss by fire Thursday.
About O'Clock IRE was discovered in
one Of the outbuildingS and two
cribs, 200 bushels OF corn, 1000 bun.
dies OF fodder, buggy and wagon, four
or five tons Of hay, farming tools
ETC., were destroyed. The loss Is
81, 500 or $4,000 and it Is not known
here whether there mas!any insurance
1t was suspected at once that the fire
was OF incendiary origin. Mr.. Nc.
Adams phoned the circumstances to
Deputy Sheriff Dillingham;! to come
to the scene with two bloodhounds
BY clever detective work he caught
two negro men and a negro woman
They soon made full confession, anC
were taken at orce to Abbeville anC
placed behind the bars
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-06-03
"A Butter Country.

Siberia, so long stretched before the
imagination OF the world as Il land of
snow and dcsolation, that even now,
when the rans-Siberian railway has
built, and when the productiveneSs
OF that vast country is beginning to
be understood, one is rather surprised
to hear that more than $4,000, 900
worth of butter is annually exported
from Siberia. Its great plains afford
good grazing, and within three years
after the railway was opened 1000
butter manufactures were erected.
The government has now undertaken
to furnish free Instructions on q large
i'm dairy;ng and butter making.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-06-03
A Sad Story.

My Dea: Max: My undying love
for you from childhood causes me to
do this. You promised to marry me
If l would send you enough money to
come to this country Why you have
failed to keep your promise is some
thing that l cannot understand and
so have decided to end 1t all. 1t is a
shame that should die so young, but
| must. l would like to see you be-
fore i die, bat it is impossible for me
to do SO. l hope, however, to see you
in the other world. Oh! what will
my parents say when they hear Of
this? Good bye forever. LENA.
The above note was found Thursday
in tn, room of Lena Soifna, nineteen
years old, who on the day previous
had Hanged herself to the transom Of
her 'oom, at the home OF Charles
Dryer, at No. 81 Washington street,
Hoboken, addressed to Max Masmai-
cal, cf No. 222 Madison street. The
body was removed to Volk'S morgue.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-06-03
FOUND BOIL WEEvIL REMEDY.
An Aut Discovered W which Ia the Pests
Effective Eenemy.

The department. OF agriculture Fri
day announced that an ant has been
found in the Guatemala that is an
effective enemy Of the boil weevil. 1t
will be intTodu ced into the cotton
States. The greatest significance is
attached to the discovery, which was
made by o. e. Cook, the botanist In
charge OF tropical agricultural iuvesti-
cations of the bureau Of planting in
duStry. Cabled instructions have been
sent to him to report Immediately to
the department what assistance he
needs in the way Of men and money.
During trip in Central America last
year Mr.. Cook discovered a cotton
grown by 1ndiars which gave evidence
OF being immune from the attacks Of
the boil weevil and on orders from the
department. he later began an investi-
and Mexico. MIR. Cooks inyestiga-
tionS have oeen in more or less acces-
sible regions in the province of Alta
Vera Paz, Guatemala. The weevils
are present there but the investiga-
tionS show that they are unquestiona-
bly, kept IN check by the presence Of
Of an active enemy in the shape of a
large reddish brown ant which is at
tracted to the cotton by the food
which it secures from sets Of floral
Dectaries. Mr.. Cooks Investigations
show that these ants spread them
selves over fields Of cotton four or five
to plant and that they are constant
ly engaged in the destruction of the
boil weevil. Mr.. Cook reports that
the adroit and busincsslike way in
which the weevil is disposed of seems
to prove beyond question that the
ant is by structure and by instinct es-
pecially equipped for the work of de-
struction and is, in short, the true ex-
planation Of Ethe fact that cotton is
successfully cultivated by the Indians
Of Alta VeraNP Paz in spite OF the pres
elce of the boh weeyil. 9, 3
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-06-03
Man Eating Tiger.

A writer in The Bombay Gazette
describes the rare experience OF seeing
the charge Of famous man eating
tiger, which ended harmlessly. "a
camel with slipping load had," the
writer says, "been halted not far
from his lair, when with 'wrouff'
(once heard never to be forgotten)
the tiger charged for the man leading
the camel. The tiger, L have no
doubt, would have carried of the
camel man, but when he saw the
long, and to him unfamiliar, neck of
camel coming between him and his
intended victim dare say he thought
things were not quite as he had cal
culated. Anyway, he paused, casual
ly surveyed the whole party and, with
tail erect, calmly walked back into
the jungle. The camel man was
either SO frightened or the whole
thing from beginning to end had oc-
cupied so short time Qess than a
minute, l should judge that he did
not stir from the place where he was
when the tiger first made his attack. -
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-06-03
FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 1904.

The Russians abandoned this hill at
3 O'Clock in the afternoon retreating
toward Nanquan Ling, where it Is
understood a second line OF defenses
exist.
The Russians may rally at this line
OF defenses unless they have been dis
ordered by the defeat at Kin Chou and
Nanshan. The Russians had a series
of mines planted at Tafangshan sta
tion on the railroad, which were ex-
plOded.
The station was destroyed.
The Japanese forces were under fire
fer l6 hours.
The general staff here has received
kilograms from the commanders COM
mending the bravery and fortitude of
their men,
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-06-03
4 Onice Comes High.

Running for Office in Charleston
County costs something. The follow
ing is the assessments on the candi-
dates down there: Sheriff, $500; Con-
gressman, $500; clerk OF the court,
5000; cofoner, $3.50; solicitor, 500;
Legislature, $50; county treasurer,
500; C. 9nty auditor, 500; county
supervis lr, $50; master in equity,
500; county superintendent OF eouca.
tion, 35; judicial magistrate, $50; city
ministeri Il magistrate, s'5; county
ministerial magistrate, SO.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-06-03
HOW Ttey I,topose 10 ,rravessl.

1907 t<A-j, . ,..l--
people viii undertake to 60 to the
great fair at ST! Louis. The automo-
bile, the bicycle, the canoe, and the
airship are few of the methoos of
travel by which some expect to make
the long journey. A man from Middle
ton, New York, will enter the airship
contest for the 100000 prize offered
by the managers of the exposition and
attempt to fly to ST. Louis. Two men
at Jamestown, New York, are build
ing a canoe in which they expect to
navigate the rivers, canals and lakes
2,5G0 miles to the fair. Out in Colora-
do boy proposes to push q two wheel
cart across the plains from Denver to
st. Louis. Harry Holman, Of La
Crosse, Wisconsin, will undertake the
four months task of walking on the
bed Of the Mississippi river from La
Crosse to St. Louis, 572 miles. Hoff-
man will come up from the water only
to eat and sleep. y launch, upon which
will be "a pumps and apparatus, will
acCOmpaI him
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-06-03
Death from Pin Scratch.

The pin scratch that Mrs. Catherine
Carroll received while adjusting her
bridal veil caused her death flom lock-
jaw at the Newark City Hospital
Thursday, just three days after her
wedding. The bride-to-be, while
readJusting her veil, attempting to
fasten 1t with long pin. Her hand
slipped and the pin scratched her
palm. Two days later the wound be-
came very painful. A physician saw
signs of tetanus and had the bride
removed to q hospital,
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-06-03
VICTIMS OF THINGS.
Threc Women Assaulted New Yale in
New Haven, Conn,

New Haven, Conn.
New Haven, Conn, is greatly ex-
cited over assaults committed on
young women by unknown men. The
third attack on woman within a
month, in the aristocratic Prospect
Hill section Of the city, occurred
ThurSday-night, when short, young
negro attacked and unidentified wo-
man on Trumbull street, at it's juno
tion with Canal, knocked her down
and was throttling her when two Sis
tiers, the Misses Otis, who saw the
attack, screamed so loud that Detec-
tive-Sergeant Dunlop responded. The
negro had by this time escaped, run
Mug along the canal railroad track
lnt' the negro quarter which is only
a quarter Of a mile distant. Dunlop
shouted to passers by to stop the
thug, but he got away past a dozen
person who stood near. l..-5l
& DersotiSo- Da,niop 6rieuS -tu get the
woman's story, but she refused to give
her name. She said that she was
struck from behind, that the negro
knocked her down and she was about
TO hand him her pOcketbOOk when he
was frightened away by the screams
of the Otis sisters. While Detective
Dunlop was talking to the other young
women the one who had been attacked
fled, leaving her hat and coat in the
possession OF the detective. She said
that she was unwilling to undergo the
notOriety which would follow giving
her name.
A man hunt was organized prompt
ly, with $50 policemen, the extra de-
tcctive force and 500 Yale students,
and the entire vicinity was searched.
At midnight no trace Of the assailant
Of the woman had been found His
description tallies almost exactly with
that OF the negro who attacked Au-
gusta Patterson, who lives in the
house Of Professor Yandell Hender-
son, three weeks ago, and Emily,
daughter Of Professor Richard, last
THURSDAY week.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-06-03
AnncndixIcsa Club.

Hamlet a. Rye, business man Of
Sioux City, Iowa, is organizing a So
ciety which is to be called the Appen-
dxless Club. Mr.. Rye has called a
meeting Of all who have lost their ver-
informs and purposes permanent or
ganization. 1t will be something
like G. A. r." Mr.. Rye said, We
can talk of our wounds and our battles
within the prison walls Of the hospi-
talS.r
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-06-03
Policemen is Killed.

At Knoxville, Tenn, while trying
to arrest some men charged with
Illicit distllling Of whiskey, Policeman
John Webb, Of Johnson City, was shot
twice in the stomach by Buck" Keys,
a notorious character. Keys fled and a
reward OF $500 has been offered for his
arrest. Webb cannot live. 4
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-06-03
Swallowed False Teeth.

At Auburn, N. Y, William Whee-
Ian, aged twenty-four, swallowed
several false teeth while asleep Thu :s-
day night and died Friday after a
physician mad removed the teeth
from his windpipe.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-06-03

was rescued by ladder held against
the wall by men In the second story
His GOODNESS and presence of mind was
remarkable, In this building were A.
Mod. Singleton, grocer; Auld Brothers,
dry goods, and Mrs. A. S. Sproles,
millinery, on the first floor. On the
second floor were the offices Of DR.. J.
B. Hughey, physician, stock room Of
the Greenwood Telephone company,
Western Union Telegraph company
and j. S. Chipley s. Co., cotton buy
ers and insurance agents. The build
ing was Quilted in a little while and
the three-story store owned by the
estate of Joel S. Bailey came next.
The first floor was occupied by M. A.
Lesser and H. Nichols, photographer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nichols also made their
home in this building. They saved a
trunk and q camera let down by
rope. The one-st0ry brick building
owned by Mrs. i. E. Greene and oc-
cupied by J. r. Hinton, grocer, went
next. A row Of five one-story brick
stores gave the tiremen chance to
check the progress and by hard fight
ing they held the flames at this spot.
The stores were all more or less dam
aged and the stocks In all Of them
were damaged by water and by being
removed.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-06-03
FOR THREE HOUSE.

From ; o'clock until Thursday
morning iihe fire demon had the town
in this grip.
BY & o'clock the fire was completely
under control. All danger was over.
About 9 o'clock the searches found a
small part Of the remains Of Mrs.
Moseley. Mrs. Mosely's only daughter,
Miss Leila, age about 16, was in Ander-
son visiting her brother, Roscoe, about
18, who is clerking there. Both will
arrive Thursday as will other relatives
from Anderson and Lowndesville.
Her death has cast deep gloom over
tiff entiTe town
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-06-03
commissioners Office

Monterey, Va, Mary 4th, 1904
To all of the parties in the chanccry
suit herein mentioned.
You are hereby notified that have fix.
ed upon Monday the 9th day of June,
1904, at my Office in Monterey, Va to
make and state an account of the trans
actions of Il II Met lintic, Trustee, show
ing what money has come into his hands
as Trustee Of c NJ McClintic. Second;
those entitled TO receive said money III
the hands of said trustee either by liens
or otherwise with their respective dignl-
ties and priorities and amounts.
Third; whether any OF the property
sold by the said trustee was not the prop;
crty of the said Chas NJ McClintic, and
if not, to whom it rightly belongs.
Fourth; any other matter deemed peru
nent by the comr. or demanded by any
nar,v Interested, which accounts are re
nuired to be taken by an order OF tie
Circuit Court for Highland county, en-
tered on the 2Gth day of April, 1904, IN a
suit in chancery therein pending between
Ell McClintic, trustee, rlaintltf, ana
M McClintic, ct ais. Defendants. at
which time and place you are required 10
attend. 49,, :.
Given under my hand and as Comr. IN
chancery of the ciIcuit and county courts
of said county, the day and year aiore
said . Wilson, Conn.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-06-03
Notice to Creditors

To tue creditors of John Shultz
deed. and all others concerned:
You are hereby notified, that at
the request of his admir-. | have fix
ed upon Monday the Both day of
Nav 1904 as the time, and my
office in Monterey. Va. as The place
for receiving proof of debts or de-
mands against the estate Of said
John Shnltz, decd. on or before
which time, and at which place you
are requested to prove your claims.
Given under my hand as Com. of
accounts of the circuit court OF
Highland county this 9th day of
April 1904. O Wilson, Comr.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-06-03
r r D No. | Established

I True to his word Uncle Sam
started up the first II F D route liz
Highland, on the lst day of June.
with Mr. II s Johnston in charge,
he having received the papers from
Washington making him the first
r + D carrier in the county. Right
here the Recorder predicts that MIR
Johnston will made good one.
Starting here at s o'clock a. NJ.
on the first day of June he took
his first swing around the circle,
opening up to the U. S. mail Sec
ton of country, the greater part OF
which had not in all it's history,
\ been so blessed.
A patron Of the Il + d route
said to a Recorder man yesterday
81 would have you to know
We are on the go.
The time was when we lived in the
woods;
But to the front we have come
With "a buzz and hum,
For don't you see
We are on the r + d
And will all subscribe for the
R-E-C-order."
The Recorder man replied to the
R. F. D. patron:
Exactly, says /
You are right up to tie minute
And are strictly in it
For, with your mail box and your
KEY,
And your subscription for the
RE-C-order
In the back woods no longer '
Will you wonder and meander."
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-06-03
From Our Sister Village

Mcdowell Nav Wonder what
has become Of Pat?
Clipping wool is the order of the
day.
Mrs H Il Quidore is visiting ier
daughter at Marlinton.
Miss Edith Ralston left this week
for Indian Ter. where she vii!
spend some time with her aunt Mrs
J II N Cobb. She will visit the
Exposition on her way.
Mrs c S Peterson is spending a
week at her home in Pocahontas.
Miss Mary Lou Kerr of Clinton
N C. is visiting Mrs Southall.
/Mr b ] Hiner and Miss Lillian
Hook left this week for Washing
ton where .hev will be present al
the marriage of DR. Brison W Jones
and Miss Mittie Rodgers, on Satur.
day.
The normal opened Tuesday with
small attendance. but there are
many Others to enter later on. 1t
is to be hoped that it will be a
great success.
Mr. Lou Rexrode is expected
home soon. His people all thought
him dead as they had heard moth
ing of him for several years. lie
has been sick of fever 10 weeks in
u hospital in Texas.
Miss Minnie IRVINE has gone to
Monterey to spend the summer.
Mr. Jake fIidy who has been
west for some time is with us again
Mrs j NJ Crowley and sister Mrs
IRVINE are visiting in Staunton
Mrs Crowley is suffering with Eer
eyes and is having them treated.
Mr. Edmund of Kansas is visiting
friends in town.
Mr. Harry Bradshaw returned
from school at Reliance this week
Mr. Wallace is visiting Mr. G G
Alexander.
Miss Annie Jenkins is with us
again.
If this escapes the waste basket
we might try again.
Foxy Grandpa
Foxy Grandpa has always been
too shrewd to be caught even by
the waste basket. Editor.