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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-04
JUDGM ENTS.

The following judgments were filed yesterday the
first name being that OF the debtor:
Butler Jacob D. Mary l. Keep and Patrick Kellv
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-04-15
HORRIBLE DEEDS
Told by Presbyterian Missionary
to the Can 0 Free State.
TIE CANNABAL ARMY MURDERS
Innocent Women and Children who
Are Captured to Show that
Work of Raidina Villages
is Well Done.
is Well Done.

DR.. w. M. Morrison, Southern
Presbyterian missionary to the Congo
Free State, In an address at Louisville
KY, gave an impressive recital OF
alleged barbarities practiced on the
natives of Congo by the authorities
and Of the obstacles thrown in the
way of their correction by the Of.
ficials.
He said: 81 lived with these peo.
pie seven years, and know what l am
talking about. King Leopold has
there native cannibal army OF
twenty thousand men, oflicered by
white BelgianS and armed with
repeating rifles. They are men re.
presenting the worst and most savage
type OF natives, caught and carried
far from their homes and forced into
military service. In turn this soldiery
is used to compel the natives to bring
in enormous tribute Of ivory and rub
ber. 1t Is worth nothing that the
King Of Belgium is today is reputed tc
be the largest dealer in ivory and rub
ber in the world.
AS result Of forced military serv.
ice and labor, great and unspeakable
cruelties are practiced on the natives
have seen five thousand fleeing tC
the forests to escape the cannibal
soldiers OF King Leopold. / have
seen soldiers securing through the
forests catching men wanted by the
government as laborerS and taking
the captives away with ropes tied
around their necks.
Raids upon villages are constantly
made, some are killed. others sold intn
captivity and Others forced into labor
and military service. One can buy
all the slaves wanted for ten or fifteen
dollars each. In these raids innocent
women and children are killed or cap
tured. Their hands are cut of to b,
taken back TO the Belgian officers tu
show that The work has been well
done. On one OF these raids near the
mission stations, one OF our mission
aries counted eighty hands cut of
drying by fire to be taken to all
officer and forty-iive dead lying near.
The Belgian government make {,
stereotyped denial OF all charges.
have seen personally the Governor OF
the Congo Free State aud have beel
in the palace of the King Of Belgium
net ther will do any thing. The British
| government is interested,in the situa
| tiCp. Consul Roger Easement. as th,
Is silsiI-sa2 sFesent tat.7t
to Congo, has Just made a tour Of in
yestigation. His report Is now in th,
hands Of the government at Washing
ton and presents Il most deplorabl,
SituaeiOn -
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-04-15
Rioting Follows Strike.

Although it was announced Tues
day night that the strike at the
American Can compauy's plant in
Chicago had been settled the rioting
around the place was tiercer Weducs.
day than 1t has been at any time and
one man, John Nichols. lost his life
by a bullet fired, it is said, from a
train on which were number OF non
union men being taken back to the
city after the conclusion OF the days
work. The lighting beagn early in the
morning, when 300 Greeks who have
been employed during the strike at.
tempted to come to the factory. They
were met at the gates by a large num-
Der OF union pickets who attacked
them with stones and clubs. a large
detachment Of the police had their
hands full in protecting the Greeks
when shot fired from the crowd
aroused the Greeks to fury. Those
who had entered the factory came
pouring out armed with knives and
revolverS and attempted to attack the
union men and their sympathizcr who
were aSSaulting those Greeks who
had rot yet reached the gateway
Tie police after desperate struggle
managed to keep the two bodies OF
men apart. In this iiehta number OF
men were battered up. At night
when the 300 Greeks left the plant
they we're attacked by mob fully
10000 strong that pelted them with
stones, sticks and bottles.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-04-15
Students Shoot a Man.

AT Lexington, Ky, Coley Hayden,
10 years old, was shot at the State
college baseball park Friday by Lee
Andersen, State college student,
who was acting as guard at the park.
The bullet entered Hayden's left
shoulder and inflicted serious wound.
Police Capt. Brown went to the park
to arrest Anderson. AS soon as Ander-
son learned his mission, he pulled his
revolver and declared he would not
submit to arrest. A crowd Of 200
State college students backed him up
in his refusal. Capt Brown rushed
in before he could shoot, however, and
after a tusslc, dsarmed Anderson. He
was placed under arrest and
the students made no further
attempt to keep him from the
police. Later he was released
on bond. The State college and
Central university were engaged in a
game Of baseball, and Hayden was
looking on through crack in the
fence. Anderson ordered him away
when, it is said, Hayden cursed him.
Anderson there upon shot him with
out further words.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-04-15
Gave Life for Friend.

-Four men lost their lives in an cx-
plcsion Friday at the Pintsch Gas
COMPRISING company's plant in south
west Washington. The dead are:
stephen Henson, Charles w. GrigSby,
Joseph Cumberland and an unknown
negro. Henson, Cumberland and the
negro were instantly killed. Grigsby
was seriously burned and died at the
hospital. His injuries were the re-
suit Of an heroic attempt to rescue
his comrades. He rushed into the
engine room and catching the arm Of
Cumberland, who was buried in the
debris, tried to drag him out. The
flames rapidly enveloped GrigSby but
he released his hold on Cumberland
only after the arrival Of the iiremen.
He told the hospital physicians that
the disaster was caused by the gas be.
coming too high and the inability OF
the men to find the leak. "Tht
room" said he, must have been full
the gas kept rising and the roof wa.
blown off ~
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-04-15
n Trust Buster"

Congressman John w. Gaines, of
Tennessee, in speech against an APP
preparation for building a road in
Alaska, said that his constituents
needed good roads and besides were
oppressed by trusts, but the oppres-
sion of the ice trust had been relieved
by Chief Justice Alton b. Parker and
others in New York, when the Demo
Gratis applaudcd the name of Parker,
and MIR. Gaines again provoked ap-
plausc on the minority side by saying:
" We are going to put him in the White
House. lie is going to crush the bal
ance of the trusts in this country,
Which the RepublicanS will never do. y
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-04-15
Great Vrust Gro,ycr

inquest, nably Theodore Roosc-
velt is the greatest friend tile trusts
ever had, judging from the figures.
Under eight years OF Cleveland $3.50 :
OOO,O worth Of industrial trusts
were formed, under Mckinley about
81, 200, 10000, while under Roosevelt
the capitalization of these concerns
reached the fabulous sum of So, ,670,-
900, 600. Never in the history Of the
world have the trusts lourShcd in
such rank iuXuriance as they have
under the benign influence of Abdul
Roosevelt.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-04-15

any interest Ia the situation that is
attracting attention to the middle
south-the southern France OF Amer
ica-and thus far effectively. am
trying to see all who are interested In
any way, for feel that. those who
invest or settle In South Carolina have
a bright future awaiting them. When
the waste places have been populated
the act under which we are operating
is SO constructed that we can turn our
attention to other plans Of develop
ment as the necessity for them ar
riveS.
There Is no part Of the country
that offers so many inducements as
does the middele south Just new to
the native and foreign settler and
investor. Our State department has
just been launched, but believe 1T is
constructed upon better and broader
lines than any similar State depart
ment in the country, and l expect
noteworthy results. We are now in a
position to offer to the desirable farm
er from across the water lands upon
which he can raise something the
year round, and with due considera-
tion to all conditions l cannot see
wherein the element Of failure enters.
| know we have obstacles to sur
mount, but obstacles are ever an
clement in the success Of any import
ant undertaking which is Of itself &
departure from the beaten tracks.
AN the Southern States are begin
ming to awaken to the value of their
own resources, and it is safe to pre-
dict that in the next few years this
part Of the United States will become
Il considerable factor in the produc-
tion Of the wealth of the country at
large. Eastern capital is at this time
paying more attention to southern
land and other investments than ever
before, and the spirit Of progress is
today running strong in places where
a few years ago the people seemed to
be ignorant Of their opportunities -
EaW York SIM
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-04-15
INC New Stnnns.

The new series Of stamps commem-
orative Of the Louisiana purchase ex-
pf sition will he placed on sale by the
poStoilicc department April 80 and
will be continued till December lst.
The designs are as follows: One cent,
with portrait of RObG. II. Livingston.
United States minister to France.
who &C Quoted the purchase negotia-
lions; two cent, red, portrait Of Thos.
Jellels)n, president at the time the
purchase was made; three cent, pur-
pie, portrait Of Jas. Monroe special
ambassador to France; five cents, blue,
portrait William Mckinley, who as
president approved the act of con-
greSS cilcially connected with the
exposition: ten cent, brown, bearing
United States map, showing the ter
ritOry Of the purchase
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-04-15
This is one clipping Mr.. Howard

This is one clipping Mr.. Howard
sends:
The Hartford Post lightly says:
-Four Waterbury hotels were plum
full the other night when a colored
clergyman applied for room in one
after another OF them 1t is for this
reason that SO many northerncrs see
tit to protest against the introduction
of Jim Crow cars in the south. They
have an easier method here. Spring.
field Republican.
This is another:
Tables Of figures showing the i'm
migration of foreigners into Nw
England during 1908 have just ben
completed by Rev, Joel S. Ives of
Hartford, who for the past four Vars
has conducted Il census OF the forign
population of the six States in bUalf
Of the Congregational Home Mission
airy society According to his figures,
the influx Of foreigners last ycf was
as follows: Maine, 1897; New uamp-
shire, 1861; Vermont, l,6l1; Hassa-
chusctts, %, 1871; Rhode Island 8 ,467,
and q, nnecticut, 2l,8l3, a Dtal Of
l02, ,506. Southern Europe supplied
a great number Of these immigrants,
for Of the total %, l5l were italians
and 1877 Poles. ."--Springield Re-
publican.
The third clipping l givt is from
the same paper, the Sprinsiield Re-
publican:
The south wants white immigra-
ton, but is denied it; and why that
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-04-15
MIR. WATSON TALKS.
The Commissioner of immigration
Tells New York Paper
8 OF NEW STATE DEPARTMENT.
Commissioners Watson Makes State
ment OF What He Hopes to
Accomplish In Bringing
Whitc Labor Here.

BY an act of the South Carolina
legislature which went into effect on
Feb. 26 there was created in the State
a department Of agriculture, COM
merce and immigration. e j. Wat.
sG of Columbia, a representative of
the new generation Of energetic young
business men who are the impelling
force back Of the recent awakening Of
southern industries and commercial
activity, has been selected by Gov.
Hayward as the first commissioner of
the new department..
4 Mr.. Watson has been in New York
for several days on business connected
with his office. This summer he will
make g trip 20 Denmark, Norway,
I Sweden and Germany, with view
ito presenting the advantages OF South
Carolina as field for the desirable
class OF immigrants who come from
those countries. Speaking ~Wcdnes-
day Of his visit to New York and OF
the circumstances which led to the
creation Of the department Of which
he is the head Mr.. Watson said:
PAScSuOC Ill NC" VI II lU ulllo
time is due to the new conditions that
have arisen in the middle south, and
it Is no unmeaning errand considered
In the light Of the development Of the
country. The rapid development Of
southern manufacturing and the con-
sequenJ robbing OF the fields Of the
white tenant farmer class, the demon
stration given to the world last fall Of
the dependency Of its cotton manu-
featuring interests on the south for
raw material, not alone in this coun-
try but aDroad-these and the ten
dency of the resro to move TO tile
centres Of population and thence to
the east are the three essentials to be
considered.
1t is perhaps a strange and yet not
unexpected condition that the very
rapid development Of the manufac-
turing industry Of the sOuth-particu-
larly in my State-should result in in
Jury to g.icultural interests. The
explanation, however, is easy. When
we went ahead and put nearly s4O,-
600, 1000 into costons mills, which could
sonly be operated WI. lite labor for
reasons it is not necess Rhp discuss,
we Simply robbed our tields of the
te tenant farmer class and left
saGEianltrra. interests in su' 4 a
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-04-15
Served Him Right.

AT Savannah, Ga, Henry Olson was
found guilty in The United States
court Wednesday morning of shang-
haiing sailors out of Savannah. A re.
ceipt was shown in court Indicating
that Olson mad received $3.50 for the
shipping of eight negroes who were
subsequently discharged penniless in
Bristol, Eng, whence they were re.
turned to this country by the Ameri.
can council. There are other cases OF
a similar character against Olsen.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-04-15
BACK FROM NEW YORK
Commissioner Watson Well Pleased
With Prospect for Immigration.
GREAT 1NTEREsT IN gHE EAST.
The south's Opportunities for ses-
tiers and Investments Are #
Attracting ngAttention
inAll Classes.

q $ ~
The Columbia State says Col e. ].
Watson, Commissioner of commerce
and immigration of South Carolina,
returned Wednesday evening after
ten days "trip to New York in the
interest Of the new work OF which he
has been placed in charge.
The commissioner has the faculty
Of taking up everything he does un-
dertake with enthusiasm, and this in
stance Is no exception. He is highly
pleased with the results of his trip
and seems fully imbued with a deter
mination to accomplish something In.
the field to which he has been called.
The interview and editorial is re-
produced from the New York Sun
show that Col. Watson caught on"
in New York, as such paper as The
Sun does not open its columns to a
nobody.
Soon after reaching the city
Wednesday night Col. Watson had a
talk with Gov. Hayward and the
governor was we'll please with the IN
formal report which he made. Wednes-
day the governor received the follow
ing note from Mr.. William Williams
of the New York department. of COM
merce and labor:
Mr.. e. J. Watson, the hheadd of
your department Of agriculture, COM
merce and immigration called at ELLIS
Island today with your letter Of in
productions; 1t gave me great pleas
ure to see him and I will assist him
to the extent of my ability on his
present mission to the east" ~
When seen Wednesday night Com
missioner Watson talked most inter-
estingly of his trip and the prospects
for his work. While all that he had
learned, considered and undertaken
could not be reviewed in the time
then at his disposal, he consented to
tell of few things that had come un-
der his observation.
Il have been in the east, he said,
for the last ten days giving the most
earnest attention to the southern Inn
migration problem, and arranging all
the preliminaries for the founding of
the work of the new State department
upon substantial basis. / knew at
the outset that the work was one of
man ami6cations, and that speedy
actilh and vigorous measures would
be necessary. Since stud VI lt1S
diticnsland Il lS sEY
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-04-15

The Chicago board OF education has
condemned the vertical system Of
writing. Through its Official bulletin
the board says: 1T is an injustice to
the child to impose system of hand
writing upon him and force him to
adhere to it through his growing years
at the cost OF not only suppresSing his
individuality in this acquired mode Of
expression, but also at the sacrifice of
his time and the mental nucncy that
comes with the ease which accompan-
les a mode of expression fitting the
individuals characteristics.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-04-15
SHOT BY CoNsTABLEs.
They Were Assaulted by One White
Man and Two Negroes.

a dispatch from Charleston to The
State says NJ. S. Sullivan, lineman
of the Postal Telegraph company, was
shot and seriously, perhaps fatally,
wounded in an atfray with State Con-
stables ]. L. Owens and G. II. Hud-
son, which occurred Thursday night
on the steam launch Hornet, between
| l and IL o'clock on the cove beach at
Mount Pleasant. The shooting grew
out OF the capture of contraband IL
quor which Sullivan was conveying
from the Clyde wharf to storehouse
on the water front. Two negro men
were with Sullivan at the time, one of
whom, it is said, was also wounded by
the constables. Their names could
not be learned, for neither has
been seen since the affair. Both ne
groes fled from the boat, it is said,
when the shooting commenced.
1t is not positively known which
constable shot Sullivan. AT the ST.
Francis Xavier infirmary Thursday,
Sullivan. it is alleged, stated that
he was shot by Constable Owens and
that the negro was shot by Constable
Hudson. Sullivan is thought to be in
critical condition. He was brought
to the city Thursday about 3
a. m. and sent to the mfr nary. An
operation was performed upon him
and it was found that the ball had
passed through his left arm, ento red
the side and perforated the intestincs
in six different places. The bullet
was not located.
Con,tables Hudson and Owens ar
rived in the city this morning at 80
o'clock with 10 gallons of whislley,
which they had captured from the
Hornet, Su!liYan's iauuci, having
hired row boat at Mount Pleasant
and rcwed the goods over to Charles
ton. Chief Constable Holmes was
Immediately notified of the shooting
of Sullivan and the capture of the H.
Quor. Chief State Constable Hammet
was informed Of tue shooting early
Friday morning by Constable Holmes
and he is expected in the city soon
to make an Investigation. Consta-
blcS Owens and Hudson, acting upon
the advice Of Constable Holmes, sur
rendered to Sheriff Martin about IL
o'clock Thursnay and were sent to
jail to await further developments.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-04-15
Had Noncto Cut.

The House OF Representatives in
Washington was considering a bill to
prohibit the docking of horses tails.
Congressman Perkins was speaking in
favor of the measure when he was in
tcrrupted by Mr.. Cooper OF Wiscon-
sin, who asked: Why does anybody
dock a horses tail?" Mr.. Perkins re-
piled: Chiefly because it looks a great
deal better. Why do you cut your hair
instead of having it down over your
Sholdcrs?' The lIumor Of this reply if
any, lies in the fact that Mr.. Cooper
is about as bald as a turnlp.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-04-15
stoicaI Death of white Horse.

SiXty-three Indians in special car
en- route to Washington to see the
President were smashed into by a
mail train on the Chicago g. North
western, two miles west of Haywood
Ill, Friday morning during heavy
fog. Three Indians were killed in
stantly, three fatally wounded and 20
others more or less seriously injured.
White Horse in charge Of the Indians
on the train, was fatally injured. The
bodies OF the Indians who had been
killed were laid on the prairie beside
the the track. Chief White Horse
being carried with them. He said
that he knew that death was near and
requested that he be placed near his
dead companions. The chief was
propped up and sat stoically while
physicians worked on his injuries. He
smoked a pipe quietly, and gave no
sign OF the pain he must have suffer
ed. Persons on the train say the
wreck was unques ionably caused by
a fog, which stretched many miles
from Lake Michigan. The Indians
were from the reservation at Rush
vile, Nebraska, and on journey east
ward primarily for show purposes at
New York
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-04-15

section In vain seeks to attract such
immigration is thus stated by the
Wilmington IN. C.) Star:
AS long as we lynch in the south,
and furthermore draw our guns and
shoot each other to death on the
streets, we are wasting time in estab-
fishing immigration bureaus. People
will be deferred from immigrating to
q State where big murder record Is
made year in and year out.
The Charleston News and Courier
says Of this that that is the plain
truth plainly spoken. Only the des-
perately adventurous and most unde-
slrable would seek residence in COM
munity or State where citizeh's abil-
lty to draw pistol and shoot first Is
MS greatest security Such talk
from southern newspapers is very en-
encouraging. No situation, however
bad, is hopeless where the truth finds
outs pokcn and fearless utterance."
Whereupon Mr.. Howard comments
as follows:
There are knitting, cutting, shoot
ing and crimes of all sorts so per cent.
more in New England than in the
SOUTH"
l wish to add that MIR. e. j. Wat.
son, the State commissioner, has in.
formed me that it is his purpose to
communicate with Mr.. Howard with
the view OF ascertaining how he can
advance the cause Of immigration to
the south in New England.
1t is such men as Mr.. Mattheson
and Mr.. Howard and such railroads as
the Southern that advance in Il prac-
tical way the main purposes Of the
bureau Of immigration. Let them be
encouraged and sustained for the
public good. JNo. p. THOMAS.
March 30, 1904.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-04-15
Five Were Drowned.

Five persons, members of pleasure
party from the Florida Methodist COL
lege at Sutherland, Fla, were
drowned near Anclote light house
Sunday night The dead are: Mrs
Walker, wife Of the president of the
college.
Mss O'Connor Of Atlanta.
Miss Slaughter OF Sutherland.
Miss McCray of Sutherland
Mr.. Bouland Of Sutherland.
President Walker and Miss Newton
reached the beach alive. The bodies
of Mrs. Walker and Miss O'Connor
have not yet been recovered. The
bodies Of the other thee who lost
their lives were washed ashore on the
beach and recovered. President
Walker Dad taken the party out for a
cruise to the house, but met with
rough weather and the boat was over
turned in the gulf. The Florida
Methodist college is located at Suther.
land, on the west coast or the gulf,
about 30 miles from Tampa.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-04-15
She Played The Races,

The story is circulating in official
circles and exclusive society, that
Miss Alice Roosevelt has been banished
to New York for the rest OF the
Washington racing season because she
made let's on races and was photo.
graphed in the act by some photo
grapher on the grounds. The mar
who took the snap shots tried to sci
the pictures to newspapers, but the
president and friends suppressed the
pictures.