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The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-01-06
Cotton Burned.

a dispatch from Atlanta, G
one bale OF cotton was burned Il c|
streets OF Tort Gaines Thursday an
noon by farmers of Clay county, VIZ, Y
set fire te~S the fleecy. staple after s. 81
mass meebing in which the cotton
planters OF that county declared they
were willing to burn their interest In
the two million bales representing an
excess crop produced In the cottpuil
states. The burning was accom- essin II
by great ceremony and lloway
still greater. excitegdent. Much J.
thusiasm was idenced at the n,asa5
meeting of the farmers at which this
radical action was planned and adop-S
6ed. Seyefal speeches were made and
then followed the resolution which
provided tnat Clay county should Ga ke3
the initiative and burn the 1000, 600
lales above the normal crop. 0thers
counties have been asked to follow
this action and In this way rid the
market of the surplus crop.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-01-06
Report INCORRECT.

At meeting Of number of GIN
ners Of Georgia and Alabama at At
lanta, Friday, two vice presidents
were named from Georgia TO attend
the next convention OF cotton ginners
to be held at Dallas, Texas. President
J. A. Taylor Of the National Ginners'
association was present at the meeting
and made all address urging the gin.
ners to retain information regarding
cotton produced Among other things
he said: "The government report OF
the cotton crop is totally incorrect,
These reports are as far wrong as any
thing know. Many ginners did not
count-theif bales correctly, often add.
ing many hundred bales more than
they bad in reality ginned. In many
instances the number z J. tales ginned
was guessed at / have come to the
conclusion that and the other gin.
ners were chumps for giving out the
renflrteD
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-01-06
DR.. Riohar,lson Ke,ians.

A dispatch from Spartanbu-g says
Rev. w. R. Richardson, d. D., has
severed his connection as editor with
The Southern Christian Advocate and
has received an appointment from
Bishop Duncan as pastor Of the First
Methodist church at Pulaski, Tenn
He will leave in the near future for
his new field OF labor. 1t Is not def
nitely known who will succeed Dr..
Richardson as The Advocate editor.
1t Is currently reported that for the
present the editorial work will be
done by one Of the following gentle
men: President Snyder Of Wofford
college, Pastor e. o. Watson OF Cen.
tral Methodist church, or Rev. w. a..
Rogers, D. D. The departure OF DR..
Richardson and his family will be q
matter of genuine regret throughout
city. AS editor of The Advocate and
as pastor OF Central Methodist church
In years past, DR.. Richardson had
made many friends, irrespective OF
creeds, who held him In high esteem.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-01-06
THE GOSPEL 81 THs CORN
One ssientist yFortb bIiIlions to the
Farmers Of. Iowa.

II
One single soisntifc brain, study.
j Ing on the subj cot OF scientific corn
raising, has earned In the last year foi
! the State that employs him over s1l,
/ 600, 600, and thisis only a begfnnipr
Professor r g. Holden, of the Iowa
1 Agricultural College, in Ames, lis the
man. lie began as q school teacher.
Touching about grain as a aide issue.
Now he is known as an agronornist
and breaches the gospel OF the cora ].
/ / from special cars drawn throughout
the rural districts. ..S
The farmers OF Iowa once laughed
at the idea ofa professor with snct, 4
little teaching them, the best corn
growers In the world, anything about
raising corn. Now they flock from
miles away tolisten to him and he IS
revered and obeyed as no other man
In the State.
AS result, In large part, of follow
Ing bis advice, they have raised about
one hundred million bushels more
corn this year than many year OF this
century, and they expect to add an.
other one hundred million bushels to
their crop next year. g:..
Prfessor Holden became an agrono5
mist that is an expert In grain;
ratsing-by accident. When he
taught sahoolin Michigan he got up
corn growing contest among his
pupils. He induced the hoys to pick
out the earliest, biggest and most
perfect ears from the fields, save them
and plant from them the best and
most perfect kernels. The result,
aided by scientific methods OF cultiva.
tion, was that the BOYS raised more
corn on their little patches than any.
hndv had ever dreamed c. ~, -s-s
Professor Holden worked on his
system until 1t was perfected. II His
fame spread, and the Funk br6Ehaps
who own q 25.Ooo acre farm in iii.
nois, offered him g big salary to run
it. He planted 10000 acres Of f,corn a
year for them, ,and added to their
yle4a more than one hundred thous-
and bushels the first year. The State
of Iowa thought he was good thing
and engaged him to occupy the chair
of agronomy in the Iowa Agricultural
College, in Ames. The chair was
created especially for him.
Professor Holden made the farmers
believe after a time that he knew
more about corn raising than they.
did. he travelled all over the State
In special trains last spring and win
ter, making tail end" speeches and
getting better crowds than any Vice
Presidential candidate saw later in
the season. He told the farmers how.
to select their seed corn, how to plant
and cultiyatesit, and on what sort OF.
ground to plant di tfsrent sorts OF corn
and no " to handle it under different
conditions. 4.
The results are read In the crop re.
ports on Iowa's corn yield this year.
: I,1a ooa average crop Of Iowa corn for
NJ NJ ls.Iorty bushels to the acre:
hU, Is,aia m,ueTears H;i,aars it has been 81 1.2.
gate 800, 900. 600 bls oi1p WI, WI, aggie ;s
100000 more than ,as5i aoouS ~ 20, 90,
The crop is worth about s30lss yenu, noc
more than a year ago, and Professsaa'
Holden is universally credited with q
third interest In the extra yield.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-01-06
Shot AssnjInnr

ln an effort to arrest Jesse Wofford,
CHARLES Holland, Fred West mtreland
anu young man named Patterson at
0akwood Ca, Wednesday night, Bob
Puckett, chief of police of that togn,
was shot through the bowels and AS
ne fell he shot Jess Wofrord throuph
tne stomach. The latter died shortly
al1er while Puckett is in dangerous
condition. The men were drinking
ana rowdy and when Puckett en-. q
deayored to quiet them fight follow.
ea, With the above results. Patterson
Holland and Westmoreland WERE
ignaeu Wna,s1 ! "a y jail at Gainesville at noon
,Weanesday The town, six miles
sonyh OF Gainesville, is greatly
wrought M e esseT ss..iie he TRACED s.1 =,
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-01-06

main satisfactory Wheat and oats
seeding was not hnished.
Rice thrashing was practically fiji.
Ifshed, and the yields were not as large
as the midsummer condi ition indicat-
ed that they would be.
l'The yields of corn came up to ex.
pectation and gathering confirmed the
earlier promising reports. Both early
and late planted corn were equally
good. s
There were generally poor YIELDS
OF minor fall crops over the western
parts attributable to the long aud
severe drought during September and
October; In the eastern parts where
the rainfall was more copious, the fall
crcps were generally excellent.
during November, as during the
previous gathering season this year.
bhere was practically no loss In har
vesting from bad weather, aud all
crc2s were saved in the very best con,
dition.n
CLIMATOLOGY FOR THE MONTH.
The main temperature for, Noyem-
Der was Al 6 degrees, which is 2 2 de.
sASSo oSi0N hSkh1Csis ilS lUGdl
mean was 81 2 degrees at Charleston;
the lowest was "a. 2 degrees at Green
Vile. The monthly extremes were
maximum OF 80 degrees at Walhalla,
on the 22ad, and a minimum OF % de-
grees at Greenville and San,uc on the
10Th, making the State range So de.
grees. The greatest local monthly
range was SO degrees at Walhalla, the
least was 81 degrees at Charleston
The mean of the daily maximum tenn.
peratures was 63.6 degrees and of the
daily minimum temperatures was only
1871 degrees, making the average dai.
ly range 1913 degrees.
Frost (tirst killing OF the seasln)-
In addition to the list in October: On
the lstat Cheraw, Dillon, Lugofr. On
the 18th at Trenton. On the 14lh at
Aiken, Allendale, Anderson, Bates.
burg, Calhcua Falls, Camden, Edisto,
Efingham, Georgetown, Kingstree,
fe zsr, finopolis, st. Georges, st. Mat
thews, ST. Stephens, Saluda, Smith
Mills, Summeryille, Yemassee, York.
vile. On 18th at Beaufort, Columbia,
Conway, Society Bill, Walterboro,
Winnsboro.
Ice-Thin Ice was quite general on
the lst, l4th, and 18th.
PRECIPITATION.
The precipitation averaged 2 78 in
ches which Is O. .05 below normal. Tue
greatest monthly amount was 4.39 at
Yorkville; the least was 1.20 at Con.
g". Ine EreautsJ c.h0ur fall was
zoe at Stateburg on the 18th. 18th.
The average number of days with 0. OF
or more precipitation was 6, ranging
from at Allendale to at Oolumb bia.
Little Mountain, Saluda and Trenton.
Sleet-Columbia. 18th.
SnoW-Twenty seven stations re-
ported snow on the l3th,s generally
only o trace, but amounting to 2. In
ches at Bateshurg. The snow matted
Weather The average number Of
clear days was II, of partly cloudy
ones 6, and Of cloudy ones Z.
Winds-The prevailing direction of
the wind was from the west at IL sta
tlons, from the northwest at 10, from
the southwest at 8, from the north
east at 7, from the north at 5, from
the east at 2, and from the southwest
at one station.
High Winds-Hish winds, reaching
velocities ct 40 miles or more, at many
places, prevailed over the State on the
18th.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-01-06
Whipped White Man.

A. D. Lewis, white man, 33 years
OF age, whose home ia in Chicago was
whipped In the woods near Natchez,
Miss. Wednesday, and ordered out of
the State. Lewis WAS being taken to
the county convict farm to serve a
sentence for insulting women on the
streets. While under arrest, crowd
Of six white men took him from the
guard, carried him to the woods three
miles from town, stripped him and
gave him 60 lashes across the back,
then placed him on train and order.
cd him TO leave the State.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-01-06
Killed tho Boy.

at Chicago while E mer Hunt, 10
years OF age, balanced bottle on his
head William Dougherty, who had
been boasting OF his prowess as q
marksman, 1t is alleged, attempted
TO emulate William Tell by shooting
the bottle. AT the second shot Hunt
fell to the floor with bullet between
his eyes and died almost instantly.
Dougherty escaped and the police are
searching for him.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-01-06
eoeYa,ehr -
VneseosssS

NEW olsA4--,I w On MAN, ;its
A dispatch from New OlIeS p3s-
with the reading. OF the ginners * s,
ON the cotton exchange Wednesday,
cotton slur1ped AZ to 55 poin is. IL.
traordinary excitement attended the
break. Tie market was hammered
With grean energy. After the first
excitement the market grew quietersJ
though the decline was nosS arrested. I.
January cotton went to $40, which
is g decline Of about four cents during
the last three months.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-01-06
Killed Dy an ExpIoston.

Specials from Covlngton, a town on
the Georgia railroad about 40 miles
east OF Atlanta say; The boilers at
the electric light plant exploded there
Wednesday and killed the fireman, j.
l.. Mccullough. The cause OF tho ac-
cidant is unknown, the boilers being
practically new, having beon used but
four years.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-01-06
sltatee Like . Boy At 80 Yeara.

William Hammel, eighty years old,
went skating Wednesday with the
rest Of the boys at Shiloh, N. J.
He wrote his name on The Ice, cut
the asage eight, and then raced q
mile With a much younger man and
won. The venerable skatsr used the
skateB he bought in Phi,adetphia
btSbgfseVen years ago,
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-01-06
Falling NC ] ISiIleei Two.

a special from Ellijay, Ca, says
that Wrn. Cantrell and 3 Joe Chastlne
were killed and q brother of Chastine
seriously injnred near Burnt mountain
by falling tree, The tree Was bi0wn
by q high wind across d small frame
house in wh.ch tils men we're sitting
az tho time.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-01-06
Jordon Iopues a Gail.

President Harvie Jordane- of the
Southern Cotton Growers Protective
association Wednesday issued call
for an Interstate convention to be held
at New Orleans, Jan. "a 26, 1905.
Among the matters for consideration
to be acted upon are the following,
according to the call: Financing
the entire spot clifton business of the
south; creating a bureau Of statistics
for. benefit of the producers; establish
ment OF a cotton exchange in each
State through which cotton can be
sold direct to the manufacturers; or.
ganlz.tlon quickly Of all the cotton
producers In each cotton growing
county; reduction OF cotton acreag
and use OF cCmmercial fertilizers fer
1905, OF not less than 25 per cent. {;
adoption OF local warehouse system
to meet the practical demand Of both
farmers and bankers throughout the
south; TO make New Orleans the lead
Ing cotton exchange In the United
States; the formation of close alli-
ance between all the southern agricul.
tural organizations now In existence
for mutual cooperation and protec,
tion. These are among the lead ing
matters for consideration. They are
momentous and some of them involve
tremendous propositions. But none
are incapable Of quick solution and
practical realization. The south po,-
sesses the brains, the manhood and
the money to solve any great question
which threatens her prosperity"
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-01-06
i.n the Price of Ton Oh 4
8 az
count eff linIlsrs Report 91
pF Gee g GO II Il lIs
Prices the Lswest ii Three Years. Tas
Repors, ,as DIVER Out bys ihe Census
enrsan, Indicates a Yield sf 4
Thirteen Million BaIss
for this Year. B.
safor this Year.

q A5di5patc tch from New York says TIL
cotton market tibroke 80 to Go pointI
on the cenaus bureau Is ginners repoI
indicating crop In excess OF the gov
ernment's estimate. There was very
heavy trading on the decline The;
bears contend that the ginners report
probably fore casted a crop of nearly
13 600, 600 bales. Following the re-
port prices, which had shown weak
ness since the ope ming, broke sharply,
with January selling around 6. 56,
March 6 g and May 6 96, or q net de-
!cline of % to 25 points and a break OF )
practically SO bale in two weeks
time. The market was very active
during Wednesda AFTERNOON wilb big
short interests covering while ere
was also heavy liquidation ar ION
every little bulge the bears sd
disposed to Withdraw their =, s3s
orders 9 cd sell 8 c; g st1
figures reached In thee 7; Il.
lowest iG + cssa; ID 81
seaf1y three years. s.
THE GINNERs' REPoH5S s
Inc census bureau WednesaiS
sued report giving the uuantity'
cotton gipued in 73 Z counties nm
December 13 last to have been Il i, -
s86, 6l4 running bales, which is the
equivalentSof 11,s48,1i3 comrerciaIS
bales. The commercial bales reporteds
to the same period for 9U3 amounted
to 8, 8,747, ,669. ~ -
Ina arriving at the number OF com.
mercial bales. round bales are count
ed half bales. h
The report to the same flate
year covered 8l2 counties as aSas
7S7 this ysar. The report for
present year covers the outpl
~, 627 ginneries, while 2s, ,627 Il Jol
included In the report for j sOs
product OF the different states( :,
year, In running bales, repd 81 Il
december 4 5, Is as follows.
AiaDa ma J, 1. /. 4: S rs: 3:
Arkansas. :. IS 10.
Florida &.
Georgia !. .4.s - epsstSa ePsssstai
Indian Territory !. s..
Kentuck KY 81.
Louisiana X s. =. IIf..1 H 3S
Missislippi. s. 81. AZ Ifs3t
Missouri ~ So tsI tt:ssI 23
North CesaYsj 81
So s !, $S
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The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-01-06
Poor FaiI,.yy.

e AT chicago on Friday 1 s. bsr hnyln0
q colin ostenslb lblYffol b friend, Leroy
x, Nesbit, 9 han ker, cBtnnlitted SUI
eide Erlds In an u atl erta King Gal,
iiahnseits Scrlbsolet q on q Gard itlS al,ESe
bankers pocket was i nota Sslyfss0::
am bred + being Il st5Sfipple.l
Nesbit had s3fivsI Il eps afi i bs,s.
spent tlaouk8n6s of dQlIara Ia & &
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-01-06
ApAR.ING RESCUE.
MBri9e M 4 Life Savers Take Twenty
One Men from Ship.
VESSEL TOTAL LOSS.
arge Oil Steamer Northeastern
TO Pieces ON the Treach-
srous Shoals OF Cape HATTIE.
ras. Crew. After Great
Peril. is Saved.
Peril. is Saved.

wrecked oil steamer Northeastern
nintsmiies OF Cape Hatteres for 36
he us, Capt. Wilder and his crew OF
II hen we're taken ashore at noon
Thtfsday by the crews OF Kinnakeet,
Cretps Hill and Hatteras life saving
stations.
The big steamer is pounding Dia-
moEd shoals under terrific sea and
Is given UP by the crew as total
lcEs.
Ina bewilderipg fog Tuesday night
the; Northeastern, on her way up the
coasc from Port Arthur, Texas, to
NeRsYork with cargo of crude pet
rolesin, showed her PROV into the
deaely sands on Ha5teras and was
fasSEns the clutches of the graveyard
of eppiDg before her crew realized
whit bad happened.
was at IL O'Clock and before
day had come the gale that swept
uver the country from tine middle
west had st; uck the s,a and waves
werecrashing over the helpless incess
antly.
The force of the wind and tide threw
her on. her port beam and the fcod
OF wS,ier exiting uished her fires before
ignitsd Had thia rot hesn tho oosa
the so man aboard rho Morthaostarn
wonJa have miet horrih,e Toto u,tt,
No. .nsssIhle chance of escana ~ 'n
y5hen. mcroing dawned tha wreol
1s was siphtefl nv the ire savers and M tbe
weafJier mis- ,rysto Mt, Hattaras Che
wassiine n,iles off shore and the yyatar |
f,etI aen wac q seething ms. of Noun
lfainYna wavaa No snrf ho,+ GO
l;hniISS cnuld have ,aste6 nna n,innta IN
suot m sen and tho life pnards IN tba
coas 4. had tn stand hv beln,assIg and
wa ftS ftlle hio shin heinu aonnded hv
lSShe 8. aves.s Dnr,po wednesday, niaht
! The Ind Sdiminishedg mt, tho tannar.
.nelis sah,nt, of ,riagre..s add.
.,seIsafferInpa Of fine 1reyV sI,n,s
lm8 no gat; sun.np the hardy life
SAY! fs began their attempts to pet a
sur boat to the shin. Again and again
theilife boats we're sent head on into
the sea. only to. he ca,,pht IN nv a
monster wave and hurled back on the
beach. Human determination con.
auered the elements after three-hour
struggle, and at 9 O'Clock three life
boats, with their brave crews, were
safely across the breakers. When the
suffman reached the wreck they we're
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-01-06
VISIT TO BANKER MOORE.
Continuing, Mr.. Lawson writes
and Given to Hanna.

CShtihuipBt MI. hbWbUu WTlUeS
Havirg clearly set forth the politi.
cal situation through which we should
be ssyed, Mr.. Rogers proceeded to
map out my own program. First, l
must perfectan alibi for him by going
to Foster and Braman and impress
ing them that he was absolutely out
Of tfiS, affair, and must under no cir
be brought into 1t, 1 must
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-01-06
Boss I'm Ready 10 Skin The Cat

"boss I'm ltendy 70 Skin The Cat
A special to The Augusta Chronicle
from Thomson, Ga. Gays: John Butler
and Guy Reed, the two men who were
convicted Of the murder of Mr.. r. G.
Story here 81 days ago, were hanged
In the jail yard at 1876 a. m, Wed.
nesday. They both took the matter
coolly, showing but little fear or ner-
vousness. Just before the black cap
was slipped over the head Of Butler,
with grin on his face, he said 70 She
sheriff; Boss, I'm, ready to skin the
cat" The negroes killed Mr.. r. G..
Story, a prominent farmer, because
he would not let them of from work
one afternoon. The body was found In
a canebrake. a lynching was averted
by the quick work OF Judge Henry @,
Hammond Of the supreme court, in
convenlng court and giving them a
I --.ai. Ihe crine wa committed, the
criminals tried and hah;ed within q
days, being the record for prompt ad.
mlnlstration OF justice In this State.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-01-06

~ fEf IS III f7SS77.S y tiuiy w idte, SCdU-
.ieir first piIing dur.
/month; gathering an anh hn.t,no I
ypicking seed ;peas; dlG'ino lGn1 and
5hg sweet potatoes; and &, 'herina
Yor crops such as turnip, iaan,,,s
u other root crops.
~ il general killing frost, except
sYalong the coast where it was o. heavy
4 frost, On the l5:h, with freezing tenn
peratures and thin ice over the upper
the State, stopped all further
lrowth except OF the very hardest
vegetables In the coast truck regions,
I (and ended the growing season of 1904.
q The temperature averaged slight
s3ly below normal, but was never cold
l{ nough to afford safe opportunity for
Autchering farm hogs, have In the
fsteln portions whore much meat,
~ cured and packed
Z! s2Sging was delayed oy drought.
brain fell early In the month
the ground and permit
OF lands for wheat and
Age acreage of both grains
b s So -; riug the month, Ger
low, owing to the pre-.
ther, but was.in the
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-02-16
Stocks and Bonds.

Now York. FEB. 15.--The volume
Of dealings in stocks expanded again
today and there was a better snow OF
strength than yesterday in the lmpor-
tant standard stocks. Fhc strength pi
This class was not general. however, by
any means and the hcsitating tone
which came into evidence at the high
er level WAS an additional modifying
factor in nc Judgment Of the day >
market Industrial stocks OF the Sec
ond and lower grades were stu Il
conspicuous feature of the trading
with the cooling effect on the Specu-
laijvc temper which the performance
in speculation OF these stocks almost
inva riably cause. Probably the prin-
cipal influence on the days operations
was the course of the foreign eX-
changes indicating quite definitely
the termination for the presence OF
the movement of gold to France.
Reading showed continued effect
of profit takings. The advance in
algamated Copper was due TO the
current reports Of the active demand
forF its product and BY the rise III the
price of copper in London. The long
standing rumors of the results TO fol-
low the distribution of Northern Sc
curities itself The recent movement
| in the iron and steel industrialS had
some extension but met with degree
of pressure The reaction on proht-
| taking in the last hour was partly
| recovered. but the closing was irreGu-
| la.
Bonds were firm. Total sales tpar
| valued $1,000. 900.
l.. s. bonds were all unchanged on
cali.
Total sales stocks were 1854. 400
| shares. including A. G. L.. 300: Balti-
| more aud Ohio 3.l00: Canadian Pc
| rific $500; G.. and O.. 1900: st.
Paul $4,000: Chicago Terminal $500:
| Eiic 1880: l.. and NJ, 500: Metro
| politan Railway $500: Mexican Cen
| trail $500. Missouri Pacific $500; \.
| Y. Central 1900: Ontario and Wes-
! tern 1850; Norfolk and Western 81
300a Pennsylvania $500: Rock Island
39.900; Southern Pacific 1920; South
rem Pacitic preferred 1900; Southern