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The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-12-23
Stand Together, E'ul mern.

We hope the farmers all over the
South have determined to resist the
efforts, OF manipulators to force the
price OF cotton down to starvation
prices, and, If they will organizs prop
erly and stand together firmly, they
Will control the cotton situation and
get fair prices for the cotton they still
have on hand. But" as the Green
vile News says, "they must not ex.
pect too much. Cotton at seventeen
cents was out Of the question. It was
not worth that much, and it would
never have reached that point except
for the speculators, who reaped their
fortune after the bulk Of the crop had
been sold and when the bull cam paign
was simply calculated to squet zs the
mills. L. was with the expectation of
sensationally high prices that lea the
farmers to plant every available acre
In the product, and with the aid of
exceptionally fine seasons they produo.
ed a crop which is larger than any
known before in the history OF the
world. This tremendous yield natural.
ly had its effect, and it will require q
powerful cooperation to prevent a
further crash. BY refusing to unload
In bnlk at present quotations, and
With the friendly assistance of mer.
chants and bankers, the South may
survive the impending ". eok, and it
may find that 1t is cheaper to hold the
supply than to go on planting when
the world is too heavily Stocked. By
the determination OF the planters to
decline to sell, and the agreement to
recuce the acreage next spring, the
market will feel the grip of the pro-
ducers and 1T will respond to their
touch"
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-12-23
CREATEs A SENSATION.
PrcBidoni0ismisses LeaSsrs of Let.
ter oarrisFo' asso oistIonp.

The president has created q Qrea,
sensation among letter carriers Of the
country by dlsmissing from their DO
S1tions as letter carriers J. @. Keller
OF Cleveland, Ohio, president of the
National Letter Carriers association
and Frank Cunningham, of Omaha.
Nebraska, president of the Rural
Free Delivery Letter Carriers associ.
alton. Keller has been absent from
duty for long time without leave
and has been ordered to return. He
SAID he could not comply at the time.
lie vas given three days in which to
explain himself. He did not do SO,
and was dismissed Tues day by the
president.
Cunningham ssnt in his resignation
several days ago, but it was not ac
cepted, and he, too, was dismissed on
charges of absence from duty and per-
nicious political activity. Cunning.
ham, as explained, in disps tches
heretofore, used the Rural Free De-
livery Letter Carriers Association in
the November election to try to de.
feat several Republican congressman,
who had not voted In tie last con.
gress In favor Of increasing the sala-
rles OF rural free carriers, and the con.
gressmen made complaints.
The postoffice officials have an.
nounced that they will dismiss any
letter carrier known to be contribut.
Ing money In maintaining a lobby
here In behalf Of legislation, and the
president has approved the announce.
ment
This is big blow to the letter car.
riers' organizations all over the coun.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-12-23
yaIue of nm Eve.

AT Milwaukee, for the loss of an
eye, Mies e. dwell was granted 6
verdict for Sl2 900 against Frank and
Joseph Skobis, contractors, Ia Judge
Ludwig's court. Miss dwell, ste-
nographer, sustained the injury as she
was entering the Pabst building at
the time repairs were being made to
The Iron work, q chip OF ironfiying In
her eye. This was the second trial
OF the case, the original suit having
Dsen commenced over a year ago, and
Ine amount asked for was $40, ,0O0.
me late Frederick Pabst was named
ia the hrst case as codefendant; but
In the amended complaint his name
was left out. The jury disagreed on
the first trial.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-12-23
Had Gun.

l. } Jordan, g fruit tree man, who
lives at Kershaw shot and killed a ne.
gro Few days ago. The account says
the colored mar was endeavorlng to
pull his gun" A "A pistol was found
on him after he was killed.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-12-23
Valuenf Tnate

The woman who has to be satisfied
with one suit In a season wisely choose
a material and style which 80 harmon.
ilc and adapt themselves TO her figure
and complexion that the obse yer will
note the general effect OF harmony
and lie attracted by 1t rather than by
one item OF the whole. q w.man ia
well dressed when she bringg about
such n result.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-12-23
t. S. HOJ .LEYMAN, MI. d.,
The Specialist.

Cures all diseases of m,n. List
manhood, syphilis (blood poison},
gonorhoea, gleet, structure, v lrioceele,
hydrocele and all private d seases of
men. Catarrh in all forms cured
quickly. Piles cured witho it opera
tlon or detention from business.
Y ader guarantee. Rooms 42l and;
AZ Leonard building, Augusta, Ga.
write for home treatment. Ofico
hours: pa. M. to Z p. m. Sundays,
10 q. M. to 9 d. M.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-12-23
among whites and Mongolians is4
doubtless due to the nanencc Of im-

migration. II
@The death rate OF males Ia the reg
erea of the United States In
1000 was 10. o per i, 600, and that OF
females 1875 per ], ,UUU, Jne IOrmeI
having q death rate higher by about
onesseventh than the later. In the 346
regis ,tion cities the death rate of
NAL. ,as 200 and that OF females
|l7.G. r 1000, the male rate exceed;
ing the female by one. sixth. In the
rest OF the registration erea the male
death rate was 16 8 and that OF fe-,
mailer 16 0 per 1000, the male rate
exceeding the female by une. nine.
! teenth.
1 The difference In the death rate Of
the sexes is apparently least between
the ages of to IA and greatest at the
youngest and oldest ages.
Life tables for Massachutts, Eng
land, Prussia, and Norway confirm
1! these conclusions and make them pre-
else. They indicate that male children
under three years Of ago have uni
4 :lfofmly a higher death rate than fe
i male children.
4 There is q period between and 81
4 years of age in which the death rate
OF females is slightly higher than.tha1
of males. According to the Messachus
etts life talle this period covers sew
enteen years, to 2l; according to the
!. Norwegian life table, eleven years.
i. to 10; according to the Prussian lifs
table, uine years, 8 to 18, and accord
ing to English life table, eight years
: IA to 81.
According to all the life tables th'
death rate of women between 20 ant
80 years Of age, at which ages proba
bly, four. fifths Of the childblrths oc
: cur, was less than that Of males.
, FROZEN In THK RIGGING. C.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-12-23
The Real RnnacYalt

The New York Sun feels quite con.
fident that the Roosevelt pictured by
the south, dnring the hot campaign,
and founded largely on the Booker
Washington incident, which was NAL.
adroif, to say the least, Is not the
Roosevelt that Is to be. We are to
have the real man, q kind OF southern
half OF him, and he will visit us and
be pleased. We are to regard him
also more favorably, which Ia quite
likely. But that mainly depends upon
himself In future demonstration. The
Sun recalls how New England bitterly
hated Andrew Jackson when he visit.
ed Massachusetts, presidentially. The
leading families regarded him almost
as the enemy Of his race, his country
and his God" The smell Of sulphur
was In their nostrlls," says the Sun,
but he came and conquered" Gov.
Taft's visit to New Orleans and his
ovation there was the prelude Of a Wis.,
1t from the president. He will be en-.
Enthusiastically received and will catch
the inspiration Of his environment.
He will show his southern blood and
the chances are that he will capture
and be captured. Already, at the
south, there is pleasant feeling to-
ward the president snd, with some
individual exceptions. q prediBposition
to let bygones be bygones, as far rs
possible. We should give the presi-
dent chance to know us better and
love US better: The reaction from that
Will be o common feeling Of respect,
perchance enthusiasm. Greater trans.
formation scenes have taken place.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-12-23
Scr we'd Him Rlrhr

At Baltimore Md, to escape mar.
rying man she did not love, who was
TO have welded her Wednesday, Miss
Beatrfce e. Patterson, went to WASH
ington Saturday and married the man
OF her choice, Charles e. s5carlett.
Ine man who had been selected by
miss Paterson's parents was w. O.
Cronshaw, Jr., q well known yoispg
cllubman CT New York. de .sarrli !, nd ,'d =
at baltimore to visit hid = 9 $50
prepare for tha weed 5!s, 1, ~.
much put out when tsld
ed the Patterson, home frq
announcing her narriaga
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-12-23
Steamer Lost.

The steamer Nat, from Glasgow to
Yarmouth, capsized ! in the Moray
firth, Off the coast Of Scotland, on
Tuesday and it's crew nf ten men were
drowned. 6 A
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-12-23
Wedding Party Slain,

The massacre by Greeks of the
wedding party near Monastir, Novem-
Der ~, thirteen persons being killed
and five receiving wounds, has led TO
a number OF sangulnary conflicts be-
t~een Bu'garians and Greek bands,
eliminating Thursday last in a stub.
born battle lasbing five hours. A
creek band Of fstwenty- eight men and
a body OF bulgarians met near the vii
!age OF Serakinovo and the Greeks lost
"a meSfkilled. Many assassinations
OF SSSfoHarians by Albanians have been
ressSSd In the Uskub district. Lo.
Cal authorities, as usual have taken
no action in the matter.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-12-23
VIII be Impeaohed.

er q thorough investigation the
OF representatives has ordered
peachmcnt OF Federal Judge
Florida for high crimes and
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-12-23
VERY LARGE REWARD.
he Thousand Dollars offered for the
IL Capture of Adams.

!. so Is ohs VI the most peculiar that
mas come before the governor AMI the
reward is as high as any ever
ohered In the recent years
| Governor MoSweenev Offering the
same amount for Warren, the alleged
Orangeburg despsrado, Who was
charged with rohbing an express COM
panY.
l--AqaWs was convlced OF the murder
OF Jas. " acques in Colloton county
about two years ago and sentenced to
be hung. Both are white men and
both families tave strong friends and
factions. Adams appealed his case to
the supreme court, but lost, and was
sentenced to be hung. Then he escap
ed and reward Of $500 was offered
for his capture. Since then letters
have BEEN written and received by the
governor to the effect that Adams Is
In the county and the reward was
doubled.
The case Is rather difficult one for
the governor tc face and yet 1t Is one
that under the present law might be
brought up at any time. Adams, know
Ing that he will be hung II caught, ia
absolutely desperate, and would as
soon die as be taken back. Therefore
should man go after him it Is simply
taking his life into his own hands. On
the other hand the governor has no
means In his power to make sheriff
do his duty, and the only thing to do
In cases Of this kind is to make ths
reward such an amount that many
will be tempted to capture Adams.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-12-23
1 DISPUTES [ VILsO1
Massengale Thinks Mixson is vasl
Probably Right
pREDrcTs HIanER pRIoEs.
Estimates the Drops at Eleven Mil
siion Two hundred and Fifty
Thousand Bales for

InlH y car. ssffes 80
It. e. Massengale. a prominent
Georgia farmer, writes as follows to
the Augusta Chronicle from his home
at Norwood, Ga, on the cotton situa-
tion:
Editor Augusta Chronicle:
Falsus in uno. .falsus in omnibus, Is
trite maxim, as cd as the granite
hills, and taat being true, Mr.. Score
tary Wilson having acknowledged his
error In the acreage planted previous.
ly given out, 1t stands In reason that
fhe could have made most alarming
error In the estimation Of the cotton
,rop. That an error In the ginners
report has bean made is no longer In
doubt, 1t matters not who made it,
"the department Of commerce and
labor known as the bureau of the
census" or Secretary Wilson's report
Gas some claim the letter of Mr.. Mix
son Is somewhat mixed up between
the two. That an error has been ant
could have been made, one can readily
perceive from the following: In Civ
ing the ginning by months to Ger
ta!n date, the question is asked
How much have you ginned to Ger
tain date in the month";" A nGmbe
of ginners have included the who'll
amount ginned. from the first com
mencement of the season. The wri
ter saw error of eleven hundred an,
twenty bales, made by one Of our tw
/ giEreIs here, which, however, wa
correct 71sgSanp as attention wa
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-12-23

EUGENE Stanclll, of Sumter, shot
F5 Ieif with suicidal intent on Fri.
~ with 3S.calibre pistol, while
lnder the influence Of whiskey. The
motors think he will get well,
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-12-23
Some interes sting Facts and Con
clusions from the Census.
lT,H 1 e! 3 RIG /! 6 II & BIS SHOW
That the Males Are Ahead I: the Rural
Districts but fhe Females Are Ahead
in Tho Cities: The Death Rate,
Niaies Exceed Females by
One-Nineteenth.

Al study in the opoytion OF sexes
Ii, the United States was published by
th,p bureau Of the census; Tuesday as
usletin IL
pheI discu ssion and analysis appear
inE In Bulletin IA were written by
" rof. w. F. Wilcox, of Cornell uni
SpyeJsfty, the tables themselves, de-
= rived from the main population re-.
& potts OF the twelfth census, we're pre-
pared alao under Prof. Willcox's su-
\, psryision.
iSoroe of the conclusions reached are
sci sntific and practical Importance,
s!nd may thus be summarizes: The
7;sI HI inoi6 population of continental Unit
SysdS States was first counted with dis
AsszHsasstsa on of sex in 1920. During the
from $50 to 900 the
i # ss was greater
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-12-23
" OF Amnrican cities

3el0p population having a ma
Aof females had increased since
~ when, in the 1,490 cities, each
Sing at least 1880 inhabitants,
Re were 6,929 more males than
'ales.
Ahile the excess OF 6,929 males in
ican cities in 1890 became an
Aof 10,959 females in American
4h 1900, the excess Of 1,519,559
In country districts In 1890 be-
ln excess OF 1,840,28O males in
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-12-23
I'D I lat among the petitions
3dted to the board was Cne sipneG]


81 the intel dant of Elloree and all
rthe wardens another signed by nearly
every woman living in the town, an
sther cmbr cling the signatures OF
ior6y six out OF the fifty three voters
IN the @'vn, and still another with
the signatures OF hundreds of men
llVlng outside &c but near the town.
Lhese petitions w.-e supplemented
by letters from several prominent
men OF the community. On the other
side, there was a strong petition,
every signature On which Dlspspger
WeeEs said he obtained in the dispen.
sary from patrons living within nine
mlles of the place, and he was sur 9
he had ma jority. This vas backed
up by letters from Drs. P. T. Fielder
and a. Q. Baxter, who said that the
hight against Dispenser Weeks was
taking marely another form, a long
standing movement against the dis.
penser was out OF jsalously and pre-.
)udice cgainst him because his dispen.
sary was proving q drawing card TO
his mercantile business.
After the matter had been fully dis.
cussed vote was taken, which re.
suited In vote Of two TO one to close
the dispensary. Chairman II II. Evans
Vosei against removal and Nessrs.
Towill and Boykin voted in favor of
it. MI Evans opposed favorable action
on the ground that the board can act
for cause only and no cause had been
made evident Mr. Boykin favored
this action. The dispenser, Weeks
is personal friend Of his and Is good
officer, who has kept the dispansary
but Mr.. Boykin could not
vote against the wishes OF the people
as expressed in the petition. Mr..
Towill declared that he would not de-
prive the people Of Elloree OF the right
which he would claim for the people
of biz own town. or the SO resident
voters at Elloree, 46 had signed the
petition.
The array OF counsel presented an
condition. For Capt. Moss
admitted that he does not think any
too kindly of the dispensary aud an.
peared merely In response to his duty.
On the other hand Senator RGyEor ia
not opposed to the dispensary, but ON
the slump he had declared thai IL any
community wanted to be rid Of the
dispeasary ne would appear III behalf
Of that community. Senator Raysor
made very eloquent speech, appeal.
Ing for the people OF Elloree not to be
denied the right OF petition. Col.
Bran ley occupied similar position
TO Senator Rsysor on the dlspensary
question last summer on the stump
when a candidate for the Legislature.
and we are satisfied that he las not |
'hanEed his views on the question.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-12-23
FROZEN IN THK RIGGING.

Peculiar Fate OF Member Of Wrecked
F. Schooner'o Grow.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-12-23

II
ara II ss3a1 more males than fe.
males or apoub 0wU III eacn ;1UU people
Rr9bably In the population Of the
Sesid as a whole, and certainly In
-6hat half Of it which has been counted
with distinction OF sex, there5ar sew
s. eral millions more males than females.
In continental United States, how.
evers the relative excess of males is
greater than the average for all coun-
q tries. -
- Europe has an excess OF. females:
every other continent, SO far as
known, has an excess Of males.
The divisions Of continental United
StateSsWit the smallest proportion
OF males are the District of Colombia
/. (47.4 per cent?, M8 ssacbusettS Q8.7
y per cent?, and Rhode Island (49.I per
cent; those with the largest are Wyo
ming (62,9 per cent) and Mon.
tana (6i.8 per ceat.)
AS q rule sparsely settled regions
have an excess Of males and densely
settled regions an excess OF females.
Between 1890 AID 1906 the divere-
i ence among the several states in this
Z respect decreased and the proportion
OF males and OF females In different
3 sections became more nearly equal.
In 1880 about one. fourth and in
! $40 less than. .one.sfxth of the Ameri-
counties had snsExcess Of femslsr<f:
Sican cities as a rule have 81.
In the 1861 cities, 80
at least 500 inhSF
sSere POI, ,959 more fe. :
ard this notwith-
%esterr Y stsl1 N,ities
5.Sss than femalGRe |
3of foreign born in
'I38 q, inths of them male
5rtion Of them living
sgncy OF American cities
3eI0p a population having ma
aof females had increased since
~ when, in the l 400 cities, each
Sing at least 1880 Inhabitants,
he were 1929 more males than
ales.
bile the excess OF 6 ,929 males in
dcan cities in 1890 became an
Aof 210, 959 females in American
f4n 1900, the excess OF 1,519, 500
In country districts In 1890 be-
TN excess OF ,840, 280 males in
expressing the facts in ratios,
& ! 900 inhabitants of such
1890, 500 we're males and in
= were males; of each 900
ants living outside these cities
1890, $40 were males, and In 1900,
4 $40 we're males. The difference thus
in the number OF males or Of fem ales
between an average Thousand Of city
and Of country population in 1890
was 10 and in 190O 23.
This conclusion Ia not materially
modified when a more accurate meth
cd Is employed and comparison
i made batween the figures In 1890 and
1000 for the same llso Of cities, ma me-
ly, all which had at least $500 inhab-
!, itants at each date.
A marked increasing dissertation of
the sexes between city and country
like that In the United States has
been noted also in the leading coup.
tries of western Europe.
On the other hand, there is large |
excess OF males In the principal cities
Of Russia and India, and In Hongkopp |
and Manila.
This excess of females In the cities
OF rYestern Europe and eastern United |
AEss probably due mainly to the
aetunity for women to find
those cities and to
81 tyward in conse-
seT under five
81 Terence ap-
wing at least |
Jthe rest Of the
.eS there are 5O3 |
children; outside
2earS,r oil tc
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-07-20
GAME WARDEN HAS TROUBLE.
Will Prosecute Persons Who Dump
Refuse in the Creek.

THE practice of dumping refuse and
turning in dirty water in Mill creek
is having a bad effect on the fish, said
Game Warden Morse today, "and if it
is not stopped l will be forced to take
immediate steps to prosecute the Of
tenders. Almost every day complaints
come to me that people residing along
the stream in the city limits are dump
ing trash and other refuse in the
stream, which not only will breed dis
ease, but will be the means of killing
all the trout in the creek. Many peO-
pie are using the stream as a sewer
and the waters are becoming cOntami-
mated. l have notified several parties
of the law regarding this matter and
unless they stop the present practice
1 will be forced to cause the arrest of
a number of people,
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-07-20
EUROPEAN WHEAT SITUATION.

Now that the crop experts nave
about concluded that a bumper wheat
crop for the United States is not to
be expected this year, there is dis
position to turn to other countries TO
see whether increased production
there will maintain the balance. Big
crops in Europe would in part offset
a decreased production in America.
So far. however, from finding evidence
of this. the trade has, on the contrary,
seen much to indicate that Europe Will
fall off compared with last year, hence
there are three important things
affecting prices that are now be-
ing watched-the reports from the
rain-soaked southwest, the develo-
ments in the backward spring wheat
fields and the statistics bearing upon
probable European requirements.
The Hungarian department of agri-
culture recently issued a bulletin
stating that total crop results Will be
"A per cent under last year. Balla, the
Hungarian statistician, figures that
this means a wheat production of 3D.
S69, 900 metric hundredweights, or, to
put it into our measure, about ll5,ooo,-
600 bushels Last year Hungary pro-
duced Isl, $4,000 bushels.
Roumania produced 10, 100000 bushels
last year, but is estimated to have
sustained loss that will cut this years
total to around 100000, and there
will be a big shortage on the whole in
the Euxine.
France shows up we'll so far, al
though an unfavorable turn was made
some weeks ago and ideas of new
record production abandoned. Other
European countries promise fairly
well. but Broomhall, the Liverpool au-
thority, sees indications that even in
the event of good results in north and
central Europe, total European import
requirements will be about 50,000,000
bushels in excess of last year.
Hence there is bass for strength in
wheat prices aside from the American
situation, and while wide variation
may be expected from day to day, as
crop reports change for better or
worse. there is much to indicate that
when the farmers of the northwest
come to market their growing wheat
crop in he fall they will obtain highly
satisfactory prices.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-07-20

THE REPUBLICAN REVOLT.

The Seattle acknowledgement and
ather republican organs on the West
side are still hugging the fond delusion
that there is no revolt among the re-
publicans of eastern Washington
against the Farrell state ticket The
P.-I. told its readers recently that
the Whitman county republicans had
Endorsed the railroad ticket, but it
took pains to suppress the following
resolution passed by the republican
county convention at CoIfax:
LAS republicans who believe in po-
litical honesty and political decency.
We register our emphatic protest
against the shameless and degrading
influence of the railroad lobby over the
republican party of this state
j. n. Pickrel. leader of the railroad
forces in Whitman county begged the
convention with tears in his eyes to
adopt resolution that he offered