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The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-06-24
BREAKS JAIL.
Adams, Murderer, and Another Pri-
sonsr, Filed Their Way Out.
AN APPEAL HAD BEEN DENIED
And Adamn Was Awaiting n Ro-sen-
tenoe. The Sheriff and
Posse Arc Pursuing
the Escapes.

A dispatch from Walterboro to
The State under date Of June 4 says
quite q sensation was caused In
WalteIGpro Tuesday morning when it
was knLwu that II. A. Adams had
escaped from jail. Adams was con-
victcd for the murder Of Henry Jaques
and sentenced last June to be hanged
His sentenced was stayed pending an
appeal to the supreme court, which
appeal WAS dismissed. Adams was to
have been rcSentenced at the next
term Of court, which meets the first
Monday In August.
AT 2 O'Clock Tuesday morning when
Gus Green $ brought to jail by
Policeman johnson rope OF blankets
was discovered hanging from the win
dow above the portico on the side Of
the jail. Upon investigation it was
found that Adams and a negro, Jasper
Stephens, incarcerated for larceny,
bad fled through one of the iron bars
and escaped
Deputy Sheriff Henderson imme-
diatelu started in pursuit, but SO far
no trs-;s OF the escaped prisoners has
been sound.
Ad.,.ns Is about 5 feet 10 inches
high, weighs about l45 pounds, dark
skin, dark hair aud eyes, with nous
tache and long, sharp face with very
heavy jaw and large neck; fast talking
and wlnks eyes rapidly while talking,
nervous and quick movement.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-06-24
On Burning Steamer
at New York They
PeriShed.
MANY CHILDREN VICTIMS
Although the Steamer Was Not
Far From Shore, Fire and
Wave, i'll Few Minutes
Claimed Many.
Claimed Many.

One OF the most appalling disasters
in the history OF New York, tragic
In its immenSity, dramatic in its
episodes and deeply pathetic in the
tender age OF most OF the victims,
took place "Wednesday in the East
river at the entrance to Long Island
sound, within short distance Of the
New York shore and within Sight Of
thousands 0f persons, tile majority Of
whom were powerlcss To minimize the
extent OF the catastrophe.
by the burning to the waters edge
OF the Gen. Slocum, thrcc-dccked cX-
cursion steamer, the largest in these
waters, more than Gen persons. the
majority Of whom We're wumcl and
children, were burned to deaf or
drowned 10y jumping overheard cr by
being thrown into the whirlpool by
the lurching OF the vessel and the
frantic rush Of the panicStr ckcn
passengers.
1t is the season Of Sunday $ hool
excursions in New \ Ork bay and long
Island sound, the latter one OF the
most picturesque bodies Of wat Cr in
the country. Great preparation: had
been made for the 18th annual eXcur-
sion OF the Sunday school OF ST. NJ lrk S
German Lutheran church the congre
cation OF which is drawn from the
dense population OF the lower east and
west sides, and the Gen. Slocum had
been chartered to carry the excursion
lists to Locust E.Gtu wnhof the many
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-06-24
Japs Claim a
Sweeping Victory.
JAPs LOSE THREE SHIPS.
The Loss in Lives is Estimated at
One Thousand.

A dispatch from Toxic, Japan, says
all doubt as to the sinking Of the
transports Hitachl and Sado by the
Russians has been removed. Three
hume red and ninety-seven survivors OF
the IIitachi have arrived at Moji and
l53 survivors OF the Sado have arrived
at Kokura. Details of the Gestruc-
tion OF the two transports and the
full extent Of the casualties are not
obtainable.
a later dispatch says details obtain
able from the survivors Of the ill-fated
Japanese transports show that the
lIitachi and the Sado met three Rus
sian warship near Xxi island at 10
o'clock Wednesday morning. The
Russians fired on the Japanese ships
and stopped them, and soon afterward
they torpedoed and sank the helpless
transports. The captain Of the Sado
and several other men we're captured.
More than 100 men escaped in the
boats and landed at kikura. A message
has been received here from Hagi say
ing that the survivors Of the Hitachi
had dritted north to Shimonoseki and
been saved. The transport Izum Is
still missing.
1t is reported that the transports
Hitachi and Sado carried only 400
men. If this Is true, the loss in lives
is probably less than 1000. The
transports, however, had many horses
and large quantities Of supplies on
boardf'7
Vhessteamer Katsuno was sunk off
Moji Friday.right as a result Of collid
ing with the steamer Iamatokan.
Both vessels were on their way to
'riescu to rescue the survivors of the
| transports Hatachl and Sado.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-06-24
Negro Cotton Mill Failed.

The Columbia State says: The
Wilmington Messenger calls our aU-
tcntion TO the fact that the defunct
Coleman cotton mill, the failure Of
which was lately noted in these
columns, was not only operated but
owned and managed by negroes. in
tnat case we DO not think that the
evidence OF the ncgro's failure as a
cotton mill hand was as conclusive Is
i'll the case OF the Charleston mi l.,
which was financed by white capital
and managed by skilled white cotton
mill men. The case OF the Coleman
mill is, however, equally interesting
in another way"
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-06-24

The State says MI Kcrt Bcrle, the
United states Civil engineer and ar
chitcct, has about completed his eX-
animation OF the capitol dome and ex-
poets to leave for Washington Wed
ncsday. lie will report to the cover
nor from there next week. Mr.. Icrlc
would net say whether he would re-
port the building safe or unsafe, but
that does not signify that from the
examinations and Investigations he
has made 40 far that it is or is no.. III
merely means that he is guarded in
expressing himself before he reports
formally 10 the governor. lie did say,
however, that there was no cause for
immediate alarm. He is said to have
expressed the opinion that the new
work is shoddy by comparison With
the old Whether this Will be brought
out IN the report, however, cannot be
S1i1
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-06-24
WEATHER AND CROPS.
a Few Isolated Sections Still suffer
ing from Drought


ing from Drought
Mr.. J. w. Bauer, section director,
says in his weekly report OF the crops,
gathered from correspondence:
TIE week ending 5 a. M, June l3,
had mean temperature OF 10 degrees,
which is about below normal, due TO
nearly normal temperatures during
the first four days and abnormally
cool weather during the last three
The cool weather was accompanied by
fresi. to brisk northeast winds and
unusually low relative humidity. The
sunshine was normal In places and be-
low in others.
The greater portion OF the State
had from one to over two inches of
raip = three days. The upper Sa-
I.Y' valley had less than an inch,
whi ,n ptftts 0t York county and a
few c ,,,' areas in other sections the
dro s.t is unbroken and crops are
SUI. ;fng for moisture. Streams are
very low and many wells are failing
In the central counties
A destructive wind and hail storm
passed througl Pickcns county; The
track OF the hail storm was about half
a mile wide an all CROPS in this path
were destroyed. There were also
damaging wind storms in Spartan
burg and Sumter counties, ami hail
occurred at various places in the
northern and northeastern counties,
doing some damage to crops.
The weather was generally favora-
bic for cultivation of field crops, but
with large areas where the ground
30 wet TO woCx and where fields
( have bccOn.c foul. AS n rule, corn,
1 cotton, tobacco, nee and minor crops
! are clean and well cultivated. and
/ have made marked improvement dur
ing the last week
Corn made steady improvement in
all parts OF the State, and, although
small, is growing nicely and has a
/ healthy color. Earliest corn is being
laid by
With few and unimportant cXccp-
tiOnS, cotton has now attained fun
stands, although somewhat irregular
ones as to size The plants are small
for the season, but have good color
and are growing nicely Lice are re.
ported from Ahbeville county Squares
have been reported from nearly all
sections, and a few blooms have been
noted in Orangeburg county In
places fields are becoming foul Sea
island cotton shared in the genera
Improvement, and now has full but
Irregular stands and good color
tobacco improved and is being
"primcd Rice planting continues
and ahe crop is making satisfactory
growth. Wheat and oat harvest i.
nearing completion; the yields OF
wheat are best in the extreme west
crn counties and only fair to poor il
the central ones The oat crop L
best in Tie eastern counties, wher,
in places the yields are heavy. Lat
oats ShCw some improvement. Botl
graius lave been housed in good con
dition, where cut, with only Sliuh
damage from the rains.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-06-24
iiir Crushed out

At New York one OF the hig auto
mobiles used 10 take sight SccrS about
the city, ran over and Killed an elder
~ unknown man in Broadway Thu
day night while mcmlerS OF the m r
ry party were laughing and singing.
Before the body OF the victim could
be taken from under the car several
OF the women passengers became hyS-
terical and had to be lifted TO the
ground, while others jumped down
and ran way from the scene.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-06-24
Many Lives Lost.

A dispatch from Santiago, Cuba,
says the worst storm OF a decade began
Friday and eliminated Monday night
in / inches OF rain which fell in five
hours, accompanied by hurricane.
The lower village OF El Cobre has been
DESTROYED. Forty-iiye persons are
known to be dead and scores are mis-
sing. Bodies are floating in the Cobre
river. Twenty bodies have been recov-
cred by boats patrolling the bay. All
the bridges on The Cobre railway are
out and many bridges have been lost
on the Cuba railway. a train which
left IIabana Saturday is held between
washuuts for eight miles inland. a re-
lief train bringing mail and passen-
gers was wrecked at Moron. The fire.
man and mail agent were killed and
Two Of the employees were injured. The
passengers are safe. The mines at
Daiquri are crippled and six OF the
employees have been drowned. The pier
has been damaged. The city's proper
ty loss is enormous
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-06-24
A STEAMER BURNED.
The HiEhlandeg Totally Destroyed
bvs svSire 4 ass 4, eorr ,town.

49, afsA ~ 81
The Stats Manager T, d.
Love ii The u igb blaad Ter was greatly
surpsls and protoundlF aIsSc
,tEliuEsday mig mt a teleI Isra IN us
scaf him at inid dnlg hit fro e..
S Snith sa yin1g tho boa had been
LED 25 mil les ahoHe GEORGETOWN.
The 9tel gram q ave no parti iGnl lars and
5notfs King lis known here as to s6i i1e OH gin
OF the ire. he tel gram aa dated
Sgieorge etoWn. and Rffnp y sale 4 His gh--s
lander lost by fl re:ss POLES above,
.Geolgetewn. Iotal less
The 5oIt was oni tS way co Georges
town at the time and had no cargo.
The vessel was practically new, hav-
ing been built only three years ago,
and vas valued at Sl2 900. 1t was In
sured for only $4,000, with j. II.
Boa twright X Son at Wilmington, y.
G. Although the telegram says total
loss, " Mana ger Love is OF the opinion
that much of the machinery may be
saved The loss falls heavily on Mr..
Love he and not the Chamber OF
Commerce being the owner.
The Highlander was the first and
only boat on the line the Chamber OF
Commerce instituted this spring to
give Columbia water connection with
the coast. The business has steadily
increased since the first trips, and ar
rangements had just been made for
hauling cotton, which would greatly
relieve the situation and for which
the Chamber OF Commerce had been
working for several months. Just
/ what steps will be taken to put IN
other boat in commission on the river
cannot be said at this time, but the re
is no ioubt but that this will be done
as quickly as the Chamber Of Com
merce can make the arrangements.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-06-24
q \. 7I77-I y
THE NUMBER ON BOARD.

1t is VariOuSly estimated that there
were between 800 and 1900 persons
On board the Gen Slocun when she
left the pier at Third street, East
river, though tie Xii ckcrbOcker
Steamship company, which owns the
Slucum, officially states that the num-
Der OF persons was S73, that being
only one third OF the vessels capacity.
1t Is thought however that there
were several hundred children narms,
for whom fares are not usually charE
ed on these trips, on board.
The scene on the decks of the
steamer as she proceeded up the East
river was one of mcrrymaking, cuSto-
mary on such occasions Ihc mass OF
flags tiuttcred in the June brcez", the
bands were playing and the children
were singing, dancing and waving
handkerchiefS and iagS in answer to
the salutatinnS OF those on shore or
from passing steamers ON the cX-
tremc eastern end OF Randalls island,
OF l35th street, there is Il stretch OF
TI ter known as the Sunkcn meadows.
Al, I,hfS point, just as crowds were
watchinS the gaily decorated steamer
from shore the Gen SlOcum took fire
and as the aSe>of the vessel she was
built In 1891 faci resulted in The well
seasoning OF the wool with which she
was almost entirely W. she was
soon a mass OF flame. j.. lame is
said to have broken out in ~ lunch
room ON the forward deck by ne
overturninG OF a pot OF grease. Tbs
wind was high and all Efforts to ex-
tinplliSh the hlayn were futllp
FOR NORTH BHOTHEli ISLAND.
AT l34th street there are several
lumber yards and oil tanks and as
Capt William Van Schaick, in com
mand Of the Gen. Slocum, started To
turn his vessel towards the shore there
he was warned that it would set tire
TO the lumber and oil aid he chang
ed his course for North Brother island,
one OF the twin islands near the en-
trance to the sound some half a mile
away, where the boat partially burned
was beached She sank near THAT
place at l.. - O'Clock "Wednesday
afternoon, two hours and % milute,
after the tire was discovered
In the meantime the passenger!
had become panic stricken and nose
who were not caught up by the Illmc'
rushed to the rear OF the vessel anC
hundreds jumped overheard int TIL,
swiftly running waters. 1t is alleged
that the life prcaerycrS were to- Sc
curely fastened to their holdings TO bc
available and s.pries are tod Of ran
tic efforts made by strong men / cul
them loose but even il they could nave
been torn down they were too hith ~
for the children TO reach 1t is ais;
reported that no attempt was ma ic /,
get out the tire apparatus AT the iirs
cry Of fire" though capt Val
Schaick says that hc Immediately ran,
the bells for getting out the appa
ratus According To several ate
mentS no attempt was made TO pwc
boats or life rafts. Capt Van St aicI
hnd his two pilots namad FL ware
Aan Wart and +. NJ Weaver hay
N2en arrested
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-06-24
In A Cow,a Niaw.

AT Aiken while Strengthening a beef
on Saturday, Mcssrs Lamer X
Thorpe's butcher found lady's gold
clasp bracelet in the animals NAV.
The bracelet is OF IS karat gold and
Is a handsome piece OF jcwelry. The
COW was purchased with a bunch of
cattle from Tennessee market. How
the animal happened to absorb such
valuable food is OF course hard to
guess
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-06-24
Lynchcd by Negroes.

News has reached La Grange, Ca,
that an old nergro by the name or
Jonah Woods, who lived in the coun-
try near Texas court grounds In Heard
county about % miles from La
Grange, was lynched by other negroes.
Wood was deacon in his church and
a piouS old negro. Il is said he dis
covered number Of negroes playing
craps" and threatened that he would
report them to the grand jury. After
wards the church was burned down
and two days later, while plowing In
the fields, he was seized and strung
up to a tree nearby.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-06-24
morac Claim AIlnwch.

a dispatch from Spartanburg says
Congressman johnson has received
notice through the war department
that a Confederate horse claim has
been allowed to J A. GAlamorc OF
Greenvilc county under act OF con
greSs OF Feb, p, 1902 After the sur
render Of Lee, Mr.. Glllamore had a
horse stolen from him by the union
soldiers. The money will he forwarded
by the department in week or two
Congressman Johnson haS many simi-
larclaimS pending,
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-06-24
Ncgrcsa Kills White woman.

News was received Tuesday OF the
killing OF Mrs. Halliday, white wo-
man, by Addie Smith, negro girl, at
Loachapoka Monday night. The
slayer was caught as Notasulga,
small town near Montgomery a
large crowd soon gathered and fearing
violence the sheriff OF Lee county TOOK
the negress to Tuskegee for safe keep
ing. The woman acknowledges kill
Ing Mrs. Holiday.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-06-24
Iicwnrd Cor Adams.

COY. Hayward Wednesday offered a
reward OF $500 for the capture OF II.
a Adams, who escaped Monday night
from the Waltcrhoro Jail Adam Is a
white man, who was sentenced last
June to hang for the murder OF Henry
Jacques. His appeal TO the supreme
court had been dismissed and he was
To be reSentcncod at the August term
OF the court.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-06-24

The Columb a State calls attention
TO the fact that OF the six star" stu
dents graduated from West point this
year, one is from Virginia, one each
from Tennessee, Mississippi and Colo
RADIO, ard two from North Carolina.
They ale all 50 lthern boys except one,
and their records are go, cause for
pride in the section they have 50 well
represented. 1t is really an unusual
showing.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-06-24

WORLDS NOTABLE DISASTERS.
The Burning Of the Slocum One of the
Most Heartrcnding.

The Burning OF the Slocum One of the
Most Heartrcnding.
The burning of the steamer General
Slocum, on last Wednesday morning.
with a loss or probably more than 500
lives, is ore Of the most heartrendiuy
disasters OF recent times. The guests
OF the big steamer were nearly all
children and women, going upon their
annual Sunday school picnic.
Such catastrophe cannot fail to
recall the recent holocaust in Chicago,
when at matinee on the last day OF
1903, the lryuuois theatre, Just e M
pletcd was seized by the fire iiend and
in less than thirty minutes more than
600 people, largely women and chill
drcn, were burned to death, and more
tllan 400 others were manned for life.
Such disasters call to mind the
theatre fire OF Richmond, Va, in
1871; the burning OF the CunwayS-
brook playhouse il 1876, and the fiery
destruction of the Paris theatre IL few
years ago, in Which the leading actress
and many others lost their liv S.
While such cata ,lrCphcS are horrible
to contemplate they do not approach
the horror OF other disasters by lire
Hood and volcanic erupt IN.
All will recall tie eruption Of Nesu
vius in a. ID. -, which buried i'm sand
and lava pomneii IIerculane,,n, md
Stabiae, The lossof life was Ia Ooo
and the cities have never been rchuilt
I,ishnn ,hr ronit,l ~ portnr,l vuf.
fnred nm ,,rtbnuakn in ,-5E vhirh
left tho civ in ruins and ,ool 80 ono
lives
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lInst - ooo livos fr,n an oar,hnu,l,n
in 1873
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The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-06-24
Caused "a Panic.

AT New York a panic among the
passengers III Il Brooklyn car on the
Fulton street line Friday nine persons
received severe injuries, most OF them
requiring attention Of physicians
The panic was caused by the blowing
out OF fuse While the car was running
at high rate or speed. The 'front.'
platform and forward part Of the car
were at once envelopcd in flames, and
the passengers made frantic efforts to
escape. Many jumped, others were
pushed oil the car and others fell and
we're tramped ON before the the car
could De stopped Nearly every pas
scnger suffered some Injury. Mrs.
Julia Calman, - years Old with 4
six months old baby in her arms, was
pushed from the car and received a
fractured skull broken ankle and
severe conclusions OF tile body. The
baby was unhurt and was found asleep
in the mothers arms, Oy an ambulance
phySiCian
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-06-24

At Sim psonville Tuesday afternoon
Jim Tho epson, 6 year-old negro
boy, Will playirg with pistol shot
and inst ntly k He'd 6-months old
infant in the arms or his young Sis
ter. The ball entered the infants
head and gra2ed the breast OF the
young negro holding the child.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-06-24
IL Was Brutal Murder.

The State says Nathan Trucsdalc
uncle OF the negro killed at Clouds
creek on Saturday week, Sworc out a
warrant before Magistrate Little AT
Slluda on Wednesday for Sion Miller,
Joe Miller and Russell Mccormick
Thursday the Millcrs and Mccormick
surrendered themselves to the Shcrin
and are now in Jail The Miller boys
are - and % years old, respectively,
and Mccormick looks to be the
younger OF the three 1t was stated
that Mccormick did the shooting but
tie report cannot be confirmed The
home OF tie Miller boys is not far
from where the homicide occurred
while Mccormick halls from Lcxing-
ton county. lie joined the Nj Ter
boys at Batesburg and was going ON a
visit to MS brother, whose home iS, in
this county. 1t IS not known whether
application will be made for bail on
not. The older OF the Miller boys is
married
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-06-24
Lutte i,y little.

Over a billion iive-cent fares were
paid asst year to the transit companies
of n CIV York city. Fifty million dol
lars Paid In five cents at timel A
vcritablc confirmation OF the little
drops OF water, little grains OF sand
teaching.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-06-24
DnndlN nnl snrrcr.

Tuesday night at a hot supper and
dance given 10y the colored people of
WaltcrbOr, Gus Green, becoming jcal-
Gus Of William Haynes, deliberately
pulled his pistol and shot him dead.
Green was captured and lodged in jail
at O'Clock next morning and this fact
enabled the olicials to discover Sc
early that Adams and Stephens had
escaped.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-06-24
RUSSIANS ADMIT DEFEAT.

A dispatch from ST. Petersburg
says Emperor Nicholas has received
the following telegram, dated June
l6, from Gen. Kuropatkin:
II have received the following dis
patch from Lieut.. Gen. Baron Stakel-
berg. dated June l6, 1920 a. M:
Yesterday | had intended to at
tack the enemy's right flank but just
as our troops had been assigned for
the purpose and were beginning to
successfully cnvelop the enemy'S right
flank, the Japanese in their turn at
tackled my right Hank with superior
forces and l was compelled to retreat
by three roads to the north.
" Our losses are heavy, but they
are not yet completely known.
During the engagement the third
and fourth batteries Of the first ar
tllery brigade were literally cut TO
pieces by the Japanese shells.
"'Of Ii guns, Is were rendered
completely unseless and were aban-
doned.
The conduct of the troops was
excellent, large proportion of them
refusing to retire until after they had
been repeatedly ordered TO do 50.
The Russians deny that there was
anything in the nature OF a rOut The
enemy had over four divisions in
action