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The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-11-03
A Young Man Killed by Another
at Union Staten.
HAD BEEN FRIENDS
A Seemingly Playful Affair Erds In a
Tragedy, Both the Men We're
From Leesvilie, and Were
Good Friends Before the
Fatal Shooting.
Fatal Shooting.

The Columbia State says James
Irotter, q young unmarried farmer OF
bhe LeeSville section was shot through
h heart at the Union station In that
city at 4.45 O'Clock Thursday after
noon by Wilmer Mitchell, about the
Same age and also of Leesv!iie, the
two being fast friends. DR.. Smith Of
Wards, who happened to be present
az the time of the tragedy, pronouno.
ed life extinct in the wounded man in
less than ten minutes, death result
ing from an internal hemorrage.
The weapon used was o 38 calibre;
d bullet entering straight from the
'front.'. Trotter had been drinking,
but the arresting officers say Mitchell
was perfectly sober. He gave as an
excuse for the shooting that Trotter
continued to slap his face, after he
had several times Wa ned him to ouIt;
and after walking sw1sy from him.
EJe witnesses say tho two men ap.
peared to be jesting, Tfoster striking
at Mitchell In play, as the two were
waiting for a train home. A woman
relative was the first to Trotter's
side.
Mitchell gave himself up promptly
to a plain clothes msn, and was car
ried to Jail In the hurry up wagon.
He appeared to be not the least dis.
concerted. His family Is about the
most prominent and influential in
Leesville. He ia the son of Mr..
Crowell Mitchell Of that place. Trot.
ter was unarmed, Both bear good
regulations.
The killing occurred In the presence
Of a large number of people. the sta.
tion being crowded inside. on the YER.
andas, In front and under the sheds
downstairs. The shot was fired on
the veranda overlooking the sheds
Immediately In front of the colored
waiting room. Perhaps two Thousand
people were at the station waiting for
special or regular trains home.
Young Trotter was a cousin Of AL.
derman D. I Trotter Of this city.
Thetnquest will be held at the an.
defCaking establishments OF Funder,
burk and Matteson at 10 O'Clock this
morning. Those who saw the shoot.
Ing and who were summoned 40 wit
nesses are: DR.. w. b. Bates, John
MoCuller, II. j Brown, Willie Ballard
George Fam, White Smith, George
Btheredge and others may be called
upon TO testify.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-11-03
Insppctorn ~Iterorta.

Dispensary inspectors hereafter &C.
cording to al order Issued by Commits.
ioner Tatum q short time ago, must
be prepared to swear to the accuracy
OF their report on each dispensary
checked up. This order Is tho result
Of the discovery that many shortages
occur by the use Ct dummies or half
empty cases hat have been checked
by inspectors as full CASES. Mr.. Ia
tum said to day that after the short
age IN Charleston and o recent one In
q town In the upper part Of the state
he was convinced that the inspection
heretofore has Leen to perfunctory. He
discovered that cases supposed to be
full could contain only one half the
number OF bottles or be entirely empty.
This hapl ered some time ago with a
dispenser in Fairfield county. All in.
spcctors were then notified that every
box must be inspected and the in8pec
tor absolutely satisfied that the seals
had not been broken,
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-11-03
SUICIDE AT SONS FUNERAL.
Grief Stricken Father Shoots Him.
self at Comn's Side.

self at Comn's Side.
II cannot let him 20 alone" cried
Herman Schultz, Wednesday after.
noon as he fingered beside the body Of
hib son, Otto, who killed himself by
inhahag gas on Tuesday. The funer.
al services were In progress at the
Schultz home, 233 WyoEoff avenue,
Williamsburg, New York. Before
any one could divine his intention
the old man seized a revolver and
shot himself through the head.
Ever since his Gon's tragic end the
father had refusedHto eat and had
slept little. He sat CONSTANTLY by the
dead boys side sobbing anu praying.
Before the time set for the funora3
this afternoon Schultz had apparently
composed himself and was resigned.
The boys body was placed in the par
lor where a large number OF relatives
and friends Of the family gathered.
Mrs. Schultz, her three daughters and
two sons were at the head OF the coffin
with the father.
Prayers and the singing Of hymns
had ended and q long line Of persons
hled by the coffin taking o farewell
look at the face of the boy. Schultz
was the last. He fingered until I'm
dertaker Peth began to draw the lid
OF the coffin over his sons counter.
ance. Then no shot himself.
Most Of the women In the house
tainted or became hysterioal. DR..
Moore came with Fan ambulance from
the German hospital, but he said
that the old man had died instantly.
After a hasty conference with mem.
bers OF the family the funeral OF
young Schultz was postponed. Father
and sou will be buried together.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-11-03
AT Mercy OF Kobbora.

Burglars early Wednesday morning
blew open the safe in the bank OF
Ridgeyllle, and stole SO, 900, and after
o running battle with a posse Of citizens
In which the cashier and two citizens
were wounded the burglars escaped.
For more than an hour the town was
practically at the mercy Of the rob.
bers, who openly walked the streets
shooting at everything, apparently
taking their time In leaving town.
Two charges OF dynamite were explod.
ed before the safe gave way. A sec.
ond blast aroused Cashier r. R.iRan.
som, who ran into the street. AS soon
as ne appeared the robbers opened
lire. This aroused other citizens. There
were seven In the cracksmen'a partv
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-11-03
Burncd in n uotol.

At Hot Spring, Ark, six bodies
we're takon on Thursday from the
ruins OF the Railroad Hotel, corner OF
Elm and Olive streets, which was
Quilted by fire. Two are unidentified,
charred beyond recognition. The dead
are: Harry Bradley, a waiter; Edward
Snyder, a porter; Mrs. Mack, a musi.
clan; A. l.. Mann o railroad conduo.
tor, believed to be from Denver, Col,
and the two unknown men. There
may be other bodies In the ruins. The
hotel was q two story frame building,
containing thirty rooms, all but one
Of which wero occupied by from one
to four persons. 1t was patronizsd by
invalids and cfipples, who were under
treatment. The fire is believed to have
been caused by an exploding lamp.
There was only one narrow exit, that
being a stairway, and dozens were
compelled to jump from the second
story. One man, Fred diversion, OF
Hot Springs, was probably fatally in
jured.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-11-03
TEMP TED M e L
This Is tho Confession Iof Edward
George CunliRA.

This Is h Confession lof Edward
George CunliR,.
Edward George Cunliffe, the Adams
Express employee who disappeared
from Pittsburg, Pa, With, Sol. 600
in cash, waB arrested at Br.dgeport.
conn.
He made a confession and express.
ed his Willingness to return at once to
Pittsburg. He declared that the
money which no took Is intact and
that 1T could be recovered, but declin.
ed to tell until his return to Pitts
burg, whore 1t is hidden. On his per.
son when arrested, the detectives
found $500.
Detectives traced Cunlifre to Bridge.
port. All the hotels were watched
carefully, but Cunlitfe was not arrest,
ed until late In the forenoon, when he
vas seen walking down Middle street.
Cunl.ne made no attempt to deny his
identity and offered no resistance.
Eve minutes after l took that
money | was sorry" said Cunliffe,
but 1t was too late to do anything,
What can you expect from q man get.
ting a salary Of $65 q month and
handling thousands of dollars q day?
l was tempted and / fell. I have
handled larger sums. l remember
once when l had $3.50, 900 in cash, I
was tempted, but 1 thought it over,
and decided to be honest,
The night l left %Pittsburg, I rode
IN a sleeper on the way to Now York
and l stuck my head out of my berth
and saw Slater pass by. Slater is our
local manageri in Pittsburg. l thought
then that l would turn back, but
knowing that he did not see me and
that | had the money with me in
cash, l thought l would take the
chances.
II want to go back to Plttsburg,
restore the money al d thro~ myself
upon the mercy of the courts"
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-11-03
Only q Cow.

Five trainmen were killed at Seaton
I'LL, When q heavy double header
freight train on the Iowa Central
Railroad struck a cow, says the Chi.
cago Inter Ocean. The locomotives
and eleven freight cars loaded with
grain aud lumber, were piled in a heap
beside the track. A cow was lying
on the ties between the rails and was
hidden from view by other cattle
standing about 1T. AS the sound OF
the whistle OF the approaching train
the standing cattle scampcred away,
but the forward locomotive struck
the COW lying down. The animal was
crushed under the wheels OF the pilot
truck and rolled along the bies for a
hundred feet, It's blood made the
rails slippery and pieces Of bone threw
the front locomotive from the track.
The derailed locomotive rolled down
an embankment, drawing the second
locomotive into the ditch, where the
two machines piled up, crushing the
engineers and the tiromen.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-11-03
Indecent Postcard.

George Mcdowell, the Spartanburg
youth who mailed an ~indecently aug.
gestive picture postal card to a young
woman was convicted recently in the
United States district court at Green.
Vile. The card which embroilcd
young Mcdowell with the federal au.
thoritiea was offered In evidence. It
bore no writlng ave the address, but
when 1t was handed to the jury with
the other papers In the case they re-
qlired only a few minutes to find q
verdict or guilty. In the indictment
10 was described as too Indecent to
De spread upon the records OF the
court"
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-11-03
Complimonted by Preeident.

The little girl referred to in the
following from the Charlotte Chron.
lcle lives in Spartanourg with her
parents on South Church street. Mr..
Matthew Is a travelling man. When
the president turned to take his seat,
Miriam Matthew, agreat granddaugh.
ter of the Squire Benjamin Boyd OF
charlotte and daughter of Pinckney
Matthew OF Spartanburg, S. O., ad-
Vanced and presented him with q tire.
mendous bouquet OF flowers. The
president bowed, picked up the little
girl, flowers and all. and held her up
high in his arms. Here is the best
DrOduCt,p no aaid
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-11-03
Eiery DeAth shower.

at Chicago, Ill, five tons Of mol.
ten metal exploded ut the Joliet plant
OF the illinois Steel Company Wed
nesday falling In a shower OF death
on a band Of workmen about q CONVEX.
ttoeT. Cn5o man is dead, throe ara s 2aa-
ally burned and half o dozen are jnius
red so badly that they may die. ThA,
accident came without warning. Tho
explosion shook the whole plant, a8ns
ding nanin into eyaty cnrhar Of the
great works. Half o hundred men
were within range OF the liquid metal
and many suffered severe burns.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-11-03
Boy BipaIniat.

The youngest bigamist on record
reached the Mississippi penitentiary
Friday In the person Of William Gray.
Gray is only seventeen years OF age
and has been married more than q
year, and leaves two wives and a baby
In his home county Of Tlppah. He
will not rejoin them until 1907 In
the same gang was Gus Stack, also OF
Tlppah county, eighteen years old,
sentenced to twelve years in the pen.
tentiary for ayson and robbery, and
VIII Jones, OF Marshall county, WHO
although only twenty. one Is serving
his second term In the penitentiary,
this time for burglary. The three
are said to constitute the youngest
penitentiary gang ever known.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-11-03
Cruel Soionoo.
jured.

Now comes DR.. Valentine Malpasse,
Of Paris, who says 1t Is dangerous to
shake hands Oh account OF microbes.
Only the other day another celebrated
physician announced that kissing Is
dangerous for the same reason. If
these scientific doctors don't let up
they will destroy all the pleasu' Q of
eonrtshin. Just think Of counting a
good looking girl with kissing and
playing hands eliminated
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-11-03
Pleasant

at Mobile, Alabama, Judge Sem
mes, son Of the great Admiral Raph-
Semmes, commander of the ALA.
6ama' In the Civil war, Presented
Roosevelt, in behalf of the citizens,
With o gold badge. In responding,
the president said that one of his
uncles was ar offices on the ALA.
bama" and another uncle built the
yessel E
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-11-03
Used Mail Bags.

The Belgian government discovered
some time ago that the leather bags
used for the mails In the Congo Free
State were often stolen. Investiga-
ton proved that natives In the postal
service took them. cut the bottoms
and gave them to their wives to be
worn as clothing,
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-11-03

q half mile wide at that point. Instead
of this, the Magnolia hauled to port
and the two vessels collided. The Es.
parta struck the Magnolia on the port
side about 20 feet abaft the boats and
considerable damage was done the
Magnolia"
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-11-03
Crazy Onioer,

At Madrid, Spain, a naval officer
named O.medo who manifested owl
dences OF insanity lately, has been re-
moved to an asylum. O.medo was
attempting to raise 8 great military
force to invade the United States.
Olmedo served aboard the c.ulser
Oquendo lost In the battio OF Santligo
and 1t Is believed his mind was unbal.
anced at THAI time.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-11-03
stoamor Loat

A dispatch from Cleveland, Ohtos
says all hope for stAamer Ka,vnoa hah
been given up by the owners. It ia
supposed to have gone down With the
Grew OF seventeen In the recent storm
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-11-03
eight Drowned.

A steam launch containing ten
Philadelphians collided In the Dele.
Nara on Sunday with n barge and was
sunk, seven Of the party being
drowned.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-07-01

the snakes head alone protruded. The
pupils Of the child's eyes were dilated,
but in other respects IL was half asleep.
This would help the claim Of those
who would endow snakes with the
power to fascinate birds. But there
is nothing to indicate that the snake
in question meant injury to the child,
A bush clergyman visited me on one
occasion and, dismounting threw his
saddlebag on the veranda. The flap
fell open and green whip snake pop
ped out. 1t happened that there was
no weapon handy and the snake dis
appeared under tho house. The clergy
man was greatly frightened. He cal
culated that the snake must have been
in his bag during his last ten-mile
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house. Glimpsos Of II had been caught
on three separate occasions, but IL was
too swift In getting under cover. Bush
houses in Australia are roughly put to-
qether and odds and ends Of various
sorts are Uttered about, with occas-
ional heavy articles against the walls.
To move the heavy articles is some
what dangerous unless the light Is good
and an experienced bushman be Of tho
party. Tho usual plan is to watch
and wait. Tho sides Of the cottage
we're built Of round timber, and there
was q likelihood on each occasion that
this particular snake had wriggled
through and out.
Minnie, a child Of three, was more
yivoeious than usual that morning.
She sat on an opossum rug on the
floor Of tho room adjoining the break
fast room, where most Of tho family
we're collected. Her chattering excit
cd comment. "Stay," whispered hcl
father; something strikes me. she'i
talking TO something, and 1 bet it,
that snake,
with his riding whip In his hand h'
stepped softly TO the open door an'
pocpod in. Tho snake had its head Il
Minnio's lap and was being fed viii
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-07-01
SOME
SNAKE
STORIES
They Seem TO Have a General
Liking for All Children

I have found that children In the
bush show very little fear Of snakes.
The bigger the snake the greater the
soy Of getting near Il aud the stronger
the desire 10 play with IL. The snakes
bright eyes and slnuous motion proba-
bly, charm. And snakes, even tho
mSst vicious, respect confidence. l
have known numbers Of eases In which
they return 10 with what must be
called affection. A snake that will
wigglo away from au adult will placid
~ survey child and wait for eneour
agcment TO approach.
Here ia an instance TO my hand. We
all knnw there was snake In the
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-07-01

lido and reflected that he had put has
hand in several times for one article
~ another He carefully examined ms
RIGHT hand, for marks of fangs, and Dc
came reassured when not single
scratch could be found.
We kept sharp lookout for some
davs for the snake and renewed ac-
ouaintanee with it under singular cir
cnmstanees. Minnie, the child prevl-
ouslv alluded to, was overheard CIV
inc something like words Of command
near the stump Of an old ironbark
tree a little way from the end OF the
house. On stealthily approaching
was thunderstruek. beckoned to
other members of the family to tip
toe to me. It was no optical Illusion
There. in real fact, was a green whip
snake dancing before the child.
The inference was, Of course, that IL
was the clergymen's whip snake, Its
motions were most grotesque, its head
Iolling from side to side and occas'
ionally shooting straight up. 1t eVi'
IDENTIFY danced for the entertainment OF
the child. and responded with alacrity
70 her words. The spell was broken
bv the incautious movement Of one OF
our party; but though the snake made
off IL was pursued and dispatched.
It is right I should complete this
somewhat astounding narrative by ad
ding that the clergyman on his nex'
visit complained of having been made
the victim Of a practical joke on the
previous occasion. The hotel people
had placed in his saddle bag a show
man 3 performing snake, not at al
dangerous, and altogether too valuable
for the fate that befell IL.
But when a snake is pleased or de
sires TO please, it displays, even il
its wild state, gyrations which may b.
described as dancing have seen them
semi.orcct, bobbing heads and movini
protruding tongues with near ap
proaeh to waltz time. They are yer,
fond Of going partners with infant
in the contents Of a feeding bottle
While snake and infant turn abou
at the bottle the former will bob an
curtesy as assiduously as a poutin
pigeon.
A storekeeper who had a private cot
tage adjoining his store, closed hi
garden gate about II o'clock at nigh
and returned to the sitting room. i
had been burning hot all day an
every one was exhausted. He says h
was aware Of some weight pressin
upon his shoulders, but was too tire'
to think baOut it. On sofa unde
the window lay child with the tube
Of feeding bottle between it's lips.
The storekeeper soon realized wha
weighed upon him. A tiger snak
leaped from his shoulders to the sof
and went straight for the feedin
bottle. At the close Of an exeitin
couple Of minutes the members Of th
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-07-01

little snips of a square lump Of sugar.
II was a blacksnake Of dangerous
size and the father was doubtful how
TO act. II alarmed IL might viciously
attack the child. He surveyed the
possible means Of escape, and whisp-
cred to his wife to call Minnie. The
child moved at the call, and the snake
drew back and made a sudden dive
toward chest Of drawers at the oppo'
site wall. That was what was want
cd, and tho riding whip did the rest.
A friend Of mine tells Of an incident
Of similar kind. Az Koondroock, a
little settlement in Victoria, a woman
heard her child, Is months old laugh
ing as II she were having great fun.
Tho child was supposed 10 be asleep
in bed. The mother went to the room
and found the child scrambling over
the bed after something she could not
see
That happened several times, Once,
however, tho mother went in suddenly
and heard something drop OIL the bed.
Looking hurricdly under the bed, dis.
tinctly saw a large snake that turned
upon her with evident intention to
fight. when the husband came homo
he pulled up the boards Of the floor
but there was no sign Of the snake.
Next day, however, snake and child
were discovered lying together on the
floor, tho child asleep, and the snake
apparently so. That night the husband
tried a plan. He placed a candle on
the floor alongside the child and asked
bhe wife to play a slow air on the har
monium. Movements Of the snak,
] could be heard, but tho rustic was al
no vouchsafed,
Next day the child was similarl,
posted, and tho mother tried the effec
Of working her sowing machine. Tn
4 sound was too tempting. The snak
; wriggled to the child with alacrit
and was promptly dispatched by tn
r father IL was a tiger snake nearl
! FIVE feet in length and when kille
/ was fondled by tho child as an old pc
4 We never hear In the bush Of snak
! biting young child. On the oths
] hand numbers Of eases are recounte
4 in which mothers have laid infants Q
\ the bed in dark rooms and discovere
y second later that a snake was III
y derneath tho child. The snatching u
. of the child released the snake, an
Z invariably the trouble ended there
4 A goyerness in charge OF a chi
4 was fond OF sitting among the rocl
! az the seashire She read a good de
y and was eontented SO long as the chi
4 played about without making moi.
3 Az last perhaps she had finished h
4 book IL struck her as strange that
4 that particular place among the roc
i the child was always preternatural
\ quiet. She rose slowly and glided
y projecting boulder behind which ;
knew the child had erawled. The chi
was motionless on hands and kne,
. and was staring at some small obje
4 beside a tuft Of withered grass.
4 The governess watched intently I
4 several seconds Gradually sho ma
J out two beadlike eyes, like little pOiu
q Of IRE and with further inspeeti
was able TO deane the small head Of
. snake, similar in color to the witAer
Z grass A hole FaE under the rock a
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household had forgotten their exhaus-
tion and the snake was killed. The
storekeeper in his excitement made the
lean much greater than it really was.
II Is likely indeed that he stopped to-
ward the sofa. When his senses were
80 dulled that he did not feel the rep
tile crawling on him from the gate post
he was not likely TO be much of a judge
as to how it got Off. Snakes do not
in fact, eannot-execute the prodig-
ious jumps with which they are often
credited.
But while it can be held that snalOes
are friendly to young children, on oc'
casions showing what may be called
affection for them, they can be charged
with harboring unstinted enmity for
boys and girls Of from s to 10 years
up. The antipathy appears to be mu'
tual The bush chronicles an endless
war between them. Numbers Of boys
die Of snakebites every year. When
the bite is on the finger or toe the
average bush boy chops the member
Off. 1t is quite common thing to find
two or three of selector's family
short finger or toe on this account.
1t thus happens that devoted friends
of childhood become implacable enc
mics later on.-From Chambers Jour
| nal
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-07-01

cures made by DIR.
Kilmer's Swamp
Root, the great kid
ney, liver and blad.
der remedy.
It is the great med.
ical triumph of the
nineteenth century ;
discovered after years
of scientific research
by DIR. Kilmer, the
eminent kidney and
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-07-01
Do YOU GET UP
WITH A LAME BACK ?

Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable.
Almost everybody who reads the news
papers is sure to know OF the wonderful