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The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-07-07
TRUE TO HIS OATH.
Negroes hound White Man to a
Tree and
Threatened to Kill Him If He Did
Not Reveal the Secrets
OF FREQ Masonry.

| VI CAco NU1bOnrys
Thomas Davenport, q prominent
Citizen OF Toccoa, Ca, has been the
victim near Buford, Ca, OF one of the
most vicious crimes ever perpetrated
in this section. According to q special
dispatch to tho Journal: Bound
gagged, Hoodwinked. forced to do with
out water or food for 80 hours, and at
the end Of that time hanged to q tree
and left for dead, Is tho experience he
passed through from 6 O'Clock Satur.
t'day afternoon until early Sunday
morning. Davenport was brought tC
this place Sunday almost tota
wreck, and the story he tells sounds
more like a tale of border adventure
than an actual happening in civillz
ed community.
Davenport says that on Saturday
afternoon he was enticed from his
home IN Toccoa by Va note, presuma.
bly forged, from friend In New Hol.
land, little town on the Southern
railroad, two miles north OF Gains.
vile. This note stated that Daven.
ports friend was In distress, and urg-
ed him to come to New Holland at
once. Unsuspecting, Davenport went
to New Holland on the first train, ar.
irving there soon after dark.
About one.half mile from the New
Holland station while on the way to
his friends home, Davenport says he
was seized by three negroes who bound
and hoodwinked him, and ordered him
to make no sound under penalty OF
death. He was then placed In buggy
which was driven all Saturday night.
Sunday morning he was taken from
the buggy and carried into the woods,
when he was ordered to disclose the
secrets OF Masonry. Upon his refusing
he was tortured and threatened In var.
ious ways through the day. Finally,
Sunday at midnight, he was strung up
to tree and left for dead. In order,
however, to make his case, as the me-
groes said, appear one Of suicide, be-
fore Davenport was swung to the tree
his bonds and hoodWink were removed
the first time since his capture.
He thus managed to catch to the tree
and hold while releasing himself from
the moose.
For several hours Davenport wan.
dered In the wood in darkness emerg.
Ing at last into road that led him to
the home of Z,bediah Hannah, prom.
lnent farmer who lives three miles
from Buford. The news was at once
communicated to this place, when
Davenport was brought here and
placed on o train FOR his home, and
his relatives at Toccoa notified of his
whereabouts 5ag
AiiSto1 AZ tvr- I. RIOssUSous7v VI s.sss.,.-
here over the crime, and parties ARE
securing all TIRE cts Of woods in the vic
Unity OF where Davenport found him.
self, In an effort to obtain a clue to
the identity or whereabouts Of the ne
groes. Oflicers are working on the case
from here and from New Holland, but
so far as Ia known no clue has yet been
discovered that promises capture Of
The criminals
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-07-07
Wsnton killing.

At Philadelphia, what Is said by
eye witness to have been deliberate
attempt OF a chauffeur to scare per
sons on the streets Wednesday night,
resulted In the death OF Eldon CARRIER,
a tive.year-old boy. 1t is said the
driver deliberately steered the auto.
mobile toward the child with the evi.
dent intention Of soaring him. Az
the automobile drew near the boy the
chauffeur became confused and bafore
he had gained control Of the machine
1T had crashed into young CARRIER
The driver then put on all steam
and escaped.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-07-07
THE CRIME
That Caused the shooting of tho Pris
oners at Watkinsville,
Sandy Prioe, "A Negro, Enters the
Home of n Lady and Tried
to Assault Her.

A dispatch to the Atlanta Journal
under date Of June 9th, gives an ac
count Of the crime that lead to the
lypching of the eight prisoners al
Watkinsvllle, Ca, on last Thursday
morning. The dispatch said tho Coun
ty Of Oconee had another sensation,
on the Tuesday afternoon before the
lynching Of the eight mon, that set
the people Of Watkinsville, where the
lynching took place, wild with excite.
ment, and came very near resulting IN
the lynching Of Sandy Price, a negro
MAJ living at Watkinsville.
Mrs. Weldon Dooley, the wife OF a
we'll known yonng farmer, living 10
the suburbs Of Watkinsville, barely es
capped from the clutches OF this negro
in time to give the alarm to the ne lg h.
bors and cause his arrest. Mrs Dooley
had gone into her room and was lying
on the bed with her baby. Suddenly
the back door Of the house was thrown
open and this negro butted in and
made a rush at her. She grabbed her
baby and ran through the front door
in time to get out OF his reach. AS she
did SO she screamed at the top Of her
voice, and the negro went out the
back door and made Off into the woods.
Mrs. Dooley sent word back to Wat.
kinsville that this negro had entered
her house and In less than fifteen min
utes fully forty armed men were on the
scent In buggies and afoot. The negro
was tracked for nearly half mile to
the house OF negro woman and the
house was surrounded. Price was told
to come out and did so after a little
hesitation. AS he left the house some
members Of the crowd fired at him
two or three times, but all the shots
missed the mark.
He was then captured and carried
to the jail In Watkinsville. He denied
going into Mrs. Dooleys house, but
her Identification Of him was complete,
and there was further Identification
that his shoes were fitted into the
track in the back yard. Coming right
after the IIolbrook murder, which was
a most brutal and cold blooded crime,
this affair has greatly stirred the COM
munity, and had the negro been kept
away from jail much longer the crowd
might have dealt violently with him.
This man was one Of the eight men
that was shot to death on Thursday
morning by the mob at Watkinsville
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-07-07
Chcapest Thing sold.
An exchange truthfully saws:

An exchange truthfully says: "a
newspaper Is sold the cheapest OF any
commodity on the face of the earth.
Considering the great amount @:
work there Is put upon the publica.
tion OF newspaper, and the cost OF
getting 1T out, there Is nothing made
and sold which brings so small price.
For The reason that the majority OF
the people have no idea CT the lniinite
labor and great expense attached tC
the publication of nowspapek. they
are apt to regard the copy th9y re.
ceiv9 as Of small value.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-07-07
A SET OF RAsCALS
We're the Men Managing the Eaui-

table xlife Insurance Oompnny.
ls.4"0 0ne nv ono the tsrnnnti,, pantlenanS
i IounneoUeu won Sune staansKsmsittfaI u Or
the Equitable ase being pulled out In
to the light" says the Columbia
State. III de and Alexander were
the first victims, but the work goes
on apace. Tle latest object of in.$
quiry is Senator Depew. For wears. (
heaven knows just how manyl this 'le.
gal adviser Of the Equitable comuanv
has been drawing from that corpora
tion the annual salary Of $40, 900. An
investigation into the SCOPE OF his
duties seems to indicate that the most
OF his efforts were directed toward
seeing that the officials OF the Equita-
Bile were not underpaid! Also that
they were equitably paid. When
young Mr.. Hyue found that In order
Dr him to maintain his retinue OF
.rvants and also pay his automobile
, lis he must have, a raise Of $25, 600 q
car IN salary, Senator Depew, Gust
lnn that he isD sawNto it that Mr..
lexander, too, got a nise increase.
thare was nothing niggardfy in Sena-
OF DepeWs attitude toward Young
rlyde; the senator was merely con-
cei led to see that there was no dis
elimination. BY all means the hard
working Mr.. Hyde should have his
raise, but Mr. Alexander, too, should
have his. And did Mr.. Depew also
grant himself an increase? Not bit
of it. He went right on working
zealouslY for his employing company
on his miserly salary of $40 0,O0Ol
Think OF the self.sacrifice, when he
might just as we'll have had 84O, 900
or even $l40,000I All honor to De-
pew He worked hard raising the
salaries of the other fellows, but not
one cent more for himself. Honest
old soul, he probably imagined that
he was not really earning more than
| his twenty thousand
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-07-07
ODESSA BOMBARDED.

gSst5S.-; - 4. - u. ~ -. ..s..
A State of War DecIared In the Port
OF Odessa.
The London Daily Mail prints the
following from its Odessa correspon.
dent, timed 1910 o'clock, Thursday
night. Using full charges, the
Kniaz Potemkin opened fire on the
city this evening The first shell
struck a house In Nyesjiuskaya street
and The second fell on brewery. In
the walls Of both buildings large holes,
six yards vide, by three yards high,
we're Torn. So far there has been no
more tiriGg. The governor ordered
the gas lamps extir guished and the
electric currents severed, SO that the
city Is In total darkness
dispatch from ST Petersburg says
the emperor has issued the following
ukaSc address to the senate: "In
order to guarantee public safety and
to terminate the disorders at Odessa
and neighboriDg localities, we have
{, und 1t necessary to declare q state
Of war in Odessa and district and to
invest the commander OF the troops
in the military district OF Odessa
wish the rights OF military authority
and special rights Of civil admlnistra-
tton for the defense Of order and pub
lie tranquility"
The crew OF government trans.
port which arrived at Odessa Thurs
day from Nickolietf, sized their OH
GERS and joined the crew Of the bat
tleShip Kuaz Potemkin. to whom
they turned over the captain and
other officers Of the transport. 1t is
reported that the foreign consuls have
applied to their respective govern.
ments to send warships TO Odessa.
Tne Russian sailors at Liban mu-
TIMED Thursday night, attacked the
government stores, seized the arms
and fired into the oilicers' quarters.
Infantry, artillery and Cossacks were
brought to the secene Of the fighting,
but the result Is not known. Intense
excitement prevails.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-07-07
she Niue: aanE,

The Pennsylvania State board of
pardons has finally disposed OF the
case of Mrs. Kate Edwards, the Berks
county woman under sentence of death
for the murder OF her husband. by re-.
fnsing TO grant her Communication.
There is no appeal from the decision
OF the board, which has twice hsfore
refused to commute the woman's San
tence, and Gov Pennypacker viii fiS
the date of her execution latos.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-07-07
wrock on the Southern.

The northbound passenger train on
the Southern railway was derailed
Wednesday morning at Springfield,
Va. All the cars except the obserya-
tton car left the track. Telfair Stock.
ton, of Jacksonville, Fla. Mrs. Alice
Hutchinson, Of Leesburg, Va, and
her son. Rev. William Turner, OF At.
lanta, Ga were Injured, none serious.
ly The cause Of the accident ia un.
known
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-07-07
a Million IMMIGRANTS.

Figures compiled for the fiscal year
show that the past twelve months
broke all records Of foreign lmmigra-
tion in this country. The total reach.
cs the enormous figure OF over ,000,-
00O The highest reached In any pre-
vious year was in 1908, when the num-
ber was 857, 900.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-07-07
HtIisti nj I,oQZ

A dispatch from Lodz says that
General Marmusoif, commander OF the
troops at Lodz, was assassinated. The
rebels attacked the general while he
was driving through tho city and af-
ter dragging him from his carriage
stabbed him through his heart.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-07-07
Votod, Then Aiileu h,mseIt.
Man Fatally Injured.

B. Frank Vaughan, aged So, promi
nent In Portsmouth, and employed In
the Offices of the Baltimore Steam
Packet Company of Norfolk, Va, af-
ter casting In the Portsmouth Demo
critic municipal primary election what
he declared would be his last voto,
started to Norfork and in the ferry
waiting rooms committed suicide by
ehooting himself In the head.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-07-07
Two Ayvinu

At Lancaster Pa, Lee Furman and
John O'Brlen we're hanged Thursday
for the murder Of Selnue, Rss5ler, G.
venerable tollgato Keeper.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-07-07
ALL TRAITORS.
The Rntire plack Sea Fleet KonnY.
Combed With Treason.
The Ships and Men Who Surrendered
to Togo With Nc bagatoff Were
from This Fleet.

A cablegram from st. Petersburg
says more serious in It's possible effects
than all the defeats In Manchuria or
the destruction OF r jestvensky's
fleet was the news which reached ST.
Petersburg early Wednesday evening
shat tho standard OF open rebellion
was floating on board one Of the en-
peror's battleships In the harbor OF
Odessa and that with shotted guns
tho mutinous crew headed by eight
officers was holding the ship against
all comerS.
The authorities are in almost a
state Of panic and at the admiralty
consternation reigns. Admiral Wi.
renius, chief Of the general staff Of
the navy, said to the Associated Press
that the admiralty had received ad-
vices regarding the mutiny, but that
he was unable to give details. He
frankly confessed that the situation
was very grave and that he did not
know what to expect. The Black sea
squadron, which left Sebastopol Tues.
day under command of Vice Admiral
Kruger, was due to arrive at Odessa
Wednesday night and battle with
oIlS uuuOiIlCIo uty OCCuT ttU dIy IuO-
ment.
The Kniaz Potemkine Is more
powerful ship than any in Krugers
squadron and the gravity of the situ-
alton Is increased by the fact that the
city Is prac Ideally in possession of the
strikers, who, according to the dis.
patches, had already been encouraged
to open resistance by the mutiny Of
the sailors and were erecting barri.
cades and fighting the police and the
troops in the streets
Ever since the war started ugly re-.
ports about the crews Of the Black
sea fleet have been current. Men
have been shot and even officers court
martialled for disobedience, aud at
Sebastopol twelve sailors were con.
demned to three years imprisonment
for mutiny.
No better evidence of the spirit of
the crew is need than an official an.
nounccment made by the admiralty
that Admiral Nebagatoff and the
other officers who surrendered In the
sea Of Japan would have to stand
trial by courtmartial upon their re-
turn. Practically all of the crews Of
the vessels which surrendered came
from the Black sea. The fact that
Odessa Is not fortified fort ex.
plains why the Kniaz Potemkine is
able to lie IN the harbor upmOlested.
n va 4 l
Alaska forum., 1905-09-30
Survey Party Abandon Their
 Outfit and Fly For Yukon

Fred Cassidy is expected from Dali river in few days. Cassidy left on the Hannah to recover the instruments and fossils belonging to the govern ment survey party operating in that section this summer. The. party was afaid of getting frozen in, so they each their impedimenta, abandoned their four horses and stampeded for the Yukon. Cassidy found the cache and recovered the horses. He will get pay for delivering the outfit at Rampant, and retains the horses.
Alaska forum., 1905-09-30
Prospects Found on Koyukuk
 Slope of DaII River Divide


 Jim Hicks, we'll known Rampant miner, returned few days ago from a summers prospecting jaunt to the head of Dall river. Hicks came back tired and foot-sore; wearing the most dis reputable set of hirsute facial orna- ments seen for some time in the camp, but we'll satisfied with the results of his trip. Hicks does not think much of the mineral possibilities of the Dall river country. He found his best pros- poets on the Koyukuk slope. Hicks will remain in Rampant during the win ter, and intends returning to the scene of this summer work next spring with a two years outfit.
Alaska forum., 1905-09-30

Jim Langford. Sid Williams and W. Pearson will work on 6 m this season.
 Bob Jamieson, Chapman & Olson and F. c. Chadwick will take out dumps on m.
 The dredge on Big Minook has been stripping since last Monday. This will continue until the frosts stop further work for this year.
 At the sale of the real property of the estate of Lars Svendsen, held last Monday by Administrator Wand, John Stanley bought claims and below on Little Minook. Frank & Graham pur- chased the lower 300 feet of 2 below.
 Dan Mclean has purchased No. p. 26, 27 and 28, all above discovery on Hoosier creek. Frank & Graham were the sellers. MT. Mclean will open up 22a next summer He will work on the upper end of 27a on Little Minook jr. this winter.
 Pearson 6 Williams have returned from a summers working on 2b Gunni- son creek. Owing to the heavy rains of the past season they were greatly hampered, losing their dam repeatedly. They shoveled in about two weeks, and have 500 feet stripped, ready for next seasons ground-sluicing.
 s. P. Robbins, of the Big Minook hy- draulic company, came in from the creek Thursday. Mr. Robbins has been doing some prospecting on his own ac- count, and finds that good hydraulic pay was left in the bedrock of the small piece of ground worked by the company last summer. With proper handling the success of the enterprise is assured.
Alaska forum., 1905-09-30
Local News Items

Local News Items
 Speedy Goslaw left for the Kantish- ma via Baker creek last Thursday.
 Bear Paw and Mckinley City are the rival towns of the Kantishna.
 Gene Allen writes from Fairbanks that he will be employed in the repair shop of the N. c. Co. at that place all winter.
 Jim Larsen joined the stampede to the Novikakat the past week. A re- cent letter from that section informed him that good pay had been located on the upper tributaries.
 Tom Antonson and Billy Graham are spending few days in camp prior to settling down for the winter on No. 2 north fork Pioneer, where they have taken lay. They put put in the past summer prospecting on the Hootlinana country, bedrocking several shafts but were unable to locate channel.
 Ed Bederman, Dave Rushing and A. Revere arrived from the Dali river hay fields Thursday. The men report the past summer poor one for having. 1t rained all the time with the exception of six days. On Sept. 6 a heavy snow storm set in, covering about 20 tons of cooked hay 18-inches deep. This hay was left in the fields. They landed two scows containing about 30 tons.
 Josh Ray, an old Ramparter, is now in the Kantishna country. Max Neville was recipient of letter from Josh recently, in which he states there are over 2,00O people now in that section. Every thing in sight is staked-even to the moutain tops. Neville will take a trip into the Kantisha next spring, and in the meantime will work on the north fork of Pioneer.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-05-11
Number OF Outbreaks at Chicago
Yesterday
MORE WAGONS SENT OUT
FEWER GUARDS BEING. USED
THAN AT ANY TIME SINCE
THE STRIKE BEGAN
ORDER BEING RE
STORED.

Chicago, May 1O,--There we're a
number of outbreaks during the day,
the most serious being a figlt which
was s .arted by non.uRion driver who
being chased by str Ike sympathizars
called on his comrades for help. They
responded and in the battle which fol
lowed three colored men were badly
hurt.
Employers sent ont more wagons to-
day, with fewer guards than at any
previous time s nee the strike began,
George s. Pierce, union teamsfer,
was shot and killed tonight by Ge9rge
T. Waldron, deputy sheriff, who was
guarding a Wells Fargo express wag
on. Pierce was passing the intersec
on of Clark and Seventeenta streets
when the wagon under guard of sev
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-05-11
TO INVESTIGATE
z|ECLER MINE
STATE MINING BOARD AND Ex-
AMlNERs SAY FAULTY con-
sTRucTloN CAUSED REcENT
EXPLOSION. .

Springfield, Ill.. May loft was
learned today that the trip 81 Attorney
General Stead and Assistant Attorney
General Gillespie 10 zeigler to invest
igate the explosion at the Letter coal
mine, was owing to portions Of the re-
port Of the state board ~ examiners
who investigated the explosion, IN
which they gave as their opinion that
there was faulty construction or the
mine. that the mine was not properly
Inspected II these find ngs are sub
stantiared legal proceedings may be
instituted against the zelgler Coal
company for violation a the law.
There was no evidence showing the
explosion was due TO crime, instead of
accident.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-05-11
RUSSIA RECALLS
COUNT CASSAN|
cZARfs ENVOY AT WASHINGTON
WILL BE SENT TO SPAIN,
THEN PROBABLY TRANSFER.
RED TO PARIS.

Washington, May 10.--Count Gas
sin,i Russian ambas ador 10 the Unit.
cd States, has been recalled BY his
government, and after an audience In
st. Petersburg he Will be sent to Mad.
rid His stay in Spain will nor be
permanent, but win be followed by a
transfer to another European post
probably IN Paris. HN
Thus has culminated definitely the
career Of Count Cassinl aG represents
dive cf his government III Washington
II win be news 10 the president an
lfficials of the administfat ON and will
5e received with keen regret Some
months ago Secretary Hay addressed
personal letter TO the Ambassador
expressing his pleasure at his cont.nf
ned stay in the United States
Following Mr., Hays departure foi
europe the ambassador was rndre fre
luently q visitor at the White " uss
han is generally known and from a
,fficial acquaintance developed 81
warm friendship between him and thu
,resicent, which arose from the az
niration which the two men feel foi
ach other In the peace negotiation
yhich will mark the end Of tire Ru sc
| Japanese war the close persc nal rela-
ions between Count Cassinl, Secrc
AIRY Hay. and President Roosevel'
would have had an influence ~ a value
| hich cannot ~ estimated Now, nn
apply, say the few persons wht
now OF the ambassadors recall. this
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-05-11
dent, who spoke in part as follows
The Presidents Speech.

The opening portion of the presi.
dents speech was q discussion Of the
fact that under existing circumstances
our country can be governed only nm
der the party system. He said that
the longer he is in political life the
more firmly he Is convinced that the
great bulk Of questions of the most
importance before the people are ques.
tions which we can best decide, not
from a standpoint OF Republicanism
or Democracy, but from a standpoint
OF the interests Of the average AMER
ican citizen, whether Republican or
Democrat He urged non partisanship
In matters of great public Importance
and cited instances where this policy
had been successfully carried out.
Refers to Labor Problem. ss
"Amcng the most vital questions
that have come up for solution because
of extraordinary industrial develop.
ment OF this country, as of all The
modern world he said, nqare ques-
tons Of capital and labor. and ques,
tions resulting from the effect on the
public cf the organization into great
masses Of both caupital and labor.
believe thoroughly in each kind Of or
ganization but I recognize that n oih
err kind Of organization does what II
wrong the increase In Its powers Of OF
ticiency that has resulted from ths
combination, means. increase In III
| power to do harm; and that therefor
a corporation is organized capt
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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-05-11
AGILE WON THE
KENTUCKY DERBY
CAPT. s. S. BROWNS COLT
BLiGHTED THE HOPES OF
\, BLUE GRASS tHoRsEMEN BE.
HIND RAMS HORN.

Louisville, May i0--Moving with a
long, eifortIess stride, Agile, Capt. s.
$. Browns beautiful bay colt, passed
under the wire today an easy winner
over, a. slow track Of the thirty-iirst
Kentucky derby. Three and half
lengths behind him came Rams Horn.
on whom the hopes Of tennessee and
Bite Grass horsemen were fixed
Trailing fifteen lengths 10 the rear
came Layson, from tho stable OF 7,
r, Hayes With but three starters Il
was one horse race. Time for the
mile and a quarter, 2ioM. Agile was
a % 3 in tho betting Rams Horn 2
to 4, LAyson 10 70 1.