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Mohave County miner., 1904-12-31

Judge w. G. Blakely has gone to the Aubrey mining district, where he is working several men on the properties of the Acadia mining company. The mines of the company are among the best in that section and carry good values in gold. It is expected that af ter the New Year considerable work will be done on these mines tending to put them on pay basis. The Biz Sandy creek is only few miles from the mines and there is an abundanc, of wood for all purposes along thu banks of the stream.
Mohave County miner., 1904-12-31

In au interview with a prominent railroad man this week the MINER edi. tor was informed that the railroad now being graded west of Congress will not form any part of the main Santa Fe trunk line, but is being built solely to reach the big copper mlues of Bill Williams Fork, with the object of fur. nishing ores for big smelter plant to be erected either at Congress or Pres. colt in the near future. The people at the head of the short line systems of Arizona are to promote one of the greatest shelter enterprises in the west, but the location is as yet to be selected. The mines of Pinal, Gila, Yavapai, Maricops, southern Mohave and northern Yuma counties are to contribute their ores to the new plant. With the gridironing of Arizona with short lines of railroad reaching into the mining sections an immense ton mage of ore could be controlled.
Mohave County miner., 1904-12-31

James Uncapher and Charles Rich. ards came over from Mineral Park Thursday afternoon to attend the fun eral of their old friend, William Heim- rod. Mir. Richards is walking some what lame from his fall in the Key stone mine. Mr. Uncapher shows 8 nun Der of bruises gotten in his effort to stop the descent of the bucket at the time Messrs. Detar and Richards were injured.
Mohave County miner., 1904-12-31

The santa E0 TdllTOdu udS III COu tem plation great improvements in this county. Besides the grading down of the big cliffs in Crozier Canyon and the opening up of permanent water course there will be considerable re. grading in the Wallapai valley and above Hack berry. The heavy grade one mile east of Kingman is to be cut down fully twenty feet and from Wall apai west to Berry the track is to be raised ten or fifteen feet. Below King. man the grade in the canyon is to be reduced, the high places being graded down and the low places raised. This i'm provement is to be carried from Al. buquerque to west of Needles. Heavy steel is also to be laid from Wallapai to McConnico, this work to be com menced within the next week. The work of raising the track and the heavy rock work in the canyon east of town will require some months for com pletion, but when it is done trains will be able to haul several more loads than at present. In Crozier Canyon five hundred men will be at work with. in month and it is expected that this force will be kept at work in that place and Yam pal canyons all of the coming year. A big gang of surveyors have been at work on the grades in this county for some time past and are getting surprising results. These i'm provements indicate that the Santa Fe is not prepared to open new route west of Albuquerque, but are making the present roadbed one of the best in the west
Mohave County miner., 1904-12-31
Death of William Heimrod.

William Heimrod died at his resi-. dence on Oak street, Kingman, last Thursday morning, after lingering illness. His wife and friends did all that nor al could to soothe and comfort him in his last illness. The funeral took place from the church and was attended by many of the friends and acquaintances from all parts of the county. The Masons and Knights of Pythias, of which order he had been a member, attended the fun. eral in body.
 William Heimrod was born in the state of Ohio 54 years ago, and had lived in this county twenty five years. During these years he had been en- gagged in mining and milling and for a mum Der of years conducted large sampling works in Kingman. He was known to all the people of the county as a gentle, kindly man, with not an enemy on earth. He was married about a year ago to Mrs. Nina Briggs, of Mineral Park. At the last election he was elected treasurer of the county by a large majority. A sister, mother and wife, and host of friends are left to sorrow over the loss of good man.
Mohave County miner., 1904-12-31

Territory of Arizona ss
 County of Mohave. ,oo, fore me, Fred w. Morrison, Notary Public Tn and for the County of Mohave. Territory Of Arizona personally appeared E. slsbS S. Osborne ne whose names are subscribed to, and who ex- ecuted the annexed instrument and he ac knowledged to me that he executed the same for the purposes and considerations therein expressed.
 In Witness Whereof, have hereunto set my hand and affi xed my official seal, the day and year last above written. l'e'-' Notary Public. My commission expires Nov. 1s, 1907. Filed and recorded at the request. of F. w.: Morrison, Dec. 28, A. D. 1904, at 30 minutes past o'clock D. m,, in book ?, pages 29 ct seq. oi
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-04-01
TO MINE PHOSPHATE.
Central Company Asks tor Ilx xclusiv,
Right to Work Marsh Lands.

Tie State phosphate commission
was in session Thursday and matter
of more than usual interest to the
State was discussed Mr.. f. O..
Hughes, an attorney of Charleston,
appeared before the board represent
ing the Central Phosphate, company.
which owns plant OF Sl6(G or value.
MIR. Hughes submit yOard
two propositions, one Of VII 'fwas re-.
jected, the other granted.
1t is well known that in recent
years South Cardinals S once apparent
~ ineXhaustibe supply of phosphate
rock has dwindled to almost absurd
proportions in comparison with the
outlook. The cost Of mining the rock
is said TO be less in Tennessee, Florida
and in Algeria, three favorite sources
OF supply. Suffice to say that while a
few years ago South Carolina derived
$500, 900 from revenue in tile indus
try, slaSt year she received but Il pal
try $50, 900.
The cost OF mining is said to be in
excess OF the prices obtained for the
natural fertilizer in view of the com
petition now existing. Mr.. Hughes
said yesterday that his clients had
been operating at Il loss for some time
and that it was possible that the plant
might have TO be shut down.
He asked that the State reduced
the royalty which is now % cents on
each ton. After consideration, the
board declined to make the change
The tax was formerly 81 per ton and
the tax is now pledged to the bond
holders of the State. In case OF a rise
in the price of the rock Il rate less
than % cents per ton would be out of
proportion.
The second proposition was an in
teresting one and may help the in
dilstry materially. The Central com
pany asked exclusive right to mine
5000 acres of marsh land owned by
the State and containing phosphate
rock. This marsh is covered with
water at high tide, but the mining
may be done on the cbb.
Tie board granted this privilege
with the proviso that the work must
be conducted under the supervision of
State Geologist Earle Sloan. The tax
paid will be . cents per ton for the
first year, 10 cents for the second year
ana 70 cents for the third year, the
grant being for three years
The experiment. has never been
tried before and will therefore be
watched with considerable interest
Partisan capital owns the Central
company. The State.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-04-01

rain was falling. At dusk on the Goth
we reached the flour Gag. 1t contained
only some Jumps of mouldy green
stuff. The next morning George, with
the greater part. Of this to help him in
his long journey to Grand Lake, and
l, with what clung to the bag and
few Jumps Of the stuff, parted, and
began my return march toward Hub
bard and camp. Before noon the snow
was half way to my knees. The spruce
and fir tree branches were bending low
with their weight of snow; the river
was partially frozen, and the whole
appearance Of the country was chang
ed. The snow had obliterated all land
marks, and after walking up and down
several times where l thought the
camp must be, j was at length COM
PEELED to give up the search, and head
ed toward Grand Lake. My intellect
was numbed through weakness, and l
walked In half dream. And so it
was, day after day, night after night,
been away from camp and did not
know the day of the week or even
what month 1T was.
Then / heard some men shout, very
near me, and almost Immediately four
darkfaced men on snowshoes, with
big packs on their backs, came over
the bank. Then l remembered George
was to try summon to Donald Blake
from Grand Lake. l knew Donald and
| recognized him as one Of the men
| spoke his name. "Donanld Blake"
and then he took my hand in his,
and my senses returned with the
touch Of human flesh. In a moment
they had a roaring fire and some hot
tea, and gave me Il slice of bread and
and butter. ate it and it made me
sick, but did me good. Everything l
ate for two weeks made me sick. My
rescurerS were Allen Grandy, part
blood Indian, and Donald Blake, Gil
bert Blake and Duncan MacLane, part
blood EsquimauX, all trappers. l sent
| Allen Candy and ID Jnald blake rig
on to look for Hubbard. They found
him in sleeping posture dead, and
he had evidently gone to sleep after
making the entry quoted above on the
| 18th, and never woke up.
George and | reached n. w. River
| Nover1b Der &. Mr.. Mackenzie, the man
|
ager, cook me to his home, called his
man from the company house to cut
my hair and shave me (l had not had
a hair cut since leaving New York, or
shave since July 10y, tub Of water
for warm bath, a suit Of night cloth
eS and a good soft bed, and made e
fire in my room. He rubbed my legs
and put me to bed after supper. His
little houSckecrcr cried over our
troubles, and did everything she
could for me. They have been very
kind, and here l am making my home
while here.
Mi. iiubbarG'S coffin came TO day.
Mr.. Mackenzie had the lumber people
make it. They brought it from Kena-
mish hy dog train. With lots OF love,
Your Etlcctionate Bother,
DILLON.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-04-01
A NEW TRIAL ORDERED
In the Case Of Mcdaniel Who Killed
Town Marshal.

The now famous case OF the State
VS. II. w. Mcdaniel has been remand
ed to the circuit court OF Lexington
county for new trial. The case has
now become very we'll known in South
Carolina and the opinion of the su-
prcme court is quite interesting in
this connection. Mcdaniel killed Lee
Neece, the town marshal Of Swan
sea, Christmas eve, 1902, and was
tried for his life in January, 1903, be-
fore Judge klugh. The jury found
McDaniel~euilty OF murder with how
ever, Il recommendation TO mercy. The
sentence imposed was life impris III
mcnt. The defendant appealed to the
supreme court and pending the appeal
applied to the supreme court for leave
to move in the circuit court for new
trial on the ground OF after-d discovered
evidence. This application failed by
reation of an equal division of opinion
among the four justices OF the su-
preme court though no formal opin-
ion was delivered so as TO show how
the Justices stood on the question.
The State says the appeal was then
heard in the supreme court ard the
sentence was atlirmcd-Mr Justice
Jones delivering the opinion and all
the other justices concurring. Judge
Ernest Gary sat in place of Justice
Eugene Gary, who was i'll at the time.
There upon the prisoner through his
counsel moved for Il rehearing in the
supreme court, on the ground that
the court had overlooked an important
principal OF the law, to the defend
ants disadvantage. After due de-
liberation the court granted the re-
hearing.
The case came up again at the last
November term of the supreme court
and was the fully argued with the
result that the judgment of the cir
cult court is set aside and new trial
granted. Justice Jones says in his
opinion of Thursday: 1T was error.
therefore, TO instruct the jury to dis
regard the plea OF accidental homie
ide, if the defendant failed to estab-
lish it by the preponderance OF the
evidence. The opinion in effect holds
that the plea Of homicide by miSadvcn-
ture does not constitute an anirma-
tive defense, which the defendant
must establish by preponderance of
the evidence. Z"
The opinion further states that there
was error in charging that the
burden of proof has shifted to the de-
fendant at all on the queSti On whether
the killing was accidental. +" For this
material error In an otherwise clear
and able charge" says Justice Jones,
the Judgment must be reversed"
There was a large array OF counsel
Tor Mcdaniel, Gen. Leroy E.
1oumans of this city being employed
in the processes in the supreme court.
Mcdaniel had entered upon his ser
vice at the State prison before the ef-
forts of Gen. Youmans secured for
him new trial,
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-04-01
SOMETHING BEHIND DOOR
Wouldn't Come Out, so q Revolver
Was Empticd lnt3 it.

Was Empticd Into 1T.
Joseph Kreig, a farmer of Sand
Greek Indiana, township, Bartholo-
NEW County, was entertaining friends
a night or two ago. Late in the even
ing, after one of the younger guests
had told o number of ha .aising
stories about hold-ups o West,
whence he had recently returned, Miss
Fredia Kreig had OCCASION to go to an
adjoining room. She pushed the door
open and it flew back, hitting her In
the face. She opened 1t again and
again the door closed on her,aS though
some one was pushing from the other
side.
She ran into the room where the
guests were assembled, and told her
father that some one was In the room
and held the door against her. Mr..
Kreig went to the door and met with
the same experience that his daugh-
ter had encountered. He then rush.
cd violently against the door and was
hurled back into the room, the door
opening but part OF the way, and ap-
parently being thrown back by some
one on the opposite side. Mr.. Kreig
told his daughter to bring his shot
gun, but it was in the room where the
suppose burglar held the door. a re-
vOlver was substituted
George Kreig forced his head
through the opening and attempted
to peer behind the door,but it was
forced back against him SO that it
caught his neck, and he was glad to
pull his head back without getting a
look at the intruder.
Then two Of the guests were sent
outside to guard the windows, and
the elder Kreig armed himself with a
stick OF stove wood and a lamp. BIZ
Wilbur, one OF the gIests, had fire
shovel, and another guest the rcyol-
yer. The intruder was again called
and told to come out or suffer, the
consequences, but he evidently chose
to suffer, for no response came t. the
command.
Young Kreig then put his arm
through the opening, turned the re-
volver toward whatever was behind
the door and fired one shot, The
women screamed and the excitement
became intense.
Another demand was made on the
Intruder He failed to respond and
shot after shot was fired from the pis-
toi in the hand through the opening
Stlll these was no movement from
within. Then the two IreigS, Will
bur and Day rushed against the door
and broke it fir its hinges.
Just behind was the ironing board
which had fallen from its resting place
and had so lodged against the door
that 1T operated as a spring to force ii
shut whenever the door was pressed
back against it. There were four bul
let holes in the board, and all agreed
that if it had been man he woulc
have been killed by that first shot
| but il that had not been fatal the
second would certainly have finished
| him,
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-04-01
The Flights OrTranps.

The supreme court Of Iowa insists
that the tramp has rights which must
be respected. says in effect that
when a nomadic individual is uncerc-
monously tossed from moving rail
way train by an inconsidcratc conduc-
tor and injured thereby he may re-
cover damages from the railway cor
poratiOn. 1t appears that one Joseph
JosnSon, gentleman Of leisure and of
pcripatetic habit, was forcibly elected
from a moving train for insisting upon
riding without paying his fare. He
sustained injuries and brought suit
against the road for damages. The
tower court OF PottaWattamie county
held that a tramp had no rights and
that the trainman was juStiliablc in
throwing him from the train, no mat
ter what the result might he. a new
trial was granted and Il favorable de-
cision rendered, aud upon taking the
case to the supreme this last decision
was sustained, giving the tramp com
plainant judgment for injuries sustain
ed. 1T has been popularity supposed
that the tramp has no rights which
any one is bound to respect, but the
Iowa decision puts another phase on
the matter 1t Is term admonition
that the tramp must be handled gent
ly. If you toss him from moving
train you must do it in such a way as
not to injure him. L he comes to the
back door TO make inroads upon the
family larder the bulldog must be
tightly chained. The decision opens
up a great field for sagacious tramps.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-04-01
Big Damages.

The Charleston Post says fften
thousand two hundred dollars was the
amount OF damages awarded by the
jury in the case Of William G.. Smith
VS.. the Atlantic Coast Line, which
was tried in the court Of common
pleas Wednesday, The verdict is one
Of the heaviest for damages ever rem
dered 10y Charleston jury. Mr.. p.
H. Gadsden, attorney for the railroad,
said that he would make motion for
Il new trial. The plaintiif brought suit
against the road for injuries received
last October, while in the employ Of
the company as brakeman and switch
man. The accident occurred i'm the
railroad yards. Smith went in be-
tween two cars to inspect some brakes
that were defective when the train
moved, passing over both his legs, in
juring both members to such an eX-
tent that amputation was necessary.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-04-01
Three Negroes Killed.

a special from Dewitt Ark, says:
Three negroes were killed in race
battle Wednesday at ST. Charles, this
county. A posse of deputy sheritfs
was engaged in Il search for two ne
grocs, who Tuesday had seriously
wounded two white men in a fist fight
at ST. Charles, and while passing
through section OF woodland they
were fired at from thicket by a
party of neg roeS. The whites return
ed the fire and instantly killed Garrett
Flodd, Will Madison and viii Bald
win. The tragedy has greatly arous-
ed the community and further trouble
is feared
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-04-01
The Thrifty Yankee.

The Philadelphia Record says the
Massachusetts report OF labor statiS-
tics for 1903 in dealing with the sta
tus OF the negro population in that
state brings out the curious fact that
Massachusetts enacted the first stat
ute establishing slavery in America,
in iGii. This was twenty years be-
fore slavery was legally established in
Virginia, though slaves had been
brought TO that state in 1919. There
are now in Massachusetts 1914 ne
groeS, so per cent. Of whom live in
the cities.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-04-01

A dispatch from New York says
Mayor Mcclellan is making record
for himself. Those who were TO think
at first that his attitude against the
gambling and criminal elements Of
tile city at the beginning of his ad-
ministration was merely Il bluif and
not destined TO last long, are becom-
ing convinced that they were mis-
taken. The mayor has not changed
his attitude in tile least in spite of all
temptation and notwithstanding the
fact that Il large majority of tile Tam
many following is by no means in
sympathy with his efforts 10 suppress
gambling in this city. Police Com
missioner McAdoo, WHO seems to be in
complete harmony with the mayor in
this gambling camplign, evident
ly recognizes the fact that Mayor Nc
Clellan means business and is deter
mined TO keep the lid down tight,
even if some Of the Tammany follow
crs should get pinchcd in the process.
Assistant Commissioner Of Police
liaggerty made the fatal mistake to
believe That the order to keep the lid
down in Greater New York was not
meant seriously and encouraged the
police officials in Brooklyn in their
attitude OF passive resistance to the
orders from headquarters. He paid
for his error of Judgment by losing his
head. lie was requested to resign and
when he refused to do so, he was
deposed without ceremony. His re-
moval has had a decidedly salutary
elect upon the Brooklyn police depart
ment and resulted in a number OF raids
upon gambling houses and pool rooms.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-04-01
A QUEEE TALE
In Vision II Husband Came to a
Sometime Wife.

a letter 10 The 5 ate from Green
wood says an interesting and curious
case is that of Charles Robertson, Il
well-to-do negro, Il native of this sec.
ton, who appears before former
wife in a vision, SO She declares, caus-
ing her to leave her then husband
The Robertson negro soon after died
and now this wife No. | is about &c
die. The dead negro's relatives are
squabbling over the property left by
him and a great suit is Oh to decide
the case. The negroes are greatly in
tereSted in it.
The story is this: About 10 years
ago Charles Robertson was Il negro
carpenter here in Greenwood and do
ing well. Discovering that another
negro had alienated his wife'S airec-
tions ne left Greenwood for Atlanta.
llI Atlanta he began business as Il
hackman ami at the time OF his death
he owned three hacks and was con
sidered prosperous for negro In
the course OF time he married an
Atlanta negro who survives him.
Meanwhile the wife he had left i'm
GceenwOod also married again. This
husband having died She married "A
third time. This husband, George
Davis by name, and herself were liv-
ing amicably together until about two
months ago.
One morning she announced to him
that she had had vision the nigh t
before in which she saw her former
and first husband surrounded by a
group of angels and heard IL voice tel
ling her to change her life and pre-.
pare to meet her God, She was so i'm
pressed with the vision" that she
drove Davis from the hearth and home
and has not lived with him since.
Her first husbands death occurring
shortly after in Atlanta and her own
serious illness have created a deep i'm.
preston among other negroes that the
vision is 'divincly inspired" one
Wife No. = is suing for what the Rob
crtSon negro left as are also tile rcla-
tlVeS OF Wife No. !, who is still able
TO be interested in that and also the
sisters of the dead negro, who wish
both wives deprived Of any part i'm his
estate. The case will be tried at the
next term Of court.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-04-01
New Methodist College.

Mr.. a. w. Todd, of Charleston,
has been selected as architect for the
new building of the Columbia Female
College The property in the city
will be sold by the South Carolina
conference, and the new building will
be erected in the suburbs at cost OF
$50, 900. The Methodists Of South
Carolina will be proud of their insti-
tuition in its new surrounding.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-04-01
The Hay CroD.

The State says hay does not figure
largely in the calculations of the
southern farmer, yet the value Of the
hay crop in the United States is from
$50, 100000 to 500, 100000 greater
than that Of cotton.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-04-01
Robbed tho GaIloys.

AT Tuskagee, Ala, on Thursday
Ralph Armstrong, under sentence of
death for the murder Of his cousin,
Miss Alice Armstrong, committed sui
eide in his cell. lie killed the young
woman because she refused to marry
him. Armstrong was son Of the
late Col. IL. Clay Armstrong, consul
TO Rio Janeiro under President Cleve-
land, and was member Of one of the
most prominent families in the State.
SENATOR Tillman Is at his home at
trenton recuperating. His throat is
about we'll again.