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The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-11-18
CHIEF HAMMEr's STATEMENT.
GOT HIS COTTON PICKED.
An Oklahoma Farmer Introduces .
Novel Method to Gather it.

At Mangum 1. T., while the cotton
crop of his neighbors was unpicked
and uDcarei for, the tieecy staple on
the farm Of e G. Stockton was being
piled high in his warehouse and held
by him for II cent market.
Stockton owns a plantation in Greer
county. There Is always scarcity Of
labor ct ccttcn picking time, because
the residents will not permit a negro
to remain over night within the coun-
ty borders. Until 1895 this county was
a part Of Texas, but in that year the
United States supreme court held that
Greer county was part Of the former
Comanche Kiowa Indian re ervation.
as outlined in their treaty with the
government, and therefore part Of
Oklahoma.
Stockton was In Erick looking for
hands while a dozen other planters
were there on a similar mission.
Stockton is a deacon in the Baptist
church and happened to meet the SUI:
perlntendent Of the Sunday school,
The latter remarked that he was try
Ing to raise money for church IL
brary. Before Stockton and the super
intendent had parted company ar
rangements had been made for the en-,
tire Sunday school tO!give benefit
COTTON picking on the Stockton farm
ttrSnoSteTS days. Before he had left
town Stockton bad given a two days
benefit picking to the Methodists, who
wanted money for new carpets; two
days to the Presbyt,sTians,. who need
ed new church furniture for the err
sonSE:; u1o-daYs to the Catholics to
replenish a mission fund, and closed
q deal with the Wonan Christian
Temperance Union and Loyal TEN.
perance legion for three days picking
to aid the temperance campaign held
in that county.
The next morning fifty six members
of the Blptist Sunday school, big aud
little, old and young, donned pink
sacks and sailed forth to the Stock
ton farm. They were paid the pre-.
vailirg 6 price Us cents for hundred
pounds), and by night had picked g..
644 pounds. The proceeds of the day; IS
work went long way toward buying
the needed library. Several other
members o! the school joined the army
of pickers the next day and 5000
pounds we're picked.
All denominations kept their dates
with Stockton, who provided liberal
meals and sleeping accommodations
Tor the party. He states that the pick
ing, taking into consideration the feed
ing and housing Of the church delega.
lions, cost him less than experienced
negro pickers. He was able to get a
few Mexicans to work In a seperate
part OF the field from the church pick.
erS, and by the time the contracts
with the church and temperance PEG.
pie expired he had his entire crop
housed.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-11-18
They Both Drown.

At Lee, Me, Thursday NOR hing
Mrs. Clarence G. Burke, aged about
forty-iive years, ana her daughter
June, aged IS, lost their lives by
drowning. Both were pulled from the
water before life was ext net, but Wig
orous work on the part of reScuers
failed to reSuscitatc them. 1t is sup
posed that the daughter LOST her life
In trying to prevent her mother from
carrying out her plan to commit sui
eide. Ii is believed that Mrs. Burke,
broodlng over domestic troubles, be-
came deranged and arose early In the
morning without ar0using her family.
She W. mt 10 the mill pond not far
from her home and threw herself into
tie water The daughter must have
discovered her mothers absence soon
after she had left the house and been
able to follow her the tracks OF the
footsteps III the light snow. 1t is
supposed that either In attempting tC
prevent her mother from COMMITTING
suicide or endcavoring to pull her bod !
from the water she hal lost her life
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-11-18

service, having been appointed seven
years ago and having been stationed
In Columbia several years. He was
regarded as brave aud fearlt SIS and
when instructed to do a thing he al
ways obeyed orders. He leaves wife
In Columbia, living at 1928 Lady
street. His brother, James Fl. Irby,
corporal OF the guard at the peniten.
tiary, left Wednesday night driving
through the country. He will return
with the body Thursday morning,
taking it to Laurens. Irby was in
sured for $500 in the knights OF
Pythias being a member of Capital
lodge.
Sam'l A. Phillips was appointed
from Eastover l8 months ago, by Gov.
Hayward, on the recommendation of
several prominent citizens Of Rich.
land. He had always given splendid
satisfaction in his position. He leaves
a wife and several children, who re.
side at 1l04 Pine street.
CHIEF HAMMET's STATEMENT.
Chief Constable Hammet when
asked for statement Wednesday
night said that while he deplored the
shocking occurrence it seemed to
have been purely personal matter
between the two men. II, as reported,
they had been drinking 1T was In
violation OF one Of the strictest rules
governing constabulary. Il. L. Irby,
said MIR. Hammet, was the best man
in this division and had no superior In
the State as a constable. He was
fearless and reliable.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-11-18

paign fund during the campaigns oi
1896 and 1900 and 1904, end no one
can answer the logic of Judge Jarker's
arraignment of the trusts contribu.
tion. The trusts are run on business
principle. They do not subscribe mill
lions OF dollars to a campaign unless
they are paying for favors already
grauted or purchasing favors for fu-
ture delivery. The weakness of Judge
Parker's position was that vhe charge
was made at the close of the cam.
paign, when 1t was neutralized by a
counter charge. The trusts cannot
De fought successfully by any party
that depends upon trust funds to win
the election.
NO TRUST MONEY.
Ihe Democratic party must make
Its attack upon the trusts so vehement
that no one will suspect it Of getting
sectet aid from them. It will BE- 10
It's advantage If it will brgln the next
campaign with an announcement that
no trust contribution will be acc pt.
ed, and then prove Its sincerity ~
giving the public access to its contri
button list.
President Roosevelt has four years
In which to make good his d declaration
that no obligations were irc rred by
the acceptance Of trust funds. He viii
dfsappoint either the contributors or
the voters. If he disappoints the con.
trlontors, the trust question may be
put In the process Of settlement. If
he disappoints the people they will
nave chance to settle with his party
four years hence.
The party must continue It's de.
fence OF the interests IF the wage
earners; 1T must protect them from
the encroachments OF capital; it must
insist upon remedial leg Station In re-
gard to hours and arbitration and
must SD limit the authority of the
c. urts in contempt cases as to tv,r.
throw what is known as gov .rnm nj
by INJUNCTION.
Tue party must continu, it's oppo-
sition to national banks of Is ue and
must insist upon d!vcrc:; the treas
uey department frt m Wall street. The
party mu It continue its fight for the
popular election Of senators a, d for
direct legislation wherever the prn
c'ple can be applied. 1t must not only
It's position on old isu S;
but 1T must advarca to the clnsidera
tion OF new questions as they arise
Among these Mr.. Bryan mentions
the postal telt graph system, state
o oynefship of railways, federal ju g S.
elected for fixed terms and the el, c
tion of postm isteTs by the people of
their respt ctive mmu 1ities.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-11-18
CRIME FoLlowa CRIME.
Tho sherir and One citizen Killed
and'Town Terrorized. s.

A dispatch from Huntington, w.
Va, says Fayet'e County is excited
as never before over double murder
which occurred Thursday, following
the murder Of Constable w. a..
Jackson, by Policeman Will Elliott,
Of Montgomery, Wednesday night.
Wednesday night in aQuarrel between
the two officers, jackson was shot and
killed. Harvey jackson, a brother Of
w. A. Jackson, and two other broth
ers, armed themselvesand started out
10 clean up the entire police force OF
the town." which is a-small hamlet
near Fayette.
a telephone message was sent to
Sheriff Daniels, OF FayeGte County, to
come to Montgomery at once as blood.
shed was certain. Daniels reached
Montgomery at 10 o'clock Thursday
morning. Just as he stepped from
the train he saw Harvey Jackson and,
pacing his hand on Jackson's shoul-
der, told him. to leave the town under
penalty OF being arrested. Jackson,
without a word, fsed twice point
blauk at the sheriff, each bullet TAX
ing effect. The sheriff dropped to
the ground, dying Instantly. John
Rolf, prominent citiz,n Of the town,
was standing nearby and had witness.
ed the talk between Daniels and JACK
s II. ThTO wing up his hands he ad.
vsnced toward Jackson to demonstrate
with him and to help Daniels. Jack
son turned and shot Rolf dead. Then
reloading his revolver and pulling an.
other from his hip pocket he brand.
iShed them in the air and dc fed any
one in the town to take him.
The other Jackson boys came into
the town and met their brother i'm
mediateiy after the shooting. For
half an hour the three men paraded
the stree firing revolvers and defying
the town. The people were in panic
and crawled into cellars. The streets
were ueserieu and noJ an onicial dared
to make his appearance. In the
meantime Detective Harrison Ash,
wno lives near Montgomery and is re-
puted to be the gamest man in West
Virginia, was telephoned fer. When
ue was seen coming down the road.
way from Montgomery by the Jackson
boys they started on run for the
mountain base nearby and escaped in
che woods. After Ash had driven
the muTderers to the mountains the
citizens plucked up courage and
swarmed into the streets heavily
armed. a posse of 200 men were
quickly organized and under the
leadership Of Ash and other rolice
they started beating the woods for
the JackSons.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-11-18
A FAMILY MURDERED.
The Awful Crime of Unknown Assas
sin in California Town.


A dispatch from Auburn, CAL, says
1t Is now known that julius Weber,
his wife, their l9.year-old daughter
Bertha, and their son Paul, aged IA
years, were murdered Friday night by
an unknown assassin, who set ii re to
the home In an effort to cover his
crime. Before the fire had made any
great headway, the bodies of the mur
dered woman and her two children
were rescued from the. burning house.
En- examination of the bodies show
ed that Mrs. Weber and the children
had been murdered before the fire had
|; be,n stafced. Mrs. Weber and her
6ausS IA t,s uuu UoUrI -l,iiicu uy pISlUi
wounds. On the boys head were sew.
eral deep cuts He had also been shot.
All efforts to reach Julius Weber, the
rather who was not thought to be in
the burning house, were abandoned
until when a search was made in
the burning timbers and his body was
found In the bathroom OF the dwell.
Ing. He, too, had been shot down be-
fore being left to lie consumed by the
flames. This makes the death list as
follow
julius Weber, aged 4S.
Mrs. Julius Weber, aged Al.
Bertha Weber, aged 10; their
daughter.
Paul Weber, aged IA, their son.
The body OF Mr.. Weber was so bad
ly burned that it has bsen impossible
to certain how often he was shot. 1t
has been ascertained beyond Il doubt
that the women were killed in one
room and their clothing set on fire,
and that they were then dragged into
the apartment where their bodies were
discovered.
One very peculiar circumstance OF
the tragedy is that while the bodies
Of the mother and her daughter were
burned TO sume extend, the apartment
In which they were ly ing was not on
lire when the iiremen broke in, which
slowed that they bad been killed in
some other portion OF the house part.
tally burned and then dragged into
the rO IN where they were found.
The robbery theory ia about cx-
ploded. Adolph Weber, the son,
aged 20, who is the only member OF
The family alive, talks but little, but
10 the coroner and sheriff he says he
did not think the motive was either
robbery or revenge. When asked if
he bad theory he said he had, but
uld not give 1t. He did say, re:
iuctantly, that his father had ii VIC.
lent temper. The boy said he had
left h me about 30, came duwn
town and bought pair OF trousers.
When he went IT, the fire be dropped
MS old trousers which we're in burn.
ing building. Young Web has a
good reputation. Two 22 calibre re-
voivers were found but The bullets ex.
tracted from the bodies were 32 cali
| bra.
Julius Weber was re ired brewer
and was mau OF considerable 18th.
The family lived in d handsome ht me
here and Mr.. Weber pos esscd valuable
| Ioperty In Olkland Cal.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-11-18
Who Knows t,,e-nYan,

The Columbia Record says a tele.
phone message from Savannah Friday
afternoon stated that the body of q
man had been found in the Ogee chee
river, and in one OF the pockets was n
card bearing the name L.C Levigne,
1O6 Washington street, Columbia, S.
O." Such name docs not appear in
the directory, and SO far as could be
q certaincd with briefinvestigation,
no one knew OF such a man. The dead
man was about 80 years old, i've feet
high, wore button shCe ana 1t Is said
that his clothing indicated that he
wa' railroad man. He had some
tic tets in his pockets showing that
he had played the RACES. E : 80
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-11-18
SENTENCED 10 HANG.
II Young White Man in Ooonee
County to be Executed.

County to be Executed.
At Walhalla on Thursday Ju.se
Mccullough sentenced Earl Rochester
to be hanged January 9Th next. A
motion for new trial was over.
ruled.
Thc scene in the court room was a
most solemn one, when a young man
or fine family received his death sen.
fenced for numbering his neighbor,
whose family is equally as prominent.
Before sentei.ce was pronounced
Rochester made a long statement,
narrating the circumstances that led
up to the killing OF Mills. He said he
was goarded into the killing by threats
and insults.
Evidence showed that Mills was not
armed when he was killed, only a
small knife, a pipe and piece OF
tobacco being found On his person.
Beneath MS right arm he held a
bunch of cabbage plants wrapped in a
piece OF paper. The killing took
plade near the home of Rochester as
Mills passed going along the road from
a neighbors Both men have wives
and small children.
On May II last Rochester shot and
killed Walter Mills. They came OF
prominent families and we're both very
popular. Mills was unarmed when he
was shot. He was killed on his way
home as he was passing by Rochesters
| house.
The trial created intense interest
and 1t was an awe stricken audience
that lil!ed the court room when Judge
Mccullough told Rochester to stand
up and uttered the solemn words con.
demning him to death.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-11-18
Weevm Moving south.

In an exhaustive report on the boil
weevil made by Assistant State Ento-
mOlogist r. l. Smith to Commissioner
OF Agriculture .. B. Stevens, an I'M
portant and dangerous feature re.
garding this pest, according to Mr..
Smith, Is the rapidity with which the
weevil is moving. eastward. Mr..
Smith asserts in his report that, if
measures to fight the weevil are long
delayed In the eastern portion Of the
cotton belt, 1t will mean inestimable
loss to the cotton planters. Mr..
Smith has been in Texas in an official
capacity for some time, making a
through study OF the Mexican boil
weeyjl
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-11-18
SWEPT BY FIRE.
fhe Town ofJob nston Has a D estruo-
tive Confagration.

tive Confagration.
A dispatch to the Augusta Chroni.
Gle says but for fortunate change in
the wind at a critical time Thursday
the business section Of Johnston would
have beeG a smouldering heap of
ashes. AS 1T was a disastrous fire
yept a portion of the business dis.
trict and threatened several vefy
handsome residences that are in the
neighborhood.
The fire originated In the old How
ard building, which was tenanted by
L. j. Duncan and family, and swept
that portion Of Main street between
Minis avenue and jackson street. The
fire started from detective stove
fiue, and was burning It's way into a
nest Of splendid buildings when the
wind shifted and turned the huge
tongue Of fime diagonally across
Main street, which is very wide, so
wide In fact, that they could not
reach across the street and ignite the
buildings on the other side, and at
the same time saved the buildings
that were In the track Of the fire.
The losses with the insurance as
near as they could be gotten are as
follDWs:
Old Howard building, owned by j.
w. MObley, $1,000.
Household furniture Of T. ]. Dun
can, $500.
j. M. Still, merchant, suffered slight
damage.
9. a. Austin, on building, 5000.
j. t. burst, on stock, $500.
V. e Edwards, on ST. ok, $500, in
surance $1,000. The building was
owned by the National Bank Of Au-
gusta, and the insurance could not be
learned. It's value was about 81 900.
w. w. Woodward, a butcher, lost
about $40, and-t the building in which
he operated was owned by D. II.
Outz. which was damaged to the ex-
tent Of about $500.
w. L. Coleman suffered a loss OF
abou5 $1,000 On building with s2O0
| insurance.
Another small butcher shop was de.
stroyed.
La some Of the buildings destroyed
the stocks of goods were saved.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-11-18
Alleged Criminal Assr,It-

Late Friday afternoon John Jack.
son, an old colored man from near
Langley, came to Aiken and charged
John Watson, another negro, with
having committed criminal assault
upon bis daughter, Laura jackson, on
last Saturday. John Jackson further
states that Watson has never left the
neghborhood Of his alleged crime and
that the officers of the law have made
no attempt to arrest Watson. jack
son has succeeded in raising s25, which
he has deposited with Clerk OF Court
John w. Dunbar and will offer 1t as o
reward for the arrest OF his daughters
aSsailant.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-11-18
Give turned to- Death.

In fire at 40 East 97th street,
New York, Friday morning, which
1T is said was incendlary, three people
were burned to death, and many
others narrowly escaped. The dead
are Fred Wobcr, SO; Blanche and
Lille Euplena, l5 and IS; The bodies
will be taken to the police station.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-11-18
Burned 10 Death.

Two negro children we're burned to
death Thursday Afternoon in q fire
which destroyed house and cotton
gin near Tarboro, N. @.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-11-18

a RAILROAD manager says the huge
death list In railway circles is due TO
the craze for rapid transit" He
would have been much nearer to the
truth had he admitted that it Is due
to the craze Of huge dividends.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1904-01-28

The Designer for February is q COM
plete success from both the artistic and
literary point of view. The cover is
strikingly stylish, yet altogether in
keeping with fashion magazine, and
unusual care has been devoted to the
illustrations, of which there are several
occupying each full page. "The An
nails Of a Love, by Charles McIlvaine,
and ga Day of Miracles" by Mary E.
Fitzgerald, are short stories of interest.
The fashion pages present modes which
are at once refined and practical, and
in addition to numerous models for
adults the millinery department tells
explicitly how to make a shirred hat
for a child. "Points on Dressing
gives directions for the construction of
storm clothes, "Toilet Table Chat" ad-
vises harmless beautifers, and Ell
quette Hints" suggests what is correct
in good society. '"The Kitchen King
dom," Horticulture" and Fashion
Notes for Men" bring to q close what is
in all respects a most interesting and
helpful number.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1904-01-28

to go ahead and provide good roads
without. looking to the patronage Of
the Federal government, but with only
such means as are available to Mr..
Brownlow's district as we'll as in all
other parts of the State. Many years
ago the Legislature of Tennessee au-
thorized the various counties of the
State to levy special tax with which
to build turnpikes. Shelby county
took advantage of that authorization,
and from year to year has developed its
system of roads until now it has up
wards of 300 miles of graveled pixies,
more than the entire share of Tennes-
see out of the proposed Federal appro-
priation would provide. Shelby coun-
ty has done this for itself. The coun-
ties composing Congressman Brown
lows district might have done the
same. They have not. They are with
out roads, the people having refused
TO tax themselves for the purpose.
Now Congressman Brownlow would
have the Federal government dole out
the money for the purpose by way of
charity.
Wagon roads are local affair purely.
Railroads and waterways, which are
the thorough and continuous lines OF
locomotion and transportation, stand
on different plane. The great water
way which bears the products Of all the
Mississippi valley to the tidewater at
New Orleans is an affair Of national
import, and is one which might proper
ly engage the attention OF Congress
man Brownlow, as the representative
OF one Of the States most directly in
terested in tho improvement of that
line of navigation. There are other
wagonways leading to the principal
commercial centers of the State that
might receive the encouragement aud
aid of the State either in the shape ol
direct appropriation or by the use Of
convicts in the building thereof; but
the great bulk of the wagonways are
purely local in their uses and should be
taken care of by local effort. Shelby
county has shown the way in Tennes
see. 1t has been found here that the
building of roads is the one paramount
line of activity in which the county
government can engage with profit Il
the people and with satisfaction t
those who pay the taxes. Federal ait
is not necessary, nor could it be use(
to advantage, The fact is that an!
community which has not the publi
spirit and enterprise to construct it
own roads would scarcely have sufh
cient appreciation of them to keel
them in repair if they were built b,
somebody else. Memphis Scimitar.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1904-01-28

trying to pull tho convention to Chat
tanooga to enhance his interests. Aus
tin said he would not have entered the
congressional list if he had not had the
support of Brownlow.
Austin won and LaFollette was rec
ommend by vote Of % toS.
Will d. Wright was nominated for
temporary secretary by Austin, who
declined, but the committee unanim-
ously elected him.
The basis of representation was fixed
at one delegate for every two hundred
votes for Mckinley or majority fraction.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1904-01-28
If PillS Were Poison.

If Detroit's crop of pills for single
year was made of any deadly poison
one-half of them would be sufficient to
depopulate the entire globe.
II the annual pill harvest of Detroit
was strung on thread, like Christmas
popcorn, the rope of pills would reach
twice around the earth, with enough
over to tie in bow knot. If this string
of pills was cut in pieces each Of the
6,OO0,O0 women and girls in America
could have different necklace Of pills
for every day in the year, with an extra
long one for each Sunday. Detroit
produces a, OOO, 900, 900 pills each year. =
Leslie's Monthly.