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Arizona republican., 1904-07-12

ing for feed and water; nights cool. and days hQt.-Geo. Scott.
 SANTA CRUZ COUNTY. Lochiel-Continued drouth; cloudy last two days, but no rain.-Jas. B. Mix.
 YAVAPAI COUNTY.
 Briggs-No rain; weathe unusually cool for the season: no cropsI range exhausted: cattle, which have so far .withstood the drouth in this section. are dying.-W. A. DeBusk.
 Gilbert-It still continues dry and windy: range stock barely living; wa ter failing in wells: everything suffer- ing for rain.-W. J. Gilbert.
Arizona republican., 1904-07-12
CROP BULLETIN
EXTRACTS FROM REPORTS OF
 CROP CORRESPONDENT
APACHE COUNTY.

AIpine-Weather continues very dry: warm and windy; no rain: stock on range doing fairly well.-Miss Jane Jepson.
 Eagar-Past week very dry; warm days and cold nights; rain is needed; farmers cutting first crop of alfalfa. yield light; stock still doing will on mountain range: but great forest fires are raging, burning up the dry grass; not much green grass yet, owing to drouth.-C. s. Dewitt.
 Greer-Hot days; cool nights, freez- igg some of the potatoes since the first. -E. w Wiltbank.
 Houck-Condition unchanged: cloudy and suItry, and indications of rain soon. --J. w. Bennett.
 Pinto-Hot and dry; indication of rain soon; cattle in fair condition; gar den truck doing fairly well.-A. E. Hen ming.
 Springerville-Dry and very windy nearly all of the past week; cool nights with some little frost; garden truck at almost a standstill; wheat and oats be- ginning to burn because of lack of moisture; most all of first crop of all falfa cut and being stacked in good con- dition.-C. B. Trammell. COCHISE COUNTY. Pool-Weather very dry and windy with some indication of rain; grain crops have been harvested with light yield; stock showing effects of drouth very much, and unless rain comes with l in the next two weeks there win be a heavy loss in cattle.-J. J. Pool. Turner-Cloudy but no rain; water very scarce and cattle dying off; more springs have gone dry this season in the mountains than ever known before. 70. A. Clark.
 COCONINO COUNTY. Flagstaff-Very dry weather this week, and crops dried out so that only timely rainfall can save them; feed l is plentiful on the range, but inaccess. ible to stock on account of water holes being dried up; stock is suffering and a great many cattle are dying.-Chas. C. Moers.
 Tuba--Dry and warm; no water on range and very little grass; first cut of alfalfa put up, medium crop; irrigated crops doing well; garden truck of near ly all kinds looking well and ready for table use; early apples ripe.-Walter Runke.
 CHA COUNTY. Globe-No change from two preced-
Arizona republican., 1904-07-12
PERSONAL.

Frank Mead returned yesterday morning from a trip to the northern part of the territory, and is registered at the Ford Hotel.
 D. M. Le Baron of Mesa, reg,ste. e1 at the Ford hotel yesterday.
Arizona republican., 1904-07-12
BONDS.

U. S. ref. 2s. reg. 1.O4a.; coupon L04%; Y. S. g. reg. 1.O5; coupon 1.O6; U. s. new As reg 1924: coupon 1.O6; U. $. old As reg. 1.06A; coupon LO6A.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-08-05
Died in Religious Service.

Mrs. Mary Blocker, wife Of Joshua
Blocker, mother of 10 children, all llv-
Ing, died during services at TAYLOR
chapel In the upper township of Rich
land county on Wednesday. The uues-
tion was asked by the pastor. "Who
would meet him On the other shorep"
She responded that she wou.i and
commenced falling, She was caught
by her sisters, who'prevertvd her from
falling to the floor This was at about
lOp. m: The membership crowded
around, rubbed her vigorously, ap-
Piled first cold water and afterwards
camphor. Consciousness not return,
lug, about II m. DR.. Lever was sent
for, and arrived at the church at l a.
M. The woman was pulseless and nc
SOUND could be heard over the heart
and no breathing. She had, vomited
from mouth apd fluid was in the nos
trlls. Efforts were made to induce
artificial respiration for half an hou,
or more when She was left to family
tor disposition.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-08-05
. Killed by a Train.

: Jim Petty, colored. aged go years,
was struck by yard shifter near the
Southern depot in Spartanburg Thurs
day night, and died from the effects
Of his injuries early Friday morning.
There were no eyewitnesses to the ac-
cident. 1t appears that about 10
o'clock last night Petty was walking
up the track of the main line, leading
from the depot to the junction, when
a shifting locomotive struck him. The
wheels passed over his left leg and his
head was Injured. At the coroner's
injuest held this morning the verdict
was that the decease came to his death
by being struck by a locomotive In the
SOuthern's yard,
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-08-05
Civil servIce Q Ex aninations.

The United States civil sarvlce com
mission announces an examination on
August l7-l8>l9, 1904, at Columbia to
secure eligibles from which to- make
certitication to: fill. a vacancy lin tile
position OF engineer craftsman IN the
supervising architects s office, at 81, 200
per annum, and other similar vacan-
c!es as they may occur in that Office. 8
On. August 24thSan~ examination to
secure eligibles for the: position of
economic and stratigraphic geologlst
and paieont3lpgist ih the Philippine
service at $4,000 per apnim wip ,be
On August:s1st 4 another !, examina- = T
tlon secure .eligibles for:the position
OF oookkeeper in the reclamation ser
vice Of the geological, survey will be
held. This posiUion earrles:a salary
OF 81 900 Der .annllnt 7: e.. ~: r.:
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-08-05

was haFsfooted and had blood on his
pants ard his Clothes were wet. He told
her he Saad committed q horrible crime.
She hefuSLherstatedt that Paul Reed and
WHO soswent to Mr.. Hodges Satur-
day MI itsweek to commit the crime,
but met Mr.. Hodges before they got to
the house and decided that the oppor.
tunity was not as favorable as
they wished, and decided to defer
it tllF another time. They told
Mr. Hodges they came to get some
spirits OF turpentine. She says there
are Others implicated. She knows
by what she has heard from Reed and
Cato's talk. Reed told her he would
kill.her. II she told 1t. The woman sa VS.
that Reed and Cato said that Mr..
Hodges had three hundred dollars bur-
led back of his house and they were
going to have it..
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-08-05
Three Killings in One Day.

A disdatch from Greenville says
Barney Houston, colored, was shot
and Instantly killed by his step-father
there Thursday. Jane Agnew, col
ored, was shot Wednesday evening
and Instantly killed by another COL
ored woman. The shooting Is said to
have been accidental. A negro man
was shot and supposed to be fatally
injured by a young physician near
Marietta Thursday. The shooting
was In self defense as the negro armed
with gun, was said to be advancing
on the white man when shot. All
three shootings occurred in that coun-
ty within twenty -four hours.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-08-05
The Western States.

Conditions in several OF the western
States, Senator Dubois said in re-
cent interview with Judge Parker,
give the Democrats d good chance of
success. He mentioned particularly
Idaho, Colorado, Montana and Neva-
da. In Washington it has been set
tied that Former Senator George
Turner will be nominated for the gov
ernofship. There is a local fight on
In Washington over an effort to COM
pei the. railroads to pay their just
share. Of. Taxation" which Senator
.:Dlboist declares will weaken the Re-
publican party and, added to the per-
s6nalipopularity OF Senator Turner,
will enable the Democrats to carry
that State.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-08-05
GREENvILLE NEGRO KILLED.
Trio of Constables Arrested the
Slayer With Difficulty.

Trio OF Constables Arrested the
Slayer With Difficulty.
A special from Greenville to the
State says: Early Thursday morning
Constables Alton, Cooley aud Charles
arrested and delivered to the county
jail Roman white, colored, under the
charge of killing Barney Houseton,
colored, at the latter's house near the
city limits on Augusta street.
The body of Houston was found
near the house, his death having been
caused by a shot through the breast.
! Coroner Black was notified and EN-.
paneled jury who returned a verdict
that the death of Houston was caused
by q gunshOt wound in the hands OF
Roman White. The shooting is sup.
| poSeded to have been the result of a
family row.
The officers had been out all night
on raid and Thursday morning when
| they were near the city limits shots
were heard, two mutiled, as if fired
inside house. The three were 300
yards from the scene OF the shooting,
and ran toward the house. Alton
went to the rear Of the house, a thr. e..
room shanty, Charles to the rear and
Cooley ran around the end of the
house.
Alton seeing negro boy In the
yard, asked where was the party who
did the shooting and was told that he
was in the house. Pushing open the
front door the constable stood face to
race With White, The negro VINO had
shot Houston. Recognizing the ofli-
Ger. White wheeled around and
reached after his pistol which lay on
the bureau.
The officer was too quick for White
and when The latter found out that
Alton had the drop on him, he faced
Ills capturer.
at this juncture Charles fired from
behind, and after slight resistance
White yielded and was taken in the
city patrol to the county jail, Had
the constable been rash he would
have shot the negro, who was evident.
ly trying to kill him and would have
done so but for Atoms quickness in
handling pistol.
| Constable Cooley found Houston at
the end Of the house lying on his back
with a gunshot wound in his breast
tifrom which the blood was oozing. The
oI' =. fiire pistol W hiett=stss n ttGs grabbed
when resisting is the one used in kill.
ing Houston and was fired four times,
Two bullets being found in the cham
| berS.
A brother of the dead boy had a
pistol In his possession which he
claimed belonged to the deceased. 1t
was a 32-calibre and had not been
fired.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-08-05
SNAKES BOARD A SHIP.
Hundreds OF EN- Figure In Yarn
from Platte River.

The New York Evening Sun, says
members of the crew Of the Swedish
steamship Bifrcst, South America, re-
port that snakes OF all sizes and in un-
heard of numbers took possession of
the ship and threw the crew into a
panic that continued two days and Il
night, during which time ninety eight
reptiles OF various sizes up to l2-foot
python were killed and thrown over
board. The story is substantiated by
the exhibition OF several skins OF the
larger snakes, and was told too earn
estly by the crew to be mere tale of
the rort castle. The vessel began to un-
load quebrach0 wood at the foot OF
Emerson street, Greenport, r. l. On
the voyage up the Roi Platte for the
~ood she sailed further than any other
steamer has previously reported. While
taking on her cargo in June, during
the rainy season, a great flood wash
ed down the river quantities Of debris,
Including grass, sod and grOwths Of
various kinds. Some of 1t drifted
ashore In the vicinity Of the ship and
against her sides. 1t is well known to
seafaring men that snakes inhabitiny
dense thickets climb trees and tall
bushes, and one may understand that
to climb anchor cables, booms and
gangways Is no handicap to them. At
all events, the snakes got aboard the
ship, Into the forecastle, the cabin and
the holds, where the logwood cargo
was stored. The floors Of the fore
castle and cabin were flooded with hot
water to drive the reptiles out, and
natives were hired to kill them as fast
as they appeared. In this manner the
crew reports the disposal Of ninety
eight. Then none OF the crew would go
into the holds until they had a
thorough steaming. No one knows how
many snakes will be found among the
wood, for the matches were open at
the time OF the visitation, and 1t is
believed that hundreds found hiding
places there
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-08-05
DEATH OF MR. h. 4. cRUM.
Dies Suddenly from Stroke OF Ap.
poplexy.

We clip the following from the Den
mark correspondent of the State which
says Mr.. II. H.. Crum cied at his resi-
dence here Tuesday at IL o'clock,
lingering less than IL hours after the
stroke Of appoplexy of the evening be-.
fore.
Mr.. Crum had spent Monday out on
his plantation, several miles from
town, where he was experimenting the
cutting canal through his lands and
had been interested In this work for
several days previous. He returned to
his home at the close Of the day, ate q
hearty supper and showed no sign of
the approaching stroke. After supper
was over he retired to his favorite
porch to catch the cool breeze of the
evening. A few minutes later Ills wife
Joined him, but did not remain with
him, feeling that the ccol air was not
beneficial to her. Mr.. Crum remained
In the piazza for short time before
ne was heard by his family making
his way to an inner apartment. he
got to the sitting room, closed the
and locked It.. A few feet away from
the door, or just as he turned from
the door to join his family, he must
have received the apopletic stroke.
Mrs. Crum was engaged in converse.
tion with her children and expected
every minute to see her husband enter
the room. Fifteen minutes or more
elapsed before she began to think that
possibly the repetition of the no!s.
made by-her husband, the moving OF
the foot over the floor and forced clear
Ing Of the throat, meant i'll news to
his beloved family. Mrs. Crum went
out to see him and found the hall
dark. Calling for match, the gas was
lighted, and there sat her husband on
the floor, one arm resting on large
rocking chair, his head moving to and
fro. Mrs. Crum called to him, he look
ed up Into her face and tried to speak.
Mr. Crum had evidently tried to get
up, using the chair as a support, or
possibly he felt the attack coming on
him ana tried to cit !n the chair.
Physicians and kind friends we're
called, but the stroke was serious and
gradually life ebbed away.
His entire family and many friends
stood around his bed until death came.
Mrs. Crum and her children are grief
stricken, and the community monrns
the loss of good citizen. Mr.. Crum
had just completed his fine residence
on Palmetto avenue, and had scarcely
had time to place in order his new
home, and in one sense new and
happy life had only begun.
Mr.. Crum was 40 years old and had
served Barnwell and later Bamberg
county in the lower house of the gen.
eral assembly several terms, after
which he was elected In 1900 by the
general assembly to manage the State
dispensary, all of which positions he
nlleu with exceptional satisfaction TO
the people of his com monwealt
II IS body vas asin tered Wed dnesday Y
at II o'clock at the Denmark ceme-
terry. ~
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-08-05
SUMMER SCHOOL CLOSES
After Very Pleasant and Profitable
Session.

| Session.
a special to the State from Rock
Hill says: The State summer school
Tor teachers closed very successful
session last Tuesday. The total at.
tendance was about 300 and in addi
ton the educational conference and
the State Teachers association at
tracted large number Of leading edu.
Gators and laymen.
The great body OF teachers In at.
tendadce were diligent and won from
President Johnson an expr, ssed opin-
ion that the session just closed was
marked by greater energy, more dill.
gence and more enthusiastic profes-
sionalism than any previous summer
school,
In his closing remarks he expressed
Wlnthrop's pleasure at having the
school, and the teachers were made to
feel that all that could be done was for
their pl' asure and profit. The splen-
did equipment OF the college with
every modern convenience, strong
faculty, full and well-chosen course
OF lectures, and also the attraction
furnish by Superintendent Hughes
and his cOrnet band all contributed to
month Of pleasure and profit to the
tired and worn teacher.
One OF the last attractions was a
lecture, full Of force and Instruction,
by DR.. j. "A. b. Scherer, president Of
NeWberry college. An address for
the closing evening was announced to
he given by President Poteat of Fur
man, but the school was disappointed
upon DR.. Poteat's failure to arrive.
Many are beginning to point to
these schools as so profitable for our
teachs rs that the wdeawake teacher
cannot we'll afford to miss them.
'Ihey make teachers grow, and those
VINO fail to see the need of continued
preparation VIII soon fail to fill the
demands made upon them.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-08-05
Negroes Not Wanted.

A great many negroes were import
ed into Chicago to take the places of
strikers In the stock yards. They
were assaulted and not permitted to
go to work except when they were
secretly spirited into the shops. AS
the Augusta Chronicle says, the South
may hang mean negro occasionally
but 1t Is the only section OF this coun-
try where a law-ablding negro can
hnd employment without prejudice OF
hinderance. And this is a conds!der-
alton OF vastly more Importance tC
the respectable negro than any other
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-08-05
Georgia. Family Murdered.

A special from, State eboro,t Ca, says
that Henry Hodgess his wifeand three
children were brutally murdered near
there Thursday night. After the
crime. had been Committed their home
was burned Corpses; found in the
debris showed that the skulls .of the
grown people had been broken, by
blows from: some blunt instrument.
Robbery Is SUPPOSED TO, have been the
motive: No arrests have yet been
made. There Is the greatest excite
ment in StatesbOro and vicinity.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-08-05
Georgian Assnsstnated.

A special to The Augusta Chronicle
from Washington, Wilkes county,
Georgia, says that while Charley j.
Tyler, a prominent young farmer of
the northeastern section OF the coun-
ty was at supper with his wife Fri
day night, DR.. Thomas G. Burch
emptled two loads of buckshot from the
window, In the body Of Tyler killing
him instantly. DR.. Burch has been
taken in custody and officers are now
carrying him to Washington, the
county seat Of Wilkes county.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-08-05

found sympathy Oh the loss of his col
league through the terrible crime re.
sulting IN his tragic death. Mr.. Hay
telegraphed fimiliar expression to
Count Cassini. the Russian ambassa-
dor to the United States.
The news Of the assassination was
briefly cabled to the state department.
by Spencer Eddy, American charge at
st. Petersburg, and by Consul Gener-
al Watts. The news was forwarded TO
Secretary Hay at Newbury, N. II.
Although the assassination Is deeply
deplored here, 1t cannot be said that
1t has caused much surprised in circles
here but informed as to the conditions
in St. Petersburg.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-08-05
Enforcing the Law.

Justice David Gilmer, at Johns
town., Pa, has just imposed what is
probably the heaviest fines ever made
under the present fish laws Of the
state upon three men who we're on
victed of catching lG6 carp and cat
llsh by building fence across Buffalo
creek, driving the fish into wire pens
and killing them. The fine was $40
ior each fish, or a total of 81 66O, in
lieu OF which they must serve l66
Gays in iail. -
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-08-05

Thursday in the Ashmore section,
nine miles from Greenville, Lena
Agnew accidentally killed Minnie Nc
Karnell, another negro woman, with
small parlor rifle. The McKarney
woman was sick and the other had
called to visit her. The rifle was on a
table nearby and as the visitor picked
1t up to lay 1t aside it was accidental
ly discharged, the ball entering the
SICK Woman's brain over TIE left eye,
producing Instant death.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-08-05
Died from Cigarettes.

MIR. Chas. Steele, a young man 23
years OF age, sfiot himself through the
head with revolver at the home of
his brother, William Steele, In Vau.
cluse near Aiken on Sunday afternoon.
His BRAIN was pierced with the bullet
and 1t Is reported there Monday that
he Is dying. Disappointment in love
is said by some to be the cause of bis
act, and by others 1t is thought that
his brain was effected by cigarette
smoking. \
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-08-05
We Hope He viii.

The Columbia Record says Chair.
man .Taggart, of the Democratic COM
mittee, 1t Is stated, has long desired
the honor Of leading the party to VIC
tory. He made an active campaign to
having himself elected to the position,
and In the face of considerable opposi-
tion his efforts were crowned with sue
cess. II he will use the same pclitica
finess against the Republican partyl
we may feel assured OF the result.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-08-05
Queer Place OF Worship.

one CT the most remarkable places
OF worship In the world Is the miners'
chapel in Myndd Menigdd colliery,
Swansea, Wales. 1T Is close to the
bottom OF the shaft. The only light
is that obtained from solitary safety
lamp hung over the pulpit from the
ceiling, and the oldest miner in the
collicry Is generally chosen to olliciate.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-08-05
Rural Telephones.

There are 994 mutual telephone sys-
TENS OF rural character, with s9, 3l6
Instruments and TO-, 915 miles of single
wire. In addition to these the com.
mercial companies operate is, 59s rural
lines, with 1873, ,425 miles of single wire
and III, 905 telephones. There are also
4,996 independent farmers lines with
AZ, s65 miles of single wire and 55,474
instruments.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-08-05
"A Good plan.

In Germany, when a person breaks
down with consumption, he il sent to
government Sanitarium, where he Is
kept until he recovers or dies. In
the meantime his family receives a
weekly pension from fund to which
the patient himself contributed when
he was in good health. BY this means
the risk OF spreading the disease ls
avoided.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-08-05
A Double Tragedy.

At Dallas, Texas, Samuel Cordell,
an insurance agent, Friday shot and
killed his wife while she was asleeI
and then killed himself Jealousy was
given as the cause. Their two chill
dren are left homeless.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-08-05
TO Succeed DR.. Lander.

Rev. DR.. o. Wilson, presiding elder
of the Cokesbury district, has been
elected president of the WILLIAMSON
Female college at Greenwood to sue
ceed the late DR.. S. Lander.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-08-05
DOGS TAKE THE TRAIL.
MuRDERERs ARREsrEn.

Several negroes have been arrested
for the murder and the burning OF the
house. Paul Reed and VIII Cato are
the most deeply implicated. Paul
Reeds wife has confessed to Mr.. Madi-
son Parrish and others, that Paul Reed
and VIII Cato came to her house early
Thursday night and secured matches
Paul went away with the shoes that
were found near the scene of the
crime. She says the two men were
gone several hours and when Paul came
back, 1t was about one o'clock. He
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-05-15

About a week ago a bear which
had been kept at Fore Stevens made
his escape into the wild woods from
whence he came, and all efforts TO
locate him proved Intellectual until
yesterday, when bruin was found
near the Point Adams lighthouse
The capture was effected by Junior
Engineer Brown, Evidently the
bear was happy to be returned tc
his home at the post, for he raven
ously devoured the food which was
given him, convincing the soldiers
he had not Jared well on his forag'
ing expedition. Only once while
the bear was away was he seen
and then the man who saw him
tried to kill him, but his aim was
not accurate, fortunately.