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The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-12-08
B BOOL WEEVIL.
Damaged Cotton to an Extent of $50
OOO,O 900 in q Yoar.

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 Q. Arthur Williams In the Success
Magazine:
The proceeds from the wheat crop,
the average annual farm value OF
which may be roughly put at s40O,-
600, 900, 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,
600, 600 by the so-called Mexican boil
Weavil 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 az 25 per INT in many
instances through the operations OF
the cooling moth aud other insects
SO che might go through the entire
list. The burden is distressingly
heavy, but 1t Is safe to assert that
farmers themselves who, Obviously,
ought TO know as much Of this phase
OF the matter as anYbo"y-wiU agree
that their losses, In practica lly every
instance, would be far greater were
che scientific Knowledge Of the depart
ment OF 8grlculture's sta # rot put
to account. A careful aurvey Of the
facts leads to the conclusion that the
total damage each year would be from
two to I ur times as large we're it
not for the department. Of agricul.
lures unremittirg warfare against
the pests, and that amaimum des
tructton Of 81, 600, 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
Goes Up Head.

At the annual meeting OF the stock.
holders Of the Atlantic Coast Line
Railroad at Richmond, Va, last week
L. nj. Emerson, Of Wilmington, N. c.,
was elected president; vice r. u. or.
vim, resigned. Mr.. Emerson was for.
merly fouth vice president and ira NC
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. @. 8. Gads-
den was promoted from third to sec.
ond vice president. j. IL. KenIy wss
made third vice president. A divl.
dend OF 8 per cent. was declared on
the stock, placing II IN 6 instead OF
q s per cent. basis. The annual re.
port showed an 1 crease In mileage,
gross and net rece' ITS. President
Emerson started with the road az a
clerk liz tho freight ,mces 10 WIZ.
Sajngton, II. o., al $75 per month.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-12-08
Il We stock Ttadr.

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 its history.
Arrivals up to date foot up acmething
over IA O00, 600 and esuim .tlng the
receipts for the balance or the year,
the grand total will be Considerably.
In excess of 16, 900 600 aud this does
not include over 500, 900 head sent di.
rect to packers outside the yards. O.
cattle, 3 400. 600 head have been 70
ceived during the year. Calves $780,
600, hogs 7,700,OC0; sheep, 4 $40, coo;
horses, l27, 900; or about 40, 600 more
calves than yer before, nearly 300
600 more sheep than any other record
and over 8 .00e more horses than are
the figures: 3 CSC 4 pounds avcrdu-
pois. One million silver dollars weigh
sc 931 pounds avordupois or nearly
20 IA tons.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-12-08
The Ilduoateo Woman.

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, "hlgher edu
cation" 1t 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 It's death blow. or hon.
or credentials issued through the year
the larger number has been received
by girls and more women 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 housekeeper. For
the information Of men who are con
sidersnR the talking Of illerate women
as wives for the sole purpose OF insuI ;
Ing domestic peace, we call attention
to the fact that the divorce courts do
not seem to be crowded with educated
woman.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-12-08
POISONED HIS wIrR.
transitional oharaes Against ! Ply
s,o,an OF Greensboro.

a,c,an or Gr%eensboro.
DR.. j. b.. Matthew's, a we'll known
physician, was arrested at Greensboro,
N. o., Friday ON a warrant charging
I'm Witt ths murder os h.s SIZE. WIG
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 q dose Of s%trychnine followed by
o potion of morphine which Coroner
Turner alleges was administered to
the woman by her husband.
DR.. Matthew'S was arrested at mid.
night. lie maintains that while he
prescribed for his wife he did so In
the hope Of allev!ating her pain. Cor
0ner 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.
DR.. Turner alleges that after suffer.
Ing for hours the dying woman direct,
ed her 10 year.old son to seek another
pm! stefan, her husband, according to
the coIonel's story, having refused to
summon one. DR.. Turner, who was the
hrst to reach the stricken woman's
bedside, diagnosed the case as one Of
poisoning and at once administered
antldotes, which failed to have the
desired efect. AS the end approach
ed, DR.. Turner alleged, the husband
entered the wife's bedroom and asked
DR.. Turner ii he might kneel at the
bedside and pray with his wife, re-.
gus sting DR.. Turner meantime to
leave the room, which DR.. Turner 70
fused to do.
DR.. Matthew'S knclt at his wife'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, be threw back the
covering and charges that he discov.
ed a hypcdermic syringe had been
plunged into the woman's leg He
says he seized the syringe and orderrd
Mathews from the room Mrs. Mathews
oled a few moments later and tue COR
oner's jury was notified. Both DR..
Mathews and his wife are we'll known
here. Mathews was locked up short.
ly after midnight, stoutly insisting
that he had no intention OF taking
his Wifa,s life
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-12-08
No IiRoe Suicide.

The wife Of w. w. Wilson of Aus.
Tin, near Chicago, Is a oma after
President Roosevelt's own heart.
She has within the last eiehteen
months made an antl-race suicide
record Of giving birth to two sets Of
triplets and less than foui years ago
The same mother gave birth to twins.
And al are reported to be alive and
well Its related In reference
TO Mrs. Wilson that she has a twin,
who. 10 the mother Of twins, while twins
have also appeare in the homes OF
her C usins. Ga Mr.. Wilson's side he
has uncles who are tWins, and one OF
his sisters Is the m)thcr of twi ms.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-12-08
Telcpatlly.

This case Of telepathy Is reported
from Union In a dispatch to the
State. A remarkable instance of
presentment OF danger TO his little
CHILD Fflday caused @. Il. MacGreg-
or, who was bu lily at work in the
spinning room Of the Union cotton
mill No. 2, suddenly to stop work
and rush home, where he arrived
Just In time to see his little 10
months.0ld child a mass OF fl,mes.
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 names.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-12-08
Dismissed.

The secretary Of the navy has or
dered the dismissal Of Midshirman
Joseph Ralph Williams, of Patterson,
N. j., a member Of the first class, for
unsatisfactorlness in studies and con
duct. 1t Is seldom that n mldship.
man of the first class Is dismissed for
anything but specific misconduct.
Williams testified before the court
martial which Is trying Midshipman
Minor Meriwether, Jr., AMI told cf
an incident where Commander Hugo
Ostsrhaus reported a midshipman for
not resenting an insult. another mid
shipman having called him a "cheor.
full liar which was afterwards OK
planned to have been q j)ke.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-12-08
Kent Corpse fnr Ynara.

Following the death of Mrs. Liore
Thompson, an aged and eccentric wo.
man q 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
corrse of her daughter, who died
twenty-seven years ago. The body
OF the young woman had been dis.
membered. When the box was 6
ed a dislntelment certificate, sign.
cd b.. II. Bou'e'le, undertaken, Am
hearst, Mass, Novemb r Z, 1881, was
found. The body had bsen shipped
from the East.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-12-08
WORTH. BILLIONS.
8 emo Figures To Tho Value or DO
mestio Animals.

inestlC
S,cetary Wilson with his usual Low.
atty TO all that pretains to the far m
and farmer, calls attention in his an
nual report to tho valu, Of DIM ,stic
amin Ills and diary and poultry pro.
ducts.
He declares that the faithful horse
was first threatened by the byclcle,
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, 1000, 900
horses and mules at work upon Amer
lean farms at the close Of the crop
year and their value was 81, 1000 600,
600 nearly as much as the corn OF the
year. The prices Of the animals have
steadily risen.
Miloh ows are likewise advancing
in numbers and value, there being
II, 500, 900, valued at ASP, 600, 600.
Other cattle, however have declined
in number and value, last winter
numbering 43 $50, 600, and being
worth 500. 600, 900. 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 s~uburbanite
Sccetary Wilson does not fall to hand
her q bouq let In passing. He says
she is a worthy companion to The COW
In the favors she showers upon the
American people. The annual pro
duction OF eggs is not a score Of bill
tons 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
Snap SioIs

The nan who don't have friends,
don't deserve them.
The man who knows himself" nev.
or looks like a dude"
The fellow who 'talks to himself
often has an ass for a listener.
Nearly all OF US could write a large
book on the things we don't know"
It's . shame for the rich to have to
die aud leave their diamonds and poo
die dogs.
a religion that won't produce
smiles" Is not the brand we are look
Ing for.
Show is a mau who never falls"
and well show you a man who Is too
lazy to try.
When 1t takes money to get PEG
pie 70 notice q fellow, he must have
been burned ommo bsforc.
The girl who makes a conGdant OF
her mother is the girl who never has
much bad news to pcddlo.
No man can SETTLE up'' anu get
a clear receipt from God until he
quarcS his accounts With his neigh.
borS.
The fellow who thinks that the
wo:ld owes him a living, Is never
able TO collect only about ten cents
on the dollar.
The fellow who bclieves two much
in providence" Is the chap who gen.
orally has an empty pocket and o pat.
che pair NJ pant0
II we knew that all the foolish p.o.
Pile were to be Killed on a certain day,
the .-8j>rity OF us would get busy
wiring farewell letters.
hhe fellow who believes that a
horse shoe win blicg him good
luck" is the follow who Is willing
for his wife to take in washing to sup.
p rt 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
Loaded G sp i guns and with grit
enough to use them
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-12-08
Barge Sinks.

The founder Of the new stool barg
De)awanna and the loss OF four per
sons on board, including Capt. JOIN
b. Munsey and his wife, was reported
at Boston, Mass, Friday. by the tug
Scranton, which had been towing til,
Dela~anna from New York. The
barge went down in a heavy sea az
8 80 o'clock Thursday night abou,
els hit miles east by south from Minots
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 almoat before the
Scranton could put about. The sole
survivor was found clinglng to a fray.
ment Of q broken boat. He taid the
Delawanna was 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
NJ MOTHER KILLED.
Cincinnati woman Believed In Chi.
rotorm FOR tho luarm.

roform for the lnhrm.
Miss Anna Hal, Of Oinolnnati, who
recently attracted q great deal of at,
tention by en- address she made in
philadelphia before a national conven
ton Of humane workers, is o daugh-.
ter Of tho noted explorer Hall, who
lost his life many years ago on q trip
to the far north. In her address Miss
Hall advocated administering ohloro.
form to persons hopelessly i'll and
suf ring.
The government paid Explorer
Halls family $18 600 by reason OF his
death while on q urney Of scientific
research to the north pole, and this
money has caused litigation in the ia
mily.
F.iday IN Judge Pfeger's court DUR
Ing the bearing of a viii clse Of Miss
Halls mother, Mrs Marcy Hall, q
Mrs. Simcoe testified that frequently,
while she was 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 suff ring. Miss
Hall insisted, said the witness, that
her m ,tber was H. great pain, and as
death was inevitable 1t was not right
to lat her spif ,r.
TIE doctor, the witness said, assur-
"a Miss Hall that her mother wat
really not in pain, as she was In o
SENT conscious condition. The wit.
ness said the physician remarked n
dry to Miss Hall: you are a thu u.s.
md years ahead OF your time, Miss
HALL" Some day perhaps, what you
advocate may become the practice,
but not in this day.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-12-08
Killed hx Onnnar.

After living over ninety years with
out any serious illness, Mrs. Matilda
Scott, Of BeIleyille, Miflin county,
Pa, five months ago pricked her fore
head with o pin. Cancer resulted
and she died last week. She was the
mother OF twelve children and gave
seven sons to the Union army in the
civil war. She IA the second Oldest
woman In central Pennsly wanna ard
would have reached 100 next Febr ,
QfU
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-12-08
WOMAN KILLED DENTIST.
MI the Parties to the Tragedy Said
to be PrOmiDent.

j IS Mrs. Birdsong, who shot and kill
ed DR.. Thomas Butler at his tnice at
Monticello, Miss, Saturday morning,
Is IN jail and her husband, d.. James
Birdsong, a we'll known dentist, has
been placed under arrest as accesso
ry.
An inquest was held Saturday at.
terno IN before Justice John w. Steen
but IL was brief. Neither Mrs. Bird
song nor her husband wtu d make
any statement. 1t is believed that
Mrs. Birdsong In her trial Will set up
SANDER as the ground fer the killing,
there having been considerable gossip
connecting the names Of the two for
some days past
Last Thursday, after the woman
Nad visited the Cfice 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 cot up, secured his pistol and
walked To the chico OF DR.. Blu Ter.
The GoCter was alone when she IN.
tered and without o word she began
to fire on him. DR.. Butler reiterated,
the second shot being fred while he
Sas going through the door. He fell
TO tie sidewalk and the woman fired
three more shots at him, two OF the
womaus bullets penetrating the maus
heart The dead doctor was q nephew
Of former Governor LoDgino, OF jack!
son, who will come here Monday--to
take part Ia the preliminary trial,
which is set for that date. DR. Bird,
song has engaged the Hon. r. N.
Miller, Of IIaZelhurst, a noted crimi
nal lawyer, to defend him. Dr.. But
Ter leave q widow and four children.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-12-08
Always Cioan.

Did you ever notice that tobacco Is
always clean. Ii q man drops a piece
of meat, no matter how clean the
floor may be, he will either give it a
pick or pick 1t up and lay 1T to one
aide. Ho will never eat It.. But let
him drop his plug OF tobacco on the
ground and no d ference how dirty
the spot vas whore 1t fell, he will
pick 1t up and give 1t q careless swipe
on his coat sleeve or on the bosom Of
his pants and then take n chew with
greater relish then ever.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-12-08

Wonprd BOY DisAppuAra.

A dispatch from ~Spartanburg to
The News and Courier says. Hugh
Creighton, Il student Of Wexford Col.
lege, disappeared from the city Satur-
DAY. The young mans father, the
Rev. Q. w. Creighton, OF Greenwood,
editor or the Christian Appeal, was
mere Sunday making inquiries, but
has found nothing to indicate where
The young man Is likely to have gone.
The boy Is II, has light hair, delicate
features, is tall, slightly stopped,
and was last seen wearing o gray
suit
The police arc requested to look out
for him, and If found to notify his
father at Greenwood. The young
man understands type. setting.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-12-08
N MEN
AS They SIumb3red on Board a Pull
Boat.

fhb InSy SluiHD3 TcO on BO2Tu n RulI
A dispatch from Mobile, Ala, says
nine persons, whose names are not yet
known, occupying a pulp boat on
Middle river, which uns between the
Tensas and ALBANIA rivers, were burn.
cd to death Friday in o fire which de-
stroyed the boat. Sidney Wheat, the
negro steward, was the only survivor
Of the l. 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 Cunpad 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 In
getting logs out Of marrow places for
rafting purposes. 1t was constructed
somewhat similar to a d:edge boat
and had a stl uoture for sheltering the
machinery and apartments in which
the crew and employees lived.
In this case those on the vessel oc-
cupied the second story of the struc.
ture. The fire had evidently been
burning for some time when Wheat
was awakened. He says he rushed in
and yelled to the others to get, out as
fast as they could as the boat was
burning. He does not know wheather
any Of the men heard him. He leaped
from the vessel into the river and u
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
How to Treat your Town.

wv AOS yOuE IOWb.
Praise 1t,
Improve it,.
Talk about 1t.
Write about it.
Trade at home.
Tell Of its business resources.
Tell OF Its 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 all
bhe town is to be considered.
Don't forget you live ol the people
here, and you should help others as
they help Jou.
Don't advertise in the loc2l paper
to help the proprietor" but to help
Yourself.
Let's get together and keep things
moving, hustllng all the time; oiionr
fully keeping a stiT upper lip waiting
for the good time coming for the ole
town. LAt's tryit d. IT now.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-12-08
Fatally Shot.

While out hunting in the country
near Anderson OH Thursday Mr.. d.
mcAdam5, q veil known plumber OF
Anderson, WIS accidentally shot and
physicians say that he cannot live. A
covey Of birds was flushed aud his
companion, q Mr.. Mitchell, fired at
the birds but the charge entered Mr..
McAdam's head, fatally wounding
him.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-12-08
Two Killed.

Two men we're killed and about a
dozen more or less seriously injured In
the wreck OF the Philadelphia express
on the Central railroad OF New Jersey
Friday night noar the Pennsylvania
Haven junction, 100 miles north Of
Philadelphia. The dead. Fireman
Rupert of Monch Chunk, Pa, and an
extra engineer named .Detroy. who
waa riding home on the locomotive.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-12-08
snip and Grew IIoet.

1t is believed that the steel steam.
er Ira I'll. Owen has been wrecked and
that Its crew OF 10 men are drowned
Tho ship was last seen on Tuesday 40
miles from Outer Island in Lake Su-
perlor. The Chicago owners have
given up all hope Of the vessel. The
Ovens captain was JOS. Mulligan Of
Ruf2alo
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-12-08

THE Guy OF Washington, the capt.
tai Of the United States, has a colored
population OF ninety thousand, more
than any other city In the world, and
New York CITY follows with seventy
Thousand, and Chicago third with
e thousand.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-12-08
COTTON BY COUNTIES.
What tho Pubiis Gins of south Csro.
lima lave Done.

Tue census bureau has just issued
Its frst statement by counties showing
ex csly how many bsies of cotton
nav been pinned in each TO Novnm-
hsr Ia, 1905. This Is the first time
this has eve. been done and will prove
exceedingly interesting to growers in
the state and others interested In the
co5ton industry. The following figures
snow what has been ginned in the
year 1904 and 1906, to November IA:
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-12-08

TIE Southern Cotton Association
Is one of the best organizations In the
South. Every bu,iness man and cot
ton farmer In the entire South should
be enrolled In IT as members. 1t has
already saved the South millions OF
dollars and will save 1T millions more
by keeping up the price Of cqStop.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-12-08
Genuine Veteran.

The dispatches tell us that an In.
diana veteran has lust refosed 49,
600 back pension. Undoubtedly the
man Is a genuine veteran and wants
to keep his name on tho roll Of honor
o fighter and not as q CRATER.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-12-08

The simplest mother Is wiser than
the brightest childless woman, be-
cause experience is the only sort Of
wisdom worth having.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-12-08

AT o recent political meeting In
New York a candidate yelled: What
Is the one thing that we Of this cop6
munity are sun iring most FROM at
this time?' There was a silence and
then a man with q big deep voice. Bald
'"bed bugs