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The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-09-02
CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS.
DO Not Have to Pay License Fees to
Garry on Bussincss

On account OF the many Inquiries
which the comptroller general has re-
ceived as to the recent law exempting
Confederate soldiers from license taxed
he has asked the attorney general for
on opinion. Assistant Attorney Gener.
al w. III. Townsend Tuesday sent the
following opinion to Mr.. Jones:
Answering your inquiry to the at
torney general, beg to say that In
my opinion, the act to exempt Confed-
crate soldiers and sailors from paying
license fees (24 statutes AL g,yes "a
personal iyiledge which cainnt he
transferred to others. The srleoU III
this personal exemption is the same as
that of person paying the license tax,
In question. If a person paying the
license tax could employ others to
carry on the business under him, then
the soldier or sailor exempted could
do so likewise. This depends in each
case upon the terms Of the statue or
ordnance imposing the license tax"
The act IS as follows:
An act to exempt soldiers and
sailors from paying license.
Section /. That all soldiers and
sailors Of the Confederate States, who
enlisted from this State and who were
honorably discharged from such SER
vice, shall hereafter be exempt from
the charge Of any license for the car
rYing on Of and business or profession
within this State, or any city, town or
village therein: Provided, That such
soldiers and sailors shall file with the
clerk OF the court Of the county in
which he resides the proper evidence
of his service in the Confederate war:
Provided, further, That no partner
ship shall exist in any such business or
profession, with any person not a bona
tide soldier or sailor of the said Con-
federate States.
Approved the 25th day OF Febru-
ary, A. d. 1904"
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-09-02
"A Columbia Suicide.

The Columbia Record says about
three o'clock Thursday morning Nor
man OConnor, white man about %
years OF age, committed suicide.
O'Connor walked into the house OF
Bertha Medlin, who keeps q disrepu-
table house on Gate street, and was
also witness in the Maud Allen case,
and with no explanation pom ed Il
dose OF clrbolic acid In 4 glass OF beer
and swallowed it. AS soon as it was
realized what wax done hurry call
was sent for the city ply sician, DR..
Pope. who lives nearly two miles from
the house, and the man was nearly
dead when assistance arrived. The
inmates OF the house made the f, low
as easy as possible, but the amount
taken proved fatal. O'Connor came
TO Columbia from Arizona, but his
home is Noling, ILL.,. he having learned
his trade in the former place. He
had been in Columbia about five
weeks, and during that time had
drank very heavily, but managed to
hold his place at the Southern shops.
He was member OF the Machinists'
union, and will be sent to his home
by that organization as soon as the
inquest is held.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-09-02
Beauregard's Fame.

movement has been started III
Charleston to erect a handsome gran
lite arch on Washington square to the
memory of Gen. Pierre Gustav Tou-
tant Beauregard. a movement was
inaugurated some years ago and OIL
untary donations were made for the
purpose, but the sum was not sut-
tciently large to undertake the work
and the money was deposited in bank
1t was recently decided to erect a
monument on smaller scale than
originally planned and now this is to
be done. 1t is especially appropriate
that Charleston should honor the
memory of one the ablest soldiers of
the south, for the reason that Gen.
'Beauregard had q warm place In bis
heart for Charleston, as evidenced In
tile bequest Of his sword which now
occupies a case, In city council cham
i:es NJ .-vghi the best sthonghtsof of his
military career were uireceoa +onu13s
the harbor defense Of Charleston.
The programme Of the exercises at
tending the unveiling of the momu.
ment, inscriptions, ETC., will be an
nounced later.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-09-02
Shot Him Dead.

A disprtch from Bluedeld, w. ",
says Sam Watson. negro, shot and
instantly killed Frank Underwood,
bank boss at the mine Of the Crane
Creek and Coke company Thursday,
and Immediately fled to the noun
talns. A posse Of seven or eight citi-
Zens led by son Of MIR. Underwood
started after him. They got within
shooting distance Of the fugitive, but
failed to hit him. Young Underwood
noted carefully the direction Watson
took across the country the Watch
back, where he hoped to intercept his
fathers murderer. He discovered
Watson riding on top of gondola on
freight train which was running
very slowly. Underwood fired at the
murderer and Watson fell headlong
into the bottom OF the car and died
before the train could be stopped.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-09-02
Negroes Threatened.

The strike is still on In Chicago,
and things are getting warm. Strike
Leader Fitzpatrick declared Tuesday
night that the importation OF negroes
from the south by packers was fast
bringing about conditions that may
result In race war in Chicago where,
he says, the feeling against negroes is
already so strong that negroes in nc
way connected with the strike have
been dragged from the cars and as.
saulted. Fitzpatrick says the unions
have done more than any other to In.
fluence the negroes and the unions
want Washington to show whether he
approves the negroes conduct in this
strike.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-09-02
BicYcIisI Killed

AT Paris, France. George Leander,
the American blcyclist, died Tuesday
morning from injuries sustained in a
terrible fall at the Pare au Princes on
Sunday last as the result Of running
into motor cycle which was pacing a
race in which an attempt was being
made to break the record for one
hour. There were three cyclists In
the race. AT the time of the accident
Leander was travelling at about pace
Of 81 miles an hour and was more
than a lap ahead when he was thro WI
over the handle bars OF his machine
and fell on his head. lie was re-
moved unconscious to hospital and
did not regain consciousness up to the
time OF his death.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-09-02
THE CARNIVAL OF CRIME.
A Boy Murdered I'm n Fisherman's
Camp Near Columbia.

| The State says another murder as
mysterious as the Msnde Allen case,
as cold blooded ap1s pta aae9R5,nlical, oc-
Cured Thursday mA'o ear Co.
lumbla. In the fifs.. ,ihe act
seemed to indicate the LIZ Of one
infuristed with drink and<J4alousy; in
the late st the heinous purpose of an
lnhuman, blood thirsty tiend.
Clarence ShealY, Is year-old boy,
while lying asleep upon the banks of
the Congaree at fisherman camp
Jwo miles south of Columbia, was ap.
preached from behind and was most
foully hacked to death with hoe,
one pitlless stroke marring the boys
face almost beyond recognition and
another cleavlng the head from the
crown deep into the brain.
Clarence Shealy's parents live at 1850
Olympia avenue, and of and on since
spring the boy has been with a fisher
man, Frank Smith, who has fishing
camp short distance below Shealy's
home. Smith and a man by the name
OF Cushman, who lived in the camp,
stated Thursday that they got up at
$50 a. m. to 60 down the river to
make the circuit OF their baskets, and
left the boy to cook breakfast; that
they had been gone about an hour and
a quarter and on their return found
the child breathing his last. Neither
saw anyone about on leaving the place
or on their approach. One of the
men came at once to the home of the
boy and notified his parents and the
county officials, leaving the other with
the body.
TIE only other witness was a negro
sent by Mr.. John Stuart, overseer OH
Mr.. Tom Taylor's place, mile and
half from the scene. to get some fish.
This negro Is reported to have ridden
within eye range of the camp, and
seeing the form Of person writhing
about the ground, turned his horses
head and ran his horse back to Mr..
Stuart'S home and reported his obSer-
vaJion. This man was not arrested
Thursday as witness but the fisher
men were arrested and placed in the
county Jail, on the ground merely that
they were material witnesses OF the
crime
The body Of the boy was removed
Thursday afternoon to his fathers
home on Olympia avenue and the cor
oner empanneled jury and went out
and viewed the body. The inquest
will be held later, when all the evi
dence In the case can be got together.
Sheriff Coleman announced at late
hour Thursday night that so far no
clues had been discovered as to the
identity OF the murderer. The blood
ed hoe with which the deed was COM
mitted was found near the body and
The fishermr that their shot
4 un and I'll vue Iuau,:i siICts. :. = a.A;;.,-
ing. The gun and ammunition we're
In the camp when they went out on
the river they saw.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-09-02
A Deadly Tornado.

Four persons lost their lives and
several others were injured In u tor
nado that swept through Chautauqua
county, N. Y, Thursday. Park
hurst's grove, where the Stocktown
town picnic was being held was direct
ly In the path of the storm. Five
thousand people we're on the grounds
when terrific windstorm swept
Though the place. The storm came
UP suddenly. Trees in the grove
were struck by lightning, many of
them we're blown and the rain fell in
torrents. The people who took refuge
under the trees, at the first sign OF
the storm, were caught by the falling
branches and injured. Many l. o -ses
were killed In the same manner. Some
OF the animals stampeded, trampling
upon the injured people lying on the
ground. Some Of the buildings In the
Vicinity were blown down and others
were unrOOfed. Hundreds OF forests
and fruit trees were torn up and corn
and oat fields were laid waste, caus.
ing a loss Of thousands OF dollars. At
the assembly grounds at Chautauuua
many trees were uprooted and a lOr-
tion OF the fence around the grounds
was demolished. The Mems club
house was badly damaged.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-09-02
Three Dro,yned

by the capsizing Of sail boat late
Thursday afternoon three young peo-
pie were drowned in Oquaga lake,
about three miles from Deposit.
Those drowned are: Robert Garfield,
East Orange, N. j., Misses Amelia
and Alice G. Cramer, sisters OF New
York city. Young Garfield was a
member OF campaign party and the
Misses Cramer were guests at a sum
mcr hotel at the lake. Seven young
people, including Caniield, went out
in A. E. Lovejoy's sail boat When
near the middle Of the lake, the boat
was overturned. Floyd Lovejoy saw
the accident from the shore and hur-
ried to the place in his naphtha
launch. He succeeded in resculng
four Of the young people.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-09-02
TO DESTROY a TOWN.
A Friend Attempted to Dynamite
Gate of Great Reservoir.

A dispatch from ST. Mary's, Ohio,
says an attempt was made on Tues
day, % instant, by an unknown per-
son to blow up the gates at the head
OF st. Mary's reservoir with dynamite.
Fortunately the charge of dynamite
was not sufficiently large to destroy
the masonry or to dsplace the heavy
gates.
There has been much i'll feeling
among the people living in the vicini-
ty OF the reservoir, owing to the wide
spread belief that the banks OF the big
body OF water are not safe, notwith-
standing that the State has spent
large sums Of money during the past
year In strengthening the earthwork.
Had the object Of the miScreant been
attained Tuesday the town OF St.
Mary's and the adjacent valley would
have been swept by a most destructive
flood causing enormous loss OF life and
property.
Although the damages are limited
mostly to broken windows in that
city; to the wrecking of one house
near the bulkhead and one State boat
N~N VIZ Pb' oAoi VI ULlC Il,
there is great excitement here because
it Is feared that the attempt may be
repeated. The shock was plainly felt
at Celina at the western end OF the re-
servoir, distance Of 10 miles. The
charge OF dynamite and nitroglycerine
was placed on the wicket gate and a
SLOW fuse attached from which there
were three scperate shocks. The ex-
plosion wrecked the upper parts of the
wicket and damaged the stone subut
ments, but not to such an extent as to
liberate the waters. Houses in the i'm
mediate vicinity we're greatly danag-
ed and the occupants were stunned.
The bulkead is the outlet OF Lake
Mercer into the Miami and Erie
canals and holds back nine feet of
water covering 1900 acres of land.
st. Mary's is ~ feet lower than the
lock and the loss that would have ac-
companied SUCCESS Of the attempt is
hard to imagine.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-09-02
Filipino Bandits.

A dispatch from Manila says de-
tail OF native conStabulary has been
ambushe6 on the island Of Leyte by 4
superior force OF bandits. Capt. II.
Barrett, OF the constabulary, was
killed in the fighting. There has been
trouble in the province OF Misamis,
island Of Mindanao, where bandits
have looted several towns The ma
tive authorities were deiied and Pablo
Marcado and his family were kid
mapped. Marcado was accused OF be-
ing too friendly with the Americans.
Three Chinese stores were burned
-Four natives were murdered, three of
them being burned alive. Colonel
llarb0rd, Of the conStabulary. is now
on the trail OF the bandits. Lieuten-
ant Thornton, OF the conSta bulary
has met death by drowning near Dag
upin island OF LuZon.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-09-02
NO. 3 @,.
THE BLACK HAND.
An Italian Youth Murdered by a
Member Of the Society.
HAD BLAcKED THEIR CRIMES.
The Murderer Captured and Mob
Wished to wreak Instant
and Blood Vengeance
Upon Him.

at New York on Wednesday Saliva.
tor Bossoto, l8 years old, was shot to
death In his fathers restaurant In
Park street by Carlo Rossati, 35 years
old, because he had disclosed to the
police secrets of the alleged 'Black
Hand"
The father was knocked down and
choken into oinsensibility.by the slayer,
VINO then ran down the street, fol-.
lowed by q great mob. Italians to
The number OF 1000 attacked the Eliz.
abeth street police station, hurled
missiles at the police and prisoner,
hurting two detectives and one )lice.
man.
They would have torn the mur.
derer limb from limb had not it been
for the arrival Of the reserve police
from two station houses, who were
forced to use clubs and fists and
threaten to shoot. According to the
police the murder was deliberately
planned by an organized gang.
Bossoto is an enemy of these organ
lzed gangs and his son inherited the
fathers opposition to the lawless ele-
ment OF their countrymen. When
not studying music young Bossoto
nelped ABOUT the restaurant. Several
weeks ago he learned that the murder
Gus gang about Mulberry Bend mad
planned TO rob 9 number CT miners
who were coming through New York
and who had engaged board In the
lodging house over the Bossoto restau-
rant.
Young Bossoto went to the police
and asked protection for the men and
soon an Italian detectiYe had ar
rested II suspicious characters who
were held until the miners had taken
Il ship for their homes. N
Once out Of Jail it is saieent gang
determined upon Bossot leath.
Early Wednesday Rossati taAAAei the
restaurant and when appre by
the elder B6ssoto said he wan. 9TH.
Ing. AS Bossoto was about VI close
the place he asked Rossati to leave.
The latter became insolent and re.
fused. s
Young Bossoto, who was in the
Kitchen, heard his father and the
man in an argument and came out.
The Instant he saw young Bossoto,
hossati took pistol from his pockets !.
leyeled hat the youth and fred, The
bullet struck the, boy between the
eyes and he fell, dying Instantly.
acc0rd inc 10 l...-l..s
stri'ob ffss. en ms 1isD;
knocking him down, and started to
rum, but was captured before he had
gone two blocks.
On Sunday the Bossotos found on
their door the bridge of DEATH" a
cabalistic sign of the Siclllans which
Is said TO be a threat of death.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-09-02
Oldest Man Dead.

A dispatch from Washington, Ca,
to the Augusta Chronicle says: Caesar
Booker, who was probably the oldest
man in America, Is dead. The exact
age of this venerable old colOred man
will never be known, but from the ac-
counts which he related of events
which occurred more than century
ago, and from the testimony Of the
Oldest living citizens, 1t is a conserva-
tive estimate to place his age at 125
years. He came from Virginia to
Wilkes county as a slave at time
when Washington was nothing more
than "a wide place in the road" He
used to tell with great deal of guesto'
and delight Of the halcyon days when
he, as young boy, would sit on the
banks of large pond, which is now
the public square and site of the new
court house, and shoot duck and wild
cranes. Uncle Caesar leaves six chill
dren. the oldest of whom is 90 years
OF age and lives near Thomson, Ga.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-09-02
A Man Thief.

A dispatch from Spartanburg to
The State says scme thief entered I'll
home Of Mr.. Alfred Cole, near Co.
lightly, and stole S54. Ingress was ef-
fected through an open window in the
sleeping room Of MIR. Cole. The thief
then went to an adjoining room, Sc
cured trunk from a corner, and made
his escape. This trunk was carried to
pasture about 200 yards from the
house broken into and ritied. 1t con-
tanned S54 in money and $1,000 in
Confederate bills, along with many pa
pers, packages, letters, ETC., of Mr..
Cole. Nothing was molested save the
money, the rogue taking both kinds.
Ii an attempt is made to pass the Con-
federate bills, it will easily lead to the
identify Of the thief. Mr.. Coles loss Is
a heavy one. He Is mute and an
aged man, he and his aged wife live In
a frugal manner. They have as a COM
panion little white girl named Hat
tie Range, whom they adopted sever
al years ago. There is no clue as TO
| the burglar.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-09-02
RabDis Eight.

A personal difficulty occurred at
B'Nai Isreal synagogue at Norfolk,
Va, on Friday night between Rev.
Samuel Goldberg, rabbi OF the syna-
gogue, and Rev. L. Heller, formerly
rabbi of a synagogue at Augusta, Ga.
who is making Norfolk his temporary
home Rabbi Goldberg was arrested on
a warrant sworn to by Rabbi Heller,
charging him with assault and bait
terry. Rabbi Goldberg objected to the
presence of Rabbi Heller In the syna-
gogne and sought to eject him. An
alteration ensued and the arrest fol-
lowed,
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-09-02
Boat Dragged to Sea.

A dispatch from Charleston to The
State says Mr.. Scott Bailey's boys on
Wadmalaw Island had narrow escape
from being carried to sea by mons
ter devil fish and perhaps drowned.
The boys were in small boat fishing
when the fish, which was said to be
IS to 20 feet long, became entangled
in the anchor and started for deep
water. The boat was whirled along
at terrible rate, the bow being on
line with the water, and just when
the young men were beginning to
face certain death the anchor chain
parted and they were saved. They
had some ditiiculty in getting ashore,
but they we're saved from certain
drowning
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-09-02
Killed His Brother.

At Kingstree a coroner's jury
Thursday found Harry Hardy not
guilty of the murder of his deaf mute
brother, whom he Thursday night
struck with his fist In order 30 knock
him from the track to avoid fast apia
preaching train on the Atlantic Coast
Line. The def mute was drunk and
refused to respond to his brothers
warming, but foolishly tried to make
signals to the engineer to stop. Harry
struck him violent blow In the face
and the jury found that it was from
this blow that the deaf mute had met
death. Harry was thereupon released
from custody, the jury recognizing
That he had no recourse but to strike
his brother in his effort to save his
fA
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-09-02
work Of IsODbcrs,

BY the explosion of some dynamite
caps and in the panic that followed it,
three persons were injured Thursday
afternoon at the Hawthorne race
track near Chicago. 1t is supposed
that the caps were thrown on the
lloor of the betting ring with the idea
or creating a panic, during which the
cash boxes Of the bookmakers might
be robbed. An attempt was made to
rob one bOOkmaker but it failed.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-09-02
Attacked by "a NIaunnan.

= dispatch from Yorkvllle to The
State says Magistrate II. l.. A. Smith
OF Hickory Grove shot and killed a
negro man about 10 o'clock Friday
night. The mt gro attempted to drag
Mr.. Smith out OF window OF his
house and almost tore his shirt Off.
He warned the negro away but he
came again ct him, when he used his
shotgun with fatal effect. Mr.. Smith
telepnOned the sheriff that he was
ready to surrender and was advised to
await the verdict OF inquest which
was held Friday. The negro was said
to have been insane, but Mr.. Smith
was not aware OF of it,.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-09-02

too crazed with fright to get out OF
their path. Men who were perched
amid the limbs Of trees so as to gain a
good view Of the Confederate defeat,
jumped to the ground and joined in
the stampede, and hundreds, pale
with terror, ran until exhausted,
when they fell and were crushed under
the massive wheels OF the plunging
cannon. The soldiers and spectators
had become frantic mob, swayed by
the one wild desire to escape DEATH"
In view of the terribble disaster to
union arms, in view Of the panic de-
scribed above, 1t has occurred to some
OF the old Confederates that 1t Is a lit
tile curious that the United States
government should have chosen this
battlefield for the Forthcoming man.
ouevres. Richmond Times Dispatch.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-09-02
Long Distance nIurder

Mrs. Cornelia Botkins was sen.
fenced on Monday at San francisco,
Cal, by Superior Judge Carol to life
IMPRISONMENT in the state prison at
San Quentin FOR the murder OF Mrs.
John T. Dunning, in Dover, Del, by
means OF poisoned candy mailed from
san francisco. In passing sentence
Judge Cook expressed regret that he
could not im nose the death penalty,
as the jury in its verdict had fixed the
DlIniShmpDt
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-09-02
Iowa Has odd Freak.

One OF the queerest natural freaks
ever seen in Iowa is a double shouted
hog owned by Charles Smell, who lives
at Lehigh. The hog is now a year
old and Is In perfectly normal in every
respect, with the exception of the
extra nose, which does not seem to in
convenience him. This Snout which
Is perfect in every detail, comes out
of the jowl on the left side, standing
at right angles, just below the eye.
1t Is almost as large as the regular
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-09-02
Killed H.s Father.

A dispatch to the Augusta Chronicle
from Griffin, Ga, says w. JEFF Shiv.
ers, one Of the best known farmers In
that secti.n, was shot In the breast by
his l7-year-old son, Harry at o'clock
Thursday and died instantly. The
shooting was done with a double. e.bar-
relied hreech-loading shotgun, loaded
with buck-shot and bird-shot, and oc-
CURED on the farm Of the former,
about miles south Of Gritlin.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-09-02
itobbed II Monastery.

A band OF Catalonian brigands at
lacked the famous monastery at Mont
serrrat, Spain, and after binding the
monks pillaged the monastery. es-
capped with a large quantity OF rich
booty. The alarm was given as soon
as possible, and q squad OF gendarmes
started In pursuit. They came upon
the brigands and fierce conflict fol
lowed In which seven of the robbers
were killed and the others fled.