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The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-11-25
Citation For Letters of Administration

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
MARLBORO COUNT. BY Milton
McLaurin, Judge OF Probate.
\hIHEnEAs, John Bass hta Aapde suts le
Wv me to grant unto linn Letters 81
Administration of the Esla,a ard Eject.
OF Frank Quick deceased.
Those are therefore to oitl ana adacn.st
all and singular the kindred aud c,e3isor.
Of the said Frank Quick, deoeasad .hc
they be and appear before no IL the cul,,
Of Probate to be held at Rannoitayi,.o GA
the 25th day Of November, tgoa. efta. p,.b
lication thereof, ut II o'cla.r in ,ha fore
noon, to show cause, if any the Aavs b,
said administration should ne. be rr .r. i B
Givea under my hand, ;ta 9ih aus d
November A. D., 1904
MILTON Mel hI R{N,
Nov, II, 1904. Judge OF l>rotG;s.
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For further information call j. T. MEDIIN agent Bennete s.
Chcraw r. r.. Bcnnesvle s. c. address w,
t. = A. SEABoARD AIR LINE RY., Columbia S. c..
The Imperial press., 1904-12-17
INTERVALS FIRST SHOW
Georgia MinstreIs Are We'll Patron
 iZed

\ third-class edition of the Georgia Minstrels exhibited here Saturday night in d large tent. IL was the first travel ing show that ever came to Imperial and its showy appearance belIed it's real wortlI-iUr fl others to come are like 1t may there never be a second.
 About twenty-five performers were in the cast varying in color from the black est African tO a light chocolate cream.
 The prices of admission were seventy five cents and $l.OO, and about 450 tickets and as many people were badly sold. The performance was pDor, the jokes old and. with one or two excep- tions, the singing was worse.
 An after concert was given of the same general character as the main show and tickets were sold to matinee that never happened. for to avoid a worse fate, the Georgia minstrels Fold ed their tents like the Arabs and si- lently stole away"
The Imperial press., 1904-12-17

and checking ihc rrogress ui the great work of the company aud tof thc pur' rssse ui transmittiug to you ns much tight ulun the subject as possible, | mail to your address pamphlct con. taining my sruccch e. the settler deliver rd ou the 18th day of July. together with newspaper comments. interviews and photographs showing the progress heretofore made. and the final agree mrut
 My address is correct history of the enterprise. aud while | do not expect that you will take the time to read it, ur the newspaper comments and inter. views. still trust you will read the in. trpiuction, and also on page 2l, under the caution of "A Government Eu- giuccr's Rad Break" which is marked with blue pencil This libclous pub- hshed interview and the remarks ot others in the service has caused the company irrcparahle loss; not only that, but Is has injured the people in the Valley, and tn consequence the State of California.
 Not q single statement nude by him in the interview concerning the com
  comment thereon Is just, and explains my attitude.
 This letter is addressed to you for the purpose of opening negotiations Tor the acquisition of the plant by the Imperial Valley Water Users Association, through government ail. And, as the corporation owning the property IS negotiating for funds to complete the system and tO equip 1t with machinery to operate the same thereafter, It is necessary to know within a reasonable time whether or not your department will consider the acquisition oi the plant for the Imperial Valley Water Users Association in connection with the Yuma project.
 The demand upon the company for water k constantly increasing and IL behoOyes the company tO arrange its finances immediately tn order to im prove the system aud augment the supply to the end that the settler and the business interests of the Valley may be reassured.
 will be at the Holland House, city of New York, on and after the 10th day nt September until about the 2Oth of said month, where a communication will reach me. should you desire an interview, will be glad to call upon you in Washington to discuss details.
 Trusting that We may be able to ad just all the differences amicably be tween the settlers, the government and ourselves, sO that the largest, most com prehensive and successful irrigation and colonization enterprise in America may progress without further interruption, am, sir, Yours most sincerely.
 4. H. HEBER,
 President and General Manager
The Imperial press., 1904-12-17
Imperial Valley Not the Lowest Place
 On Earth

The altitude of Death Valley, Cali iornia, al it's lowest part, near Ben nett's Wells, is stated by the State Min ming Bureau oi California to be 427 feet below the level of the sea. The water in the wells in the valley contains much mineral in solution There are few small springs in the canOns bordering the valley, but none of these springs are perennial. al.-CitrOgraph.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-03-18
JAP'S VERSION OF FOURTH
ATTACK ON PORT ARTHUR

Toxic. March 14.-Admiral Togo's
report of the fourth attack on Port
Arthur by the japanese fleet on
March 10 is as follows:
Our squadron attacked the enemy
at Port Arthur on March 10. Our
two torpedo fotillas reached the
mouth of the harbor at Port Arthur
at ! o'clock in the morning Find
ing no enemy and waiting until dawn.
one fiotlla engaged in sinking special
mines in the harbor entrance. Not
withstanding the enemy's fire our
fiotilla succeeded in sinking the
mines. The other fiotilla met the en-
emy's torpedo fotilla consisting of
siN boats in the channel south OF Port
Arthur, at 1870 o'clock. a hot en-
gagement occurred at close range Tor
30 minutes. The enemy then took
flight.
"Our fire greatly damaged the Rus
sian ships, one of which was badly
crippled by shot through the boil
ers, and another was observed to be
on fire. So close were the two flotil-
las to each other that our destroyers.
the ASashio, Kasumi and Akatsuki
nearly touched the enemys ships and
our crews could even hear the cries
of agony of the injured men on
them. We sustained some damage
and loss. The Akatsuki had steam
pipe broken and four stokers We're
killed thereby. Our loss was seven
killed and eight wounded.
Our other flotilla while leaving
the harbor entrance observed two
Russian torpedo boats coming from
seaward and Immediately engaged
them, the battle lasting one hour
After causing them severe damage
one of them escaped but our de.
stroyer, the Sasanami, captured the
other boat, which proved to be tie
Stereguschtchi.
Notwithstanding the land bat
teries pouring a heavy fire on our
| flotilla the captured vessel was taken
in tow. Owing to the high sea the
tow line soon parted and the Sasa-
J nami found it necessary to take the
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-03-18

BULLETINS
OF THE WAR
SSSsSs@sSSSSsSsssSS@
+ Latest Incidents Of the Rus
Sian-JapaneSe Struggle
in the Far East.
WARSAlPS
ROMBARD PORT ARTHUR

ST. Petersburg. March 1.-THE
czar has received the following mes
sage from Niceroy AleXieff, dated
Mukden, March 10:
THE commandant of the fortress
at Port Arthur reports that at about
l o'clock this morning vessels. appar-
emily torpedo boats. were seen at sea
within the area swept by our search
lights. Our batteries opened fire up
on these vessels. Our torpedo boats
put out to sea at 2:i0 II. M. and at
about 4 o'clock met the enemy west
of the Lao Tshn lighthouse. After
firing several shots the enemy retired
to the south in the direction of Shan
dun. Our torpedo boats returned to
the harbor at o'clock.
Later torpedo boats were again
sent to sea to reconnoitcr. They re-
turned in half an hour. having learn
ed that an enemy's squadron was np-
preaching.
AT 8 o'clock the Japanese opened
fire upon our cruisers and the fort
ress. The enemy had IA ships. and
fired the entire time from behind
Iiao Tishn.'
Toxic, March 1t.-RuSsian and
Japanese mounted scouts met north
of Ping Yang on Wednesday. After
brief engagement the Russians re-
treated. No casualties are reported
on either side.
The Nagasaki correspondent of the
Daily Express asserts that 100000
troops have been shipped fromJapan.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-03-18
PORT ARTHUR HARBOR
is ALMOST CLOSED

London. March IA CORES pom
dent of the Daily Mail at New Chwang
says that after the removal of the
battleship RetviZan four Russian
steamers, the lIarhin, the Hailar, the
Ninguta and the Sungari were an
chored at the mouth of the entrance
to Port Arthur in proper position and
sunk, leaving only small channel
available, Vice Admiral Makarotf hav-
ing previously ordered the whole
fleet to remain outside, steam up,
economy in coal being unnecessary.
The Daily Mail thinks that if Vice
Admiral Makarotf closed the channel
gress of Japanese torpedo boat de-
stroyers, us was done at Wei-Hai-
Wei during he Chino-Japanese war.
The Standards Toxic correspon-
dent says that, according to Il dis
patch from Gen. San, the Russians
are believed to be Withdrawing from
the northeast frontier of Korea and
concentrating at Vladivost ok.
Toxic, March 1j.-Engineer Nina
msawa, the heroic officer of the tor
pedo boat destroyer Kasumi, has been
honored for his gallantry. He has
been given the Order Of the kyte, the
Order of the Rising Sun, and pro-
noted from engineer to chief en-
gineer. The Order of the Kyle is the
Japanese equivalent of the British
Victoria Cross and the American
medal of honor. Chief Engineer r
Minamisawa is the first to whom the
iytc has been awarded for heroism
n war. 1t is improbable that he will
survive his wounds.
ST. Petersburg, March 15.-Gen.
Lilinski telegraphs as follows:
"On March I our patrol discovered
four of the enemy's posts on the
'hong-Cheng-Ang river and Il troop
f cavalry acting as scouts near
patechen, northwest of Anju. A Jap
anese cavalry patrol fell into an am
huscade prepared by our patrol and
were dispersed, losing one killed.
The japanese left behind them a
| quantity of guncotton and some
swords and blankets. The popula-
tion of Manchuria is quiet.
THE population along the Tumen
river is favorable to U.S.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-03-18
AN Atten,pt at Murder in Thenter.

New York, March 15.-Great excite.
ment was caused at the American
theater last night by what appears
To have been deliberate attempt to
shoot one of the performers by man
who sat in stage box. During the
third act of the play the manager,
while passing one of the boxes, heard
man within exclaim, there he is.
I'm going to get revenge" lmmedi-
ately afterwards n shot was fired and
two men ran out of the box. Edward
Cain, the treasurer of the house, at
tempted to stop them, but was
knocked down and one of the men
Ared at him, but missed.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-03-18
lNDEClSlvE BATTLE
OFF PORT ARTHUR

st. Petersburg. March 12.-The EN-
peror has received message from
Niceroy AleNietf. which says:
admiral Makaroff, commanding
the feet, reports from Port Arthur
as follows:
six torpedo boats which went out
to sea the night of March 10, four of
them being under command of Capt.
Mattoussevitch. encountered the
enemy's torpedo boats followed by
cruisers.
"A hot action ensued in which the
charged Whitehead torpedo and
sunk one of the enemy's torpedo
boats. On the way back the torpedo
boat destroyer Stereguschtc sus-
stained damages; her engine was dis
abled and she began to founder. BY
s o'clock in the morning five of our
torpedo boat destroyers had return
ed. When the critical position of the
Stereguschtchi became evident |
hoisted my flag on the cruiser Novi@
and went with the Novik and the
cruiser Boyarin to the rescue. But
as five of the enemy's cruisers sur
rounded our destroyer and as their
battleship squadron was approaching,
! did not succeed in saving the Stere-
guschtchi. which foundered. Part of
the crew was made prisoners and
part was drowned.
ION the ships which participated in
the night attack, one officer was seri-
ously and three others were slightly
wounded, two soldiers were killed,
and is wounded.
AT o o'clock II of the cnemy's ships
assembled before Port Arthur and a
bombardment was begun with the
heavy guns of their battleship squad
ron AT long range.
This lasted until o'clock in the
afternoon. The damage to our ves-
sells was insignificant and they are
again ready for battle. Our losses
were ten officers slightly wounded,
one soldier killed and four soldiers
wounded.
"A bombardment at such distance
must be considered ineffective, but
the japanese cruiser Takasago is re-
and says that Decentralization is pro-
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-03-18
Big Tunnel FInlshed.

New York, March l2.-Begun 80
years ago and twice abandoned for
long periods because cf accidents and
financial difficulties, the driving of
the bore of the Hudson river tunnel,
connecting Fourteenth street, Jersey
City, with Morton street, on Man
haitian Island was finished Friday.
So great had been the accuracy of
the plans of Chief Engineer Charles
NJ. Jacobs that when the ends of the
tunnel met there was not the varia-
tion of hair in the courses of the
Jersey section and the New. York
beading,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-03-18
Marx Confesscs Another Crlml.

Chicago, March l4.-Gustav Marx,
one of the three car barn bandits now
under sentence of dealh, declared
Sunday that he was one of three men
who held up the Chicago & North
western express train at Tower w,
near DeKalb, four years ago. The
crime was one of the most desperate
ever committed in or about Chicago,
and the identity of the bandits has
remained mystery to the police un-
til now. Marx says both his confed-
crates in the crime are dead and re-
fuses to give their names. The rail
way authorities admitted loss OF
100000 by the robbery.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-03-18

crew from the Russian boat and
abandoned the Stereguschtchi, which
finally sank.
The enemy's cruisers. the Novile
and Bayan. steamed out of the en-
trance of the harbor toward us, but
observing the approach of our cruiser
squadron, retired to the harbor.
Our flotlla suffered some damage,
but not heavy. The Sasanami and
the Akatsuki had two sailors killed
and sub-licutenant of the Akatsuki
and three sailors were wounded.
according to observations made
by one of our cruisers facing the en-
trance. the bombardment was re-
markably effective. During our cam
nonade the enemys land batteries
fred, but none of our ships suffered
any damage. Another cruiser squad
ron went to Talien Wan and bonn
barded the euemy's fortress on Sam
shantao. damaging the buildings
thereon
London. March 1.-THE rumor of
the evacuation of Port Arthur is re-
peated this morning from different
points. but it is absolutely without
confirmation.
In IA dispatch from ollio cores
pondent of the Daily Telegraph says
that in the latest attack on Port Ar
thur two Russian torpedo boat de-
stroyers were sunk and great dam
age was done to the docks, forts and
arsenals, including the explosion of Il
powder magazine. Dafny is report
ed to have been almost entirely de-
stroyed. Several guns there were dis
mounted and the crews of four tor
pedo boats in the inside harbor are
said to have deserted.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-03-18

Thibet is a wonderful country and
a strange people. Think of tract Of
land where hot springs abound, round
which the deposits are of such rain.
bow tints as blue, purple, green, red
and yellow. 1t is easy to imagine that
the landscape effects of such colorlng
are wondrous. The social customs Of
the people are scarcely less astound-
ing. Polygamy is common where the
men are rich enough. for wives seem
TO be a question of wealth. When
poverty renders 1t necessary or ex-
pedient several men will have one wife
in common.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-03-18

The total area of California is 1885,.
3GO square miles. The Japanese
islands cover not quite the same
amount of space. The population Of
California is not quite 100000. Ja-
pan numbers 44,000,0OO people. In
other words, 80 times as many people
are living in the same space in Japan
as in California. If the whole United
States was as thickly populated as is
Japan the population of this country
would be 1,0OO,O0O,0OO human beings,
or 100,000000 more than the present
estimated population of the planet we
inhabit.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-03-18

The predominant and characteristic
color in the uniforms of the Russian
army is dark green. The infantry wear
double breasted blouses and knicker.
bockers of that color. The foot
guards and grenadlers have bright coll
ored pipings and facings on their
green coats. Some of the lancers wear
blue. and the cars hussars are bril-
liant In scarlet. The Cossacks wear
mostly dark blue or green coats. But
the general effect. the prevailing tone,
1s dark green. except In the hot
months. when white is the leading
note.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-03-18

One of the queerest, and perhaps
the smallest, regular mail routes in
the United States has been in use
now for a number of years between
the states of New Jersey and Penn
sylvania. The mail is carried by a
little model steamboat, built by ma
chinist to please his son. 1t runs
along the side of the Delaware river,
in New Jersey, the boy making regular
trips in 1t, and carrying mail to three
antilles on the opposite shore. The
little steamer has met with but one
accident.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-03-18
Treaty win Sultan Of suru Dead.

Washington, March 15.-Secretary
Taft was heard Monday by the house
committee or insular affairs on the
pending bill "to provide for the more
efficient administration of civil gov.
ernment in the Philippines" Pre-.
vious to the hearing Chairman Cooper
read to the committee the following
cablegram sent by Secretary Taft
March ., abrogating the Bates treaty
between the United States and the
sultnn of Snlm and his dAttos.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-03-18

Tho statistical committee of the
province of Voronezh, Russia, fairly
representative district, shows that the
average farmers family consists OF
eight persons; that their gross annual
revenue is Sl05 in money and S1O7 in
farm products. They spend for taxes
and rent $4S.S0; for clothing, SS.4S;
for tea and sugar, $196; for furniture,
s1.64; for salt, s1.2O; for kerosene, SS
cents; for soap 80 cents; for "arti-
cles of personal comfort" cents.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-03-18

Red-haired people are less subject
to badness than others. A doctor ex-
plains the matter thus: The hair OF
the red-haired is relatively thick, one
red hair being almost as thick as five
or three brown hairs. With 10000
red hairs the scalp is well thatched.
whereas with the same number of fine
hairs one is comparatively bald 1t
fakes nearly 100000 fair and 10000
brown hairs to cover adequately an
ordinary head.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-03-18

The most astonishing strength OF
the Russian army is in its cavalry
branch. The agricultural department
at Washington estimates that in all
the world there are about 65,oo0, 900
horses. The Russian empire alone has
30,000,000 horses, or nearly half Of the
grand total. In the regular army OF
the czar there are no less than half a
million horses. and this number in
time of war might be easily doubled.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-03-18

A curious feature connected with
the Servian army is the manner in
which most of the regiments carry the
big drum. 1t is not, as in most coun-
tries, slung in front of the man who
plays it, but is placed upon a two
wheeled cart drawn by single dog,
which has been so trained that 1t
keeps its place even through the long
est and most tedious of marches. The
drummer takes up a position behind
the cart and performs on the instru.
ment as the animal pulls it along.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-03-18

Pundita Ramabai is doing great
work for India's widows and girls at
Khedgaon, Bombay presidency. She
has 1,750 girls whom she is educating.
Hundreds of them have been baptized
and are church members. In the Bible
training institution are as young wom-
en- who, at their own request. are be-
ing trained for mission work among
their own people.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-03-18

In the growing OF cut flowers the
greatest advances, says the Worlds
Work, have been made with roses,
carnations and violets. There now an
nually sold in this country s6000,000 to
s7.000,000 worth of cut roses. This
represents something like 100,000,000
or 125, 100000 flowers. The growing of
roses as an industry has developed
especially in the vicinity Of our larg-
est cities, such as New York, Chicago
and Philadelphia.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-03-18
Crime In Colorado.

Trinidad. Col, March l5,-Chris
Evans, financial manager of the
United Mine Workers of America,
was severely beaten yesterday by
three masked men with rcyolvers on
board Colorado d. Southern train
bound for Pueblo. The men boa sded
the train n mile east of Trinidad,
and after attacking Evans jumped off
and escaped. Evans was sent to
Colorado by President Mitchell. NJ
Prior yesterday guards killed Micna'l
Calabac, striker. Calabac, it is said,
had fired at negro and then barri-
ceded himself in his house to resist
arrest.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-03-18

The playthings of the late Queen
Victoria. that Will be shown at the
Worlds fair, st. Louis, will appeal to
the sentiment of all who view them.
The British pavilion at the Worlds
fair is replica OF the orangery at
Kensington palace, the birthplace Of
Queen Victoria. 1t was here that Vic
tora played with her dolls. The paint
is rubbed from the face of one. The
arm of another is gone, and the leg of
still another is missing. All of these
toys have been carefully preserved.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-03-18
Three Trainmen killed.

Joplin, Mo-, March IA Kansas
City Southern freight train was de.
railed six miles south of Joplin while
running rapidly down Saginaw hill
Three men were killed and three in.
iured and II cars of merchandise
were demolished.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-03-18

ported to have been seen to suffer
serious damage. the extent of which,
however, it was impossible to asccr-
tain at a distance of five miles. Many
shells were fired at a range of 7H
miles"
London. March IA correspondent
at Che Foo of the Daily Mail gives
alleged information of the japanese
landing movements up to March .