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The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-12-08
POISONED HIS WIFE.
Sensational Charges Againsta ply
siolan OF Greensboro.

DR.. J. b. Matthew'S, q we'll known
physician, was arrested at Greensboro,
N. O., Friday on a warrant charging
him with the murder OF his wife. who
died Friday night after suffering ex.
CIRCULATING agony for more than IL
hours The warrant was issued by
Mayor Murphy. Her death, according
to DR.. J. P. Turner, the coroner, who
was called to her bedside, resulted
from a dose Of strychnine followed by
o potion OF morphine which Coroner
Turner alleges was administered to
the woman by her husband.
DR.. Mathews was arrested at mid.
night. He maintains that while he
prescribed for his wife he did SO in
the hope Of allevlating her pain. Cor
oner Turner, who swore out the war
rant against DR.. Mathews, makes sen.
satlonal charges against DR.. Mathews
In connection with the scenes in the
dying woman's room.
DIR. Turner alleges that after suffer.
Ing FOR hours the dying woman direct.
ed her 10 year.old son to seek another
ply stefan, her husband, according to
the ccl0nel's story, having refused to
summon one. DIR. Turner, who was the
first to reach the stricken woman's
bedside, diagnosed the case as one OF
poisoning and at once administered
antidotes, which failed to have the
desired effect. AS the end approach
ed, Or. Turner alleged, the husband
entered the wife's bedroom and asked
DR.. Turner If he might kneel at the
bedside and pray with his wife, re.
gus sting DR.. Turner meantime to
leave the room, which DR.. Turner re
fused to do.
Or. Matthew'S knelt at his wlfe's
bedside aud claspinP one OF her hands
In his prayed in a voice plainly audi
BILE throughout the room. Continuing,
DR.. Turner says he discovered his
patient was writhing In pain, and ap.
preaching the bed, he threw back the
covering and charges that he discoy.
ed q hypcdermic syringe had been
plunged into the wcman's leg Ho
says he seized the syringe and orderrd
Mathews from the room Mrs. Mathews
died a few moments later and the COR
oner's jury was notified. Both DR..
Mathews and his wife are we'll known
here. Matthew'S was locked up short
ly after midnight, stoutly insisting
that he had no intention OF taking
his Wife'S life.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-12-08
Tho Good Old sorr.

The woman that rode horse bacl
to church with a black silk reticult
hanging to the horn of her saddle.
The nan that would always maxi
q cross mark and spit in 1t when be
had to turn back after starting.
The soap maker who would neve,
touch o pot Of soap until the moon
was right.
The woman that could SPOOL, war;
and put In o web OF cloth in one
day.
The spinner that could card, spin
and reel six cuts in o day.
The old gentleman whose coat poe
ketB were crammed fun OF biscuits
by his wife when he started tG sew
eral miles to church Sunday.
The saving old fellow who could
wear his Sunday shoes ten years With,
out half soling.
The man who poured his steaming
coffee Into his saucer and after blow
ing ON 1t slipped loud enough to be
heard by his nearest neighbors.
The thrifty wife who c)uld knit
two pairs Of wool sockG In q week,
working only at night by the light
OF pine knots or IN the dark.
The well dressed man who had a
blue broadoloth spike tailed coat
made about 1880 and when going TIC
meeting always put his coat tails
into his breeches pocket to keep then
from getting soiled on his horse
Carolina Spartan.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-12-08
The Educated Norman

The time has come when the edu-
Gated woman can no longer regarded
as a freak. If according to dredict.
ions, domestic happiness Is to fall q
within to the monster, higher edu.
cation It, is time to prepare for the
funeral: Tne old fallacy that girls
are not abld to mentally cope with
boys In the pursuit. OF classic studies
has received Its death blow. or hon.
or credentials issued through the year
the larger number has been received
by girls and more WON IN are seeking
admission TO the colleges than the
colleges have room for. The old ely
that women have no use for the bigh:
er branches, because she will get
married does not disprove the fact
that her trained intellect renders her
all the more capable OF carrying on to
a satisfactory teImihus the manifold
duties allotted her In her capacity of
wife mother and hCusekeeper. For
Che information Of men who are con
sidersng the talking Of illerate women
al wives for the sola purpose of insul
lrg domestic peace, we call attention
to Tho fact that the divorce courts do
not seem to be crowded with educated
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-12-08
l. We Stock T,adr,

The receipts Of all kinds OF live
stock at the Chicago stock yard for
the present year greatly exceed those
Of any preceding year OF it's history.
Arrivals up to date foot up acmethinp
over IA 000, 600 and esttm Atlng the
receipts for the balance OF the year,
the grand total will bs Considerably.
In excess of Is, 900 600 aud this does
not include yer 500, 900 head sent I'll.
rect to packers outside the yards, O.
cattle, 3 400. 900 head have been re
ceived during the year. Calves $780,
900, hogs 7, 700,0GO; sheep, 4 $40, coo;
horses, 127, 600; or about ITO, 600 more
calves than YER before, nearly 300,
600 more sheep than any other record
and over 9.00o more horses than arc
the figures: 3 G86 4 pounds avtTdu-
pots. One million silver dollars weigh
sc 031 pounds avordupois or nearly
% ID tons.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-12-08
Does Much Good.

Miss Helen Could, with the intelli
gent as iStance of Miss l. zzie Altman,
annually disburses $500, 900 in charity.
Probably Miss Gould supports directly
and indirec lily more charities than
any person livlug. While 1t docs not
mean that she gives a Yay such sums
as are recorded of the Rockefeller and
Carnegie charities, on the besu author.
lily her donations annually e ca 500
or more beneticiaries. Miss Altman
Is a Vassar graduate and first met her
present employer some seven years
ago, when Miss Gould was visiting the
college. Since then she has been an
active agent in giving away nearly S4,.
600, coo.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-12-08
Goes Up Head.

At the annual meeting OF the stock.
holders OF the Atlantic Coast Line
Railroad at Richmond, Va, last week
L. M. Emerson, Of Wilmington, N. c.,
was elected president; vice II n. Er.
vim, resigned. Mr.. Emerson was for.
merly fouth Vice president and tranic
manager. He succeeded Mr.. Erwin
on the board Of directors. All the
other officers and directors were re.
elected Alex Hamilton, former Sec
ond Vice president, was promoted to
be Brst vice president. @. s. Gads-
den was promoted from third to sec.
ond vice president. j. r.. Kenly was
made third vice president. A divi.
dend Of 3 per cent. was declared on
the stock, placing II mi 6 instead OF
q s per cent. basis. The annual re.
port showed an 1 crclse In mileage,
gross and net rece ITS. President
Emerson started with the road as a
clerk In the freight offices In Will
mingtoa, N. o., at S75 per month.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-12-08
WORTH. BILLIONS.
$ Cmo Figures To The Value or Do
mestfo AntmaIs.

S,cetary Wilson with his usual 10y.
atty TO all that pretains to the far M
and farmer, calls attention in his an
nual report to tho valu, Of d)m ,stic
an'mlls and diary and poultry pro.
ducts.
He declares that the faithful horse
was brst Threatened by the bycicle,
then by the suburban trolley and the
automobile, but none Of these things
have been able to diminish his num-
bers or decrease his value. There
were the ~Secetary says, II, 000,0 600
horses and mules at work upon Amer
lean farms at the close Of the crop
year and their value was 81, 1000 600.
000 nearly as much as the corn Of the
year. The prices Of the animals have
steadily risen.
Mich COWS are likewise ad yancirg
in numbers and value, there being
1850, 900, valued at a4S2, 600, 600.
Other cattle, however have declined
In number and value, last winter
numbering 43 500, 900, and being
worth 500 600, 600. Sheep are among
the losers but hogs are holding their
positions in numbers and value.
And there's the faithful old hen CT
the farmer and the su%burbgnite
Sccetary Wilson does not fail to hand
her a bouq let In passing. He says
she Is 8 worthy compa nion to The cow
In the favOrs she showers upon the
American people. The annual pro
d3ction Of eggs Is not a score Of bill
ions and the products are valued at
half a billion dollars. Eggs are doing
substitute duty for high priced meats
the Secetary says.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-12-08
Woman Kills woman,

A dispatch from Chester to The
News and Courier says In a fight
that occurred at the county farm
Thursday between two colored women
Amy Osborne and Margaret Attles,
inmates OF the home, the former re.
ceived injuries from which she died
Saturd ~ evening. The two old women
&C 3upied the same cabin and had al.
ways gotten along pleasantly, but
Thursday there was a quarrel result
Ing in the tragedy. The Attles wo.
man struck her antagonist with a
heavy stick on the front part Of the
Skull, the Of cts Of which produced
death Coroner Leckie held an In
quest and committed Margaret Attles
to jail on the charge CT murder. A
peculiar fact In connection with
the homicide Is the great age If
the yemen Margaret Attles Is said
to be rs years old, while the dead
woman Is reported by reliable persons
to have been 81.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-12-08
Su Torcd Heavy Loss.

VIZ regret to learn that Mr.. A. A.
Dantzler who Is q most prosperous
and enterprising farmer, OF the E!lo-
rec section, had the misfortune last
weak to lose his gin house and all
contents by fire. Inside the gin
house there were between thirty five
and forty bales Of unginned cotton.
In addition all OF the machinery was
destroyed including engine boiler. saw
mill, grist mill etc. Altogether tho
loss will amount to something like
$5, 900 and Mr.. Dantzler had no in
surance on any of the property desroy.
ed. While the loss will fall very
heavily on Mr.. Dan'zler he Is O. mar
Of energy and determinatiLn and he
will build himself up again. MI
Dan; zler Is o good clifton end Is wei
knownover the country and his friends
%sympathize with him In his great loss
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-12-08
Dis missed.

The secretary Of the navy has or
dered the dismissal Of M%idshirman
Joseph Ralph Williams, of Patterson,
N. j., q member Of the first class, for
unsatisfactoriness In studies and con
duct. 1t Is seldom that q midship-
man of the first class Is dismissed for
anything but specific misconduct.
Williams testified before the court
marUial which is trying Midshipman
Minor Meriwether, Jr., AMI told e
an incident where Commander Hugo
O%sterhaus reported a midshipman for
not r~esenting an insult, another mid.
ahipman having called him q ''cheor.
full liar" which was afterwards OK
planned to have been a oke.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-12-08
BArRC Sinka.

The founder Of the new stool barge
De)awanna and the loss OF four per.
sons on board, including Capt. Johu
Is. Munsey aud his wife, was reported
at Boston, Mass, Friday, by the tag
Scranton, which had been towing the
Delawsnna from Now York. The
barge went down in a heavy sea at
8 80 o'clock Thursday night about
ell ht miles east by south from Mlnots
light. Oae OF the crew Of the Della
wanna was saved. So quickly did the
barge founder after the swapping OF
the hawsers that the crew had abso
lutely no time to assist the tow,
which disappeared almost before the
Scranton could put about. The sole
survivor was found cltnglng to a frag.
ment Of q broken boat. He Gaid the
Delawanna vas thrown on her beam
ends by a terrific sea, and the water
flooded into the hold.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-12-08
Snap Silols

The 4 who don't have friends,
dou't deserve them.
The man who knows himself" new
CT looks like a dude"
The fellow who talks to HIMSELF
often has gu ass for a listener.
Nearly all OF US could write a large
book on the things I'VE don't know"
It's . shame for the rich to have to
die and leave their diamonds and poo
die dogs.
A religion that won't produce
smiles" Is not the brand we are look
Ing for.
Show us q man who never falls
and veil show you a man who Is too
lag to try.
When 1t takes money to get PEG
pie 70 notice s. fellow, he must have
been burned common bafore.
The girl who makes a conidant OF
her mother Is the girl who never has
much bad news to pcddle.
No man can SETTLE up'' and get
q clear receipt from God until he
Quares his accounts With his neigh.
bors.
The fellow who thinks that the
void owes him a living, Is never
able to collect only about ten cents
on the dollar.
The fellow who believes two much
in providence" Is the chap who gen.
orally has an empty pocket and a pat.
chel pair OF pants.
II we knew that all the foolish p.o.
Pile were to be killed on a certain day
the majority OF US would get busy
writing farewell letters.
The fellow who believes that a
horse shoe will bfing him good
luck" lB the follow who is willing
for his wife TO take IN washing to sup.
p TT himself and three or four
hounds.
The devil is not afraid Of the Preach
er who uses blank cartridges What
this country needs lisa lot Of REAL
preachers on the firing line" with
| AIDED G sp guns and with grit
enough to use them.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-12-08
TIE BOOL WEEVIL.
Damaged Cotton to an IIxtert Of $50

The extent to which the crops Of
the United States are ravaged by in
se"ts Is scarcely realized by the pub.
lie. The subject is thus referred to
by G. Arthur Williams In the Success
Magazine:
THE proceeds from the wheat crop,
the average annual farm value of
which may be roughly put at $500
OOO, 200, have In more than one year
been cut down as much as so per cent
as a result Of the chinch bug and the
hessian fly. King cotton alone was
damaged to the extent Of nearly $780,
100000 by the so-called Mexican boil
Weevil In the single state Of Texas in
1903, according to q carefully COM
piled report issued by the census bu-
resu. The apple crop has been re-
duced as much as rs per mt in many
Instances through the operations OF
the cooling moth aud other insec cts.
So one might go through the entire
list. The burden is distresSingly
heavy, but 1T Is safe to assert that
farmers themsclves-who, obvioujly,
ought to know as much of this phase
of the matter as auYbo'y-wiu agree
that their losses, In practic ally every
instance, would be far greater were
the scientific knowledge Of the dc part
ment OF agrlculture's sta IF rot put
to account. a careful survey Of the
facts leads to the conclusion that the
total damage each year would be from
two to ( ur times as large were it
not for the department. Of agricul.
lures unremittirg warfare against
the pests, and that amaimunl des
tructton Of $4,000, 900 600, or nearly
one-half the whole yearly value OF
the country's crops, at present, would
be possible"
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-12-08
MINK MEN CRBMATED.
AS They Slumb ored on Board a Pull
Boat.

AS They SlumD arcd on Board a Pull
A dispatch from Mobile, Ala, says
nine persons, whose names are not yet
known, occupying a "pull'' boat on
Middle river, which runs between the
Tensas and ALBANIA rivers, were burn.
ed to death Friday In q fire which de.
stroyed the boat. Sidney Wheat, the
negro steward, al the only survivor
Of the u men who lived on the craft.
Wheat escaped death by being awake
owirg to illness.
The cracking Of burning timbers
warned him In time. He jumped into
the river and escaped Just as the boat
collapsed. Stewart and Butt Of Mo.
bile, who owned to boat, say there
had been no steam on her for three
days. They were at a loss to account
for the burning Of the vessel.
According to Wheat's story the nine
men were dumped into a roaring fur.
mace while some of them we're asleep.
They were roasted alive. The boat
was used by men who were engaged ir
getting logs out Of marrow places FOL
rafting purposes. 1t was constructed
somewhat similar to q d:edge boat
and had o stl uoture for shelterlng the
machinery and apartments in which
the Grew and employees lived.
In this case those on the vessel oc
cupied the second story Of the struc
ture. The fire had evidently beer
burning for some time when Wheat
was awakened. He says he rushed III
and yelled to the others to get out a.
fast as they could as the boat was
burning. He does not know wheathel
any Of the men heard him. He leapec
from the vessel into the river and 1
moment later the vessel collapsed
precipitating che other men into the
blazing hull,
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-12-08
Kept Corpse for Years.

Following the death Of Mrs. Llore
Thompson, an aged and eccentric wo-
mar O. search Of her cottage on Boyle
Heights at San Francisco, Gal, dis
c'osed In a storeroom covered with dust
a Theoretically sealed box cotaining the
c)rrse of her daughter, who died
twenty.seven years ago. The body
OF the young woman had been dis.
membered. When the box was open.
ed a disinterment certificate, sign
ed E. r.. Bou'e'le, undertaken, Am.
hearst, Mass, Novemb r I, 1881, was
found. The body had bsen shipped
from the East.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-12-08
TelcDAthy.

This case Of telepathy is reported
from Union in q dispatch to the
State. A remarkable instance OF
presentment OF danger TO his little
CHILD Fflday caused @. E. MacGreg-
or, VINO was bu lily at work in the
spinning room OF the Union cotton
mill NO. q, suddenly to stop work
and rush home, where he arrived
Just In tlma to see his little 10
months. old CHILD a mass OF fl tines
The mother had stepped out to a
neighbors for a few moments, and
but for the timely arrival OF the
father, the child would have been
burned to death. As 1T is, the child
may yet die. The fathers hands
were terribly burned in the danes.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-12-08

How to Trcat your Town.
Praise 1t,
Improve IT,.
Talk about 1t.
Write about it.
Trad9 at home.
Tell Of It's business resources.
Tell Of It's natural Advantages.
Trade and induce others to trade
here.
When strangers come to town use
them we'll.
Don't call your best friend frauds
and imposters.
Support the local institutions that
benefit your town.
Look ahead Of yourself when al
bhe town Is to be corsidsred.
Don't forget you live OF thu people
here, and you should help others a
they help Jon.
Don't advertise In the locel pape'
TO help the proprietor" but to hell
yourself.
Let's get together and keep thing
moving, hustl!rs all the time; chonr
fully keeping a SON upper lip naitiDf
for the good time coming for the ole
town. l. IT'S tTy It., ID IT. now.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-12-08
WANTED MOTHER KILLED.
cfnoinna,i woman believed In chic.
sotosm for tho Iahrm.

'r. .flL.a rHt~r aLa
Miss Anna II Ill, Of Cincinnati, who
recently attrs oted q great deal Of at,
tention by an address she made in
philadelphia before q national oonyen.
ton OK humane workers, is 3 daush
ter Of tho noted explorer Hall, who
lost his life many years ago OF a trip
to the far north. In her address Miss
Hall advocated administering chlorO.
form to persons hopelessly III and
suf ring.
The government paid Explorer
Hall's family s18 600 by reason of his
death while on a urney of scientific
research to the north pole, and this
money has caused litigation In the ia
mily.
F.iday IN Judge Pneger's court DUR
Ing the hearing of a Will clse OF Miss
Halls mother, Mrs Marcy Hall, q
Mrs. Simcoe testified that frequently
while she vas about the room where
Mrs. Hall lay dying she heard Mis-,
Anna Hall urge the attendit 6 physi
clan to let her administer chloroform
to end her mothers sltf ring. Miss
Hall insisted, said the witness, that
ber m ,tber was H. great pain, and as
death was Inevitable 1T was not right
to let her spT,r.
Tie doctor, the witness said, assur-
20 MISS Hall that her mother waS
really not IN pain, rs she was in q
sent conscious condition. The wit.
ness said the physician remarked n
day to Miss Hall: you are a thu u
md years ahead Of your time, Miss
Hall" Some day perhaps, what you
advocstc may become the practice,
but not In this day.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-12-08
No iiaco Snioldo.

The wife Of w. w. Wilson OF Aus.
tin, near Chicago, Is a woman ate,
President Rooscvelt's own heart,
She has within tho last eiehteen
months made an anti-race suicide
record OF giving birth to two sets OF
triplets and less than four years age
tho same mother gave birth to twins.
And ell are reported to be alive and
doing well 1t Is related in reference
TO Mrs. Wilson that she has a twin,
who. Ia the other OF twins, while twins
have also appeare in the homes OF
her C usins. On Mr.. Wilson's side he
has uncles who are twins, and one OF
his sisters Is the m)ther Of twl ms.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-12-08
Killed by Cancer.

After living over ninety years with
out any serious illness, Mrs. Matilda
Scott, OF BeIleVille, Miflin county
Pa, five months ago pricked her fore
head with q pin. Cancer resulted
and she died last week. She was the
mother Of twelve children and gave
seven CONS to the Union army In the
civil a She was the second oldest
woman In central Pennsylvania and
would have reached 100 next Febru
arV.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-12-08
WOMAN KILLED DENTIST.
All tho Parties TO tho Tragedy Said
10 be Prominent.

US Mrs. Birdsong, who shot and kill
ed DR.. Thomas Butler at his I'll 20 at
Monticello, Miss, Saturday morning,
Is IN jail and her husband, d.. James
Birdsong, q we'll known dentist, has
been placed under arrest as acceSso-
ry.
An Inquest was held Saturday af-
terno)n before Justice John w. Steen
but Il was brief. Neither Mrs. Bird
song nor her husband wCud make
Mrs. BirdSong In her trial Will set up
SANDER as the ground for the killing,
there having been considerable gossip
C %)nnccting the names Of the two for
some days past
Last Thursday, after the woman
Nad visited the Cfiice Of the dead man,
she went home and tried to CON nit
suicide by taking morphine, but pny,
sicianS were hastily summoned and
her life was saved. She was in bed
all day Friday, but Saturday morning
after her husband left for his office
abe got up, secured his pistol and
vailed to the Cilieo Of DR.. Blu Ter.
The GOcter WaS alone when she ~.
tered and without q word she began
to tire on him. DR.. Butler reiterated,
the second shot being fired while he
vas going through the door. He fell
TO the sidewalk and the M fired
three more shots at him, two Of the
woman bullets penetrating the m aus
heart. The dead doctor was q nephew
Of former Governor LoDgino, OF JACK.
son, who will come here Monday-tt
take part 10 the preliminary trial,
which is set for chat date. DR. Bird
song has engaged the Hon. r. N
Miller, Of HaZelhurst, q noted crimi
nal lawyer, to defend him. DR.. But
Ter leaves o WIDOW and four children.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-12-08

WonDFd BOY DISAPPEARS.

A dispatch from Spartanburg to
The News and Courier says. Hugh
Creighton, q student OF Wexford CO...
lege, disappeared from the city Satur-
day. The youog mans father, the
Rev. @. w. Creighton, Of Greenwood,
editor OF the Christian Appeal, was
mere Sunday making inquiries, but
has found nothing to indicate whore
the young man Is likely to have gone.
The boy 10 II, has light hair, delicate
features, is tall, slightly stopped,
and was last seen wearing O. gray
suit
The police are requested to look out
for him, and If found to notify his
father at Greenwood. The young
man understands typa.settink.